NOTD L'Oreal Parisian Rooftops

Today's post is a review on a new nail polish I picked up from Boots. It is from the new Colour Riche nails which is L'Oreal first long lasting mini nail collection, the shade I got was Parisian Rooftops. The collection contains 41 gel based colours designed by L'Oreal Paris' Colour Creative Director Orrea Light. The choice of shades is great, the cost £4.99 for 5ml bottle which I do think is expensive.

Parisian Rooftops is a taupe grey shade with a slight purple undertone. I like the colour against my skin tone, it's far more grey toned than a lot of the the grurplewhich I prefer.

I would love to own all the shades, they may not be the best ever polish but for some reason I am really drawn to them and I love them. You can see swatches if my other shades here.

The swatch above was with 2 coats applied and you can see it gives a great opaque finish. Application is lovely and easy due to the fat fat brush (my favourite type of brush to apply nail polish). Though the consistency can be a little runny so just watch out!

What do you think? Overall I like this nail polish though its a tad expensive and I would certainly look at more shades. Have you tried them? Do you have a fave shade?

 

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L'Oreal Color Riche in Rebel Blue

 

Today's post is a review on a new nail polish I picked up from Boots. It is from the new Colour Riche nails which is L'Oreal first long lasting mini nail collection, the shade I got was Rebel Blue. The collection contains 41 gel based colours designed by L'Oreal Paris' Colour Creative Director Orrea Light.

The choice of shades is great, the cost £4.99 for 5ml bottle which I do think is expensive.

I have previously showed you Ingenuos Rose here, French Riviera here and Rue Montmartre here.  Rebel Blue is such a lovely Blue shade, it even has a (very) slight shimmer to it.  It reminds me a lot of Nails Inc Baker Street which Beyonce wore after the birth of her daughter Blue Ivy.

The swatch above was with 2 coats applied and you can see it gives a great opaque finish.  Application is lovely and easy due to the fat fat brush (my favourite type of brush to apply nail polish). Though the consistency can be a little runny so just watch out!

What do you think? Overall I like this nail polish though its a tad expensive and I would certainly look at more shades. Have you tried them? Do you have a fave shade?

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L'Oreal Rouge Caresse 301 Dating Coral

Today's post is on L'Oreal Rouge Caresses in 301 Dating Coral.  One of my favourite blogs to read is The Sunday Girl and after seeing this on her blog I had to give it ago.

The range is similar in ways to the Revlon Lip Butters but I have not seen these pushed or shouted about half as much as the Revlon Lip Butters.  But they product also remind me of the 17 Mirror Shine.

The first thing that grabbed me about the product was the packaging, its chrome with a transparent casing and looks nice and sleek.  I also like that you can see the colour of the product inside.

As you can see Dating Coral is a lovely coral shade and does seem to have an orange tone to it.

As we the Revlon lip butters the formula is a cross between a lip balm and a lipstick.  I actually prefer the texture of this to my Revlon lip butters it feels more moisturising on my lips.  It feels more glossy then the lip butters as well.

Overall I am really impressed with this and I love the colour!  The longevity of it on the lips is not great but what have you expect when it is so glossy.

Here is it on the lips.

If you are a fan of Revlon Lip Butter and 17 Mirror Shine then L'Oreal Caresses is certainly for you.  You should also be able to find a colour shade wise as well.  I would now really like to get 03 Lovely rose, 501 Nude Ingenue, 103 Sweet Berry and 101 Tempting Lilac.

You can get the L'oreal Rouge Caresses at Boots, Superdrug etc for around £7.99.

What do you think?  Have you tried these?

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L'Oreal Color Riche Nail Polish French Riviera

 

 

Today's post is a review on a new nail polish I picked up from Boots. It is from the new Colour Riche nails which is L'Oreal first long lasting mini nail collection, the shade I got was French Riviera. The collection contains 41 gel based colours designed by L'Oreal Paris' Colour Creative Director Orrea Light.

I decided to pick this up on the Boots 3 for 2 which is currently running. The choice of shades is great, they cost £4.99 for 5ml bottle which I do think is expensive but if you could get them on 3 for 2 then it is not too bad.

I have previously showed you Ingenuos Rose here and Rue Montmartre here.

The swatch above was with 2 coats applied and you can see a little tip through it. This shade is a lot thinner than Rue Monatmartre and more like Ingenuos Rose. But I don't mind this as I like the colour once its on.

Application is lovely and easy due to the fat fat brush (my favourite type of brush to apply nail polish). Though the consistency can be a little runny so just watch out!

What do you think? I think it's a great spring shade and would suit most skin tones.

Overall I like this nail polish though its a tad expensive and I would certainly look at more shades. Though it might be the first nail polish I actually finish!

Have you tried them? Do you have a fave shade?


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L'Oreal NOTD

Today's post is on a new nail polish I picked up from Boots. It is from the new Colour Riche nails which is L'Oreal first long lasting mini nail collection. The collection contains 41 gel based colours designed by L'Oreal Paris' Colour Creative Director Orrea Light.

