Beauxoxo Glitter Bow In Pastel White- Review

I absolutely love this White Pastel Glitter Hair Bow from Beauxoxo and won this just before Christmas in a giveaway that Georgie was running. It took me a good while to choose from the colour range of glitter bows as there's so many beautiful choices. I finally decided on the white pastel bow as I thought this would be more versatile and go with absolutely everything. I'd love one in each colour. The bows retail for £5 each and there are smaller ones available too for £3 each.

Beauxoxo is an online boutique which sells a wide range of handmade, stunning, hair accessories. Owned and created by the lovely Georgie, Beauxoxo was created in 2010 and has flourished. A new children's range is going to be added soon too. 

Georgie's blog 'Dreams That Glitter xoxo' is one of my favourites. Great detail and effort is given with each blog post and the writing is very eloquent. I love Georgie's book reviews and her haul posts too as she is very inspirational. Not only are her photoshoots amazing quality, her communication is friendly and vibrant too.

The packaging is very well thought out and I love the whole concept of the brand. My favourite collection has to be the Glitter Heart Hair Bands .The whole styling of the model down to the sequinned, glitter make up, pink dip dye hair and the I'm Your Present Sweetheart earrings are just perfect.

The glitter bow is exceptionally well made and fastens at the back with an alligator clip. The glitter has no fall out either so no matter how many times you wear it, it retains its full sparkle.

I have worn the bow in two different ways. Here at a Christmas party, I pulled up the front section of my hair and secured it at the back of my head. The bow stayed in place all night and was really comfortable.

I love wearing my hair up in a messy bun too and wear the bow just underneath.

Overall- I would highly recommend this glitter bow as it is excellent quality and a good price for a beautiful handmade bow clip. 

Love Laura xoxo

My W7 Make Up Advent Calendar - Days 1-12

Happy Saturday everyone.

I am so productive today already. I have completed a lot of to-do things before I have work later on and then a Christmas party to go to straight after!

I was over the moon to have won this W7 advent makeup calendar from W7 themselves. I have witnessed the explosion of the variety of advents that are now available and think that they are a super exciting and brilliant idea. I still have a Milky Bar chocolate one though as you can't beat the original chocolatey ones. Yum!

I really loved the look of the Benefit one ( My favourite make up brand) The Body Shop one and the Yankee Candle one too but I spent my money on Christmas presents for other people instead and couldn't really afford an expensive calendar. So you can imagine I was so excited to have won one of these calendars filled with a different make up treat for each of the 24 days of Christmas.

I've not owned any W7 make up before so what a brilliant way of being introduced to a range of their products all at once.

On the reverse of the Advent calendar it has a spoiler of all of the different treats that you're going to find inside so don't peep if you want it to be a surprise! I'm naughty as I just can't resist. Although having said that I haven't opened the calendar doors unless it's for that specific day.

The calendar opens up like a book and behind each one of the easy to open doors, you find your treat. The numbered days are all in order so they are easy to find.

Here are days 1 and 2.

On the 1st December I opened the door to reveal this gorgeous shade of eyeshadow. I've started to wear more of these bronzey colours as I've got older as they make blue eyes stand out. 

On the 2nd day I received this gold glitter polish which is super Christmassy. I needed two coats of this and was pleased that it lasted a few days.

On the 3rd I received a mini lipstick which applies smoothly and I love the pink shade. I will wear this to work to get my use out of it.

On the 4th day, I received the silver glitter polish which I was pleased with again as it's perfect for this time of year.

The container is quite cheap on this and the lid popped out and fell on the floor. When swatching, the powder feels velvety and required a few swipes to build up the colour.  I will apply this with a quality eyeshadow brush to see if it makes a difference.

I love the shade of this pink lipstick as it's like a Barbie pink candy colour. It applied smoothly and evenly which is great. I'm not keen on the lipstick tube but I suppose it fits into the calendar being a mini.

On the 5th day of Christmas I received this deep pink sparkly glitter polish which is more me. I love glitter polishes as when they start to chip you can just apply more to make it last longer as it just blends in.

On the 6th day, I received this little tube of foundation. After swatching I found that it has a pink undertone and is too dark and bronzey for my skintone. It did however blend really well.

On the 7th day I received this neon pink polish which I love. The colour is so me and what I would buy if I saw it in a shop.

On the 8th day I received this stunning iridescent glitter pot which reminds me of mermaids and I want to bathe in it! I absolutely love this so much.

On the 9th day Of Christmas W7 gave to me this gorgeous pink holographic glitter pot which is just beautiful and uber mermaidy again.

