Spring Nails

With Spring already upon us (despite British weather showing otherwise) and shops lining their shelves with an abundancy of pastel nail polishes, I thought it would be appropriate to put together a post dedicated to Spring nails. Spring is my personal favouriteseason for   nail polishes; just an excuse to go crazy on pastels and brights if you ask me, which, obviously, are my faves. There's nothing quite better than an eye-catching nail in Spring, so, today, I thought I would show you a few nail polishes that make it into my top lineup for Spring.

I figured a pastel peach colour wasn't really negotiable - everyone loves a bit of orange. This particular colour is from Rimmel, thus being very affordable (hurray!) and has been a personal favourite colour of mine for a while now. It goes by the name of 'Tangy Tangerine', which, to me, is enough to sell a nail polish without even seeing the colour. Such a catchy name! Its what I would class as a muted peach, I guess. (You will soon come to realise my lack of talent within the field of colour description haha). I particularly love sporting this shade on my nails when I have a bit of a tan, making it the perfect holiday/vacation companion.

Next up is an Essie classic, that has certainly well and truly earned a name for itself amongst beauty lovers far and wide. Its 'Mint Candy Apple'. This mint green/blue shade is favoured by pretty much the entire beauty community; myself being no exception. It really does liven up your nails to suit the season of Spring. To me, this polish is like a breath of fresh air on the nails; it really does spruce up any outfit and helps you to, well, spring into Spring! Not to mention its possession of the classic Essie formula that we all know and love. 

And we're back to Essie again! What a surprise. This time, I am sharing with you an orange shade. Yet again, such a big surprise. We all know I love a bit of of orange. My favourite orange shade for my nails is Essie's 'Fear & Desire'. This isn't the first time this vibrant and fiery polish has made an appearance on my blog, as it earned a whole post to itself back in October; which you can read here. I simply love how bright and bold this colour is, and, if all the pastels of Spring are sometimes a little too much for you, then this vibrant beauty is a perfect alternative if you feel like switching it up a bit.

If you know me, you will know that my all time favourite colour to wear on my nails is pastel pink. I can guarantee that pretty much all the time, I will be sporting a pale pink nail. Usually, I go with my UV gel nail manicure (which, I do myself at home) which is always pastel pink. But, if I am looking for a regular pastel pink nail polish to satisfy all my pastel pink needs, then I always reach for this one; Topshop's 'Milkshake'. Its a lovely pale pink colour that gives your nails a very classy, very girly, very cute edge. I love it.

All the bright colours of Spring are fine and dandy, but sometimes, I'm after something a little more 'chic', so to say. This is where Essie's 'Blanc' comes in. Quite simply, a plain white nail polish. After seeing many photos of Ariana Grande sporting classic white nails, I decided I had to give the look a go myself. To me, it oozes elegance and, quoting Coco Chanel herself, 'Simplicity is the keynote to all true elegance'. I love how simple it looks, yet how eye catching and bold it looks. It also matches pretty much every outfit under the sun, which is definitely a handy quality for a nail polish to possess. I have been wearing this nail polish a lot lately, and am loving it.

Next is Barry M's Gelly nail polish in the shade 'Papaya'. Now, I have a bit of a love-hate relationship going on with this polish. I love the colour of it, and love how long lasting and shiny it is on the nails. But, my only problem with this muted-orange beauty is that it takes so long to dry. I am not particularly impatient when it comes to waiting for nail polish to dry, but this polish really does take advantage of any woman's patience. I have never read any other reviews from owners of these polishes stating that they suffer with the same probelmo, and have heard only glowing reports of their amazing-ness. This leads to me to believe I perhaps have a faulty one... Who knows. Any-hoo, I love the colour of this polish, and find it a lovely mix between a pastel and a bright orange. I also love the gel-nail effect is gives to the nails once it has dried... Even if it does take a good half an hour. Please do let me know if any of you have the same problem!

(Starting with the top left orange shade & moving clockwise)

Essie's Fear & Desire

Topshop's Milkshake

Barry M's Papaya

Essie's Blanc

Rimmel's Tangy Tangerine

Essie's Mint Candy Appple

There we have it. A rather rambly summary of my must-have Spring polishes. Hopefully you enjoyed reading this post - let me know in the comments what your fave Spring polishes are! Thanks for reading!

Ps - So sorry that I haven't been posting a lot lately. School has been ever so demanding lately and I have had to dedicate myself to revision etc for tests I have coming up. I am trying my best to post as much as I can... Hope you all understand! Lots of love and thank you for all your support!