I Heart Makeup Nail Geek - Out of Bounds

Raspberry pink jelly  

Oh dear.  I'm not the biggest fan of jelly's and this one certainly didn't change my mind

Out of Bounds is a raspberry pink jelly.  Swatches shown are 3 coats and I've still got very visible nail line, not totally unexpected with a jelly.

It is squishy and shiny but it also stained something terrible despite using my normal swatching basecoat of  OPI Natural Nail Base.

Grrrggh, this was not a win for me and went straight into the donation bag!

I Heart Makeup is a sister brand to Makeup Revolution and I assume is aimed at a slight younger audience?  The Nail polishes aren't on the website any more so I'm assuming they got discontinued.

Nails Inc November - Eaton Mews

Raspberry pink jelly with fine sparkles  

Eaton Mews is a jelly leaning raspberry with lots of fine shimmer - the shimmer is gold and pink.

Swatches are 2 coats with no top coat and it is fairly sheer/jelly so there's some VNL.  But it's also lovely and shiny.

Probably not super unique but very pretty.

Hema - Glitter topper

Raspberry pink sheer glitter topper  

And here's yesterday's Catrice 'Vibrant Violet' topped with a pink toned silver glitter top coat I picked up in Hema

This unnamed, un-numbered polish is a sheer raspberry pink top coat with mixed size round and shattered silver glitter.  Some of the glitter looks pink but I think that's just the colour of the suspension polish

Hema is a variety store in The Netherlands, selling homeware, clothing and various other items including a small cheap beauty range.

Although the bottle looks fairly glitter heavy, that didn't translate so well to the nail and my swatches show 3 coats over the Catrice.

Essie - Raspberry

Berry pink creme

Another brand first for my blog, Essie!

Like Nubar I don't have a lot of Essies (< 30).  Until fairly recently they were a little hard to get hold of in the UK but since they were acquired by L'Oreal and went retail rather than salon only, they are now stocked in Boots where they retail for £7.99.

And for me Essie were traditionally associated with those pale pink, Ballet Slippers colours that just aren't me!

But of course the brand has majorly branched out over the past few years and have produced several iconic colours such as the super HTF Starry Starry Night,  Mesmerize, Sew Psyched and Merino Cool.

This isn't one of those colours...

Raspberry is a pinky red berry creme.  Much more a traditional Essie colour.  But pretty all the same.

Swatch shown is two coats with no top coat and you can see how shiny it is.

Application was great, Essie has a narrow longish brush that works well for me.

Models Own - Raspberry Crush

Bright pink jellyish creme

Something bright and cheery to belatedly kick of the New Year

Models Own Raspberry Crush is a bright jelly/creme.  It's super shiny but probably could've done with another coat. I find the jelly always looks more pronounced in photos than on your nails.

I'd say it was a little more pink toned IRL.

Swatch shown is 2 coats, no top coat.

Nails Inc - Wyndham Place

Deep raspberry with fine sparkle

Wyndham Place is another from QVC, from the 8 piece Runway Ready collection that was a TSV back in August.

Nails inc describe this as metallic purple but I think that's a bit misleading, I'd describe this as a deep raspberry/plum with lots of very fine pink and blue sparkle/fine glitter.

It's very pretty although not very unique.


Swatch shown is 3 coats, no top coat.

Nails Inc - Half Moon Street

Raspberry pink shimmer





I adjusted the colour on this pink to make it more colour accurate.

Half Moon Street (I love that name, it's very evocative) is a raspberry shimmer.

As is normal for nails inc this was a great formula, pretty much opaque in one coat, although this is two, with no top coat

I also tried with Matte topcoat, although the pics have gone walkabout- it was nice, looked a bit like one of the zoya mattes...

Nails Inc - Eccleston Mews

Another new Nails Inc

This is Eccleston Mews, a slightly dusky raspberry pink creme

 
Shade


Sun

This is 2 coats, no topcoat.

I like this, it's not massively unique but it's a nice colour and Nails Inc's usual great formula and application.