Rouge Fatal

Red is my color. It has always attracted me. And since this week is dedicated apples, nothing fits better than also apple red nails.

After a manicure that was a little too much for me a couple of weeks ago, I decided to do something with another of the colors in the Passport to Color collection. I decided to combine OPI's Cajun Shrimp with Chanel's Rouge Fatal.

I use the Trind Nail Repair as base coat. I don't know if it is really meant to
be used as a base coat, but I think it is awesome! My nails don't break
and my nail polish doesn't start to flake off that easily. 

I still can't really make a straight line with a nail polish brush (or any other kind of brush with nail polish on it for that matter), but I'm almost starting to get a hold on making dots with a sewing pin stuck on a pencil.

The dotted line was supposed to be straight, but who cares? 

I like the contrast between the Cajun Shrimp and the Rouge Fatal. I might even do this same combination again at some other time.

Passport to color

One thing I love about travelling, is to look at all make-up, perfumes and nail polish in the duty free store. I often fall in love with collections of miniature perfume bottles, or - as in this case, collection of small nail polish bottles from OPI.

It contained a collection of 6 different shades of reddish nail polish.

The Charged Up Cherry (hot pink) and Cajun Shrimp (almost neon coral) are not colors I would ever buy myself, which makes collections like this so awesome - it forces me to get something a little bit out of my comfort zone. 

So I took my new nail polishes and gave myself a polka dot manicure with Malaga Wine as the base color and polka dots in Charged Up Cherry and Lincoln Park After Dark. 

Next time I will not take a photo with all the bottles in my hand. 

Honestly, having polka dots on all my nails drives me crazy - it is far too busy. But I like them, so next time I will just do it on a couple of the nails.

What is your favorite red nail polish?