Mint Floral Nails

I have let my nail art game down over the last few months, so I decided that I would start up again with the help of a nail colour wheel and nail art dotter from eBay. 

My first project I knew would be something to do with flowers. So I picked 3 colours, set aside some time and got down to some serious nail art.

For this I used Barry M, Ciate Pillow Fight and Rimmel. 

Starting with Pillow Fight for a base.

I then took my dotter, drew an X with my Rimmel and then made a star to get neat petals all the way around. 

Finishing with a yellow dot for the middle of the flowers and a slick of a clear top coat. 

And there you have it, super summery nails in 3 easy steps. Not a bad start I reckon.

Motivate Me Monday

This week I've needed a little bit more inspiration than most to get eating healthy. I did make a vegetable soup with my new blender (which was amazing) but then I got a bit ill with a sore throat; and we all know what happens when you're feeling under the weather... binging happens. 

So my pillar of inspiration today came from the Daily Mail. I kind of love Vicky from Geordie Shore. Her transformation is fabulous and she's stunning. I also love her attitude towards life, she's a girl that will speak her mind and she's definitely somebody I'd get on with. So this week, love her or hate her, Vicky Pattison is my Motivate Me Monday inspiration. Her 7 Day Slim has been on my wish list for a while now, the more pictures I see of her on Instagram, the more I want it. I think I'll be purchasing this soon.

Sharing The Love

Last month I decided to start a feature that shows off the bloggers that I keep going back to every day. A lot of the blogs I read are based around fashion, beauty and lifestyle subjects. I just find them so inspiring and discovering new techniques or products is always really exciting. I've featured one of my favourite Youtube channels this week too, It's My Raye Raye's videos not only show off some great products and looks but this girl is hilarious! Well worth checking out, especially her lipstick videos as she has the best lips ever *blog envy*.



Amy Valentine

She Wears Fashion

It's My Raye Raye

Milk Bubble Tea

Beauty Rambles

e.l.f Coral Matte Lipstick Pencil Review

I'm sure a lot of us out there are transitioning from winter to summer make up at the moment and one of the biggest changes I've noticed when people watching is that colour is creeping in, especially with lipsticks. 

I've noticed that my taste in lipstick has gone from berry and red shades to corals and pinks. My first purchase being from e.l.f with a coral matte lip pencil that I couldn't resist when I saw it online!

It's super creamy, really pigmented and a lovely light coral that will only be the start of my coral obsession this summer I'm sure. 

It's so girly and so pretty, I want to wear it everyday. It's not too in your face either so you can wear it during the day. I have fallen in love with e.l.f cosmetics recently and this is just one of the reasons why. 

The matte lip colour pencils are great because they give great colour, precision and they're cheap.. at just £3.95!!!

L'Oreal BB Powder Review

As you may have seen, I have loved BB and CC creams for so long now. So when I saw a  Nude Magique BB powder I was overwhelmingly keen. What could this powder offer that my normal Rimmel Stay Matte powder couldn't?

Well, a lot now that I've done my research...

This powder goes above and beyond the call of duty for powders. With a 5 in 1 formula, you can expect a 'light coverage, velvet feel, 8 hour non drying mattifying finish, shine free and fresh looking skin' according to the blurb. 

My verdict after a few weeks of use -  it's lovely. It certainly delivers on the velvet feel element as my skin feels so soft even hours after us. I wouldn't say my skin felt fresher and I haven't noticed a lot of the shine free element of this, but overall I kind of would recommend this. It's the perfect colour for paler skin for one and for me, just how soft my skin goes with this is amazing. It's really, really soft - trust me.

I think if you live your bb/cc creams then this is perfect. But I'm not sure I'd rush to repurchase this as double the price of my usual/staple powder. 

e.l.f Lip Stain Review

When I first decided I was going to dye my hair blonde, one of the many images of inspiration that I always thought of was of a blonde model wearing a dark lip stain. It looked gothic but glamorous. I wasn't expecting such a finish with Crimson Crush. I thought it would be brighter and well, more orange in pigment. I love this lip stain though, it was a little hard to keep up the same amount of stain going onto the lip as it kept drying out, but once persevered with, comes out looking pretty great.

And at only £2.95 who can argue with that. e.l.f cosmetics also have this lip stain in 3 other colours, I have my eye on Nude Nectar next.