Nail Polish of the Day - Kiko - 302

Today's nail polish is the colour 302 from Kiko Milan... love the colour, goes on very smooth and the brush has the perfect size.

Liz Earle Sheer Skin Tint - Hello Allergy

Two days ago I received a letter from Liz Earle and it had some samples of the new Sheer Skin Tint in it. I decided to test it to see if I like it. I wasn't too impressed with the smell and the consistency. It went on ok, but felt really sticky even after it dried. After a few hours of wearing just the Sheer Tint I notices a metallic smell (like old coins) and after smelling everything around me I realized that it was the Sheer Tint that caused the smell, so I decided to take it off. I only used a baby wipe and cleansing milk and everything seemed to be fine. The next day my face started itching and getting very red and hot and it has gotton worse today. I don't have any spots or anything, but the skin on my face is very red and hot and itchy... I used a cloth with cold water and put it in the fridge to cool my skin and it works for a little while and then the heat comes back. I thought about everything I used and ate and the Liz Earle product is the only thing that was out of the ordinary, so I think I have to blame it for my allergic reaction.

Not gonne use that one again. Aside from my skin reaction, I didn't like it much anyway.

Hope tomorrow will be a better skin day:-(

Nail Polish of the Day - Ciate Wait until Dark

Ciate - Wait until Dark

OPI by Sephora - Collection & Swatches

Apart from the very thin brush, I love the colours and quality of these nail polishes. The colours I got when I was in the States are:

Just a little dangerous

Shiny Dancer
Already Famous
Go my own way
Caffeine Fix
Caught with my Khakis Down
Blasted Silver

Check out my video on Youtube to see me ramble about those as well:-)

ELF Shopping Haul & Swatches

Did a little bit of shopping at ELF (www.eyeslipsface.com).

Here's what I got:

Eye Shadow Brush £1.50

False Lashes - Natural Lash Kit £1.50
False Lashes - Individual Lash Kit £1.50

Lip Gloss NEW - Au Naturale £3.00 (left on the hand, right on the finger)

Lip Gloss - Trendsetter £3.00 (right on the hand, left on the finger)

Element - Moondust £1.50
Element Compact £1.50

Element - Dusk £1.50

Custom Eyes - Sage £1.50

Custom Eyes -- Mocha £1.50

Blush - Tickled Pink £3.50
Blush - Pink Passion £3.50

All Over Color Stick - Pink Lemonade £1.50

All Over Color Stick - Persimmon £1.50
All Over Color Stick -- Spotlight £1.50

You check out my video on Youtube

Nail Polish of the Day - OPI Saphire

Not the best colour for my pale hands, but I love it anyway... shimmers green, blue, pink and silver when the sun hits it.

W7 Nail Polish Shopping Haul & Swatches

I went on a crazy shopping spree once again... this time it was for W7 nail polishes. I discovered them a few days ago when I bought some stuff at New Look and I got 2 colours (one of them neon pink... oh lordy, what's wrong with me). Anyhow, I tested them and thought they had quite good pigmentation and consistency and were really easy to put on. And they were only £2.99 each... Hello Bargain... So, back home I did some research and found them for really cheap on Amazon and went crazy. I bought 12 shades... some of them not necessarily on purpose, cause they were part of a set, but all in all I'm super happy with them. Check out the swatches.. the colours are so amazing and the pigmentation is crazy (apart from the chunky shimmer ones, but that's normal). For 12 shades I paid £20... for that money I can't even get 2 OPI shades. Speaking of OPI... the bottle looks 100% exactly like OPI (apart from the logo of course).

Only downside: They smell really bad. I mean most nail polishes do, but they are similar bad as the Seche Vite smell, so better paint those nails with the window open to avoid brain damage.

Will make a video about those in the next couple of days, but for now, take a look at the swatches below:

Nail Polish Collection & Swatches - OPI

About 1.5 years ago I went to get a professional pedicure for the first time and when she said I should pick my colour I had to choose one from a rack full of OPI nail polishes. This is how my love to OPI started, cause the colour I chose was Malage Wine (still one of my favorites), which is a beautiful red. I had no idea which nail polishes are good and which are bad, so when I properly started buying nail polishes I decided to go with what I know and get some shades from OPI... Malaga Wine being my first (of course). Over time I got many shades and I mostely buy them on eBay from sellers I can trust, but I really couldn't afford that many if I had to pay £13 or more each. I mean, the quality is definitely worth the money, but why spend more if you can get them cheaper.

