OPI Brazil, Amazon...Amazoff Polish!

I love seeing online that OPI is bringing out a new collection, but what I really like doing is waiting for it to come out so I can go into the store and find the OPI that immediately stands out to me. The best way to see the colour 'true to life' is actually seeing the colour!
Amazon...Amazoff was definitely the shade for me!

This is definitely a 'me' colour!

America Nail Polish Haul! OPI, ORLY, China Glaze...

Hello!!
Sorry I've been gone away for so long! I've been in America for 2 weeks and crazy busy ever since I've been back. Im soo happy I've finally got time to start posting again! I've got lots of new things to show you, and loads of new looks coming up!

So, first off I thought I'd start with 2 haul posts. One on nail polishes and the other makeup which I purchased whilst away. I bought so much! haha I was saving for ages to get some products in America, it's so much cheaper than England!

There were so many great deals, I couldn't help myself...I love a bargain! I've quite a lot of products to fit in so I'll just post some pics! Let me know if you want to see swatches of anything!

 

CHINA GLAZE.

Wedding Daze... Outfit of the Day!

Hey guys!
A few months ago (I'm so far behind with posts like this, sorry!) my boyfriend was best man at  his friend's wedding which I got to go to and it was such a lovely day! Everything went beautifully and it was the hottest day of the year, it couldn't of gone better. Here's just a few snaps of my OOTD, the dress was so pretty I have to show it off!

Latest OPI's!

Hey guys! Hope you're all enjoying this sunny weather!

I saw a post a while ago about an amazing sale on frangrancedirect.co.uk so I had to check it out, and I was not disappointed! There was (and still is!) Essie varnishes for £1.99 and OPI's for £3.99! I couldn't believe it! I only ordered a few things as I'm weary of ordering from new sites, but know I know it's legit I will definitely be ordering more! As soon as I have the money to!

This time round I only bought 2 OPI's, which still only came to £7.98, cheaper than one would cost in the shops! So happy!

I ordered myself a pretty orange shade called A Roll In The Hague, from the Holland collection.

MY OPI Nail Polish Collection!

I don't think I've ever been more excited to do a post! I LOVE OPI Nail Polish, and at the moment I'm suffering from Glandular Fever so I'm not really up to doing a makeup look, so I thought I'd do a post on my lovely polishes :)

I'm gutted some of the pictures aren't great and SORRY my nails are in such bad condition, where I work it's hard to keep them looking great! And as much as I tried to apply the polish well, for some reason I decided to do it on my right hand, which meant painting with my left?! WHY! So Apologies!

MY O.P.I collection is only 36 polishes at the moment, but I only discovered them 2 years ago, so I guess it's grown quickly!

If anyone wants to see a look using one or some of the polishes then comment below and I'll try and do something with them for you :)

Click on the pictures for a better look!

1 Coat

Start-To-Finish Base and Topcoat - I used 1 coat of this under every swatch, and it is by far the quickest drying base coat I have ever used! Massive Love!

3 Coats

Number One Nemesis -  This one is only a mini, Look how cute it is! I bought a few from The Amazing Spider Man collection, and I have to say, as much as I LOVE Spiderman and O.P.I, I was so disappointed! None of the colours were as nice as I was expecting! On the packaging, it says 'Show your metal in this sparkling nickel.' I would definitely recommend using a base colour and applying this colour as a finish, its much too thin to use on it's own unless you like layering up!

3 Coats

The World Is Not Enough - From the Skyfall collection, I have to say this is another one I'm disappointed in! It's a lot like Number One Nemesis and definitely needs a base colour! Described on the packaging as 'This rosy silver is as addictive as it is beautiful.' I disagree... (good start to a post ehy?!)

2 Coats

Your Royal Shine-ness - Such a beautiful metallic silver! Super super shiny and looks amazeballs. From the Serena Williams Grand Slam England Collection.

1-2 Coats

Alpine Snow - OK I LOVE this white! It looks like tipex which is pretty much what I wanted! I always use it as a base when I do marble nail art and it really makes brights and neon colours pop! It was one of the first O.P.I's that I bought, which would explain why the formula now sucks! Not their fault, mine! It's gotten a bit too thick and I need to thin it out before I use it again properly, but I absolutely love it! From the Soft Shades Collection.

