Sugar Candy & Polka Dots

Certainly, by far one of the best investments I've ever made (okay, in this case it was my parents who made it) would have to be the Ciaté advent calendars. I was lucky enough to get them last year as well as the year before (an entire, more detailed post about them will be sure to follow!).

Considering the amount of full-sized nail polishes that I own and that I'll most certainly never empty completely before they turn old and gooey, the mini-sizes (5 ml) included in these calendars seem to be just perfect for me!

Even though the polish in this design is probably the colour that I used the most from the calenders, you can see that the filling level of it is still pretty high (which might, again, be due to the fact that I just own too many).

As far as I'm concerned, I don't mind wearing pastel shades all year round. They don't look too heavy on lighter skin (or rather deathly pale, in my case) and also create a really nice contrast with more tanned complexions.

Nevertheless, you'll probably find me wearing pastel colours most frequently during springtime which finally seems to be slowly arriving - I can see splashes of colour now instead of the overwhelming white of a snowy landscape when looking out of the window!

natural light

artificial light

This particular pastel shade is called sugar plum. What I really like is that it looks quite subtle and nearly greyish in artificial light whereas the colour gets much more vibrant and more like a real lilac when looking at it outside in natural light.

To create the polka dots, I simply used a dotting tool (you can get those for quite cheap on amazon/ebay) and a white polish that is actually supposed to be used for French tips.

Have you tried any of the Ciaté polishes before? What is your favourite springy pastel colour to wear?☺