Mavala Chili and Spice Collection - Trinidad & Samarkand

I know the summer is nearly over (boo!) but I still wanted to share two new additions to my gigantic nail polish collection, Samarkand and Trinidad are part of the Mavala chili and spice collection which is a great collection of shades that are a perfect match for me, you can see the full collection here.

I have really enjoyed wearing both of these shades, however just to warn you I found that the purple shade stained my nails pink (better than yellow though) and I don't know why but the blue shade didn't have a great longevity and chipped/peeled after one day, I have no idea why there was a difference between the two. I also thought that Trinidad was a more denim blue shade than the vibrant colour it appears in the bottle.

I really love these colours and will definitely be still wearing them in the autumn, I think they will be great with a matte top coat.

Elaine

NOTD: The ELLE Grey by Mavala

I got this nail varnish a couple of years ago as a freebie from Elle and I love the colour soo much, I think as the grey is quite light it's an all year round colour! The nail varnish had actually turned quite sticky which I was surpised about, I would have thought that a brand like Mavala would have a bit more longevity in the nail varnishes! I still love it even if it does show all the ridges in my nails... Has any one tried Essie's base coat that fills nail ridges? Is it any good?

And I think my cat Smudge loved it as much as me, I couldn't take a photo without her trying to get in the picture too!

Elaine