Polish magazine giveaways - December 2013

UK girlies there are some polish giveaways this month! The latest issues of Glamour and Cosmo both have multiple polishes to choose from.  The Glamour giveaway is for full size Nails Inc polishes supposedly designed with 'Kate Spade of New York'.  I have no idea who Kate Spade is but I'm not inspired by her polish choices, they look like the same stock freebie polishes Nails Inc roll out every time.  The red reminds me particularly of the free one that InStyle magazine gave away this summer, which was pretty shoddy.  So I won't be rushing out to grab these.

 

Nails Inc with Kate Spade - free with Glamour UK December 2013 issue

 Cosmo is giving away Orly minis that are really teeny, so although the colour choice is a lot more festive it doesn't seem a big enough bargain to me to suffer through the magazine.

Orly Minis - free with Cosmopolitan UK December 2013 issue

 So there you have it ladies.  If you fancy a freebie this is your month!

Miss Conduct

Miss Conduct by Orly - Indirect Natural Light

Today's NOTD is an incredible pink holo by Orly, that's amusingly called 'Miss Conduct'.   This was from the Naughty or Nice Holiday 2012 collection and I picked up a set of three in TK Maxx for the bargain-alicious price of £15.  Holo polishes are perfect for summer although ironically the sun wasn't shining when I took these swatches so you've got indirect natural light and artificial light.

Miss Conduct by Orly - Artificial Light

This was my first experience of an Orly polish and I'm really impressed - formula was fantastic, smooth as butter and great opacity.  Pictured here with two coats, plus nail envy for undies and SV to top.  This had a really smooth glossy finish all on it's own, but I always use Seche regardless because of the extra wear time it gives me and the quick dry so I can get on with stuff after I paint my nails.

Miss Conduct by Orly - Artificial Light

On a nail nerdy point, I think Orly have the most perfect bottle/brush combo I've come across.  The big rubber grip top is genius and really easy to handle (Chanel, with your stupid fiddly short handles, I'm lookin' at choo!).  Now if they would just adopt the OPI pro-wide bristles it would be a match made in heaven.

I absolutely love this polish.  It's the perfect shade of pink - a sort of crushed raspberry - that is really sophisticated.  There's always a danger with pink sparkly polish of looking tacky - as a rule of thumb, if Barbie would wear it then I avoid it like the plague.  This is jam packed with scattered holo goodness; darker yummy raspberry particles and bright rainbow coloured bursts of sparkle from teeny holo particles.  In the sun this is like a pink disco on your nails.

This polish is all kinds of awesome, highly recommended.