NOTD: Ciate Paint Pot in Snatch

It's been so long since I did one of these but here goes!

Ciate Paint Pots Long Lasting Full Coverage Nail Enamel - Two coats - Ciate available here

Ciate is such a great little brand and perhaps best know for their amazing Advent Calendars.

I picked up this colour, Snatch 038 a little while ago and love the colour. A real bright postbox red, it's such a showstopping colour that gets noticed every time.

Ciate Paint Pots Long Lasting Full Coverage Nail Enamel - One coat - Ciate available here

The formula is smooth and not too thick or thin, with a slim brush that can get into edges easily. I personally like the shape of the bottle and find it easy to hold. This only needs one coat but I've shown pictures of both one and two coats just to show you how opaque it is with one coat. It is advertised as a full coverage nail enamel and there is no denying that this is true!

Durability wise, it could do with being topped up with a clear topcoat to prevent chipping as it does tend to come off around the base and tip, but I love the colour so much I can get over it.

Monday Manicure: Ciate Paint Pot Gold Digga 030

Ciate Paint Pot Gold Digga available here

I've been on a bit of a Ciate spree lately, here's my latest from Ciate, a rich bronze gold shade called Gold Digga.

In the bottle this looks like a real molten gold colour with warm bronze/copper tones. The colour looks great on tanned hands.

In the pictures I've used two coats but honestly, there's no difference in appearance between one and two so you can definitely get away with just the one coat. Not only that, but this is dry in such super fast time that it's the perfect polish to keep on hand for those emergency nail polish applications when you need to be out the door in 10 minutes!

This gives great coverage, a great application and has a wide brush meaning you only need to use one stroke to cover the nail and the long thin handle is easy to hold.

Verdict? Perfect for fast applications and summer nails.

NOTD Manicure Monday Ciate Paint Pot 3am Girl

Ciate Paint Pot 3am Girl available from here 

Dark nail polish always looks chic. Gone are the days when you’d be ridiculed with goth girl jibes as black colours are now chic!

Onto the review, Ciate Paint Pots are really well known and weigh in at £9 for a 13.5ml bottle.

This shade is called 3am Girl (raunchy) and although it looks black in the bottle, is actually a very dark navy black shade. It’s incredibly similar to Nails Inc Convent Garden.

I’ve shown you what it looks like with 1 coat and as you can see it’s definitely a 2 coat polish! With one coat it is a little streaky and has more of a blue tone to it, which turns out more black with 2 coats.

This is a great colour and an interesting alternative to black. I got quite a few compliments on this too. It lasted really well, no chips for around 5 days which is pretty good going.

Overall I’m loving Ciate and will keep adding to the collection!

July Magazine Freebies: Model Co, Elemis, Ciate and more

Glamour Magazine with Model Co Lipgloss

Bad news guys, I'm afraid it looks like we're going to be spending all our pennies on magazines this month!

It's a bumper month for fab freebies so I've rounded up all the offers on newsstands now to help you decided what to buy before you head out.

Glamour: Choose from 5 products from Model Co including an eyeliner, mascara, two shades of lipgloss and an eyeliner worth £78 in total. The lipgloss and mascara have a little mirror on the side for touchups on the go. It is actually just £1, ignore the price on my cover as this is a subscribers edition.

Cosmopolitan: Free sunglasses, 3 styles to choose from including a glamorous oversized pair and classic aviators. 

Company: Fabric make up bag

Tatler: Free sunglasses

In Style: Neal's Yard Remedies Power Berry Daily Facial Moisturiser worth £12

Marie Claire: Ciate Caviar Manicure duo (mini paint pot in shade Cookies & Cream and gold caviar beads topcoat set) worth £10

Red: Elemis Pro Radiance Illuminating Flash Balm worth £11.50

Elle: Rodial Brazilian Tan in clear, light and dark worth £13.50

Traveller: Free Neom Hand Cream (50ml) worth £15