A few favourites...

Top Left: Model's Own 'In The Navy' and 'Lilac Dream' with LA Colors silver glitter striper

Top Right: 'In The Navy' again overlaid with Sally Hansen 'Spectrum'

Bottom Left: OPI 'Koala Bear-y' and LA Colors nail stripers

Bottom Right: OPI 'It's All Greek to Me' and 'I Lily Love You'

Sally Hansen "First Kiss" and "Delphinium"

On my way home from work last night I popped in to Poundland for a drink like I usually do, and couldn't help but check the beauty aisle for new polishes. From previous posts you may know that I do like a bargain and have picked up Sally Hansen and Revlon polishes for the measly sum of £1 each before. 

Last night I picked up "First Kiss" and "Delphinium."

Left: "First Kiss"

Right: "Delphinium"

I haven't had a chance to try these out on my nails yet as I'm trying to leave them alone for a little while so they can recover from 2 years of acrylics. *cries*.

"First Kiss" is a pretty coral pink and would look lovely on both pale skin and darker or tanned skin alike. I'm a big pink nail polish fan but seem to wear darker pinks mostly, so perhaps this will turn me to the lighter side! Pastel colours are big this spring/summer in fashion and accessories so I'm sure they'll be popular for nails too!

"Delphinium" is a grey based lilac creme polish, and looks so much more grey in the photo than it does in real life. I love Model's Own "Lilac Dream" so I'm sure I'll be absolutely fine with this one. The only  thing I'm concerned about is that because it's quite grey and my skin is so pale, it might make my skin look ashen and washed out so I will have to give it a try!

One thing I really like about these bottles is the rubber ring around the cap for extra grip. Good one Sally Hansen!

xxx 

Sally Hansen "Spectrum"

This is one of my recently acquired BARGAINS! I found it in good old Poundland for, you guessed it, £1. I guess the famous brands are in there because the labels are slightly off centre or something. I'm not complaining!

I found "Spectrum" along with several yellows and pink polishes, but only had £2 on me, so I chose this one and a matte Revlon, which I posted about previously. The colour is a two tone electric blue and purple, which shows slightly in the photo above. My camera battery is dead right now, and my Blackberry won't capture the tones nicely, so good old Google images came to my rescue tonight!

This is the packaging that the polishes come in, just as the Rimmel blush and other famous brand cosmetics do. 

Apologies for the dodgy Blackberry photo. The top 2 nails show "Spectrum", with the first layered over Model's Own "In The Navy," which is another of my recent purchases. On it's own, "Spectrum" would need 2 or even 3 coats to get close to opaque as it's pretty thin and the colour is so light. 

Layered over a deep dark blue really makes the depth of the colours come out. My nails were complimented by a man, (yes, a MAN!) at work the other day, and he even asked where I got the polish from so he could show his nail varnish-mad wife! Perhaps I should have told him I'd review it on here!

I'm not 100% sure whether I liked the blue on my fingernails as my skin tone is rather pale, but it looks fantastic on my toes. 

After looking online at some swatches of the other colours in the HD range, I'd love to own 'Digital' so I'll have to get my boyfriend to keep an eye out!