This is another of the polishes I found at the outlet mall place last week. I'm not sure how much Leighton Denny polishes, usually cost (over a tenner, I think) but these were £4.99 - I bought a couple of different colours. This is Fireball.
While this isn't that unique a colour - I have a few similar ones, I'm sure - it is just my kind of colour!
This is two coats, with no topcoat.
Application is really nice - smooth and easy, nice brush, no messiness, dries well. And the colour is gorgeous! Glowy red with gold and orange particles that really shine.
Close-up, you can see the blend of colours in there.
Isn't this a pretty colour? I wore this to work for two days, and it lasted really nicely, no chips or wear or peeling or anything. I then stamped over this with some guitars, because I was going to see Nils Lofgren in Sheffield on Thursday night.
I used MoYou London Rockstar 01 and Konad Black. I didn't have time to do anything fancy, but I wanted to add something to the nails rather than just leaving them plain.
The topcoat also really brought out the shine of the Leighton Denny polish!
I haven't tried any Leighton Denny nail varnishes before, but I saw this last weekend for half price (£5.50) in John Lewis, and as I'd been thinking about getting a pale green polish for spring, I snapped it up.
This is Leighton Denny's Inside Scoop, a pale minty green, three coats plus Seche Vite.
Application was a bit streaky. The first coat was incredibly sheer and streaky and pretty unpleasant. The second coat improved it, and by the third I was happy.
The colour is a lovely fresh minty green, and it was really glossy and smooth, even before topcoat. I liked it, although several of my colleagues weren't particularly impressed (one said my fingers looked mouldy, another mentioned Tipp-ex and one said it needed glitter). I probably wouldn't wear this regularly, but I liked that it was simple and clean and spring-like.
I then decided to jazz it up a bit with Sally Hansen's Hidden Treasure. This is a polish I've read a lot about online, and from what I'd read it seems to be a bit hard to find, and has possibly been discontinued. Sally Hansen isn't easy to find in the UK (large Boots do stock some, but it's quite pricy) and I was surprised to find this in a rummage bin in my local market hall for £1.50! Bargain.
Anyway, I liked this a lot over Inside Scoop. Hidden Treasure is a flakie topcoat that changes colour a lot depending on the colour underneath, and here it moved between a shimmering greeny-blue and a golden effect.
I liked this a lot more than Inside Scoop on its own, but I did like both.