On the 10th day was another hot pink polish which is similar to day 7 but this one is even more neon.

On the 11th day I received this coral lipstick, which again, I love and can't wait to wear.

On the 12th day of Christmas I received a clear lip gloss which I don't really wear but I may add it to a matte lipstick to make it more smooth when applying.

So that's my 12 days of Advent treats with 12 days to go :)

Do you have an Advent calendar this year?

Love Laura xoxo

Fairy Glitter nails

Hello and happy Wednesday! It's so sunshiny outside today again.

Yesterday I painted my nails using a new nail art kit that I bought from Primark at Christmas time and discovered again yesterday when I looked through my blogging bag. Always a bonus. I also used the pink ice cream nail polish that I got in my stocking at Christmas.
I adore glitter (as you can tell by the name of my blog!) I think that that sparkliness can brighten everything up.

Primark Nail Glitter kit.

 Review of the polishes <3

So here is the kit that I bought from Primark which is one of my favourite shops ever. So many pretty items can be found in there. It's like a treasure trove. I think this kit was either £2 or £2.50. I love the iridescent glitter and don't own a white polish so in the basket it went.

The kit has a white polish, a generous bottle of glitter and it was meant to have a funnel too to help put unused glitter back in but mine was missing from the box and it was sealed too.

I also used the pink ice-cream polish that is from Etude House. I tried to blog about this polish before and it was a disaster. I painted my nails, added a further coat which was too much and it smudged all over. So here's take 2.

The white polish after one coat is streaky but applied easily. I just poured the glitter straight onto the wet nail and it dried quickly. I made sure that there was cardboard to catch the excess glitter so that I could pour it back into the bottle afterwards. I really love the effects of this and it lasted a good day until I went in the shower this morning and it has chipped badly. 

The Etude House polish paints on thickly and it was hard for me to get it to be even. Two coats didn't make it better for me personally either as it was too thick. I love the cute bottles and I would buy the other shades too for decoration purposes and for accent nails!

Gorgeous glitter fairy nails. I definitely think that this kit is worth the £2 or so that it cost but I wouldn't recommend just to wear the white coat of polish on its own. The glitter is what makes it.

Love Laura xoxo

Primark's cute £1 nails

Happy Sunday !

It's sunny here again today and it makes me feel happier. It's my Birthday in two days and I'm so excited. I've just set up my new fish tank so I can choose two fish to go inside it for my Birthday. I have a BiOrb which is amazing and this time I got a Disney Ariel tank because in my head I am still a child!

 So yesterday as it was sunny I photographed quite a few items to blog about and in my nail polish drawer I came across these Primark £1 nails that I had previously bought. I will be going into Primark with my Birthday money soon and will probably pick up some more. I think they are a great bargain at £1 each and I love the cute designs. I've just remembered that I also have some strawberry ones which I adore but I couldn't find them to photograph yesterday.

I bought all of the nails on separate trips and every time I go in they have different designs.

Here are the designs that I have picked up so far. I think these look fab and are quick and easy to apply to finish off an outfit. The glue makes my nails a little dry though and they need moisturising afterwards. You get different sizes of nails and they can be reused as long as one doesn't ping off and shoot down a drain or something! They last a few hours before one pings off of me. I don't know what it is with my nails but nail polish doesn't last either it always chips after a few hours.

I'm sure I have more than four packets of these nails. This tells me that I need to organise my nails drawer!

These are my absolute favourites. So much so that I have two of these. I adore cupcakes and love the little jewels on them!

I can't really remember buying these ones. I think I thought Oh they're lovely they have glitter on them and into the basket they went!

These are unique and that's why I bought them! A French manicure with a mustache on them!

These are my latest nails that I picked up on my last haul after Christmas. I have a lot of navy blue dresses and these will go perfectly with them. I liked the polka dots mixed with the cats faces!

If I find my strawberry ones or any others I will Instagram them. You can find my Instagram here :)

Have you got any of these nails from Primark before? I noticed that they had cotton candy perfume and gorgeous bottles of nail polish that looked like diamonds. I need some of those next time!

Love Laura xoxo

Beautyuk Intergalactic - SPACEMAN! NOTD

Space man - Intergalactic times! I can't stop singing the song now I've seen the name of the polish.
I kindly received the Beautyuk nail polish in Galactic* which is in the number 12.

