Seasonal Nail Polish Colour?

From left to right: Essie's 'good to go' top coat, Essie's 'all in one base' base coat and Essie's 'jazz'.

February and March are quite the difficult months in terms of seasonal appropriate nail polish colour; it isn’t quite spring, where bright and pastel colours are preferred, nor is it really winter anymore, where darker colours tend to rule. So, I suppose there is only one way to go… neutral! There is absolutely nothing wrong with neutral colour for your nails, I simply prefer a lighter blue or a shade of mint colours more.

Alas, I opted for the best neutral colour I have - Essie’s Jazz.

I realize not everyone is a fan of Essie due to various reasons, but the brand is the one I countlessly return to (is one of the best in my biased eyes) as there are qualities I can’t really find in other nail polish brands. Essie’s colour range is wide and the nail polish itself dries quickly; the latter matters the most in my eyes as I simply don’t possess the ability to remain patient for the whole drying process. They are rather pricey, admittedly (approx. 90 DKK/10 GBP in Denmark), which I find is the general downside to them and explains the reason for me not owning many. Damn it!

To ensure the colour will last the longest and look the prettiest on my nails, I use a base coat and a top coat (both of mine are from Essie… I am so Essie biased *pouts*). The top coat I can essentially forego, but definitely not the base coat. If you, like me, wear nail polish almost constantly without a base coat your nails can potentially turn slightly yellow… That isn’t that charming or flattering for your finger nails. The yellow nails happened to me, thus base coat is a must.

With this neutral colour on my nails I shall continue with the rest of my daily work and hope spring (and sunny weather) will come around soon.

What is your favourite nail polish colour for February and March? Do you have any recommendations for a good nail polish brand?

Until next time,

Mia ♥

Sunday; Studying & February Weather

Reading, reading, reading... and of course, staying hydrated.

Sunday has never been a favourite weekday of mine, if only for the reason it is located right next to Monday and that can’t be considered that positive. I have never been on good terms with Mondays… oh no, far from. But nevertheless, Sunday is a well-deserved day off where things I have put off over the week can be managed and handled in whatever way I find suiting at a given time.

Today wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, but went right after the above description of my typical Sunday.

Despite the Danish weather looking rather sunny for the month of February, I regretfully couldn’t find time to actually take a walk around in it as there was quite the amount of university readings that had to be taken care off. Four courses of readings… You may imagine me sighing tiredly at that sentence. However, I have always preferred reading everything for my courses in weekends instead of during the week as that allows for less worrying and for daily unexpected adventures. What those daily unexpected adventures consist of besides grocery shopping I have absolutely no idea, but I like the sound of it… The life of a university student isn’t always exciting or interesting.

As I finally(!) finished reading for almost all my courses, the Danish weather proved its ‘loveliness’ by having opted for rain instead of sun. I honestly can’t say I am that surprised; so, instead of the lovely walk I had imagined I think I will find my way to the kitchen and then later for the couch as my current diy project is waiting on me. There might come a blog post on the diy project when I have completed it.

How has your Sunday been? Have you enjoyed the February weather or simply stayed inside with a good cup of tea?

Until next time,

Mia ♥