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I have two new favourite nail colours which I have both purchased in the last month… I guess I should really put these in my ‘March Favourites’, but I’ll do a separate post for that!
Firstly we have
Barry M – 305 Pink Flamingo

I ADORE this colour, I do admit I have too many pink nail varnishes, but this is my new favourite.  It is a bright pink but with a peachy undertone (I think), which I am obsessed with at the moment.  It’s darker than the Barry M baby pink swatched here, and I love wearing this shade.  I picked this up in Boots where it was part of a ‘Buy two Barry M nail varnishes for £5’ - (There is now a 3 for 2 offer on Barry M items – so go check it out!). ( I will swatch the other colour I bought in this deal soon!)  I applied three coats of this shade and it started chipping within two days.
Secondly, we have
No7 Speed Dry Nail Colour – Coral Kiss 39 –

I bought this with the Boots £5 off No7 voucher, so this only cost me £1.25.  At first I just bought this as it was a bargin and I didn’t want to waste the voucher – But I am SO glad I did pick this up.  It is my perfect red!  I am wearing it right now and I feel ‘adult?’ aha, and sophisticated wearing this.  Again, it is more of an orangey red which I love.  This also does dry relatively quickly which I was impressed at.  I applied this three days ago and only the tips of my nails have started chipping, so it has good lasting power!  Also, I only needed two coats of this polish, as it is very pigmented, which saves time and product!
What did you guys purchase with your Boots £5 off No7 & Ruby Millie vouchers?  Has anyone tried these shades before?XX

Arrgghh, don’t let my Mum see this! Haha!
So I did a tadddd of shopping the other day and just accidentally seemed to buy make-up! I’m so bad.
So, went to MAC in London’s Soho a few weeks back and bought
 
Paintpot in Bare Study
& Woodwinked eye shadow!
I’ve never buy more than two items at MAC, ever, as I always feel so naughty and guilty doing it, as although everything is just beautiful, I’m only a student and just can’t afford it in the first place!  But my collection is slowly growing and I adore every item that I’ve got there.  I decided to get Bare Study PP as I LOVE shimmery gold eyeshadows, one of my favourite eyeshadows being MAC’s Nylon, and as that's running out I decided on this!  So far I’ve only used it with UDPP underneath so I’m not sure at its staying power and its ability to non crease yet, but we will see. Woodwinked is just beautiful, I can’t find any faults in MAC’s eye shadows.
So then, last weekend I went shopping for some black cardboard for my project and for some milk and bread, and came back with lots of make-up and feta cheese! Ugh, help me someone!  I blame this on the ‘Boots Clearance’ in my local retail park.
Boots clearance is actually, uh-mazing.  They have so much stuff for so little money.  For example, I bought 10packs of colour camera film for £3! (Would have been £10 in a normal Boots).  Basically, all discontinued products go to Boots Clearance stores and get sold for little dosh.  This doesn’t mean the products are out of their sell by date, it just means they need to get rid of it as the packaging is being re-vamped or its being replaced etc.  Obviously I had a look around the make-up session and ended up getting this-

Botanics eye shadows in 48 Blazing Star, 125 Milk Thistle, 70 Angelica and magnetic compact.
Botanics blush in 25 Nutmeg
Botanics ‘Quench your thirst foundation’ in 10 Almond
No7 Nail base colour in 10 Nougat.
Firstly, how cute are these eye shadows! You choose your colours individually and then pop three of them into the magnetic compact case, which has a mirror as well…


I haven't tried the blush yet, but will do soon!
Also, the Botanics foundation is pretty impressive, its SPF12 and its actually the palest colour I've ever seen on the high street, and I thought the one I was using now was the palest (L'Oreal infallible perfecting foundation 015 Porcelain).  The jar is pretty annoying to use as its just a stick attached to the lid, but I'm pretty positive i could screw one of MAC’s foundation pumps onto it.
You know what, I have NEVER seen Botanics make-up in a Boots store before, no wonder its all being discontinued! All of this came to like £7, which is an absolute bargain, the only let down being that once its gone I won’t be able to purchase again.
Has anyone been to a Boots Clearance before?
Also, I have 50 followers!! Wahhayyy!! I will be doing a free give-away later this week to celebrate so stay tuned!! XX

