Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure

It's been a while since I bought new nail polish. I kind of put myself on a ban as my collection is rather large, but I just couldn't help myself. 

NYX Butter Lipstick/Gloss (IMATS)

NYX Butter Lipstick/Gloss

Today I will be talking about some lip products I got from NYX. I picked these goodies up at IMATS, so the prices listed below are the discounted prices.

Afternoon Tea - Grosvenor House, Park Lane

Afternoon Tea @ Grosvenor House

I have always wanted to go to Afternoon Tea, it just seemed like such a fun girly day out. I  have slowly been compiling a list of things I would like to do, such as places to visit and activities to try etc. Afternoon Tea was one of the items on my list.

My sister found a deal on Book Table. The deal was for Afternoon Tea and unlimited champagne...yes you read that right unlimited.

Grosvenor House, A JW Marriot Hotel - Mayfair
Park Lane
London
W1K 7TN

Zizzi - Restaurant Review

Me and my besties love an excuse to go out to dinner. This time was to celebrate my best friends birthday. The restaurant of choice...Zizzi Ristorante. Italian food is my favourite, I mean pizza and pasta, you can't lose.

Tarantino Italian Restaurant - A Family Dinner

Hey guys and dolls 

My family and I don't go out to dinner often, mostly if we are celebrating something. The restaurant of choice was a favourite of my older sister's, Tarantino Italian restaurant. I don't know if they are family run, but it had that vibe about it which made it feel more inviting.

MAKEUP: Paul and Joe Beaute

Hey guy and dolls,

Paul and Joe Beaute

"fun loving sophistication." - brand philosophy

A few weeks back I went to a Paul and Joe blogger event. You can read about that here. Now I am going to share with you the products I got to tryout.

MAKEUP: Gift with purchase

Hey guy and dolls,

Big and Curvy Mascara

Eye Definer Liner

A while back The Body Shop were doing a deal where if you spend a certain  amount you got a mascara and eyeliner for free.

NAILS: Avon Opal Top Coat

Hey guys and dolls, 

Opalesce

I was super excited to try this top coat. In the pictures it looked so so so so pretty.

Unfortunately this product is not what I thought it would be. And here's where I have to be a negative nelly, but for brands to keep improving they need honest opinions from their consumers, right?

La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo [+] review

Hey guys and dolls,

I briefly touched upon this product in this post. And now here are my thoughts on the Effaclar Duo [+] from La Roche-Posay. 

What is it?
Effaclar Duo [+] is an anti blemish cream.

Sleek Mediterranean Collection/FOTD

So last Wednesday (8th June) Sleek came out with a fabulous collection called the Mediterranean collection. I manged to get mine on the Friday, I literally ran to Superdrug haha

It comes with:

• Monaco eyeshadow palette - £6.90
• Santorini blusher - £4.29
• Monte Carlo pout polish - £4.29

"Inspired by the Mediterranean, this 12 shade palette is the perfect addition to your summer make-up. Choose from sunset oranges and browns, or breezy turquoise to highlight your holiday tan! Best worn with our hot pink Monte Carlo pout polish and Santorini blush to achieve the perfect Mediterranean summer look."  - from the website. 

 Monaco eyeshadow palette

Top L-R: Bamboo, Aquamarine, Midnight garden, Sunset, Washed Ashore, Magenta Madness

Bottom L-R:  Summer Breeze, Sand Walker, Kiwi Zest, Lotus Flower, Humming Bird, Moors Treasure

This palette is AMAZING!! The colours are SO pigmented, as you can see from the picture below. I saw a post on this by Bubblegarm and I was SO SO excited to purchase this collection. My favourite's are...OK so I just tried to pick my favourite and I can't haha

 

 Monte Carlo Pout Polish it comes out very sheer, but it does give your lips a nice touch of colour. And it doesn't give you that gross sticky thing that some lip glosses do.

 

Santorini blush

Santorini blush is INSANE, when I saw it I could not believe the vibrancy of this colour. It does not fail once on the skin, it is very build-able, but if I went any brighter I would have looked like a clown or an 80s reject haha

I couldn't be more happy with this collection. I give it 5 out of 5. If you do not own this collection, go get it NOW!!!! You can get Sleek at Superdrugs or on the Sleek website. Seriously get it before its sold out :)

Here are two eye looks I tried out, while I was playing with the palette..

