Get your nails summertime ready!!

I love all this sunshine in London at the moment! and with all this sunshine it has definitely got me feeling like it is time to get ready for the summer. After what seems like the longest winter ever, I have a feeling we are going to have a good summer, hopefully!! it could be raining by Wednesday, you never know with this British weather.

So here are my Summer nail polish favourites.

Kicking it off is the OPI - Amazon...Amazoff  this is such a cool summer colour from the OPI Brazil Collection, it reminds me of mermaids. The picture does make it look darker than what it actually is, it is a tropical green hence the name amazon. This is definitely one of my favourite polishes for SS14 and with the World Cup being hosted in Brazil why not get in the Brazilian spirit.
You can get yours on amazon For only £6.95.

The Nails INC -  special effects - Gloucester walk polish is a gold tone with little hints of gold sparkle, it leaves a sandy texture on your finger and it is a beautiful colour. It is great if you love sparkle, it would also look great on a pedicure. This polish come as a set of 8 colours from QVC, it is quite a good deal.
The collection is still available at QVC for only £22.85.

If you love sparkle then the OPI - which is witch is for you! It is full of sparkle and it also looks good on top of other colours, especially on top of pinks and reds. This is also a great cover up polish, when your nails have chipped but you don't have time to take it off and do them again, just grab this bottle and put it over your existing colour and you have another day or two. It is also a great polish if you are going out but your nails are done already, you can add a bit fun to your nails with this colour, again just put it over your existing colour.
You can get OPI - which is witch at beauty bay for only£6.67

Pink will always make the boys the wink! so why not with esseie - Wife goes on,  I love the name Essie!! This is a nice bright pink for the summer, it is a very happy colour I will never get bored of pink nail polishes you have to have a pink in every collection. It just isn't a nail polish collection without a pink, simple!
Essie nail polishes are always easy to apply, with some nail polishes it so easy flood your cuticle or put to much polish on your finger nails. Essie is a good polish to invest in, especially if you don't feel confident in painting your own nails.
You can get this polish at Liberty for £10.95.

I love love love this colour OPI - Need sunglasses  it is just so bright and colourful, it is just a all round happy colour, it looks beautiful on toes and gorgeous on fingers. It is bright obviously and it is the sort of colour that always has ladies uhmming and ahrrring in the nail shop, they will be saying "should I go for it it?? looks nice but it so bright" YES!!!! go for it, it is fun!
 If you are adventures enough try it , I double dare you!! get it from polyvore for only £4.65.

More sparkle but this time it is Nails INC - Galaxy - Chester mews  this isn't my favourite of the group but I thought I would add it in for those of you who love a bit of sparkle. It is multi coloured with hints of purple, blue silver and even a touch of green....
This also comes in the nails inc set on QVC, you can get set at QVC for £22.85.

Last but not least is one of my all time favourites OPI - big apple red this is a classic and a must have for all seasons, if you can't decide on what polish to go for red never fails, it goes with everything and you can't of wrong with Big Apple Red . It has a nice and even finish and paints easily.
Get this at beauty bay for £6.93.

Loving my new travel tote

Anything that adds organisation to my life I love instantly! This Michael Kors tote is fantastic, the best feature is the centre section for laptops I love it, I can bring my laptop any where with me and  because it zips I still have enough space for the rest of my stuff its great students too because you have space for your note pads and pens without it getting in the way of your make bag, purse, keys etc . So even if I am carry all my work around it is in style, the bag is by Michael Kors it costs around £250 you can get it from any Michael Kors store or you can get online from Apple.

Glossy Box

So I am a Glossy box virgin, but my first box arrived the other day. I am very excited for my first instalment on monthly subscription to these lovely treats. For those of you who don't know what a Glossy box is, it is monthly instalment of beauty goodies delivered to your front door for £10 (plus p&p) a month. 

In each box you get 5 products, my first box includes a:

1. Emite make up- lip brush a slanted lip brush, made of synthetic taklon hair, it is allergy free and it according to glossy box easy to clean. This lip brush £17 on Emitemakeup.com
2. MONU spa - warming ginger massage & body oil Is a British brand, I love supporting British brands. You can add this to your bath or massage over your skin before bathing or showering. Ginger is a lovely oil to use and it has so many properties and uses it is a good oil if you have aches and pains in your muscles. Ginger is also anti septic, anti oxidant, and it is a stimulant. In the Glossy box it comes as 30ml bottle and it costs £25 for 100ml bottle on monushop.co.uk
3. Me Me Me cosmetics - beat the blues pearl pink This product is great! It is a highlighter which you can dot onto cheekbones and you can also mix it with your foundation, it leaves a lovely glow and it looks natural. This come as a full size product of 12ml and it costs £5.50 on mememecosmestics.co.uk 
4. TRESemme - instant refresh cleansing dry shampoo I love dry shampoo, I wear weave so I can't wash my hair as often as I would like to, so dry shampoo is really useful for me as it prevents grease from building up and this TRESemme dry shampoo leaves your hair with a really nice smell. In the Glossy Box it come with a 100ml can and it costs £4.99 for 200ml on tresemme.co.uk
5. Sunsense UK - daily face SPF 50+ This is a slightly tinted SPF to use on your face, I haven't used it yet but its always good to have testers like this around, they always come in handy, this would be the perfect product to bring on holiday, it is small and I don't like bringing full size products away with me so I will definitely be hanging on to this tester. This come as 10g bottle and it costs £20.99 for 75g bottle on crawfordhealthcare.com    

With two full size products, the lip brush and the me me me highlighter, I think glossy box is great value for money, and a great way to try new products on the market without spending a lot of money. I can't wait to see what is in my May Glossy box.

