Ok so firstly I want to just apologise for not doing a Tutorial Tuesday today. The weekend went far too fast and I just never got round to doing it. Also I have set up a YouTube channel now and hopefully (if I can ever get hold of a video camera I will start doing videos!) Dad was going to lend me his but he can't find the charger. I have seen a lovely purple one in Argos for £50 that I really want to get :( will have to see what happens payday.
Anyway i brought some stuff from Avon and one of the things was this Liquid freeze nail spray. It is usually £6 but was on offer for £2.50. I had seen a few reviews online of people who had tried similar things which claim to dry your nails super fast but I wasnt sure. However I thought for £2.50 it was worth a go.
I am SO impressed with this spray!!! It works amazingly! I did my nail with it tonight (pink glitter that you can see in the picture). I used it to dry the pink nail polish (Barry M 272) and it literally dries in seconds!
This is definitely a bargains at £2.50.... I even think I would pay the full £6 for it as it works so well :)
Has anyone else tried this or anything similar?? what did you think??
So today I got very excited when I get home from work to find the January Glossybox waiting for me at my nanna and grandads house :) When I opened it the first thing I was excited about was the lovely pink colour of the box!!
So what was in my box??
- Eyeko skinny eyeliner in purple- Full size is £9.50
- Orly Nail lacquer in Ruby - Full size is £6.95
- Weleda One step cleanser and toner - Full size is £9.95
- Fab gentle body wash - Full size is £13
- Murad Skin perfecting Primer - Full size is £29
I am particularly excited about the Eyeko eyeliner as its purple and i was looking for a good purple eyeliner before Christmas!! And I am about to do a little manicure with the Orly!
Reviews for products to follow :)
If you remember last week when I went to town with my friend I picked up a Maybeline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner for £4.99 from Superdrugs.
I started just before christmas experimenting with lines on top of my lid and little flicks and was using a L'oreal liquid eye liner which I loved. I also love the Collection 2000 felt pen eye liner but I have heard quite a lot about Gel Eye Liners and had quite wanted to try it so when I saw this on offer in Superdrugs I couldnt resist.
I have to say I am in LOVE with the Eye Liner. It comes in a little pot which I thinks makes it look so expensive and comes with a thin brush. Now the idea of putting eye liner on with a brush seemed quite strange but I have to say it goes on so easily!!!
I have tried my very best to get a nice picture of it on but its just not happening. But let me assure you it goes on lovely.
Has anyone else tried this or any other Gel Eye Liners? What did you think?
Ok girlies you have probably seen what was in the December Glossy box all over since it came out before christmas and I know I posted what I had gone in mine when it came after I took advantage of the offer that you would get the December Glossy Box if you subscribed in early Jan.
Well this isnt about the Glossy Box as a whole - its about one of the sample products that came in it. It wasnt one of the actually products, more of an extra one that came with the Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish.
I had read a couple of reviews online to say that these strips were amazing for taking off glitter nail polish. Having read it from several sources and the fact it came with the extremely glittery Razzle Dazzle in the Glossy Box I believed the blog-a-sphere. So I decided to use it to take off the pink glitter models own nails off that I had on in order to put the Razzle Dazzle on.
Well this isnt about the Glossy Box as a whole - its about one of the sample products that came in it. It wasnt one of the actually products, more of an extra one that came with the Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish.
I had read a couple of reviews online to say that these strips were amazing for taking off glitter nail polish. Having read it from several sources and the fact it came with the extremely glittery Razzle Dazzle in the Glossy Box I believed the blog-a-sphere. So I decided to use it to take off the pink glitter models own nails off that I had on in order to put the Razzle Dazzle on.
I was SO disappointed with this strip. The first thing I noticed was that it came with no instructions which ok may sound stupid, I mean we all know how to take off nail varnish off right but since I had not used this kind of mitt before I wasnt sure if it should go on my index finger and use to get the varnish off the other nails or to put it on each nail and press on (a bit like the tin foil method).
I decided to go for the index finger method and I found it SO hard to get the nail varnish off! As you can see from the picure it took the varnish off just 2 fingers - well the thumb and half the index finger because as you can see its not all completely gone from it! And the mitt went completely dry!
Now this product retails at £14 for 6 mitts. Each mitt is meant to take of nail varnish from 10 fingers. I can see if you had just plain nail varnish on your nails it probably would do all 10 nails but having heard so many things about it taking off glitter - I thought it would withstand for at least 1 hand! This product is probably worth just under £2.50 which I think it is not really worth. After these 2 fingers I ended up using nail polish removed and cotton wool to get the rest of (which probably didnt cost me £2.50 and I can do loooooads of nails with that whole bottle).
