Rose Gold Hair from Garnier Olia - Unfiltered Pics & Review!

You'd have to be living under a very large rock not to notice we've gone WAY beyond a handful of hair colours. I can remember Aaron (who currently rocks a cobalt blue fauxhawk) mentioning that people with differently coloured hair always acknowledged each other in public with a nod or a wink - he says that doesn't happen as often now that coloured hair has gone mainstream, which is fair because what's more mainstream than your Mam turning rose gold?!

Orly's Rage is the Rose Gold Chrome of Your Dreams!

If you've followed any of my social channels for any amount of time, you'll know my love for rose gold EVERYTHING is real. Imagine my joy then when I spotted rose gold chrome talons on the Tropical Popical feed. I knew I had to have them. Before visiting the kitsch nail oasis on South William St. I was sure that this colour was Gellish (which you can also get) but it turns out this version is Orly's Rage. 

It's a rose gold foil shimmer that translates beautifully to the nail. Retaining all of the shimmer and all of the foil effect, which is pretty rare for a chrome polish like this. Isn't she pretty? 

Gel extensions by the very lovely nail maven, Jenny in Tropical Popical

So enamoured was I with the job Jenny did in Tropical Popical that while I sat and waited for my talons to dry, instead of leafing through the magazines I hopped online to hunt down Orly's Rage for my Sis & I. 

Turns out the folks at Amazon and eBay have cottoned on to the popularity of this rose gold polish so prices were in excess of €20 for the lacquer and up to €30 for postage to Ireland?! Get UP the actual yard! A good ten minutes of wading through shysters later and I happened upon Fragrance Direct. BINGO, they have Rage and they have it for £1.99 HERE!

Orly Rage ~ still sparkling even in artificial light!

I opted for a bottle each and standard delivery and it took just under 3 weeks, which handily enough is just as long as my extensions lasted. There is also an option for Express Delivery for £1 extra, which will get the polish to you in 2-3 days ~ I've since done that too, so enamoured am I with this rose gold beauty that I needed back ups. 

Those of you that have been reading this little blog for any amount of time will know that we had a nail and nail art focus here for quite a while, so admittedly my polish stash is quite substantial. Saying that, I have never been complimented on a polish as much as I have Orly's Rage. People have, quite literally greeted me by grabbing my fingers to get a closer look. 

The glitter triggers I have pictured are a H&M rose gold glitter that I have been unable to source. It's old stock that Trop Pop have but seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth other than that. It's a nail nut's worst nightmare. I've since found Julep's Jane that's a possible dupe. What do we think? 

Tell me, are you as enamoured with Orly's Rage as I am? Will you be making a purchase? 

Nars Outlaw: Loving You Muchly

Can we just take a moment to look at how pretty this blush is? Behold, lovely readers, my very first Nars purchase. Yep it makes me ashamed as a beauty blogger to actually admit that but I've always been a Super Duper kinda gal and never believed that blush could actually make me happy. Then there was Nars Outlaw. 

This raspberry, rose gold blush with the slightest hint of golden shimmer was enough to garner a 'Oh Outlaw is gorrrrrgeous' from the Nars assistant, much to the chagrin of Karen as we boozily shopped, post lunch this Christmas (K's Nars choice was Torrid by the way, you can see her post here I WANT IT). I had already visited Outlaw three times before purchase day though, so I knew it had to be mine, encouraging 'oohs' from the SA or not. 

In the pan, Outlaw is a deep raspberry, reddish pink that I thought would work beautifully for evenings out, when I wanted a little more va va voom, cheek wise. It looked to me a close cousin to Benefit's Bella Bamba, one of my all time favourites and the only blush that I've ever actually finished. The texture with Outlaw is a little drier than I'd expected and the swatch certainly not true to the colour in the pan but holy Lawd if it isn't a stunner. 

Swatched on my finger tip, it's a pink delight, much lighter than I would have imagined. On the skin, it's lighter again, very close to a natural pink blush but once buffed (with a small kabuki) you can see that it's transformed into a golden, lightly shimmering beauty with pink/red undertones. Although my initial purchase was as a night time blush, Outlaw has been used at least 3-4 times a week for work, the perfect pick me up glowing pink. 

Overall I'm thrilled with my first Nars purchase, it's certainly not what I expected but that just means I'll have to go back for something darker to go from day to night, doesn't it? Hmm? Nars blushes will set you back €30 (or €28.88 in BT with a loyalty card)(Don't ask me, I dunno either). 

Have you any recommendations for a deeper shade? Lemme know!