Andrea Fulerton Paris Nail Varnish

What im talking about isnt the long-legged model / heiress or the city itself. Its Andrea Fulertons Nail Polish. I found it when roaming around my nail polish box (!) but had never taken into consideration trying it. Normally I go for pretty nudes or vixen reds but the disco pink (Which my best friend used to call it, due to a pink nail varnish name on a bottle she once bought) was a colour which was long-lost in my regime. 

The bottle is a 5.5ml bottle, i.e. a full size and the consistency of the polish thick and smooth, and doesnt streak! (Major plus)! but what I was mostly impressed with was the opacity of it as I layered it once and it was near perfect! I would argue that layering the first layer fairly thick you would actually get away with just that one layer. For myself, I generally use between 2-3 layers (except with Essie Sugar Daddy which gets a whopping 4 layers) as well as a top-coat which is normally Essie Good To Go. An actual miracle product. Love it. As you can see in the picture below, shiny pink nails, however, dry hands (courtesy of a week in the sun)

Its always fun trying something a bit different, nails never come out nicely on pictures, sorry about that. But I do actually enjoy the Fuchsia colour. Im very conscious of not clashing with my clothes, but recently I have worn very monochrome colours so luckily i havent had to sweat over that. Its a classy pink, little bit more grown up where some pinks can be a little bit 'hallo kitty' if you know what I mean. 

Today is my day of working from home (in bed as you can see). Cups of tea and trying to sell things as I need funding for my trip to Copenhagen next month. SO very excited. 

On that note. Have a good day :) 

Zx

Make Up Store Eyeshadows

I have invested in some more eyeshadows! (Hanging my head in shame.) Its not like I need them, however, i just found some colours which I actually like! Make Up Store is very limited in the UK, The one in 32 Carnaby Street is quite small but holds a good stock. I would urge to pay them a visit if you come across a store in any other country. 

The lighter one is a microshadow called MASAI. Its a compact eyeshadow, highly pigmented and longlasting. This one is matt on the pink side, however, not pink! Due to my pinker skin-tone I cannot wear pink as I look like something out of Muppets Show (a-hem!) but this one is nude enough to look good on fair-pink skintones too. 

I wear it as a base colour and then use a darker brown on the corners and a lighter on the brow bone. I love this colour eyeshadow! Its actually delicious. Its like a creamy, smooth milkshake, dehydrated and put into a lovely little black pot :) 

The eyeshadow on the right is a different story. The shadow is still a compressed microshadow higly pigmented and long-lasting. Its called MONTY and is on the grey side. Its unlike the other with glitter in it. Its a pencil colour (remember when at school, tilting the pencil 45degrees and colouring a whole page then smudging it with your finger? Thats the colour). Its dark, rich and it really suits my blue eyes. Its definitely long lasting, I can wear it to work and still have a good coverage at night. Its really good. However, I do limit it to off days as it can seem quite heavy. I love both of them though. 

Honestly, Im very enthusiastic about Make Up Store and their products. Does anyone have any suggestions to Make Up Store, any favorite products?

Love 

Z

Sunday Mood And An Apology

SO I said I missed blogging, which, I honestly do but have still been absent for the past few weeks.

Now, in my absence I have, however;

1. Handed in my masters dissertation
2. Had my mother over for a visit for a weekend
3. Been on holiday with my boyfriend 
4. Spent so much money on great food and drink that I now have so little money left I cant afford to buy little makeup treats for myself. Gutted.

It is payday the day after tomorrow, not sure how much I will have left when the bills have been paid. Anyways, keeping the spirits up, its my birthday in a month and I will be showered with presents... hopefully haha 

I recently tidied and threw out things and came across these nail-varnishes. I must have had them for a long time, cause I dont remember buying them?! Dont you just love when coming across things you never knew you had? 

What i am on about is of course these two nail-varnishes. The red one is a sheer red with glitter in it, very much like a Shellac I once saw. The glitter is very small and multi-coloured, very pretty for a daytime look. 

The pretty yellow one is ... a little too colourful for me to wear. Dont get me wrong, I love the colour, but just not on my nails. I tried it on but took it off just as quickly. I never knew I used to buy Maybelline, since then I must have converted, quietly of course, to Essie as it seems to be the only thing I wear these days. 

Anyways, just to share my brilliant sunday mood with everyone. Happy sunday. Next buy is the St. Germain items from M.A.C. Although I never buy pink-pink, these look so lush. I MUST TRY THEM. At least a trip to the store would be in order. 

Have a nice sunday :)

x

MISS BLOGS

Oh how I have missed blogging!! 

I dont know what went over me when I decided to give up blogging, as I thoroughly enjoyed it! However, I do believe I was a little disheartened when people close to me disregarded my weekly updates about 'nothing other than makeup'... pfft... should have seen the warning signs there. 

So here I am, back to blog about 'nothing other than makeup' - and other irrelevant things in life. Makeup, shopping, holidaying. It does not get any deeper than that! 

See you in the next few days.

Z x

The face behind the words :)