I love glitter nails - they look glam and when they chip (as polish does quickly on my nails) they are easy to top up.
 This polish contains little hexes of gold, red, green, turquoise and purple and does look super space-y. I was drawn to it straight away and it adds a sparkle to your day.
Although looking close up at it then, it's reminded me of Christmas colours. Holly red, Christmas tree green and gold baubles. Plus Quality Street purple and starry blue hints.It will be perfect for the festive season.

It only costs £3.49 which I think is a great price for a nail polish and you can buy it from Superdrug or here.  The polish is easy to apply and below I have photographed the effects of 1, 2 and 3 coats.
You could get away with one coat as the glitter is dispersed quite evenly, however I prefer a more sparkly look and therefore more layers look more effective. My motto is you can never have enough glitter in your life.

Have you ever spilt loose glitter on your carpet though by accident? The effects are very twinkly but it's so hard to vacuum!

Take a look at the glittery goodness.

Intergalactic Beautyuk // One coat // Two coats

 Laura
xoxo

Beautyuk Paint for Life Trio NOTD

Beautyuk have created a tantalising trio of three pretty pinks to help raise money for Cancer Research UK. The three polishes are emotively named 'hope' 'strength' and 'love' You can purchase them online here or from Superdrug stores.

*The Paint For Life Trio set costs £5.99 and £1 from each set sold goes to the charity which is close to many people's hearts. The polishes would work out at around £2 each which is a fabulous price.
Beautyuk have set a minimum target to raise £50,000 for Cancer research UK.

If you add a 'Paint for Life' trio into the online basket , your whole UK delivery will be free too which is an added bonus.

Paint for life Beautyuk Trio for Cancer Research UK

Trio of colours in natural light

Perfect blendable colours

Colours I used for my NOTD

 'Hope' Beautyuk

'Love' Beautyuk

'Strength' Beautyuk

Pinkabloo Beautyuk

Pinkabloo glitter polish

NOTD

 'Hope' becomes opaque after a few coats of colour as it is a pale pink whereas 'Strength' is opaque and super glossy after just one coat.
I added some sparkliness with 'Pinkabloo'* too which adds a glittering of glitz. This is only £3.49

My little finger and thumb were too short to fit on the box ha ha!

 I attempted the ribbon as you can see and got my nail art tools out. Hats off to those artists who can design nails. I adore them but it is immensely tricky.

Laura xoxo

I lost my marbles - Pink glitter NOTD

On a recent polish wishlist that I made, I fell in love with some glitter nail polishes that I had laid my eyes on that were handmade in America. As I didn't hear back to see whether they could ship to the UK, I sourced an alternative on Etsy named Lush Lacquer.

These polishes had colour and glitter that I had never seen before and I knew that I had to have them.
I chose this option of 5 mini polishes as there were too many stand-out polishes for me to choose just one or two from.
 I have never been as excited about polish in my life. Do you know when you see something and you can't get it out of your head until they are yours? This happened to me with these polishes!

It took me a while to decide on which ones to buy and I eventually whittled it down to five. I chose all opaque colours rather than topcoats as I wanted it to be an all in one product. They were some neon glitter colours too which were topcoats and they looked stunning over a white base coat.

I wasn 't sure which polish to try out first so I mixed them up and chose one at random. It happened to be ' I Lost My Marbles' which is a bubblegum pink colour with 'colours of the rainbow' hex glitter inside. (The name of this polish makes me smile.)

                    One coat of polish // All five different varieties that I bought

 

                        Front and back of the nail polish bottle // One coat // Two coats

Packaging:
The packaging of this nail polish is very simple. The bottle is sturdy and the plastic lid fits securely. The label is made from paper and stuck on to reduce costs which is very basic. Their regular bottles of polish however now use silk screening with the logo on, which will look more professional. However with this product I did not buy it for the packaging , I bought them for the gorgeous polishes that were contained inside so I looked past this.

Price:
I bought five mini bottles which would work out at approximately £3.20 each .Which for the uniqueness is a great price.

Performance:
The brush is a medium size and is quite easy to apply. The formula is good and for the most part applies quite evenly. As you can see in some of my nails there are areas of unevenness.
This polish definitely needs at least two coats to become more opaque. In fact I may even apply a further coat. The shop recommends that a topcoat is used also.
The colour is beautiful and unique and one I would definitely purchase again.

Plus-points:
The innovativeness and uniqueness of the handmade colours.
The range of stunning colours.
The names of the polishes.
The formula is opaque after two coats.
I love how you can choose a pick and mix to try out different mini polishes of your choice without having to buy full sized bottles.

I absolutely love these polishes <3

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.