Definaltey will not be purchasing these. Did you have the December Glossy Box? Have you tried these strips? Whats your view?
I decided to go for the index finger method and I found it SO hard to get the nail varnish off! As you can see from the picure it took the varnish off just 2 fingers - well the thumb and half the index finger because as you can see its not all completely gone from it! And the mitt went completely dry!
Now this product retails at £14 for 6 mitts. Each mitt is meant to take of nail varnish from 10 fingers. I can see if you had just plain nail varnish on your nails it probably would do all 10 nails but having heard so many things about it taking off glitter - I thought it would withstand for at least 1 hand! This product is probably worth just under £2.50 which I think it is not really worth. After these 2 fingers I ended up using nail polish removed and cotton wool to get the rest of (which probably didnt cost me £2.50 and I can do loooooads of nails with that whole bottle).
Definaltey will not be purchasing these. Did you have the December Glossy Box? Have you tried these strips? Whats your view?
I had to takw the foil off my ring fingers but rather than taking all my nails off I just changed my ring finger.
This is done using models own gold rush and the black is one i think is from Tesco.
I came across this No7 eye base when someone else reviewed it on a blog. I had a pencil a few years ago which helped eye shadow to stay on all day but havent been able to find it again since so when I read about this I thought I would give it a try.
According to the Boots website the product info for this says "No7 Stay Perfect Smoothing & Brightening Eye Base brightens and smooths the eyelid providing a perfect base for eye shadow, ensuring the colour stays true all day".
Well I have been using this product for just about a week now and I have to say I am totally in love! The cream goes on really well - my first worry was that it wouldnt blend on properly but in fact it smooths on really well and once you have your eye shadow on you dont even know it is there - kinda the idea I suppose. I use my finger to put it on rather than the little brush which comes with it as I think it allows you to get it on better. And I can honestly say I can see the difference. Usually after a day at work most of my eye make up would be gone and you would probably just see the traces of it near my lash line. This however definaltley helps to hold the shadow on longer.
I have another 2 No7 vouchers in my purse and one of them will definatley be going on this! It retails at £7.75 which to be honest I dont think is bad anyway as you would pay that for an eye primer anyway but with the voucher it makes it just £2.75! What a bargain!!!
Hey ladies. Hope you are all ok. Heres another tutorial tuesday for you all. This one is cupcake nails. Sorry about the vagueness on the colours. I did quite a few of these a while back and the yellow colour i used ran out and I forgot to make a note of what it was. I know it was a Rimmel one, I think its lemon something, it was one of last years summer ones i think. Anyway you could do this with pretty much any colour you wanted either the base or the colour of the dots for the sprinkles. I would love to see some of your colour combos :)
I purchased a few things from the sale, a L'Oreal Eye Pallet (review coming soon) and this Witch primer. My mum started using the accessorise primer which she got in Superdrugs just before christmas and I have been shopping around for a nice affordable primer which you get a decent amount in (No17 do one for £4.99 but it is tinnnny) so when I saw this on Charl's blog sale for £3 I thought I would give it a try.
This bottle is a 30ml bottle (but to be honest it feels quite big - if you know what I mean). Looking online I found out that this retails at £6.99 in boots which to be honest I dont think is bad as it also contains anti blemish ingredients too. According to the product description it says "Holds make-up in place and helps protect skin from the causes of blemishes". I started using this product as soon as it arrived, putting it under my make up everyday and I think that it is definatley making a difference. When I first started reading about primers I thought that they really couldnt make much of a difference, I mean I have been wearing make up for years without using a primer! But I have to say I can really tell the difference. It does give a more even base for your make up and helps it to stay on longer. I used to find when I came to take my make up off at night before using a primer there would be hardly any foundation or powder coming off onto the make up wipe. However since I have been using the primer - there is more make up coming off on my make up wipes when I take it off, so the primer is obviously holding in place properly!
Primers seem to be all over at the moment, all varying in price. Just looking in Boots while in town the other day I noticed some of the well known brands such as L'Oreal, Maybeline, Rimmel, No17 and No7 all have started to do primers. All of these retail for varying prices from £4.99 for the No17 one to £19.50 for the No7 Airbrush primer. I have also seen other ones online such as MUA and ELF. I do love the Witch one. I think I may be tempted by another brand - possibly the Rimmel one or the MUA or ELF ones which are all under £10 which I think is enough to pay.