I feel like the older I get, the worse my memory gets!!  I can’t remember much of January already and I’ve been so worried about forgetting everything that I’ve been writing in my journal lots, just to remind myself of all the things I’ve been getting up to!  Is anyone else having this problem?  I had to think long and hard about what products I’ve been enjoying using the most this month, but I finally remembered, haha!

Stargazer Nail varnish – Still obsessed with nude natural nails, I found this in New Look and have been wearing it ever since.  One coat is natural looking, two coats gives you a nice natural colour but you can still see the white of your nails through it which is a nice touch – they don’t look too mannequin-like.  I know it will go with everything I wear so I’ve had no reason to take it off!  Will post swatches soon!

MAC Peaches Blush – I’ve wanted this blush for ages and I’ve been wearing it all January.  Its so so pigmented so I know this is going to last me forever before hitting the pan, and the colour is just gorgeous.  It really is just an orange peach shade, which will look lovely in spring/summer too!

MAC Morange Lipstick – The only red I’ve been wearing all month, you can lightly dab it on your lips for a flush of orange-red, or you can layer it up for a stunning, glamorous look.

MAC Please Me Lipstick – I find this very easy to wear no matter what colours I decide to use on my eyes, it goes really well with either brown or black eye shadows.  I actually think this colour would suit anyone!

MAC Select Cover-up Concealer in NC15 – My skin has been pretty terrible lately due to trying out new skin care products and stress of my last term at University and this little concealer has been a lifesaver.  Its really pigmented so you only need a tiny amount and I just pat it directly onto any redness or spots and they immediately vanish.  It doesn’t work as well when you just rub it into the skin, so try patting it on instead!  Will definitely be purchasing another when I run out.

No7 Smokey Eyeliner Brush – I managed to get around 5 of those Boots vouchers in January and I only used one of them – stupid huh!  I got this brush with my voucher and so I only paid something like £1.64 for it, and its quickly become my favourite brush.  Its perfect for adding a darker colour to the crease of my eye and for applying powder shadows around my eyes to line them.  Love it!

The Body Shop Black Liquid Liner – My staple liquid liner! I forgot how much I loved this product until I used a Rimmel liquid liner for a whole month before realising it just wasn’t as good as my trusty TBS one.  The black is the most perfect black, the nib of the liner is great and it lasts pretty well on my eyes.

I apologise for the amount of MAC products in this post – I understand that its not very affordable, but I’ve really adored these products this month!  But don’t fret, I’m still a high-street make-up lover at heart! 

What’s your favourite nude nail polish and liquid liner?  Can you recommend me any gel eye liners?  I’m tempted to purchase one!

XXX

Hello everyone!

First of all I’d like to say a massive hello and thank you to my followers.  I started this blog in January as a new years resolution to blog about my love and passion for make-up and beauty and I never thought that because of it, I’d meet and talk to so many lovely, wonderful girls!

Every comment you girls send me and every new follower I get makes me smile and feel really happy inside.  I get excited to read what you have to say about my posts and I am so thankful for all the lovely comments.  This giveaway is a big thank you for everyone being so positive for me and my little blog!

There are two prizes in this giveaway, first and second prize!

First Prize

• The Body Shop Dewberry Shower gel (full size)
• TBS Love ETC… Body Butter (full size 200ml)
• TBS Lip and Cheek Stain 01 (full size)
• TBS Neroli Jasmine Shower gel (miniature 60ml)
• No7 Blusher brush
• No7 Eyeshadow brush

Second Prize

• The Body Shop Moringa Body Butter (miniature 50ml)
• TBS Cassis Rose EDT (miniature)
• No7 French Manicure Kit (3 full size nail polishes!)
• Givenchy Very Irresistible EDT (miniature)
• 17 Nautical but nice Make-up collection kit which includes nail polish, eyeliner and eyeshadow.

