A nail polish haul.

When I was holidaying away in the United States of America, I planned on getting a whole load of nail polishes, yet I only returned with five! I think the main reason was my mother's (wise) complaints that I had enough of them already. I don't, but I do agree with her in that I need to stop buying nail polishes. Not because I think it's a waste like she does, but because I'm not earning any money yet. :P

The first three I bought from Duane Reade (a pharmacy they have in New York) and the last two are from Target.

1. Nailtini "Millionaire"

My sister spotted this glittery shade and told me it was quite popular. I was at the time already wearing Penny Talk by Essie on my nails so I put a coat of the Millionaire tester on top of one of my nails and I loved the effect so I bought it. Nailtini is one of those pricier brands and I don't know if it's available in Perth.

Check out the flash photo on the right for a slightly better look at the different colours of glitter. My best description of it would be pink glitter with loads of gold confetti-sized glitters and some blue/green confetti-sized glitters. I thought it would be perfect for celebrating the New Year.

2. Essie "Carry On"

I tried to fit in with the winter theme with this deep purple shade... in hindsight I probably should have remembered that I already own so many dark purples in my collection and opted for a deep red shade instead (which is one colour I don't really have any of). But I know I love Essie and I know I'll probably wear this a lot anyway.

3. Essie "Penny Talk"

Penny Talk made it to my January Favourites, which you can check out here.

I don't have a nail polish even remotely like this metallic-y rose gold, so it was a very worthy purchase in my opinion. By the way, the photo's really not doing it justice, go check out the picture of it in the other post!

4. Sally Hansen "Double Duty strengthening base & top coat"

In need of a base coat quite desperately, I found this at Target for like $3.99 so I decided WHY NOT? and got it to try out. I really like the brush, it makes application really easy.

5. Revlon "Quick Dry Top Coat"

I heard good things about this top coat in the beauty vlogisphere, and I'm a big believer of top coats (especially when doing nail art). So far I really like the formula. 

But now that the weather has changed and I'm about to be back at uni, I'm feeling an urge to wear less vibrant/obvious/bright, paler shades and more nude colours on my nails. Unfortunately though, I don't really have any nail polishes that fit that description. 

So a certain type of outing (shopping, shhhh!) might be in order very shortly.