Nails on Sunday: Feeling Blue

It's been a while since the last post in my Nails on Sunday series, so here's the latest installment of my Sunday chit-chat on all things nails. This summer I ended up picking up two blue polishes and after falling head over heels for them, I had a rummage through my collection to realise I actually had five blue-hued varnishes. As much as I love a good neutral nail, I also love having something a bit more eye-catching on my fingertips; something that makes me stop to admire them. So here's a mini lowdown on what has my nailbeds feeling blue from left to right...

Barry M Nail Paint in Indigo is (as the name suggests) an indigo shade of blue and has purplely undertones to it. In just two coats the polish is suprisingly opaque for it's cheap price-tag, and is a perfect shade for those who love a deeper and darker colour on their nails in the autumn/winter season. After a good ten minutes spent searching the internet for the Jack Wills Nail Polish in Blue, I've come to the conclusion that they've sadly discontinued this metallic polish. I received this as a Christmas present, and was so pleased with it as it seemed to be my solution to Topshop's discontinued polish in Blue on Blue - so if anyone has any recommendations for a blue metallic polish similar to this, please send them my way!

If you're familiar around these parts, you may recognise Topshop Nails in Blue Rinse from my Topshop haul post from back in August... yes, I'm still banging on about this. After Anna raved about the polish, I had to get my mits on it too as it's such a lovely cornflower pastel shade and even looks lavendery in some lights. Of all these polishes this is my favourite in terms of formula (and maybe colour too?), because how opaque it is for a pastel, without feeling gloopy or heavy.

On the other end of the spectrum there's Rimmel London's Rita Ora 60 Seconds in Pillow Talk, which has my least favourite formula of the five. It took three thick coats of this to build up the colour and coverage you can see in the photo, and it chips really easily after application. I think this may have been discontinued too, and although it is a nice ice blue colour, the random bits of shimmer in the polish aren't completely to my liking. And finally, the Barry M Speedy Quick Dry Nail Paint in Eat My Dust was my second purchase of the summer and I love it. This is a super light pastel blue that does as it says on the tin and dries so quickly - it also looks gorgeous with a tan (come back summer!). The only downside to this is that I've found the formula to get a little gloopy over time, so to thin it out I've been placing the bottle in the fridge for 10 minutes before application which works a treat.

What do you think to these polishes? Are you a more pinky/neutral nail lover or do you prefer out-there blues and greens? 

Charlotte x