Nails Inc Piccadilly Circus and Romilly Street

This week on All Things Nails it is Pink week, so this is my pink contribution. I got this polish over a year ago as a freebie in December 2011 Glamour magazine. I didn't really expect to like it much as I'd never really worn any pinks or reds but when I swatched it I was in love. It is, as they would say on the Nails Inc shows on QVC, a grown up pink. It has just enough blue in it to make it perfect in my eyes, and it is a beautiful cream. It went on really well, almost perfect in one coat, but I did do two coats. It is so super glossy too, pics here are with no top coat.

Nails Inc Piccadilly Circus

 

And if this wasn't pink enough, I was in the mood for glitter too! I have had Romilly Street for a while now, just longing to be tried out. I have already swatched this over near white and very dark red (see the blog banner) and loved it over both colours, despite my reservations with the white undies.
Nails Inc Romilly Street is one of the graffiti range, and I believe this one is a QVC exclusive. It is a mix of gold and green bar glitter and hexes, along with smaller pink hexes and very fine pink glitter too. The glitter distribution was good, and the finish is pretty smooth after one layer of top coat.
I think it looks gorgeous over Piccadilly Circus, maybe not the strong contrast intended for the graffiti idea but stunning none the less. I think the pinks work well together and I am pleased with the way this mani turned out.
Slightly less pleased that I only got 2 pictures in the daylight yesterday and now today I have pictures in the rain :(

Nails Inc Piccadilly Circus and Romilly Street

 

 

Just for fun : Leighton Denny Brick Road

It was Australia week in one of the facebook groups and I wracked my brain unsuccessfully for what to post, and then I had a cheeky flash of inspiration. I know it's the wrong "Aus", but I decided to post Leighton Denny's Brick Road. I don't actually know if my Brick Road is the old one or the new one that came out in the Friends of Dorothy collection. Since I don't like yellow, I wasn't that fussed either way and I only have the yellow in my collection because it was up for swap and my daughter wanted to try it.
So here it is, painted on nicely in 2 coats but it didn't really photograph too well, its actually more yellow than it looks here. I did give it the benefit of the doubt and took as much care as I could to do it neatly but no, woolly fans, I do not have any yellow knitwear or gloves.

Then I had a little try of something I'd been thinking of for ages, the graffiti top coats add a new dimension to some colours that I would otherwise never wear, like white or pillar box red (never say never!), so still tongue in cheek, here is Brick Road, with Nails inc Brick Lane.
I like it better than just plain yellow, but it is still yellow!