Review: Barbara Daly Nail Polish in Starlight

Barbara Daly Nail Polish in Starlight - in natural light

With Flash

This is a gold metallic polish with a lot of subtle glitter.  It's a cool shade of gold, with tiny specks of iridescent glitter.  It's smooth unlike a lot of glitter polishes and is fully opaque after 2-3 coats.


This would be better suited to someone with a darker skin tone, I might use it for doing nail art.  This polish would be great as an accent nail to a nude colour like Grey Suede from Revlon.

Review and Swatches: Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss

This is a Colorburst Lipgloss from Revlon, in the shade 042 Bellini.  The colour in real life is actually more of an orangey pink.  This is a different take on a nude colour, and it has a very subtle shimmer.  The packaging is nice too which is a plus.

The wand has an unusual shaped applicator, it curves inwards on two sides.  I found that it makes the lipgloss easier to apply.  

I don't usually wear lipgloss because I find that the formula is often sticky and wears off quickly.  As for the Revlon Colourburst lipgloss, this doesn't feel sticky at all but it doesn't have much staying power either.  I don't really think this is a problem for me as it's easy to  re-apply.  The colour is nice on, it looks more of  a peach colour on me.  It's bright and different to the usual pinks and raspberry colours I normally wear.  I

Swatch: Revlon Colorburst Lipgloss in Bellini

Here's a quick swatch of it.  The colour is a bit brighter and has a slight coral/peach tint to it.

Overall I really like this lipgloss.  It's bright, the formula is light and non-sticky and the price is okay too, at around €11.00. 

I bought this product myself and all photos are my own.  

Review: Benefit Lipsticks

So I have two Benefit lipsticks to review today.  These are two of my favourites: Benefit Full Finish Lipstick in 'La La Land' and Benefit Silky Finish Lipstick in 'Nice Knickers'.

From left: Silky Finish Lipstick in 'Nice Knickers' and Full Finish Lipstick in 'La La Land'.

The Silky Finish lipsticks have good colour and quite sheer coverage.  They don't last very long though, and would be suitable for people who don't usually wear lipstick but want to wear bright colours instead of lipgloss.

The Full Finish lipsticks are much thicker.  The formulation is quite creamy and is really nice to wear.  This lipstick has good pigmentation and lasts ages.  'La La Land' is quite a dark pink/brown colour and I found that, worn with a creamy lip balm, it came out a cute nude pink colour which is nice for daytime.

Swatches:

From left: 'Nice Knickers' and 'La La Land'

Overall I really like these.  I also love the packaging, as usual with Benefit i's really cute and retro.