Do you use a primer? Which one if your favourite brand to use?
So you may remember a few weeks ago I brought some Aussie Shampoo and Deep Treatment Conditioner that claimed to help coloured hair hold the colour longer.
I have been using this shampoo since I brought it and using the deep treatment once a week. The conditioner makes my hair feel so soft and absolutely AMAZING and the shampoo smells lush. For starters I think there is nothing worse that putting a shampoo on your hair that smells terrible. This is far from that and smells lovely. If you have used Aussie products before it smells typical Aussie.
Well since using the product I have to say my colour seems to be going strong. I went out with my friend yesterday and one of the first things she asked was if I had coloured my hair again! Well I havent... so it must be working well.
And Aussie have started doing their shampoo in 500ml bottles too. I brought these when they were 3 for £10 in boots (not sure if it is still on) but I will for sure buying these again!!!!
Well since using the product I have to say my colour seems to be going strong. I went out with my friend yesterday and one of the first things she asked was if I had coloured my hair again! Well I havent... so it must be working well.
And Aussie have started doing their shampoo in 500ml bottles too. I brought these when they were 3 for £10 in boots (not sure if it is still on) but I will for sure buying these again!!!!
Today I went into town to meet up with my friend and her gorgeous little girl for a spot of lunch. I had my eye on a few things I wanted to get that were on offer and also made a couple spur of the moment purchases :)
Maybeline Gel Eye Liner - £4.99 from Superdrugs. I keep experimenting with winged liner looks and I have heard that gel liners are quite good. And at £4.99 instead of £7.99 I thought I would give it a try.
Nail Wraps - Now there have been a lot of these floating round over the last few months but most of them retail at around £6 which I think is really expensive considering that you only get about 2 lots out of them. This one contains 16 wraps and was 79p from Home Bargains!!! I couldnt help but get these - I mean what a bargain. I was a bit confused as to why there are 16? I mean if you want 2 lots out of them then you would need 20? However I am going to just put them on my ring finger with Models own gold rush on the others (will share a photo when I have done them)
Revlon Luscious Grow Mascara - According to Revlons description this Mascara is "A multi-benefit mascara and lash enhancer that gives instantly longer and fuller lashes while helping them to grow stronger with each use". Now I have quite lovely lashes anyway but recently I have noticed a gap in my lashes which has appeared and I cant resist anything that says it can make lush lashes so thought I would give it a go.
Eye Lash Curlers - 99p again from Home Bargains. Helping with the lush lashes. My other ones had become all clogged up and since I couldnt get hold of the refil bit for 99p and pink I thought why not.
I will update you on the Eye Liner, Nail wraps and Mascara and what I think of them :)
x
Nail Wraps - Now there have been a lot of these floating round over the last few months but most of them retail at around £6 which I think is really expensive considering that you only get about 2 lots out of them. This one contains 16 wraps and was 79p from Home Bargains!!! I couldnt help but get these - I mean what a bargain. I was a bit confused as to why there are 16? I mean if you want 2 lots out of them then you would need 20? However I am going to just put them on my ring finger with Models own gold rush on the others (will share a photo when I have done them)
Revlon Luscious Grow Mascara - According to Revlons description this Mascara is "A multi-benefit mascara and lash enhancer that gives instantly longer and fuller lashes while helping them to grow stronger with each use". Now I have quite lovely lashes anyway but recently I have noticed a gap in my lashes which has appeared and I cant resist anything that says it can make lush lashes so thought I would give it a go.
Eye Lash Curlers - 99p again from Home Bargains. Helping with the lush lashes. My other ones had become all clogged up and since I couldnt get hold of the refil bit for 99p and pink I thought why not.
I will update you on the Eye Liner, Nail wraps and Mascara and what I think of them :)
x
Hey girlies. Sorry a lot of the posts at the moment are short posts or NOTD posts. With starting work this week and my laptop being daft atm I am blogging from my phone.
So this NOTD is a bit of pink glitter - as we all know i love a bit of sparkle.
The pink colour is Barry M shade 272 and the glitter is Rimmel gold glitter - i think its tag line is Rock your colour... Rimmel do some lovely glitter colours my favourite is still the disco ball which i love!
xx
Now we all love a bit of crackle - especially now its available in so many colours!!! And I am not one to miss out on any new nail varnish effects - and i have to say Barry M sorta lead the way on this! So when i found out about the new Croc style crackle that Barry M had brought out I was desperate to try it! I have to say I love the effect it gives, maybe a little bit more than the crackle!
