Update on life

Hey Guys,

Sorry about taking a long as heck, break from blogging. Life got in the way, people demanded all my time and slowly but surely lost myself with everything going on.

So lets iron out the kinks and bumps that I had in the road, to where I am now.

I ended up being let down, by the person I gave my heart too. I did suffer a mild altercation, with him, that did take a lot for me to stand up to him and break up. In my mind I know I done whats right for me and what I will always say it was right. I might get into it further in another post.

I was working for a well known bargain store, that then let me down in the fact that I got let go because I didnt get on well with the manager. I felt gutted about it, as I had made so many great friends there and I didn't want to miss working with them, which I do. But life goes on and I now work for Boots, which is crazy busy this time of year, but I get to work with the self selection make up every single day. Lets be honest its a beauty bloggers dream. I love it. Even though its just a christmas temp job.

Lastly, I am happy to say, I have been able to fix a lot of old friendships, that I managed to burn, or fall apart from. So at least I can say a few good things have came out of a few heartaches and misery. 

I do have a few post planned, so hopefully I should be able to get them done depending on time. 

Marion

Beauty Haul. May Edition

Hey Guys,


This is the second half of my beauty haul.  

I'm going to start with the four purple lipsticks, I seem to have accumulated. I have recently bought my first Models Own Colour Lip-Stix, in the purple shade, there is no name on it, so I will have to insert it later. This cost just £5. Another one I got is the MUA in Lilac Belle, which obviously cost £1 and is Matte. I have also bought the Little Mix for Collection in Perrie which is around £3. Away on the other side of the scale is the Revlon Matte Balm in Desinvolte which was around £7.99

The Pink lipsticks I have picked up are Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet in shade 5 Ole Flamingo, cost £9, Collection Sweet Tart, £2.99 this is a fairly bright pink, which will be great for everyday wear. Collection Cream Puff in the shade cotton candy, a nice matte lip cream. I have also finnaly got my hands on a Kate Moss lipstick in the shade 110, which is a bright pinky coral shade, which cost around £4 on a boots deal. 

The last few lipsticks I have recently bought are a sheer orange lipstick by Revlon which cost £7.99 and is in the shade carnival spirit. I also grabbed a few others of the Little Mix for Collection Lipsticks in the shades Jade which is a gorgeous muted nude colour and Jesy which is a vibrant red colour. 

Finally something that isn't lips related, I have gotten some of the new Kate Moss eye collection, In fact I got the emerald Green Gel eyeliner ( which is stunning on), a couple of the eye crayons, in rose gold and Electric Sapphire. Lastly from her collection I got the Rocking Curves Mascara, but just in the very black colour. 

Finally the last few things are my holy grail concealer the Collection lasting perfections concealer in 1 fair, Rimmel Stay Matte powder in Pink Blossom and the Maybelline Go Colossal Extreme Volum' mascara. 

Phew that is a massive haul. I do plan on doing some reviews on the products, hopefully some time will be freed up and I can start blogging properly again. 

Glossybox May 2014 Superdrug turns 50 collab

Hey Guys, 

This months Glossybox, was a very nice surprise. Firstly I somehow managed to buy two boxes. Don't ask, trying to update your payment method before a 8am start, it didn't work well for my bank. 

That being said I have 2 very different boxes to show you guys. 

In my normal box I got, Max factor Facefinity All Day Primer (£10.99, full size), Maybelline New York Great Lash Mascara in very black (£4.99, full size), 2 true PRO 3D Candy Nail Art (£3 full size), B. Sheer Conditioning Lipstick in Petal (£6.99 full size) and Vaseline Spray and Go Coco (£4.99, full size). 
This box is my favourite, it is all full sizes and I was very excited about everything when I seen what was inside. I have always been wanting to try some of the B. cosmetics, as I have tried their Miscellar water, so the lipstick was very interesting to me. Box cost roughly £30

On the same day  I had to wizz down to the post office to collect the other box, that had came the previous day, but I was at work. 

So in this box, I got: Scholl Velvet Smooth Night Mask, (£7.99 full size), Collection Bronze Glow bronzer (£2.99 full size), I love, Strawberries& milkshake lipgloss ( £1.29 full size) B. Complete Nail Polish in Quartz (£4.99 full size) and finally Blow Pro After Blow (Hairspray and sample size). Box cost nearly £20.

In both boxes I got 2 samples of Garnier Oil beauty lotion and a perfume sample of Ghost Eclipse. 

Both of these boxes have got some really good things in them and I do look forward to using and testing them out. Be sure to look out for some reviews on some of them.

Marion

Beauty Haul: Nails Edition

Hey Guys, 

This is a long time coming, I have been doing a lot of shopping recently and have accumulated a fair amount of stuff, that I want to show you all. I did think about doing a video on youtube, but chickened out. 

I'm going to begin with my first little splurge on nail products. Then the rest should be in another post as I seem to have gotten a large amount of nail things. 

