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

FOTN - Engagement Party

So I attended one of my best friend's engagement party on Saturday. I had an absolute blast, lots of drinks and dancing.

I thought I'd share my FOTN with you all...

Products

Witch Anti Blemish Primer

Revlon Colour Stay Foundation

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer

Rimmell Stay Matte Pressed Powder

UD Buck On Eyebrows

MAC Constructivist Paint Pot

Sephora Eyeshadow from Pin Up Show Pallette

UD Sidecar Eyeshadow

UD Hustle Eyeshadow

UD Sin Eyeshadow for Highlight

L'Oreal Superliner

MUA Eyeshade Shade 20

Maybelline Collosal Volume Cat Eyes Mascara

MAC Lustering Lipstick

You can see from the pic below the pattern of my dress. I didn't get any full length pics unfortunately, but I really loved it. It comes to mid thigh and ruffles at the bottom. Let me know if you want to see a post of the dress in full.

Hope you guys had a great weekend - here's to the next one!

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You Make My Heart Sing

As you all know, over the last month or 2 I have been enjoying trying out different designs and patterns on my nails. I'd never had decent nails before (ex biter) so am completely new to this.

But here's my latest attempt...

I painted all my nails with a nude by Rimmel, used OMP by Nails Inc to do the spots on my ring finger and a tiny brush with a black Bourjois polish to do the outline of the spots. And that is the result. My friends thought I'd actually had Minx done. I would never have thought it would be so easy to create a little intricate design like this.

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Dotty About Spots

I've really been enjoying playing about with my Cena white nail art pen. Here is my current favourite look. so easy and pretty...

Using Essie Splash Of Grenadine

Using Rimmel Sky High

I think this is such a pretty and girlie look but really so simple to create.

What do you guys think? Are you rating the spots?

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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

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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Favourite Autumn/Winter Nail Polishes

Hey Ladies

Hope you are all having a lovely week.

I wanted to do a little post to show you my favourite Autumn/Winter polishes. Now these are the polishes that I personally have been wearing for the past month. It seems I am a little purple crazy at the moment but I love these polishes each in their own way.

L-R

 Rimmel Pro Lycra in 406 Purple Addict

No7 Stay Perfect in Milan

Maybelline Forever Strong in 05 Extreme Blackcurrent

Barbara Daly in Plum Pudding.

A plethora of purples.

I'll start with the Rimmel polish. I am a big fan of their nail polishes. I love the big applicator brushes and I love their wide variety of colours. This colour is truly gorgeous and also the brightest of the four. I like this polish because I can get about 3 to 4 days wear out of it before it is completely chipped.

Next, No7. This polish really does give you disco nails. I love how glittery it is, but not chunky glittery. It is very eye catching and I have to say this is my favourite of the bunch. Looks lovely on toes as well.

The Maybelline polish is the one I've had the longest and as these darker and colder months approach I always find myself reaching for it. It's really dark, almost black. And I like that. I like that you have to glance twice at it to check if it is actually black or not. One or two days before chipping occurs though, and on a colour this dark, it's not a good look.

Finally, Barbara Daly for Tesco. I was first attracted to this polish by the name. Plum Pudding. Yum. And then of course the colour. This was the first Barbara Daly polish I had tried and I am in love with the colour. The only downside is that it did chip after one day but it was a nice consistency to apply so I didn't mind touching up.

What colours are you guys adorning your pretty talons with this Winter?

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Rimmel 60 Seconds

Hey Guys

So, I wanted to let you all know my thoughts on my two favourite summer nail polishes.

Taa daaaa.....

                                       excuse the bad lighting...

Firstly I'd like to say I love the new Rimmel brush applicators. Much wider which makes for a much easier and less streaky application. On smaller nails one stroke is enough to cover the full nail, whist thumb nails only take two or three strokes. I would say Grey Matter gives the best coverage. I can get away with one coat of this whilst Sky High requires two coats as the formulation seems slightly thinner.

I bought Grey Matter on the impression it might be a good dupe for Essie Chinchilly, however it is far lighter that the Essie and not quite so luxurious. Saying that I have recieved many compliments on the colour.

Sky High is just a lovely, fun, summery colour. There are loads of light blue nail polishes on the market and the moment and this shade happens to be my favourite.

Have you tried any of the other colours in this range? What's your opinions??

Debs xx