1st beauty blog of the year

Christmas was surprisingly lax on beauty products for me, but I did received 5 different nail polishes. So for this blog I will run through these for you. I also gained a nail art kit but that is for another day.

First of all I received two from the 2true range. Now I have never tried these so I was trying with an open mind. I got shades 10 and 11 a pale pink and pale purple. They both looked gorgeous in their bottles and I was keen to try them. However after two coats I found it very hard to tell these shades apart. They do offer a lovely mother of pearl effect on my nails. But the shades are just to close together to give any striking difference. So although it is a positive for the brand as whole, make sure you get  real contrast between shades as there is only a subtle difference on the lighter shades.

The other three were a complete surprise from my god daughter and her family. You always know you are getting old when your godchildren are at the age they both give and receive make up. They were all rimmel, a more known brand in my make up bag. It was the shades that surprised me. There is 030 Double Decker Red, it is from the London collection and it is a really striking red. It is bright and loud, a colour that can not be missed on your nails. Although I can't wait to try to use it to do little ladybugs on my nails with it. Next came shade 001 Diamond Dust a lovely top coating of silver based glitter for any nail colour, although it will need a top coat as it leaves the nails feeling a bit rough. The final one I have to admit I have totally fallen in love with. It is shade 610 pompous and it a gorgeous metallic purple/lilac with light glitter sprinkled in it. It does need two coats for even coverage but so far this is my favourite for the new year.


Sorry I haven't learnt how to get decent swathes but i hope you enjoy the write ups on these colours as much as I enjoyed trying them out.