Spring Polish Picks

I feel like this post should be named Spring Pastel Polish Picks because that’s pretty much all you’re getting from me lately on the nail polish front. For whatever reason this Spring all I want to wear on my fingers and toes is a beautiful pastel shade.

What I really want to emphasize in this post is that you can get awesome cruelty free nail polishes at pretty much any price point. You love high end products? I’ve got your back. Into bargains? Keep reading!

For those beautiful creamy blues and minty manicures look no further. Zoya’s Kristen polish is a beautiful pale grey-blue shade that is perfect for those last minute manis. This shade most definitely leans more blue than grey, but I find it to be really pretty, and a nice change up from my usual nudes and pinks. Zoya polishes are fairly priced at 9 dollars, a mid range I like to think for nail polish. For those mint dreams, there’s essence’s That’s What I Mint! This polish is strait up 3 dollars and is nicely opaque in two coats. You’ll notice a trend here that I go for cream finishes in nail polishes, so you won’t see any shimmer here.

Spring just screams pinks and purples, doesn’t it? There’s flowers blooming left and right, and I really get inspired by all the colours. The shade Sugar Plum by Ciate is a gorgeous lavender that is nice and opaque in two coats. When I first swatched this polish I was underwhelmed, but after using it a few times I really have grown to love it. A recent love is Butter London’s Kerfuffle. A beautiful faded coral that I cannot stop looking at when I’ve got this on my nails. This polish lasts forever, I went over a week with not one chip, I was impressed. Both Butter London and Ciate are up there in price, costing $18 and $17 respectively. One bonus to Ciate is you can get the mini pots for $10, which a mini size is pictured above.

For my nude lovers, I’ve got you covered. The Body Shop polishes are awesome, and priced at 6 bucks a piece you can’t go wrong. The Body Shop is always having sales so you can get a really great deal on these. The shade Frosting Fancy is a favorite for spring. It’s a 3 coater and does take forever to dry, but the end result, to me, is worth it. Last up is my current obsession: Wet n Wild A Latte Love from the Silver Lake collection. This polish is 2 bucks… seriously, two dollars, and is the BEST off white polish I’ve ever used. Two coats flat and it’s perfectly opaque, lasts forever, and has an amazing brush.

And those are my recommendations for Spring polishes. What shades do you graviate towards once the sun starts to come out?

Talk soon,

Xx Brianna

Kerfuffle

The beauty of a fresh jar of polish. Does nail polish come in jars? My vocabulary is seriously limited sometimes, I blame it on having every course in public school in French, it can honestly mess up your English language skills. Anyways, it was love at first sight for me and this polish, and I just wanted to share a great Spring nail colour.

Butter London Nail Polish in Kerfuffle – $18.00 CAD

Remember when bleached neons were a thing? I feel like this shade would fit perfectly into that category. This is a very creamy pinky coral shade that looks amazing for any Spring look. I feel like this colour is straight out of Mad Men or something.

Standard Butter London packaging is lovely, however I wish they’d step up their game on the brush front. It’s a fairly thin brush that I feel like should be a lot better for an 18 dollar polish, granted I did get this on sale, but still.

I personally really like the formula on this polish. Two coats and the look was perfectly opaque with zero streaking. The polish itself lasts really nicely as well, about a week with minimal chipping.

I just find myself wanting to wear this all Spring. I feel like this shade would look AMAZING on tanned skin, so this is one to keep in the arsenal for summer, too.

Talk soon,

Xx Brianna

A Latte Love

Barely white polishes are really popular at the moment. From pricey brands like Deborah Lippmann and Nails Inc, there are beautiful collections of polishes that are white based with just a hint of colour. While I love to go to Sephora and stare at the beauty that is the Nails Inc White Collection, Paying 18 bucks for one polish seems wrong. Luckily for me I’ve found a great dupe for my favorite polish, White Horse Street, from the White Collection.

Wet n Wild Lots of Latte – $1.99

First of all I’d like to acknowledge how crap the Wet n Wild website is. It’s awful and carries zero information about their limited edition products. I digress. This polish is super affordable, and is downright awesome. The brush is absolute perfection, and makes the application process a total breeze.

The shade is an off white with a hint of purple-ish grey. Sounds bizarre but it’s totally flattering on the nail.

The formula is really great. With lighter polishes it seems like it always takes 3+ coats to get a colour that’s truly opaque. With this polish, it only takes 2 coats and you’re done. How awesome is that? The polish dries super quickly, which is also a bonus.

The lasting power is crazy awesome on this polish, too. I wore this polish for over a week straight with zero chips. Is that even possible? I only changed my nail colour because my nails had grown out.

This is one of those super awesome, go with anything, wear any season, for any occasion polishes. It looks super chic, classy and mature. This polish is limited edition so I would suggest grabbing one or two before it disappears!

Talk soon,

Xx Brianna