To sign to get your own Glossy Box go to http://www.glossybox.co.uk.

Everyday Essentials

It can be so hard to get a everyday look right, you don't want to look like you are trying to hard with a full face a make up but you also don't want to look like you haven't even bothered to make a effort, so here are my everyday essentials. 

Before I put anything on my face I always cleanse, tone and Moisturises.

I have never really found a primer that suits my skin until one day I was getting my make up done in MAC for a party, and the lovely make up artist used this MAC Prep&Prime Face Protect. Instantly I knew this was the primer for me, unlike most primers it has more of creamy texture so it doesn't leave your face feeling greasy or it doesn't leave your face with that papery weird texture that some primers leave on your face. It also has a SPF 50 which initially I thought was a bit excessive but it is called face protect, so it is doing what is says on the bottle I guess.

Recently I have converted to the Bobbi Brown BB creme, I have always been a little bit hesitant to using a BB cream because it is hard enough getting  my right colour in a foundation, so when I did finally find a colour I was happy with I did not want to change. However recently I have been sick of a doll face everyday, so I finally invested in a BB cream, I opted for Bobbi Brown, no particular reason really!! 

I have been using the BB cream for a week now and I love, it has a really nice texture. I am also using the Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick on top to cover any imperfections and flaws and then just blending in with a foundation brush. The best thing about the Foundation stick is the glow it leaves you with, it can feel a little bit greasy at first but that feeling goes after a while.

Yves Saint Laurent,Touche Eclat is another recommended daily essential, it is the best highlighter on the market, it has a light texture and it has subtle finish. It covers up my dark circles quite well and I have bad dark circles believe me! Weather they are due to not enough sleep or weather they are hereditary I don't know, but I do know that this product works wonders for my dark circles and feel more confident while it is on. I also use the Touche Eclat on my cheek bones and tip of my nose. It also blends well with the Bobbi Brown BB creme, to continue with a lovely everyday look.

On my lips I use EOS lip balm, EOS stands for Evolution of smooth,Fancy Huh!. The lip balm is 100% natural and 95% organic.It is also Paraben, gluten and petroleum free (I don't personally have a problem with petroleum jelly, I always have a little jar somewhere) . It also contains Shea butter, jojoba oil and vitamin E. Vitamin is an anti oxidant, so it will help to protect against free radicals. I use this everyday before before lip stick, lip gloss everything, I also use my EOS before bed.

To finish I use the MAC Creme sheen Glass-(colour boy bait), this has a nice sheen finish and it is a subtle finish to the lips. 

I will use a mascara for my eyes along with liquid eyeliner.

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Dove - Evolution

The good, the bad and the nearly nude!

The Good, The Bad and the Nearly Nude 

I am just slightly obsessed with nude pink lipsticks, they go with almost everything, here we have MAC Cherish, I fell in love with cherish the first time it touched my lips, and teamed up with a lip gloss it is gorgeous for a casual day look.   

NARS Catfight, Wasn't my favourite at first but it has grown on me a little bit. I don't wear this colour so often. I chose this one because it was quite a matte lipstick, for my skin tone I found it was just a little to light.

MAC Hot Gossip - More of subtle nude as it is quite pink, a very good colour for someone with a olive/caramel skin tone.

Depending on what kind of finish I want, I may put a lip gloss on top.

Hangover skin heros

Hangover saviours 

The day before 

So we all know that before a night out our skin is probably going to be on worse form a couple of days afterwards, probably have a spot or two from to much alcohol, your skin will dehydrated and just sooo dull!! Two products that I am just in love with at the moment is the Murad Intensive-C Radiance Peel and also the Essential-C Day moisturiser. I use both products a day before I go out, after using a hydrating cleanser and toner on my face I leave the Vit-C peel on for 10 minutes. I always like to prepare my skin before a night out, and not just because I know I'm gonna take a trillion pictures and post them on Instagram and Facebook but because I know how dehydrated alcohol makes your skin. Alcohol dehydrates and depletes nutrients giving your skin that dull appearance we all get the next day. The Vit-C peel actively smooths and perfects skin to enhance luminosity and best of all gives you a beautiful glow a day before so you look great on the night and in pictures of course. After removing the peel I finish with the Murad Vitamin C Day Moisturiser (if I do it in the evening then I would use the Vitamin C night cream). The essential C moisturisers is brilliant for dehydrated or dry skin it also has a SPF 30 and PA +++ protecting your skin from damage from UV, free radical damages and dehydration.

Vitamin C also has what I like to call the double A action.

Anti Ageing - vitamin C stimulates collagen production and gives your skin a brighter complexion.

Antioxidant - work against free radicals, reducing harmful effects and aiding the repair of damaged cells. 

The night after

So its was a great night out, danced the night away drank to much probably maybe had a drunken argument  with a girl friend only to tell her how much you love her afterwards,  yes we have all done it don't worry!
But the morning after you wake up with a full face of over the top make up, false eyelashes barely hanging on, after you drag yourself in the shower your face is feeling tight and dehydrated. I am assuming that we all now how important it is to drink at least four glasses water. However my skin heroes for the following night are the Elemis hydrating toner and ESPA Pro Serum. The Espa Pro Serum Is fantastic it is a mix of serum and a treatment oil, It keeps my face feeling nourished and soft, I use this most days anyway but after a night out I give myself a generous amount to try to get my skin back on top form.
The Pro Serum is suitable for all skin types from dry to oily, young to old, it can be used as a serum, a treatment oil and it can even be used as a primer. It is rich in Omega 3, 6 & 9, vitamins A & E, It also contains natural extracts of tumeric, white lupin and sunflower, and to top it off it has a devine smell. The Espa Pro Serum is defiantly a must try!!!