Rimmel Blue Me Away and Nails Inc Trafalgar Square NOTD

Thursday, May 6, 2010

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Sometimes, you just want to wear something weird. And clashing. And really ugly. And sometimes, it ends up sort of growing on you.

Like this NOTD, from a few weeks back. It all started when I decided I suddenly wanted to wear blue nail polish. If you know me, you'll know I'm not THAT big a fan of blues, for some reason. I don't even know why, especially given that I LOVE purples, and purples are essentially half blue? But that day I decided I wanted to wear blue. So I dug out Rimmel's Blue Me Away. It's a beautiful blue with fine red-orange shimmer. It's pretty cool, actually - it's rare to see a blue with shimmer of a contrasting colour, since most blues I've seen have silver shimmer.

So I put it on. While I like Rimmel's Lycra Pro Finish range, and their Lasting Finish Pro Enamel range, Blue Me Away was from the 60 Seconds Nail Polish range, and applies less well. I also don't like the brush as much - while the other two ranges have brushes with a curved end (which I particularly like), the brush on this one is cut across horizontally, and it is a little stubby. But it's nothing that can't be dealt with.

After putting it on, I decided that it wasn't weird enough. So I decided to put glitter on top of it. And I thought, why not put a red glitter on top, since there's already red shimmer in the polish?

So I dug out Nails Inc Trafalgar Square (which does seem quite a lot like China Glaze Ruby Pumps, another cult colour), and applied it on top. And as usual, this applied like nearly all the other Nails Inc colours I've tried before - without a single flaw.

Rimmel Blue Me Away Nails Inc Trafalgar Square

There. Are your eyes begging you to spare them the sight of my nails yet? I don't know why I like it, but I do. But I'm pleased to tell you that this lasted for a good 4 days before the first chip came on :P

8 comments:

  1. I see why you like it. Its actually VERY cool!

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  2. The pic on my dashboard caught my attention as I was scrolling through. Sure you won't be to suprised that I was going 'ooh, like that!' before I even realised it was your blog!!! I've never tried any proper glitters from Nails inc, so really interesting to see.

    PS I bought 2 new blue varnishes yesterday.....obsessed me?

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  3. Wow, that looks hot!

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    xox Laura Beth

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  4. It looks like fireworks! I love this mani.

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  5. Oooooh, your nails look like they're glowing! Love this! :)

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  6. I like it! It look like it's glowing from within.

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  7. Old as this post may be, that is an incredible NOTD! And I already have Blue me away so I only need to hunt down Trafalgar square or a similar red glitter :)
    Sylvie xx
    makeup-musings.blogspot.com

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