BARRY M NAIL EFFECTS

Nails Inc and Sally Hansen have come out with so many nail effects and despite how gorgeous they are, £12 a pop for a nail polish is a little pricey if you aren't in love with it, but Barry M has brought out quite a few cute nail effects for under a fiver.

I didn't always love glitters but recently I'm completely in love with them! There aren't that many in the drugstore, however, Barry M brought out a sequin effect which is across between a glitter polish and a sugar effect polish. It's a milky blue base with tiny hard white particles and multi-coloured glitter. It's meant to resemble sequins. I wouldn't say it resembles sequins but it is a beautiful glitter that I love. It's staying power on the nails is not first class but sealed with a strong topcoat, it works well and removes some of the coarse feel which tends to attach to clothes. Argh!

Another effect is the feather effect - cleverly named by Barry M as a confetti effect. I think it is gorgeous. The polish is called Marshmallow and it totally reminds me of sugary treats. I haven't worn it yet but absolutely can't wait to. 

I swatched both polishes on their own and the sequin effect on a white polish and the confetti effect on Essie's Fiji.

 What do you guys think? I hope you enjoyed my random haul / review! Hope you're all having an awesome day.

Take care x

L'OREAL COLLECTION PRIVÉE COLOUR RICHE LIPSTICK | Doutzen

 L'Oreal is the official sponsor of the Toronto International Film Festival 2013 and they have brought out four new lipsticks to celebrate with four of their campaign's most beautiful faces - Frieda Pinto, Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria and Doutzen Kroes. 

I've been looking for an inexpensive nude lipstick for a very long time and I came across this collection. Doutzen's colour is a beautiful sheer pale pink which looks smooth and icy on the lips. Perfect. The other three shades are caramel toned and are better for olive and dark skin. 

The smell is the typical lipstick smell like those cheap lipsticks you got when a little kid! It's slightly more floral smelling though and I love how the bullet is stamped with the name, I think it just gives a much more expensive look to the lipstick. It glides very well onto the lips but due to it being sheer it doesn't last very long. I would definitely like these colours to be more pigmented. It is super moisturising though which is always a plus and something I look for in a lipstick.

Even though it isn't exactly what I expected the product would be, I'm not disappointed by it at all and I'm definitely looking to buy from L'Oreal again. I think I tend to overlook them!

What do you guys think? Do you like L'Oreal lipsticks? I'd love to know :)

Take care x

A DAY OF PAMPERING

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We all have those bad days where we're not feeling that great and I think one of the best ways to make things better is to have a little day of pampering. We get so busy in daily life and sometimes we just need a moment to ourselves.

BATH BOMBS - Us working girls don't often have time for luxurious baths but when I can catch one I love to use bath bombs and just relax with some music. I'm a huge fan of Lush - trying to get a job there! - and one of my favourite bombs is the Party Popper. It's so simple, turns the bath water a baby pink and showers confetti. 

FEET - Then there's the ole feet. Getting tired and unloved so much of the time. I love to use Soap & Glory as the moisturisers I think are just awesome and really creamy and rich. The Righteous Butter works perfectly for moisturising legs after shaving and The Heel Genius is my go to product to pamper dry feet.

NAILS - Goodness knows how many times the blogs have mentioned Essie's Fiji and I love it so much. It gives such a clean look to your nails if that makes sense! Painting my nails is a must during a pampering session. Plus I find it super relaxing.

CANDLES - I got into candles from YouTube and seeing all the beauty gurus with their Bath & Body Works candles. We don't have them in the UK but we do have Yankee Candles! They burn really slowly and the aroma lingers long after you've blown out the candle. My staple smell is Midnight Jasmine, a lovely white clean smelling candle but I recently found Coastal Waters in the sale and I really like its subtlety.

FOOD - Once I've had a relaxing bath I love making myself some healthy lunch and then perhaps some baking! A little brownie and a glass of milk just like when I was a kid. Then when that's done, I'm not ashamed to admit, I love watching Barefoot Contessa, an American cooking programme. Everyone has their guilty pleasure when it comes to telly right?

Mmmmm. Let me know how you like to pamper yourself, thanks for reading guys.

Take care x