Day by Day M&S Beauty Calendar - No Spoilers (from 14 Dec)

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Here's a new thread as the old one is getting very full

Glittery nails.

Tacky.
Alright if you're about 6 years old.

I like the bottle. It's a good quality bottle, but glitter nail polish is something you find in Claires Accessories and eventually hopefully grow out of

Why can't they put a normal grownup colour in the calendar, instead of either glitter and yellowy gold?
I get the feeling they've used the M & S calendar as a dumping ground for difficult to wear colours that only look right at certain times of the year.

Oh dear. The nail varnish is a "no" for me. I've got my DDs (4 and 6) glittery kids nail varnish/peel stuff from Claire's for their stockings and it reminds me of that.

Maybe I like tacky.

Didn't realise there was an age limit on glittery nails. I love the rainbow pastel colours. It's true it's hell to get off though

I've just tried some. I'm not keen. I've nothing against glittery nails for Christmas but this particular one just doesn't work on me. I wish it were just silver. As well as on my plain nails I tried it over the gold one on one finger in case it looked better but it looked over the top. I've discovered that I quite like the gold one though, I think it suits me (though I only tried one nail, and the light isn't great at the moment!). I will let my daughter wear the glittery one as a treat during the Christmas holidays. As long as it comes off my nails fairly easily! It does feel really rough.

I couldn't be bothered to find my nail varnish remover so I just applied another coat of nail varnish and wiped quickly and it came off easily. A bit of a waste of nail varnish though...

Have to say I love glittery anything!

Not a fan of nail polish generally so this will be wasted on me (but can’t swap as my ds has pulled the clear lid bit off ).

I’ve seen some pics of ombré glitter nails which looked good though, ideas for those interested

working from home today so I've managed to apply 4 coats of the stuff on each nail. Guess that won't be coming off in a hurry . It's ok for Christmas I suppose.

Used it over a red OPI. Excuse the fat fingers.

Mine is chipping already.

The glitter has changed throughout the day. It’s more white now. I’m going to take it off now, it’s really drying.

This is another one for my DDs.

Mine has gone really white and chalky, I don't like it at all! I'm wondering if it'd look better over a brighter pink colour. I don't think I could even give it away!

That’s interesting to hear others has gone white. I realised the white in mine is where it’s lifted away from my nail, so huge chunks have chipped off.

Not as happy as I was when I opened the box. Trying to work out how to prevent it happening. But I’m afraid it’s something that happens with really cheap nail polish. So I’m disappointed to find it in the calendar.

Last years polish was lovely. Still using it.

Now you've said it I think that's what it could be - the varnish lifting away from the nail. I bet it'll chip later. Very disappointing.

I didn't put a thick coat of it on but after a good few hours it hasn't dried properly and when I've bumped my nails it's made big grooves in it. I think it's a dud, but really can't complain as the calendar has been so good otherwise.

I think it's meant to be white, like icy frost. I'm undecided on it.

My DD (13 years) is very pleased with the 2 nail varnishes. Me less so

Ah well I’m another tacky one. I like a bit of sparkle every now and then.

Chunks have now come off mine too. I've never had the lifting/ coming off in chunks thing happen to me before. I only applied it at lunchtime!

I can't find it on their website. I wonder why.

I am another who isn't a fan of the glitter nail polish - though I love the gold one, I think it looks great, unlike most other posters, it seems. Today has been my only dud so far.

Put a coat over shiny white polish. I really like it! Hopefully it won't start coming off like others