Friday, 25 March 2016

BLOG SALE!

Hi! Welcome to my blog sale, i'm trying to clear out my makeup stash to make it a more comfortable size, getting rid of alot of brand new items that I don't need or have been given as gifts, all items and 100% genuine. Leave all enquiries in the comments section and i'll get back to you, items will be sold on a first come first served basis. This is a UK only sale, buyers will pay £2.50 for the first item and 50p per additional item. The lighting was pretty bad when I was taking pictures so you might want to look up swatches for accurate colour. Paypal payment only please (i'll invoice you). I will consider international postage on makeup items but all nail polishes are UK only, sorry! Enjoy!


Essence blush up in Pinky Flow – swatched on hand only £1.50

Essence blush up in Heat Wave – used once £1.00

MAC MSF in Petticoat VERY RARE AND LIMITED EDITION– used a few times, still has domed shape £15.00

MAC blush in Hipness LIMITED EDITION– never touched £12.00



Chanel Soleil tan de Chanel cream bronzer – used 2-3 times, LOTS of product left £12.50

Nars blush in Amour – swatched on hand only £8.00


L’oreal infallible eyeshadow in Bottomless Java – swatched on hand only £2.00

Diorblush cheek crème in Bikini – used once £7.50

MAC Cinderella collection pigment in Pretty it up VERY RARE AND LIMITED EDITION – never used £15.00

MAC eyeshadow in Red Alert LIMITED EDITION– swatched on hand only £6.00


    

Maybelline matte lipstick Divine wine – only swatched on hand £3.00

Revlon HD Gladiolus lipstick – swatched on hand and lip £2.50

Chanel Rouge Coco shine in Secret – used once or twice £6.50

Kiko disco delight lipstick in 03 – only swatched on hand £3.00

L’oreal Blakes pure red color riche lipstick – used once £2.50

Deborah Lippmann Sexyback lipstick – swatched on hand and lip £4.00


Collection Cream Puff in Fairy cake – only swatched on hand £1.50

Rimmel Kate Moss lipstick in 20 – used once or twice £2.00

Smashbox lip lacquer sample in coral – never used, free with any order if you want it (only have one)

Stila deluxe size mini liquid lipstick in Beso – never used £2.00

Clinique deluxe size mini lipstick in Cherry Pop – never used £2.00


Revlon colourburst gloss in Adorned – used a few times £1.00

Dior ultra gloss in 152 – used once £5.00

Anastastia Beverly Hills aquafull gloss (shade name or number not printed on product) – never used £3.50

Khroma Natural Honey lip gloss – swatched on hand and lip £2.50

Bourjois lip gloss in Corail Idyllic – used once £2.00

MAC Cremesheen glass in Star Quality LIMITED EDITION– used once or twice £5.00


Buxom lip cream in Creamsicle – never used £6.00

Too Faced melted liquid lipstick in melted strawberry – used once £5.00

MAC Suntints in Au rose LIMITED EDITION– used once £4.00

Revlon Colourstay moisture stain in Barcelona Nights – used once or twice £1.50


Smith and cult Lovers creep – used once £6.00 (looks darker here than it actually is so google swatches)

Bourjois Amande defile – used once or twice - £1.00

Nails Inc Uptown – used once £3.00

OPI Designer Series DS Classic– used once £4.00

Essie Lilacism – used once or twice £2.00


Dior Princess – used once £5.00

Marc Jacobs Gatsby – used once £5.00

Chanel Fraicheur – never used £8.00

Deborah Lippmann Superstar – never used £6.00

Nails Inc Alexa Hearts – used once on one nail £3.00


Essie As gold as it gets – never used £4.00

Sally Hansen Gold roses – used once £2.00

OPI Animal-istic – never used £4.00

OPI Muppets world tour – never used £4.00

Nails Inc Mayfair lane – used once £3.00




Deborah Lippmann Today was a fairytale – used once on one nail £5.00

OPI On her majestys secret service – never used £4.00
 

Essie Not just a pretty face – used once £3.00

OPI Pepes purple passion – never used £4.00

MAC Monday blues – used once £3.00


OPI Skull and glossbones – used once £3.00

Chanel Rose Insolent – used once £5.00

Essie Tart Deco – used once or twice - £2.00

OPI You’re such a budapest – used once £3.00

Urban Decay Addiction – used once £2.00


Nails Inc Alexa Cashmere Pink – never used £4.00

Nicole by OPI find your passion – used once £2.00

Bourjois Adora-bleu – used once or twice - £1.00


Azature Azature blue – used once £4.00

Nicole by OPI Sweet Daisy – used once £2.00

To buy please comment below, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! HAPPY BUYING!



