Gelly Nails | Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine Nail Paint | Review

Barry M have recently released a new selection of colours in their Gelly Hi-Shine Nail Paint range, their whole collection consists of muted down nudes, pastels and bright eye-popping shades. Since they released this collection, sleek, glossy, wet-look nails have the been incredibly popular. Me being me I picked up; prickly pear, a lovely lilac shade. I never actually owned a shade like this before (which is hard to believe considering the amount of nail polish I own).

Barry M Gelly Nail Paint (Prickly Pear) £3.99

They apply like a dream and all I need you need is two coats, or one if your pretty heavy handed like me sometimes. As far as longevity goes they are pretty good and don't tend to chip easily, so I don't usually bother with clear top coat, however I sometimes like to add a clear top coat (just in case). They are really cheap for only £3.99 each and fantastic for if you're on a budget! Overall I am really impressed with these polishes and would love to try some more their shades. Barry M are one of my favourite nail polish brands but I don't think anything would beat my love for Essie.

Do you own any shades from the Gelly Hi-Shine range? What do you think of them?

L'Oreal GlamShine Stain Splash | Review

I've been eyeing this beauty up since it first arrived in my local Boots and I've been putting it off for a little while now, but today I finally caved and ended up buying one.

I've heard these are a drugstore dupe for the YSL Glossy Stains (which I have still yet to try) and because I've been lusting after the YSL ones for ages now, so I thought these would be good to try to see if I'm a fan or not.

They feel quite watery but also creamy at the same time, and apply on your lips evenly too. Even with just one application they leave a subtle gloss that stains your lips at the same time, so even when the gloss has worn off, your lips still won't be bare. (And just to point out the gloss doesn't last long.)

These retail for £7.99 which I personally think is a little over priced considering they aren't incredibly pigmented, however their ability to stain is great. They have a slight berry scent which I find quite nice as opposed to the sickly plastic smell that some lip products acquire.

I think the packaging is quite elegant-looking and I think it looks a lot more expensive than it actually is. Overall, I really enjoy using this product and will most likely be buying more very soon...

What do you think of these? Will you be trying any soon?

xxx

Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Butter Cream | Review

Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Butter Cream £10.50 available from Boots

It's not long since everyone was raving about Soap & Glory's Sugar Crush Body Wash, which I have not yet tried but when this beauty was released I simply couldn't resist. This sweet-smelling body butter cream has a whipped cream-like consistency that feels luxurious when it's melting into your skin. But the best thing about this product is the scent, its a blend of kiwi fruit water, lime tree blossom extracts and coconut oil which all together smell heavenly. It's easy to apply and doesn't take for ever to sink into your skin, so it's the perfect thing to use after a long soak in the bath.

It also contains almond oil, shea butter and coconut butter which when combined together are the perfect combination for healthy, supple and glowing skin. I would definitely recommend getting your hands on this for Spring, as it's fresh and fruity fragrance is sure to brighten up any day!

The zesty lemon and lime fragrance with a brown sugar sweet twist lingers on your skin even once its been absorbed into your skin, it's the perfect Spring/Summer body butter cream to help keep your skin lovely and soft.

What do you think of the Soap & Glory Sugar Crush range?

xxx

The Wishlist | March

As most beauty-bloggers out there will know how dangerous these kind of blog post's can be, especially to your bank balance, but I have promised I am going to save my money up now for a big shopping spree. Anyway here's a selection of products I've been lusting over.


 
        


       

Topshop Burnout Tee

I am and always will be a lover of Topshop clothing, every time I go in I can never seem to resist the urge and usually end up leaving with a bag or two... But I'm trying to save more so unfortunately I had to resist and put this top back the other day. ARghh I want it soo much!

Zara Shopper With Braided Handles

Believe it or not, I actually don't own a handbag from Zara, in fact I haven't bought a new handbag since..well I really can't remember. So when I was flitting through their website I came across this lovely and at £39.99 I wouldn't say no.

Burts Bee's Almond Milk Hand Cream

I've had my eye on this ever since EssieButton mentioned it in one of her videos and it hasn't left my wishlist since then, the only thing thats been putting me off is the price, £10 for hand cream, I just can't seem to spend that much money just on hand cream, but it would be marvellous if someone bought it for me though..hint hint.

L'Oreal Rouge Caresse Lipstick

My lip product drawer is overfull as I speak but one can never have enough lipsticks..ever. Enough said.

Vera Wang Lovestruck Floral Rush Perfume

The original Lovestruck fragrance was never really my cup of tea, I went through stages of liking it but it never made it's way into my shopping basket somehow. The design of the bottle is really pretty, not very handbag-friendly but it would look nice on my dressing table. I really do prefer the scent of this one compared to the original though.

Maybelline Rocket Volume Express Mascara

I almost bought this at the weekend but whenever I get close to picking it up a voice in my head keeps saying 'no Amy, you have enough mascara already' so I end up re-placing it on the stand and walk away. And yes I do have too many mascara's on the go at the moment so once I've got some used up I may just buy this.

