What I bought from the Models Own Sale- Mini Haul

Hi everyone,

Today is my Birthday and I feel special :) We're going out for Tapas soon which I've been to the place once before and it's the best food I have ever eaten. I'll have to blog about it and take photos. 

Models Own had a half price sale and so I bought myself these polishes for my Birthday. There are so many colours to choose from and although I already own tonnes, I just had to try out some more.

Here are the polishes I chose. From left to right they are;

Colour Chrome Gold  This is from the new collection and they all looked gorgeous. I decided to choose this gold colour as it was different from anything that I owned. The brush strokes do show up but with a second application it was much smoother.

Hyper Gel Lilac Sheen I've never tried a gel before and I loved the look of this lilac shade. It's super shiny and a gorgeous pastel shade.

Bubblegum Ice Neon I had a Bubblegum shade from Models Own before but the formula of it was very flaky. I decided to give this Ice Neon one a chance as I adore the neon colour.

Polish For Tans Sunhat I loved the idea of this collection enhancing a tan and I love all of the colours but whittled it down to my favourite colour pink in the end.

Diamond Luxe Radiant Pink I love this shade of pink and how it has the diamond dust inside it too. The colour is very vibrant and looked much more polished with two coats.

Blueberry Muffin Fruit Pastel  I love pastel colours so much and it was hard to resist all of this collection. I chose three in the end as the others were sold out at the time.. I love the shade and shine and the fact that they are scented once dried. I really wanted the coconut cream and Grape Juice and now looking again, I love the look of Apple Pie.

Peach Melba Fruit Pastel  I love peachy colours and the fact that this is also scented is a winner.

Strawberry Tart Fruit Pastel Another pink shade to add to my collection but this time a scented pastel one. It's more of a corally pink shade.

Time to get ready for my Birthday meal now.

Love Laura xoxo

Models Own Nail Polish Review- Sweet Shop Gumballs

Hello. How are you all?

 Just a little update before I begin to let you know that I am moving house next week and therefore my WiFi may be MIA soon. I am also starting a new job tomorrow which I'm really looking forward to. Probably for the first time in my life without any stress. So my blog posts may be a little hit and miss until I have settled in and got a routine going on. 

Models Own have just released the Sweet Shop Collection, which for me was an absolute necessity to own. I really wanted to try the Revlon scented polishes and never got around to getting any so when I saw these and they were sweetie scented, I needed them. I love the collections that Models Own keep coming out with and want the polish for tans collection and the previous fruit pastel collection too. The polishes are meant to have a scratch and sniff sticker on the top of them and I was disappointed to find that mine have them missing.

The collection comprises of five different polishes all with a retro sweet scent. The scents transport me back to my childhood and have a nostalgic feel about them. There's a pink glitter which, when dried, has a Rhubarb and Custard scent, Barbie pink Gumballs, a pink glitter 'Peardrops,' brown glitter 'Fizzy cola bottles' and finally a black polish which has the scent Liquorice Allsorts.

 There are three pink /red shades, a brown tone and a black. If I had produced this collection I would have made a variety of shades such as Foam Banana yellow or white mice just so it could have been more versatile. To have the smell of sweeties on your nails almost makes my life complete. I absolutely love the idea of these and have tried out Gumballs so far which I have written the review on for today.

  From left to right we have Gumballs, Pear Drops, Rhubarb and Custard, Liquorice Allsorts and Fizzy Cola Bottles.

I love the tissue paper that the polishes came wrapped in. They were also bubble wrapped inside the box too.

Gumball is my favourite shade out of the whole collection and if I was to just purchase one this would be it. The colour is a Barbie pink and makes a staple summer colour. 

I found the polish to be thick and quite hard to apply evenly to my nails. I did only need one coat on my nails for it to be opaque but it took a while to dry and smudged easily.

I did sniff the polish in the bottle thinking it might smell of gumballs but unfortunately it just gave me a huge waft of the regular scent of nail polish ha ha! I won't be trying that again.

The polish was placed over a base coat once dried and it produced a really glossy effect. One it dried on my nails, it left an absolutely gorgeous smell of bubblegum (gumballs) which I found irresistible and kept on sniffing my nails at regular intervals throughout the day. The scent stayed after showering too which was great as I thought it may have eliminated the smell.

I didn't use a topcoat on this. My thinking was that it might mask the gumball scent. The polish lasted for the longest amount of time without chipping on my nails which was a record- breaking 3 days. I have the type of nails where polish chips on the same day as application.

Overall, I would repurchase for the scent of the polish but I'm hoping that the others in the collection have an easier formula to apply.

Have you used scented polishes?

Love Laura xoxo

NOTD Blooboo and Aqua Splash- Models Own

Hello!

Hope you all had a good weekend! Mine was spent watching the last series of Breaking Bad from behind my knees, buying new items to make the bed super comfy and going for afternoon tea which was an engagement gift off my sister-in-law to be :) I will write a separate post on that.

So here are my ultimate wintery looking nails. They remind me of Jack Frost with sugar on top. I love Models Own and they have a 50% sale on right now which take their polishes down to £2.50 each. I popped some in my virtual basket but then didn't check out. I think I thought that I have a drawer full of nail polishes and some I haven't even opened including these two that I used for my NOTD. I really wanted the Mermaid Tears and the Neon purple though!

