Hello there!

As I stated previously in this post I would be doing separate (can't ever spell this right the first go) posts on my polish purchases from my haul!

So today I have for you nails inc London in Notting Hill Gate and from their Feathers line York.  These are my first nails inc polishes, I look at them every time I go to Sephora but am never blown away by the colors they carry there.  I'd been dying to try the Feathers effects and got lucky with the neon shade.  First let me say that I'm in love with their formula!  The neon pink was thin but covered nicely in two coats I think.  And the same with the Feathers, I probably could have done with only one coat of that but I got excited!

I mean seriously this pink is GORGEOUS!  Even though the York Feathers effect doesn't have any pink in it, I think pink, orange, and white go well together! These polishes dried super fast even before I added my Seche Vite top coat.  I did two top coats on the accent nail as there was a little texture to the nail that I didn't want.  I just really can't say how much I love this pink, it's going to be a go to color for this summer I think!

I can't wait to get more of the nails inc colors!!  Do you have any nails inc polishes? Do you love them as much as me?  Comment below and let me know whatcha think!

cheers xx

Hello Everyone!

Today I have my review of Zoya Sharon, which was recently brought back for a limited time with a purchase for the Peter Som NYFW SS2013.  I purchased the Qtica Overnight Intense Foot Repair Balm, which I will say is AWESOME! 

But onto Sharon, oh I love orange polish!  In the bottle this one reminds me of orange sherbert I think, but on the finger it is a bit brighter then that.  I adore this color and as usual the Zoya formula was great. I didn't take any pics before top coat, but it dried with a glossy finish.  I used my Orly matte top coat and here is the end result:

Please forgive my horrible clean up job and the lack of moisturizer on my cuticles!  I had swatched a few others before and my fingers were a little dry.  You can bubbles in the polish, but those are from the top coat not Sharon.  Overall I loved how this simple little manicure turned out!

Now for the down side.....the top coat.  I hadn't used this before so I didn't know how it was.  I've been wearing this manicure for about 5 days now and yesterday I noticed this:

WTH!?!?  I was so bummed!  They should not look like this after only a few days!  UGH!  Anyway I guess I won't be using this again.

Overall I love Sharon and was really happy to be able to pick it up!

Do you have a matte top coat you could suggest/recommend?  I love the way matte nails look, so I'm totally bummed about this.

cheers xx

Hello Everyone!!

I know I usually post about nail polish, but I received a lovely little bonus from work on Friday and so I did a little shopping this weekend!  Woohoo!!!  I will be posting individual reviews and pics of the polishes that I purchased and will also have a review of my most recent Julep Maven Box soon.  But first my shopping haul!!!!

OMG I had so much fun as you can see!!  And this really isn't everything because I didn't take pics of my clothes and accessories that I purchased.  I'm thinking about doing a haul video but I've not really done any vlogging yet and am a little camera shy and self-concious so maybe I'll get the courage up soon!  Would anyone want to see a video?  Let me know in the comments below, I think I might need a pep talk before I do! LOL

So onto what I bought!  First I just have to say that Charming Charlie, Sephora, and Ulta should send thank you notes to my bank account!

Ok I'm going to go in order of the shops I visited.  So first off was Sephora, I LOVE this store and I HAD to go since it's my birthday month and I needed to get my beauty Insider gift!


Let's go from top left to right: Sephora long lasting eye shadow in Mysterious Forest #46 (clearance bin), nails inc London Feathers in Brighton and York, nails inc London neon in Notting Hill Gate,  Illamasqua in Rare, beauty Insider birthday gift Benefit they're Real beyond mascara and Watt's Up Soft Focus Highlighter.  Phew!  I can't wait to try all of these polishes, I will have reviews and swatches then.  The eyeshadow is a green/black glitter shadow that I'm not sure how it will go, but I can never resist glitter shadows.

Then I went to Charming Charlie in which I didn't take pictures of everything, but in my main haul pic you can see the glittery pink wallet, sunglasses, and I'm not sure you can make out the rhinestone skull bracelet.  I also picked up a beautiful hot pink patent handbag and two new scarves that will fab for spring!

And then last but not least I went to Ulta, where I did the most damage!  Another store I could spend hours in, if it wasn't for the bloody sales people they now have in the prestige cosmetics area.  UGH!  The fact that they didn't have them before was why I loved to shop there.  If I wanted to be badgered I'd go to a department store!  Anyway back to what I purchased:

Hello!

Today I have for you Barry M Emerald Green, from my British Invasion treats!  I picked out all of my Barry M's online so I really wasn't sure what I was getting.  But since I have a love for green, I figured I couldn't go wrong with Emerald Green #284.

'Ello Lovelies!!

Today I have some swatches and my review of the new Illamasqua I'm Perfection Speckled polishes.  I had been checking the Sephora website frequently to find out when they were available and as soon as they came up,  I was off to my local store.  I walked all over looking for them as I was sure they had to be out already, my poor patient husband quietly followed behind me while I make 3 complete circles around the store.  Finally I succumbed and asked someone if they had them, she also went over to look around the nail polish and came up empty.  She checked the computer, as I was getting disappointed and the anxiety was growing; and she found they did have them and disappeared to the back room.  Couple minutes later she re-appeared with NEW SHIPMENT!!! That's right, they were still in the bubble wrap!!! OMG it was so hard to decide and she was so lovely and patient with my indecision!  I finally decided on two lovely spring colors Mottle and Speckle:

I totally thought I wanted the Fragile which is the lovely pastel blue, but once I saw Speckle the pastel lilac captured my heart!

First let's talk about Mottle....oh yummy mint chocolate chip!  Not only one of my favorite ice creams, but I love this combination of black glitters with the mint green cream base.  The formula on this was wonderful I used two coats, three probably would have given me full opacity.

Second was my surprise love Speckle!  This has the same black glitters in the bright lilac cream base.  I thought this polish might be a bit more pastel when I put it on, but it's brighter then I thought which is what I like!  Again the formula was great as with Mottle, and probably would have achieved full opacity with three coats.
I wasn't sure if I would love them as much as I did in the bottle, but was pleasantly surprised by these and look forward to wearing them and using them as accents.   You can see the full collection of Speckled polishes here on Illamasqua's website and can get them here on Sephora.

How do you feel about the speckled look?  Have you tried these yet?

cheers xx