The colours I own so far are:

Shimmer Colours
Saphire - Designer Series
Lucerne-Tainly Look Marvelous - Swiss Collection
Cockoo For This Color - Swiss Collection
Midnight in Moscow
Yodel Me On My Cell - Swiss Collection
Russian Navy
Diva of Geneva

Non-shimmer
Ski Teal We Drop - Swiss Collection
Don't Mess With OPI - Texas Collection

Malaga Wine
Over The Taupe
Tickle My France-Y
You don't know Jaques! Suede
Black Shatter (had to throw this one away now, cause it was too clumpy to use... bohoo)
OPI Mini Trend Collection

I ordered some Nail Polish Wheels to show you some swatches of the colours and here they come:

Opi Mini Trend Collection (they don't have individual names)

From left to right: Saphire,  Lucerne-Tainly Look Marvelous, Yodel Me On My Cell, Ski Teal We Drop, Russian Navy, Don't Mess With OPI, Cokoo For This Color

From left to right: Midnight in Moscow (my least favorite, cause you need a few coats to see any of the red), Diva of Geneva, Malaga Wine, Tickle My France-Y, Over The Taupe, You Don't Know Jaques - Suede

Check out my OPI Nail Polish review video on Youtube:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Sleek PPQ Me, Myself & Eye LE

Got my new Sleek PPQ Me, Myself & Eye LE palette in the post today... It's limited edition and can only be ordered online, but the shipping was super quick.

Check out the colours in this baby. The eye shadows are super pigmented as always and even though I haven't tested the colours on my eyes yet, I think the swatches speak for itself. They included some really beautiful colours. I'm especially excited about the colours Primal Green the green/gold-ish colour in the top row on the left and Fade to Grey, a great silvery grey (second row on the left). I don't think Sleek had a silver in their collection yet.. not in the collections I own at least. Oh wait, there was a dark silver in the Storm palette, but I prefer this one. The dark green next to the silver (why they call it Blue Monday is a mystery to me, cause there is nothing blue about it... or I'm colourblind) shows up really dark, but if you use it sparely and blend it well, you get a very nice dark forest green. I also love the colour Supernova, cause it looks like a very natural ash brown, but seems to have a hint of dusty pink in it. Ah well, I could go on and on about it, but the fact is, I just love Sleek Palettes. They are such amazing value for money. Go and get it!

Nail polish of the day: Catrice Khaki Perry

After I destroyed the nail polish I put on yesterday, cause I just wouldn't dry for hours, I decided to take it off and give one of my Catrice nail polishes a try. Unfortunately you can only get them at German drugstores, but I love this colour. It's called Khaki Perri and it's a nice shimmery green-yellow. The brush has the perfect size (not like the OPI by Sephora ones I talked about yesterday) and goes on very smooth and easy. I used a base coat from Rimmel underneath, 2 coats of Khaki Perri and the Sally Hansen Insta-Dry on top. 

W7 Nail Polishes

On my trip to the Mac Counter to exchange some empty containers in exchange for some lipsticks, I found myself with a little time to spare before I had to catch a train and decided to check out the store New Look (for the first time since living in the UK... why? No idea).

Obsessed as I am with nail polishes, they were the first thing that caught my eye as soon as I entered the store. Could also have something to do with the neon pink colour or that the packaging looks exactly like OPI... who knows:-) They were £2.99 each, so I thought I should definitely check them out and even though I wasn't into neon colours since the 1980s, I thought it might be fun to have a bright colour to lighten up one of those cold winter days that lay ahead.

I painted one nail each to test the colours and I am actually quite impressed. I can't judge the staying power yet, but the colours are very true to the bottle and 2 coats were plenty and they went on very smooth. Not too thin, not too thick. For £2.99 I'm definitely loving them! The colours I got are Khaki and Fluorescent Pink.

A definite Thumbs up for now...

Nail Polish of the day - OPI by Sephora "Just a little dangerous"

It was time to give my nails some colour, so I decided to go with one of my OPI by Sephora ones that I got when I was in the States. The colour is "Just a little dangerous". I hadn't used them before, so I didn't know what to expect. The colour is definitely nice... blue-ish purple with pink shimmer in it, but the wand... guys, I tell you, the wand is a nightmare (for me). It is very thin, so you can't do the normal "3 strokes and done" technique, but have to paint and paint and that means it goes on thinker on some places and therefore definitely doesn't look good with one coat. A second coat however will make this particular colour go on so thick, that it takes forever to dry and even though I used a fast dry topcoat, I still damaged it hours after I put it on.

So, unfortunately a bit of mixed feelings with this one. I have some other colours from the OPI by Sephora collection and I will update you guys on what I think of them, but the wand problem will not go away, I'm afraid.

Check out my OPI by Sephora video on Youtube, where I show my other shades and swatches.

Logitech 9000 Review Update

I've been using the Logitech Pro 9000 for a few weeks now and unfortunately it gave me a lot of pain.

The first one I got started to have microphone problems after approximately 1.5 weeks (crackling noise). I called Amazon and they sent me a replacement. 

