Pearly Queen by Rimmel

This polish is part of the Metal Rush collection from Rimmel. The premise is that this polish will "flip your colour" giving it a metallic finish. I applied this polish over bare nails to see the effect and after four coats it was still nowhere near opaque. I have not tried it over another polish to see how that turns out. The colour is a metallic/duo chrome of purple/green. It would have been pretty if you could not see my nails underneath it.

The wide brush with this polish gives for easy application and the formula is great. I would just have loved for it to be opaque by itself as it would be a lovely colour on its own without being added on top of another polish.

Next up is Pedal to the Metal by Sally Hansen.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Peacock by No. 17

I got this nail polish as a freebie with a No. 17 purchase a couple of years ago. The colour is an amazing metallic dark green/blue, gorgeous in the bottle which also translates well onto the nails. I have to say green is not my favourite colour to wear but I do really like this one.

My only problem with this polish is its formula. As it is a fast drying polish I found it very hard to apply. The polish was drying as I was applying it, making it hard to apply itn consistently across all my nail, as I was taking a second or third swipe, the first was already drying and so was clumping in places. This led to a really uneven application. On the plus side it shows that it really is fast drying!

Next up is Pearly Queen by Rimmel.
Until then,
Lealea x

Peach Melba by Barry M

I bought this polish to wear with an outfit at a wedding in 2011. The polish matched the colours in my dress and I absolutely loved the combination so I was excited to wear this polish again. When I put it one this time then I was surprised to find that I did not like it at all. The colour was too orangy peach for my skin tone, it was just too bright against the paleness of my skin.

I was also surprised at how streaky it was to apply, I don't remember it being like this before. Whether the fact that the polish is nearly two years old has anything to do with it I'm not sure, but I put on three coats and even then on a couple of nails it was still streaky. Surprising from Barry M as their polishes are usually pretty good in their formula.

All in all I was really disappointed with this polish. Maybe I should wait another couple of years and try it again, this time I might like it again!
Next up is Peacock by No. 17.
Until then,
Lealea x

Passion Fruit by Revlon

I bought this nail polish in early 2012 but have not been able to wear it until now. I bought it from a discount cosmetics shop for £1.99 - bargain! It is part of the Scented range from Revlon and does smell fruity, although it is a chemical fruity smell. As I've said before with scented nail polishes, I'm not really sure of the point of them as its not often I find myself sat sniffing my nails but for £1.99 I'm not complaining.

The colour of this polish is a purple pink, with almost a cream finish. It's not the most amazing of pink polishes I have tried but its a nice colour.

The formula of this Revlon polish was better than some of the others I have tried recently, it applied easily, was not streaky and only required two coats to make it opaque.

I liked this polish, but would not rush out to buy more scented ones or buy this colour again.
Next up is Peach Melba by Barry M.
Until then,
Lealea x

Orchid by Autograph from Marks and Spencer

I was given this polish by my Mother in Law as she did not really like the colour on her skin tone. It's a pearly orange nude colour with silver shimmer running through it. I can understand why she did not like it, I think it's quite a hard colour to pull off against paler skin.

The polish applied easily but needed three coats to make opaque. I can't say that using this polish made me want to rush out and by more colours from this brand.

This concludes the O's - that was a short one compared to the mammoth amount of polishes I have starting with a P! First up is Passion Fruit from Revlon.
Until next time,
Lealea x

Old Park Lane by Nails Inc

This is the only Nails Inc polish I own that I have actually bought myself, the rest I have in my collection are all freebies from magazines or bought for me as presents. £11 a bottle is not something I would normally spend on nail polish but for my birthday I was given a gift card for Debenhams and when they had a 10% off sale a few weeks ago I decided to use the voucher and splurge. It was between Old Park Lane and Aspen, an amazing red, but I figured that Aspen was close to other reds I have whereas Old Park Lane was more unique. It is an amazing rosé gold colour, very beautiful in the bottle. I was actually disappointed when I put it on my nails though as it came out a lot more copper than I was expecting, I thought it would be more gold but it was a bit too brassy for my liking. I'm glad I used the voucher rather than my own hard earned cash.

As with all Nails Inc polishes it was easy to apply, the formula was great and it was opaque in two coats.

All in all, I liked it, but I did not love it and at £11 a bottle I would really need to love it to buy another. I think I will stick to my magazine freebies from now on.

Next up is the last of the O's (that didn't last long!) - it Orchid by Autograph from Marks and Spencer.
Until then,
Lealea x

Naomi by Andrea Fulerton

I found this polish as I was sorting through my nail polish collection and realised it had been missed from the N's. I got this polish in a Carmine beauty box in early 2012 and had not tried it up until now. Andrea Fulerton is not a brand I have tried before, although I have always wanted to try their Trio Colour Layer System but refuse to pay £8 for a nail polish. Their normal single colour polishes are £3.99 which is much more reasonable, I just have never really seen a colour I liked enough to want to try one.

Naomi is a deep red colour, very similar to the previous polish I was wearing - Mulberry Shimmer by Miners except Naomi has no shimmer to it. The colour is just ok, maybe not one I would have picked out myself if I had been given the choice of colours, but ok nevertheless.

I found the polish easy to apply, the brush was easy to use and the formula was good. I can't say it has inspired me to actively seek out other Andrea Fulerton polishes but if I saw a colour I liked then I think I would try it with no hesitation.

This marks the end of this little excursion into the past letters of the alphabet. Now starts the O's - first up being Old Park Lane by Nails Inc.
Until next time,
Lealea x