Wake me up before you glo glo

You are now most probably familiar with the Rimmel Wake up foundation and the wakeup concealer but have you come across the Rimmel wakeup illuminator yet? It's called instant radiance shimmer touch. I only saw this a few days ago on the Superdrug website and I couldn't wait to check it in store.






This is what they say about it:

Rimmel's Wake Me Up Instant Radiance Instantly lifts from fatigue and illuminates any part of your complexion. It is an ultra blendable cream formula enhanced with radiance pearls instantly sculpts cheeks or highlights browbones. Available in 2 ultra-sheer highlighting shades: radiant rose 002 and shimmering sand 004.

In real life the tube is tiny. It contains 14ml of product and retails for £4.99. But as soon as you put the tiniest blob on your hand, you realise on how very little you need. I felt the illuminator was extremely concentrated in product, and perhaps too much.








To be honest with you, I am not really sure how to work with this. They say that it's ultra sheer but have you seen how dark and pigmented it is? The second photo shows my attempt at blending the tiniest blob I had put on. Umm, I am not sure I can work with this. Could you?

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Champagnes and Roses NOTD

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What a fancy title for something which is not really exciting. Please forgive me. About 2 weeks ago, I shared with you my own knock off version of Models Own 'Golden Peach', a miniature polish part of an ridiculous cheap set of 3 polishes (£1.49 to be precise).





I was never going to play with the other 2 polishes from the set, until my friend Sinead from Dainty Dolly Mix asked how I went along with them. So I thought I would quickly swatch them for you.


The first one is a lovely champagne gold. As with Golden Peach, this polish absolutely pongs (is that the right word) but the colour makes up for it. Application was tedious, as it took 4 coats to achieve the coverage you see on the pictures. overall, this polish is definitely worth £0.49p but I would love to find a better quality equivalent for it. The scent is so strong and going through 4 coats of this is not what I would call a pleasurable experience.









The red is not my favourite kind of shade. This is a browny red and I much prefer my red to be brighter. Streaky application, strong scent added to a colour which is just decent would probably lead this polish straight into the bin. I have more delightful red polishes in my collection and I don't really this one.




 


All in all, Champagne Gold and Browny Red didn't even measure up to the beauty of Golden Peach and the latter will always be my favourite from the set.

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