HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hiya everyone, hope you had a lovely new year and are ready to get back to reality? I have a December favourite post coming up soon! But for now I will show you what I recently bought whilst on a Christmas sales shopping trip.

It was still 3 for 2 on cosmetics in Superdrug - I love that it includes palettes! I checked out the Sleek collection, and what do you know - they have the sparkle set in stock! They also had one other Sleek palette (Sunset) I didn't have so I got that too. Then thought I would check out the Max Factor and L'oreal stands for my free item. It's always best to get the expensive items free :) Dave also helped me choose - it's no surprise he wanted me to get the Queen Bee eyeshadow trio because of it's bright colours.

I can't wait to get some glitter on my eyes tomorrow for my first day back at work! I haven't had time to have a play with any yet, but I have many new products to use this month! My bedroom is almost completely organised so I won't even have an excuse anymore!

Hope you're all ok! x

Orangeade NOTD

I thought it was about time I painted my nails again. And I tried to use another Models Own shade I hadn't yet tried. I chose "Orangeade". It's much brighter than I thought it would be, and less sheer too which is good. I am really pleased with the colour because it will brighten up the dull days we are having at the moment!

It was a very quick manicure today, using a base coat, 2 coats of Orangeade and a top coat. Overall it probably took about 10-15 minutes, and I was watching TV so time flies.

It shows up almost as bright in the pictures as it is in real life, probably one of the easiest polishes to capture in a photo, most look very different! The picture below shows just how glittery it is, which I love because obviuosly the bubbles in orangeade sparkle a lot!

What do you think?

Christmas FOTD

Today I had lunch with the girlies, and was going straight to my mum's and sisters so wanted to do a makeup look before I went. I didn't have time to take the pictures until I got in - just now! So bare that in mind! Hopefully it still looks ok :)

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
No.7 Perfect Light Loose Powder in Medium
No.7 Cheek Tint in Maple Silk
Rimmel Blush in Santa Rose

EYES

Front Cover Sizzle/Freeze Palette in Magic Banana - eyelid
Front Cover Sizzle/Freeze Palette in Ginger Spice - crease and outer corner
Front Cover Sizzle/Freeze Palette in China Cup - highlight
L'oreal Telescopic Mascara in black
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black

LIPS

No.7 Stay Perfect Lipstick in Plum Rebellion
Gosh On Stage Cool Lip Jam in 102

I wanted something fun but not too dramatic - I think I achieved that. What kind of look would you do to be different but not dramatic?

More Christmas Treats

Hey again, are you all getting back to normal yet or still eating lots over the festive period? Today I'll show you the treats my partner got me in the sales :) I am one lucky lady!

Dave was looking online for a new laptop in the sales - he didn't really need one but he is always on the lookout for bargains! Two peas in a pod we are! So anyway, we saw little netbooks on the Argos website and decided to go and take a peek at them in store, they were so cute! Then we went to Boots and had a look at the gift sets which were all half price! I got Dave an FCUK travel bag which he will use for work (he's a personal trainer) and it included some body wash bits, then I got him a Ted Baker set as well because I know he likes the smell.

He got me a Front Cover eyeshadow set, which I may try out today, the colours are fab. The front of the box is also very clever - it changes from sizzling orange eyes to closed cool blue eyes. I will do a review at some point in the near future. I also got a Ruby & Millie brush set - I've never really had a decent set of brushes...and this featured a foundation, cheek, eye, eye definer and lip brush so great to get me started.

This picture shows just how small the netbook is, I'm very happy that it fits in my handbag :)

What are your xmas treats?

Christmas Stocking

Hi my lovelies, hope you all had a great Christmas!
My partner and I decided we wouldn't spend too much on each other this year as we are saving for our wedding. We therefore agreed to a £20 stocking budget, here's what I got:

I'm really excited to start reading Eat, Pray, Love and want to finish it before I see the film. I say this quite often when novels are turned into films, but it doesn't normally happen - I think it's only the Shopaholic series and  Harry Potter that I've read first...I even caved and watched Lovely Bones before reading the book. I used the hair glitter spray on Christmas day to give my hair a little bit more oompf, it was much better than I thought it would be - I thought it would look a bit tacky, but the glitter and sparkle was great!

