Yellow Nails: Rimmel - Bee A Honey

Hey there!! It's a swatch day and this polish surprised me. I went out looking for a darker yellow, I really only have one shade of yellow in my collection and girl needs variety. I really was surprised.

Bee A Honey (lame pun but cute name) is an orange-y very Winnie the Pooh yellow creme. It's just such a fun colour!! I was surprised at how much I liked it and how I kept staring at how fun the polish is!! I don't know if I'm a yellow convert but I really really like this one. There's the whole 60 second claim which could be true but generally I ignore that stuff.

Rimmel is very on point, the colour range is fantastic and the price is great. Also their makeup is really nice on a side note!! I got this orange-y red lipstick from them called In Love With Ginger (shoutout to Ginger Rodgers!! :P) and I love it.

For a yellow polish the formula is really really good. I used 3 coats and it was very opaque, my nails are on the longer side and at 2 coats it was only a little bit streaky. Again so easy to apply so I was impressed.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!!

Yellow Nails: Rimmel - Sunshine

Hey there, hope you're doing good. I'm still trying to swatch all my polishes and again we're getting closer and closer. I have about 2 more to go, that's close right? Then I can paint my nails whatever colour with accents to my heart's content instead of going with the whims of the to-swatch pile. This was one of the polishes I was flagging on cause the bottle almost empty so this is not the best swatch. The formula is surely much better but since there's so little polish left I really struggled.

Sunshine is a bright yellow creme, there's not much else to be said. I suppose there's a very subtle shimmer as well but subtle is the word. This is your standard bright yellow creme, I tend to use it for nail art cause it's a good shade except maybe not anymore cause I think this swatch used up whatever was left in the bottle.

I got this polish 8 years ago, isn't that crazy?? And like considering it wasn't that gloopy. It was the last day of primary school and I think yellow was my favourite colour at the time (how things change). Now I think yellow is hard to pull off however in school they were saying how I rocked it and I was totally amped haha. I'm pretty sure this polish is still in stock, it's kind of your generic yellow with a generic name, which isn't a bad thing. Rimmel is a good brand.

This was the hardest swatch I've ever had to do, I know it doesn't look all that great but considering the circumstances I think it's pretty solid. By the way the formula was totally fine when I initially had it but as I've said the bottle is now basically empty. Each coat was a struggle cause I couldn't get any polish out haha. So my review probably isn't the most accurate :/ Ignoring that, the polish was definitely buildable and here was 3 coats and it's almost full opacity, not helped by the half coats I had to do. But yellow polish tends to be more sheer in general and this is not a bad one. Topcoat helped to smooth this out but not completely, like it took a long time to get this swatch even half decent haha.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a nice day!! :)

Green Nails: Rimmel - Misty Jade

Hey there guys, hope you're doing well, eating food and drinking water. Yeah more swatches, what can I say I like to write about nail polish. Call me crazy I don't really mind. I've totally been digging (I would never say "digging" in real life) Rimmel polish and that's what I have today. Though this is nice, it's nothing to write home about (another thing I would never say).

Misty Jade is as you can guess a jade green creme polish with blue tones, but not as blue as the pictures suggest. My camera seriously hates green, a lot. It's annoying as I love green polish. This is a nice colour, which I'm not obsessed with, that I have a lot of (lots of sense is me). I have a comparison with this polish, it's similar to all of them. I like the name, it conjures mysterious and ethereal thoughts (this is me saying things I definitely understand).

I was really trying to get this colour accurate, but it's still a bit more green, it's also why my hand is orange

I used 3 coats, they were pretty good to apply. The polish is a bit on the thick side but nothing unmanageable. Generally the formula is not bad.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a really nice summer day (Yes I only have 2 pictures today :O I didn't manage to take too many good ones :/)!! :)

Green Nails: Rimmel - Block Your Green!

Hey guys, yes we have another swatch but it's a gorgeous green polish, I don't know why but I <3 green polish!! And Block Your Green! is so enthusiatic!! This was from a dear friend for my birthday and whilst it's taken me to swatch this I've used it for a lot of nail art, it's a great colour.

Now my camera was not capturing this whatsoever, my camera hates green and this is a prime example of that. Block Your Green! is FAR more green and less than this teal that we're seeing. I tried to colour correct but there's only so much I can do (cause I suck at colour correcting haha). I realise now that every post I used this polish I've never managed to get it colour accurate (it's a tricksy one).
Anyway, Block Your Green! is a forest green with a real pretty green shimmer (that's hard to see but can be seen sometimes). And yeah it's a great green and looks really nice.

