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  • Revolution Beauty London’s Stargazer Nail Polish

    Gel polish is one of the most popular forms of nail treatments over the last few years. But you can’t totally discount the humble nail polish which still plays a part in making nails look good. Grabbing and applying anything for my nails is time consuming these days, but I did buy Stargazer from Revolution Beauty London a few months ago when it was part of their sale and cost £5.00.

    Revolution Beauty London’s Stargazer Nail Polish
    Why did I buy this one?

    The colour, how glittery it looked on the website and the reduced price made me buy this! I’m a sucker for nail colours that shimmer, shine or glitter and this hooked me in!

    The bottle

    Stargazer is housed in a clear bottle with a chrome coloured R on the front. Modern in look, simple and stylish. The lid is silver in colour and textured so overall a very appealing and good looking bottle.

    The colour

    I actually thought this would be a clear polish with pieces of silver glitter in it. Yes, there is silver glitter in it. The glitter appears flat, pieces are all the same size and shape suspended within the polish. But the polish itself has a grey/silver tinge to it which makes it look almost molten, but not a total block colour.

    Application

    The brush was quite wide and spread easily over the nail, with each being covered in 2 to 3 brush strokes. The first coat I did thinly and the final two I loaded the brush with a little more polish. Each layer was touch dry in around 2 minutes. I ‘ floated ‘ the brush over the nails to make sure I wasn’t dragging any glitter off and dabbed the polish on to make sure glitter was where I wanted it to be.

    Consistency wasn’t too thick or fluid. Easy to apply, no strong smell of polish present and even without top coat my nails were very shiny.

    I applied two layers of top coat. With the first I felt the glitter wasn’t smooth enough and slightly rough to touch. The second application did the trick and smoothed it all out.

    Coverage & overall effect

    Depending on the amount of applications, you can build up the colour and sparkle effect. One coat gives a sheer background with glitter. Two coats turns the sheerness into more of a silver colour with more glitter. And three coats makes the background colour more obvious with even more glitter added making it very glittery.

    Long lasting & removal?

    I’ve been wearing Revolution Beauty London Stargazer Nail Polish for three days now and no chips in sight! This is good for me as I can just look at a nail and the polish can come off. I can’t comment on removal as I haven’t got to this stage, but a light flight over the polish and lots of remover should do the trick.

    Recommended?

    Nicely packaged, great colour and sparkly appearance with nice application and longevity means this is recommended definitely! Stargazer is a good quality nail polish and worth looking at other colours from the brand.

    Stargazer shortly after purchase was discontinued, but there are lots of different polishes available on the website to suit all nail needs. Currently with 20% off on Revolution nail polishes at Boots.

  • Nivea’s Beeswax Hand Cream

    Everyone’s hands have been through a lot over the last 5 months. To fight this awful virus that’s been thrown upon us, washing hands thoroughly has been highlighted as being important, and if not possible to sanitize them. And goodness wash and sanitize I have! So much so at one stage I thought my hands would break off. And that’s when a decent hand cream is needed. Nivea’s Beeswax hand cream was given to me as a gift, which I’ve been using for the past few weeks

    Nivea Beeswax Hand cream
    What is this hand cream supposed to do?

    Like all hand cream’s this is designed to stop your hands from drying out. By not only protecting them but adding moisture. This formulation is supposed to provide this result all day, in fact 24hrs, as the packaging states.

    Packaging

    75ml of hand cream is stored within a white plastic tube. Screw top lid, with the well known navy coloured Nivea logo visible on it, an illustration of beeswax indicating the scent/version it is and relevant information on back e.g ingredients. Simple, clear and very much is part of the packaging appearance and style of the brand overall.

    Fragrance

    I would describe this as being quite sweet in fragrance, with a honey aspect to it but not identical. It has a delicate powdery background to it, making it more clean than syrupy scented. Very pleasant.

    Consistency & Appearance

    White in colour, with a texture which is very similar to a body lotion and is smooth in consistency.

    Nivea Beeswax Hand cream consistency
    In use

    My hands have improved greatly over the last few months, so the dryness has settled down. I apply this when my hands feel tight, and more so at home as its more convenient to grab it than to use at work, which isn’t practical most of the time. I use about half of the size of a 5p per application.

    After Application

    There definitely was a look and feel of my hands being moisturised once it had been applied. My hands didn’t look greasy. In fact they almost looked matt. But the colour of my hands looked less dull and ashy. Not only did they not look greasy but they didn’t feel it either. There was definitely some form of protective barrier on them as I could feel it, but it didn’t stop me using my hands freely e.g driving.

    After initially applying the hand cream and getting on with my day, my hands were no worse over time but did feel as if they needed more of it to be applied to give my hands the luster they received when I first used it. One thing that I think stayed the same was the light scent left on my hands.

    Recommended?

    If the condition of your hands is normal, or you just want a hand cream to use if and when needed and you have no real issues, this would do the job. This is a decent and standard size for a hand cream so will last a while. Can be bought cheaply and the scent is nice. For me I would prefer a richer texture which really cocooned my hands for longer. So not my favourite hand cream but is a decent one.

    Can be purchased from a variety of places online and instore, such as Wilko, Home Bargains and Amazon. Prices range from £1.00 to £2.50.