Okay so I said I would post once a week. Failed at the first week. Oh well why don't we start now? That sounds good. All right so, among other things, my mum got me the Strictly Fab-u-lous Nail Set for Christmas and I swatched them last week took all the photos and wore them for a few days and now I am ready to tell you all about them.
The set is split into three sections of four polishes and is supposedly based off of what they may use on the show Strictly Come Dancing although I doubt it.
So first off the Latin section. (index to pinky) Tango, Passionate, Thrilling, Midnight. I LOVE these colours. Tango and Thrilling aren't exactly original but the way they apply is just glorious. If you take the time to apply your nail polish really well then you could easily wear one coat of any of these. I have two coats of each because I'm not at all careful and because their basically Boots own polishes I didn't really expect much from them so I just plastered them on without really thinking about it.
Tango is a beautiful deepish red shimmer packed with tiny particles of glitter and it's not too strokey.
Passionate is most definitely my favourite from the entire set; it's so strange. When I first saw it I thought it was just your standard navy blue shimmery colour but then when I took it into the light it shone purple. It's not what you'd call duochrome because in duochromes you can usually see both colours at once but in Passionate you either see the blue or you see the purple therefore I love it.
Thrilling is a very standard dark green to khaki shimmer but again it has tonnes of little teensy bits of glitter that allow it to apply like a dream and not show the brush strokes.
Midnight pretty much describes itself perfectly. It is a dark blue jelly that appeared black in the pictures I took so I took one with flash as well to show you the blue in it. Then underneath the jelly there are odd twinklings of light blue glitter giving the impression of a starry night. Mignight is really the only one in the collection that applies badly but it is also the only jelly in the collection. It appears very streaky and doesn't cover the nail consistently so you end up with light blue at the top and almost black at the bottom. But it's a lovely colour once you manage to make it look presentable so I guess it makes up for itself.
Ballroom: (index to pinkie) Sparkle, Beautiful, Blush, Sultry. This isn't the best of photography work I know and my nails aren't in the best shape but it'll have to do :/
Sparkle is actually not very sparkly at all and to be honest it's not a very impressive shade. If I wear a colour like this (like a musky lilac) it has to have the opacity and as you can see this doesn't probably my biggest disappointment of the collection.
Beautiful is just that: beautiful. But this photo is a bit of a muck up so you can't see it very well but it's basically a baby pink jelly with loads of multicoloured holographic glitter. As you can see it's not for wearing alone but it is still gorgeous and I think I might end up using it for glittery french.
Blush is a silvery dark lilac shimmer which applies amazingly much like Tango and Thrilling in terms of formula and texture of the colour.
Sultry is a difficult colour to describe but I'm gonna give it a go. I have a very similar colour from 17 called smoked marble and that's pretty much what the colour is: like a smoky marbly grey shimmer type colour. Has the same formula and texture as Tango, Thrilling and Blush.
Salsa: (big toe to little toe) Cha Cha, Sizzling, Strut, Tropical. I am cruddy at painting my toemails but I ran out of fingers and I know my feet are weird (yes, long toes) but let's just talk about the polish.
Cha Cha is an orange creme with corally hints to the colour. It applies well and is nice and opaque but there's not really much else to say it's not exactly unique or exciting.
Sizzling is your standard bright pink creme. Applies well. Nothing else to be said.
Strut....aha some excitement!! This is an acid green creme and I like it a lot. It is unbelievably opaque for a yellow toned colour and it is BRIGHT and daring. Not sure I'd wear it on it's own but it would be good for nail art and water marbling.
Tropical is completely different from the others in this section. It is a greeny blue shimmer with the same lovely consistency as Tango, Thrilling, Blush and Sultry.
I am relatively happy with this collection. I am pleasantly surprised anyway. I wasn't expecting anything special but some of the colours are just amazing. Thank you Mum :) And a bonus is that they water marble really well. I'm currently wearing marbled Blush and Sizzling and I love it. But I'm going to post that picture another time so I have something to post about if I get stuck for ideas.
Lots of love
Nancy x