I can't wait for it to come out in more colours (i hope it does)
what do you think???
My Box contained:
- Nip and Fab Spot Fix - This retails for £9.95 and this one is the full 15ml size. I have been using this the past few days and can say I can see the difference. It feels quite nice on my skin and rubs in well without feeling greasy.
- Rituals Foaming Shower Gel -This shower gel retails for £6.50 and I had seen quite a lot of boxes which contained the pink shower gel so I was pleasently surprised when mine was brown. I used this the other day in the shower and it smells lovely. Its probably not for everyone but I really liked it. At £6.50 I am not sure I would buy it at full price as I think its a lot to pay but its certainly nice.
- Blink and Go Eyeshadow and Blush Palette -This palette retails for £14.95. I hadnt seen any boxes with the palette in (most had got the mascara in instead). I havent used any of the colours yet but I may do a swatch of it soon. I do like the packet that it comes in with the eye shadow on the top and then the blusher underneath. And it just generally looks quite pretty.
- Cargo Cosmetics Classic Lip Gloss -A full sized tube of this gloss is £10. I am totally in love with Soap and Glory's sexy mother pucker but this is quite a nice shade and is a nice small size so you could fit it into a small bag if you were going on a night out.
- Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle Nail Varnish -This is one of the products that when I had been reading about the December Glossybox - this is what I was looking forward to trying - you know my love for glitter nail polish. I will do a seperate nail post about this but it is lush. It retails for £16 for a full sized one.
- Deborah Lippman Stripped to Go Sachet - This pack contained one of the sachets and it said that it would remove 10 nails. It retails for £14 for a pack of 6. I am going to do a seperate blog post about this as I used it on thursday night.
Ok I have to admit it... I LOVE nail varnish. And I do have rather a lot of it. If you dont believe me look here (and this is without my nail art pens!)
I dont know what it is about nail varnish that makes me love it so much! Its just whenever I see a lovely new shade or a shade that would look fab with an outfit I have, I cant resist having it. I havent counted them but I wouldnt be surprised if I havent got over 100 :P
Anyway I was storing my nail varnishes in one of the soap and glory bags from last christmas - the round barrell shaped one which was great except I could never find what I was looking for and it didnt fit my nail art pens in so they had to go in a seperate bag. So when I got the new Big Splendour box for christmas the first thing I thought of was ooo I can store my nail varnishes in there! And look how cute they look now!!!
Perfect storage for them all! And now I can see where all my nail varnishes are. And I can store everything together :)
This is very similar to the very first tutorial tuesday I did with the coloured leopard print nails. However this one is a more classic gold leopard print. I did this before christmas and almost everyone was asking where I had my nails done. The Models Own Gold rush is absolutely AMAZING - if you havent tried it, it is stunning - I dont actually this I have reviewed this yet so look out for that in the future. I posted a picture of my nails back in October when I first did this look on my nails so if you want to see the look on real nails then here it is NOTD - Leopard Nails and here is how to achieve this wonderful look yourself.
First of all I would like to say hello to all my lovely new followers :) Thanks for stopping by :D Hope you enjoy it and feel free to add lots of lovely comments. It makes me smile to read them!
You may remember before Christmas that I posted about a new job which I had got, working at the local hospital as a receptionist. Well I started work today, basically just watching and getting used to the system they use and then this afternoon I was booking in patients and checking notes etc. I really enjoyed my first day :) I was on oral surgury today but the supervisor said she may have me on maternity as someone is going off sick on their so I could be there from wednesday :)
I am really excited and looking forward to this new challenge and stage in my life at the moment. Sure this isnt the route I wanted to take and I am still very passionate about teaching and it is where my heart lies but to give me an income at the moment and some money to save up and pass my driving test which will probably give me a better chance in teaching positions as I will be able to travel a bit further.
In terms of the blog I am hoping that it wont affect my blogging. I am hoping to still blog at least every other day and I will continue to do tutorial tuesdays. It will probably be that my blog posts will be in the evening and not in the day as they have been! But stick with me!
My tripod for my phone came today so I am hoping that I can start doing some videos to accompany tutorial tuesdays :)
For anyone out there that loves a good blog sale - check out Charli's at Secrets Behind the Closet Door - she has some lovely stuff on there and I have made a few cheeky purchases on their myself which I shall share and review when they arrive :) So head over and check it out!
And also if you are not following her blog then do that too! She is one of my fave bloggers to read! I particularly love her blog from last friday - How much is the cost of beauty - check it out it makes a really interesting read and really makes you think (well it did me anyway).
