Jack Wills Gift Haul.

Firstly, please excuse the appearance of this post. If it looks a little rubbish its because I'm trying something new. If it doesn't work well I won't do I again :)

So, last week the fiance ventured off to Glasgow, Amy stayed at her grandparents and I had a girly night in with Sam. The fella returned with some goodies for me :) I thought I'd show you what he got. I love them all!

He got my a cropped sleeved jumper. I love this. It is so comfy and easy to wear. It isn't too obvious it's Jack Wills like the hoodies as it has a simple little logo on the pocket.

A nail varnish in Orchid. It is a beautiful purple colour. Once 2 coats are applied it gives you a gorgeous shiny finish. I will do a more detailed review on it sometime.

As tradition, for some reason when Paul goes to Scotland he brings me back some socks. These are so pretty :)

Nail Polish Collection

 Overview

Without trying to brag in any way at all, this isnt my complete collection. My nail polishes seem to be scattered around the house in an attempt to hide them from Amy.

 E.L.F - Metal Madness, Matte Finisher, Copper, Dark Navy, Lilac

 Rimmel Lasting Finish Pro - Metal Violet

Rimmel 60 Seconds - Green With Envy, Instyle Coral, Blue My Mind

 MUA - Shades 1, 4 and 24 MUA Nail Quake

 Ciate - Jelly Bean, Wait Until Dark

 17 - Glitter Top Coat, Moonstruck, Revenge, Orange Soda, Fairy Cake, Risky Red, Nightshade,  Magnetized in Lilac and Green

 Collection 2000 Maxiflex. Hot Looks Fast Dry - Parma Violets, Milkshake, All That Jazz (its a dark silver but showing up blue) 

Missguided - Misslead, Misstique

Eyeko - Vampira, Cosmic

Deborah Lipman - Razzle Dazzle Xtras - Clover

Star Gazer - 518, 531 

The newest addition. Essie - Bangle Jangle, Mademoiselle.

Others in the collection that havent been photographed because their whereabouts are currently unknown are Angelic, Nails Inc, Some more Collection (2000) 2True and a couple Acessorise ones.
If anybody would like review on any of them please leave a comment and ill get that up.

Essie Mademoiselle - Nail Polish Review

Everyone seems to be jumping on the hype of cheap Essie lately, and as a nail polish junkie i snapped up the chance when i saw a website was selling them for £1.99. Bargain right? If you want to check the website out its HERE. I have heard so many reviews about Essie so thought i would give them a go for myself. 

I purchased 2 shades. Bangle Jangle and Mademoiselle. 

When i first saw Mademoiselle i thought it would be a milky pink colour that comes out the same colour as it is in the bottle. It is a gorgeous milky pink, however when you apply one coat it just gives a nice shine to your nails. The second coat gives you a little bit of colour but nothing that changed the colour of your nails dramatically, say if you put a bright red over. I kept layering up the coats to see if i could get anything similar to the bottle, like i expected i would, but after 4 coats i could still see the whites of my tips. 

Top - 1 Coat

Bottom - 3 Coats

Apologies for it being a bit blurry, the monster was trying to help and i just couldnt get my camera to focus. 

Even though this particular shade didn't live up to my expectations, it is a great base coat for doing a manicure and I'm pretty sure i will get my use out of it as a base coat. I like the natural looking shine it gives off. It isn't the fastest nail polish i own, but that isn't an issue. Just means i have to be extra careful while waiting for it to dry. 

I would say this nail polish is actually the perfect shade to wear if you are at school or work that doesnt allow nail polish. It doesnt give a colour to your nails just a nice gloss.

(Please excuse the very dirty background and the slightly smudged thumb nail, the little monster aka my almost 2 (going on 20) year old daughter and her sticky fingers wanted to help. She to has 1 coat on and likes it) 

NOTD | Glitzy Pastel Nails

 There is a very rare chance that i am not wearing nail varnish and I am completely loving wearing multicoloured nails lately. I decided to jazz it up with a glitter top coat. 

L-R Barry M - Berry Ice Cream, Collection 2000 - Hot Looks BMX Bandit, Barry M - Mint Cream, Collection 2000 Hot Looks - Lemon Soda, Rimmel 60 Seconds - Instyle Coral

Top Coat - 17 Nail Xtras Glitter Top Coat (free gift at Christmas) 

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 :)

Deborah Lippman - Razzle Dazzle Nail Polish

After seeing so many people adoreing this nail polish after receiving this in their glossy boxes i just had to find it! I absolutly loved the colour of it as soon as i saw it. 

Again, i did purchase this from Ebay. The seller explained that she wasnt a fan of glitter polishes and no longer wanted it. This was a bargin at £2.50. 

As you can see it is a beautiful Purpley red colour with red shimmer in it. Such a gorgeous colour. 

The first coat applies quite sheer, but after that dries you only need 1 more coat to get it looking like this. 

It applies so easily and the brush is a good size. 

It dries pretty quickly and its pretty hard wearing. I have had mine n for about 2 and a half days and it is still chip free. I didnt apply a top coat this time but as a tester i applied a Matte Top Coat to my thumb nail. I think it looks quite good. Next time i apply this i think i will add a top coat. 

This is a mini size bottle, that picture above shows it next to a 10p coin. Unfortunatly i cannot read the tiny sticker on the bottom to tell you how much product you get in this, i think its around 8ml ( i could be very very wrong). This bottle retails for around £12 - £16. 

My only cons of this item is that the finish on your nail feels very gritty, so you would need a good top coat to perfect this. For such an expensive product, you would think this wouldnt be an issue.

Also, for the size of the product i think that the retail price is a little steep. I have purchase a ton of ELF Nail Polishes for an excellent £1.50. The quality of those are excellent and they are very highly pigmented, and you get almost double the quantity. 

Overall, i do think this is an excellent nail polish, just wish they were a little cheaper