I just want to say I really don't get the name however I really like the name, even though I really don't get it.
So yeah I'm a Rimmel fangirl now, but as much as I want to just grab the polish I am also very control. And me being me I have  to plan every colour and polish before buying, impulse buys are strange for me. But if there's a seriously amazing Rimmel polish (or just a really pretty one), you'll be seeing not long after I've seen it.

I used 3 coats which applied easily and it was pretty opaque. But this is a stainer, whilst the staining was mild the previous times I've used this the staining was real this time. While I could also blame picking (bad me), the issue is still there. Hopefully this will not be a recurring thing.
Another thing I find with Block Your Green! is that it creates weird chemical reactions, if I put a white polish on top of it, the white turns yellow :/ and the same thing happens with some glitter polishes.
Well I can overlook all these things not only do they not bother me that much but it's a great green and that's enough for me :)

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a nice day!! :)

Black Nails: Rimmel - Black Pearl

Hi there guys, I don't know why but I've just been busting out the black nail polish, might as well get it all swatched. I want to apologise for my blog becoming so swatchy, I'd love to do more nail art but I do not have near enough time for it. I'll still have nail art but much less frequently until my blogaversary (the end of my exams oh my goodness I'm so pumped for that day), but I enjoy doing these swatch posts and really that's all that counts :)

Well Black Pearl is a black creme with a hint of silver shimmer going through (or "pearl") that sometimes looks green or purple in the light. Maybe Pirates of the Caribbean fans will like it more cause of the name.
I can't wear black nails by themselves because it's a sad colour, it's not that I don't like it but it's dull ya'know. Perfect to use for nail art and I have a look that will come in a while with this polish used in it.

A friend gave this to me for Christmas, 2 Christmases ago(?), and I see the many uses for this now, it's a good black creme. It's got the "Pro-wide" brush, if that means anything, and yeah I've converted to really liking Rimmel polish, it's very good.

2 easy coats no fuss. Maybe 1 for short nails, my nails are slightly on the long side. But it glided on and there were absolutely no formula problems.

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day!! :)

Orange Nails: Rimmel - It's A Scorcher!

Hello there!! If you know me, you know I LOVE orange polish. I don't know why, it's irrational but that's ok with me. Orange polish is wonderful and yes as you guessed this Rimmel is pretty great too. I'm rocking it on my toes and I'm loving it, I think orange is my favourite colour for my toenails. Is that weird? I don't really care :)

It's a Scorcher! is a light orange with golden shimmer which sometimes flashes green. Yeah I'm not the best with descriptions but I do love the colour. I was looking for a different Rimmel polish but I couldn't find it (and so continues my search of the perfect orange-y peach polish) but this is a very welcome edition. Come on I love my orange polish and this is so pretty, it's like a sunny day haha. And honestly I don't own that much orange polish (though I love it), so it's also a unique addition.

I don't know if Rimmel does collections, if so then I really don't know what this is part of. I'm a total Rimmel convert though, really great polish with great formulas and so many colours... And cheap! Wow looking at this polish makes me happy, it's perfect for summer (/anytime of the year, I don't do colours by seasons :)). The name suggests summer too, but I don't like name very much :/

I used 3 coats and it definitely needed 3 coats, it has a kind of weird formula, definitely not bad. But weird, 3 coats to eliminate streaks but removing this felt kind of gritty even though it's smooth. It's probably the shimmer in it. Did apply easily though, there were no major issues.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a nice day!! :)

Blue Nails: Rimmel - Azure

Hi there guys!! Happy weekend, after this post I get to go shopping woohoo!! But then I have a crap ton of tests, assessments and homeworks to do over the next week :/ But still shopping I'm mad excited. I'm still swatching stuff from my birthday, this was from my lovely friend who actually gave a brill selection so many thanks to her. I did this swatch a while ago, so I'm really hoping I can remember everything about it.

I love a good blue polish and this one is very nice. If a blue could be jewel toned Azure is what it would look like. It's a very nice shade of glowy medium(?) blue, sorry for no specific colour stated. I don't know what shade of blue I should say. There's also a hint of purple duochrome which isn't completely hidden. It's why I think this polish is very similar to Color Club Sky High (but sorry Azure, Sky High is more beautiful, come on it's a glass fleck). It's slightly more frosty in real life, the brushstrokes were more prominent but it's not polish breaking.

Yes so I'm a Rimmel convert, I hope to go out and get some more cause their formulas are good and I think the colours are even better with a good price. A girl can't ask for much more ;)

I used 2 coats which were naturally quite thick. It was easy to apply too. I thought it dried fast but then I accidentally touched my nail after quite a while and dent was apparent. So I don't know, there was some bubbling on my ring fingernail but again that could've been my fault for too thick coats but otherwise good formula.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a great day!! :)

Gimme Glitter: Rimmel - Disco Ball

Hi there guys!! Happy February, I still have a couple of "swatches" sitting in the bank (not that many) and my "swatching" steam is running out, so probably won't have as many this month.
This little polish was a gift from a friend (there's been a few like this, but somehow my friends know I like nail polish a lil' bit).
I used to hate Rimmel and now, I have no idea why cause their polishes worked fine for me. I honestly think I was going through a crazy phase cause I think Rimmel is fantastic now.