NOTE: Please ignore the terrible state my eyebrows are in, they need serious plucking.

 The colours used were: Kiwi Zest first part of the lid and Humming bird on the outer corner of the lid and bamboo as a highlight.

Sandwalker on the main part of the lid and Moors Treasure on the outer part of the lid and Bamboo as a highlight.

So after playing around I decided to do a full face of make up using the entire collection.

I would run to your nearest superdrug and get this collection the blush and pout polish were going fast. I luckily got the LAST Santorini on the shelf...yay me :-)

FOTD:

Face:

MAC Studio Fix Powder in NW50

Eyes: 

Debenhams own brand jumbo pencil in coppery gold as a base

SLEEK Washed Ashore e/s

SLEEK Sunset e/s

SLEEK Bamboo e/s as a highlight

MAC Eye kohl pencil in Smolder
MAC Fluidline in Blactrack
MAYBELINE Colossal mascara

Lips:

SLEEK Monte Carlo pout polish

I hope you enjoyed this post. 2 more weeks til I finish college and then I'm good to go on regular posts :)

S xxxxx

*all products mentioned were purchased by me with my own money, everything is my own view and I have not been paid to do this post*

Sleek Avoir la peche collection - PARAGUAYA Palette

OK so ages and ages ago Sleek came out with a collection, which revolved around peachy toned colours.

The collection came with:

• Eyeshadow palette
• Blush
• Pout Polish

I didn't buy the blush or pout polish as they were too light for my skin tone, but I did pick up the eyeshadow Paraguaya palette. 

The colours from L-R are:

Top L-R: Parfait, Blush, Cameo, Persian Orange, Peach Gold, Sandstone

Bottom L-R: Bellini, Redstone,Pesimmon, Tangelo, Bittersweet, Stone

I was quite happy with this palette. Only problem is this palette is for all skin tones so not all the colours were suitable for me i.e. blush, sandstone, redstone and persimmon. But it is still a very good quality palette. The eyeshdows are just like every other sleek palette, good colour pay off, not chalky, great texture and can be used for any occasion.

I give this palette 4 out of 5 it would of got 5 but as I cant use all the colours I cant give it top ratings :)

This palette isn't available anymore but if you are able to locate anywhere online I would buy it.

My next post will be on Sleeks most recent collection the Mediterranean collection.

S xxxx

Inglot misplaced blog post?!?!?!

Hi guys,

I actually have to do a blog post about this cos its annoying me lol.

I just did a review on my INGLOT haul and I started the blog in December but have only just completed it now in January, but it decide to slot itself in the December tab..not happy.

So please go and look at my detailed blog here, to see a detailed blog on my purchases.



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INGLOT Haul and Review

Hi guys,

Again I am so so sorry for not posting any make up blogs, been very busy with college work.

So finally, as you can tell from the title I am now going to do my review of the Inglot stuff I bought like 2 months ago haha.

So on the 18th November me and some of the girls went to the Inglot store in Westfields in Shepherd's Bush. They were holding a student discount day specifically for my college, we were getting 20% off.

So when me and my friend got to the store it had been closed off to the public and only us students were allowed in, and they welcomed us at the door and had drinks laid out, I felt very VIP haha, especially when people walked by and were looking like "Oh whats going in there?".

All the palettes I got were from the freedom system. That consists of types of different palettes, you can see the palettes I'm talking about here. I got the 10 , 5 and 4 space palette.

So when you start choosing your make up you get this magnetic board, you then take and go round and the freedom system collection of make up which consists of eyeshadow, contour powder, bronzer, concealer, foundation and lipstick. When you see an item you want you pick it up and stick them on the palette. Once you've sorted through all the makeup...which was quite daunting because there was so much make up, the store assistants will sort your stuff into your palettes and put them together for you. They are so nice and helpful in there and very accommodating and they offer so much information.