2 Coats





Stranger Tides - From the Pirates of the Caribbean Collection, This is a really weird colour! But I kind of love it... It comes out a little streaky but it makes a really cool base for nail art, using greens and golds. It looks so different under different light, but its a murky, off grey, zombie-esque green! It's pretty awesome... I've never seen another green like it!

2 Coats

Mermaid's Tears - Also from the POTC collection, this is by far one of my favourite colours! If I want to paint my nails but don't know what to do with them, I just reach for this colour. It always gets amazing compliments and if the almost-pastel mint green colour wasn't cool enough, the name will make you want to buy it! Jus' casually walking around with MERMAID'S TEARS on my nails... normal day.

2 Coats

Live And Let Die - turned out to be one of my favourite from the Skyfall collection. It doesn't look that great in the bottle, but as soon as you apply to your nail, the glitter really comes out in the polish! It's the type of glitter you would be able to get away with at work, it just gives it a nice shine instead of being really in your face! It says 'Burn the candles at both ends in this private jet black.' I definitely wouldn't call it jet black, more of a green tone but the gold glitter is definitely reminiscent of a flickering candle!

3 Coats

Just Spotted The Lizard - was the colour I was most excited about it the collection! It pretty much looks like spilt petrol in the bottle but sadly it doesn't show on the nail! Only the greeny-gold colour shows. Described on the packaging as 'Be seen in this reptilian yellow-green' Which I guess does describe the colour the shows up on your nails, just a shame the pretty blue doesn't! :(

2 Coats

 Ogre-The-Top-Blue - From the Shrek Collection, is a bright bubble gum blue! Gives amazing coverage and looks super bright on the nails! Love it!

2 Coats

Last Friday Night - From the Katy Perry Collection is a blue, holo, glitter in a jelly formula. It's definitely only a top coat, but does have a slight blue tinge in the jelly itself. This and Alpine Snow were my first two O.P.I's! Such a pretty glitter, but is a bitch waiting for it to dry!

1 Coat plus OPI Start-To-Finish Top Coat

 Turquoise Shatter - This is a beautiful colour for a shatter! I own a couple of the Barry M ones but they're all very bland! This one had beautiful shimmer in it and with a top coat it looks amazing and shiny! I should've really swatched it over a different colour so it would stand out more buuuut I didn't.



2 Coats

Into The Night - 'This perfect midnight blue was made for prowling.' Pretty much sums up the colour! This for me was the colour I was least looking forward to from The Amazing Spiderman Collection, but turned out to be my favourite! It was the only polish that seemed to apply evenly and didn't disappoint me!

2 Coats



Grape...Set...Match! - From the Serena William's Grand Slam England Collection is super pretty! A dark purple/pink glitter with a lot of sparkle!

 

3 Coats



Rally Pretty Pink - Another from the Serena Grand Slam Collection! I think I was in America when they came out, so picked up a few! This colour inspired my last Eye Look. A really stunning, pinky purple with tonnes of gold shimmer! Looks so beautiful in the sunlight and amazing over a purple polish. 

1 Coat

A Grape Fit! - My go-to purple colour! So simple and so pretty! Easy to apply, amazing formula - only takes one coat for a perfect coverage! Amazing! From the Great Pair Collection.

2 Coats

 Planks A Lot - This is very similar to A Grape Fit! Just a bit more pastel. Still a gorgeous colour but probably easy to find a colour that's pretty much the same for a lot cheaper!

3 Coats

Significant Other Colour - THIS IS AMAZING! I am in love with this colour! It looks amazing on it's own, or over a purple, green, blue or pink base! It looks beautiful and so different over other colours. I need to find a nice yellow and see how it looks over that! It's a subtle lilac with amazing green duo chrome!

 

3 Coats

 Princesses Rule! - My amazing friend got this for me for my birthday! Totally sums her up! Cute, Pink, Shimmery and Girly! From the Princess Charming Collection.

2 Coats - Streaky!

 Your Web Or Mine? - Another from The Amazing Spiderman Collection! This pink is pretty standard. It's pretty, applied nicely but was super streaky! Doesn't really show up in the pics, but unless you're pro at applying polish, it will happen to you too!

1 Coat

 Come To Poppy - From the Nice Stems Collection - really pretty pink! I'm not sure why I bought this one... I'm not really a pink kind of girl but I must have my moments! Amazing coverage, only 1 coat application.

