The Great Nail Varnishes

When creating or planning an outfit for any occasion, you also need to consider your nail colour. Of course, you don't have to wear nail varnish, but it's always lovely to wear it, just to decorate your hands a little bit! (Otherwise they look boring). When it comes to colours, you need to understand what goes and what doesn't, for example, if you're to be wearing a bright red dress, neon blue nails are probably not the best idea. So, on the topic of nail varnishes, I am going to show you some of my favourite nail varnishes and tell you why they are 'oh, so great!'

First of all, I would recommend that if you're like me and you love wearing nail varnishes, you should probably buy yourself a base coat that protects your nails. I don't do that and now my nail beds have gone orange and I've had to stop wearing nail varnish for a while so that they go back to their original colour AND look (they've gone all wooden looking - ew).

Where's my Chauffeur? • Alist • Lilacism

These are my favourite three Essie nail varnishes I own. The middle one - 'Alist' (£7.99 - Superdrug), is best for most outfits and I find that you can't go wrong with this colour. The most risky colour, I would say, is 'Where's my Chauffeur?' ($8 - Essie), mainly because it's a bold colour, but stick to your simple colours like white and black and that nail varnish works great! 'Lilacism' (£7.99 - Boots) is just pretty, it goes with most colours and has a lovely soft tone to it.

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Revlon - CLASSY

 < --- This is one of the best nail varnishes I have ever worn! It lasts for a decent amount of time and it's, well... Classy. The colour compliments any outfit and gives your hands a 'Classy' look. (£6.49 - Superdrug)

                                          This ---> is more of a nail varnish that you would use over a nail varnish that you have already painted on your nails, this is mainly because of the fact that the nail varnish is transparent (other than the glitter bits, of course). However, if you wanted to have a pure glitter nail, then it's not impossible! Just keep painting your nails - it takes around 4 - 5 coats. (Cannot find the link)

Rimmel London Matte Finish

For all you lovers of nail varnish, this is one of the best top coats I have come across - ever. Simply paint your nail whatever colour you wish, wait for it to dry, apply this over and BAM - you have matted nails - awesome, right? It lasts for around 2-3 days before fading and then you need to reapply. It doesn't take long before it starts to matte over, however, don't think that you can touch it as soon as it has gone matted because it's still wet. (£4.59 - Rimmel London)






Finally, I show you this velvet nail varnish by Ciate. I have been after velvet nail varnish for a while (not as easy as you may think) and it cannot be found in your basic stores like Boots or Superdrug. I did, however, finally find it in Selfridges! Of course, you can probably find velvet nail varnishes in other places (the Ciate website itself?) but I found this in Selfridges. Priced at £14, I don't think it is worth the money, however, it doesn't mean that I think it's bad, I just think that's a bit pricey... Nevertheless, this is a lovely colour and the velvet sticks well and it lasts a good few days.
This nail varnish comes with the actual nail varnish itself, velvet to stick to the nail varnish and a brush to brush away the remaining velvet on your fingers. (£14 - Selfridges)

Nikita xo