Nails Of The Day - Essie's Off The Shoulder

Finally, I've been able to wear my new nail polish! I recently bought this and have been dying to try it as pink in any shade is my favourite choice of nail colour, and I absolutely love this one.

I was going out for my friends birthday last night and decided to try out this shade of Essie called Off The Shoulder. I've used lots of Essie polishes before, but I really like this one. This didn't chip all night and stayed perfect all today until I had to wash my hair.

It goes on so easily and for once I made absolutely no mistakes so it gains points with me.

It looks best with two coats, but if you're in a rush one coat would still look fine.

What's your favourite nail colour at the moment?

MAC - Archie's Girls Veronica Lipstick - Daddy's Little Girl

I can't believe I'm only posting about this now, I bought this 4 weeks ago! I have absolutely been loving this lipstick and have been wearing it any chance I get.

This lipstick is from the Archie's Girls collection at MAC. I had been reading so many posts from US bloggers on this collection and I was so excited when it finally came to the UK. I had decided I was only going to let myself buy one product as I really need to be saving and it was a choice between this shade and Ronnie Red. As I already have quite a lot of reds I thought this was quite different.

For a start, I love the packaging, I wasn't quite sure on it when I first saw it online but it's grown on me and I find it very cute. It's very bright and colourful compared to MAC's usual packaging.

The colour itself is completely gorgeous and I think it suits my colouring quite well. At first look at the lipstick itself it looks like its quite dark and very purple, but when applied its got a lot of pink to it and is nice and bright.

As my lips have been quite dry I've been applying a lip balm underneath and this adds a nice bit of shine to the colour. It is a very build able lipstick and you can make it as bright as you'd like. It lasts quite a while too and I don't need to apply it as often as I would with other lip products.

Did you get a chance to try anything from this collection? Has anyone got their hands on anything from the Hayley Williams range at MAC? I've been dying to try some of these out!

Nails Of The Day - OPI's Kiss Me On My Tulips

Another nail polish I'd forgotten about. I bought this last year when I was away and it's a colour I absolutely love. Pink polish is my absolute favourite so because I keep buying new ones this one got a bit lost.

As a polish, it's so smooth and easy to apply. There's no clumping and despite not being used in around 6 or 7 months, it hadn't dried up at all.

I applied one coat of this, and then decided to glam it up a bit on my ring finger. I used OPI's Pink Friday from the Nicki Minaj collection to do some small spots. This is a bright, barbie pink, so it looked really nice with the hot pink of Kiss Me On My Tulips.

It may still be very wintery outside, but I'm ready for my bright colours! This was also super appropriate for Valentines Day yesterday.

How did you spend your day? Hope you all done something nice!

Nails Of The Day - OPI Teenage Dream

Time to change up my nails! I had a hard time deciding what colour to paint my nails last night (#whitegirlproblems) and rediscovered OPI's Teenage Dream. I bought this last Summer and absolutely loved it, and somehow managed to forget about it. I had originally painted one hand yellow, but then I decided it was much too bright and would be more suitable for Summer so I took it off again.

I first applied Essie's Sugar Daddy which is a super pale pink, which would be perfect if you want to do a french manicure. I only applied one coat of this as it isn't that noticeable anyway but I just like how it looks underneath.

Next, the main attration! Teenage Dream is a lovely pale pink polish with glitter speckled through it, and I absolutely love it. It makes me feel like I have princess nails. I applied only one coat of this last night as I didn't want it to be noticeable, but I've decided I'm going to apply another coat tonight because I want it super glittery.

Teenage Dream is from OPI's Katy Perry collection and I wish I'd had a chance to look at more of the polishes, as this is such a pretty polish and the photographs don't do it justice!

What's currently on your nails? Hope you're all having a great day!

Blogmas Day 19 - Maybelline Bit of Berry Lipstick

I am *this close* to missing Blogmas day 19. It's currently 11.32 pm here and I'm only back from going out for my Christmas dinner and I've been freaking out in case I missed this blog post as I haven't missed one yet!

Anyway, I decided to let you all see a lipstick I picked up while I was away. It's by Maybelline and it's in the colour number 175 - Bit of Berry.

If you watch Ingrid (Missglamorazzi)'s videos on YouTube then you may have seen this lipstick before. She wore it in quite a few videos and I loved it so much I made sure to get it. It's a lovely maroon red colour that I think is perfect for the season.

I really love the packaging, it's so simple and I love that you can see right through to the lipstick container. It also is quite a good reflection of the colour inside.

