So here goes... The items that arrived today were the Cream Blush in Neon Rose and a nail polish in Nice 'n' Nude. I'll post pictures of the packaging and examples of the product.
Neon Rose Cream Blush, £6:
My first impression of this product when I opened the little box the blush came in was "pretty". Since I like pretty things I give a thumbs up to Topshop for the packaging, especially for the mirror that's on the inside. However, the mirror would be of little use if I didn't like the product; luckily I do.
The product is cream to powder formulation and has a matte finish, which means no glitter, pearlescence, shimmer or frostiness once on the skin (if you didn't know). It is highly pigmented but the shade name is much more fitting for the product when off the skin since the colour looks much more neon in the container than out, which is a 
good thing unless you want to look like an over excited raver. However as you can see from the swatch photograph the blush's lovely formula makes for a soft ladylike wash of rosy colour to the cheeks (not the garish orange it seems to be) and whilst the blush can be very sheer if you apply gingerly, the colour is build-able which is good for darker skin tones (it doesn't show up as much as I'd like on my tan skin, but when I'm back to my pale self it will be perfect).Personally, I've always found that after my makeup is done my blush is one of the first things to go as the day/ night wears on so the fact that this product is in a little compact with a mirror, (upon which you are actually instructed to "dab on cheeks and blend") is certainly a huge plus for me. A blush with such a soft finish that I can just dab on and blend using only my fingertips is perfect, and it has good staying power, the only problem is that once you've blended it, it won't budge from your fingertips!
Another plus point is the versatility of this product. Depending on the shade that you buy you can use it on your lips either as a colour stain or to nude them out; you can even team with lip gloss and go. Also, though personally I wouldn't use a pink on my lids, I have a good feeling that the shade "Butterscotch" would be great as a lid colour/ base for your eyeshadow due to the high pigmentation of the product and it's consistency, which would just set right in and create a nice base like using a powder or a foundation. You could also probably use Butterscotch in some contouring, depending on your skin tone. It should be arriving at my house on Monday so I look forward to testing out that theory.
One of the few negatives of the product is that when I used a brush it took a good while before I was satisfied with the colour pay-off, since I didn't want to obliterate the product with a brush. So if you're in a rush you're just gonna have to get your hands dirty. So really there's only this and the fact that it doesn't show up too much on my skin as it is at the moment to moan about.
All in all I really like this product, it's good value for money so whereas MAC have their blushcreme to which these are comparable, you are saving £10.50 when you chose this product over theirs. The consistency and pigmentation of the blush is very good, and the versatility is excellent. It's just a shame I need to wait until my tan goes and carry hand gel-wash around with me, but I got so much more than I expected from this product and while I can't speak for the other shades, if Neon rose is anything to go by it's no wonder these blushes are the statement product of the Topshop line.
I give this product 4/5.
Nice 'n' Neutral Nail Polish - £5:
So as you can see, this "Nice 'n' Neutral" nail polish is neutral and quite nice, though I'm going to go ahead and just say that
I think Topshop have been very bold to the point of cheeky by entering an area of the market that is already covered very well by brands like BarryM and Rimmel with a product that costs nearly twice as much as theirs. Maybe it's because I feel I could get similar results using Revlon shade 998 bought for £2.99 from http://www.cosmeticsforless.com/ (http://www.cosmetics4less.net/acatalog/info_5203.html, I am not working for them, this is just an example to prove my point).
Having said that I do think that this product is good; I just think it was cheeky to introduce it at this price. I feel that, as with the clothes, we are paying a premium for a product that we wouldn't pay if we could get exactly the same elsewhere, but, since we do really like the product, we begrudgingly pay the price. If it wasn't for the price I would have bought Parma Violet, Bee's Knees and Big Smoke - all beautiful shades that are simply too pricey for me to justify buying. You lost trade there Topshop.
Financial grumblings aside; I do rather like this product, but I don't love it. The polish is matte in it's finish with no glitters, opalescence, pearlescence or translucency when two coats are applied, just the standard polish shine. The formulation is rather thin, but it is pigmented so a little goes a long way. On a negative note I did find that if you scraped off too much excess on the brush before applying the polish that halfway through painting the nail it became kind of claggy and strange and I had to dip the applicator in the bottle again. Just something I noticed; it's a problem that can be over come by putting up with having a lot of product on your brush but you unavoidably and invariably end up with the polish on the skin at the sides of your nail. Nail polish remover pads are a must. On the up side I thought that the colour was simply lovely and Topshop have got it completely on trend, as usual. I can't decide whether it's a beige-nude with pink tones or pink-nude with beige tones. In any case it looks more tan-nude in some lights and pink-nude in others. I would say it swatches more pink than it looks in the bottle, which was fine for me but someone looking for a beige may feel misled.
The polish also seems pretty "sturdy", didn't chip even after gardening wearing no gloves and only one coat of polish on my nails, which is always good and rather rare.
All in all I will definitely use this product now that I've bought it. It's very wearable and, as I've said, on trend. The fact that the product doesn't chip and will probably last a long time does ease my disquiet at paying £5 for a line's first stab at a range of nail polishes.
I give this product 3/5.
