Need A Little Motivation? LUSH Liquid Eye Liner Review!

Ello there darling ones! Hope you're all having a lovely week!

Now we all need a little motivation every now & again right? And what better way than with a bit o' colour & a vibrant bright eye to pick ya up a tad? Enter at this point this gorgeous liquid eye liner from LUSH, whom I already adore for their fab fun bath products & they've ventured towards make up too! I really do love my eye liner so twas very excited to give this pretty a go which I was fortunate enough to receive in a goody bag from a blogger event a while back.

Firstly how adorable is that packaging with the teeny dropper bottle & little hand written label giving it a delightful Alice In Wonderland like feel? Motivation is one of a range of coloured liquid eye liners available & is a stunning vibrant two tone peacock blue green shade.

The eye liner comes with a thin brush & makes creating a fine line on the upper lid muchos easy & this liquid liner, which is creamy in consistency definitely glides across the lid nicely. The formula really is lovely & looking at the ingredients which include rose petal infusion, almond & jojoba oils I can see why.

The creaminess of the liner allows you to blend it if you want to for a more vibrant make up look, however I've been loving simply teaming it with my usual cat eye flick black eye liner for a hit of colour. Starting from the inner corner just draw your line, going along the upper lashline, applying it as thick you wish, till you reach the outer corner. A simple yet stand out eye make up look that's super fast & great if you're not in the mood to reach for the eye shadows.

Definitely a pretty little eye liner offering from LUSH & the colour is right up my street. I managed to get a whole day's wear & didn't experience any of that annoying transference of liner on the upper lid that's quite common in eye liners. There's only one downer for me though & a big one at that...& that's the price...a wince worthy £14.50! Ouch. Hmmm yeah...that be not so nice LUSH & is something that seriously needs working on please & thank you? Lets just hope the longevity of it makes it worth it...a year at least! ;)

Thanks for reading as always dolls! Have you tried LUSH's eye liners? What did you think?

Lots love to ya!

NOTD - Peek-A-Boo Panda Nails!

Hello there my beauties! Hope you all had a lovely weekend! Okay, I am absolutely in love with this mani I have to share with you today...Peek-A-Boo Panda Bears!! Haha! I got the nail art itch & as usual wanted something relatively simple to do because I'm a bit of an eejit ya know & for these I was inspired by the amazing cutepolish. Now I'm not usually a fan of YouTube, personally preferring blogs, but I can definitely make time for this awesome ladies vids, not only is she super talented but I just love how her designs are not only stunning but fun & not too difficult to create. So here's my first attempt at re-creating one her designs, these super cute Panda Bears...

Do you like? And creating them in a mani as so easy, all you need is a base, a white & a black polish & some strategically placed spots! For this I used the Revlon Nail Art French Mix polish duo in Miss Perfect which I picked up in a set in TK Maxx.

I started off with applying a couple of coats of base colour using the pink polish in the Revlon Nail Art Duo, you don't really need to do this though, instead going ahead with creating your pandas but I like having that base to work on plus the white polish applies on top better for me.

Then using the white polish in the the Revlon Nail Art Duo I free handed on a roundish circle on the bottom half of the nail for the head shape.

Next for the ears I used the end of one of my nail art brushes as I don't have a dotting tool large enough to create big dots but this works just perfectly! Dipping in some black polish, I used Barry M Black, I just placed on two large dots on the top edge of the white circle for my ears.

Then for the little noses I just used a hair bobby pin dipped in the black polish to place my pandas noses on the tips.

Again for the eyes I used the black polish & a slightly smaller sized dotting tool to place two eyes in the middle of each white circle.

And then finally I simply added a white dot in each of the eyes using my Models Own Nail Art Pen to give my pandas lovely bright eyed pupils!

And that's it! Happy Panda Nails! Not forgetting to seal it all in with a coat of topcoat & you're good to go. The Revlon Nail Art French Mix Duo was perfect for this mani, if a little watery in consistency but I'll definitely be using it again for this kind of nail art!

Hope you liked the mani dolls & a big thanks again to the fab cutepolish for her awesome tutorials! Thanks for reading!

Lotsa love to ya!

Fruity NOTD - Raspberries & Peach Sherbet!

Greeting sweetpeas & happy Friday! Up to anything nice this weekend? I was holding out for some good weather, not sure why exactly I should know better really eh? But if the Sun chooses to visit elsewhere I may pop along to go watch The Great Gatsby, I do love a good Baz movie so looking forward to seeing it!

Another fruity mani today dolls! I previously blogged some Banana Split Nails using one of Models Own yummy scented polishes also coincidentally called Banana Split ;) I don't know what it is about fruit inspired mani's, I just love them & think their perfect for the season & brightening up your nails! I remember doing some Strawberry Nails too a while back which I'm itching to try again! Today I've opted for some yummy Raspberries with a touch o' Peach! :)

For the base colour I reached for another Models Own, this time the yummy Peach Sherbet which is a lovely pastel-y pale peach crème, such a beautiful soft spring/summer time shade & a really nice alternative to nude polish. Its formula is quite thick but I still went for my regular 2 coats.

Then for my raspberries I simply grabbed my dotting tool (you can of course just use a bobby pin) & the suitably titled Raspberry from Barry M & dotted on the fruit using a pyramid like pattern starting with 3 dots, then 2 underneath & 1 at the bottom.

For the green leaves I just used an old dark green nail art pen to roughly draw on the greenery before adding a touch of red glitter on a few raspberries here & there because you can't go wrong with a bit o' sparkle! ;)

Finishing with a coat of topcoat to seal & shine & that it! Hope you liked the fruity mani dolls! Now which fruit to try next...? ;) Thanks for reading!

Lotsa love to ya!

NOTD - Peacock Glitter Gradient

Hello lovely readers! Hope you're all having a good week so far. So...*looks out at the monsoon currently occurring outdoors*...that was a lovely summer we had wasn't it? Think we can count that as a new world record! Lets not give up hope of a bit of sun to come just yet ;)

It been a while since I've done a glitter gradient manicure, not sure why as I do love them so! For this mani in particular I've reached for an absolutely stunning chunky glitter against a dark base for something a bit different & I love it!

The two polishes I've used are Sinful Colors What's Your Name & Wet n' Wild's Spoiled Glitter in Pet My Peacock, both which were sent to me in a makeup swap. But my polish eye has spotted some new Sinful Color polish stands within Boot's recently which I'm pretty over the moon to see as I love this brand!

What's Your Name is a gorgeous black with turquoise blue/green macro glitter running through it giving it such a stunning & different take on your ordinary black. This is two coats applied, the formula was lovely to work with & dried nice & quickly.

Now on to that purdy glitter, ain't it a beaut? Pet My Peacock consists of a mixture of large hexagonal glitters in gold, silver, turquoise, purple & dark blue in a clear base which definitely bring the polishes namesake to mind! I applied 2 coats on to the tips, using the brush to distribute the large glitters a tad. I love how it sparkles, like you've dipped your nails in to a bowlful of crystals! I absolutely adore Wet n' Wild polishes, if only they were available here! *wails!*

Finishing off with a couple o' coats of topcoat to smoothen out that chunky glitter & finito :) Hope you liked the mani dolls! Thanks for reading! Are you a fan of Sinful Colors & Wet n' Wild polishes?

Lotsa love to ya!