Addiction Nail Polish in 012 Singita, 021 Private Jet and 025 Out of the Blue

With apologies for the lengthy absence, I am attempting to ease myself back into blogging with a(nother) nail polish post. 

It's a sad fact of my cosmetics habit that that as I try to reduce my make-up consumption, my expenditure on nail polish increases exponentially. Whilst I have managed to restrain (ish) myself for the last couple of months from purchasing make-up with the usual wild abandon, my nail polish stash has already grown considerably since my round-up post in November. 

I recently purchased three Addiction nail polishes and so far I'm pretty impressed. As is to be expected from Addiction, the colour range on offer is great -- a lovely mix of brights and neutrals. I plumped for 012 Singita, a mushroomy brown, 021 Private Jet, a grey-brown taupe with a hint of mauve (apparently their best-selling shade) and 025 Out of the Blue, an almost navy blue.

Note: each swatch is two coats topped with Majolica Majorca Glass Drop Nail Gel Top Coat

I am a big fan of the formula. It's thin and applies very easily and smoothly. It is a little on the sheer side so the lighter shades need three coats to reach full opacity. Normally this bothers me but because the polish is so thin the extra coat doesn't seem to affect the (very quick) drying time. The brush is a perfect size for my nails -- thinner than a Dior brush but thick enough to cover most of the nail (making it easy to apply using the three stroke method). As for longevity, this is just ok... I confess it's quite difficult for me to speak to this as I usually get bored quickly and don't often give polish the chance to last several days, but with each of these shades I found there was some tip wear within 24 hours of application albeit no major chipping.

For Spring 2013 Addiction has released the Girl on Fire collection which includes five new nail polishes and matching lip glosses (four searing brights and a creamy white). The testers are out on counters now, but the products aren't available for sale until 11 January.

In other news, I really am trying to hold off spending any more money on cosmetics (of all types) until the Suqqu spring collection is released in a few weeks as I anticipate some frenzied purchases (plus I don't actually need any more make-up blah blah). See pictures on Rouge Deluxe here and tweeted by @Suqqu_PR here.