George at Asda Makeup!

You can imagine my excitement when i nipped into Asda to find their new makeup range 'George' being displayed. They have always had their own brand of makeup- which to be honest i have never really looked twice at (apart from their black kohl liner which was suprisingly good), especially as they were always cellophaned up in packaging and there was no way of cheekily testing the products! Good job they finally decided to display the makeup on a stand!

It seems Asda have released a whole new selection of makeup- and repackaged (and perhaps reformulated?) some of their old line. There is a wide range of lipsticks, blushes, lipglosses, highlighters, cream foundation, nail polishes, eyeshadows, kohl liners, liquid liners etc, available.

I only picked up the above two items, a lipgloss tube in 'bubblegum', and a nail polish in 'frostbite' after being overwhelmed by everything on offer! The gloss is a pinky nude colour, glossy and not sticky- bargain at £2.50! The polish is also as good, two coats for an opaque baby blue look, the polishes are £1.50!

I was also impressed by their blushes and highlighter- hello to another benefit high beam dupe! They also have some shimmer bricks available (a blusher & bronzer if i can remember correctly!) which look really nice; everything in this range is about £1-5 so its definitely worth checking out and i am definitely going to be picking up alot more items in this range. Id love to see how good their cream foundation is!

Anyone else found this range in their local asda? What do you think?

Fearne Cotton's Hat Box- A Review.

As soon as i saw this advertised on the Boots website i knew it had to be mine!

Reduced from £40 to £20 this gorgeous vintage inspired box includes a lipstick, two eye pencils, an eyeliner/smudger, four glosses, two pigments/glitters, a makeup bag, leopard print puff, mascara, and five eyeshadows contained in a mirroed compact.

I only wanted it for the box, originally! It fits the theme of my bedroom completely- the hat box is covered in a vintage floral print, with embellished skulls, it is gorgeous! I have never tried any of the Fearne Cotton range of make-up at Boot's before, and i have been pleasantly suprised!

Firstly there are the four lip glosses. These glosses are fairly sticky, the pink glittery one especially- think MAC dazzleglass. You also get a clear gloss, an opaque deep red, and a champagne nude with reflects. These are all really nice, and definitely wearable, although the red not so much for me! You get 1,7g in one of those annoying twist-up tubes where you always squirt out more product than needed, but i can live with that!

The lipstick included is probably my favourite item! Its a nude pink colour-similar to MAC Creme cup- encased in a gold tube with an embellished skull. (oh how i love those skulls!) The lipstick i find quite moisturising, with a cremesheen like finish. It matches perfectly with the nude lipgloss.

Another thing i love is the mirror compact! This black glossy compact contains five shadows, all of good pigmentation. A metallic jade green, a glittery gold, a cream to highlight, a sparkly black and a bronze. All you need for a smokey eye- though i would have loved the green to have been a purple or a brown! They blend fairly easily, for a drugstore brand.

Next are the two pigments. One a white shimmery pigment with a golden duo chrome- very similar to Vanilla pigment from MAC, only more glittery. The second a mauve with silver shimmer- this is really pretty and looks great for a smokey eye! I would recommend these pigments!

The box also contains two eye crayons, a mascara, and an eyeliner. The eye crayons are much the same to the Barry M crayons, the metallic green is very easy to blend and is very soft, as oposed to the matte purple colour (which looks black in the crayon) which is hard and not easy to blend at all. These make a good base for an eye look- though i think ill stick with my paintpots.

The mascara is okay, not the best ive used but by far not the worst. As its sample size its difficult to use as the wand is so small, but i can see it being handy for night out top-ups. The black eyeliner is also good- easy to smudge out with the smudger the other end, and pigmented, though its not the blackest eyeliner i have ever used.

All in all i really like this! The makeup is suprisingly good quality for the most part, the lipstick is a must have for any nude freak like me! The hat box is a plus and will look great on my dresser too :) £40 seems ridiculous in all honesty, but i think £20 is a steal, 8/10. if you like it go get it now as its only half price till Friday 26th Nov in Boots!!

(i will add swatches asap!)

Spa Paradisa Passionfruit Body Scrub

(image from superdrug,com)

I am a huge fan of body scrubs, they are great for leaving your skin smooth and important to use before fake tanning. I have used so many in the past, but i have found one that i will definitely be repurchasing!

I was a big fan of Soap and Glory's Flake Away. That smells divine, but i never liked how it left an oily layer on the skin afterwards, not ideal if you need to fake tan. So i spotted this tub of body scrub which stated it was perfect for exfolaiting before tanning.

Spa Paradisa is a relatively new brand on the market i believe, i had never seen this instore before, so i brought this online from Superdrug, not knowing how it smelt. I was pleasantly suprised! It smells exactly like passionfruit. It reminds me of cocktails! It really does smell so nice! It isnt as coarse as some scrubs i have used before, but it is ideal for giving exfoliation before tanning, or even moisturising.

It leaves your skin really soft and smooth, smelling lovely, and it doesnt leave such a greasy layer afterwards. I would definitely recommend it to everyone! They have other items in the range including a Body Butter and Body Balm which i am definitely going to check out!

This is currently on offer in Superdrug for £5!

