NOTD: Model's Own Red n Black

Five minutes hanging around in front of Boots Oxford Circus, led to today's NOTD.  I got bored while waiting for a friend, so decided to entertain myself at the Model's Own counter.

This shade intrigued me just for the name. I was stood there going, is it red? or is it black? I concluded that it wasn't black, but just a deep deep blackened red. Anyway, I had to hurry up and make the purchase as the security guard was giving me funny looks because I was mouthing off to myself in my one woman nail polish debate.

So here it is!

Outdoor shot with flash

Outdoor shot without flash

Indoors with flash

I love the colour! Gets me ready for autumn/winter and with the way the weather is going, I am more than ready. The first coat was a little streaky, but if you load the brush a little bit more than usual, you get good coverage on the first coat. The polish is gel like, which I like. I hate when polish is really thin on the nail. Having said that, I had three layers of OPI Nail Envy underneath! It's quick drying and you're good to go with the usual two coats, followed by top coat.

So, I've concluded that Red n Black is a red with a lot of black in it. I'd say its a really burnt aubergine colour. Its very similar to one of my other favourites Leighton Denny's Vamp with a tiny touch more black.

NOTD: Model's Own Green Flash

The dreaded flu has got me, so I couldn't make my YSL manicure yesterday. I had already painted the perfect picture in my head of the teal blue nail polish with the gold tips. Hey hoo, I'll have to get myself better as quickly as possible so I party with YSL Rock & Baroque nail colours.

In the meantime, to cheer myself up, while I drunk a mug of Lemsip (btw I hate Lemsip), I dug out this Model's Own polish I picked up earlier in the week. Its called Green Flash. A lime green with a touch of yellow currents and silver shimmer.

I still haven't decided whether I like green on me and I have tried many, many greens. My last go was with OPI's Jade is the New Black. Even though I got lots of compliments, I'm still undecided. Put it like this, it wouldn't necessarily be my first choice. But this green is bright, glittery and shimmery and the magpie in me was instantly drawn to it. I'm always giving greens 'one more go.'

The colour looks exactly as it is in the bottle, which is a good thing as its always a bit disappointing when you put a colour on an it looks different to whats in the bottle. Though the first coat was a tinsy winsy bit streaky (I think because of the glitter), but on the second coat it was fine and it produced this metallic foil finish look. I finished it of with Essie's Good to Go top coat.

I'm not a fan of metallic looking colours, so this green is out for me, but I do think is very pretty. What do you think?