Nails Nails Nails

So..as the title suggests this post is going to be all about nails. Well nail polish anyway. During college I kind of neglected my nails apart from a brief foray into gel nails. My friend had recently finished a nail course and and wanted to practice so I was somewhat of a guinea pig! I did like them but upkeep was hard because most of the time I was living hours away from her. So I then relied on stick on nails for special occasions.

Nearly a year ago my obsession with nail polish began again....now, I'm not going to bore you with the boring details of my life but I basically finished college just after the recession began and so I still work in the part time job I had in college... a sandwich bar...which means gloves all day, so my nails are quite weak and break quite a bit. If I have time off I have lovely nails!! So when you see my nails in pictures, they may be quite short, however I love nail polish and will continue to buy and paint my nails.

My favourite polish is OPI but everyone knows about OPI so I'll talk about other brands I'm loving right now the first being Barry M nail paints

As you can see I have 7, and apart from not loving the acid yellow (far right) on me I love love love these polishes, in fact they are fast becoming my favourite I think. They always go on the nails perfectly, I always use two coats just out of habit! And they last. Chipping is rarely an issue with these unless you are hard on your nails. I've put these on and left them on for 5-6 days with very minimal chipping. So basically I love these and want to collect them all!! I can't remember the price of these but I think the last time I bought them I got 2 for €11 in Boots...bargain! Especially for the quality.

Next up is something I haven't seen much about in blogs, but I love them! They are, surprisingly Avon! I hadn't bought Avon since I was about 16 but recently my friend started to sell it so I decided to give it ago and I find the Nailwear Pro polishes really really good.

Above are the ones I own. I seem to keep ending up going for reddish colours! Annyway, I think they are €8.50 each, a bit expensive for nails polish like this I know, but they are on offer practically every second catalog so thats when I buy them. Now while I don't love them as much as OPI or Barry M they come in a close 3rd place. I think they are very good quality and really like the formulation. The blue one is, Blue Flair, is definitely my favourite one, its gorgeous. I have tried other Avon polishes such as the speed dry ones but these are the best imo.

A special mention goes to....

Essence multi dimension nail polish. A hidden gem found browsing around a local pharmacy one day. These are I believe €1.99

each...and they are really really good. I'm definitely going to get more of these!

Before I finish, nail polish I'm not loving

Now in general I am a fan of many Rimmel prouducts but nail polish is not something I will be buying from them again! These look lovely when they first go on but they chip unbelievably easily, like its quite ridiculous and I've tried them with many base and top coats. Not worth it!

Oh and currently on my nails

See horrible short nails at the moment but one of my favourite ever polishes!!!

What are your nail polish recommendations?