I have tried the new MUA blush and my first impressions are good, I will do an MUA review series at some point because I have a variety of different products and shades. I also am intrigued to try the blue Collection 2000 mascara - I've wanted one for a while...it's a bit more daring than the usual black/brown shades I usually wear.

Anyway I'm really happy with my little gifts. Then I was pleasantly surprised when I got more :) I will tell you more tomorrow as it's quite late at the moment. What did you get for Christmas??

Giveaway Winner

Once again, I have been lucky enough to win something! Big thanks go to Lady M - view her popular fashion blog here. I'm so grateful!

I've won an eye kit by Kitten Vixen. I want to share it with you because it is something slightly different and I haven't heard anyone raving about it...

I'm quite excited about this, for many reasons - most of which are on the above website - but again because I've not tried anything like this yet. I can't wait for it to arrive!

They use the below pictures on the website for the three different colours they have.

Bewitching Burghandy

Magnetic Moss

Naughty Girl Navy

What do you think?

Models Own NOTD

I still haven't got round to trying all my Models Own nail polishes I bought this year! I suppose that just shows how many colours I actually have! I should have used each one on one finger when I first got them hehe.

Anyway - here I have used Deep Purple. I think it's a really rich colour - great for winter. In the light you get a lovely flash of purple which I love - the second picture shows this quite well.

I cut all of my nails so I apologise for them looking stumpy! But one broke and I hate having them different lengths!! I have to say though it does look lovely and tidy on short nails. It's a brilliant colour - certainly one I would recommend. I have searched for a while to find a perfect purple, I find quite a few are too pale or dull.

What do you think of the colour? Which polishes are you recommending this Winter?

Vampy Inspired FOTD

Hey everyone, if you saw yesterday's post you would have seen I had fun on www.taaz.com. I was then in the mood to try and do a quick recreation of the look this morning. I didn't have long, but I think I will spend longer on this one day and perhaps do a YouTube tutorial as it's a look that anyone can pull off.

I'm thinking that perhaps I shouldn't have gone for a shimmery colour - but I do love it anyway!

I thought I'd do an evil vampire stare too! :D

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige

New ID I-Bronze in Rio
New ID I-Glow in Ice Pop

EYES

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

Urban Decay NYC BoS in Suspect - all over eyelid

Urban Decay NYC BoS in Maui Wowie - inner half

Urban Decay NYC BoS in Smog - outer corner

Urban Decay NYC BoS in Perversion - crease

Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black - lower/upper waterline

No.7 Amazing Eyes Liner in black - upper lashline

L'oreal Telescopic Mascara in black

LIPS

Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick in Electric Plum (300)

Gosh Light n Shine Lip Glaze in 02

What do you think? Next time I might try a grey/black combo for a more dramatic look - would you be interested in a YouTube video?

Virtual Makeover

I have been contemplating dying my hair recently - I tend to do this before Christmas every year for some reason - and I came across this website. It enables you to create looks that actually look quite realistic, which could save you from making a big mistake!

What do you think of my slightly darker hair? I thought I'd try a vampy make up look too.

I also created a celebrity makeover look - Keri Hilson:

It's so much fun! To try it out yourself, go to: http://www.taaz.com/

Another Quick & Easy FOTD

OMG, sorry for my lack of posting lately fellow bloggers. I have been extremely busy with Christmas just around the corner. Which might explain my recent quick/simple FOTD's. Here's another one for you :D

I was off out to a gig in London (a band called You Me At Six) and wanted to look nice but was running late and couldn't miss the train! So I grabbed a few products and quickly applied them. I like using pencil/cream/glitter eyeshadows when I haven't got much time, then you generally don't need to use more than one colour.

I used:

FACE

L'oreal True Match Liquid Foundation in (W3) Golden Beige
New ID I-Bronze in Rio
New ID I-Glow in Ice Pop

EYES

Avon Arabian Glow Sparkling Eye Pencil in Shimmering Bronze
Rimmel Kohl Eye Pencil in black - lower waterline
L'oreal Telescopic Mascara in black

LIPS

The Body Shop Lip Butter in Sweet Lemon

I think my skin still looks ok even though I only used 3 products. And I didn't  have time to grab my primer potion from my Urban Decay palette hence why I went without, but my eyeshadow didn't budge ALL night!!