Saturday 9 June 2012

NOTD - OPI Magic

This polish has been on my lust list forever! A bit like Radiance was, but unlike Radiance this was actually as lovely as I had hoped if not more amazing! 

Pictures simply had to be taken in the sun to show its total amazingness and shininess! 




In this picture I tried to get a hint of the duochrome capabilities of this polish, in real life this flashes between the beautiful royal blue to a deep, sexy purple but my camera just would not capture it, you can just see it here!


Look at the amazing twinkles in the sun!


In the shade this reminded me of Swimsuit......Nailed It! but when I pulled up the pictures and put them side by side there was no real dupe



Macro in the sun just had to be done to show the diamond particles glittering !



I was lucky enough to get this for a bargain price on Buyapowa but you can get this relatively cheap on amazon!

Thursday 7 June 2012

School run FOTD

Well, I have become one of those mothers! Very rarely do I go to the school run bare faced these days. Time is limited so minimal product used!







For this face of the day the following products were used 

Wednesday 6 June 2012

Meek and feeble post inside

(picture from http://icanhascheezburger.com/)

 So I had better update my weight battles. In the past few weeks I have put on 7lb, after my dramatic drop after not eating when I split up with B my body went a bit mad and when I started eating again I put on 4lb straight away.
Kept my weight stable for 3 weeks now and once the kids return to school I fully intend to do Zumba once a week, walking/running 3 or 4 times too and be more concious about what I am eating.
 I have though, lost most of my worries regarding my weight. I have been on a few shopping sprees and have really enjoyed trying new things, including getting rid of the horrendous baggy, wide legged MATERNITY trousers that were like my comfort blanket!
Gok Wan's range at Sainsburys is a heaven for those of us with boobs, hips and booty! I now have 4 pairs of his Jodhpurs, a pair of jeggings (6 months ago I would have run away screaming!) I even have a teal and pink pair of jeans!
 I also treated myself to these babies

So while my weight loss has taken a detour, I feel and look better than I have in a long time. The end of my relationship has given me a push to find the real me and once parts of my life are sorted I will somehow find the funds to do a make-up artist course and a nail course, its something I love and enjoy and without sounding too big headed it is something I am good at!

 Once I get the kids off to school my focus will be my health and not my dress size! Of course losing a couple of them would be nice I won't lie!

Mont Bleu Glass file

Today I have an awesomely pretty nail file to show you! Mont Bleu  have taken everyday things such as nail files, tweezers and make-up compacts and made them shine with beautiful crystals! Making the everyday that little bit more luxurious to use!


The file comes in a lovely little velvet pouch, is easy to 're-charge' if you feel it is less effective then run it under a tap and leave to dry naturally and it will become effective again. Making these extremely long lasting and a far better choice than an emery board, yucky things!


This file is very easy to use and turns the nail to dust! I also found the pointy tip really useful for filing right into the side of the nail when I had to do a repair on a broken nail and needed to neaten it up!

All in all this is a lovely piece of kit, especially as a gift for a nail fanatic!

This file and plenty of other crystal adorned loveliness is available from here

This item was sent to me for review, I received no payment and all opinions are my own and honest.

Monday 4 June 2012

NOTD - Kleancolor Bluebell

This is a truly beautiful polish, I have a real thing for multi or duo chromes and holo's and this straddles the two! Whilst it is called a Chunky Holo to my mind the effect is more multi chrome!
Look at the pretty colours!








This isn't really buildable, well it is but you would be waiting forever for the coats to dry and you would need a good 4 or 5 for full coverage, so I layered mine over OPI Suzi Ski's the Pyrenees! 
Kleancolor is hard to get in the UK but you might be luck on ebay!

Sunday 3 June 2012

Laval Waterproof Liner

I love a good eyeliner, I especially love ones that twist up and don't need sharpening. I favour them when I want a nice, thicker and smoky line. 


This one is incredibly smooth and does not pull at the eyelids when drawn on. I forgot to do a picture with it on so did these lovely pictures instead!


It is meant to be waterproof and long lasting but this was my hand within a couple of hours!


Having said that it did fair better on my lids, but I had transfer after 3 hours. But for the bargain price of 99p it was more than adequate for a smoky eye!

This was sent to me for review and is available for a bargainous 99p from Raven Cosmetics an absolutely gret website for bargain cosmetics and sometimes some hard to find gems!