My Top Five: Pedicure Polishes

I'm a creature of habit when it comes to pedicure polishes and nine times out of ten I'll be wearing one of the five shades above. Every time I stray from these five colours I always regret it. For some reason most bright colours look awful on my toes so I tend to stick to more classic shades.

Nails Inc Baker Street

Okay, so this isn't exactly a classic shade but it's one of my all-time favourite polishes and I've used it so much. It's definitely been my pedicure colour of choice this summer. I wear a lot of tan flats and sandals and I love how Baker Street looks with those. The formula of this polish is excellent; I can get away with just one coat if I'm in a rush. 

Essie Fishnet Stockings

This is a mini that has seen better days. It's a dark, slightly warm toned red creme. This is my go-to when I'm not in the mood for a dark or nude shade but don't fancy wearing Baker Street. The formula on this one is also quite nice but it does require two coats.

Chanel Rouge Noir

This is my favourite Chanel polish, hands down. I need to pick up a new bottle because this one only has about a third left and it's become quite gloopy. It's a vampy dark red that looks great on fingers and toes. I wear this one an awful lot in the winter. I need two, sometimes three, coats with this one. 

OPI Lincoln Park After Dark

This polish is like a purple toned  version of Rouge Noir and is another winter favourite for me. I wear this one year-round, though. It's very dark and almost looks black in some lights but it's less harsh looking than a black. I rely on this polish to complement whatever I happen to be wearing and I think it does that job pretty well. I need two coats of this polish.

Essie Sand Tropez

This shade may divide opinion but if you've not tried a light neutral shade on your toes, you're missing out! I like this polish for the same reasons I like Lincoln Park After Dark; it works with most outfits/shoes. I prefer this lighter shade over the more taupe/mushroom shades because I think it looks a bit 'cleaner'. Sand Tropez is several shades lighter than my skin so it won't be for everyone but I love it. I need three coats for an opaque finish.

With all of these polishes I use a fast-drying top coat like Sally Hansen Insta Dri. 

What are your favourite pedicure colours? Are you a creature of habit like me?

Stace xx

Wishlist Wednesday: Nail Polishes

Nails Inc Wellington Square & Porchester Square

YSL Beige Leger & Rose Abstrait

Dior Waterlily


Stace xx

Nails Inc Baker Street

I'm generally not the biggest fan of Nails Inc polishes because I find the caps so cumbersome to work with. Yes, I'm a nail polish diva.

However, I had this beautiful blue shade, Baker Street, on my mind for so long that I finally caved and purchased it from ASOS a month or so ago. I've worn it three times since then which is almost unheard of for me!

The formula is pretty easy to work with; I can get an opaque finish with two coats over Essie Fill The Gap base coat. I've used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri as a top coat.

You can pick this up from anywhere Nails Inc is sold for £11.00.

I hope you like the newest member of my nail polish family!

Stace xx

Haul: NARS, Chanel, Illamasqua, Revlon, Nails Inc, Milani & Maybelline

I went a bit mad buying make up recently so I thought I'd share what I got. It'll be the last haul for a while; partly because I just booked a holiday and partly because there's not really anything I want right this second. 

I popped into Boots today and picked up a couple of Revlon polishes as they were in a two for £8 offer. I got Impulsive (the purple) and Dreamer (the light blue). They both have a creme finish, which I love! I also bought Nails Inc Baker Street from ASOS and it arrived today. I've been looking for the perfect true blue for a while so I hope it applies nicely!

I had some Debenhams Beauty Club card points so I decided to treat myself to a Rouge Coco Shine from Chanel. I wanted one of the more vibrant shades but my local counter didn't have the one I was looking for so I got Evasion which is a lovely neutral peachy pink shade. I can see myself getting lots of wear out of this one.

A few weeks ago I bought Illamasqua Skin Base foundation and Rude cream blush. Both of these products have been on my wish list for quite a while so I'm pleased to finally have them in my collection. I got the Skin Base in shade 11; it's a little bit too dark right now but I tan very easily when the sun comes out so it'll be a nice summer colour for me. 

I stopped by L'Occitane on a whim. I've never tried any of their products but I recently heard some good things about foot cream so I picked that up. I couldn't resist the mini hand cream because whilst I love my Clarins hand cream, the tube is too big to keep in my bag.

My Too Faced Shadow Insurance finally ran out so I've replaced it with the NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base. I'm excited to try this out.

Finally, I picked up a few bits from a US blog sale. I got a couple of Milani HD Advanced Lip Colours in Candy Apple and Classy Nude, a Maybelline Baby Lips in Peach Kiss and the controversial Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Coffee Cake.

So, that's all for now! 

Have you bought anything nice recently? I'm off to paint my nails with Baker Street!

Stace xx