Hot Diggity // Hello Darling!

Mustard is definitely one of my favourite colours to wear, from clothing to makeup looks. I often wear MAC's Outre eyeshadow and was dreaming of a similar shade to wear on my nails when Darling's Hot Diggity came into my world.

A glossy deep mustard shade with a brown tinge, this is right up my alley in terms of nail shades. I know that some may find this shade off putting (many think Outre isn't that nice either) but I know a lot of you out there are lovers of this autumn-perfect shade just like I am!

 Hot Diggity's formula is really easy to work with and was opaque in two coats- it was quite glossy, but I did pop a top coat over this before taking these photographs. I think the Darling polish range is really different to others around, and I love that they have regular spotlight sales running on their facebook page. Their regular polishes retail for $16.95 AUD and can be purchased here, with free shipping Australia wide.

 

From the Darling site:

All Darling nail lacquers are 5-free (meaning absolutely NO toulene, formaldehyde/formaldehyde resin, DBP or camphor) and are animal testing & cruelty free. Beauty doesn’t have to come at a price to your health or other living beings.

*This polish was provided for consideration, which does not impact on my instant love for the shade and formula. Honesty, always.

L'Oreal Blue Reef + Darling Harlequin

Like most beauty bloggers, I am a magpie when it comes to pretty and sparkly things. When L'Oreal gifted me some of their new Colour Riche nail shades, Blue Reef* really stood out to me.

A dark teal creme polish, this was very opaque after one coat but I applied another as I like to do two coats of all of my polishes. The wide brush with these mini polishes is brilliant, I find them easier to use than regular polish brushes.

Never one to leave a nice manicure alone, I brought out one of my favourite glitter topcoats, Darling's Harlequin*. It's a mixture of small and large silver hex in a clear base, and is great because it looks good on such a wide range of nail shades.

Absolutely love this combination, it lasted quite a while on my nails and is something I think I will wear quite regularly as well.

The whole Color Riche Le Vernis range really appeals to me, I'm yet to use up a whole bottle of regular polish so the smaller sized bottle suits my needs (having said that, I can see myself finishing this whole bottle up and will be buying a replacement when that happens.) I have my eye on a few other shades from the collection (there is a purple with gold shimmer that is calling my name!) so I will be showing more of these here soon.

L'Oreal Color Riche Le Vernis are 5ml and retail for $6.95 AUD and are available from Target, Priceline, Pharmacies and anywhere else you find L'Oreal.

Darling polishes retail for $18.95 and can be purchased here.

Are you addicted to accent nails as well?

What do you think of these colours?

*These polishes were provided for consideration but my opinions and love for them are honest. Honesty, always.

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