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Is it just me or have all the cosmetics companies gone into overdrive where nail polish is concerned? I was way overexcited about Revlon’s 80th Anniversary collection, then suddenly there are so many new polishes about my bank account has run dry and I’ve only dipped a toe into the wonderful colourful world of new polish!

Today we have Sparkling, a VERY beautiful pink glitter topcoat. This one is another Deborah Lippmann dupe from Revlon, much like Revlon Facets of Fuchsia was a dupe of ‘Bad Romance’, Sparkling is a dupe (or very similar to) Deborah Lippmann Some Enchanted Evening (picture from Scrangie).

Is it a true dupe? Judikins from Judixo has posted a wonderful comparison of Deborah Lippmann Some Enchanted Evening and Revlon Sparkling – I’ll leave you to decide for yourselves whether it is close enough to be called a dupe, I think it is so my lemming is satisfied!

Sparkling is a gorgeous soft salmony-pink glitter topcoat, consisting of large pink hexagonal glitter pieces and many smaller pink hexagonal glitter pieces. The polish also flashed holographic under false lighting but I can’t place where that comes from, lol! It’s very very pretty though. It gives a very flattering pink-tone to your nails, and makes your fingers look more tanned than they are! (What more could you want, lol).

Application:

Like most glitters, Sparkling dried quickly. This allowed me to apply 4 coats (as seen in the final 4 photos) to get it to a semi-opaque finish. It’s one of those polishes that probably wouldn’t make it to a totally opaque finish without about 10 coats so I thought I’d leave it at 4 – my nail line and much of my nail was visible through the polish, though it’s one of those glitters that’s so reflective the nail beneath is hidden. It’s very much destined to be a topcoat. Speaking of which, the finish of Sparkling was very smooth, I can only presume because of the ratio of clear polish to glitter, but it’s definitely of a lovely quality. I don’t think you will need a topcoat for this one.

EDIT: The lovely Melana pointed out I didn’t mention removal – at 1-2 coats Sparkling was quite easy to remove, only a little scrubbing required, while at 3-4 coats it was about average glitter removal (i.e. lots of soaking & scrubbing needed!)

What do you think of this? I’m so glad to have bought it, it’s so very dainty and pretty and just adds that bit of pizzazz to your average manicure. I think it will look gorgeous over black.

Sorry for not posting more Barry M nail paints – I had one of those moments where you get a bit enthusiastic with the nail file and my nails are no more – I just can’t think that my stubby little nubbins will do the new polishes justice so I’ve resorted to my backlog of photos… hope you don’t mind!!

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Hello my lovelies, sorry I’ve been absent for the best part of March, I was on a bit of a roll with my blog and suddenly life took one of those turns and my blog was no longer my priority nor my pleasure. Anyways I would like to think I am on the road to recovery and this is just one of those steps.

Today I have for you the lovely Revlon Cloud (I fully admit that I was swept up and taken in by the name…), a lovely pale lavender creme. I want to say that it’s one that doesn’t quite live up to my expectations, having wanted it for a good few months, but maybe I’m just being fussy.

Not my best application ever…! Anyway, Cloud is one of those pastels that is a must-have for those of you who follow Spring trends, pastels seem to be a staple pretty much every Spring. Personally I’m really enjoying the fresh and bright colours coming out this year, I’ve never really been a pastel person :).

Application:

The pictures show 3 coats. Cloud was a teeny bit on the patchy side – it applied smoothly but there were still a couple of bald streaks which required the 3rd coat to cover over. Cloud dries fairly quickly, although it didn’t really do the ‘Top Speed’ name justice, it doesn’t dry any quicker than most other polishes. It dries to a relatively high shine, you just can’t tell because of my sheet marks (!) oops.  A slick of topcoat always seems to make creme finishes stand out a bit more though.

I did wonder how similar Cloud is to Revlon Charming (part of their new collection) as Cloud seems to have disappeared off my local Boots’ shelves. Side by side, Charming is a lot more pink-toned, while Cloud is predominantly more blue. I will do a comparison when I remember! Unless you’re lilac-crazy, I personally would go for one or the other, dependent on which goes better with your skin tone.

I actually found Cloud in Poundland, so yep, just £1! I also managed to find Black Star, part of their new line, so keep your eyes peeled! Definitely worth it when you consider the £6.49 price tag for Revlon polishes in Boots and Superdrug.

Hope you are all well, let me know what you think of this one 🙂 I bought the new Models Own Beetlejuice polishes today, they are amazing (needless to say!) and will hopefully be up on my blog soon! 🙂 I did go and see the Hunger Games last Wednesday with Andy and 2 friends, and I was totally blown away by the colour, the sound, the visuals in general… it was just, WOW. I have gone out and bought the books and am currently loving the first one! Have you guys seen/read it yet?!

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Revlon Charming, like Dreamer, is part of the 80th Anniversary collection Revlon released this year. The collection consists of 20 new nail polish shades. I’ve gone a bit crazy over Revlons lately, and the 2 for £9.99 offer in Superdrug and 2 for £10 in Boots has not helped my bank account!

Charming is a lovely lavender creme. It’s one of those pastels that looks good on all skin tones – this makes a nice change from the usual lobsterifying pastels that just don’t suit my skin! The photos all show 2 coats. Sorry for the cuticle-pooling on my middle finger, I genuinely didn’t notice til I saw the photos!

Application:

You’ll be pleased to hear that Charming is pretty much opaque in 1 coat, I wore it with just the one coat for a full day and didn’t notice any bald streaks until I was in bright artificial light. I would recommend adding a 2nd coat just to ensure you have even coverage. The polished had an average dry-time, (not very fast but not wildly slow either), so the opacity is very much in your favour!