2 Coats

Get Your Glamour On - This colour was designed for Glamour Magazine, I'm not sure why but its soooo pretty! A coral pink, which for me if the only way to go if you're going pink! I don't like being too girly! I think this was one I picked up from TK Maxx, I'm not sure where else I would have gotten one which was only for Glamour Magazine!

 

2 Coats

Love Is A Racket - Another Serena William's Grand Slam colour! I definitely liked them when they came out! I forgot to take a pic of this the other night so quickly did it now! Can't believe I missed one! To be honest I wouldn't mind this colour as a lip gloss! A dark pink packed with the same colour micro glitter.

 

1 Coat - added touch up for chunky glitter!

 The Impossible - This is awesome. The liquid sand texture is pretty strange to me though! I live on an island, so trying to not get sand in your nail polish is something I usually try to avoid! However I do love this bright red colour, and the chunky glitter looks amazing. I love the little stars but they don't seem to want to come out of the bottle and when they do, they don't lie flat on the nail so it doesn't last very long! From the Mariah Carey, Liquid Sand Collection.

2 Coats

 The Spy Who Loved Me - Another from the Skyfall Collection, this one caught my eye! I love the pillar box red with the teeny tiny gold sparkle! Very Unique! Added a blurry picture so you can see the glitter.

1 Coat

 Danke-Shiny Red - From the German Collection, this Ruby Red is amazing! It looks so Royal! Big love for this colour, and only 1 Coat! Very Classy...

1 Coat

Wocka Wocka! - This one is pretty similar to Danke-Shiny Red but a little darker and not as shimmery on the nail. I got this one first, I LOVE The Muppets so couldn't not have anything from the collection! I do also have Pepe's Purple Passion but I've lost it!!! Soo gutted! No Idea where it's gone which is why its not included in this post :(

1 Coat

Every Month Is Oktoberfest - I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS COLOUR! Ohh it's so pretty! Imagine adding a bunch of shimmer to red wine. That's what this is. It looks so beautiful under every light and is the type of colour you can wear at any age, or anywhere. Loooooove this!

2 Coats

Tease-y Does It - This colour is so beautiful. From the Burlesque Collection, it can look very plain in the shade but under any light it shines! It's the colour I use to make my Christmas Pudding nails at Christmas! Works Perfectly!

2 Coats

 

Bronzed To Perfection - From the South Beach Collection, I got this colour is a set with a few other in TK Maxx. It wasn't the one I was most looking forward to getting, but I'm glad I've got it! It's a muddy bronze with gold shimmer and looks amazing with a tan!



 

2 Coats

 

Pros & Bronze - My final one from the Serena Collection... I think! A great mixture of sparkle going on here! A huge array of golds and bronzes! Very eye catching.

 

1 Coat



 

The Man With The Golden Gun - 18 carat gold top coat. I think that says enough don't you? I'm a very lucky girl! My Boyfriend got me this as part of my Christmas present and it's just beautiful! I love it but I don't want to waste it at the same time, dilemma! from the Skyfall Collection.

 

3 Coats

 Golden Eye - 'All eyes will be upon you when you wear this glorious gold.' From the Skyfall Collection, a super glittery gold, which was obviously needed for a 007 collection! Looks amazing over the top of The Spy Who Loved Me, not a colour I would wear alone, coverage isn't that great!

1 Coat plus Start-To-Finish Top Coat

 Gold Shatter - A really pretty colour but I don't really see why it's a shatter?! You can't really see past the glitter to see the pattern it makes, would make more sense if it was a shimmery gold polish rather than being pack with glitter.

2 Coats

Hot & Spicy - From the Hong Kong Collection, this is a beautiful coral-orange. A really pretty, easy to wear creamy colour.

 

I do have a No.36, but I've lost it for the second time! I have no idea where it is but its Pepe's Purple Passion from The Muppets Collection! On the hunt for it now...

 

I may do a collection post on my other Polishes... I have so many Barry M and Nails Inc colours! Will wait and see..

 

Love & Peace! x



 

 

 

 

 

Happy Endings...

Hello blogging world! Wow this is weird, I haven't done it in so long! I don't want to bore you with why I haven't blogged in ages but I basically lost all motivation and people brought me down. However, It's a new year and I have beautiful people in my life that make me smile and give me the encouragement I need to pursue my love of makeup! I feel like a very lucky girl!