Rules

• To Enter, you must comment on this post saying along the lines of ‘Enter me’, as well as a line about something you’d like to see more of on my blog, whether it be reviews, fotds, more lip products, more photography/personal work etc.  I want to know what you like to read about so that I can please everyone!
• For an extra entry (you will be entered into the prize draw twice) you can post a link of this giveaway to your blog/sidebar.  Please include link to where I can see this in you’re comment letting me know you have done this so I can enter you twice.
• You must be a follower of my blog to enter – I will check!
• Giveaway ends on Thursday 30th September at 11pm.
• Winners will be chosen randomly on a random number generating site (after I type up all of your entries and extra entry's in order in a word document.)
• I will contact the winners via email or via your blog.
• Because I am a student and have spent money on the prizes, if you win and you live outside of the UK, you must pay the postage & packaging fee - (most likely to be around £3 - 5) direct to me via PayPal.  Please only enter if you agree to this.
• Because of the rule above, this giveaway is open internationally!

(PLEASE NOTE: the reason I have included the rule about the winners paying for the postage is because I want the giveaway to be open internationally and as there are two prizes, this could become quite costly for me, on top of the cost of the prizes which I bought.  If you win and you are from the UK, I will pay for the p&p.  I hope this is ok and seems fair!)

(All prizes are obviously new, sealed and unused!)

I’m really looking forward to reading your comments for what you’d like to see more of on this blog! 

Good luck everyone! XX

I collected this bunch of nail varnishes when Boots where doing their ‘£5 off No7’ offers.  Normally I would never buy No7’s range as it doesn’t particularly appeal to me but I’m glad I picked these up.

Pink Grapefruit 80

 

A saucy sexy muted hot pink.  Very wearable and perfect for summer.  Used two coats in swatches above.

Hot Pink 40

A gorgeous girly Barbie pink.  Two coats.

Coral Kiss 39

These swatches were just after ONE coat! Can you believe it! This is my favourite red nail polish in my collection, the perfect post-box red.

Highland Mist 55

I don’t know how to describe this shade! I guess its a light brown with a hint of peach. Two coats.

Dreamy 33

I’ve never worn this shade out, but only because it reminds me of something Grandma’s would wear on their toes.  But it is a pretty colour, it sparkles and shimmers in the light. Two coats.

Totally Teal 115

Unique teal colour, I find this is the most streaky and un-even to apply but the colour is stunning and quite different.  I’d only wear this if I was matching it with shoes/jewellery on a particular day.

What I think -

I am always pleasantly surprised when I use these polishes as they are very pigmented and apply really well.  You need two coats max for a gorgeously even manicure with great shine.  They are all very shiny which I love because they look expensive on the nail and they don’t take too long to dry – especially the two Speed Dry ones I have.

I think each polish costs £6-7 which I personally think is quite expensive when you can get great shades at Barry M for £4, BUT after trying them out, I think the extra pennies do make a difference, in terms of amount of product in each bottle and the amount of pigmentation and shine you get with each coat!

I’m hoping Boots do another one of these offers soon that I can pick some more up!

Do you have any of these shades? Which is your favourite?

When Boots had their last ‘£5 off No7 and Ruby and Millie make-up’ (a few weeks back) I snapped up No7’s newest nail varnish shade!

115 Totally Teal

(in sunlight)

I haven't got a shade like this and it immediately stood out to me.  Its a dark blue/green teal and its beautiful in the bottle, but No7’s varnishes are always a let down for me.  They have nice colours but they come out so streaky on the nails.  The formula is nice and creamy and the colour is always pigmented a good deal but in sun light the streaks show.

(in doors)

Has any one else tried out this colour or any other of their nail products? I have another two of their colours which I’ll pop up swatches of soon!