Coming tomorrow on Tutorial Tuesday - Gold Leopard Print Nails which are STUNNING :)
Toodles xxx
You may remember before Christmas that I posted about a new job which I had got, working at the local hospital as a receptionist. Well I started work today, basically just watching and getting used to the system they use and then this afternoon I was booking in patients and checking notes etc. I really enjoyed my first day :) I was on oral surgury today but the supervisor said she may have me on maternity as someone is going off sick on their so I could be there from wednesday :)
I am really excited and looking forward to this new challenge and stage in my life at the moment. Sure this isnt the route I wanted to take and I am still very passionate about teaching and it is where my heart lies but to give me an income at the moment and some money to save up and pass my driving test which will probably give me a better chance in teaching positions as I will be able to travel a bit further.
In terms of the blog I am hoping that it wont affect my blogging. I am hoping to still blog at least every other day and I will continue to do tutorial tuesdays. It will probably be that my blog posts will be in the evening and not in the day as they have been! But stick with me!
My tripod for my phone came today so I am hoping that I can start doing some videos to accompany tutorial tuesdays :)
For anyone out there that loves a good blog sale - check out Charli's at Secrets Behind the Closet Door - she has some lovely stuff on there and I have made a few cheeky purchases on their myself which I shall share and review when they arrive :) So head over and check it out!
And also if you are not following her blog then do that too! She is one of my fave bloggers to read! I particularly love her blog from last friday - How much is the cost of beauty - check it out it makes a really interesting read and really makes you think (well it did me anyway).
Coming tomorrow on Tutorial Tuesday - Gold Leopard Print Nails which are STUNNING :)
Toodles xxx
As you may have realised by now I love a bit of glitter on my fingers and as promised I have tried out my Models own Juicy Jules - Teaming it with a Pink Shade from Barry M No272 which is lovely and girly. The picture doesnt really do it justice but here we go.
Excuse the messiness round the edges...
This is deffo a favorite of mine at the moment! I think I will just work my way through and try it with every colour in my massive collection.
Do you have the Models Own Juicy Jules? I would love to hear what your favourite colours are to team it with if you have :) xx
This is deffo a favorite of mine at the moment! I think I will just work my way through and try it with every colour in my massive collection.
Do you have the Models Own Juicy Jules? I would love to hear what your favourite colours are to team it with if you have :) xx
Hey!
If you read my post from Tuesday you will have seen that I brought some new Eye Pencils from Superdrugs in the sale. I paid £2.99 for this and it comes with 6 pencils in which I thought was quite a bargain as usually eye pencils retail for this for 1.
The thing that first drew me to this was the purple pencil. I already have a few eye pencils which I love to use; a gold, silver and a tealy shade which are all from No17 but I was looking for a dark purple one to add to my collection. It seemed like all the ones that were avaliable were like a light lilac colour which I didnt want.
I have only used these to swatch them so far but I have to say I am impressed. I love the purple one! The black one has a bit of silver glitter in it which you cant really see on the photo! I will keep you updated how I like them once I have used them and may even share a little FOTD :)
If you read my post from Tuesday you will have seen that I brought some new Eye Pencils from Superdrugs in the sale. I paid £2.99 for this and it comes with 6 pencils in which I thought was quite a bargain as usually eye pencils retail for this for 1.
The thing that first drew me to this was the purple pencil. I already have a few eye pencils which I love to use; a gold, silver and a tealy shade which are all from No17 but I was looking for a dark purple one to add to my collection. It seemed like all the ones that were avaliable were like a light lilac colour which I didnt want.
So we all a bit of Glitter nail polish - especially me! I was excited to try the Models Own Juicy Jules which I reviewed yesterday but I knowing how long it usually takes to get glitter nail varnish off - and knowing how glittery this one was not looking forward when I had take it off.
I had seen some reviews online of people using the tin foil method to get glitter nail varnish off and to be honest at first I was a little bit skeptical - could putting tin foil on really make it that much easier? After spending 5 minutes trying to get the glitter off 2 of my fingers I thought right, time to give this method a go!
OMG I am SO impressed! It worked a treat, after just 5 minutes and some wiping it coame off like a dream. Heres what I did.
You will need: Cotton Wool - I used cotton wool pads cut in half to get more use out of them, Tin foil cut into strips big enough to go around the end of your finger and nail varnish remover - this is superdrug acetone free for £1.39 (it actually spells quite pleasent)
Once you have everything you need put some nail varnish remover on your cotton wool and lay over your nail. I pressed it on a little bit so the remover soaked into the varnish.
