Rimmel London 805 Grey Matter

This is Grey Matter, a lovely pale grey creme – one coat!

I have three Rimmel London 60 Second polishes, two of which I’ve tried and one which I’ve only tried on my toes. The two I have tried on my nails I have encountered severe tip wear each time I’ve worn them – just to warn you, I don’t know if this is a fault with the line or whether I just happened to pick up two bad bottles. Anyway.

I have mixed feelings about this polish. It boasts the “Xpress Brush 1 Sec Application” which is basically a big thick brush. Now I have quite broad nails, so the width of the brush doesn’t affect my application too badly, but I know a lot of people have thinner nails so it’s something to watch out for. The one issue I really have is that it doesn’t allow for neat polishing near the cuticles, as you can probably see, which would be workable but for the fast-dry qualities of this polish, you really have to work fairly fast!

This is a one-coat application, totally opaque, so I’m very happy about that. The polish is a little on the too-quick side of drying time, but I find that if you just use more polish than you would usually use for one coat, it gives you a little extra time. The polish itself dries evenly – it drags a little during application but the key is to just leave it rather than try to cover it over with more polish (which results in bubbling) and it tends to level itself out a fair bit 🙂

It dries with a nice glossy finish. It’s not Barry M glossy, but it’s certainly shiny enough. I really would recommend using a top coat (although I don’t know if this will help – I haven’t tried it) to try to avoid the tip wear problem, or maybe try coating your tips thinly before applying  a second coat.

Hope this helps someone on the hunt for a classic grey. One other thing to bear in mind is try to minimise air exposure to the bottle, as this seems to dry the polish out more quickly, and application certainly gets more difficult as I get to my second hand! I’ve had this polish since last December and it hasn’t dried out though, so you should be okay.

I often pass this polish up as it always seems a little boring to just have grey on my nails, but it is very flattering and pretty.

Hope you are all doing well, keep me posted! Sorry for yet another waffley post, I’m so bad at getting my point across concisely 🙁 extra points to anyone who’s bothered reading this far!

Emma xxx