I was recently contacted and asked if I'd like to try the Revlon Shine Addict Buffer, and I jumped at the chance! I usually buff my nails with one of those multi-sided padded nail file things, which work ok, but which are a bit of a faff and don't really last very well.
As you can see, the buffer comes with batteries and 4 interchangeable spare heads, as well as an instruction book. The buffer itself is a neat handbag size, and isn't particularly heavy.
To use this, you first buff the nails with the greeny-grey roller for a couple of seconds. This looks sort of sandpapery, but it's actually quite soft and spongy. The roller spins quickly and buffs nails smooth very easily. I tested this on my skin too, as I was worried that it might slip and be rough on my cuticles - but it wouldn't hurt at all! It doesn't damage skin. I would recommend not pressing down at all, as you don't need to. If you do, I can feel the surface of the nail getting quite hot.
Changing buffers is really easy - the cross in the middle is hard plastic, and the roller just slips off and the new one just slips on. After the greeny grey buffer, you just swap it for the white white polishing roller, which is softer and smoother. This gave a lovely smooth finish with fabulous shine.My nails here are completely bare, no polish or anything.
My nails, especially my thumbs, are quite ridgy, and a buffer is really helpful in smoothing the surface out before I paint them. I find that a standard chunky padded buffer type thing can be a bit awkward to use, especially on my right hand. This was much easier and quicker, and had a much more effective result too. I'm convinced!
This would make a really good Christmas present, I think! You can buy this on Amazon for under £30 (click here) where you can also buy replacement buffer rollers.
Whilst I wouldn't say this was an essential nail care item, I think it's really good, and I will definitely be using it regularly.
This buffer was provided for my honest review. See my Disclaimer for more details.
I bought this ages ago - perhaps last summer - and wore it once, and didn't wear it again, because I was really disappointed with it.
This is Revlon's Facets of Fuschia, touted on a lot of the internet as a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance, a black jelly with stacks of bright fuschia glitter in various sizes. I didn't buy the Lippmann because it was £16, and this Revlon was under a fiver.
This is a thin black jelly with fuschia glitter in small and large sizes. The first time I wore this, I wore it on its own and it took at least three layers to be anywhere near opaque. This time I layered it over a black base (my standard Rimmel Black Out) and then added two layers of Facets of Fuschia. Application was ok; the Revlon brush is very thin though, so it needed quite a lot of brush strokes per nail. The finish felt very rough too, so I needed three layers of Seche Vite before it felt smooth enough to not drive me up the wall.
I feel a bit underwhelmed by this. I love the concept, but it just doesn't blow me away the way I want it to. It looks amazing in the bottle, but I think it just looks nice on the nails. I wish it looked more purple or more glittery.
I'm also annoyed with my nail shape. I had been experimenting with a squarer nail shape over the last month, and I was taking ages to get used to it. Having corners felt really odd, and when I tapped things with my fingerips it felt really weird! I quite liked how it looked, but last night they needed shortening anyway, and I ended up cutting them really short (shorter than I wanted) and back to the round shape I was used to. Now I've done it, I hate how it looks. They look very childish to me now. So maybe I'll grow them back squarer. What do you reckon?
