I decided that this week was a great time to try out a polish from the French Connection Collection received on my birthday.

My brother, sister-in-law and niece got it spot on when it came to my birthday present of nail varnishes and chocolate - I mean, what more could a gal want?! There were five gorgeous colours in the set, all of which I'm sure you'll see crop up in a post somewhere in the future, so keep an eye out for those.

Being still in full-on summer mode, I opted for the brighter pink - frustratingly, the polishes don't have names so colour description will have to do - and it looks really pretty on. Being a nice deep pink, it will also look good in the winter as it won't be too flamboyant for the colder months. The colour really is lush!

Aside from not having a colour name, there were a couple of other niggles I had. Firstly, the brush is pretty rubbish. It's very small and is a bad shape, making application hard and the end result looking like a botch-job, despite my efforts to try tidy it up! The other down side is that quality isn't great and it started to chip after only one day's wear - not good!

As lovely as the present was and as grateful as I am, to be honest, I wouldn't choose to buy these varnishes. But... It's not all bad as I do really like the colour so will wear it again and I'm still looking forward to trying out the others too.

What's on your nails this week?