Seeming I haven't done a makeup look in so long for you guys, I thought I'd start the year with one! I haven't really done them recently because I haven't had a decent camera but my wonderful boyfriend has kindly lent me his! Isn't he a sweetie...

I couldn't be happier with the quality of the pictures! I'm so fussy when it comes to lighting etc that it's nice I can relax so much with a camera! Please Click on the pics for a better look! They look amazing, I hate how they come up so small on here!

 



I've fallen in love with an OPI nail polish called Rally Pretty Pink, which is a gorgeous pinky, purple shimmer with a golden duo chrome, I would of uploaded a picture of it but it's a bitch to photograph so apologies! Anyway, my look is basically based on that polish, which I thought might be a cool idea for a makeup series? Corresponding makeup to your favourite nail polish... what do you guys think? (that's if anyone reads this! If you're like me, you just look at the pictures!)

 

 

 

 

The shadows are all a bit of a mix really. I started with Urban Decay PP, NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk and then patted on the purple shade from the Sleek Idivine Acid palette all over my eyelid and blended it out with MUA's shade 18. To draw attention to the centre of my eye I used Highness from Sleeks Ultra Matts V2 palette in the outer and inner corners of my eye and also lightly in the crease and blended out on my lower lash line. This alone looks amazing, but I love a bit of sparkle so I added UD's Half Baked to the centre of my eyelid and slightly blended it out. To Finish off I used Pillow Talk from Sleek's V2 palette as a brow highlight, UD's Perversion eyeliner pencil and Mac's black lash Push Lash mascara.

I didn't really know what to do with my lips so I went GOLD! I started with Natural Nymph from ELF, then applied a clear lipgloss and patted on Urban Decay's Half Baked eyeshadow. Finally I added Fairy Cake lipgloss from Butter London and lips are done. PS: WEIRD uploading a photo of my lips. I hate them!

 

 



And that is that! Look done :) I forgot how much I LOVE playing around with makeup and trying new things! I've recently bought loads from Urban Decay (fallen in love <3 again!) and can't wait to try out the Glinda Palette!

I think I'm gonna do a quick post from my phone at some time, just to show you all the looks I've done and stuck on instagram (soo lazy) because I really loved some of them! But I'm definitely going to start photographing them properly for you guys!

I hope you like it and can't wait to do another look! Please let me know what you think by writing a comment below :)

Love as always! x

Christmas Pudding Nails!

Christmas is just around the corner and being as sad as I am, I've done some funky ass nails! They're lil' Christmas Puddings and I'm in love with them!
I've done them on false nails because I'm not allowed to wear nail varnish to work! BOO!
Tools needed: large and small dotting tool. (I cheat and use different size pins and toothpicks!)
                      you could also use rhinestones for the holly, optional.

Nail varnishes I used: OPI Alpin Snow, OPI Tease-y does it, Barry M 115, No7 Devil's Delight, the green is a franken I did myself :), Maybelline salon manicure top coat.

This little beaut should be the outcome :D sadly I've lost my camera charger so shuddy pics, sorry!

First off I did a white base coat using OPI Alpine Snow, then a coat of barry m, just to get a nice solid base colour.

Then, either 1 or 2 coats of OPI Tease-y does it. I think it's my Favourite ever nail polish! It's soo gorgeous! It's just so many colours in one! Brown, red, gold, purple.... just gorgeous!

Nice clean table eh? Once it's all dry, grab a large dotting tool and the white again, and make uneven dots all joined in a line, so it looks like drips! Then join it all up at the top. :) Simples

This really is the only tricky bit! Use a small dotting tool, toothpick, whatever to create three small red berrys top-centre of the nail. Then, the holly! I hated doing this bit! I cheated and used an old pair of tweezers! the slanted edge was the perfect shape for the holly leaves, I didn't want to do into too much detail with them because I would have ruined them probably!
Alternatively, you could used rhinestones which looks super cute too!


And then you're near enough done! I left mine for a day and then added a top coat, I didn't want to do all that work and then smudge it! Just make sure they're mega dry before you add yours!

Broken down into steps this look is really easy to do! Please give it and go and post your looks!

Hope every ones getting in the christmassy mood!

Love & Peace x