NOTD: No7 Crave Me

A few weeks ago I had a few No7 voucher lying around, so I decided it was time to add a few nail polishes to my collection!

I've heard good things about the No7 polishes, the brushes are supposed to be quite good, the colour range is quite expansive (though nothing too high fashion) and also gives a highly pigmented long lasting colour.

With this in mind, I bought a few! Of course ;)

This one is called 'Crave Me', I absolutely fell in love with the name, I'm always a sucker for them!

But also the colour is a wonderfully bright orange red that almost looks plastic-y (in a good way!)

The effect is so bright and eye catching M instantly had to go and buy it when we met up for drinks!

The colour is shown above with flash and below without, not too much of a difference which is always good as you know what you're getting.

Another good thing about this shade is that it looked equally good with a tan and without!

I was well impressed with this shade, especially with the vouchers as it only cost me £2.

I invested in a few other colours which will be sure to grace the pages of this blog soon, and also a clear top coat that is supposedly fast drying.

I'm always wary of this, as some people's 'fast drying' don't seem to be the same as others which is annoying!

However this top coat is worth every single penny of the £2 it cost me, it really does dry fast (regardless of whether it's a No7 polish or not) and makes any polish underneath looks SUPER SHINY, shinier than any other top coat I have used.

The only negative I can think of is that I'm not sure it's as long lasting as I would like, I'm used to it going for 3 days before having to apply another top coat, whereas this might require an extra coat every day, but I guess it depends what you're used to.

What do you think of the colour? Do you have any No7 polishes you think I should get next??

L xxx

H and M Scarf

I love having bright scarf's for summer. I'm a fan of thin big scarf's as personally I think they look better.

After popping into town on Sunday and being cold I popped into H and M for a quick scarf purchase. I didn't expect to find such a perfect one so I had to share. It's perfect for this weather. Pretty pattern, bright colours, and gives a little warmth.

This is is folded in half so you can get and idea of how big it is, that is a double bed too. I love the tropical flowers and the bright pattern and think it looks brilliant to brighten up a simple outfit.

I wear my scarf's in two ways depending on how cold I am usually.

  

Apologies for the in the mirror photos, I don't have much space to take photos in my flat. The first way I roll it up and wrap it round the the second way I make a triangle first.

It was a only £7.99 which for such a big scarf I thought was good. Do you wear scarf's still in summer? I love them worn with outfits like this.

It's definitely worth taking the scarf's off the hanger and on I find it difficult to tell how much material is there. I picked up a few and didn't expect it to be as big as it was.

Will you be purchasing any spring scarf's?

Love M

xxx

Eeeek I'm a Make up Addict too!!

I'm sure you've all enjoyed L's Beauty Rehab series found here, when I saw how much she had I was in shock, always thinking I'd hadn't accumulated that much make up. When sorting my make up as part of my 101 things in 1001 days I wanted to have my make up collection sorted and organised. Last week I began this.

I didn't take before photos of how my make up was stored. I had most of it in the pink make up bag and in another box.

So here is all my make up minus the big eyeshadow palettes. That doesn't look too bad right?? I was shocked when I counted what I had.

I'm now using this for all my face products. I have a shocking amount of 15 foundations. Finding the perfect foundations has left me with a lot of duds and a lot that are too orange. I'm trying to mix them and work my way through. I also have 7 blushes (all bought within the last 6 months as I didn't previously use them) 4 primers and 6 concealers. It'll be a while before I need to buy foundations again.

This was my old day make up bag (actually a pencil case) but now contains lip products. 15 lipsticks which doesn't sound too bad I suppose and 8 lip glosses, seen as I don't like lip gloss I don't know how I have so many. Do you find you accumulate products you don't even use?

The eye make up. This was my most shocking hording. 11 eyeshadow palettes, 2 front cover big sets, 11 single eyeshadows, 6 eyebrow colours, 9 mascara, 14 eyeliners (9 of which are black) I always find I think I need them and buy more. I'm not sure why I don't even really use them much. Finally in there is 22 sets of eyelashes (you'd think I'd wear them daily but I only wear them for nights out, 13 of those sets are cheap ebay ones which I actually get on with but I know some people don't like them. They are great for when I'm broke). How do you store your eyelashes? I like to get more then one wear out of mine so store them in my Thomas Sabo boxes but would like a better storage method.

I don't think I need to buy eyeshadow again! I need to really start playing with my make up more and stop just grabbing my MUA palette. I do have another front cover palette not included in this photo.

Finally onto brushes. I like how these are stored, they are easy to grab. A friend sent me the brush holder as a present for Christmas and it wasn't something I'd thought I'd use but recently I've started to apply my make up with brushes so it's really handy as I can see the brushes and grab them easily.

It's made from clear perspex and is the perfect size to hold all my brushes. I only have 21 of these which is a reasonable amount in my opinion as I like to have double of my brushes so I can get away with only washing them weekly. It doesn't have a holder for my Kabuki brush though. 

How do you store your make up? I need to find a better storage method but my flat is small so these bags easily fit under the bed and I can grab them easily. Do you have any ideas?

Have you sorted out your make up and been surprised? I need to not buy any for a while, except a few more lipsticks, you can never have to many ;)

I'd love to see your make up collections. Link me below if you've done something similar!

Love M

xxx

Review: Lush Sweet Lips Lip Scrub

As I'm starting my Lipstick Monday's series and a request I've decided to review my must have lip product for you lipstick loving ladies like me!!

Let me introduce you to Sweet Lips Lip Scrub.

This is one of my lush staples, lucky for me when my OH got my Lush Christmas presents at the till he impulsively picked this up in my favourite flavour.

From the pot you can see it's a thick sugar based lip scrub, this product lasts a while as you only need a very small amount. 

The ingredients to this are pretty simple and contain no nasties! Mainly sugar oils and vanilla flavouring, mean if your like me once you've finished rubbing it in you can just lick your lips and it tastes yum. (any of you lush scrub uses please tell me I'm not the only one)

It's a simple to use product. I personally pop it on my lips before I apply foundation, rub them together and it leaves you with nice smooth lips, perfect for lipstick application.

Another great way to apply would be at night then apply a coat of lip balm to wake up with lovely smooth lips. I think having smooth lips really makes a difference to how your lipstick applies and chapped lips are never a good look.

At £4.95 it may seem like a product you don't need, but it's worth picking up. They do two other flavours, I think I'll be picking up bubblegum next time. L has this one.

Do you use a lip scrub? Is this something you'd purchase.

Love M

xxx