E.L.F & NOTD

Here is my nail of the day, I got this sally hansen polish from T J hughes a while ago for £1.99 when my nails were looking bad and I wanted to paint them in work but never got round to it. It is Hard as wraps in Mauve creme. The bottle says it contains acrylic gel and nylon to help them last longer! Im not sure Im too keen on the colour, its a bit plain and quite a dull pink but it seems a good quality!

I also got a few bits from elf when my sister recently placed an order, I got 3 things from the normal range for £1.50 each. I got the foundation brush, I havent used this yet but it seems good enough, its soft and I am looking forward to using it tomorrow!
I also the 2 nail polishs, 1 which is a new one to the website called chocolate, which I must say doesnt look much like the swatch in the bottle, Its a really dark brown and I am interested to see how it looks when I use it. The second is in Light pink, which looks really pretty, I love the bottles too from elf with the detail of the polish spilling over the sides, its cute.

This is the chocolate nail polish, I was hoping it might be a similar cheaper alternative to the nails inc jermyn street I have been using recently but unfortunatly its nothing like it, its alot more of a rich dark brown :(

On another note, I tried doing a french braid in my hair today, I have had this done by a fried before but this was my first attempt and it took me loads of tries to get it even resembling a plait, and this is the finished attempt below, has anyone got any tips on how to do this better as I really like how it looks when done properly. I had to use lotsa clips cos my fringe was poking out, when my friend did it this didnt happen so not sure how to sort this out either?

Also, sorry it looks greasy, havent been anywhere today and I was just trying to do it at home.
Any ideas would be great!

Nails inc NOTD

This is the Nails Inc Jermyn street which I got free from the notw offer, I put this on a few days ago with 2 coats and I love it, even my sister has knicked it cos she likes it so much too! It looks a bit weird in my photo, but its a really nice creamy brown, this went on really well but I have to say it chipped really easily at work today, and now I have 2 fingers with half of it missing and I havent really done to much, I will be reapplying so hopefully it will last abit longer next time. I dont think that I would ever pay full price for a Nails Inc polish though.

NOTD and update + 50 followers!

Just a quick NOTD, last night I used the Collection 2000 hot looks in BMX bandit which is a gorgeous creamy blue/purple, I love this colour so much and it went on so smoothly as this polish has a great brush which makes application really easy! In 2 different shops today I was asked by the women serving me what nail polish it was as they liked it so much and neither could believe it would only cost them about £1.50! cant wait to test the other ones I have from this range now!

Heres just a bit of an update:

I have a few posts to do tomorrow, a review on some products from the garnier pure active range which I was sent to try out and a post on my huge order from e.l.f which consists of both the studio range and some stuff from the regular range.

I am also planning on a bit of a diet, well not so much a diet but just making an effort to not eat as much crap as I do, like for example this week I have had a curry, chippy, dominos, and not only is that making me bloated and feel crap but its bloody expensive! I have a treadmill and the wii fit so going to make more of an effort to use them both and drink more water from tomorrow.
I also want to say sorry for the lack of posts but I am back at work now and last week I found out that my mum is ill, not quite sure how serious yet but will be finding out next week after another scan so I have been feeling really down and upset and not up to posting but I am feeling abit more calm now so hopefully things will be ok :(

Also I now have 50 followers!!! Thank you so much, I love reading blogs so much and am so glad people think mine is worth reading, I will have to do a contest soon, I will plan one as soon as I have some money to spare!
x

NOTD and nail polish storage

Today I used the Barry M flamingo pink nail paint for the first time after ordering it off their website, I love the colour, its a corally pink and is so pretty but Im not too sure on the polish on a whole as it took a few coats to get full coverage and then it took forever to dry, definatly going to use it again though as I love the colour so much!!
I also got this little set of drawers from wilkinsons for £2 recently, I was going to put my earrings and things in them but tonight I decided to use it for some of my nail varnishs. It wasnt big enough for all of my bottles but I had fun organising the ones I wanted in it :)

This is the drawers closed! bargain for £2 and there were a few other patterns too.