As I walked in there I was like a kid in a candy store, I was really giddy walking around the shop haha. I love Inglot the brand is absolutely amazing. I think they may take the place of MAC as my favourite high end brand.

Eyeshadow palette - £35

Top left to right: #379, 418, 491, 60,30
Bottom left to right: #70, 415, 50, 55, 10

Swatches

These eye shadows are sublime, they are so pigmented and they blend so well. They are definitely worth the money paid for them. I basically paid £3.50 per eyeshadow, I think that's pretty bloody brilliant, for such high quality products. :o)

Lipstick - £15

Left to right: #34, 58, 03, 02, 89

Swatches

Just like they eye shadows, these lipsticks are very pigmented and I find quite nourishing on the lips. I have found with some lipsticks they can be quite drying on the lips, but I haven't had this problem with these. And they last a long time too. :o)

Blush - £26

Left to right: #40, 38, 27, 29

Swatches - the blushes back to front: #29, 27, 38, 40

Matte Black gel eyeliner - £8

I don't know who designed this eyeliner but oh my word, this stuff does not budge, it is the best gel eyeliner I have used in a long time, I'd say its even better than the Bobbi Brown and MAC gel liners. Normal eye make up remover wont do the trick when it comes to removing this unless it is oil based, otherwise you will be scrubbing at your eyes FOREVER probably until they are a bit sore. I found the best product to remove it with is Johnson's baby oil.

#77

Soft precision pencil eyeliner - £6

This is your standard kohl eye pencil, its very good and glides on nicely. Its really good for creating a 1920s smoky eye look, or just lining the eyes.

#20

Fluffy blending brush - £13

Great quality brushes, for a really good price and its so soft. Great for blending (obviously lol) and placing colour all over the lid.

#6SS

Under eye brush - £8

Again good quality brush for a decent price and very soft. This brush is for getting right underneath the eye especially when trying to apply shadow to under the lower lash line.

#13P

And last but by no means last...

DUO adhesive - £7

An old reliable when it comes to applying lashes, strip or individual.

I have only two complaints Inglot and its not even about the products its about the brand. Inglot products don't have names, they just have letters and numbers, which kinda sucks. I hate that, I like the names brands come of with for their items. Another thing is that you cant order online, and that's a bit of a pain in the butt because I have to travel like an hour and a half to get to Inglot :(

All of these products cost me £94.90 half of my budget, so my mum and credit card were very happy that day lol.

Hope you enjoyed this blog post :0) sorry for all the rambling haha

xxxxx

*all products mentioned were purchased by me with my own money, everything is my own view and I have not been paid to do this post*

Barry M Ice Cream Nail paint review

Firstly let me apologise for the state of my nails, they all just recently broke, and then due to stress I started biting them. But I have just started using this Sally Hansen nail strengthener, so I am hoping to start seeing some results soon :) Anyways onto the review

So I brought these nail paints a while ago, I got them because I saw that my friend Stevie had them and I like instantly fell in love haha, I'm not usually a fan of pastel colours, but I really liked them and at the time I had heard that they were Limited Edition and I couldn't find them anywhere for a while, but I was out shopping in Camden and saw them in Superdrug and was like "oh their back" lol, but typical when I see something I want I'm broke so I couldn't get them. So on a random shopping day I was like what happens if I just pop in to my local Superdrug and see if they had the paints in...and they did :) The polishes I got were #308 Berry Ice Cream, #306 Blueberry Ice Cream, #309 Strawberry Ice Cream, #307 Lemon Ice Cream and the last one was not one of the Ice Cream range but because it was a pastel colour and I thought it would fit the collection I got #304 Mint Green.

I also have to apologise for how messy my nails are and if you see any peeling skin (sorry if that's kinda gross lol) its cos my hands get really dry in the winter (no matter how much I moisturize them).

Mint Green

Berry

Blueberry

Lemon

Strawberry

Each of these colours were applied with two coats except for Blueberry Ice Cream, that one is really opaque after one coat. I really like these paints and when I wear them I do the kid thing and paint each nail a different colour so my hand looks likes sweets lol. This is definitely something you should purchase. Love them.

xxx

*all products mentioned were purchased by me with my own money, everything is my own view and I have not been paid to do this post*