Disco Ball is a glitter topper with small blue and lavender glitter and holographic glitter. I LOVE holographic glitter, it's the perfect addition to this polish. Well holographic glitter is the perfect addition to any polish.

I have Rimmel polishes on my wishlist that I can't wait t get, they look so pretty and when looking through Rimmel's line their colours are so bright and pretty. Which is always an issue for me but I will be controlled.

I used 2 coats over M&S Ultraviolet, I like having a lot of glitter and this had quite a good amount for each coat. I wanna use this again and again for the holographic glitter alone. I'm sure this would look great over loads of colours.

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a nice day!! :)

Comparison: Mint Greens

Hi there guys!! Hope that if you're having time off you're enjoying it, I'm contemplating doing work, I decided after new year's day I would and this time I'm determined!! Cause like I actually need to get this stuff done...
I have another comparison today, only took me like 4 months, honestly I don't have all the polish to compare but I want to make my comparisons somewhat worthwhile. So mint greens, I don't know how I obtained so many but such is a nail art fiend's life :P

So we have Essie - Turquoise & Caicos, Rimmel - Misty Jade, Max Factor - Cool Jade, Barry M - Mint Green and I threw in Illamasqua - Nomad even though it is very different.
Misty Jade is the most blue toned and Cool Jade is the darkest of the lot. Honestly I think these are jade greens, I think the Barry M and the Essie are the most similar with the Essie being slightly lighter. But they're all quite similar as you can tell and they are especially similar in certain lightings, except Nomad, much more green-toned and beautiful.

My favourite is obviously the Illamasqua, the colour is the most beautiful in my opinion (it was in my favourites last year :)) but the most expensive, it's rare I splurge but I feel like Nomad is really worth it. But maybe you feel the Illamasqua is similar enough to the other polishes, personally I don't haha. But my second favourite is Cool Jade, not only because it was given by my friend but also it's a gorgeous colour with a perfect formula. Maybe you think I'm crazy and these are all identical to you but as the Like A Candy Shop meme goes "They're not the same, they're similar".

Illamasqua was 2 perfect coats that totally could've been one if I used a thicker coat of polish.
Barry M was 3 coats but probably could've been 2, tash on the gloopy side but my bottle is old and it's not bad at all. Seriously this was one of the first polishes I ever bought in a bunch of Barry M's.
Max Factor was also 2 perfect coats.
Rimmel was 3 coats, also probably didn't need it another slightly gloopy one but not bad.
Essie was a definite 3 coater, jelly so it's easy to bubble, I'm not the biggest fan of this polish. I thought I'd love it but no, as you can see its very similar to other polishes I own and it's not better. I keep saying I'll try to use this more, who knows if I'll ever do that haha.

Thank you for reading (and found this somewhat useful?) and I hope you have a wonderful day!! :)

Combo: Beetroots

Hello there. Writing an update on my no-buy, and if I haven't written about buying nail polish, I haven't bought nail polish :D I got one from my best friend at the end of August and ok I went out shopping for my friend's birthday present and I bought her nail polish. But right now Superdrug's giving a free limited edition web effects or croc effects. I wanted the web one (cause it's limited edition) but there was none left, but I got the croc one. I was going to get black, but my mum told me she really didn't like black so I listened to her and got the burgundy one, it also looked quite interesting. I don't count this as buying nail polish cause it came free.

      (Artificial lighting picture in there to show what it looks like, I think it looks the best there)

Though you can't see it I used Rimmel - Purple Pulse as the base. There was me giving purple a chance. And I didn't like it, I'm pretty sure it's just that purple but I give it a chance and it doesn't impress me. I got that polish last year Christmas time and the first time I use as a base it is in October. It's just not a very nice purple.

And over I have the Barry M - Burgundy Croc I thought it looked interesting, but it's simply not my thing. I'm sure there's lots of people who would appreciate the effect and the colour. Just not me. It much more dark in some lighting and I really didn't like it like that. The effect is pretty interesting, it worked better for my right hand as I failed to read in instructions and did a thick coat instead of a thin one. It still worked it just took a long time to work. I saw other pictures of this that worked much better, again it's the thin coat thing. I might try it again with a different base and a thin coat. But it's likely I will give it to someone who likes the colour better.

I called it beetroots cause it looks like roots of a plant, and it's the colour of a beetroot.