Aqua Splash is on the left and I adore the colour and the iridescent pieces of glitter contained inside it. I got this from the Clothes Show Live in the goodie bag. The polish on the right is Blooboo which has an adorable name. I think I bought this is in the last sale that Models Own had and never got around to opening it until now. 

I used the Blooboo as the base for Aqua splash as the splash is more of a top coat. I thought the two blues would compliment each other well.

With one coat of Blooboo you can see that that it is uneven in places so I used two coats to ensure it was opaque. It was quite runny to apply and the brush picked up too much polish so I ended up with far too much on each nail every time.

Here you can see that two coats makes it opaque and looks a lot more 'finished.'

Here's the finished look with two coats of the Aqua Splash. One coat didn't disperse enough of the glitter for my liking.
I love the finished look of this but as I put so many coats on I found that it chipped after two days. Which is quite good for my nails actually as they usually chip about four hours after wear no matter which polish I use. Maybe the secret lies within the topcoat!

Did you buy anything from the Models Own sale? It ends tomorrow so there's time for me to indulge yet!

Love Laura xoxo

Clothes Show presents haul

I absolutely love going to the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham and usually go with my mum for a Christmas treat. We decided not to go this year and I really missed it. One of my mum's colleagues said that she would pick us some goody bags up which is an amazingly kind and selfless thing to do and I can't thank her enough.

My favourites are the pink zone which houses all of the make up and the fashion show which has amazing routines and is uplifting. I usually go crazy buying all of the goody bags going.

I really wanted the Models Own limited edition turquoise glitter polish in 'Showstopper' and got two of these. This polish looks amazing on too.

Here's what my mum bought me for my presents.

 I was lucky to get four make up goody bags; 2x Models Own, Jelly Pong Pong and Barry M.

Here's the contents of my Jelly Pong Pong bag. The stand at the clothes show always look absolutely gorgeous with glitter and butterflies and they show you the contents clearly in a glass case. Their make up is usually expensive so I love these goody bags as you receive a selection of their make up. They have changed the gift bag that they are contained in too this year and I prefer it as it's prettier.

 Here's my Barry M goody bag. Each year they change the container that the make up is in and it's usually a make up bag. 

 These are all the goodies that are contained inside and they each vary slightly as my mum got one too and she has a few different polishes.

These are the contents of the Models Own goody bag. I usually just choose the polishes for my bag but my mum's friend chose me a cola lip gloss and a bronzer too. I have lots of Models Own polishes and they are always bringing out new collections. I was over the moon to she had picked up a splash landing polish for me too and I also didn't have the pink glitter one either. My favourite polishes are glitter as I just add another coat when they start to chip, they look more effective and they are longer lasting on me too.

As well as choosing polishes you also get a bag of goodies too which includes a lip gloss, eyeliners, nail buffer, limited edition polish and eyeshadow applicators.

I can't wait to try out all of these items and as you can see I love glittery make up!

Laura xoxo

Polish me pretty!

I love creating these wishlists but it is taking me all my willpower to not pop them in my basket and check out. Definitely needing some of these for Christmas though with my favourites being Dollish Polish- how adorable is the little doll on the bottles?! I'm not sure if you can actually get them in the UK though and I want them so much.
My other favourites are the Models Own splash collection box set £20- the colours are absolutely gorgeous and they have glitter in- what more could I want? I own lots of these polishes already and I love them. The brand is innovative in bringing out new collections.
I absolutely love the look of the Lime Crime polishes too. I own one Lime Crime lipstick in the red shade and the packaging is absolutely amazing. It's the most gorgeous one I own.

1.Dollish Polish That's so 80's $80
2. Paul & Joe Limited summer polish in 'Caribbean' On sale @asos for £7.50
3.Lime Crime Parfait day $8 Lime Crime
4.Lavendairy $8
5. OPI Couture De Minnie ASOS £13.95
6. Once in a Blue Mousse Lime Crime $8
7. Models Own Splash box set £20

Do you know of any more polishes that I would love?

Ahoy there Models Own!

My collection of Models Own Nail polishes :)

As you can see I love Models Own nail polishes and seem to be drawn to the sparkly glitter variety. I bought a lot of these from the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham as the deals they had were absolutely amazing!
I bought the full Winter Wonderland collection off their website because as soon as I saw them advertised I just had to have them. They reminded me of the fairy-tale bubble that I live in so these were a must-have!
I am a fan of their facebook page also and at certain times when they reach so many fans they release a code which has 50% off and therefore as you can see I took full advantage!

If I had to choose just ONE! (Oh the difficulty!) it would have to be Indian Ocean from the Beetlejuice collection Models Own Nails .

Now as I have just got the link above I have visited the website and fallen in love with Splash collection !!!! Oh I need them in my life! ....... and then right next to them is the Iced Neon box set !! Think these definitely need to be on my Christmas wishlist. Father Christmas I have been reallllllllyyyyyy good all year and even ate all my broccoli up yesterday! Oh and please could I have the scented ones too!!

What's your favourite shade from the collection?

Ahoy there me hearties! Full nail polish collection.