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.

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.

Liberty of London

Is it shameful to admit that I really want something from this collection just for the packaging? Don't get me wrong, I do think there are some lovely colours included but it's the white packaging and Liberty design that I think is just beautiful.

I confessed in a comment to a previous post that I cracked and bought some Revlon Photoready despite my spending ban. I am rubbish and in the case of Photoready I just couldn't resist the lure of a bargain. My resolve has been weakened and so now I'm trying to find excuses to justify making some purchases on Thursday (or before if there's another early online release). The best excuse I have at the moment is that one of the lipsticks I want, Ever hip, is likely to sell out really quickly. Even if the collection is still available by the time I'm finished P10P the popular items will have sold out long ago I'm sure.



What I like most of all is the packaging on the blush and beauty powders. I've yet to decide if I actually need any of the colours though! I was pondering whether prim & proper would be a good one for me. I have cubic blush and it looks kind of similar, does anyone know if it looks like a dupe in the flesh? I was also looking at Shell beauty powder. It seems to get rave reviews but do I need another hightlighter?

What are you looking forward to in this collection? Do you love it or are you happy to let it pass by? Feel free to give me a slap for even considering it when I'm supposed to be on a ban!