June 18, 2013

Put it in neutral

I hate clashing my nails with my outfits - for example if I'm wearing lilac nails, I'll never wear a brown or a tan outfit with it as lilac and tan look horrible together. Similarly if I'm wearing orange nail polish, then no pinks or cool tones for my clothes thank you. But because I don't have the time to change the colour of my nails as often as I'd like to, neutral shades are what I gravitate towards. These are colours that make my nails look tidy and clean and go with almost any outfit.

Here are my favourite neutrals.


The swatches, left to right (or thumb to little finger) are:

  • Polished London "Mauve Mandy" - a purpled grey cream. You can see full swatches of these HERE
  • Covergirl "Everbloom"- this is from the Outlast Stay Brilliant range and this particular colour lasts about 5 days without chipping. 
  • Essie "Lady Like" - this beautiful "greige" shade goes with everything and best of all doesn't give mannequin hands. 
  • OPI "Skull & Glossbones" - a grey cream with green undertones. This is from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection so it's quite old, but I've seen this shade at many OPI stands. 
  • Lime Crime "Milky Ways" - I love the way this looks on my nails, a beautiful cream colour, unfortunately it chips after about 2 days even with a top coat.  


What are some of your favourite neutral shades?


8 comments :

  1. I have the Lime Crime MILKY WAYS and it's really hard to apply without it looking streaky and well just too "white" for my skintone. One of the hardest polishes I have to work it.

    The Essie's LADY LIKE looks interesting so I think I will go hunt it down.

    Great summary of neutrals though :)

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    1. I really love the colour of Milky ways but it is quite streaky on me too... i wear 3 coats to get good coverage. Pity it doesn't work on your skin ton. But yes definitely give Lady Like a go... I got it on sale at Myer actually, I think it was around $6!

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  2. Ooooh I love this as an ombre, as well as an introduction to new brands and shades! I keep wondering about Skull & Glossbones but.. gosh, it could die on me. Thanks so much for enabling me ;)

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    1. Hehe I see from your instagram that you didn't need too much enabling, nice OPI haul! :)

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  3. Love the look of the Lime Crime one!

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    1. Oh I know, it's the best off-white shade I've got, but unfortunately the quality is not the best.

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  4. I love wearing bright colours, dark colours, glitter and shimmer but I have a surprising amount of neutral polishes! Current favourites are Zoya Pandora, Natio Camel, Zoya Harley, Mode VIP and Mode Beat the Blah.

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    1. Thanks for the recommendations! I just looked up Mode VIP... OMG I die, it's gorgeous! I think a trip to my local chemist is in order :)

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