Holiday Glam - The Nail Polish Colours You Should Be Wearing this Holiday Season

Lovelies, I'm back from my mini-vacay with a new series for the holiday season. It's the perfect time to glam up your look and I will be sharing my tips and tricks for style, beauty, decor and recipes to help you have a fabulous holiday so get excited - this is gonna be fun!

Today's post is about nail polish colours and the holiday is the perfect time to break out the sparkle and the gem coloured polishes. Think rich reds, blues, greens and violets or top your favourite colour with a generous coat of glitter polish you have in your collection. To make it even cooler, go for a glitter ombre effect or glitter tips  or half moon cresecents. Basically, the possibilities are endless.

Here are some of the shades I will be reaching for this season:

Essie - Toggle to the Top

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This colour reminds me of an ornament on a lit up Christmas tree at night. It sparkles and is girly but is also deep enough to be sophisticated. The added bonus to glitter nail polishes of course are that they take far longer to chip than other formulas so when you top with an excellent top coat like No Chips Ahead you can forget about chipping.

Essie - Aruba Blue

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Again, this is a blue I could see in an ornament on the Christmas tree and looks fantastic when paired with silver or gold.

China Glaze - Emerald Sparkle

This is a pretty intense colour. If you are super festive then by all means go for it, it definitely screams Christmas and will be a fun colour to pair with gold midi rings and delicate bracelets.

NYX - Matte White

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Winter White is a thing this year - no matter your nail length. You can pair this with glitter or even top with a holographic sheer coat like OPI Ski Slope Sweetie.

Textured Glitter - L'Oreal Color Riche in Sexy in Sequins

Textured polishes have been all the rave this year and the holiday season is no exception. L'Oreal has put out a more affordable, easier to apply version that will have everyone asking what colour you're wearing on your nails.

What colours are you loving for the season? Do you have any faves that you bring out year after year? Leave me a comment and let me know.

Till later dolls,

**Jane

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Top 5 Nail Colours for the Fall

I always look forward to sweater weather, or in the case of Jamaica, ' I get to wear sleeves' weather. The fall season brings a bit of edge to it with the darker richer nail colours that are trending for the season.

 Here are my top 5 picks for nail colours for the season, colours I've been itching to pair with the new fashion that comes with the slight change of the weather.

1. Emerald Shades : This year's pantone colour is Emerald. For fall, choose a more muted shade of emerald as this will go well with the moody shades of the season and gives an edgier feel to a colour that's been around all year. You can pick up your favourite Essie shades at the Beauty Spot on Brompton Road or here. 

Essie - Going Incognito photocredit

2. Deeper Reds : Reds are a year round favourite for me but as the place cools down, I find myself drawn to deeper, edgier shades. They're still classy but are a tad more modern than the classic reds that hollywood pin ups are famous for. The shade I have been reaching for is China Glaze's 'Merry Berry'. You can pick this up at the Fontana in the New Kingston Shopping Centre or here

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The Nail Polish Colours You Should Be Wearing Now

Summer is almost here and its time to pretty up our tips and toes. So clear away your moody colours and reds and get out your neons, brights and pastels. Here are my my five favourite colours for this season:

1. Essie - Saturday Disco Fever
   
   
   Nothing says summer to me like bright orange toes. This will look great on all skintones. The color is from Essie's new neon collection and reminds me of last year's pantone colour - tangerine. I love it. It can be girly, it can be classy, it can be edgy. Super versatile colour. I wouldn't do this on longer nails though unless you're going for that more ghetto-fabulous vibe.

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2.  Klean Kolour - Pastel Purple

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There is such a thing as a neon pastel - and this is an example of that. Usually if you want your pastel colour to stand out you have to paint a white base underneath. But just one coat of this baby and it's opaque pastel brightness will wow you. I fell in love the minute I saw the bottle. It looks equally pretty on toes as it does fingers. And though Klean Kolours is on the cheaper end of the spectrum, this has very good lasting power - five days before a single chip. Run out and get it now.

3. Brucci - Luscious Lori

You can't quite capture the luminescence of this colour. It's a cross between a parrot blue and cobalt. I am not a blue person unless it's a dark dark blue. The formula isn't very smooth so you do have to work with it but the colour is opaque on the first coat. The colour is pretty close to essie's butler please but it has a little more depth to it. Luv.

4. Bruci - Kelly's Kool

I tried several times to capture this colour but it doesn't photograph well. It is a striking neon purple with an undertone of fuschia. Pretty, bright, girly colour. It's a tad sophisticated but still playful and flirty. Nuff said. 

5. China Glaze - Custom Kicks

Not the tiffany blue colour or the mint colour that everyone's been rocking, but a deeper, more modern take on it. Looks amazing on dark skin. It just screams Sunday afternoon barbeque by the pool to me. Close your eyes and imagine it - white shorts, staw fedora, blous-y yellow top?Yess....

And that's it my lovelies! What colour are you rocking this spring? Leave a comment below and let me know. ( All nail polishes bought from Woolworth Pharmacy in New Kingston Shopping Centre).

Till later,

**Jane

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