Wednesday, 2 October 2013

New Blog!

As some of you may have noticed, things have been silent on here but quite a while now which was because I was setting up new website lipsandtips.co.uk , there's still a lot of nail posts on there but now they're combined with some more make-uppy posts. Hope you'll take a look!

Thursday, 27 June 2013

NOTD - Sally Hansen 'Arm Candy' and OPI 'Which Witch?'

So, as i said in my recent post on Nicole by OPI's 'Do Good...Feel Good', here in the UK at the moment, we're kind of getting all four seasons in one day most of the time. I wanted to create a  manicure that could go with whatever I wanted to wear and not look silly with whatever the weather was doing.


My jazzed up neutral nail look, using Sally Hansen 'Arm Candy' and OPI 'Which Witch?'

I decided that a light milky pink was probably the way to go for a nice, neutral nail look, but I wanted to make it a little more interesting by adding some kind of glitter. Looking through my stash, I came across 'Which Witch?' from the recent OPI Oz The Great and Powerful collection. This is the only glitter of the 3 within the collection that I actually liked, small silver glitter with some bigger round pieces of holo glitter, perhaps not too unique but very pretty all the same.

Close up of the pretty holo glitter in 'Which Witch?'

 So theres my manicure, I quite like the way that it turned out, perhaps more girly and sweet than i'd usually go for, but I think that it can be nice to change things up every now and again. It was certainly more interesting than just wearing just another neutral nail shade on its own.

(Left-Right) OPI 'Which Witch?' and Sally Hansen 'Arm Candy'

I actually got quite a few compliments of my nails on the day when I wore this, which very rarely happens, I suppose everybody loves a jazzed up neutral look.

Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Illamasqua 'Raindrops'


This nail purchase was entirely motivated by Christine at Temptalia, who has really raved about this polish, and I have to say that after trying it, I really do understand why.This is my first try of Illamasqua polish and I found the formula to be quite good, although from what I've heard, that might not be consistent throughout their whole nail range.

Illamasqua 'Raindrops'

Illamasqua describes raindrops as a sheer light grey which I think is a pretty accurate description although I think I'd class it as bluey grey rather than just grey. Its a really pretty polish that I think gives the nails a kind of faded look which is really nice and surprisingly versatile because its not bright and doesn't make too much of a statement.

Illamasqua 'Raindrops' under bright light where you can see the subtle sparkle

I think that this is a much more sophisticated take on a blue polish, more so than a pastel blue or turquoise kind of shade. I'm more likely to wear this kind of shade in the autumn and winter than spring and summer because it is that little bit more muted which I tend to favour when the sun isn't shining as much.

3 thin coats of Illamasqua 'Raindrops'

I find the formula to be quite nice, as I said earlier. The polish does apply very sheerly but it is marketed as a sheer polish and this sheerness gives it a lightness that makes it look very fresh and pretty. Having said that, I did have to use 3 very thin coats to get the desired effect but because the coats were so thin they dried really quickly anyway. I also really liked that despite having to use 3 coats, the subtle sparkle wasn't entirely eaten up by the base colour.

 Close up of 'Raindrops' where you can see a tiny bit of the subtle sparkle

I really do love this polish and know that i'll be getting a lot of wear out of it when the weather starts to cool down a little. Have you tried 'Raindrops' or any of Illamasqua's other polishes?



Sunday, 23 June 2013

Essie 'Tart Deco'


Hello there summer, nice to see you again, your visits are always far too fleeting, stay a little longer this time, won't you? It's finally hot here in the UK, keeping my fingers crossed that it stays like this for a little while longer. One of my go-to warm weather polishes is Essie's Tart Deco - a bright pastel peachy pink.

