While over the year of 2013, despite being one of the mosts I wanted to get done every month, I havent managed to keep you updated over the months as to what my monthly favourites are! In fact I think I have only done a couple of these posts this year! I love reading these posts so I have decided for 2014 I will be sharing my monthly favourites with you!

Anyway today I thought I would do a run down of the products I have been loving over 2013 as a whole! This year I have discovered a lot of beauty loves and tried a lot of new things! Heres a run down of some of my favourites.


 I cant believe that this year was the first year I dabbled into the world of Urban Decay and Naked Palettes! I picked up the original naked palette as a treat to myself for hitting my 2 stone and I jumped at the change to get the Naked 3 when I saw online how beautiful the colours were. I have been loving using the colours in both of these palettes! They are perfect for day time when I am at work but also there are some beautiful colours in there too to create a gorgeous smokey eye!



You may remember I picked up this little beauty on my trip to Birmingham with my bestie in October (and another one in December when I went to Trafford) - I love this palette and seriously wish I had picked one up before now. I can definatly see more of these little beauties in my life. In fact I may even pick up one of the 15 palettes next time I am passing a Mac stand as I already have 8 mac shadows now. When we go away in May I am hoooooping and praying that the Mac stand will be open!

I could go on and on as I have discovered some pretty good beauty finds this year! I think though that these have got to be my top products which I love! What products have you been loving for 2013?? Have you made some discoveries which you are loving and taking into 2014???

Ok, so look outside, I know technically now it is probably more like Winter but its a bit of a tradition to share with you my favourite nail colours from the season! You know how much I love nail polish and so here are my top picks for Autumn/winter 2013 - Usually when I do these posts I stick to my top 10 but I thought hey, its only 4 weeks until christmas so a little early present for you! I am treating you to my Top 18 polishes instead! (Be warned I am hopeless at describing polishes)

 This has been one of my newest additions to my collection and is part of the Fall duo which Essie currently has on offer. I think it was around £12.99. I really love this colour. It is a beautiful dark raspberry purple colour! Great for Winter!

 This colour is absolutely GORGEOUS! It is the perfect colour for the party season. The best way to describe it is probably a rose gold colour. It catches the light beautifully.

 This is the other shade available in the Essie Fall Duo - This is a gorgeous grey/brown colour which I absolutely love.

 This is one I picked up when I was subscribed to Glossy box. It isnt a shade I reach for very often but I love teaming it with other colours, like over the top of a darker red at this time of year to glitter it up a bit. I think if memory serves me correctly these polishes are around the £14 mark which I wouldnt pay as the bottle is quite small and when you consider other high end brands such as OPI are not that much I am sure you could find a similar colour in another brand.

 This is one of my go to glitter polishes and has been a firm favourite of mine for a long time. Its name 'disco ball' serves it perfectly as that is exactly what it looks like when it is on your finger. It has small flecks of Blue and Purple as well as silver which means it goes perfectly with lots of different colours.

 To me this is the perfect red colour. When you think of double decker bus or phone box in London red, its like Rimmel has bottled that in a this bottle. This is just the perfect red shade without being too far on the orange or pinky part of the spectrum.

 Small chucks of gold goodness packed into a beautiful polish - Barry M sure now how to do a good glitter polish and this one is no exception! I love Barry M polishes and when you think of the quality and the price - you really cant go wrong! This one is perfect for teaming over the top of your favourite colour for a quick flash of sparkle.

 You cant do christmas without a bit of gold polish and if you have read my blog a while you will know that this is my all time favourite gold nail polish! To me this really is like gold in a bottle! It does take a few coats to get completely opaque but it is definately worth it when you do.

Again this one has had a lot of press on my blog over the years. This is my favourite all time glitter polish! I think this is probably one of the few polishes that I have had to repurchase! It is perfect for christmas time because it is just so darn glittery!! If you are looking for some serious glitter to bling up your nails over the festive period then this is defiantly the one to go for!

This is a shade I picked up in this months Glamour magazine (which I assume is still on sale) - £2 for a nails inc polish - certainly cant complain. Again with the gold - silver is another must have polish for the festive season. I always think silver (and gold) seem to be quite hard to get right in a nail polish but nails inc seem to have nailed it here (haha see what i did there)

Another favourite from Barry M. I know this is a well loved Autumn winter shade across the blogging community (as you can see my bottle is a little worn). This shade always gets me compliments when I wear it on my nails. It is the perfect raspberry colour which is brilliant for the cold months!

Not a colour you usually see knocking around at Christmas time but I wanted to include this blue polish from OPI because there seems to be a lot of Navy party wear knocking about on the high street at the moment and this would go perfectly with a little navy dress. The swatch here is one coat but it goes darker if you add another coat.

This is my most recent nail polish purchase that I picked up from TK Max (seriously in love with that place for beauty bargains) I swatched this and wanted to include it because the colour is gorgeous for christmas time when there always seems to be a lot of purple knocking around. The liquid sand effect makes the polish a bit grainy - as I havent worn it on my fingers yet I cant really pass comment but I love the colour!

This along with the Rimmel one is my favourite red - this being my slightly darker more glittery favourite. The picture really does do this one justice as it has a really gorgeous ever so slight glittery shimmer in it without being glittery - if that makes sense.

The swatch of this actually does not do anything for this at all. This is more of a dusky pink colour rather than the brighter colour it looks here. Perfect for wearing with those autumn nudes and pinks.

And that sums up my top colours for Autumn/Winter 2013. Which of these are your favourites? Any you will be rushing out to pick up??

I have just been flicking through my blog photos which I have taken in the past and I have just realised that i have had this product since the start of May and haven't even reviewed it yet!!!

