Mermaid Hair and Too Much Make-up

Monday, 22 December 2014

Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet | 07 Nude-ist & 08 Grand Cru | Review & Swatches on Lips

Size: 7.7ml

Price: £8.99

I picked these two up from my local superdrug a couple of weeks ago, and i'm a little obsessed with them:

Pros: I love the sleek packaging, I think it looks quite 'premium'. They come with doe-foot applicators which actually work pretty well, I find I can apply this neatly without needing to use a brush (they do look better with a liner though). They smell quite nice and I think the semi-matte finish looks lovely.

Cons: As I've just mentioned, I would consider these to be semi-matte rather than a completely matte finish, especially Grand Cru. Although they last really well if you're just drinking, as soon as you eat anything they become a hot-mess! I still love them though, they're great for nights out!

07 Nude-ist on the left & 08 Grand Cru on the right (with Rimmel Lip Liner in 063 Black Tulip)

Have any of you tried these or any other colours from Bourjois' Rouge Edition Velvet range? What do you think? Let me know! :)

Monday, 15 December 2014

My Christmas Playlist - Mariah, The Pogues & Wham!

Some of my favourite songs to get me in a festive mood!

Bing Crosby - Winter Wonderland
Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
The Nightmare Before Christmas - What's This?
Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody
Dean Martin - Let It Snow
Wham! - Last Christmas

What are your favourite Christmas songs?

xo

Monday, 8 December 2014

Bourjois 1 Seconde Gel Nail Polish in 34 Violine Hypnotique | Swatches & Review

Size: 9ml

Stockists: Boots & Superdrug

Price: £5.99 (here)

Pros: The finish of this is very shiny and 'polished', maybe not as good as gel, but it's very nice for a regular nail polish. The formula is super opaque meaning I only needed one coat, which I love since i'm super lazy with my nails! The brush is hands-down the best nail polish brush i've ever used - it's short and fat which makes the application really quick and easy. And lastly, this does dry super fast - 1 second may be a little bit of exaggeration, but it's definitely under 30, which is pretty impressive in my book!

Cons: Although I adore this colour, overall I was quite disappointed with the colour range. The only other con I found was that it did chip quite easily - definitely needs a top coat.

I would definitely recommend this nail polish, it's opaque formula, amazing brush, quick drying formula and gorgeous colour make it a clear winner for me!

Have any of you guys tried this or any other colours from the 1 seconde range? Let me know!

Monday, 1 December 2014

My Christmas Wishlist - Benefit, Paperchase & Boohoo

1) Q and A a Day: 5-Year Journal (here)

2) Benefit Erase Paste in Fair (here)

3) Badger Balm Classic Lip Kit (here)

4) Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado (here)

5) Maleficent on DVD (here)

6) Urban Decay Primer Potion in Original (here)

7) Paperchase Noto Mint Green 2015 Diary (here)

8) First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Oatmeal Mask (here)

9) Boohoo Louisa Pom Pom Onesie (here)

What's on your wishlists this Christmas?

Saturday, 15 November 2014

Benefit 'Do The Bright Thing' Kit | Look Inside

This gorgeous kit was bought for me for as a birthday present a couple of weeks ago. I'm actually reluctant to use it because it looks so pristine and neat - i don't want to mess it up! Still, I wanted to share how it looks with you guys because I think it's so perfectly put together. The kit comes inside a thin card packet, the back of which is pictured above. The front of the kit (pictured below) and the front of the box it's packaged in are identical, while the back of the kit has all the product details on, in tiny tiny writing!

When you open up the kit, you'll find each of the products tucked into their own little compartment. There's:

- 'That Gal' brightening face primer (7.5ml)

- 'High Beam' creamy, pink-champagne-toned highlighter (4ml)

- 'Dandelion' brightening face powder (3g), and a little accompanying brush

- 'They're Real' mascara (3g)

- 'BadGal Liner' extra black waterproof eye pencil (0.5g)

Then above the products, on the underneath of the lid, is a booklet of 'Tips & Tricks' which opens out to instructional cards on how to use each product, revealing a handy mirror in the middle. The white leaflet pictured above contains translations of these tips and tricks.

Below you can see each of the instructional cards from the booklet in the kit. The first one explains how to apply the primer, the second is about the blusher and the highlighter, and the last card tells you how to use the liner and the mascara.

I've gotta say I love this kit! I'm already a big fan of Benefit's products, so even though I haven't used anything yet, I already know I'm going to like it. But regardless of the products, the whole little box and booklet with the mirror and everything - it's just so neat and cute! It makes a great gift :)

What do you guys think of it? Do you like Benefit's products?

Monday, 3 November 2014

Natural Collection Lipstick in Biscuit | Swatches

Picked this up from Superdrug for £1.99! Gorgeous colour, lovely soft formula and long wearing - very happy indeed, and very impressed considering the tiny price tag!

Have any of you tried this or any other colours from Nautral Collection?

Thursday, 30 October 2014

Easy Halloween Nail Art

I was inspired by these nails, posted on Primark's Instagram account, created by user @kayleighjeana. I thought they looked so effective yet relatively easy compared to some of the other Halloween- themed nail art that I've seen.

Obviously, the fact that these nails are amazingly long and pointed, adds to the Halloween look. Unfortunately for me, i'm not blessed with strong or fast-growing nails so mine look a little pathetic compared with these babies! But as far as the polish goes, i'm really happy with how they turned out :)

I started with a clear base coat, then painted on two coats of Model's Own 'Snow White'. Once the white was dry, I took Model's Own 'Red Red Wine' and, one nail at a time, I dotted it thickly along the edge, before taking a q-tip/cotton bud to smudge and drag it down the nail. I also used the length of a pin to create the lines and the end of the pin to make small dots with the red. Once it was all dry, I applied a clear top coat to seal it all together.

You don't have to use the same polishes as me, any red and white will do, or you could experiment with different colours - black nails with green 'slime' could look really cool!

Hope you guys have fun experimenting with all aspects of your costumes! Happy Halloween! :)

Monday, 27 October 2014

Halloween Haul | Poundland

Now, I'm someone who is a little obsessed with Halloween... I'm really into all the ghostly, witchy, mysterious elements of it, i love fancy dress, and i love special effects make-up and gore - the more open wounds and fake blood the better in my opinion. To be honest, if Halloween included as much food as christmas it would definitely be my favourite holiday.

Today I want to show you some decorations I bought. My birthday is the day before Halloween so it's kind of an awesome couple of days for me, and definitely requires a party. So, this Thursday i'm throwing a Halloween themed birthday party in my uni flat - very excited! Me and my flatmate took a trip to Poundland the other day to pick up some bits and bobs to put up in the flat:

My purchases ^^ I bought 2 of those skeletons, they're about 3 and half to 4 feet tall, they're hinged at the neck, shoulders, elbows, hips and knees and they have a handy hole at the top where you can loop a piece of string to hang them up. In the bottom right of the picture you can see some 'halloween tinsel' that i picked up and a small bunch of the cotton cobweb stuff (I have loads of that! And loads of fake blood :D) I also bought some little party cups - so cute!

An awesome scary face cup, some gummy eyeballs (i'm planning on having them floating in jugs of 'punch'), an inflatable bat and an adorable little inflatable ghost.

And last but not least I picked up a couple of packs of Halloween themed balloons. I'll take some photos once we're all set up on Thursday and upload them over the weekend so you can see how it ended up looking! I'll also try to take some photos of my outfit and my make-up - i'm being a zombie school-girl!

Do you guys enjoy halloween? What are you dressing up as?