Christmas eve face and nails

I can't believe it's finally Christmas eve. Sooo exciting. I'm about to embark on an evening of Christmas movies, mince pies and wine. Happy days.

For today's post I just thought I'd show you my face and nails of the day.

what I'm wearing..

Bourjois healthy mix foundation

Rimmel Match Perfection pressed powder

MUA eyebrow pencil in Brunette

UD Buck for eyebrows

Mac Constructivist Paint pot

UD Half Baked

Green No7 eyeshadow (see below)

Maybelline Cat eyes mascara

ELF contour kit

Jane Iredale 245 karat gold dust in Rose Gold

Mac lipstick in Snob

I used a green eyeshadow from a No7 quad I got as a Secret Santa gift. The quad is gorgeous I thought you'd like to see.

The colours are beautiful jewel toned colours. They are all un named but I used the top left colour in my crease and lower lash line.

I also tried out the Jane Iredale shimmer powder that came in this months Joliebox. I'm very impressed.

On to nails...

Snowflake ring finger mani.

Products used:

Sally Hansen double duty base and top coat

Elf Light Red

MUA green polish shade 13

Elf white polish

Dotting tool for snowflake.

It's not the neatest but hey, I'm just learning. I think this makes for very cute festive fingers.

All that's left to say is that I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas with lots of love and happiness.

Deborah xxx

pretty party fingers

So there seems to have been a glitter explosion all over the beauty blogging community just now, we can't seem to get enough. I thought I'd share with you my current festive fingertips, which will be perfect for my Christmas party.

Now if you've read my previous posts you'll know my nails are a disaster and I use falsies. These are the Nailene ones I mentioned to you before. Excitingly, Nailene are featuring me as their current Blogger of The Month, you can check it out HERE.

First of all I applied two coats of e.l.f nail polish in the colour Plum. This is the first time I've used this and I am totes in love with the colour. A deep berry colour, perfect for this time of year.

I then finished off the look with one coat of Model's Own Juicy Jules, et voila. Perfect party nails.

What's your favourite party nail wear?

Don't forget I have a giveaway going on, please pop along and enter it if you haven't already done so. I've linked it here.

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NOTM

Just a quick post this evening. I really wanted to share my nail of the moment with you.

This is ELF nail polish in the colour Light Red. I bought this really recently and this is the first time I've worn it. The picture is really true to colour. I think this will make a fab festive nail colour and for the first time in a while I'm planning on matching my toes to my fingers.

ELF nail polishes retail at £1.50.

What's your favourite festive nail colour?

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NOTM

A quick post this morning...I've changed this title to NOTM - Nail of the Moment. I wear a nail colour for longer than a day, but less than a week therefore for the moment, here's my nail colour -

Barry M - Navy

I find this colour one of the hardest to apply, because its so dark and shiny the slightest smudge, or bit of dust shows up on this. But the time and effort is worth it, as you can see its such a gorgeous deep colour but also really sparkly and shiny. Perfect for autumn.

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Life's Just Rosey

After watching MakeUpGeekTV's YT video on 'How to get rosebud nails' I was super inspired to try my hand at it. I've mentioned before I am not great at nail art but it didn't look too difficult. The only problem is that I don't have any coloured nail art pens, so I had to use some old make up brushes to create the design...

Anyways, here's my effort...

Not perfect...but super pretty :)

You can also check out Make Up Geek's Blog HERE.

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Collective NOTW

I never have a true NOTW as I very rarely wear the same polish for a week. But at the same time, it would be untrue to post a NOTD as I wear it for more than a day, providing there's no major chippage! So, I surmised I would post a series of finger fashion, showing what I wore on my nails over the course of a week.

This week I have been mostly wearing...

This is Rimmel's Grey Matter with a top coat of China Glaze's Fairy Dust, which I only recently bought. I love how pretty this makes my polish and it's very very sparkly. The only downside is that it takes elbow grease to remove the glitter polish. Worth it though!!

I jumped on the yellow nails bandwagon and purchased Collection 2000's Hot Looks in Lemon Soda, Apologies for the awful glare on the bottle but the colour on my nail is true to life. I'm still undecided about yellow nails. I think they would look great with a tan, but I just felt like I had custard fingers. Maybe one to try again...

Last, but not least, and quite possibly my favourite is Barry M's Berry Ice Cream. I only bought this on Monday and I am definitely in love. It's a gorgeous pastel lilac. It took two coats to appear opaque and it applied like a dream. I only wish it was scented and actually smelled like berry ice cream...yum!

What are your summertime fingertip favourites??

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NOTW

I mentioned last week I picked up a few NYC nail polishes, so thought I'd share how I got on with them. I've only tried one so far, this is Canal Street...

Oh God please excuse the awful mess.

I really love this shade, such a deep burgundy brown with gorgeous red shimmer. The polish itself lasted 3 days without chipping, which I was really impressed about. The polish only cost £2.59 so I'd definately recommend it, and can't wait to try out the others!

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NOTW

Woo go me! Still no nail biting!!

Just wanted to share the ever so pretty colour that has been adorning my nails this week...

Rimmel London Lycra PRO in no.291 Urban Princess.

This is two coats plus a top coat.

I adore this colour as it's almost Barbie pink. It's great for adding a touch of gorgeous, bright colour to whatever ensemble you may choose each day. Definately in my top 5!

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NOTW + Help!

Hi Girls

This is my first NOTW post. I've finally kicked my filthy nail biting habit (only recently mind you) and so this is the first time I've actually wanted to share my nails with you lot. My nails are still short and by no means perfect but thought I'd share this anyways.

Two coats of Barry M 293 Grey.

Now that I'm getting more into nail care and design, I really want to venture into some nail art. But I have no idea where to start. Can you guys offer any advice/tips for simple but pretty nail art for a beginner with a shaky hand like me?

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