First of all from my work. 
I kind of got a stash of the Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish strips. I have six of them in total as, I tried a set out and fell in love with them. So I pretty much got one of each kind that my work had. 
I got 2 of the french Mani ones in Polka Party 006 and Silver Lining 002. Both of which are like normal french manicure but with a twist in the tips which are a bit different from the norm. Which I love. 
I also got Animal Instinct 440(Pink zebra), Tweed-Le-Dee 550 (grey tartan), I Love Lacey 480 (red based with a lace over lay.) and Check Please 235 ( Black and White check). These cost be a mere £1 in Bargain Buys. 

Another thing I got at Bargain Buys and another Sally Hansen product, that I seem to have just went gaga over. I bought 3 in one day without even trying them out. The Sally Hansen complete manicure Glitters. I think these were from the Christmas range as these have some very Christmas feeling names. I have 20 Fa-La-La-Lavender, 30 3,2, 1derland and 40 Midnight Glitz. These are all a clear base with loads of sparkle. 

The last few things from my work is a nail rock glitter thing, that has a polish and a glitter to push into it. Lastly is a NYC glitter top coat in Gramercy Glitz. These also cost £1. 

A random purchase from Boots is the Models Own Matte Topcoat, that cost £5. Another polish I bought from Boots is the Rimmel Salon Pro Kate collection polish in Punk Rock 711. 

From Claire's Accessory I bought a few polishes. These all vary in price, but I got mine from the Claire's discount outlet in Livingston. I got Frost bite, a blue and white glitter strand top coat. School day, a black and white small glitter top coat, Shiver a light blue, white and silver nearly iridescent top coat. I also got Hundreds and Thousands, coral splatter effect and a white neon 
green. These all range from £2.50-£3.50.

Lastly and just the other day, I was browsing in Next, when I came across their own brand nail polish and fell in love instantly. I got 3 glitters, as I seem to be becoming a major magpie. I got one of the " Bling Top Coat" in Golden ticket, which is a clear top coat and has flecks of different coloured gold, from rose gold and yellow golden. I also got a "Holographic Glitter" in Night Fever and a " Matte Glitter" in Pixelated Purple. These cost £3 each and look absolute gorgeous. I can not wait to test these out. 

I will do proper reviews on these in the near future. 

What polishes have you bought recently and any that I should try? 

Until next time 

M <3

Nail of the day. 23/4/14

Hey Guys, 

Thought I would show you what I have on my nails today. I've went a bit mint/pastel green crazy over the past week or so. 

So I have the Ps Love nail polish on in the mint green colour £1 from Primark, on top of that I have the matte effect top coat also £1 from Primark, I have done a pink glitter accent nail which is Birthday by Barry M for superdrugs 50th anniversary. Which is a beautiful pink based pink white and purple glitter. Then lastly I threw on some of NYC Disco Inferno top coat on my thumbs just to jazz up the matte effect on my nails. 















I really like this look and one can not have enough glitter on my nails.

Bye Guys

Marion.

Pink Velvetine Lime Crime Review

Hey guys, 

Yes  I know I am very late to the bandwagon on these little beauties. But there is  just sometimes, I couldn't really splurge on these. I have only got the pink velvetine at present, but I have been eyeing up the black and the new dark red one from the new collection of them.

The Lowdown.
I got mine from amazon, I somehow ended up with a freebie, when I was buying some Wet N Wild lipsticks. Not that I am complaining. But these do usually cost around £14 from various places, like cutecosmetics or you can just type it into google and list of places will have them. 

The Good. 
Amazing pigmentation
Non Drying
Non Sticky
It dries almost immediately
lasts a long time
You can touch it up and it doesn't bump or crumble the rest of the lips.
Smells delicious
Cute Packaging

The Bad
I am yet to find a fault with this.
Although there are limited colours, I would love a dark pink a nude and a purple please. 

Summary
I would repurchase this and as I say I have been eyeing up a few more colours. But I would love to see a better colour range of these. I have also found a couple of dupes for these but I am not sure they are up to the same standards as these are.

Marion

Models Own Speckled Eggs Nail Polish Review

Hey Guys,

Another little review on the old nail polish. I wasn't kidding when I said that I had replenished my whole collection. This is one of the currenly newish collections from Models Own. I'm sure it is called the speckled eggs collection. So my nails will look like the cadburys mini eggs, sort of. The colour range of these is obviously limited to 5 shades I think, they are all pastel colours with black specks in it. These cost £5 and are available from Boots, Superdrug and the Models own website

The good
Quick drying time
Great Easter look for nails.
great pastel colours
Good pigmentation and lots of specks of different sizes come out 
They have cute names and do look similar to the eggs of the bird name that they have. 


The Bad
Can chip easily without a top coat.
Not easily wearable any time of the year other than easter

Summary
This polish is a beauty, I do love it. Not sure if I would wear it at any other time of the year since it does look like mini eggs on my fingers. I do love the cute pastel colours that these come in. I like the formula and everything about the polish, so it makes me want to get more of the Models Own nail polish.

Whats your favourite nail polish by models own, recommend me some and I will check them out and wlll get back to every comment I get. 

Marion