White Nails + Glitter Top Coat.

Iv not seen many, if any at all, white nail polishes that aren't for french tips. And I'm not sure why to be honest.
The polish i used was just a simple 2 True white tip polish. It did take a few coats to get it looking like this though. Over that i added my 17 Glitter Top Coat that came from a set the released over Christmas as a free gift.

Personally, i think it looks nice, it does to me look a little on the christmassy side though.
I fancied a change from the usual, normal, colours i go for.

However, as it does take quite a few coats to get it looking very white, it take forever to dry. I even dipped my fingers in cold water for 5 minutes. They were still tacky, so I'm no longer wearing it.
Another downside is that the white tends to make your fingers either look sore, or mucky. My hands do have a little pale green on them because i was playing (failing) around with water marbling.

If anybody knows of a good white nail polish, please please let me know so i can retry this.

Rimmel Nail Polish Review - Green With Envy.

This is my latest nail polish purchase. I can honestly say i have a little love for nail polishes lately :) They are definitely the first thing i look at in the make up sections. 

This little lovely was bought for me by my sister. As i said in a previous post i have been having a pretty bad week, and as she is my sister has too. Elizabeth (my sister) decided that she wanted to do some retail therapy to make her self, and me, feel a little better. We were just going to get drunk in a pub somewhere but seeing as neither of us drink it wasn't the best of ideas. 

Anyway..... 

 This is such a beautiful colour. I would describe it as a metallic sea blue. 

It takes 2 coats to get the colour in the packaging, but it is very pigmented and goes on so well. It has a very thick brush so doesn't take long at all to apply. I love Rimmel polishes for this. 

This picture above is was taken today, Tuesday, and the nail polish was applied on Saturday. I have NO base coat and NO top coat. Pretty good going ey? No chips and only i tiny bit of wear on my middle finger.

Definitely a good purchase, by my sister :)

Mac Eyeshadow - Moonflower

I am in love with Ebay at the moment. My most recent purchase is this beautiful Mac Eyeshadow in the shade Moonflower. Now, im no expert on Mac, but i do know that you have to be very carful when ordering products online as i have come across a few fakes. However, i have googled the death out of this item and have found its a discontunued shade. Am i right? The seller added in the description that it is 100% genuine, and she is only seeling it cheap because she wants rid as she is having a huge clearout. She also had over 2000 possitive feedback results and most of her other selling items were high end products. 

Iv taken a good look at the pagkaging after watching and reading blogs about how to spot Mac fakes, and this one looks pretty geniune to me. What do you guys think?

The colour is a dark grey - blue with slight silver shimmer to it. 

Perfect for adding a little something to a smokey eye. 

I tried so many times to get a shot of the name, but my camera refused me tonight. This is the best i could get. Sorry guys. 

Please ignore my amazing jammies :) 

This is the eyeshadow swatched. The first is it swatched straight from pot to finger to arm. The second is it blended out slightly. 

When swatched it is a little lighter than it is in the pan, but it is still such a pretty colour.

Even if it isnt a real mac eyeshadow,(im pretty certain its real) im still in love with it. 

:) 

Babyliss Curling Wand

So iv been after a curling wand for a while now, and i have finally purchased this Babyliss Curling Wand. 

I love curling my hair and have tried many many products, simple curling tongs with a clamp, Babyliss press and curl, curl formers, moose and scrunching my hair, braiding my hair, using the headband technique and curlformers. 

None, appart from curlformers have givin me the kind of curls that iv been wanting. 

Curlformers are amazing, but you need to put them in your hair well before your wanting to be ready. They are also quite painful to sleep with. 

This product is by far the best ever. 

My sister-in-law has a herstyler curling wand, and i found the actual wand part(?) was too narrow for my likings and gave me very, very tight curls. I have very fine hair so its quite hard for me to just use bigger chunks of hair with out putting all my hair around it. 

The actually product has 5 heat ranges which is perfect for me, as i can just select a slighly cooler heat for my finer hair so i dont destroy it as much. It comes with a heat protection glove with is very handy. It also has an on and off switch, which i rarely see on hair tools. My remmington straightners dont have a switch neither does my Babyliss press and curl.

 That is by far not the most flattering of pictures, but it is the only one i have taken where iv used this product sofar. At this point i hadnt applied hair spray. I had these curls all day, they only dropped a tiny bit, which is usually expected. 

My hair is quite long, but very fine and it takes me approximatly around 20 minutes to do the whole of my head. 

I deffinaly reccomend this product. They make fabulous curls and is extreamly cheap.  At the moment they retail for £24.99 from Argos. 

An excellent purchase. 

Garnier BB Cream

I have been using this little beauty so much lately. 

Its the Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector - Blemish Balm Cream.

It comes in a tube very much similar to a hand cream or some foundation bottles, with a flip cap. 

You get 50ml in a bottle which currently retails at £7.49 from Boots. At the moment it is on offer, the 'normal' retail prices is around £10.00

I have the lightest shade available. I think there are only 2 shades, Light and Medium. 

I have tried the medium out and that is far too dark for my skin tone and would say it is more of a dark shade than a medium shade. 

When i first tried it out, i had no idea what i was doing with it. I didn't know if it was a moisturising cream, a face primer, foundation or a tinted moisturiser. 

After using it for around 4 months i have found that it is very versatile. I tend to use it as a face primer, but it is very wearable on its own. It has a very light consistency that is buildable to give a light coverage similar to a tinted moisturiser.

When first applied it is has a very thick consistency that feels quite silky. 

Once you rub it into you skin it turns into a light liquid and almost leaves a dewy finish to the skin. 

After a few seconds of leaving it to set i can no longer feel it on my skin, but it is definitely visible. 

My skin is no longer red, and the dark patches under my eyes aren't as obvious. It definitely does its job.

Most of the time i just leave it at that and add a little blusher or setting powder over the top. On the days i wear foundation, i can easily apply it over. 

I would recommend this product to anyone, even if they are looking for a face primer. 

MUA Immaculate Collection Palette

This gorgeous palette is from the professional line. If im right, it was a free gift over the christmas period. 

I was given this by a good friend of mine. 

There are 25 amazing shades in this palette, ranging from matt, pearl and shimmer finishes.

It has deffinatly been my go to palette latetly. You can create so many look. 

Swatches L-R

Top Row. 

The 3rd colour in the bottom row (in this image) is deffinatly one of my favourite shades. 

 Middle Row. 

 Bottom Row. 

The retail price of this £8 from Superdrug, which is a complte bargin. As you can see all the colours are highly pigmented. I have found they are very blendable and easy to work with. It is deffinatly a must have for all make up collections! 

The only downside i have found is that of the 2nd to last colour. It is a matte brown shade and doesnt give much pay off. It looks like the perfect colour for a nude-smokey eye look. Its such a shame its not very good in this palette. 

All the colours are numberd, as with  most of MUA products. They dont have names, unlike most brands. I think this is something the company should look into.