Despite being a huge Nail Polish lover, I will admit that I very rarely use glitter nail polish. Let’s be honest, it’s difficult to remove! Having said that, I went to a Christmas work event in December with formal attire, since I was wearing black I wanted something else a little more than a simple black nail polish. Enter this one by Rimmel London, here’s my thoughts on the Precious Stones Nail Polish in Diamond Dust.

The packaging matches the rest of the Rimmel London nail polishes, it’s a clear glass bottle with a black plastic lid. I do often find with Rimmel polishes that the lids are way too tight and often difficult to open, but aside from that it’s fine. What I like about this one is that you can see the sparkles in the polish which was what drew me to it! This is an affordable polish at only £3.99.

Rimmel London describe this polish as the following:
“WHAM! BAM! GLAM! Are you ready to get the London look, festive style?
This is not your everyday top coat! This is high coverage glitter nail polish! Supercharged with sparkles, you can add some glitz on top of your chosen colour, OR you can go full on glam and turn your nails in to dazzling gems with two coats! You have total control over your nail designs. With two gorgeously glitzy shades to choose from – Ruby Crush and Diamond Dust – you can bet you’ll be the glitterati of your party in no time. All the gems you’ll need for the party season, and right at your fingertips!”

Starting with the brush, this is one of those wider brushes which I do like. Rimmel London’s brushes are not always cut very neatly however, I haven’t had any issues with the brush splaying. I have noticed that the brush is fairly short, additionally this glitter polish feels thicker than the average polish as well as turning gloopy quicker.

One thing I really like about this polish is the coverage. Now I don’t agree that two coats will be fully opaque, in fact when I applied this alone I found that it needed a lot of coats and even then looked patchy. Having said that, this isn’t a clear polish with glitter, it’s a gunmetal grey with a lot of glitter which I really like.

I actually applied this over black nail polish, the black nail polish provided a base however, the main colour you can see on my nails is the glitter polish, as you can see the sparkle is quite obvious which I really like. The downside to the glitter is that after a few days the polish looked quite dull, the sparkles were still there but no glossy finish.

I also found that this chipped relatively quickly, within two days this was chipping off my nails, I also found (unsurprisingly) that my nails were splitting a lot. The splitting isn’t necessarily a reflection of this polish however, I did find that wearing a glitter polish has damaged my nails more than a regular polish.

Overall, I do like this, it’s a nice addition for events however, I don’t think it’s something I’d repurchase since I’m not much of a glitter wearer. Having said that, if you are a fan of glitter polish I’d look into this one, it does the trick and it is nicer and more interesting than a clear polish with a little bit of glitter.

The Rimmel London Precious Stones Nail Polish is available from Boots for £3.99.

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