A couple of months ago Kat from Tales Of a Pale Face announced another beauty bloggers swap, and as I enjoyed the last one so much, I signed up straight away. I was paired up with Clare from A Bit of This and That and The Make Up Obsessed Midlander and we got swapping! Check out what I received!
Beaut Natural Collection blush in ‘Peach Melba’, totally yummy Revlon Lip Butter in ‘Lollipop’ and OMG – my first MAC lippy. Clare is somewhat of a MAC aficionado – I think that she has 30 lipsticks – so she was well placed to pick one out for a newbie like me and she chose the classic ‘Creme Cup’.
Look at that – a bright and a nude. Perfect choices.
Clare also gave me a selection of face masks, a Macadamia hair mask, a selection of samples to try out and a little floral makeup bag. I love a good face mask and that Very Berry one is my absolute favourite. I can’t wait to have a good pamper night or two with the masks and samples.
As you can see, I was very spoiled. A massive thank you to Clare for such a lovely swap. Make sure you check out both her blogs here and here and her YouTube here. I just hope she liked what I sent here as much. Thanks also to Kat for organising, have a read of her blog here – it’s marvelous.
I love swapping! Have you done one of these?
So another season is upon us and it’s time to decide what’s going to be adorning our nails in the run up to the glitter explosion that is the Festive season. Well for me, autumn nails are all about experimenting with finishes and textures. As always, this list is representative, I will be wearing more than these five, I do have a lot to choose from y’know.
Left to right: Nails Inc ‘Savile Row’; Barry M Textured ‘Majesty’; Max Factor ‘Fantasy Fire’; OPI ‘Peace & Love & OPI’; Nails Inc ‘Pinkie Pink’.
‘Savile Row’, you are the most perfect dark plum. This creme is a dream to apply, layers for darkness and looks ace with an accent nail accompaniment (yeah, all about accent nails in the autumn), or a matte french tip.
I blogged about this whole collection last month, and I absolutely love it. ‘Majesty’ is a great transitioning burnished gold for when you’re not quite ready for yellow gold yet. Wear it without a topcoat for autumn texture.
‘Fantasy Fire’ is absolutely gorgeous but nigh on impossible to capture on camera. It applies sheers so you need a good few coats but then you are rewarded with the most mesmerizing mix of a deep purple base with fiery red shimmer and a slight hint of a duochrome green element. One of those polishes that’ll have you holding your hand up to your face throughout the day to ooh over.
Stepping up the duochrome factor with this mini from the OPI San Francisco collection. This shimmery shade is both olive and aubergine for days when you just can’t decide.
Finally, we have ‘Pinkie Pink’ which is in aid of Breast Cancer Campaign. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so get your pinkies glittered up and show support for this great cause. A donation is made when you buy the bottle, and Nails Inc will also donate again for every picture you tweet of you, or someone else, wearing the shade. Find out more here.
As an added bonus, here is my matte topcoat of choice: Nails Inc ‘Westminster Bridge’. It is pricey at £12, but the bottle is huge and will last you ages. I love mixing the finishes up, some nails gloss, some matte, mattifying glitter, gloss french tips, matte half moons, the possibilities are endless.
The past three days have been freezing so I think that it’s well and truly time to do this tag. This one was created by Makeup-Pixi3.com (original post here) and shared all over – us bloggers do seem to love autumn!