The new one had a problem with the autofocus from day one. Basically it didn't automatically focus on me when I sat in front of it and I had to wave and make myself known to the camera before it decided to work with me. It worked for a bit, but after putting something close to the camera and then taking it away, same thing happened and when I tried to use the cam next time same routine. It also never seemed to find the right settings for "autolight" and the videos looked quite awful.

Called Amazon again and they sent a replacement. This one actually seems to work fine from the hardware point of view, but since I updated the software, whenever I start the camera to film my laptop shows bluescreen and reboots. Sometimes after several reboots I get it to work, but I doubt my computer likes the permanent forced reboots (using Win Vista). Will try to download the old version or do some research if that happens to other people as well.

Conclusion: Good webcam for the price (if working), but there seem to be loads of lemons out there. Think I will start saving for a standalone camcorder.

Back to MAC - Depotting & Lipstick Heaven

Watched a Youtube video from MakeupGeekTV (check her out... she is awesome) two days ago about how to depot Mac eyeshadows and did a big depotting action yesterday. I depotted 24 eyeshadows/blushes and got quite excited, cause I'd heard you can bring the empty containers  back to MAC and for every 6 you get a lipstick. 

I had my eyes on a few of their lipsticks for quite a while now, but for some reason I just couldn't justify spending £13.50 on a lipstick so far. Therefore the prospect of being able to choose 4 lipsticks and not even having to pay for them was even more exciting. I was in lipstick heaven... BUT... now I had to decide which ones to take. What a task. Here's what I got (got 5 and paid for one in the end):
- Angel
- Hot Gossip
- Milan Mode
- Party Line
- Plumful

Some of them look really similar, but I decided to take some that I will actually wear a lot and not just on special occasions:

Check out Marlena's video on Youtube:

September Glossybox - What I got...

Based on the reviews I watched on Youtube, I decided to subscribe to Glossybox last month and got my first one yesterday. Here's what I got in it:

- Dead Sea Spa Magik (Exfoliator)
- Green People Fruitful Nights (night cream)
- HD Brows (eyebrow stuff)
- Neal and Wolf Glow Super Shine Spray (for hair)
- Plum by Mary Greenwell (Perfum)

Didn't like the fact that they added a perfume sample, cause those are usually free anyway and when they asked for my preferences, I explicitly said I don't want perfume, but what can you do... I will wait another month before I decide if this is actually worth it.

Unpack it with me on Youtube:

So far I tested:

Green People Fruitful Nights: still looked old in the morning, but at least it didn't break me out or cause allergies. Very neutral smell.

Neal & Wolf Glow Spray: Slight dissapointment. First of all it doesn't say on the botttle how to use it, so I used it on dry hair. It has a super strong smell... I don't mind the smell, but it may be too much for some people, cause it probably overpowers everything else. I didn't feel like it gave my hair the glow and shine it promised and it also looked a bit stringy/greasy until I brushed my hair quite a bit and I didn't use a lot. Don't think I will buy that one.

Dead Sea Spa Magik: I used this on my legs in the shower. It has a nice citrus smell and it made my skin nicely soft. Probably cause it also has oil in it, but that's also something to keep in mind, cause after I used it I still had some of the oil on my hands and accidently touched my hair to squeeze out the water... not so clever. Avoid doing that if you don't want to wash your hair twice!

I haven't used the HD Brow stuff yet, but I will update as soon as I do. I will not use the perfume, cause I don't like the smell

Sleek - Nude Collection - Review & Swatches

Got the Sleek Nude Collection about a week ago and thought I share my thoughts. I like the Au Naturel palette, cause it has some nice neutral colours... not very exciting colours, but still good enough to create nice looks with. I think the shimmery colours are my favorites... not a big fan of the grey and mustardy colours, cause they don't show up very much, even though I'm pale, paler, the palest.

The Suede Blush is a nice natural reddish brown (left finger, but right side on the hand)... wasn't sure if it may be too orange on my skin, but it's just about right for a bit of colour when wearing a natural look.

I love the Sleek Pout Polishes a lot and the Bare Minimum one is no exeption, but I love it just for it's lip conditioning and not for the colour, cause it basically has none. I have medium pigmented lips and apart from a bit of shine and a nice feeling it doesn't show up. I expected it to "nude" my lips as it is the nude collection and nude lipsticks/lipglosses normally do exactly that, but this one doesn't. Just be aware if you have pigmented lips...

Check out my Sleek Nude Collection video on Youtube:

Sleek Pout Polishes - Swatches

 

The Sleek Pout Polishes are affordable (£4.49 at Superdrug or sleekmakeup.com), smell amazing, condition the lips awesomely and are available in beautiful colours. The colours I own (apart from the Nude Collection, which I will talk about seperately) are: Raspberry Souffle, Pink Cadillac and Perfect Plum.

I heard that it is best to test lipsticks and lip glosses on your fingertips, cause the skin is the most like the one on the lips, so I did some fingertip and hand swatches.

Check out my Sleek Review video on Youtube as well.