Ciaté for Marie Claire

 L-R Jelly Bean, Purple Sherbet & Bon Bon.

As I'm sure some of you are already aware, this months issue of Marie Claire magazine comes with a fabulous freebie in the form of a Ciaté paint pot. There are three shades to choose from and if you know me, then you won't be surprised to hear that I picked up all three! Ciaté polishes usually retail at £9 and the magazine itself costs £3.70, so that's well over a 50% saving. Score! There's also a code inside the mag for 25% off your next order. Any must have shades I should check out?

Like all Ciaté polishes, the creamy formula applies like a dream and all three shades provide full opacity with two coats. Jelly Bean is the colour that initially caught my eye, it's the perfect blue-toned bright pink, with just the tiniest bit of subtle shimmer and looks absolutely beautiful on the nail. Purple sherbet is a gorgeous creamy pastel lilac colour and again looks beautiful on the nail. Then we have Bon Bon, which happens to be my favourite out of the three! I don't even know how to describe the shade, it's pretty much exactly as it looks in the bottle.. just a million times better. It's not the sort of colour I would usually pick out for myself, but it really is such a beautiful neutral shade. It might even have me hooked on the neutral wagon for while!