Wait for 5 minutes and then remove the tin foil. Wiggle the cotton wool and then wipe the nail clean. It should come off all in one easy wipe as if the glitter wasnt there.
Once you have done this add the tin foil around your nail. Repeat for the rest of your nails. The pictures below show you a before and after - look how glittery that polish is and after no trace of it after just 5 minutes!
I had seen some reviews online of people using the tin foil method to get glitter nail varnish off and to be honest at first I was a little bit skeptical - could putting tin foil on really make it that much easier? After spending 5 minutes trying to get the glitter off 2 of my fingers I thought right, time to give this method a go!
OMG I am SO impressed! It worked a treat, after just 5 minutes and some wiping it coame off like a dream. Heres what I did.
Wait for 5 minutes and then remove the tin foil. Wiggle the cotton wool and then wipe the nail clean. It should come off all in one easy wipe as if the glitter wasnt there.
Once you have done this add the tin foil around your nail. Repeat for the rest of your nails. The pictures below show you a before and after - look how glittery that polish is and after no trace of it after just 5 minutes!
I will definately be using this method from now on when I use a glittery polish! Have you used method before? Did you find it easier to do?
I read a couple of blogs before Christmas and saw everyone posting about Models Own Juicy Jules nail varnish. The swatches looked absolutely amazing and being the nail polish lover I am - especially loving a bit of glitter - I really wanted to get my hands on this nail polish. I tried boots literally every time I went and the Juicy Jules section on the Models own stand remained empty :(
Then on Christmas eve I went into town with mum and nanna and we went into boots and a nice lady who is always friendly and I chatted to before about nail varnishes and in general was replenishing the purfume sets next to the Models Own stand. So I asked her if she could just have a quick look in the draw to see if they had any as a long shot (I had asked once before and was told if it wasnt there they didnt have it rather abrumptly by someone else). She went all through the draw and managed to find the only bottle they had! eeeek and I used by points to treat myself so it didnt even cost me anything!
It even looks amazing in the bottle doesnt it! It retails in for £5 but to be honest I think it is totally worth it as it looks fantastic on! I really love glitter nail varnish - my favourite being Disco Ball by Rimmel but I think that this is up there with that if not slightly overtaken.
Heres what it looks like on my nails! This is done over the top of OPI's Yodel me on my Cell and I am totally in love. I will keep you updated with some NOTD once i try it with some other colours.
Then on Christmas eve I went into town with mum and nanna and we went into boots and a nice lady who is always friendly and I chatted to before about nail varnishes and in general was replenishing the purfume sets next to the Models Own stand. So I asked her if she could just have a quick look in the draw to see if they had any as a long shot (I had asked once before and was told if it wasnt there they didnt have it rather abrumptly by someone else). She went all through the draw and managed to find the only bottle they had! eeeek and I used by points to treat myself so it didnt even cost me anything!
It even looks amazing in the bottle doesnt it! It retails in for £5 but to be honest I think it is totally worth it as it looks fantastic on! I really love glitter nail varnish - my favourite being Disco Ball by Rimmel but I think that this is up there with that if not slightly overtaken.
Heres what it looks like on my nails! This is done over the top of OPI's Yodel me on my Cell and I am totally in love. I will keep you updated with some NOTD once i try it with some other colours.
So if you saw my christmas present post you will have seen that I got 2 OPI nail polishes for christmas from one of my friends. I have been looking at OPI nail polishes a while - particuary the Rainbow Connection one from the Muppets collection. I havent tried any OPI nail polish before so I was really excited to try them.
The 2 which I got were William Tell me about it and Yodel me on my cell.
I love the Yodel me on my cell and if you look very closely you can see it on my nail in the corner with glitter over the top. I think the William tell me about it is possibly a little bit dark for putting on my fingers. I am not sure. I usually tend to go for lighter or brighter colours on my fingers. I currently have it on my toes though and it looks fab.
As for OPI polishes I am seriously impressed. I have seen some amazing shades that they do and I have actually found a nail stall in one of the local indoor markets which do manicures and stuff does OPI stuff so I will definatley have a look how much they are next time I am passing.
The 2 which I got were William Tell me about it and Yodel me on my cell.
I am seriously impressed with the OPI nail polishes! I found that they went on really easily. I think that they are quite expensive - retailing for around £10 but I think I would maybe may that for the Rainbow Connection one as it looks amazing. I also love the Crown me Already one from the Miss universe collection which looks fab too!