Essie 'Tart Deco'

In the bottle this looks very similar to Barry M Peach Melba but applies to the nails much, much brighter. This polish looks very different under different lights, it's definitely more orange based than pink based and in some lights it just looks like a pure light, creamy orange.

2 coats of Essie 'Tart Deco' with OPI 'Rapidry Top Coat'

I'm not gonna lie, the formula isn't fantastic, the first coat can look quite streaky and to make it opaque and vibrant, I find 3 coats to be the best way forward. This is a polish that requires  quite a bit of patience, but if this is the kind of colour that you love and you have the time, it does look really quite striking on the nails.

'Tart Deco' under natural light

I feel like this colour would look good on quite a few different skintones, bright colours tend to make my hands look a bit dirty or dead, but this one didn't actually do that too much. I think this polish would definitely look great on quite dark skintones. This polish really doesn't get enough love from me, but when you live somewhere where it rains as much it does here, neon pastel peach isn't always the best way foward.

'Tart Deco' under bright light

What are summer of your favourite polish colours for spring and summer?

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Nicole by OPI 'Do Good...Feel Good'


Firstly, let me just start this post by saying how excited I am that Superdrug now stocks Nicole by OPI; it's a brand that i've tried before when i've been in the states but until now it's been fairly hard to locate within the UK. I may have gone a little (read: a LOT) crazy because of pure excitement and i'm just starting to try out some of the little beauties that I picked up...first up 'Do Good...Feel Good'.

Nicole by OPI 'Do Good...Feel Good'

'Do Good...Feel Good' is a very light, milky pink that seems to compliment every look I try and put it with. It's almost jelly like in its finish which gives it a lovely soft look. This slight sheerness also stops it from being too stark on the fingernails which I think makes it very sophisticated and more versatile than something like Essie's 'Fiji' which is more opaque.

4 thin coats of 'Do Good...Feel Good' topped with Seche Vite fast dry top coat

Like I said, the formula of this polish is quite sheer, and as with other sheer baby pink polishes, this one has a tendency to streak a little bit, especially with the first coat, after a few coats though it was fine. To get the look that I have in these pictures, I used 4 thin coats which was a bit of a pain, but on the upside it dried pretty darn quickly and seems to be holding up quite well without chipping or wear.


'Do Good...Feel Good' under bright light

I feel like this is the perfect kind of shade for the crazy weather we're having in the UK right now; it's cloudy,  it's sunny, it's windy, it's cold, it's warm.....and that's all within the space of an hour. I just feel like this is the perfect go with anything nail, I think it's a great colour for those who want to rock neutral nails but just can't seem to make beige-y nudes (Essie 'Sand Tropez'....i'm looking at you) work for them.


What do you think? Are you guys excited to hit up the Nicole by OPI stand at Superdrug?



Tuesday, 28 May 2013

NOTD from the OPI Euro Centrale Collection

Le sigh, the weather has taken a turn for the worse again here in the UK, but I suppose we did get the standard annual week of nice weather, I should be used to it by now. With this dip in the weather I didn't feel like sporting pretty spring and summer shades, cue OPI's Euro Centrale collection.



2 coats of OPI 'I saw...U saw...We saw...Warsaw'


'I saw...U saw...We saw...Warsaw' is a dark, cool toned navy polish, very inky and pretty. Formula was pretty good, 2 coats for opacity and it dried to a pretty shiny finish. This shade will probably get a lot of love from me in autumn and winter. What I would say is definitely wear a good base coat because this colour is so rich and pigmented that I can imagine it really staining the nails without one.




Accent nail has 2 coats of OPI 'Polka.com' glitter


I wanted to add something fun so I did a glitter accent nail using 'Polka.com' which is also from the OPI Euro Centrale collection. Very unique, at least in my collection, and the perfect little pop of colour. This is 2 coats over 'I saw...U saw...We saw...Warsaw' because this is in no way a full coverage glitter, I can imagine it taking 4 or 5 coats to get full nail coverage with this one.






(L-R) OPI 'I saw...U saw...We saw...Warsaw'; OPI 'Polka.com'




All in all, I like this manicure a lot. My uni exams are all done and dusted now so I'm going to be getting back into posting much more again, hooray!