Barry M Obsessed!

Another nail varnish related post today! Despite having a whole Glossy Box full of them i still find myself buying them time and time again. This time it's the good old Barry M. I find that they are amazing quality for £2.99 each and have a huugggeee range of colours available.

This time i got the 3 for 2 offer in Superdrug and picked up Barry Ice Cream and Pink Iridescent. Weird names. Anyway, one is a lovely lilac/pink colour which is perfect for the spring time as it's a pastel colour that is right on trend. The other is a clear glitter varnish which i have absolutely fell in love with and i have been wearing it over every colour i wear! As for the third i picked up the same lilac colour for my friends birthday.

I've been wearing these colours non-stop since i purchased them, as i did with the Essie 'Not just a pretty face'  when i first purchased that. What's your favourite Barry M colour?


Kelly xox

Essie - Not Just A Pretty Face

My first ever Essie nail polish! Wowww! Where have i been you ask? I've always felt Essie and Opi are very overpriced nail polishes as i am 100% happy with using £2.99 Barry M colours.
I was pretty bummed to find out that my local Superdrug are not stocking the Essie polishes as i was hoping that seeing them in person would persuade me to buy some. However, the other week, walking through Boots i clapped eyes on the stand with all of the pretty colours from Essie. I was so pleased but also kind of nervous that i would now splurge on a £7.99 nail polish every time i go in there. Anyway, i obviously HAD to buy one! I have been after ballet slippers for a while as i heard it gives that clean and polished finish. After seeing this i thought it was a little too light and opted for 'Not Just A Pretty Face' instead as this looked like it had a tad more colour.

Every single day since i had have this i have worn it on my nails! At first, with one coat i didn't really see my difference in my nail colour. I then added another coat and then my top coat (Barry M) and i fell in love with it immediately. The light flush of pink that it gives your nails, like you've just had a manicure. It's almost like you can't tell its there until you look but gives your nails the most perfect natural finish. I love it so much and think that after one polish, i am an Essie convert. I cannot wait to buy more colours for the summer!

What's your favourite shade from Essie?
Kelly xox

My recent purchases...

I love seeing what other people have brought recently to see if there are any new products that i might like to try. I'm a nosey one just as many other beauty bloggers are! So heres a glipmse of what i have been spending my hard earned pennies on this week!

Mostly skincare as i have been using up a lot of that stuff recently. (blog post coming soon!) My mum brought me the Simple hydrating moisturiser for Christmas and i loved it. It isn't anything special but it didn't break me out and was gentle on my skin. So when i ran out, i rushed to Superdrug and purchased another. However, i have been on the hunt for my perfect moisturiser as i am every other beauty product so i went with the hype and ordered the Embryolisse off of a website which the lovely Vivianna (link here) gave to me after searching around endlessly for it. I'm not 100% sure of my views of this yet seeing as i have only been using it for two weeks. When i popped into boots earlier this week i was browsing through some of their own brand and decided to pick up these two products, i hadn't heard anything about them but they were cheap so why not?!

Wrong decision! Although i'm not that bothered because they were only about £1.50 ish. The eye makeup remover pads are awful and don't do much in that department! The eye gel is ok but not anything remotely special. When i was shopping at Cribbs Causway for my mums birthday i went into Lush to find a face mask and the lovely lady reccomended me the Catastrophre cosmetic one that is filled with blueberries and a range of other yummy ingredients! So far so good. Lastly i picked up a hair dye as my hair is a miss-match of colours at the moment! I got the colour light brown to try out.

What have you purchased recently?

Kelly xox

Mac - Chatterbox

First of all apologies for the time away from blogging. It's been a crazy past couple of weeks with organising my mum's birthday, revision, netball, work the list could go on and on and shan't bore you with my life stories! On to the lovely lipstick itself!

This lipstick is an Amplified formula from Mac which means that it is meant to be creamy and full of colour! This was my first experience of the amplified and i have to say I was not disappointed in the slightest! Chatterbox is described by Mas as a bright red-pink, which i would agree with although it is not as bright as neon or a barbie pink but it is just the right in between for me.
I decided to go for this particular colour as I was looking for something more daring (dare i say) than my usual nude toned lipsticks. I'm not the bravest when it comes lipstick so this was defiantly a step in the right direction. It has amazing staying power; I have worn it on a few nights out with the girls and i haven't really had to touch it up at all, no matter how many drinks i drank! I would also wear this in the day time as you can blend it out with your fingers to make it more wearable, although, if you are a brave one when it comes to lipsticks this is the perfect day-pink colour. The colour does live up to the reputation by being opaque. It glides on my lips smoothly and effortlessly with a creamy texture meaning that it does not sink into any lines which is fab!

I am very very pleased with my first amplified lipstick from Mac and i am also very very pleased that i chose the colour Chatterbox! It's brilliant for night or day and for me is a step in the more daring colours. (even though its probably not daring to more than half of you!)

Have you tried chatterbox? What's your thoughts on it?
Kelly xox





p.s sorry about the pictures i'm still getting used to this!