60 seconds to perfect nails!

Hello Beautiful!

For any girly-girl like myself pretty nails are an essential. There is nothing nicer than having pretty coloured nails - and painting them can be so therapeutic!

Unfortunately for me, I am not allowed to have my nails painted for work (sob) and only paint my nails when I have time off.

Luckily for me, I have this week off to celebrate my birthday! (Hello twenties!) and I decided to invest in a new nail polish colour.

I have always been a fan of Rimmel's nail polishes - so when I heard that Rita Ora was the new face for the 60 second nail polish, I had to check out her colours!

I have had a good look at her range and I love all the colours in it - but this pink really took my fancy.

'Don't Be Shy' is a beautiful bold pink or, as I would say, a 'Barbie Pink' and I'm a sucker for these shades!

Now, me and nail polish have a real love/hate relationship. I can be a very heavy-handed and easily chip nail polish. I've even been able to chip gel nail polish - which I thought was impossible!

However, with this range - I find the consistency very thick and I haven't chipped the colour of at all! Result!

The big selling point to this product is that it dries in 60 second - and, as a tester and a very impatient woman, I can tell you that it indeed dries in this time!

Rimmel
'Don't Be Shy'
£3.69

For the price of £3.69 at Superdrug, the item is extremely affordable and I totally recommend it if you're after a decent nail polish with a variety of colours.

Do you enjoy painting your nails?

My favourite lipstick brand

Hello my lovelies,

I love lipstick. The way you can use it to complete an outfit or how it can make everyone stare at your lips - rather than your hips (;

My style is pretty simplistic - and I feel that a lipstick can make an boring, casual outfit feel more sophisticated and glamourous.

I've tried nearly every drugstore lipstick brand going - maybelline, 17, revlon etc.... And I always find myself coming back to one brand ... And that's Rimmel.

But not just any Rimmel lipstick, the Kate collection.

My main reason for liking this brand is not because I am a huge fan of Kate (although I do really like her).

I love the colours of the lipsticks;the 2 red shades she does - in her first and second range - really suit my skin tone, and give a quite matt finish.

The packaging is quite simplistic - in a black case for the first season of lipsticks and a red for the second. Both cases have the 'Kate' signature on the side - tacky but I think it adds a celebrity touch. 

The colours themselves vary from nudes such as 03 or 101 & brights such as shade 20 and 107. 

I have brought most of the bright shades, and I love them! They are so easy to work with, and have a very good lasting time of them. 

They are very affordable aswell, all under £10 which is very gentle on the pocket!

What's your favourite lipstick?

Lauren 

xoxo

PayDay Haul - Lush & Rimmel

Hello my Darlings!

Today, after 2 hours subbing my next assignment & a lovely meal at Pizza Hut with the beautiful Stephanie Mulholland (thoughtsofawannabejournalist.com) I decided to spend some of my well earned wages.

My first pit stop was Lush, because I wanted to see if I could get a sample of the hair moisturiser H'suan Wen Hua. H'suan Wen Hua, to me seems to me, to be the ultimate hair mask. It contains eggs: which are good for restructuring your hair and putting protein back in your hair,  Balsamic Vinegar: which is great for adding shine to your hair and organic bananas: which have been used due to their moisturising qualities. i cannot wait to try this mask & I shall be doing a review on it as soon as I try it out.

I also brought two products: The Pink 'Fun' and a Dragon's Egg Ball Ballistic. The pink 'fun' is basically like play dough - but you can use this play dough to wash your hair, shower, wash your hands & to play with. how diverse is that! It also smells amazing - sweet like candies. 

The Dragon's Egg is one of the larger ball ballistics that Lush do - and it wasn't badly priced at £3.20. It smells absolutely gorgeous with hints of citrus and Lemon Oil. After reading many reviews, I have heard that it has lots of confetti and other surprises, which I cannot wait to try!

After this, I then ventured to Superdrug for a nosey at the make up deals. I noticed that Rimmel have a 3 for 2 on all cosmetics. Yes, I am a sucker for deals. 

I decided to treat myself to 3 nail polishes. The first nail polish I got was from the Metal Rush collection and the shade I got was 60 Royal Blue - which is a lovely Harlequin polish, which changes colour. My second polish is from the 60 Second Collection and is a lovely pale coral colour called 415 Instyle Coral and I think that the colour is perfect for a down-to-earth look & for summer. The last polish I brought was from the Cocktail Colour in a Flash collection and is called 140 Hawaiian Punch. This is a really lovely glittery red colour, which reminds me of the 80's/90's for some reason - meaning its bang on trend.

What do you like to spend your money on at Pay Day?

Lauren

xoxo

Lipstick review - 17 & Rimmel

I adore lipsticks. I used to be more of a lipgloss girl when I was younger, but through the years I have developed an obsession with lipsticks, lip stains, lip pens! everything that makes my lips POP!

One Friday, after my Politics seminars, I decided to do a usual browse through boots and discovered that there was a 'buy one get one half price' on all 17 products. Not only that, but I had a voucher for triple points on all 17 products. Now, I think it was due to the fact that they had 'revamped' the brand.

The first lipstick that I brought is, well, more of a lipgloss that a lipstick. The Mirror Shine lipstick boasts to be a lipgloss as a stick & is quite literally what it says on the tube! I picked up this beautiful shade 'Shouty'

I really like this shade as I think pink/coral tones really suits my skin & lipglosses are simple and easy to wear. Plus, the lipstick contains a mirror so it's easy to use on the go!

The second & third lipstick are from the Supreme Shine range. I believe that the range is relatively new & I quite like the shiny, metallic packaging.

Although you cannot really see it on the pictures, the lipsticks give a really good coverage & are so bright and eye-catching, which I adore!

My fourth and final lipstick is from the Lasting Fix range - which gives away its most useful factor in the title!

Aaa, more pink lipstick to add to my collection! Although it isn't as bright, I consider it to be one of my more 'formal' lipsticks - suitable for any occasion!

Now, the Rimmel lipglosses! I've always loved the very British brand! and the Kate Moss red lipstick will probably always be my all time favourite so when my friend mentioned the new lipglosses, I knew temptation would over rule me!

The pink shade is called 'Apocalips', and the red 'Big Bang'. I adore both of these shades of lipgloss & they last so long! I couldn't believe it! and they are very similar to a lip stain - which I like!

Girls love shoes, diamonds & puppies. But to me, lipsticks are a girls best friend

Lauren

xoxo