Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Rimmel Matte Finish Topcoat

This topcoat is one which has been in my collection for ages but it's woefully underused because I often forget just how much I love the effect it creates until I use it again.
 
A while ago now it seemed like almost every brand was bringing out a matte top coat, keen to try the look I picked up a bottle of this Rimmel Matte Finish topcoat in Superdrug to see what the hype was about.  I decided to go with the Rimmel as it was significantly cheaper than the other versions I had easy access to at the time and I didn't want to shell out on something I wasn't sure I would use much.
 
In the end that was a good decision because although it's one of the less expensive versions on the market (it's £4.49 in Boots or Superdrug) it works beautifully for me.  It does exactly what you would imagine a mattifying topcoat would do, gives whatever polish you put it over a lovely suede matte look to it.
 
It can really transform the look of your polish and it's so simple, you just slap it on like a regular clear topcoat and wait for it to dry.
 
For today's manicure I simply put a layer over my camouflage manicure from Monday.
 
 
I love how this turned out, it's only a subtle difference but it really adds to the camouflage look and makes it look a bit more authentic, although I'm not sure a city dweller with camouflage nails can ever be authentic, but I'm sure you know what I mean. ;)
 
 
 
I've been rather lax with my blogging this week for no real reason other than I rather fell in love with my camouflage nails and didn't want to take them off and all the exciting beauty and nail things I have ordered recently haven't arrived yet.
 
I'm off to Spain to visit my parents next week so hopefully the polish haul from that trip and the parcels due to arrive will mean more interesting posts in the near future!

Monday, 14 May 2012

Sleek Ultra Matte Palette - V2 Darks

I love matte shadows and I love i-Divine palettes so when I saw that Sleek were releasing two all matte palettes I knew I had to have at least one, although I am still very tempted by the brights too.


The palette consists of 12 matte shadows in a variety of (darker) colours.


I am a big fan of Sleek shadows and in particular their palettes.  The colours in this one are great and I love the fact that all the shadows are matte, sometimes I find shimmery and glittery shadows a bit too bling for daily work wear. 

Unfortunately I am finding the formula a little difficult to work with so far.  The shadows seem to go a bit muddy if you blend them too much and being darker colours they do need blending.


I've only used the palette a couple of times so far so i am hoping it's more to do with my cack handed, rushed attempts than the quality of the product as I really like the colours and think I could get a lot of use out of the palette.



Wednesday, 9 May 2012

My first ever jelly sandwich!

This is something I have been meaning to try for a while, sandwiching glitter in between coats of a jelly finish nail varnish.  After my Kiko manicure the other day I decided to try it out and I am very pleased with the results:



I then decided to mattify it and see how it looked:




Overall I am really pleased with the results, although I'm not sure about the matte finish, and can't wait to try out some other colour combinations, I'm hoping I might be able to create something which will look similar to Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the Air. *fingers crossed*