Saturday 7 July 2012

NOTD - GOSH Holographic

I have decided to revisit and redo some of my old polish posts, sorting out pictures for my Facebook page I was quite horrified by the awful pictures and not so good polish application ha!

First up is my one and only true holo polish, this WILL be rectified when I move and am settled!



While I do love this polish, I have seen holo's that are simply breathtaking!



Although for £5 (plus the £1 Fix Base Coat I needed for it) mean this is a bargain compared to the other holo's, but then the cheaper price is levelled out with a pretty rubbish application, it takes about 3 coats to even out bald spots.



This macro shot really brings out the holo!



Unlike some, I do use a topcoat for this, or it just comes right off the nails! But although it is initially dulled by the topcoat, it does actually go back to full holo when the topcoat is dry!



Er, yeah, that is about all I can tell you about this polish since its almost impossible to find, whoops!

Thursday 5 July 2012

A Word To The Wise....

My first foray into make-up began as a 13 year old, numerous presents from a non make-up wearing mum bought me lots of pretty palettes and lovely colours to play with an learn to apply.
This sparked an interest that has never left me and I still get a thrill when buying new cosmetics. As a teen I favoured Collection 2000, Rimmel and Natural Collection, cheap and affordable with pocket money.

As I got older so did the cosmetics, favouring Max Factor, L'Oreal and Revlon. Payday was spent perusing the aisles in Boots for new buys, and my heaving make-up collection grew and grew.

Since my late twenties I discovered the beauty counters, and well, that was that! My heart was smitten by the quality, pigmentation, quality and the lasting effect of these wonderful wonders.

I still use so called drugstore brands but my cosmetics selection is about 80% high end now.

Trouble is with the rise in these great brands has also sparked a rise in more sinister practices - Fakes!
Fakes are 10 a penny, so many high end brands have fakes, the most prevalent being MAC, Benefit and OPI.

They may seem a bargain but OPI pride themselves on being 3 free, which means no formaldehyde, no toluene and no DBP (dibutly phthlatate) but how do you know the fakes don't contain these?

What about the fakes you put on your face? Many of these are found to have dangerous levels of lead in them, now think of where you put these, near your eyes and on your lips. Is it really worth the risks?

If something on ebay for instance looks too good to be true it probably is, or a market is selling so called high end brands for cheap as chips prices the let your head question why it is so cheap? Chances are it is a big fat fake!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4411397/Conwoman-Leanne-Wertheim-makes-25000-selling-poisonous-slap.html

Wednesday 4 July 2012

NOTD - Leighton Denny Coral Reef

This is another shade from the 2012 Spring/Summer collection by Leighton Denny, coral is the ultimate summer shade especially with a tan!

As you can see there is a silver shimmer in the bottle and in my pictures taken in the sun you can see bits of shimmer but its not noticable in the shade.


This went on smoothly in 2 coats and was super glossy, although I used a topcoat for added protection


Not sure if my middle nail has visible shimmer or reflection from my window!


In the shade this seems to shift to a slightly warmer toned coral, although not too warm for my skin thankfully as some corals just make me have lobster fingers!


Desperately tried to get a macro of the shimmer here, think I failed on that one ha!


If our joyous British summer actually gives us some sun at some point I may revisit this polish and try and get some proper shots in the sun rather than just light through my window on a slightly dull day!

Coral Reef is available from Leighton Denny and as a cheap as chips set on QVC