Also from wilkinsons I got these collection 2000 nail varnishs, which are (l-r) BMX bandit (blue), Wham (grey) and Button moon (light creamy green). I think they are all such nice colours and with my discount only cost me about £1.20 each!! The button moon is more or less exactly the same as the Barry M mint green aswell!

NOTD

This is a nail polish by 17 in Lilac storm. I applied this last night and I love the colour and a few people have commented on how nice it is today but I have to say Im not that keen on the actual product. It seemed different in consistency from the other 17 polishes I have used and didnt spread very well and it took ages to dry, after about 15mins part were still wet and lumpy which I was unimpressed with to say this is one of their 'fast finish' polishes.

I do love the colour though, has any one got any suggestions on a similar colour by a different make which is a better quality?

NOTD and Avon

Hiya, sorry for the lack of posts, Im still without my laptop and working all hours before my holiday on wednesday!

So first up is my nail of the day, this is the 17 limited edition coral reef nail polish, this lasted 4 days with only one chip I got at work before I took it off, Im very impressed with the 17 polishes, have tried a few now and they last really well and the consitencys really good, I used the Sally Hansen nail treatment as a base and then 2 coats of this. Its quite similar to the tropical island shade I did a previous NOTD post on but this is more red where as the tropical island has more of an orange tone which I do prefer. Ill definatly be buying more 17 polishes especially when they are only a few quid! I also got a delivery from Avon the other day. I ordered no make up, just body and hair products.

On the far left is a moisturisor for dry skin, its a huge bottle and was reduced to £2.50, this is quite good, but I still prefer the simple derma one as its thicker, this one was abit more watery but still good value!

Next to that is a root boosting spray. Again was about £2.50 i think, I used this after a shower yesterday with the sunsilk volume shampoo and my hair does seem bigger and better!

Ian the middle is this strawberry yogurt face mask, I used this a few nights ago for 10 mins and its lovely, smells gorgeous, and was very mositurising. I think this was only 99p.

Second to the right is a body illuminating cream, I used abit of this on my arm when I forst got it and it made me itchy so looks like I wont be using this again :(

Lastly is the am/pm cleansers, this is great, ones a refreshing wash for the morning and the others for taking your make up off at night. Its moisturising and I liked the smell of the am one!

I plan on ordering some make up from the latest avon book so watch out for more on that :)

NOTD

This gorgeous colour is from 17 at boots, it is a lasting fix nail polish in a limited edition coulour called Tropical island. I love it, its a corally orange colour and it went on really well and has lasted really well too, This came in a free gift bag avaliable when you buy 2 17 products, I got another vail polish in the shade pink lemonade, I havent used this yet but its a lovely colour, and I got the instant glow bronzing powder in light as all my bronzers seem too dark for my face at the moment so I felt I needed something lighter. Its a matte shade and so far so good. This was about £3 and the nail polish was also about £2.80.

This is the free gift, a small pink bag, a small 17 mirror and nail file, the tropical island nail polish and a metallic eye pencil, the colour says green but its blue so I dont know why it says that, its gorgeous and metallic, I used it yesterday just as a pop of colour and I really like it.

Sorry the photos crap, still havent got round to getting a memory card for my camera.

Nail of the day

Here is my first attempt at a nail of the day. This is an orange polish I got from New Looks make up range Star Gazer, its in shade 103, Below are photos with and without a flash but my phone cameras pretty rubbish so you cant see the full colour on either but I think the top one gives the best idea of how it really looks, Its a lovely colour, great for summer, I have put on 3 coats yet I can still see the whites on a few of my nails which can be annoying but this noly cost about £3 so Im not too bothered.

This polish went on well and it seems good quality, I will let you know on a later post how well it lasts.