Lipstick Monday's GOSH Back to Nature

I thought today I'd do another Lipstick Monday (link here) for you. I love to have a nosey through people's make up collections. 

Today is the GOSH dual product for Cheeks n Lips in the shade 01 back to nature. 

I love a cream blush so when a friend from Canada kindly sent me a box of goodies I was excited to see this.

This is the first GOSH product I own and I will definitely be trying out more. I'm keen to try some proper lipsticks of theirs now so any colour recommendations would be appreciated.

It's a gorgeous creamy finish product in the lovely nude colour and works really well on the cheeks and lips. I love this shade. It's another of those your lips but better shade. I can never have enough colours like this. When I'm not feeling like a bright colour it's nice to have a variety of finishes to choose from. This is more of a glossy finish and when on the cheeks is perfect for that dewy glow look.

Like the last post I did featuring the sleek pout polish this product does come in a pot so it's a case of using a finger or a brush. Out of laziness I usually use my finger.

It lasts well on the cheeks but not as long on the lips but that's expected. I reach for this when I'm not feeling like my MAC Fanfare (review here)

Have you tried any dual cheek and lip products? What's your thoughts on them?

Love M

xxx

Saturday Night In

As I'm currently still writing my dissertation (almost finished woo!) me and M decided to have a girly night in and pig out.

M is the master baker and I pride myself on my ability to eat large amounts of cake, so was SO excited when she suggested she'd make us an Oreo cupcake.

Just look at this!

It was amazing, and covered in Oreo flavoured whipped cream....yum!

We also decided to get a bit creative and have a go at making sushi...I thought it was going to be a bit disastrous but actually it wasn't too bad.

First you boil the rice for 10 minutes and leave to cool for 30 mins before adding the vinegar.

Then you spread it out over the seaweed and place on your fillings before rolling it:

This one is tuna and red peppers and the one below is salmon, cream cheese and red peppers!

This is what they looked like sliced up...the ends were not quite so easy to keep in one piece though!

We think a sharper knife would have made it a bit easier.

Then as always we proceeded to paint our nails and watch X factor (standard Saturday night viewing!)

I borrowed one of M's indigo coloured No7 nail polishes and then applied my new Technic nail polish, the one that's a dupe for OPI Rainbow Connection.

Here's what they turned out like:

One coat above, and two coats below:

I love how glittery it is!! 

Some of you may be thinking that sushi and a bit of cake isn't really a pig out night.

This is a picture of the table where the rest of the food we ate was:

Hahaaaaaa! Cheese, bread, olives, tortilla chips, dips.....yummyyyyyyy!!

I was loving it last night and ate my body weight in food but today I feel hungover as I'm not used to eating fatty stuff with being on a health kick.

Was a great night but I'm currently not appreciating how much I ate!

How do you spend your Saturday nights in? 

M also gave me a mini fashion show as we're having a BIG night out next week, I'm sure there will be a post with our hair/makeup/clothes that we wear!

Do you enjoy these kind of posts?

We love being nosy into other peoples weekend antics!

L and M xxx

Sneaky eBay shopping...

I don't know about you but when you haven't got any money and you know you shouldn't spend the tiny bit you have left, all you can think about is spending it....right?

On top of that my mum knows how little money I have and is therefore watching me like a hawk!

Because of this I have resulted to scouring the internet in my free time. I managed to avoid actual shops as the temptation is far too high, but online I can browse without feeling the fabrics, smelling the lotions and potions and seeing the deals.

That is of course, excluding ebay, whose low prices and bidding excitement gets me every time.

Particularly when I find a good deal on something I want, and THEN finding an even BETTER deal!

Just cannot resist it and the shopaholic inevitably takes over.

Because I'm sure we all know that spending money online just isn't REAL money is it??

Exactly.

Anyhow, enough of my ramblings, here's my random purchases from eBay of the past few weeks.
You can probably see a bit of a theme developing, I hope you enjoy!

Before you think I;m crazy for buying feathers...I've been using them in recent nail designs and they've turned out awesome! Will be posting about them soon.

Whilst I was searching for feathers I came across the ones below and couldn't resist but snap them up for the £1.24 bargain!

Look how beautiful they are!

I was hoping these would also look amazing on my nails too but the dyes seem to react with the nail varnish and run all over the place!

So I will have to do something else with these, if anyone has any ideas??

They're too pretty to hide away.

I also bought some dotting tools in different sizes and cannot wait to use these, I have a normal size one but there are so many designs I wanted to try with smaller and larger dots I couldn't resist the set.

They were £2.59 with postage and are double ended! They're from this seller.

I've also been meaning to get my hands on some nail tape as I've seen some amazing designs with this!

I bought a pack of 12 different colours and finishes from this seller before I realised that actually it didn't include a black or white which was what I wanted most (silly me!) so I ended up buying them separately.

I bought both black and white nail tape from this seller who does a 3 for 2 deal and I also got another colour for free!

The blue glitter polish was from this seller, and the other two were from this seller 

Both were less than £2 each with postage so definitely a bargain!

Lastly I thought I'd buy some nail stickers as they're such an easy way of adding a finishing touch to an otherwise simple nail.

These were £1.49 with postage and you pay for 5 sheets.

I thought I'd increase my chances of getting better sheets by buying two but unfortunately they weren't that great and I had some duplicates which was a little pointless!

There are some nice white flowers and swirls however that will definitely come in handy.

Just the luck of the ebay draw I guess!

What do you think of eBay? Are you a victim of a sneaky purchase on there too?

I love and loathe it.

So many bargains to be had but selling things is a nightmare!

L xxx

(p.s. how ridiculous is my nail art getting?? I've gone from not trying anything to buying it all! Obsessed.)

NOTD: Mermaid Gradient Glitter

Triple whammy NOTD post for you today!

I finally got around to experimenting with gradient nails when I got my hands on some sponges.

As my nails seemed to have grown like crazy and for once not flaked away (thanks to Revlon's Post Trauma nail treatment I believe!) I couldn't resist going for it this time so decided to cover 3 trends in one.

Firstly I painted my nails in this gorgeous turquoise colour from Rimmel 60 seconds, have no idea what the name is but its a metallic turquoise that has been available for a while and the colour is a must have!

(I also applied a top coat before this...my latest one is the calcium gel nail hardener from Revlon...dream!)

Then I nabbed one of my new sponges and used Max Factor's Odyssey Blue to sponge onto the ends to create a gradient effect:

Then I covered the design with a Saffron blue glitter which I bought off ebay (you can find plenty if you search for Saffron glitter!)

Which basically created this beeeeeeeautiful blue green shimmery mermaid tail esque design!

(What a mouthful!)

Here it is in different lights so you can get the full effect.

They are a little messy as these were pre clean up (silly me!)

I also used my favourite top coat (Sally Hansen Insta Dry) and so far, a whole week later and it's just starting to show the ends of my nails but still no chipping or cracking which is amazing!

What do you think of my take on mermaid nails?

Link us to your mermaid nails if you've done them as I love seeing variations!!

L xxx