False eyelashes ...

As most of you know I have my grad ball coming up so when I got a £5 No7 voucher I thought I would buy some fake eyelashes that had caught my eye. I'm not usually a fake eyelash lover because I personally really struggle to put them on. They never work for me and then I end up with glue all over my face, which is never a good look, so normally I tend to stick with a good mascara. However, these eyelashes seemed to be quite user friendly so I thought I would give them a go. These eyelashes were £7.50 so with my £5 off voucher they were only £2.50 which in my opinion is pretty darn good. 

One of the things that really attracted me to these eyelashes was the fact that they are on a clear strip rather than a black strip which I think often makes the eyelashes look really fake and it can often be quite stiff and also hard to apply. I also like that the eyelashes come with a clear glue as well, so no messy eyelids!!

The lashes I chose were the Lash 10 Natural Volume but there are other options in the range with similar features i.e. the clear strip. I really like how long they are, and they do give my eyelashes a lot more volume without it being really obvious that I am wearing false eyelashes. 

It did take me a couple of goes to get these babies on but I'm surprised I even managed it at all really, and as always I struggled with the corners, but overall I really like these eyelashes, and hopefully in time I will become a pro at applying them. 

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NOTD ...

I don't usually do Nails Of The Day looks but I really like the way my nails turned out today so I thought I would do a little post on them :) I really struggle with my nails splitting and flaking so they never grow very long at all. I used to bite my nails when I was younger and even though I broke the habit ages ago my nails have never grown much, so I apologise for my nails not being particularly glamorous. I'm always so envious of those people with gorgeous, long nails. Anyway, I used my Sally Hansen maximum growth daily nail treatment as my base coat and then used Topshop's Mermaid 201 with No7 Stay Perfect Glitter Top Coat in Silver on the tips. 

L-R - Sally Hansen Maximum Growth, Topshop 

I really like this nail look, especially the glitter on the tips, because I think it is subtle but who doesn't love a little bit of glitter??? The Topshop nail varnish is £6.00 whereas the other more simple nail varnishes from Topshop are £5.00, which I think is a reasonable price for a really nice nail polish. Like many other people I really like the Topshop packaging, I think the spots are really cute, and the size is pretty reasonable for the price too. The No7 glitter nail varnish is a limited edition one and cost £8.00 but I had a cheeky £5 off No7 voucher so I got it for £3 :) You've gotta love those £5 off vouchers! 

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White eyeliner vs black ...

I have always generally used black and occasionally brown eyeliner, but I thought I would switch it up and try a white one for a change. I bought mine for £2.99 from Rimmel because I didn't want to go crazy and buy a really expensive one from Mac for example, if I ended up not liking the effect. The one I got was a soft kohl eyeliner in 071 - Pure White, and it is a pretty standard eyeliner really. 

This eyeliner is really pigmented and creamy. It applies really easily, and although it doesn't have a blending tool at the end or anything fancy like that, for only £2.99 it is still good. 

I actually really like this, especially for a lighter day look, and although black eyeliner makes my eyes look more defined, I think the white eye liner makes them look bigger. 

With black eyeliner - No7 

I will definitely be experimenting with different coloured eye liners now rather than just the standard black I have been wearing for god knows how long. I don't know whether I would wear white everyday but it is nice to mix things up every now and again. 

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Fantasy fire ...

I have heard so many bloggers talking about the nail polish, 45 - Fantasy Fire, from Max Factor that when I saw it in Superdrug I snapped it up pretty sharpish. It was the last one left and I'm really glad I managed to find one, because although it looks lovely I'm not prepared to pay the prices it has been selling for on ebay (it cost me £2.99 because Superdrug have a £1 off the mini Max Factor nail polishes but on ebay they are going from anywhere between £7.99 to £15.00 - which seems ridiculous to me). Apparently, one of the reasons it is so popular is because it is a really good dupe for a discontinued Clarins shade. 

Fantasy Fire is a lovely purple/blue base with green, blue, orange shimmer in it, but it is really sheer and I quickly realised it would take way too many coats and far too much time to reach any sort of opacity, so I applied one base coat of a similar general colour, which was No7 Speed Dry in 44 - Violetta. This coat provided a really glossy, opaque finish which I was really impressed with and provided a really good base for the Fantasy Fire to work with. I then applied three coats of the Fantasy Fire and then one top coat, so a lot of coats were still required. However, Fantasy Fire did dry really quickly in between coats, like the other Max Factor Minis, and the base coat is quite dark, so I think I will try it out with a lighter base coat another time. 

Overall, I would recommend this nail polish but not at the price it is going for on ebay. It is a small bottle and the formula is pretty sheer, and a lovely nail polish to have to spruce up a plain colour, but not something I would pay £10 for. 


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