George at Asda Boomerang

I don't know why it is called Boomerang, but my own name for it would be something like Coffee. Or Dark Chocolate. It has this rich, almost black brown base with copper shimmer that appealed to me instantly, even though I hardly every buy browns (Out of my whole collection, only 4 bottles can be described as brown). The warm copper shimmer is not as obvious on the nail s in the bottle, but I think the understated glow of this shimmer makes it look very elegant and stops it from being flatly brown:

Boomerang in natural light

I have never seen anything like that in high street nail polish line ups. It looks ,more expensive than you would expect given that its only £1.75 in retail. Which is just as well, because everything else apart from   the colour reveals the price tag. Its gloopy and hard to apply evenly, the brush is very hard to wield with any accuracy and stop it from splashing on your cuticles. Its also patchy and slow drying, even with a fast dry topcoat. Wears off pretty fast and smudges easily.


If it werent for crap quality, I'd have put it in the top 10 list, because the colour is just gorgeous (I dont think my swatch does it justice). As it is, I would only wear it when I feel particularly masochistic.

I guess that for £1.75, great colour and opacity at two coats would be satisfactory, and whilst being tricky, its not totally unworkable. But this is not a reliable, quick and easy choice for a breezy manicures. Am I asking for impossible? But I have used many a great quality nail polishes from this brand, so my expectations are somewhat high. Still, this is a great colour to add to my collection.


Retails at around £1.75(depending on offers) in Asda stores.

Under electric light

My attempt at a macro shot

Natural light

The shimmer is more obvious under artifial light and strong sunlight.

W7 Metallic Neptune

Another W7 duochrome gem! My local Savers has W7 Metallic Planets in stock still, so I hope I could buy Saturn and Mars soon (as soon as I have money, after my recent splurges)
This one I didn't like at first because it was a bit dark and boring to me. But I was mean to it, because it really glows with a subtle green glow, and is far from being boring:

The black base lets green-purple duochrome shine through and I can see some small green glass flecks, which only adds to its coolness. The purple colour shift is harder to capture on camera, an
d is only visible in stronger lights (third picture from the top).
I really like the bottle design o W7's polishes, it reminds me of OPI bottles, but less rounded.
I also decided to ttry it with a silver crackle topcoat (George at Asda), but it failed to wow me. The crackle is too fine and you don't see much colour underneath:

Metallic Neptune is from a limited edition collection, but can be tracked either in TK Maxx, Savers or online. They are getting sold out everywhere though!

George at Asda "Under the Sea"

This is a beautiful, glowing sea green, with an interesting pearly-metallic finish. It looks like liquid green silk on the nails, although you do get few visible brushstrokes. It dries quickly but is very thin and requires at least 4 coats for full opacity.There is a tiny bit of bubbling and it highlights all the flaws on the nail (like ridges) so a base-coat or pre-manicure buffing might be in order.

The name really suits this polish- it reminds me of sea waves, and I can't help but sing "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid, which is my favourite Disney Movie of all time.
This nail polish retails for £1.75 in Asda.