Sunday 2 October 2011

Revlon Facets of Fuchsia

Facets of Fuchsia nail polish is part of Revlon's A/W 2011 collection. It was actually a picture on Twitter that sparked my interest and when I found out that it was already available, I practically ran to Superdrug! I realised once I saw it in person that I had admired this same colour on a sales assistance a couple of weeks ago.

Facets of fuchsia is made up of large and small metallic, hexagonal fuchsia/violet glitter suspended in a thin black polish base. This is my first experience with a chunky glitter and it's been quite a positive experience. The brush was ok, though longer and thinner than I'm used to. It was quite tricky to apply the glitter evenly and I wasn't sure whether several thin layers or loading up the brush was the best way to go. In the end, I went for a combination of the two. In the pictures I am wearing two coats (one thin and one thick) with no top coat.

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I applied this in the evening and I loved how it twinkled under artificial light. It looks just as pretty in bright sunlight too. Weirdly, I think close up pictures don't do it justice. The wear time was pretty average but next time I would probably apply a top coat to prevent the glitter catching. As you might expect, it was also a little tricky to remove. I found the best method was to soak a cotton wool ball and hold against the nail before wiping.

There are two other new Revlon nail polishes; Smoky Canvas and Gold Coin. There was a space for Gold Coin on the display but no bottles as yet. I was quite tempted by Smoky Canvas, a pale beige-nude but decided to seek out some swatches first. I bought Facets of Fuchsia from Superdrug where it was reduced to £4.49 from the usual RRP of £6.49.

12 comments:

  1. Love the colour but cba with trying to remove glitter polish so am going to give this one a miss!

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  2. This is such a pretty colour! Apparently Revlon have a shade called carbonite, I'm not sure if it's supposed to be from this collection, but everyone's been saying it's a close dupe to Chanel's graphite!

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  3. It is on my list for my next Boots visit! Beautiful!

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  4. I love this and Ill agree the photos cannot do it justice, same with my post about it, it looked 100 times better in person than in my photos.

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  5. It almost looks like Deborah Lippmann's Across The Universe (which I love), but a deep pink version. The glitter looks the same kind of size, very pretty, will have to look out for that x

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  6. I agree with LL - definitely similar to Deborah Lippmann's polishes... but so much cheaper! I'm going to get this one... x

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  7. Thats really pretty, do you happen to know if it contains Toluene, Camphor Di Butyl Phthalate?
    I might have to go on the look out for that, thanks for sharing x

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  8. I love this pollish! And all hexagonal glitter polishes as well!

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  9. I keep seeing this nail polish on every blog it seems ahah but it,s definitely gorgeous!

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  10. Love it, want it, gotta have it.
    This one and Carbonite are the two Revlon nail polishes I'm seriously lemming lately!!!

    xxx

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  11. I'm so sorry I've been slow to come back and reply. Thanks you for all of your comments.

    @Debbie: It's not as bad as a full on glitter to remove but you have to be in the right mood I find!

    @Carla: I haven't spotted carbonite yet, I shall keep my eyes peeled for it!

    @Gaelle: Happy shopping!

    @Ms Red: It's strange isn't it? I definitely looks better in person.

    @Lipstick Luuvie and @TBBB: It reminds me a lot of the Lippmann polishes. I've never been able to get hold of Lippmann so this is the next best thing!

    @Replica: It was a no on all counts for those ingredients. It took me a while to locate the ingredients list though! They don't make it easy to find.

    @Marina: I'm so pleased with it.

    @Ms Bubu: It's my first hexagonal glitter. There may be more!

    @GABY: I hadn't seen any other posts but I can understand the excitement. It's a bargainous pretty!

    @Tina: Two mentions of Carbonite mean I MUST hunt it down ;)

    Jane x

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