NOTD- Some Bling.

so tonight Idecided to give my nails a new coat of nail polish but instead of doing them everyday plain pink i decided to give it a little bit of jazzyness and add in a hint of bling.

So I done this, nothing new just something different.

I done two coats of the pink which is an Avon nail polish and is called Viva Pink and it's a lovely bright summery pink and goes completely opaque after two coats.

The glitter nail i used the cheapy Technic carnival nail polish that i got in a recent haul and i also used the Ruby glitter polish that i got as part of a set from Debenhams.

Firstly i done a coat of the ruby plain with silver glitter and then a second coat of that to build up a glitter base than topped it with the carnival polish to add the colour glitter.

It just adds some jazz to otherwise an everyday plain nail and when the light hits the glitter it sparkles and is tres cute!! :)

thanks for reading...
you girls have any cute nail tips?

Beauty Haul

Hii Girls, another short post on some beauty items i got recently, some from the illamasqua sale, some from Ebay, some from general high sreet shops and some from Alice over at Bright Town Girl when she done a little blog sale!! :)

I got a foundation from Illamasqua thanks to reading a post from The Beauty Fiend about her purchases from they're sale, so that's what made me go to their website and have a wee swatch, as i honestly didn't even know they had a sale on, totally not with it sometimes. So i opted for the Rich Foundation in shade 133 which is for light skin as by the time i got to their sale half the shades and stuff had already gone so i opted for this one as it was the lightest available, up until this point i had never even used Illamasqua so this was ll new to me.  My Best Kirsty over at The Style Khalessi had bought their white mixing foundation and had all good things to say about it so i thought ahh stuff it i shall give it a go!

First thing to mention was how cute the packaging was, when the postman rang my doorbell with this square package i was like what is this i haven't ordered anything this big haha, then i opened it and was really surprised, it was super cute and well wrapped top marks for that Illasmasqua!!





So this was the foundation I purchased.

It's a har plastic bottle and is a fairly decent size 30ml with a twist lid.  The bottle is sturdy and stands well.  I got it in the shade 133 and was from the rich foundation line which is more for medium to full coverage i got that because i have pretty terrible skin and thought this might be better for when i'm going out but only at night as i don't like lots of make-up on during the day.  I haven't tested it out yet but it looks good and is lighter than my everyday foundation whic is a bit dark anyway so all in all it looks to have been a pretty good purchase.  It usually retials at £21.50 but i got it for £10 in the sale which is a total bargain and specially if it works amazingly!!  I shall await this sale next year or at Christmas with baited breath!! :)

The Illasmaqua Loose powder i also got (from the blog sale) but included in the Illamasqua box as it's the same brand.

 

 That's what the loose powder looks like.  It's a 15g tub and comes with the puff too.  It's in the lightest shade LP 120 for fair skin and a slight pink tone which will help with my skin troubles!!  The powder itself retials at £19.50 but i managed to pick it up for £5 bargain!!  It says the powder is light and soft and fixes my make-up flawlessly so here's hoping i shall review once i have used it and let you know the verdict!

Now onto Ebay...This was just a completely random purchase that i came across as i was browsing but was intrigued about it as i had seen so many people go on about Ciate nail polishes that i thought i should try one so i went ahead and purchased this one.

 I purchased it from ebay for the absolute bargain price of £1 which for this brand of nail polish is really good.  It is a 13.5ml size bottle and is so super cute :)  I got the shade Jelly Bean which is almost like a magenta pink with a shimmer of blue when the light hits it, looks gorgeous in the bottle and i'm looking for to trying it out for myself. Review still to come!!

Next up was more of the blog sale items...Firsty was the No7 shine free primer.
 

I'd been thinking about trying the No7 primers for a while and when i seen this i thought why not!!  It is the shine free primer and promises to give more of a matte finish to your make-up.  I picked this up for £3.  Once I start using it i shall then review it on it's own.











Next up was this Barry M lip stick or lip paint as they call it. 

Over recent months i've got more into lipsticks and have been picking them up here and there, plus i use Barry M for other things like their nail polish and little eye dusts and things so i think the lipstick is a pretty safe bet and i'm looking forward to trying it out.  The shade is 144 and is called cerise pink on the website but i think its a really dark pink almost purple like it's a gorgeous colour and i can't wait to try it out on a night out!!  I picked this lip paint up for £1 bargain, they retail at £4.49 on the Barry M Website.  I shall review this once i've used it.

here's a phot of the colour

Next up is another lipstick also from the blog sale and is from Micheal Todd whom i can say i've honestly never even heard of, but i really like the whole nude/peach tones for lipsticks and have been looking for different ones and this fell directly into that category so i thought why not.  This is what it looks like and the colour of the lipstick.

The shade is listed as First Kiss and is a peachy gold tone, looks lovely and summery and i can't wait to try it out.  I picked this up for £1.

Next up was a blusher that i have seen in many reviews lately, the Revlon photoready cream blush.  I've used cream blush before and i like it, i know it's not everyones cup of tea and sometimes they can be so unpredictable as it's easy to put too much on but i like them and find them pretty easy and good to use so i purchased this one.

It's in the shade pinched and is a peachy coral colour blush.  Sometimes i get sick of using the same old pink tone blushes and i really like a nice peachy one as i think it can really change up your look so i opted for this one.  Plus i picked it up for just £2.50 bargain.  I know they are just a new product out here in the UK so if its good i look forward to trying more and different shades.

I also picked up some new flase eyelashes, just wee cheapy ones from the £1 shop, got two sets and glue and £1 and they are just as good as the more expensive ones.  I'n all honesty i'm not one for buying expensive false eyelashes as i get glue everywhere and i just peel them off at night and that's it so i'm not into paying £10 for some eyelashes when we all have them anyway..

