Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Nail of The Day: E.L.F - Take 1

This is the first time I've used an ELF nail varnish. To be honest, at £1.50 a pop, I wasn't expecting miracles. 

I was pleasantly surprised - more than pleasantly surprised in fact! 

The formulation was lovely, easy to apply and didn't streak like lots of other "cheaper" nail polishes, it only took two coats to get ideal coverage and with a strong top coat... it's lasted 2 days already without chipping! 

I can't wait to try the others from my haul, there are a lot of lovely colours available - Round of applause for ELF - OOOO YAY!!


[Excuse the chubby fingers!]

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Haul: E.L.F Madness

I love haul posts... I don't know about you guys, but I love seeing what others are spending their hard earned pennies on. I guess it's the "nosy person" inside of me! 

I'm afraid mine isn't all that interesting, just a little ELF haul, I did also get a whole load of new brushes (think there was 11 in my package) but I forgot to photograph them - I'll put these in a future post!!!! 

At the time of my order, there was a promotion running to get 10 free eyeshadow quads with any order over £20.00 - of course I made full use of this!!!!! 

Firstly, The everyday eyes beauty encyclopedia is a handy little palette with full instructions for the "everyday eye" look on the inside cover. The palette includes:


12 pressed powder eyeshadows

2 cream eyeshadows

1 eyeliner (Black)

1 eyeshadow brush



Surprise, surprise - nail varnishes! I can't remember what each of these colours are called, however, I will be reviewing them individually. I seem to be sticking with neutral tones at the moment... apart from the coral colour on the end - can't wait to try them!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here are my 10 free eyeshadow quads - there are some beautiful colours in there, I was so impressed! The packaging is pretty plain, I would have preferred the black pots they usually use, and I was missing an eyeshadow applicator from two of them - other than that, a brilliant freebie!!!!!!


The "Cool bronzer palette". This is my first bronzer set, I don't ever wear bronzer or "contour", I usually just wear blush, but I'm determined to learn and this is one of the bigger steps towards shaking up my make up routine!! 
I was a little disappointed to see that the colours had merged in some places rather than being completely separate, but they're all really natural looking and you can't go wrong for £3.50 right?


And that's it!! (Actually... I did also get some brush shampoo) - all spent up!!! Still trying to think of something else I can purchase, literally in LOVE with ELF right now!! 
What're your favourite ELF products? What do you think of the quality? 

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Nail of The Day: Bourjois - Rose Lounge

This is what I've been wearing on my nails for the last few days - man-oh-man I've been getting through 'em eh?!?

I was so excited when I saw Laura's post on this Bourjois polish, as another K-Mid fan I squealed when I realised I had this stowed away at the bottom of my nail polish box!!!

Yes, the beautiful Kate Middleton wore this (coupled up with Essie's Allure) on her wedding day... I've had this for ages and hadn't even tried it. Thought I'd give it a go and see how it turned out!! What a gem!

To be honest, it took about 3 coats to get the effect I'm wearing, however, I now wish I'd left it at two coats as this looks a million miles from natural! The formulation is great though!














What do you guys think? Any other Bourjois polishes you could recommend?