Heres a swatch:
As for OPI polishes I am seriously impressed. I have seen some amazing shades that they do and I have actually found a nail stall in one of the local indoor markets which do manicures and stuff does OPI stuff so I will definatley have a look how much they are next time I am passing.
Do you use OPI Nail Polishes? What are your favourite shades?
So I went into town this morning and did a spot of shopping. I had a few things that I wanted to get hold of and another few things which I just spotted and brought.
Heres what I got - A new tripod (clearly Pepper like it :P), No7 Eye Make Up Remover, Johnsons Baby Shampoo (To wash my make up brushes with), Aussie Shampoo and Hair Treatment, Superdrugs Toner, Tea Tree Clenser and Toner, Eye Pencils and No7 Mascara and Eye Pallet.
These Aussie products are currently 3 for £10 in Boots. I wanted to get the deep hair treatment as one of my new year resolutions was to put a treatment on my hair once a week. The treatment retails at £4.99 and I need some new shampoo as my other one was running out so 2 birds with 1 stone and I got 3 for £10. Not tried Aussie Shampoo before but both these shampoo's and the treatment are meant to help your colour last longer which I am all for.
Because I spent £10 in boots I got a voucher for No7 for £5 off so I treated myself to this Eye Makeup remover (I want to stop using wipes) so it made it £2.25
I wanted to get some Toner to go with my skin care regime and while mooching in superdrugs I found these in the Blue Cross sale for 49p each! So much of a bargain I got 2.
I had these from the Superdrug sale too. These were £2.99 for 6 pencils. I was looking for a nice purple before christmas and they usual cost around £3 so I thought well £2.99 for 6 was a bargain. Look out for a swatch over the next few days.
These little beauties were just 10p each from the Superdrug sale. I got these because I thought they would be handy to take away if we go away for the weekend or if i actually have a holiday this year.
And finally this little beauty. I needed a new Mascara and mum gave me a voucher that she had in the No7 hat box which was for £5 off any Mascara and at the moment No7 have an offer on that if you buy a Mascara yo get a free Eye shadow palet so I got one now while this off is on! The Mascara is a new shade which is deepest black. I'll let you know how it fairs to normal black. And I got another £5 off No7 voucher :)
Hey Guys. Sorry that this was missing between christmas and new year but new year and tutorial tuesday is back! Here I show you how to do Nail Tutorials in a step by step tutorial. Keep your eyes peeled because I have finally ordered a tripod for my phone which means I should be able to start doing video tutorials which I will be posting on to youtube as well as on the blog. I may also branch out to do some make up tutorials but we shall see.
So here is todays tutorial for today, cherry blossom nails.
So here is todays tutorial for today, cherry blossom nails.
Hey!
Hope that 2012 is treating everyone well so far. Over the last 2 days I have pretty much enjoyed the fact that mum and dad have both been off and we have spent time catching up on things we have sky +ed and watched films. Yesterday we even welcomed the new year in with a PJ day (well I sort of did... I got up, went to church and then got back into my PJ's when I got home - that counts right? :P )
Well my new years resolutions are going well so far. I have already made a start on some of them and done things on others to set myself up.
We have finally managed to work our way through all of the christmas chocolate and food and anything else that was lying around I have chucked in the bin (which included 1/3 of a tub of Ben and Jerry's cookie dough ice cream) but no more crap in the house now so I wont be tempted. Its the first way in of 2012 on Thursday (I go to Slimming World on a thursday night) so I am hoping a good couple of days now may start me off as I mean to go on (although I havent over done the crap) - I am already a stone into my weightloss journey so heres to loosing more in 2012!
In preperation for taking more photos I have had a "tiny" splurge on amazon (really tiny - like £3 :P) and ordered a Remote and a smaller camera bag for my camera. I love my current camera bag but its quite big if your going somewhere where there may be a lot of people or lots of walking and it is really hard to take photos of myself for the blog without a remote. The next thing I want to purchase is a little tripod. Then I will be all set.
I made a few blogging resolutions in my filofax to go along with my continue to blog resolution and one of them is to start blogging videos (or vlogging) - blogging nail tutorials and uploading them onto the blog and youtube so for this I have ordered a tripod for my phone. The thing shoots in HD video so I may as well make use of it and it is impossible to video your hands without a tripod :P Got an email from Ebay to say it had been dispatched this morning so hopefully that will be here some time in the next few weeks (Its coming from the US)
And I have also sorted out my room which included organising all my books and actually finding them a home on my book shelf as apose to the floor which means I can now see which books I have. I have already started to read PS I love you (Ok its a re-read but I do love it).
