NOTD - Festive Flair nail 3

Ok, I know I was going to do more face posts but well, it is nearly Christmas, busy busy busy!
Instead here is a festive nail from the queen of glitter polishes Deborah Lippmann!
This one is a beauty! Deep raspberry base, with reddish pink glitter of all sizes in it. Application was ok, had to load up the brush to avoid dragging at the cuticle, but this is a multi use wonder, one coat over another colour leaves a hint of shimmer. This is a festive nail so went for 3 coats to fully cover. Drying time was longer than average for a glitter polish but the base is a jelly type which I find do dry slower. Top coat helped stop some of the gritty feeling.


Deborah Lippmann polishes are available from http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=deborah+lippmann&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=9509422505&ref=pd_sl_28v1uscna9_e House of Fraser

NOTD - Festive Flair nail 2

This is undoubtedly the best festive colour ever! If like me you have a preference for block colours.

This is Nails Inc Chelsea Embankment and this is a 4 coat application. This can be used over another colour as a single coat to create a glittery shimmer.

I left this review until removal as I wanted to let you know what it was like, uh, shall never get back that half an hour of my life! I tried my hardest to pull it off in one swoop, but alas my hands were adorned with glitter afterwards and took mch washing before it went!

Wear was excellent and the glitter was small enough not to feel too bumpy and gritty.

Nails Inc is available at Boots and Nails inc

NOTD - Orly Velvet Rope

or my Cadbury's nails as I call them, the colour is honestly an almost perfect match to Cadbury's colouring! These picture was taken after 5 days of wear, as you can see there is tip wear but no chips, bar my poor broken little finger nail!

I seem to be doing a lot of NOTD blog posts lately, must do more face make-up, especially my amazing new mascara! Trouble is the light is rubbish for facial shots lately! But will try and do some soon.

Orly is available from Boots in the mini sizes and also Feel Unique in the full size.

Application is lovely, but load up the brush when using mini's or it can drag at the cuticle. Wear is fabulous, just tip wear but that's from typing, no chips though!

I am a guest blogger!

Head to this link to read my post :)

http://addictedtoopi.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-kelly-from-musings-of.html

NOTD - OPI Designer De Better

Designer De Better? Well all the better for meeting this beauty! The first two pictures show this in natural light, at first glance it is a silver foil, but it actually has pink and bronze micro shimmer running through it.

The last 3 pictures are in artificial light and if you look closely the shimmer is apparent.

I got this in a set of mini's from the new Muppets collection but think this will be a repurchase in the full size!

OPI can be purchased from QVC, Lena White and Chemist Direct

NOTD - OPI Rising Star

I LOVED this when I saw it online and had to get it. I loved it when I saw it in the bottle and spent ages rolling it around and watching the shimmer rolling around in the bottle.

I loved it until I put it on my nails and my fingers were transformed into bananas. This is just too warm for my skintone, being a cross between bronze and gold I should have guessed, but seeing as I can sometimes wear gold polishes I thought I could get away with this shade, but sadly not!

Rising Star is available from http://www.donnamaiseyskincare.co.uk/product2_876-41-352-977_OPI-Rising-Star-Nail-Lacquer-15ml.htm

but you might be hard pressed to find it elsewhere as its from a collection, which OPI generally do not keep on sale.

Follow up to Do you struggle to find foundation!

Here is a treat, bareMinerals Original spf 15 foundation, full size for four easy payments of £5!!!!

The first one does inclue the £2.95 postage and some colours are on advanced orders due to demand, but what a way to try it. Plus the bonus of QVC is that you try for 30 days before you send it back, not that you will!

Have you joined the mineral revolution?

http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/app.detail/params.item.229113.cm_scid.dynamicBestsellers?cm_sp=department-_-Bestsellers-_-page1

Wanna see my stash?

Believe it or not I only started using this stuff about a month ago, it is an addiction!