What's it going to be then, eh?

Polishes used:

Koh  '185 Coral'

Herôme W.I.C.  'Utreg 173'
Various acrylic paints my little sister kindly lent me, 

and the whole is finished off with a matte top coat.

Looks like I'm on a bit of a roll with the more detailed nail art I used to do. If 'two' can count as 'on a roll',  anyway. Gotta start the rolling somewhere. Err, anyway. Based on what (I think) is the most recognisable book cover for Anthony Burgess' 'A Clockwork Orange'. Another one of those designs I've been wanting to do for ages but kept putting off - check!
The rest of my hand has a bit of a erm, McNail vibe going on with the colour scheme. I toyed with doing the rest in orange for obvious reasons, but that didn't link back to the book cover, which was first and foremost my intention. I meant to show the design next to the actual book cover, but my copy is currently on loan so the badge got the spotlight!

Coral.

I think I’m getting over my dislike of red polishes. This particular red polish Coral (185) by Koh. It’s a fun, summery, bright red that I put on in an attempt to coax the sun back out. It worked long enough to take a few pictures in, but it kind of ended there.. oh well! Another untried down. When you’re not having fun in the sun (in a badly lit bedroom, for example), it tends to lean to a vermillion/scarlet shade. I wouldn’t have labelled the polish coral personally, since true coral is more pinkish than this. It is a red leaning towards the pink spectrum, however. Sorry – I am an art student, unnecessary overanalysing of colours is sort of par for the course!

Artificial light - flash

It applied neatly in two coats and didn’t chip in the entire time I wore it (I believe a span of 3-4 days?). It has a very faint red-pink shimmer, but this polish isn’t massively sparkly. I for one am pleased with the formula of this polish, and I’d recommend it if you like the colour. (Top picture is most ‘real life’ colour-accurate.)