DUPE ALERT!!! KIKO Electric Blue IS Nails Inc Baker Street

I've been craving Nails Inc Baker Street since I saw this cool Smashbox MUA wearing it a few weeks ago. Then I saw a Fish Eggs/Kaviar mani by Catrine at unnakednails and I knew I had to have that polish!  Sigh, but £11.00 for a blue creme polish is a bit much in my books, even if it's an awesome cobalt blue.

And so my mission was clear. Find a dupe for Baker Street!

This afternoon I swatched Nails Inc Baker Street on my ring finger in Debenhams at Westfield (for an accurate reference on-hand (no pun intended)) and then set out on my hunt!

Ladies, today I am happy to report that this polish ninja has succeeded in finding an EXACT dupe for Baker Street! It is KIKO Electric Blue (336). It's on sale now for £2.50 in the KIKO store in Westfield (for you London gals) and on the KIKO website here.

Below I have the side by side comparison. Nails Inc Baker Street is on my ring finger, KIKO Electric Blue is on the rest.

 Can you tell the difference? Neither can I! ;)

The formula is the same as Baker St, the brush is good and it's opaque in 2 thin coats. What more could a blue polish obsessed girl want? Finding this has made my week and I'm so happy to be able to share it with you!

(manicured fist pump!)

Nails Inc - St Johns Wood Dots

One of my new favorite things to do is to go nail polish bargain hunting on Ebay. There's nothing quite like picking up a polish for £1.00 when it normally retails for £10.00. A few days ago I was extra lucky and managed to be pick up two Nails Inc polishes for a total of £4.00 including shipping. Yes, lucky me.

For this post I present to you Nails Inc St Johns wood, a blue toned purple creme. Formula and coverage is great, a two-coater for me. Nails Inc polishes have good brushes so application was easy too.

 outdoor lighting

indoor lighting

To spice things up a bit, and to try out my hand at dotting, I decided to go for a polka dot mani. I used a Sally Hansen white polish and a straightened out bobby pin (hair pin) as my dotting tool. I'd say for a first go, it turned out ok. I was a bit too impatient with letting the white dots dry and smeared one of my nails a bit when I added top coat (Seche Vite).

Oh well, practice makes perfect and I'll definitely be trying out polka dots again. I am always looking for inspiration and new things to try, so please share your polka dot manicures with me. I'd love to see them.