NOTD | Galaxy Nails

Hey guys,

Bringing you a little NOTD today!

 

I haven't done an NOTD for what seems like agesss, although I have had my nails every colour under the sun lately! & after watching my lovely flat mate Rach do her nails in galaxy print yesterday I just had to have a go!
 

I wish I had a photo of Rach's nails to show you, hers have got orange tones running through too (of which I did try at first) but because I couldn't find a sponge anywhere!? - I couldn't blend the colours together very well.

 

The polishes I used were;

 MUA - Plum Noir (base)

Rimmel Lasting Finish - Azure (Win this in my giveaway)

Models Own - Show Stopper

 

Okay so basically to recreate this you will need a black or purple base, then using a sponge (or tissue if you can't find a sponge) dab your nails with the blue and blend well. Finally add a blob of fine glitter polish on the nail and blend that over
 (you don't want a tonne of glitter on there though, other wise it'll look a little bit too busy)
 

- Adding a pink tone, orange and even a few little pieces of larger glitter look great too (I will get round to doing a better example soon!! - Promise)

I would definitely recommend doing this with a sponge rather than tissue though.. The blending is a lot easier and the results are generally better. But for my first proper attempt I think this is quite effective!
- Like omg, I have the galaxy in my hands!!

 

Have you tried this before?

I would love to see your galaxy nails if you have, please leave URLs!
 

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MUA Pro-Base conceal & Brighten | Review

 

Hello dears!

Today I'm blogging about the MUA Conceal & Brighten pallet.. Yippie!

 

Well, whilst I was on a mission around Leeds on Wednesday, I decided to pick up a few bits with a little Superdrug voucher I had, & as usual, MUA were top of my list. Its mainly because I'm brassic and I've not really had many quarrels with MUA products as of yet, & c'mon its so cheap!

 

I picked up their water proof liquid eyeliner (review coming soon) Their Pro-Brows kit (review also coming soon) and their Pro-Base conceal kit. Usually for concealers I go with the pens. I'm actually using the MUA concealer pen on a daily bases in their lightest shade & its pretty darn good!

I've never really used concealer pallets before, its not something I've experimented with. I was pretty much the girl who tried a few concealer pens (out of sheer convenience) & never really branched out.

 

But I'm a beauty blogger.. Its high time I stepped out of the comfort zone!

 

 

 

 What MUA say?

"Perfectly blendable camouflage for almost any skin imperfection including blemishes, scars, birthmarks and under eye circles. Also contains highlighting cream to transform your complexion with luminescent shimmer. "

 

The MUA Pro Base Conceal & Brighten Kits come in three different shade pallets, & having seen them in store I have to be honest, the shades do not vary all that much & it looks as if there is not a palette for those with deep skin tones as of yet.

Each palette contains three large pans of product, two concealers and one highlighting cream.

I picked up the MUA Pro Base Conceal & Brighten Kit in the shade Beige-Golden which looked like my ideal match, but honestly I couldn't be sure as they hadn't set a tester up for me to do any swatches at the time.
 



The first thing I like about this pallet is the creaminess of the concealers and highlighter. They give moderate coverage but are slightly more slippery and wetter than I am used to so I do recommend using a powder to set and prevent slip throughout the day.

 

The first two swatches are the concealers & the last the highlighter. All three feel lovely on your skin, although you can see the second concealer is a considerable amount darker on my skin & would be best suited to someone with slightly darker skin tones (I am extraordinarily white though)

But to be honest, after experimenting and blending the two concealers I have found a happy medium that works with my skin too. So happy days for the pale kids!

 

The highlighter works fantastic on your cheekbones. I have very prominent cheeks and its a feature I quite like, so the small amount of highlighter really helps the contours. Its not at all shimmer based but one that you would use to add light to the face when contouring and highlighting, & in fact I think this product is perfect for pale girls (like me) to use as a pallet to sculpt and define contour areas instead of having to splash a tonne of wonga on pricey sculpting products.

 

Pros:

+ Blends well

+ works well as a contour cream for pale skin

+ lovely cream texture

 

Cons

- Not suitable for tanned skin

- Slightly wetter than some other concealers (powder needed)

 

Overall I was really happy with this product, although I am aware a few bloggers who have darker skin tones have had a few problems with the pallets being either too light or containing too many pink tones.

- If you are interested in trying this product I strongly advise taking swatches from the test pallets first. I was lucky enough to have a compatible skin tone after all even though I didn't swatch in store.. But for you beautiful tanned ladies out there, you may find this pallet a little hit & miss.

 

 

MUA Pro-Base conceal and Brighten kit is £2.50 and available at most Superdrug stores

Or to buy online click here

 

Have you tried the Pro-Base conceal & brighten kit?

