Manicure Monday: essie Lights

A nail polish I'm loving at the moment is essie in 'Lights'. I'ts a lovely hot pink and weirdly, I used to hate pink but I've been loving a bit of bright pink on my nails to add some fun to my outfit lately!

If you read my Life Update post you'll know I've had a couple of interviews recently and because they've been in schools I haven't wanted to paint my nails. But I actually really missed having them colourful so this colour has cheered me up!

Unfortunately, this seems like a different formula to other essie polishes I've tried and chips really easily and doesn't last too long. Which is a shame cuz' I love it!

Manicure Monday: Topshop Peel Off Polish

I picked this up at the #NottsBBMeet in the shade 'on the blink'. I was intrigued to try it as sometimes when I pick my nail varnish off it leaves my nails damaged underneath and I hoped this wouldn't. I've actually found  that models own polish with a base and top coat peels off pretty easily but still leaves damage.

after one coat

after second coat

When applying it, it needed two coats but was quite easy to apply and left a gel like finish which didn't need a top coat.

I was worried that it would peel off when I didn't want it to but that wasn't an issue, it lasted like any other polish.

Unfortunately, I was disappointed. It wasn't actually that easy to peel off and left my nails looking very dry and damaged. This wasn't the base coat, it was my nails!

look at the damage to my nails!

once removed, my nails were sore and really dry.

I used nail varnish remover to remove it from the other hand and you can see that they were left in much better condition! It was pretty difficult to remove though.

I might try and use this again without a base coat, but so far I'm unimpressed! It's a shame because I like the colour.

Have you tried 'peel off polish'?

Monday Manicure: Essie and Holographic

Hey guys! I'm on a blogging role and have three ideas for series posts that happen on a certain day every week, the first of these is Monday Manicure where I share with you what I'm wearing on my nails every Monday.

This week I'm sporting the manicure I did before the #NottsBBMeet on Saturday. I opted for Essie we're all in this together and 17 Holographic silver on the accent nail.

Also, In case you're wondering I use Sally Hansen Double Duty as a base coat and No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat, my nails tend to last 4-5 days.

I hope you like this short and sweet monday post, what nail look are you loving right now?