I feel like the photographs don't give a true image of how lovely this colour is. It's more pinky looking than red in my photographs, and I've just realised whilst typing this up that I never swatched it! I promise I'll do that tomorrow and add it in if you'd like to come back and see it. It's quite a strong colour, so I put only a little bit on my lips and then blended the rest in as I didn't want it to be as dramatic as it wanted to be.

Have you tried this lipstick, or do you have a current favourite lipstick that I should try? Let me know in the comments below!

Blogmas Day 5 - MAC Creme Cup Lipstick Review

As mentioned in my November Favourites post, MAC's Creme Cup has been my favourite lip colour recently. I bought this during the Summer and used it a few times then, but I've been using it a lot more now. It's not the most Autumn/Wintery lip colour, but I love it. I also love that it's the exact same shade as the nail colour I'm wearing in this photograph, which is Fun in the Gondola by Essie.

It's a lovely nude/pink colour which is only just a bit lighter than my natural colour, so it's nice and subtle to wear on a daily basis.

If you're interested in this product, you can buy it for £14.00 by clicking here.

MAC - Neo Nebula Mineralize Eye Shadow

I bought this eyeshadow a few weeks ago and have been meaning to blog about it for ages. I had been looking at the new mineralize eye shadows from MAC for a while so I decided to finally purchase one.

There's three different colours swirled into this one. The first one is a nice pale shimmery colour that's great for the inner corner. Next is a dusty pink, although looks darker in the pot. Finally, there's a darker plum colour, perfect for this season.

When I went to the counter I had a look around, with a few shadows already in mind. I decided however, to ask the woman who worked there which one she thought would work  best with my eye colour. My eyes are green, sometimes with a bit of blue in them, and once even a hazel colour. They like to change! She picked out Neo Nebula for me, which I was very happy with as this had been one of the ones I had been eyeing.

The photograph shown above is from my very first time using it, when I just swirled all the colours together into one. It came out this lovely dusty pink colour. I've used it pretty much everyday since (sorry Naked palette!) and now I use each colour individually as I love that it's three colours in one.

This is a lovely eyeshadow for everyday use, and that's what I love about it. When I asked at the counter I said I wanted it to wear everyday, and that's exactly what it's been used for. It's not too bright, and has a nice shimmer to it.

Has anyone used any of the other mineralize eye shadows from MAC that they would like to recommend? They're my favourites!

OPI - Kiss Me On My Tulips Review

I absolutely love this nail colour that I purchased while away. We don't get OPI that easily where I live as far as I know, I've only seen it online. This colour is called Kiss Me On My Tulips and is part of the Holland collection from OPI. I had seen them whilst reading a magazine and this wasn't the colour I had originally planned on buying, but after seeing it I fell in love. I love the OPI polishes because they go on so easily and smoothly and a little goes a long way. I found one dip in the bottle done about 2 or 3 nails very easily.

This shows the colour directly under natural light. It's a lovely bright pink colour. I applied some of OPI's Sugar Daddy to the ring finger on each hand over the top of the polish, another colour which I also love (review coming soon).

This is the colour under normal lighting. Excuse the quality of my nails, they're a bit of a mess at the moment so nail polish won't go as smoothly as I want it too!

Lush - Emotional Brilliance - Passionate Lipgloss

Third post about the Emotional Brilliance range...with more to come! I wore out the Passionate lipgloss for the first time last night when going out to dinner and decided to take a photograph for you all to let you see how it looks. I took the images on my iphone so the quality isn't that great but you can see how nice and bright it is. It's a bright pink colour with purple undertones and I absolutely love it. To the left shows my natural lip colour, and to the right is how it looks after the colour is applied with nothing underneath. The feel of the wand on my lips reminded me of a felt tip which was quite interesting and I could tell straight away that the colour was long lasting, and it definitely is. Even after accidentally wiping my mouth a few times, and going out for dinner and eating my food, and dessert, the colour was still intact until I removed it that night. So pleased as it's hard to find one which lasts after eating. The lipgloss line also doubles as a cheek stain, but I doubt I'll be using this shade for that. I highly recommend this colour in the range!

Day 22 : Photo a day May

Day 22 : pink. The Mayfair was in town this week so I decided to take a walk through and see if I saw something to photograph. I was thinking along the lines of one of the amusements, but I saw a food stall with bags of candy floss hanging down and decided I liked it better.

Day 1 : Photo a day May

I started doing this on the first of may and I'm just realising I should have put it on my blog as well. It's only a few days in so I thought I would just add them in anyway :)

Day 1 : peace. This was taken whilst driving home. The sky looked really pretty and peaceful so I decided totals a photograph of it.