I decided to pick this up on the Boots 3 for 2 which is currently running. The choice of shades is great, the cost £4.99 for 5ml bottle which I do think is expensive but if you could get them on 3 for 2 then it is not too bad.

I have previously showed you Ingenuos Rose here and today's post is on Rue Montmartre.
This applied much better than Ingenuous Rose, below you can see the polish with 2 coats applied.

Application is lovely and easy due to the fat fat brush (my favourite type of brush to apply nail polish. Though the consistency can be a little runny so just watch out!

I love the dark grey (which is blue toned) on my nails. It is very much my colour, I love dark moody shades.

What do you think? It certainly isn't a great spring shade but seen as the weather has turned it won't look too bad!

Have you tried any of the shades from the new Color Riche range?

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L'Oreal Color Riche Nails in 209 Ingenuous Rose

Today's post is on a new nail polish I picked up from Boots. It is from the new Colour Riche nails which is L'Oreal first long lasting mini nail collection. The collection contains 41 gel based colours designed by L'Oreal Paris' Colour Creative Director Orrea Light.

I decided to pick this up on the Boots 3 for 2 which is currently running. The choice of shades is great, the cost £4.99 for 5ml bottle which I do think is expensive but if you could get them on 3 for 2 then it is not too bad.

The colour I choose was 209 Ingenuous Rose which is a neon pink which is not too bright.
I love the colour on my nails as its bright without being over the top for work. Below it is 3 coats, as the polish is quite thin and any less coats the polish looked really patchy.
As you can see below on the close up 3 coats made the finish patchy.
As this is a paler shade then some available I don't mind the finish but I hope the darker shades are more opaque. The application was good due to the brush making it very nice to apply. The brush is wide and flat, which really helps is applying it quick.

I will certainly be checking out some more shades.

Have you tried any from the range?

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Battle of the Eye make-up Removers

In the search for the perfect eye make-up remover I ended up with lots of different ones on the go at the moment. They are Johnson's, Botanics Soothing Eye Make-up Remover, Botanics Face Nourishing Eye Make-up Remover, L'Oreal Absolute Eye & Lip make-up remover and lastly Bourjois Express Eye Make-up Remover. So I wanted to give you a run down on each one and show you how they removed my Body Shop Mascara, First up is Botanics Face Nourishing Eye Make-up Remover:

This can be picked up from Boots for roughly £3.99 for 75ml, and a little does seem to go a long way. This is quite a unique product, the product is more like a balm that you massage onto your eyes firsts then you wet with warm water and remove with cotton wool. As you can see from the picture above with the cotton wool it actually removes the Mascara quite well and I don't end up with any morning left over eye make-up residue (its a problem I seem to suffer with blonde eye lashes). It is also very gentle on the my eyes and doesn't leave them sore at all. I would buy this one again especially as it is value for money, though it does take longer to use then a regular eye make-up remover.

Second up is another Botanics purchase its there Soothing Eye Make-up Remover, you can buy this from Boots for £3.05 for 150ml.

This is a two part solution that you need to shake before use and apply/use with cotton wool. This is one of the worst of the bunch for me, I have to use two lots of cotton wool on one eye to get all the make-up off (I don't even wear much eye make-up on weekdays). Though it is cheap I wouldn't repurchase as my eye's feel sore the next morning after applying this as I have to rub my eye's with the cotton wool to ensure my eyes are clean. Third up is Bourjois Express eye Make-up Remover, this retails at roughly £4.99 at Boots and can be found withe the Bourjois make-up in store. This is my absolute favourite of the lot and I will be repurchasing (after I use up my stash). It is a two part formula that you shake together again and apply with cotton wool. This only takes one (maybe two) swipes and all my eye make-up is gone and I don't have sore eyes or morning residue. I feel this gives me everything I need from my eye make-up remover as I feel it also moisturiser the eye area. Next up is Johnsons Gentle eye make-up remover, it retails at Boots for £3.05 for 100ml.

Again this is a two part solution that you shake before use and I apply with cotton wool. Now I picked this up as it states 'Gentle', well i have found nothing gentle about it! My eye are sore and sting a little, and as you can see I have persisted in trying this out but it really doesn't seem to work for me. It just doesn't seem to remove my eye make-up and it does make my eye sting.

Last up is L'Oreal Absolute Eye and lip make-up Remover, this retails at Boots £5.40ml.

I actually picked this one up by mistake I was actually looking for the gentle eye make-up remover that L'Oreal do but ended up with this. Though it removes the make-up really well (the second best of the bunch) its not as gentle as I would like on my eyes, they do feel a bit sore after I use it.

Out of the choice I have at the moment the Bourjois and Botanics Nourishing one are the ones I would repurchase and have enjoyed using. I am determined to use up all of these though even if they make my eyes a bit sore. Another one that I have tried but have not mentioned here is Simple Gentle Eye make-up reomver but after a week of use that went in the bin as it really made my eyes sore. I still want to try No7 and I have a clinique sample to try so I will update you on how I get on with these two as well.

Do you have a favourite? Or any others I should try?

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