NAIL WEEK!! Day 1: Rimmel's new Salon Pro by Kate Nail Polishes

Rimmel Salon Pro by Kate Nail Polishes $8.95 each available from www.priceline.com.au

Rimmel Salon Pro polishes are one of the best nail polish formulations on the market, high and budget beauty included. The brush is wide enough to cover nails with colour in 2 strokes, applying polish evenly without streaking. The finish is always opaque in 2 coats - no matter the colour and dry time is about 10mins touch dry 30mins bump dry. The colour selection is a standard mix of trend colours, nothing ground breaking in terms of chromes or texture but all the colours are pretty and very wearable.

Rimmel Salon Pro by Kate Nail Polishes $8.95 each available from www.priceline.com.au

The new range of colours for Summer 2014 (that is Summer in the UK, it is winter for Australians) is filled with great poppy feminine colours, here are my top 4 colour picks:

444: SEDUCE

Purple is having a big come back in the beauty world with many of the high-end spring/summer collections injecting purple into eye shadow palettes, liners and mascaras. I like to team my nail polish to my eye look and have been loving the smokey purple of Seduce. Purple was also Prince's signature colour and I am a massive Prince fangirl 'purple rain, purple rain'!

125: OH, MR DARCY

This is a beautiful fleshy nude, which is almost gel like in appearance on the nails, it is full coverage in 2 coats but keeps a translucent depth to the finish. Very posh and proper, I could see it on the nails of the Made in Chelsea cast especially that snooty Victoria.

264: TEMPTRESS

Ever since Lisa Eldridge wore a bright fuchsia nail with her green rings in a tutorial I have been obsessed with bold pink nails. They're more fun and girly than a standard red nail but give the same pop of bright colour to the nails, pink looks great on all skin tones and hair colours too.

115: HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Orange based reds have been HOT! on the nail-o-meter for the past 2 seasons, and they aren't slowing down. As it is winter in Oz I would stick to using Happily Ever After as for a pedicure colour but if you are in a warmer country then dare to wear this bright hot orange on your fingers and toes.

xx Nella

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Essie's Spring Collection : Totally Tropical

Essie Mini's $25.00 for the set of 4 or $18.95 each as single polishes

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Wowzers! How cute are Essie's new Spring Collection mini's!

The colours are very pretty and bright but also very wearable, and like all Essie polishes they apply like a dream. 2 coat's covers the whole nail to opacity, they dry fairly quickly too. Mini's are a great way to test out seasonal colours, and if you fall desperately in love with a colour then you can always pick up the full size.

Here are my colour descriptions:

Navigate her : Is different to a lot of the mints and pastel greens which have been coming out lately, it is slightly darker in tone and more of a pear rather than mint which will suit a variety of skin tones. 

Olé Caiente : Oh my goodness! This is a really beautiful pink based red which on the nail looks luminous and almost fluorescent. I am obsessed. To compare it to something I would say it is a bright hibiscus fusion of the brightest pink, red and orange you can think of.

To Buy Or Not To Buy : Pastel lavender with a subtle twist of really fine shimmery green, blue and purple particles. If you are usually a nude kinda polish girl then try this out for a fresh and cute summer mani.

Tour de Finance : Fuchsia fantasy colour, this colour is wild. It reminds me of cougars on a P&O cruise, who just want the brightest fingers possible to match their leopard print onsies by the pool. It is a Glowing blue based fuchsia pink with a pearlesant sheen to top it off! 

These colours are giving me a tropical beat to my step and make me want to drink Piña Colada's on the beach and go out dancing.