Hi, my name's Selina and I'm addicted to nail polish

You know how they say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem? Well can we, perhaps, just pretend that's the only step? So I admit I'm addicted to buying nail polish, you all pat me on the back for taking such a huge step towards recovery and then we all go back to how we were and I keep buying nail polish? Yeah? Excellent. As you were then.

So here's some more polish that I bought. Back when I had that little problem.



Anna Sui Number 126. Obviously I had to buy it because it was super cheap on TradeMe. And it's pretty.



Lancome Number 297. This one was also super cheap on TradeMe. And it's yellow.



Ahhh, right. Now these weren't super cheap on TradeMe. Although some of them were on special so that's pretty good, yeah? But, you see, what happened was, I was at the mall buying a present for a friend and these polishes just accidentally bought themselves with my credit card. Darndest thing huh? Anyway left to right: Rimmel Deliciously Dark, Blue Me Away and Go Cobalt, Max Factor Ultra Blue and some really cute little nail templates for painting designs on your nails in wave, skull and crossbones, butterfly and pawprint designs.

Also, something I didn't buy. These came from my wonderful friend Ewa who sent me the Bourjois So Laque polishes:


Left to right Maybelline Matte in Matte Rose, Butterfly Collection Number 244 and Delia Glamour Number 5. And at front a Paloma lip gloss.

I've seen the Maybelline Mattes around on a few blogs and been quite keen to try them out because unlike the current mattes from O.P.I. which are just too chalky matte for my liking the Maybelline ones (which were released some time ago) have more of a lustrous satin finish which is quite lovely. All the other items are brands I've never heard of so I'm very excited to try them out.

So there we go. Oh and did I mention that I just ordered a whole heap of polishes from Overall Beauty because they were having a massive sale on BB Couture polishes for their newsletter subscribers?

Oh dear, I do have a problem don't I?

TradeMe you evil, evil Temptress

Fellow beauty product junkies will sympathise with me when I say that online auction sites are damnably addictive. The thrill of chasing down a bargain or a hard to find cult favourite is unbeatable. So much so that there have been times when I've bought a polish not because I like the colour, but because it was too good a bargain to pass by. Which is exactly the case with two of the polishes below:



Regular readers will know that the two pale polishes on the right are not really my cup of tea, but given that Anna Sui retails for around NZ$13.00 a bottle and Clarins for NZ$30.00, the NZ$2.00 (plus petrol) that I paid for them was pretty gosh-darned good!

I remember reading somewhere that Anna Sui polishes had a fragrance, this one doesn't. Does anybody know whether the fragrance is a recent addition and I've got an older polish, or perhaps I bought a fake (but hey at that price who cares, the bottle's pretty!). Also, a warning: when sampling the fragrance of a nail polish, don't stick your nose right up to the bottle and sniff deeply cos, you know, chemical fumes. Also, does anybody else see the monkey riding the unicorn?

The other polish in the picture is Chanel Blue Satin. Normally my budget for a single polish on TradeMe is NZ$10.00 tops, but let me repeat: Chanel. Blue. Satin. As in cult favourite Chanel Blue Satin. So I was quite happy to pay NZ$20.00 plus postage for it, especially since Chanel polish retails for around NZ$40.00.