Christmas Sparkle #1

Who doesn't love a bit of sparkle at Christmas? I know I do, so I decided to bring you a series of posts this Christmas featuring my favourite glitter polishes. If you know me, you'll probably know that I love a good glitter polish. Today, I'm kicking things off with the most indulgent polish I own and two equally beautiful dupes. 

From the cheaper end of the scale to the pretty damn special...

Models Own Hed Kandi 'Ibiza Mix' - Every blogger has this, it would seem, but I suppose there's a good reason why. At £5 this is the cheapest of my three polishes and is available from Boots (linked above). This polish has a nice mix of colours but isn't of the three, I will say that this is my least favourite purely for the colour selection as the colours are a bit too pastel based for my preference. Still, it's a nice polish and is a totally reasonable festive glitter.

Topshop 'Brazil' - This is the first Topshop polish I ever owned. I think the colour selection amongst the glitter in this is really good for a high street polish, and at £6 it's practically the same price as Ibiza Mix. I have to say, I do prefer this to Ibiza Mix too. The glitter in this is a mixture of shapes and sizes, which I really like, and if you click through to the Topshop website you can zoom in and have a look for yourself. 

Deborah Lippmann 'Happy Birthday' - Now for something on the opposite end of the spectrum. At £16, Happy Birthday is the most expensive polish I own, but boy is it pretty. This looks especially pretty layered over dark colours like a dark or navy blue, but also over beigey nudes. Basically, it's versatile as hell and has the best colour selection of the three polishes I've chosen here. Yes, it's expensive, but Christmas is coming up after all. I use this when I really want to treat myself, and it really is a 'treat' kind of product.

All in all, I love all three of these polishes. Perhaps it's true to say that I don't need them all, but the good news about finding dupes for a well-loved more expensive product is that you really can save it for special occasions but still create the same kind of effect whenever you want with your less expensive polish. 

Hope you enjoyed this post, have you ever tried any of these polishes? And I'd love to know... what's your favourite Christmas glitter?

Thanks for reading,

Rachel x

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