Saturday 2 November 2013

Ruby Wing UV Colour Changing Nail Polish

As you may know, I'm a bit obsessed with colour changing nail varnish!  I have several, some of which change in UV light, some of which change by temperature. I spotted the Ruby Wing Cupcakes & Champagne collection on a blog a month or so ago, and have been lusting after them for some time. I finally caved, and bought two of them!
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This is Rose (the pink one) and Strawberry Shortcake (the gold one). They're not only colour changing, they're also scented!
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Here they are indoors, and in sunlight. As you can see, they change quite a bit! This is British winter sunlight though, so the change isn't nearly as extreme as it could be - there are some bloggers who've achieved really impressive results with better sunshine!
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Here is two coats of Rose, indoors.  It's a pretty, sparkly, iridescent glitter in a clear pale pink base. This is very similar to Barry M Pink Iridescent.
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The sparkles reflect silver-pink-blue shades and are really pretty. It would look nice over a pale pink or white crème base.

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Take this outside, and it gets pinker and pinker. It's so pretty! The formula is a little thick and a touch gloopy, but there's nothing too awkward about that.
rose after 1
This dries to a sweetish flowery smell that's not particularly amazing, but it's much nicer than the usual nail polish smell!

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Next up is Strawberry Shortcake - and oh my god, is this one a stunner!  I LOVE this! 
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Strawberry Shortcake is a densely packed gold glitter in a clear base. This is three coats.  You could layer this though, if you wanted to use less.
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The gold is so pretty! It's super sparkly and has shades of pink as well as blue and green in there. 
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In sunlight, this darkens and gets pinker and then rustier in tone, whilst still being ridiculously sparkly and effective. 
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The formula on this one is a bit more normal and less thick than Rose, and applies easily.
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The smell on this is a strawberry-ish cake-ish smell, very reminiscent of those rubbers we used to have in school in the 80s before they were banned when girls got them stuck up their noses...

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I mean - come on! Is this one of the most gorgeous polishes you've ever seen, or what?

I bought these on Amazon UK for the slightly wince-inducing sum of £13 each. However, I think they're worth every penny, especially Strawberry Shortcake! You can definitely get them cheaper if you shop around. I'm very tempted by the rest of the collection too!





6 comments:

  1. Oh wow. I've got the first lot of Ruby Wing polishes and have been sooooooooo tempted by these ones. Scented, I'm such a sucker for a good scented polish!

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    1. I really REALLY like Strawberry Shortcake! I can see myself wearing that one a lot. The Ruby Wing official site is selling the entire collection for £35, which I kind of wish I'd bought now...

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  2. My local nail bar has some of these in stock, must find out the price.

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  3. Oooh, I've not seen colour changing with glitter before - very pretty

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    1. It's nice isn't it? I still can't really tell if the glitter changes colour (I think not, but then sometimes I think it does) or just the base.

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