Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts
Showing posts with label orange. Show all posts

Friday, 26 July 2013

George (Asda) Gel Pro Polishes - 07 Nectarine and 08 Plum


I shop at Asda every week, and I always have to have a little walk down the cosmetics isle...it's habit... anyways, one thing I've noticed is that Asda's own George cosmetics range is really starting to look pretty decent - I still don't think they quite compete with other drug store brands, but they're getting there slowly! I recently picked up two of their new Gel Pro polishes - yeah, another one of those "gel effect" polishes. They are very shiny on their own, but I'd still top coat them. From memory I think these are £2.99.

One thing I noticed with both of these polishes is that there is some bubbling - I have worn the plum shade before and didn't have bubbling, so I'm not sure whether it's just down to the fact that it is seriously boiling hot here right now. Maybe. That's the only issue I've noticed though.




07 Nectarine is a creamy orange-leaning coral. I used two coats but noticed it was slightly sheer in places, so I perhaps should have gone for three.







08 Plum is a rich, red-purple. If you have very short nails this is probably a one-coater, it's very close to being that on me, but it's just the slightest bit sheer in the middle of the nail, so I'm going for two coats.








Yeah, the bubbling is pretty bad. Like I said though, I've worn the plum shade before and had no issues - so maybe it is down to the fact that is extremely hot and humid here right now. Speaking of which...IS IT WINTER YET?!

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

MAC Styleseeker Nail Lacquer

This post just shows how far behind I am haha, but this is a truly gorgeous polish, so I had to post about it!



I've seen lots of other people call this an orange-red duochrome. I can't see that at all :P Not saying anyone is wrong btw, we all have different perceptions of colour, so to me this is a metallic burnt orange. VERY fall. Like it literally reminds me of the colours we see when leaves start falling. I really love this polish. For me, it was opaque in two coats. It reminded me alot of OPI Deutsch You Want Me Baby? so I did a comparison. It appears that the OPI one is glossier and a little more rich and slightly more red toned, but the colours are pretty similar. Definitely don't need both, and actually I'd recommend the OPI over this one. In comparison pics, OPI is on my 2nd and 3rd finger.








Sunday, 1 July 2012

Nails Inc Kings Cross Neon Crackle swatches

Crackles have pretty much been done to death now, and it's not often I come across one that makes me go "ooooh" anymore. I was hoping this one would do the trick, but...meh.



Friday, 8 June 2012

MAC Hey Sailor! Riviera Life Lipglass swatches

A bit late on this one, I was considering getting this when the collection came out, added it to my basket, placed an order a few days ago and ended up ordering by mistake! Quite glad it happened though :D


Thursday, 22 March 2012

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Nails Inc The Donmar Special Effects polish swatches

Evening!!! Today I had two Nails Inc packages arrive :D I'm splitting the polishes into different posts since I seem to have a habit of posting 20 thousand photos of the same polish haha. We're starting with The Donmar, which is an overglaze...a flakie really!