Last thing i picked up was another rimmel primer, good wee primer for the money and does the job at the end of they day, currently on offer for £4.99 in boots instead of £6.99

that was my wee beauty haul, thanks for reading.

you girls used any these products?
rate them or hate them?

No7 Stay Perfect - Lucky Lilac Review.

This is a little review on The No7 Lucky Lilac Nail Polish that i bought around two weeks ago.  It was a new shade realeased for Summer this year and it usually costs £7 but with the £5 off No7 voucher i got it for £2 and that's a bargain that can't be turned down.


This is Lucky Lilac

That is what it looks like.  The bottle is a good size at 10ml.  The colour is really nice and pastel.  Once the first coat is applied it's obvious another coat is needed as the colour is very faint and the lines can still be seen.  It goes opaque in two coats, but i give it 3 just to completely get the vibrant colour and make sure there are no streaky lines snaeking through it's fully covered and opaque within 3 coats for sure,  The polish itself can last for around 3 days before it starts to chip well this is what i found but i use my hands all the time so it might last better/worse for others.  The nail polish itself is slightly on the runny side so make sure you wipe off the excess before you remove the brush as a few times it has run down from the top and splogged on my nail lucky enough but it does run down the brush so just be careful with that.  The brush itself is the new flat brush and works a treat 3 strokes and its pretty much covered the nail.

This is what it looks like on after 2 coats, i give it 3 just for added extra!

It's a lovely colour on and i will definitely be wearing it quite a bit this summer!!
All in all it is a lovely nail polish and for the absolute bargain price of £2 it is a steal.

Hope this helps with your nail polish choices in the future
I will review my other colours once i've gotten roun to wearing them

Beauty Haul

Bought some wee beauty items over the last few days, nothing major though just some wee bits and bobs so thought i'd share them with you guys :)




This one is a really light lilac shade and it's called 'Lucky Lilac'










This one is a black one with a glittery effect through it and it's called 'Beautifully Black'

This one is a purple colour with a shimmer effect and it's called 'Perky'








I got these 3 No7 Nail Polishes as i had some of those £5 off No7 vouchers to use.
I got the three of these for £6 instead of £21 which was a bargain really!! :)
I haven't used them yet but when i do i will inidividually review them, but going by the usual No7 nail polishes i expect they will be fine :)

This one is just a wee cheapy as i wanted to try out a glittery one.  It's Technic and is called 'Carnival' it was only £1 from bodycare so i don't know how good it will be but still it's pretty to look at and for £1 it's pretty much  bargain!








The first one on the left is a colour nail pen from Sally Hansen that i got from the pound shop. It's silver in colour and i thought it would do for on the go quickies plus it was a nice colour and again for £1 couldn't complain, i've never used these nail pens though so i don't know if they will be any good.






so that's the nails done. Next Lips.

This one is a juicy stick that i got from Bodycare, it was only £1 and i got it because i liked the colour and sometimes the price of these things are ridiculous specially if you don't like the colour on.  The colour is nice though and the ease of using this pen is super easy so that appealed to me.  It doesn't state a colour it just says JS8.  The colour is a darker nude shade i would say and the texture is more like a creamy texture than a lipstick one.









This one is again one of these juicy pens and is known as JS11 and is more of a bright pink colour.










This one was just a wee lipstick i picked up when i was in primark the other day and is a pale pink shade known as 2, it was only £1 so obviously i don't expect them to be absolutely amazing but still.  The colour is very subtle and i got it jus for an everyday look that won't be too much.

This one is from Rimmel and it is a lasting finish lipgloss.
it's in the shade  'Lustrous Nude' and i got it from the £1 shop, it's a plain colour gloss and one end with the glittery shimmer clear gloss at the other end to put on top it looks pretty and i'm looking forward to testing it out.




That's lips done, now onto the eyes.

This one is an eyebrow pencil from No7 and i got it for £2.25 instead of £7.25 as i had a £5 off No7 Voucher it's in the colour brown and has the pencil at one end with a smudger brush at the other end, looks good so hopefully i'll have beautiful brows from now on.












This is a Mascara, Volume Million lashes mascara in extra black i got this as my eyes have been terrible lately and i thought i needed a new one so i got this i've used the black one before and loved it as it gives full lashes and seperates them as well and it's generally a really good non clumpy mascara.





This one is a lasting drama eyeliner from maybelline, i've never got it before but i've heard good things about it and i've used gel eyeliner before and it's good so thought i'd give it a bash i've also heard good things about the l'oreal one so i'll give this a go and maybes try the l'oreal one.







That was my wee beauty haul, like i said when i start using these things i will give them each an individual review and see how they were, but for now that's all!

thanks :)

you guys use any these things?

NOTD

so i recently had £5 off No7 vouchers to use and i bought some nail polishes but there wasn't really any new colours and i had most of what was there so i kinda took one that wasn't really me.

that is it here and it's called I'm Exquisite.

it's like a gold/sandy colour so i got it to try out for the summer coz i like light colours and sometimes one that look like nothing is there..

so that was it, it honestly isn't a colour i would go for normally but i do have a lot of gold jewellery and accessories so i gave it a bash and its safe to say its lovely i really reall really like it!!

this is what it looks like on..

that photo is after two coats ^^ i definitely would say it needs two coast to make it vibrant and high gloss.
the nail polish itself is lovely and goes on with ease, the brush is large and flat which helps with the ease of application and the colour itself is full within the two coats, the nail polish itself dries extremley quickly and all in all it's just a really nice nail polish and gives a really nice colour :)

i got it for jut £2 which was a steal really but they usually cost £7 from boots and it is a 10ml bottle.

are you in gold tones?
whats your favourite?

love <3