If you followed my blog last year you’ll know I had a blast with the 2012 Ciate Mini Mani Month – an advent calender with a new Ciate shade every day! Not only is it great fun to try out new colours, but it’s also a great no-calorie alternative to choccies.

Ciate have relaunched the calendar for 2013, and it is available for £42 (plus p&p) from Selfridges here.

From the looks of their sneaky preview that was uploaded to Facebook today, we’ll see the return of the micro-pearls (it looks like there are at least a couple!), and the glitter/confetti topping (perhaps the fourth bottle from the left on the front row…) plus some shimmers, metallics and some lovely pastels, as well as more neutral and classic shades. Is that a full size bottle I see on the far left at the back? Maybe for Christmas day? Last year there were some exclusive glitter formulas for the calendar, so hopefully we’ll get the same this year! Ciate have confirmed that the line-up this year will be brand new with no repeats, so I’ll definitely be loading this into my virtual shopping basket come tomorrow…