Accessorize – Shade 9 Fudge (My go-to base colour)

Please excuse the lack of cleanup – I was about to use this as a base colour and thought I’d show you what I use first!

1 coat!

You know when you have a really sheer nail polish that just won’t build up to an opaque finish? I’ve had this issue so many times.. I decided back in January that the only remedy to this was to paint my nails an opaque colour so that the nail line wasn’t visible. I remember reading on someone’s blog (I can’t remember whose I’m sorry!) that they use a white base colour which I suppose planted the seed in my mind and when I saw this near-skin-colour polish the seed blossomed and I just knew this was the one I’d use.. haha. I know that Liloo blogged about this a few days ago but I promise I didn’t steal the idea from her! (Even so go and check out her blog post, it has two much cheaper options for this trick). If you want evidence I used it with 17 Pink Grapefruit in this post!

So the Accessorize polish. This is fab, £4 in Superdrug and I think (although I’m not certain) that Accessorize polishes are sold in Accessorize too. I know they’re available on the website (under ‘Lifestyle’ of all categories!) Fudge, along with all the others I’ve tried, dries very quickly with a satisfactorily opaque finish. If I was going to wear this alone I would add an extra coat as you can still just see some of the natural nail underneath but one coat serves the purpose for this trick.

Does it work? Yes! I’ve had no issues with using this with a base, it applies thinly and dries quickly so saves a lot of hassle in applying coat after coat of a sheer polish and waiting for each one to dry! All you have to do is paint one of two coats of said polish over the base colour et voila.

I know this tip is by no means original but if it helps just one person then my post is justified 😉 Apologies to everyone who’s ever posted this tip before!

I may have another post up by the end of the night, another M&S; polish 😀
Emma xxx

Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.