NOTD!- GOSH Holographic

I have never been a fan of shimmery/glittery/sparkly nail polishes. I dont know why, i have always only ever owned cream polishes- pastel lilacs, baby pinks, powder blues. Ever since my first OPI laquer 'Done out in Deco', i have been obsessed with creamy lilac colours! However since following blogs such as Scrangie its hard not to like polishes you wouldnt otherwise look at!


I love the idea of nail foiling, i just think it looks sophisticated and glamorous! Though applying nail foils is quite tedious and the results dont always last as long. Id been looking for a good polish that has this effect, like molton metal! This is where GOSH comes in!


I'd seen GOSH Holographic polish mentioned on a few blogs recently, and thought id go check it out- the pictures i had seen online seemed too good to be true;






My picture really doesnt do it justice, its hard to capture it in different lights, the only way you'll see is if you see it in real life! It is truly amazing! It has a silver base with holographic glitters running through it, indoors it looks 'duller', for lack of a better word, but in the sun it glistens, and it looks so pretty! It has the same effect of nail foiling, with less hassle.


In terms of consistancy it is quite difficult to work with i found. It is quite streaky, and dries quite quick. I had to do 4 thin coats to get it completely even, though i am a perfectionist and you could probably get away with two coats. Finishing with a top coat really enhances the polish.


I would definitely recommend this from GOSH- it retails for around £5 from Superdrug, they always have offers on too!

NOTD! Ft.China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy.

Just thought i'd share some recent nails of the day with you. I am totally OBSESSED! with my nails since growing them out again, i cant go two days without changing my manicure!

I recently purchased China Glaze's Flip Flop Fantasy, i believe this is from the spring/summer collection. Its a very bright, neon pink. Definitely not a colour i would usually go for, but it is so nice, its not a fuscia pink, its almost a creamy neon if that makes sense! it looks amazing on toes!

This was my first ever China Glaze polish, and i love it! Its quite opaque and easy to work with, you need a good 3 coats to get this one even though, and it dries completely matte - so you need a good topcoat to make it glossy unless you wanna rock the matte look. Seche Vite is my best friend!

I used my konad plate to achieve this zebra print, with white special polish;

and leopard print;

I love the contrast of the neon and white, i never want to take it off!

Review: St Moriz Tanning Mousse

So ive had this in my cupboard for about 4 months now, and ive always been too scared to use it. Until today! I was reading a review of this over on Chloe's blog and for some reason was totally inspired to go tan myself up!

I went and brought a Boots tanning mit (£2.33- bargain!), exfoliated, moisturised my knees and toes, and with much anticipation began applying. I only applied it to my legs on first application, my arms aren't as pale! It applies pretty easily with the mit, it dries fairly quickly too so youll need to get a move on, i found myself using quite a few pumps as the colour wasnt as dark as i expected. I left it for about 5 hours, showered, and voila, my super pale legs now have a nice golden tan to them. Not so obvious that youd be able to tell it was fake tan, but just enough to give the warmth and colour i desired! I didnt notice an overly biscuity smell either.

This was the first time id ever applied a 'proper' fake tan as i call it, ive previously used gradual tanners, and a gradual spray one from garnier, but i was always too afraid of trying a tan like this as i am just so pale i was scared of being tangoed'!

I can safely say i will be repurchasing. Its so easy, even if you arent experienced at applying tan. Its cheap at £3.99 a bottle; available at TKMaxx, TJHughes or Home Bargains apparently. And if you search around online you can get it for even cheaper.

Id 100% recommend if you are in the market for a new tanner, especially if you are pale and scared to try something new!

Anyone else tried this?

Blixz Nail Foil review.

I am completed addicted to nail varnish, i dont know why i feel the need to own the same colour nail polish ten times! Anyway, I wanted to try something different on my nails and had heard alot about nail foils.

Beaut.ie recently did a post reviewing Blixz nail foils, (the post can be found here http://beaut.ie/blog/?p=23090) and i was taken in by how gorgeous the gold foil looked! Blixz are a range of ultimately, stickers for the nails, available in lots and lots of different patterns. I opted for the gold and black leopard print decals, which cost £9.99 from www.idealbeautyproducts.com.



Post application.

I found the application not-so-easy to be honest. The foils themselves are massive, so it takes a good ten minutes per decal cutting them to fit your nail. Also the foils were thicker than i expected, i expected tin-foil like foils but they are just like plastic stickers. Oh and did i mention that you get 16 foils per pack, so only enough for one manicure, why they didnt just include another four is beyond me! After cutting them down they are fairly easy to secure to your nail, just pressing down with the end of some tweezers did the trick for me, and i then filed the tips to neaten them up. I also coated a few of them with a top coat to see if that would improve the durability- but it didnt.

So how long did it last? Two days. Two days before i peeled them off because the tips had curled up alot, and it made my nails feel rough and untidy. It was nice while it lasted though, and i had a million comments on how nice my nails looked.

I dont really know if i applied them wrong in any way, maybe im just too fussy and expected them to look perfect for about a week, even though the website states; ''The wafer thin plastic films stay on for weeks, no splitting no scratching no smearing''!!!! Lies!

Would i buy these again? Not from Blixz, as i think £9.99 for a two day manicure is ridiculous, and you could probably achieve the same effect with a konad kit. (review of that to come soon!) I have since spotted various nail foil sets aound the internet, that are way cheaper and include more foils-so i might give them a try! But i do really really love the look of foiled nails, it looks sophisticated and glamorous imo!

Id love to know if anyone has/will try these!