What do you think of MUA products in general?

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NOTD | Metalics & Glitter

Bonjour!

I've been a little slack with posting lately, so now uni has officially finished for Christmas & I have a week of doing nothing before I go back to Scouse-town, I'm going to schedule a hoard of posts.

 

My first Scheduled post is the NOTD from The Clothes Show last weekend. I know, I know, I'm late so It should really be NOLW but meh, technicalities.

 

In prep for the day I decided to buy myself a new outfit (see here) & splurged on myself in Superdrug with a few new nail polishes. I decided on MUA Shattered Ice for The Clothes Show. I love metallic shades on other people but until then hadn't bought any for myself.

- With this I added a thin layer of a glitter No7 polish my Nana bought me for my Birthday this year (however I can't read the name of this polish as the colours make it impossible to read the bottle!!)

 

I'll definitely buy the MUA polish again, but the glitter polish is an absolute nightmare to get off my nails! - I'm finding that with a lot of my glitter polishes though, it takes hours of scrubbing to even get a layer off!

Which is annoying because my favourite colour polishes are all glitter based!

 

Can anyone recommend an easier way of getting rid of glitter polishes?

What do you think of my metallic nails?

 

November Haul!

"Necessities, that's what these were! I swear!"

So if you've been reading my blog lately, you'll know I'm ridiculously poor thanks to my student loan being a ridiculous amount of weeks late! & once again after 2-3 weeks growing to 5-6 & now a whopping 9-12 week wait.. Well you get the picture. I'm brassic.

 

BUT, I am starting to run out of some key items in my wardrobe.. Like shoes, yep, I'm running out of wearable dolly shoes. I should probably invest in a decent expensive pair that'll last longer, but Primark pumps are too cheap to resist!

I also needed a new leather jacket.. mine ripped & its a very sad loss to my wardrobe, but thankfully I have replaced it with a really cheap & cheerful jacket.

 

So, wanna see what I splurged on?

 

 Cosmo Magazine £3.50 - included free missguided lipsplash in colour - 'fashion' & Oral B 3Dwhite sample.

MUA LipBOOM in colour 'doin' good' £3, MUA mega volume mascara £3, MUA concealer pen £2.
{P.s TULISA! put your baps away woman!)

 

 Primark rib ponte skater dress - £13

 

 Fur collar biker jacket £25

 

Taupe & black ballet slippers £5 each

 

Old school faux leather satchel - £13

 

 Black 40 denier tights £3, face wipes £1

 

So necessities right? okay, I suppose the dress wasn't technically a need, but more of a want.. But I seriously don't have many 'day' dresses, & the fabric is really thick and wintery so alls forgiven?

The bag is just to tide me over until I get my claws into a Cambridge Satchel. The quality of this one, even for Primark is a little on the poor side, but its cute & I like the colour so it'll do for now.

 

The biker jacket I'm in absolute love with. They had it in burgundy too, but I thought brown would fair better with my wardrobe. The collar is removable too! - & compared to the quality of the faux leather satchel, this leather is gorgeous and soft!
Can't wait to step out in my new gladrags!

 

As for all the cosmetics, I can't wait to start trying them & reviewing too. I've have the LipBOOM gloss on as we speak & I can already feel a very happy review coming (Its smells delicious!)

 

So what do you think of my little haul?

& have you entered my 10k views giveaway yet?

 

 



The 10k views giveaway!

Hey guys!

I'm really excited to announce, I hit 10,000 views earlier this week, amazing! I'm so proud of my little blog so in celebration of that, I'm doing a little MUA & Azure Boutique giveaway!

 So thank you so much for all the support & ton of views you guys have been giving me, I really am chuffed.
 

I did a little survey a few weeks ago on the run up the this milestone and you guys voted an MUA goody bag as your top choice for prizes. I've also been really fortunate enough to have been gifted a gorgeous hand bracelet from Azure Boutique to include in the prize.

So most of you know the basic rules of giveaways,

Just follow the raffelcopters instructions below & good luck
 

The only mandatory fields are;
You must be following via GFC
& You must comment otherwise your entry will not be valid

& remember this is a UK only giveaway.
- Sorry to any international readers

 

 

  

Okay so as you can see, up for grabs are;

MUA LipBOOM - Its a situation,
MUA Nail constellation - Scorpio,
 MUA nail varnish - Plum Noir
 & a gorgeous handmade hand chain from Azure Boutique!

I absolutely love all these products & I'm also going to be packaging them in a pretty little white faux leather makeup bag!
& I am really really sorry that I cannot extend this giveaway outside of the UK, if you have any questions or complaints, please don't hesistate to email me.

A massive good luck to all of you who enter!

 

 

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