Green Nail Polishes for Summer

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Green nail polish is a bit of an odd one for me, I love my mint green pastel shades but as the colour spectrum goes darker and bolder in shade I become unsure. 

Do green nails look good? 

My nail collection would say that they do as I own a whooping 16 green nail polishes ranging from neutrals with a hint of green to some pretty bold shades. 

I quite enjoyed swatching my entire Essie collection here so I thought I would do it again but with a colour range. If you have any suggestions of future posts like this - all red nail polishes, my entire glitter collection, Models Own collection etc just let me know in the comments below and I will try to get that done for you.

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Pastel Green Nail Polishes 

Favourites here would have to be the brighter pastels such as MUA Pistachio Ice Cream (only £1 - Superdrug) and Models Own Apple Pie (£5 - MO online here or Boots). However I do also love Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Green Tea (£1.99 free p&p - eBay here) as I love the tone, the application is flawless and the finish is ultra glossy. 

But looking at these swatches I'm thinking Barry M Mint Green (£2.99 - Boots/Superdrug) deserves more love as I can't remember the last time I used it! The next pastel green on my list to buy is Essie Mint Candy Apple.

What is your favourite pastel green nail polish? 


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Bright Green Nail Polishes 

Without a doubt my favourites here are the more muted greens. I really can't get enough of Sinful Colors Pistache (£1.99 - Boots in-store and online here) and I also really like Essie Navigate Her (£4.55 free p&p - eBay here). The more true green shades are the ones I use for nail art when I need a green and both Sally Hansen Grass Slipper (£1.49 - Fragrance Direct here) and Essie Mojito Madness (£1.99 - Fragrance Direct here) are perfect for that as they are very opaque. I strangely also love Models Own Toxic Apple (£5 - MO online or Boots)... but for Halloween!

Barry M Acid Yellow is also an interesting shade, it actually looks more like it does in the bottle than the swatch above, as it's quite a lime green shade which is nice for a change in summer. 

Do you like green nail polishes? 
I'm still not 100% certain I love green nails but get the right shade and they can look really nice! 

Fee xo.  


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That models own is gorrrrgeous!
I love love love green nails :)

Great post.
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I just received a green nail polish in my Birchbox! I have had one previously a metallic forest green but I only ever use it for Christmas-themed nail art. This will be my first proper green nail polish and I'm excited! I think it'll bring out a tan (if I ever get one!)
I feel the same, I like green but I'm never sure!!

Nicky
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I love Toxic Apple, looks great x
I would love to see your models own collection.
Love the post, greens are my favopurite especially minty shades

xo

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Models Own Apple Pie looks gorgeous but MUA's version looks almost identical so will defo be getting that one!

Alice :)
I feel the same about the deeper, brighter greens, although I love Models Own Green Tea and used it to style some Irish nails for St Patricks Day - http://www.everywordhandwritten.blogspot.co.uk/20...

You can't go wrong with mint though :) Rosie x
I really like the look of sally hansen green tea :) I have quite a few mint green colours and I use them quite a lot :)

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I only have one green nail polish: Essie Mint Candy Apple. This is actually quite shocking as I LOVE green!
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I love green nail polish, especially the minty tones. I think they are beautiful :)
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There are some gorgeous shades in this post! The pastel green shades are especially beautiful.
Mint is my faaaavourite colour. You can't beat Essie - Mint Candy Apple! But there are some really lovely other mint colours here. x

Lilie
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I love mint greens, but I definitely love the bold stand out greens, the Sally Hansen looks like one for me! I think having nails that stand out is great in summer! xx
I love minty greens too! My favourite has to be Max Factor Cool Jade, Models Own Apple Pie looks so nice as well!
I'd love to try the MUA pastel green one!

xo

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I prefer pastel green definitely!

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I've got Essie Mojito Madness on at the moment. I can't make my mind up about it and definitely prefer a green that's more pastel, maybe I'll get used to it?

Sophs x
Lovely post, thanks so much for taking the time to swatch everything so beautifully :). My favourite green shade is Essie's Mint Candy Apple! I think it looks good on most skin tones and really pops against tanned skin too. I've been wearing it a lot with silver accent nails which looks really complementary

Izzi x
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Greta post. I love green polishes, I have most of them in my stash. :D
I love green shades they're so summery and you have so many!!
Frankie xx
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