5 Ciate favourites

December just gone I finally got my hands on a Ciate advent calendar (you can see my review here). Behind every door I got such a variety of different shades, colours, glitters and shimmers. It was such a lovely advent calendar so I thought I would share my top five shades from it with you. When I put them all together they actually look super pretty next to each other, which I was secretly pleased with. I have previously tried Ciate nail varnishes so I know they are great quality and worth it.

The mini size of these nail varnishes are great! It actually means I may finish one for once! They are super cute and easy to take a few more with you than usual when you are travelling. As I mentioned the range of colours I received was incredible and I could have chosen many more for this post but wanted to stick to five. So onto the shades I picked as my favourites..

First on the far left is a shade called 'pillow fight' which is a muted purple/grey colour. It's such a beautiful colour and perfect for this time of the year. Next to that shade, up the top, is a similar shade but in blue which is called 'chinchilla'. If you follow me on Instagram (@natalieellis23) then you will have seen my post wearing this exact shade. Again perfect for this time of the year. Underneath that shade is a glitter called 'snow globe'. It has iridescent chunks of glitter included and also small pieces too. It is honestly the prettiest glitter shade and would look perfect over any of the two polishes I've just mentioned. Back up to the top is a shade called 'starlet'. I don't know if this kind of polish has an exact name but it's kind of pearlescent and in different lights it looks different colours. Such as grey, blue, purple and gold. It's such a beauty and I'm not sure any photo would do this justice. The final shade is called 'fit for a queen' which is simple a plain silver shade. The glitter is intense and just looks amazing by itself on the nails.

There we have it, 5 Ciate favourites which fit into the January blues category pretty well. They will cheer up any girls nails this dreary month. I honestly cannot wait to continue testing out the rest of the nail varnishes I received in the advent calendar. I'd love to hear your favourite Ciate polishes and I hope you all had a lovely weekend :-)

Ciate Mini Mani Month

It's fair to say I'm slightly behind putting this post up 11 days already into the Christmas countdown, but as I always say better late than never. I'm getting so super duper excited for Christmas this year and cannot believe how quickly it has come around.

Beauty advent calendars have become a huge part of the Christmas countdown and many beauty brands have grasped onto this concept. The Ciate one is one that I have always wanted to try myself and I finally got my hands on one this year. TK Maxx had them at a great discounted price, so they're obviously not this seasons shades, but the different range of colours you get is great. I think mini nail varnishes are great, I mean I don't think I've ever actually gone through a whole full size nail varnish?! Crazy. So the fact these are small may actually mean that I finish one!

You get a whole range of colours, glitters and also their caviar decoration (which I don't think I'll actually use) but it's a great diverse selection. The last picture above is day number 1 which is a gorgeous holographic glitter varnish. It's a really nice little concept that you also get a little beauty quote when you open each door.

So yes I've already opened 11 days of this calendar and am really enjoying it so far. I don't know if I would ever pay full price for this advent calendar but you may want to give TK Maxx a quick look around to see if they have any left as for their price it's definitely worth it! Let's continue the Christmas countdown! :-)