Skin care regime is going well too. Starting using some new products recently and I will blog reviews seperately about these as well as letting you all into my skin care and facial regime so keep posted for that!
Hope your all well. Look out for Tutorial Tuesday which is back starting tomorrow with Cherry Blossom Nails :)
x
Hope that 2012 is treating everyone well so far. Over the last 2 days I have pretty much enjoyed the fact that mum and dad have both been off and we have spent time catching up on things we have sky +ed and watched films. Yesterday we even welcomed the new year in with a PJ day (well I sort of did... I got up, went to church and then got back into my PJ's when I got home - that counts right? :P )
Well my new years resolutions are going well so far. I have already made a start on some of them and done things on others to set myself up.
We have finally managed to work our way through all of the christmas chocolate and food and anything else that was lying around I have chucked in the bin (which included 1/3 of a tub of Ben and Jerry's cookie dough ice cream) but no more crap in the house now so I wont be tempted. Its the first way in of 2012 on Thursday (I go to Slimming World on a thursday night) so I am hoping a good couple of days now may start me off as I mean to go on (although I havent over done the crap) - I am already a stone into my weightloss journey so heres to loosing more in 2012!
In preperation for taking more photos I have had a "tiny" splurge on amazon (really tiny - like £3 :P) and ordered a Remote and a smaller camera bag for my camera. I love my current camera bag but its quite big if your going somewhere where there may be a lot of people or lots of walking and it is really hard to take photos of myself for the blog without a remote. The next thing I want to purchase is a little tripod. Then I will be all set.
I made a few blogging resolutions in my filofax to go along with my continue to blog resolution and one of them is to start blogging videos (or vlogging) - blogging nail tutorials and uploading them onto the blog and youtube so for this I have ordered a tripod for my phone. The thing shoots in HD video so I may as well make use of it and it is impossible to video your hands without a tripod :P Got an email from Ebay to say it had been dispatched this morning so hopefully that will be here some time in the next few weeks (Its coming from the US)
And I have also sorted out my room which included organising all my books and actually finding them a home on my book shelf as apose to the floor which means I can now see which books I have. I have already started to read PS I love you (Ok its a re-read but I do love it).
Skin care regime is going well too. Starting using some new products recently and I will blog reviews seperately about these as well as letting you all into my skin care and facial regime so keep posted for that!
Hope your all well. Look out for Tutorial Tuesday which is back starting tomorrow with Cherry Blossom Nails :)
x
2011 was an amazing year as you saw from the photos I posted. Highlights of the year include numerous trips to London with my best friend Matt and seeing Les Miserables, Wicked and the Wizard of Oz and my 2 female best friends welcoming their gorgous children into the world, Montana in August and Zak in September!
So looking forward to 2012, I am looking forward to some of the things in the pipe line. At the end of 2011 I joined the church choir and am looking forward to starting this in 2012. I am also looking forward to continuing with being a Guide Leader because I absolutely LOVE it and have some great fun.
I thought it was only fitting that in 2012 I should make 12 resolutions. I have never liked the thought of making new years resolutions because most of them dont last past January so I tend to make "life changes and wishes" instead.
So my life changes and wishes for 2012:
- Pass my driving test - Time to get this one done and off all my lists forever
- Loose Weight - 2012 is going to be the year I make this happen!
- Get back into the gym and use my membership - Ties in with the one above.
- Drink more water - Its good for you. I dont drink too much fizzy stuff but water is good for you!
- Develop a skin care regime - and stick to it - Already started this. Looking much better
- Eat my 5 a day - every day - I probably do this some days but this needs to be every day
- No more sugar in drinks - I seem to have snuck this habbit back in. I like it without so why have it with.
- Use a hair treatment conditioner once a week on my hair - Help my colour last longer, good for your hair too!
- Continue blogging- I love blogging so I would like to build my blog more! I hope by the end of 2012 I will have some more followers, I want to say 50 but I dont know if that is over ambitious!
- Take more photos - I have a lovely SLR camera - use it more!
- Read more - I have a pile of books probably as tall as me waiting to be read, start reading them!
- Continue to experiment - Over the last few weeks I have been experimenting with different looks - fake eye lashes, red lip stick... continue to experiment with my style.
Also tomorrow I have a guest blog being published on Frances Cassandra Blog - its about Soap and Glory, the big splendour box and a little review on Pulp Friction so go check that out. Thanks to Frances for allowing me to guest blog on her blog. xx
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