Posts tagged rimmel

Posted 7 months ago

Rimmel London Pro Night Flight

I think this may be the first time I’ve worn a Rimmel Pro polish! This is a lovely blackened purple that gets darker with every coat. Be very careful with this one - it’s terribly streaky. I initially wore two coats, which showed the purple colour far better than the swatches above, but when I went outside to swatch the next day, it became clear pretty quickly that you could still see plenty of streaks on the nail. I added a third coat which cleared that up but only made the polish darker. It’s very difficult at three coats to see that it’s actually a purple. I don’t think I’d get ten days’ wear out of it (though admittedly, the bottle only promises “up to ten days”), as the tipwear started turning up on day two. I suspect it wouldn’t have been as obvious with a lighter polish.

Posted 1 year ago

Rimmel London Ethereal
NerdLacquer Entirely Unlike Tea
9/01/12

I suspect Ethereal is supposed to be sheer, since I had to use four coats to get (mostly) full opacity. Oh well! It’s quite a nice pink nonetheless, and the formula was fairly good. It didn’t dry anywhere near as quickly as it’s supposed to, even on the first coat.

I then put a single coat of Entirely Unlike Tea over the top to see if a pink base would bring out the pink duochrome a little bit more than when EUT is worn alone. It does, very slightly, but I think I need to find a better pink to layer it over in future due to the drying time and lack of opacity from Ethereal.

Posted 1 year ago

Rimmel London Strawberry Fizz
31/08/11

This is actually far more of a highlighter pink in real life. I only put it on because my sister asked why I own pink nail varnishes when I never wear them (this blog proves I do, L!). It’s very, very pink and scented, though not unpleasantly so. This is probably more of a little girl’s nail varnish.

Without a doubt, this is the worst thing I’ve ever put on my nails. I don’t think it lasted on them for more than three hours.

Posted 1 year ago

Rimmel London Grey Matter
22/08/11

This is and probably always will be one of my favourite varnishes. I always manage to smudge it, though (as I did immediately after taking this photo).

Posted 1 year ago

No7 Iced Mocha
OPI Black Shatter
Rimmel London Matte Finish Topcoat
21/08/11

I needed to spice up my nails for a relative’s birthday dinner but didn’t remember in time to do a full manicure. Then I remembered that my polish drawer is full of crackles that I hardly ever touch. Perfect! A quick coat over Friday’s nails and some matte topcoat to finish things off and I was ready to go.

Posted 1 year ago

Rimmel London Rapid Ruby
16/08/11

I never know how much I like red with my skintone. People have told me I just need to find the right red… but I have no idea where to start! I much prefer cooler shades.

Posted 1 year ago

OPI Sahara Sapphire
Rimmel London Matte Finish Topcoat
7/08/11

Confession time: this varnish applies streakily and with lots of brush marks, but I love the colour so much that you can pry it from my cold, dead hands. I used a matte topcoat with it to try and reduce the visible streaks, which has worked well enough for me.

Posted 1 year ago

No7 So Simple
Rimmel London Matte Finish Topcoat
31/07/11

My first attempt at mannequin hands! I don’t think the shade’s quite right, but luckily I have another lined up to try already.