I thought I’d show you a quick picture to demonstrate how different Charming is from Barry M Berry Ice Cream:

 Charming is far more blue-toned than Berry Ice Cream and there’s no way they are dupes 🙂 good news for purple-lovers out there!

Personally I’m not a huge fan of purple pastels, there’s not alot about them that excites me. Charming is definitely a very clean, pleasant polish though, one that is very much suited to Spring!

How do you feel about purple pastels? I kind of feel that it needs some shimmer to make it more interesting!

Have you bought any of the Revlon 80th Anniversary polishes? I have gone way overboard with them, I have eight :s oops! I suppose the formulation of Revlon justifies my spending 😉

Let me know what you think of this one. It’s Sunday today and it’s raining and I’m currently sitting soaked in my bed – I got a little bit caught in the rain!

Hope you guys are doing well, drop me a line! You have enough social media gadgets available to get me on now 😉 Haha.

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

This is another of the new Revlons that have crept into Boots and Superdrug. Both currently have an offer on Revlon nail polish. In Superdrug it’s 2 nail polishes for £9.99, and in Boots it’s 2 for £10.

Grapefruit Fizz would be a perfect Valentine’s Day polish, it’s a lovely subtle sweet pink with orangey-pink reflects. How was your Valentine’s Day? My Andy cooked me dinner and set up a candle-lit dinner table and bought me the most beautiful decorative rose I’ve ever seen. I love that I can look at it all year round and it won’t fade 😀

In the pictures, I have 4 coats of Grapefruit Fizz on all fingers except my ring finger, which has 3 coats. The polish is very sheer but also very buildable. I love love love the soft sugary pink and I personally am a fan of the sheerness, I feel like it makes my nails look very clean. You could still see the free edge of my nail in bright light, but this doesn’t bother me. If you don’t like visible nail line, I really wouldn’t recommend this polish unless you plan to use it for layering.

Grapefruit Fizz is a sheer jelly. The finish is a lovely glass-fleck, almost flakie-esque, and the polish somehow reflects orangey-pink in certain lights. This is one of those colours I wouldn’t like as a creme and probably not even as a shimmer, but there’s something about glass-fleck that is just irresistable!

The polish is scented – personally I wouldn’t call it a grapefruit scent, it smells very synthetic, I wouldn’t even call it an ester scent. Almost like sweets, perhaps, but very sickly ones! I’m not really a fan of the scentedness. It made me feel quite sick after a while.

Application:

Clearly, this is a very sheer polish, and required several layers to build opacity. However the coats did dry quickly so this wasn’t too much of an issue for me, and the polish applied nicely too. My only problem (personally) was with the scent, but I managed to defumigate with some candles 🙂

What do you guys think? This might just be one of my favourite polishes ever, it’s so delicate and elegant. Subtle enough for work, for sure. I’m loving my week off, and being able to wear nail polish again! I have a huge pile of ‘unblogged’ nail polishes to get through 😛

How was your Valentine’s Day? What did you do?

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

I passed my placement! And my case study got a distinction, woohoo! I’m now free to wear nail polish til my heart’s content. I was wondering in Superdrug feeling chuffed that I’d  completed and passed my placement, and spotted a handful of new Revlon polishes. I don’t know whether these are from the 80th Anniversary collection coming out this year, but I certainly recall seeing Dreamer somewhere to do with the collection. Anyways, behold the beauty 🙂

You’ll have to excuse the bad quality of these photos, I couldn’t get a good pull on the colour unless it was in low lighting. Sorry 🙁 My camera always struggles with blues for some reason.

This is such a pretty blue, I can’t even describe 🙂 It’s a lovely dusky cornflower blue. It leans ever so slightly purple. It definitely has a lot of grey in it. I really didn’t think I’d love it as much as I do but there’s something about cornflower blues that always draws me in.

Application:

Dreamer took 2 coats to be fully opaque. It has a slightly jelly-esque formula, which is super duper because it stops the polish being chalky and gives it a lovely shine. I did find that it doesn’t level itself out very well and that you do need to load up the brush a fair bit to get decent coverage. On a few nails I went over the same spot twice and ended up with ridges but I think that was more user-error than anything else. Nothing a slosh of topcoat can’t remedy! It definitely gets a thumbs up from me for the finish.

As I was umming and ahhing over whether to get Dreamer, I did get a little niggle of worry that it was similar to Essie Lapis of Luxury (I should really re-do those swatches!). I really hate buying dupes as I feel it’s a waste of what little money I have. Thankfully, Dreamer is NOT a dupe for Lapis of Luxury. They are definitely in the same colour family though. Index and ring fingers are Dreamer, middle and pinkie fingers are Lapis of Luxury :

Somehow with Lapis of Luxury in the pic it helped my camera get Dreamer colour accurate with good lighting :s!

Lapis of Luxury leans a lot more purple while Dreamer is more blue. These swatches are at 2 coats of both polishes – you may notice that there is still visible nail line with Lapis of Luxury, while Dreamer is very definitely opaque at 2 coats. I guess it comes down to your skin tone and colour/opacity preference. Also, for us UK ladies, the Revlon is definitely more accessible and much cheaper than the Essie.

There’s an offer on Revlon polishes in Superdrug at the moment: 2 for £9.99, while Lapis of Luxury will set you back a good £9.95, and that’s if you get free shipping.

Oh and I don’t think the new Revlons are available in Boots yet, only Superdrug 🙂 Superdrug also have some pretty cool new scented polishes from Revlon, I bought Watermelon Fizz and it’s divine!

What do you guys think of Dreamer? Would you get it over the famed Lapis of Luxury?

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.