NOTD: Rimmel Lycra Pro - 420 Aqua Cool

Another day, another nail polish, this time the turn of Aqua Cool from the Rimmel Lycra Pro collection.

This is THE most stunningly beautiful pastel shade of cornflower blue, and one I keep catching myself admiring on my nails ever so often!

This is actually the second shade I've purchased from the Rimmel Lycra Pro range (the other being a french manicure nude shade which i've yet to feature in a NOTD post - watch this space!), and I really quite like these polishes: good consistency (not quite as thick as the Barry M polishes) and staying power, beautiful range of colours, practical brush shape (I HATE square-tipped brushes!) and reasonable price - RRP £4.59 for 12ml (although I got mine from savers for £3.59).

If you're looking for the perfect fresh, funky and eyecatching shade, then I thoroughly recommend this little beauty (and don't listen to what your parents might say - my mum said I looked like I had bad circulation!!)

Melanie x

Flash Review: Rimmel Vinyl Lipgloss

I would like to say there was some inspired story behind this particular purchase of Rimmel Lipgloss, but alas not: I was at the airport, realised I had forgotten my in-bag makeup (along with all my 15-million lipglosses) and had to make a mad-dash to Boots to stock up on vital supplies for my weekend away.

The Rimmel Vinyl Lipglosses were on special offer for around £4.50ish (...I've just realised everything I buy and blog about usually starts with 'it was on special offer'...!), and I thought this shade looked particularly plumpcious. So I 'took a chance' (har har) and bought it.

There was quite an array of pretty nudes/pinks available, but I opted for this peachy/pinky-toned gloss which has a shot of gold through it, making for nicely-natural lips with one coat.

It does take quite a few coats to make it particularly noticeable on the lips, possibly as a result of it being quite thin in consistency.

As a result. the staying power of this gloss is TERRIBLE (it literally takes one drink for it to wipe off completely on the glass), and does leave me feeling a bit disappointed in this as a Rimmel product.

I wouldn't recommend you buy this at full price - you can get glosses with far better staying power for a cheaper price from the likes of E.L.F. for example - but I did notice that the Vinyl Lipglosses (in the old-design packaging) were in stock at Poundland!

As a sidenote, I used this lipgloss as part of the Mila Kunis-inspired look I was going for the other day...

What lipglosses would you recommend?

I'm always on the lookout for more!

Melanie x