Loopy over Lilac

The most sumptuous shade of lilac and the golden sun shining in the middle. You dreamt it and Marks and Spencer nailed it. Forgive me for this giddy post as I am having a hard time containing my emotions. It's called 'Lilac' and it's part of the 25 shades Marks and Spencer has released in their quick dry collection. 'Lilac' reminded me straight away of OPI 'It's my year' but in a more beigy variation of purple.











I expected the polish to be sheer, I had already one of my 'millions' of purply nude nail polishes at the ready to apply as a coloured based to layer Lilac over. But Lilac doesn't need bases, lilac laughs in the face of coloured bases and gave me perfect opacity in 2 coats, coats which dried super fast, like it says on the tin.








No streaks, no bubbles, a smooth and very forgiving formula: just pure undiluted golden lilac wonder polish, not tested on bunny wabbits (scientific term) at the sweet price of £3.50








This is not a lilac polish, this is … a Marks and Spencer extra special, taste the difference, chosen by you Lilac Polish.



what: Marks and Spencer Limited Edition Quick Dry Lilac Polish
how much: £3.50. That's Three Pounds Fifty Pence
where: Selected Marks and Spencers (my local one didn't have any) or online.
disclaimer and credits: bought by me. Seen it first on emma's blog (imagination in colour)

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Gold earthquake nails {quick look}

I  was only meant to twitpic about this so I hope you will excuse the briefness of this post. Call it express review or sneak peak ;) I was a TJ Hughes today. As usual, I am not sure what appalled me the most: The bootleg music or the sorry state of the displays. I arrived in the middle of a clean up session, where a poor girl had to clean a gooey mess of polishes. Not such a bad thing for me as it allowed me test the gold crackle from W7. Its official name is 'Earthquake' Crackle Polish, which is a bit ironic as the state of the display looks like it had actually been ravaged by an earthquake.






First impressions after a quick swatch on on finger? It's ok. In most lighting situations, the polish would look more like a shade of mustard yellow rather than a true true gold which is I would want from a gold crackle polish. Only bright sunshine and strong flash will make it vibrant. I suppose it's ok considering the £1.99 price tag.

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