What products are you craving for?

xxx

New | Models Own Fruit Pastel Collection

Models Own are always on the ball with new new releases, and this collection is right up my street. You're probably thinking, 'well Models Own have plenty of pastel shades already' but these beauties are different. Each bottle has it's own little retro scratch 'n' sniff label and have fruity names too. Some may find this a bit of a gimmick but I'm very curious to see what these are actually like. I love a good pastel nail polish so I'll definitely be heading off to my local Boots to pick one or two of these beauties up when they hit the shelves.

The five nail polishes names are (in order L-R on the picture) Strawberry Tart, Apple Pie, Banana Split, Blueberry Muffin and Grape Juice.

This fantastic collection will be available from the Westfield Bottle shop on the 9th of March, online on the Models Own website from 20th of March and available in Boots stores from 22nd of March. Models Own have recently released the Neon Ice collection which consists of  a number of neon shades which maintain their boldness by being kept in the fridge! Yes their bottles are specially designed frosted bottles, I've never actually come across this before even though I own a huge amount of nail polish and as a matter of fact I surprisingly don't own any neon shades so I may be picking one or two of those up too! Head over to their website (found here) to keep up to date with their latest releases.

What do you think of these pastel nail polishes?

xxx

Glitter..

I am a lover of nail polish and I own quite an array of shades, but it isn't often that I come across a glitter nail polish that I like. Well whilst I was browsing the makeup section in Superdrug yesterday, something caught my eye...

NYC Expert last nail polish in 'Gramercy Glitz' £2.49

This is just so gorgeous, I have been on the hunt for a glitter nail polish at a reasonable price and I couldn't believe my eyes when I came across this beauty. It's easy to apply and one coat does the job too. It's perfect on it's own or on top of another colour, so when I want my nails to look more natural I'll just use it on it's own. It's a clear based polish packed full of pink, blue and green glitter in small sizes. It's definitely worth the money and I can guarantee this is going to be a favourite of mine for a long time.

xxx

This week's discoveries....#1

As most of you beauty addicts out there will know, there really are some amazing products being released at the moment. L'Oreal, Bourjois, Rimmel and Revlon are on fire at the moment, releasing product after product. I get so excited when I see a new makeup/skincare product so you can imagine what it was like for me whilst I was out shopping the other day.
Anyway, I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and do these 'This week I've been using' posts because they are one of my favourite type of blog posts to read, and It's always nice to hear other peoples opinions on products too. So before I bore you to death, here we go.

Barry M Textured nail paint £3.99, Rimmel Apocalips £5.99, Palmer's dark chocolate and peppermint lip balm £2.79, Urban Decay Naked 2 palette £36.

Barry M have come out with textured nail paints? Yes they have and I was quite intrigued when I spotted these, but as usual I caved and ended up buying one anyway. Kingsland Road is a baby pink colour and it is very pretty, it reminds me of their original 'strawberry ice cream' but i think kingsland road is a little bit lighter. Basically it's like someone has poured a load of sand into the nail polish, which some people will like and same will hate. I don't know whether I am a fan or not.
  I'm pretty sure almost every beauty addict out there will of scurried off the shops to pick up a Rimmel Apocalips, the colour that really stood out to me was 'celestial' as it's one of those my lips but better colours and me being a fan of dark pink/berry shades meant I had to have this. It glides effortlessly onto lips and the colour pay off is amazing. They are non-sticky and super easy to apply, they last ages on lips too. Is there anything wrong with these? Well after trying and loving 'celestial' I would love to try 'luna' which is a beautiful creamy peach colour.
  It's been a while since I last bought a new lip balm, but when I was watching Zoella's January Favourites video, she mentioned this and didn't have a bad word to say about it. So I thought I may as well give it a go especially seeing as after eight mints are some of my fave chocs ever. And she was right, it is really hard to try and not eat it. It softens my lips and if you apply enough it also leaves a very subtle gloss too. Palmer's is a very good skincare brand so I figured I couldn't really go wrong here. It also contains Vitamin E which is an antioxidant which helps repair and protect your skin.
   Even though Urban Decay's Naked 2 palette has been out a while, I have been using it everyday this week. My favourite shades are Foxy, Tease and snakebite, I do love the whole palette but these three colours especially Foxy and Tease have been my go-to shades, I've been getting quite lazy recently so all I've been doing is using an eye shadow base and then applying foxy all over my lid and a little bit of tease in my crease and also under my eye too. The palette contains 12 natural shades which are all highly pigmented and last a long time. The palette comes with a mini Urban Decay lip junkie lip gloss in Naked which I also adore and it includes a double ended brush. One end has a flat shading brush and the other has a fluffy blending brush. The colours are easy to apply and there are so many different looks you can create with just this one palette.

So what do you think about these products? Will you be trying any in the future? xxx