I brought this product way back in May from Boots in Manchester Piccadilly when I was waiting for my train home after visiting my friend in Sheffield. I had been lusting over it for ages and decided to treat myself to it.

Now my nails have always been quite good. They have always been quite long and strong, something I am very grateful for. However I always like to keep my nails in tip top condition. I got this because basically the beauty bloggers online were saying how amazing it was. More recently in life, over the last 2 years or so (basically since I have been doing this blog) - I have loved nail polish and love changing up my nails at least once a week. Gradually I noticed that my nails were starting to feel less like their normal self.

I can say I have well and truly say that I have given this a good test. I have been using this product since I got it in May and have painted my nails every week with this as a base coat - with the exception of while I was in Florida - and my nails feel absolutely AMAZING! I can honestly say *touch wood* i havent had any unwanted braking or snaps which are the worst!

This product isnt cheap - it retails for £18.99 in Boots (well this is where I picked it up) but I would definatly say it is worth it. I am only about half way down the bottle and I have had lots of use of it - I have even treated my mum to a go a couple of times too!

Have you tried this product? Is it overpriced hype or the holy grail of nail products/?

I knew when I went to America that they had some fab deals on cosmetics and some brands which were not available in the UK which made me quite excited as last time we went to Florida, I wasnt all up on the make up scene etc. Here are some of the bits I picked up - it looks here like it is all nail polish but there are some bits here that are not on here.

• American Apparel Nail Polishes - $15 
• Sally Hansen Nail Polish Pens - $9
• Sinful Colour Nail Polishes - $1.99
• OPI Polish in Princesses Rule - $11
• Wet and Wild Glitter Polish (next to the sinful colours at the bottom) - $1.99
• Revlon glitter - $6
• Cover girl brown eyeliner - $5 (I think) 
• Essie Top and Base Coat - $8
• EOS lip balm - $4 - I picked up 2 of these the other one is in my hand bag

I know I have probably posted this NOTD on here before. I know I did a tutorial back in the day on it.. Anyway I mixed it up with the colours I used today.

• Barry M Gelly Polish in Greenberry
• Models Own Black Nail Art Pen
• Models Own light pink (the name escapes me right now) 
• OPI Im all ears from the Minnie Mouse Collection. 

I am loving this Greenberry colour! Its perfect for spring and summer! The Barry M Gelly polishes are fab - if you havent checked them out then have a look :)

A NOTD for you today. Here are some nails I have been sporting since the weekend. I wanted to do something a bit wintery on my nails but thought it was a bit early for santa's or christmassy nails.

This is OPI - you only live twice and the snowflakes are drawn with a models own white nail art pen. I have added a little silver diamond in the centre of the snowflakes :)

I seem to have purchased a lot of things lately which I have not shared with you girlies. I got some of this stuff in London last weekend and some of the stuff this weekend when I went shopping with my mum.

Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish Starter Kit - £14.25 - John Lewis - I have been desperate to try this for ages but was put off by the price. I decided to take the plunge when I went to London and just get it... I am so glad I did as I love it - will post a seperate review on this.
Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW foundation - £ - Benefit @ Debenhams - She used this foundation when I had the make up session yesterday and I loved it... Plus it has 10% off. It seemed like a small amount of this went a long way.
Benefit Bad lash mascara and liner duo - £20.50 - Benefit @ Debenhams - I spotted this yesterday, I have tried the bad gal lash mascara before and really enjoyed it so I thought I would give this a go as it was a bargain!
Lee Stafford Hot Shots 4 Blondes - £ - Boots - I got these when the Lee Stafford products were on 3 for £12 in Boots. I felt like the highlights I had put in my hair were too blonde and brassy so I thought I would give these a try. I have used a whole sachet (you get 4) over 2 weeks and it has knocked the brassy right out of my hair.
Lush Shower Gels - £3.75 - £4.25 - Lush - I know the snowflake is very popular amongst the bloggers of the world and I wanted to give it a whirl. I also thought I would try the Twilight, I am enjoying both of them although I prefer the Snowflake.
Illamasqua Pigmant Eyeshadow in Beguile - £15.50 - Illamasqua @ Selfridges - If you follow sprinkle of glitter (here) you will know how much she loves this product. I have wanted it for ages but I wanted to see it in person and when we went to London last week I got that chance. I havent used it yet but I can already tell I am going to love it!
OPI Polishes - All about minnie & You only live twice - £11.00 - John Lewis - I tried to resist the OPI stand and couldnt. These were so lovely. The All about Minnie is from the Minnie Mouse collection and You only live twice is from the James Bond Skyfall collection.

The bottom left is some boots purchases yesterday. They include the Soap and Glory sexy mother pucker lip pencils in Fuscha and Plum (£8), The soap and Glory under eye concealer (£9) - these are on 3 for 2. L'Oreal super liner (£9.99), a L'Oreal eyeshadow in plum (£5.99) and the purple and gold Maybeline 24 tattoo cream shadows (£4.99). There are some fab offers on in Boots at the moment. 

I am excited to try a lot of these products, I have started using some already which I am loving and cant wait to share what I think with you. Look out for them coming up soon.

Toodles

You may remember a months back I did this blog post and this video on my youtube channel of my Top nail colours for Spring. I missed Summer out because they are pretty much the same as spring, all nice bright colours.
I think we can firmly say that we are going into Autumn/Winter so I thought I would pack away the bright colours and share with you my Top nail colours for Autumn/Winter. I have done a video which is avaliable over on my youtube channel if you want to see a breakdown of them all.


So my Top (11) Nail Colours for Autumn/Winter 2012.