Nails Inc GEL Effect Polish – Bond Street

Nails Inc GEL Effect Polish – Bond Street

Nails Inc - GEL Effect Polish BOND STREET

This wouldn’t be my normal colour choice but I received as a Christmas pressie and I’m so glad I did!! It’s the best when someone gives you a presents and you can say ‘I wouldn’t normally choose this but IT’S AMAZING!!! ’

The polish itself applies smoothly and really does have a gel like feel about it – and shine!....The shine is fab and doesn’t seem to dull  down either!

I wouldn’t quite say it’s as good as an actual gel like Shellac or whatever but it is a long laster, definitely stays put for longer than a normal polish.  I’m going to hunt down some other colours to try J

 http://www.lookfantastic.com/nails-inc.-bond-street-gel-effect-nail-polish-10ml/10833843.html

Liz Earle Stocking Fillers

As much as we may be trying to deny it....christmas is coming!

Christmas is my favourite time of year but when it comes round so fast I can't help feeling it's a little too soon.....that said I am so so excited about Christmas shopping and all the beauty treats becoming available!! So when I saw that these beauties were back again I was a happy elf!!

These sold out so fast last year - I couldn't get them anywhere so let's snap them up this year while we can!!

My favourites are these little nail polish stars!! And at only £7.50 each the perfect stocking filler!

Available in 4 colours...... These 2 are my fave:

Golden Celebration

Pure Poetry

There are also stars with lipsticks priced at £14.50

Lipstick - Dusk

The nail polishes are 12ml and the lipsticks only 3.5ml so I do think the nail polishes are better value, either way they are both so cute! Definitely the best stocking fillers I've seen so far for 2014

The full Christmas range is on the Liz Earle website now!

Beauty Box Purchases!

Hello lovelies!

I think beauty boxes are a great idea. I remember watching American and Canadian Youtubers reviewing their boxes and hated that there was no such service for us in the UK, then along came GlossyBox (YAY!), followed by various others. 

 I still feel the same excitement when I receive my Glossybox every month.  I think its not knowing what goodies will be inside that excites me! That and my general addiction to beauty products and I'm always guaranteed there will be some new ones for me to try inside the box.  I guess brands agree to have their products featured in the boxes because it opens up a whole new market for them, hundreds of people who may never have tried or heard of their products before.

Photo from: Glossybox Blog

But I do wonder how effective it is, in all the time I've been receiving my Glossybox (almost a year!!) I have not gone on to purchase and of the products inside. I should point out that is probably about to change as I've got my eye on the Molton Brown shower gel that was in the Harrods edition box and next time I'm in London I plan to make a visit to a Rituals store to repurchase the shower gel sensation! I know I can get it online but I want to smell the other scents and they seem to have so many luxurious looking goodies!! 

Anyhoo, I've gone off track.... I also love a few of the full sized products which I have received (Hello Stila eyeliner) but I haven't yet finished any to see whether I actually will repurchase or not.

I did sign up to try out a Carmine  box when they first began and some discount codes were floating about.  The box I received had 5 products in it, three full size and two sample sized products and it was brilliant!!

More effective at making me repurchase than all of the Glossyboxes put together.  I'm not dissing Glossybox here, like I said I love receiving it every month.  Maybe this one Carmine box was just really suited to my likes.  I went on to purchase the Caudalie Vinosource Quenching Sorbet Creme and the Balance Me hand cream after using the samples AND the Trind nail Repair and theBalm Frat Boy blusher have become two of my favourite products!  What a successful box! Haha! 

Has anyone found new holy grail products through receiving beautyboxes?! Or new favourite brands?! 

Or is everyone in the same boat as me?! :)

Benefit Ultrashine Lipgloss - Nudie Tude

I love a bright lip but recently I've been so busy that I'm reaching for more easy to wear, little upkeep lip colours and this is one of them....

Benefit Ultrashine lip glosses have (as the name suggests) a lovely shine finish and they're not sticky!! Yay!!
I hate sticky lip glosses, hair gets stuck to them and lord help you if you need to eat something when wearing one, no thank you! The applicator is a mini brush which I don't like as much as traditional lip gloss applicators but can live with as it's quite short.

This particular colour, Nudie-tude, is a golden nude shade with a hint of pink and small glitter particles.  Don't let the glitter put you off as it's not gritty  on the lips and adds to the shiney finish.

Nudie-tude has typical lip gloss wear of a few hours but is easily re-applied, brilliant for a simple colour with no worries of fading unevenly or becoming patchy.

Benefit Nudie-tude £14 from Benefit Cosmetics counters nationwide or online.

NOTD - Nails Inc Notting Hill Gate

Hiya!!

I've had a few days off work this week so I painted my nails (I'm not allowed to wear nail polish to work any more :( ) and I am loving it!! I used to paint my nails so often, I've missed having colourful talons to the max!!

So I went all out and bought a bright neon shade from the new Nails Inc polishes called notting hill gate, it is an amazing neon pink colour!! As soon as I saw it I had to have it and I know its going to be on my toe nails all summer...and spring!!!

I have to say I was a little disappointed when I popped this on my nails as the colour, although still bright wasn't as bright as I had expected and it seriously needed about 3 coats to get a good coverage.  I definitely needed to use a top coat as well because there was little shine to the finish of notting hill gate and I love a glossy nail!!

This being said I still adore this polish as the shade is so lovely, bright and fun!! I've never seen a nail colour so bright!!

Nails Inc notting hill gate is £11 link.

MAC Haul!!

It would've been rude not to do a bit of shopping when I was in London last week......right?! Especially after completing 'frugal February', I was so ready to make some purchases and where better to start than the MAC counter in Selfridges.

So what goodies did I get?!....

Kissable Lipcolour in Enchantee
Lipstick in Speed Dial
Paint Pot in Painterly
Fluidline in Added Goodness
Studio Fix Fluid in NW15 - Yes I am that pale!! :)
Blot Powder / Pressed in Medium Dark - This is the shade that was recommended to me...being an NW15 I'm kinda wary about it
Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder
 
I'm so excited to start using these!!

And I'm not finished with MAC just yet...I NEED Viva Glam Nicki in my life!!

I also popped to the Urban Decay counter in Debenhams. I love my Super Saturated high gloss lip colour so much (review here) that I wanted to have a look at the other colours and ended up with Lovechild, one of the more recent colour additions.

Think I got the spending bug out of my system...for now ;)

Benefit Fawn Over Me Eye Shadow

I'm pretty predictable when it comes to eye make up....nude, neutral, naked palette....  I reach for quick and easy colours for daytime and alot of the time just darker nude and neutral colours for nights out.  So it's obvious why this colour appealed to me.

Fawn over me is a powder eyeshadow in a light golden beige colour with a shimmer finish. The eyeshadow almost has a creamy feel to it and bleands really well (with my various other neutral shades anyway).  It's a  lovely colour to use as a base, I have tested it without a primer and it didnt crease although i did feel it lost alot of its colour throughout the day so I recommend using a good primer or paint pot first.

Fawn Over Me is right up my street and I've been using it alot recently either on its own or with my naked palette. Benefit velvet eyeshadows are available at Benefit counters nationwide and online priced at £13.50