What’s on my cosmic nails…#10

Dark blue: Barry M, Navy
White: Boots 17, mini skirt
Dark purple: Barry M, vivid purple
Glitter: Barry M, Hologram

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I was so excited to try out ‘galaxy’ nails. I think they turned out OK. :/ They aren’t my most favourite nail design ever but, I suppose it was fun to try out a new technique. I basically just sponged colours on top of each other to make a cloudy, space like effect then added the glitter polish to look like stars. :S THEYWERESOHARDTOPHOTOGRAPH!!! :/ They look better IRL, promise. ;)

All in all, I like them but they are just alot darker than the nail colours I normally like to wear. I don’t know, I think I just miss last weeks neon green nails. Back to brights next week I think! ;)

Barry M Confetti Effect Polishes…

From left to right: Bugglegum, Liquorice, Dolly Mixture, Marshmallow, Sour Apple

I took a little trip to Boots yesterday to pick up a new lipstick (‘fig leaf’ from Natural Collection, which is awesome by the way!) & ended up encountering these beauties! Now, I’m sure you all know that these are Barry M’s answer to the Nails Inc ‘feather’ polishes & I have seen the Nails Inc ones & can say that these are just as good, if not better & so much cheaper! As you can see I was very indecisive & ended up buying all the colours but it was buy one get one half price at Boots so I couldn’t really say no, could I?

I think ‘liquorice’ is my favourite, but that’s no big shock from me as I love a good ol’ black nail varnish! However I am currently wearing Sour Apple & I am loving it!

I am really happy with the coverage of all the colours (the picture above is three thin coats as I wanted a good coverage) & I’m sure they look fab with one coat over a solid colour too! I haven’t tried removing the polishes yet but I’m sure they will be no different, hopefully easier, than removing a regular glitter varnish, but for just £3.99 a bottle, I’m sure we’ll live ;)

Have you tried Barry M Confetti polishes yet? Which is your favourite?

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Rabbit nails…

White: no brand :/
Yellow: Barry M, Yellow
Green: Models Own, Aciiied
Blue: Barry M, Cyan Blue
Pink: Models Own, Pink Punch
Orange: Models Own, Tangerine Queen
Pink (in ears): Models Own, Pastel Pink
Black: Natural Collection liquid eyeliner

So I’m sure you have all already seen nails like these all over the interwebz after Wildfox’s S/S 10 collection?( I think?) Anyway, I have always liked the design & thought it would be fun to try them out myself I didn’t want to copy them exactly so I thought It would be cool to give the bunnies different glasses instead of all heart shaped ones. ^_^ What do you think? :)

Also, I finally uploaded a video to YouTube so go & watch it goddamnit! ;)

Banana nail tutorial…

*Firstly, sorry for the shoddiness of the photos. It was late so the lighting in the hotel room was naff :/*

Blue: Barry M ‘turquoise’
Pink: Models Own ‘pink punch’
Dark yellow: Barry M ‘yellow’
Light yellow: Models Own ‘lemon sherbet’
Black: Natural Collection liquid eyeliner

So just a little update whilst we still have the internet. :) You may have seen on twitter the other day that I painted my nails in ‘celebration’ of us finding a flat, ( I don’t know why I chose bananas, I just wanted a little change from my usual leopard print that I seem to have been wearing all the time recently. :/ ) We move in tomorrow morning! ^_^ It’s only small but it’s really cute & best of all, it’s pretty cheap! ^_^ I can’t wait to show you guys! would it be sad if I did a ‘flat tour’ video? Ahaha :)

*ps: I might be a little MIA for the next week or so whilst we get the internet sorted in our flat. Thank you for sticking around ;)*

Lipstick mix…

 

Check out my wonky front teeth ;)
Barry M: Palest lavender
Topshop: Brighton rock

I bought Barry M ‘palest lavender’ the other week basically just because I fancied trying out a purple lipstick because I thought it might me a nice contrast with my hair…& to be honest, it doesn’t look all that great on me on it’s own as you can see. lol As Lauren put it, you end up looking like a Titanic victim! lol

So after a little while of deciding how to wear it/what to do with it, I finally found it’s perfect ‘lipstick partner’ in Topshop ‘Brighton rock’. Layered together they make the most perfect violet pink!

Also, just a quick note…HOW FREAKING HARD IS IT TO TAKE DECENT ‘LIP’ PICTURES?!?!?!?! FML! Kudos to all you beauty bloggers who make it look a breeze because it most certainly is not! ahhaa!

Speak soon <3

Barry M peach lip paint…

Barry M lip paint: 54 Peach
Gosh velvet touch lipstick: 134 Darling

A little bit of a ‘different’ post for me really. I know I said a little while ago that I wanted to make my blog into a little more than just outfits & so it kind of makes sense, being a make-up artist & all, to start up doing beauty/cosmetics posts again, it seems like the most obvious thing to do especially as I want to get back into doing my make-up artist stuff & I feel a little stupid having ‘make-up’ in my blog name when I never post about it, haha.

Anyway, I picked up Peach lip paint the other week on a bit of a whim really. (I have become a little obsessed with orange at the moment so my only proper excuse for buying it is because I liked the colour.) When I first tried it out I was really shocked at how orange it actually was on my lips! Which would be great for a night out or something, but not for my kind of ‘everyday’ make-up. I have been toning down the neon orangyness with a layer of GOSH Darling lipstick over the top which turns it into more of a ‘soft’ peachy/orange which is perfect for my ‘every day’ face. It’s also quite matte so it dried my lips out a little however a little bit of blistex sorted that out, no problem!

I know I keep going on but I really like how ‘peach’ looks against my hair, I wasn’t sure if it would be too much orange but I think it looks sweet! ^_^

Speak soon <3