Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Midweek Nails - Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine - Greenberry

 On my nails this week I'm wearing one of my birthday presents, Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine in Greenberry.

Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine Greenberry

I love the colour of this and I applied 2 coats for full coverage.

The photo doesn't do it justice as it is super shiny after applying, there's no need for a top coat.


Sunday, February 17, 2013

Birthday Beauty

It was my birthday on Friday and I'm now 23 years old. I thought I'd share with you the beauty pressies that I received.

I got 3 of the new Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine polishes. Colours are Papaya, Dragon and Greenberry. I already have one of these in another colour and they are quite shiny and feel really smooth.

Barry M Gelly Hi-Sine

This week I decided to put on Dragon so I will try the others out in the next few weeks.

Barry M Dragon

Accessorize nail polish in Jupiter

Accessorize Jupiter

MUA Nail Constellation - Can't wait to try these out on my nails.

MUA Nail Constellation

YSL Parisienne Perfume and Body Lotion - I love the smell of this, it's one of my favourite perfumes.

YSL Parisienne

Jemma Kidd Make Up Masterclass book - I've only had a quick flick through this at the moment but it looks quite good so I will have to read this soon.

Jemma Kidd Make Up Book

So I got quite a few beauty products this year and I love them all.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Glossybox December 2012

So Christmas has already come and gone but my December Glossybox has only just been opened with my festive goodies inside.

Glossybox December 2012

Glossybox December 2012

Here's what I received:
  • Rituals - Magic Touch
  • Seche - Seche Nail Lacquer
  • Sleek Makeup - i-Divine True
  • Milk_Shake - Conditioning Whipped Cream
  • Anatomicals - what a complete and utter glosser. i never fake strawberry milkshake. fruity lipgloss tube
  • Bonus - Glossybox Blusher - Glossy Pink
Rituals - Magic Touch

Rituals Magic Touch

Beauty card: Rituals was founded in 2000 and was the first brand to combine the luxury of Home and Body cosmetics, focusing on enriching both body and soul by transforming our everyday routines into meaningful rituals. Magic Touch is an ultra-rich whipped body cream that intensively nourishes and firms the skin. Combining rice milk, antioxidants, the indulgent fragrance of cherry blossom and velvety smooth texture, Rituals Magic Touch nourishes and strengthens the skin, while stimulating your senses.

This is the first time I've heard of this brand and I'm very pleased with this product so far. It was absorbed into my skin quite quickly which I was pleased about as I don't like waiting very much. It has a lovely smell and is very moisturising.

Seche - Seche Nail Laquer

Seche Nail Laquer

Beauty card: Highly pigmented colour for one coat coverage, satin smooth application dries quickly.

This is as good as it says it is. You can apply just one coat and you get full coverage on your nail and it does dry quickly. The only part I'm not keen on is the colour, it's called Nouveau, so I would have preferred another colour.

Sleek Makeup - i-Divine True

Sleek Makeup - i-Divine True

Sleek Makeup - i-Divine True

Top row of eyeshadows - Bow is really light so you can't really see it on my hand.

Sleek Makeup – i-Divine True

Bottom row of eyeshadows

Sleek Makeup – i-Divine True

Beauty card: Perfect for soft, subtle eyes or a smoky look with rich, pigmented colours. The sleek packaging, beautiful, wearable colours and handy, travel size make this a party season essential.

This is a great little eyeshadow palette, there's plenty of lovely colours, something to suit everyone. I found them quite easy to blend and I love the shimmery colours. Today I tried out Gateau and Glitz on my eyes, they look really good together but it's a shame you can't see the colours too well from the photo.

Eyes

Milk_Shake - Conditioning Whipped Cream

Milk_Shake Conditioning Whipped Cream

Beauty card: Ultra-niche and high-end, they focus exclusively on haircare and styling products that deliver incredible results as well as stimulating the senses with playful scents and textures. With a mouth-watering fragrance of freshly whipped cream, it's unlike any haircare product. This gorgeous leave-in conditioning foam with milk, wheat germ and casein proteins will treat, protect and strengthen your hair for smoothness and shine.

I absolutely love this, it smells so yummy and sweet . You just apply it to towel dried hair and it leaves your hair feeling silky and smooth. I was also pleasantly surprised that after straightening my hair it still smelt of the product. I'm very pleased with this and may have to buy more once I finish this bottle.

Anatomicals - what a complete and utter glosser. i never fake strawberry milkshake. fruity lipgloss tube

Anatomicals - what a complete and utter glosser. i never fake strawberry milkshake. fruity lipgloss tube

Anatomicals - what a complete and utter glosser. i never fake strawberry milkshake. fruity lipgloss tube

Beauty card: A fabulously fruity strawberry lip gloss that gives long lasting shimmer and shine coupled with the fruity title make this a typical Anatomicals hero-product.

This smells really fruitilicious and I love the smell of strawberry. It a clear lip gloss and it leaves your lips super shiny.

Glossybox Blusher - Glossy Pink

Glossybox Blusher - Glossy Pink

Beauty card: A colour intensive powder blush, velvety feeling with long-lasting colour that flatters all skin tones.

This was a bonus in the box and it's a really lovely pink colour

Here's a photo of me wearing the 2 eye shadows above, Gateau and Glitz, the Glossy Pink Blusher and the Anatomicals lip gloss.

makeup

Overall, I'm very pleased with this box, lots of makeup and delicious smelling skincare. This is probably the best box I've received so far :)


Sunday, February 3, 2013

Pink Sands

Today I thought I'd do a make up post as I haven't done one for a while so here's what I wore today.

Pink Sands Make Up

Here's a close up of my eye makeup. Unfortunately my camera isn't super duper so it's not very clear but I'm currently saving up some money to buy a new camera. I want to get the Canon EOS 600D Digital SLR Camera and I should be able in a few months. :)

Pink Sands Make Up

Here's all the make up products I used.

Pink Sands Make Up

  • Nyx Liquid Foundation - Ivory
  • Nyx Concealer - Porcelain
  • Avon Eyeshadow Quad - Pink Sands
  • Estee Lauder Eyeliner - Black
  • Avon Super Extend Mascara - Black
  • Nyx Eyebrow Pencil - Dark Brown
  • Estee Lauder Blusher - Nude Nuance
  • Nyx Lipstick - Watermelon
On my eyes I applied the top right shadow to my inner eyelid halfway across then the bottom left shadow to the outer half and slightly under my eye about halfway across. I used the bottom right shadow kind of like eyeliner and just applied it around my eye then used the top left shadow as a highlighter below my brow.