Foot Spa!

Check out my new foot spa! :) I fractured my right foot all the way back in October. I am still suffering badly, especially now in the freezing cold. I am now in between x-rays taken and doctor's final verdict at the moment. You can hardly see the bruising cause there is so much bubbles from this machine, but its right on top of my right foot... :( It's really sore, only thing that soothes it is heat. So I got myself a foot spa with infrared heat and massage. The glowing red light is the infraheat pad. I have really small feet so I can put almost the whole of my foot on the heat pad, and it gets awesomely hot and soothes the pain deep inside the foot. Aaaaaahh... The massage mode is noisy and the bubbles are messy but it all adds up to one sweet machine for sore feet! :)

NOTD: Nails Inc "Ascot"

How gorgeous is this green?! It's couple of years old now, so becoming harder to find.. I might need to get a backup bottle for this while there is time.

It's the same super-opaque Nails Inc formula, superb to apply and has a nice deep shimmer and dries quickly to a high shine.

REVIEW: Boots Original Beauty Formula Lavender Hand Cream

The larger Boots stores is a Mecca for beauty fanatics in the UK. In Aberdeen, we are blessed with a rather good one that carries most of the large brands, and also a load of the new breed of brands like Bliss Labs, Urban Decay, Benefit and Origins. Anyway, cruising Boots in a vain attempt to find a foot spa for my poor fractured foot, I came across the shelf for the recently launched Boots Original Beauty Formula. This range feature old Boots pharmacy beauty products in retro-styled packaging in blue and pink. My hands have been giving me a hard time lately, due to the snow and cold. So I chose this hand cream to try the range.

So what was it like? It goes on with a nice fresh lavender scent, sinks in quickly and my hands feel very smooth and not sticky. The packaging is so cute as well and I think it will travel well in my handbag. I like! :) 4 0f 5 stars, missing out that last star because of it's rather ridiculous £4.89 price tag for 45ml ($5+ for 1.5 US fl.oz)...

EOTD: Fyrinnae browns

Today was my grandmother-in-laws birthday lunch so I thought I'd go for something glam but still fairly low key to wow the inlaws :) I chose Fyrinnae's incredible copper shadow Sunrise with some Fyrinnae Sake & Sashimi to make a cats' eye corner. As usual I started with a base of Urban Decay Primer Potion, I also used Clinique Quickliner for Eyes in Dark Chocolate and Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow in RSVP. Lips are bare, I just put some lipbalm on cause it's still snowing so they're really dry.

Here you can see my new hair colour, still slightly too dark, oops...

OOH WHAT'S THIS... : Karpati Dito Nail Polish

I was just surfing the internet one night when I stumbled across this innovation! Apparently, its a 3 Free nail polish in a bottle you put between your fingers to keep it handy when you paint your nails. Clever! No reviews of this on MUA. I immediately saw an opening to be the first to review this brand.

Colour I got was called "Crispy Apple", apparently part of the Refract collection described as "a shimmering, glittering range of colours". The colour selection is pretty good, but sadly, no greens. I avoided the blues cause I have a load of them already, but then again I got about a million reds :P This colour is gold-shimmering bright red, very summery and looks fresh, like a nice Red Delicious apple :)

I have to say, the bottle is ok, it's the "bottle top" and the brush that's the problem. Only one word for it, awkward. My boyfriend snapped a pic of me applying it, as you can see. It's not easier than a normal bottle, quite the opposite. But the formula is great. Flows on smoothly and opaque in 2 coats, and dries lightning fast. Dries nice and glossy but I am addicted to my Poshe quick dry T/C :P

Overall a great polish in an awkward bottle. Suppose any sales quip is needed nowadays to stand out on the market, but the label should go to normal bottles and just sell it that way as it has a a fantastic formula and a great colour selection, the photo doesn't do this colour justice, it just glimmers :)

Read more here:
http://www.beautyexpert.co.uk/src/google2urbandecay/shop-karpati/

http://www.look.co.uk/news/details.cfm?articleid=af37693981ce4a63b70fff4e3d2d1993%26pageref=beauty

FOTD: Fyrinnae

My very first try at my Fyrinnae makeup I got the other day, I am so excited to share this. Firstly, I took some advice from Rocketqueen and applied a lot of loose translucent powder under my eyes to be able to brush away fall-out easily. Glad I did :) I also used UD Primer Potion and cream eye shadow to make the shadows fix better, as suggested in various reviews on Makeupalley.com.

Please forgive the haggard face and faded shadows, I didn't have time to photo before I left the house so i took my camera with me, but by the time I got into the office through the blizzard, the makeup wasn't the best :P And that's just from walking from the bus stop to the office! There is a fire in these eyeshadows that you won't see in any off-the-shelf drugstore available brands. I can't wait to try the other colours now :)

Anyway, here is the products used (all dry):

Eyes
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow "RSVP"
Bobbi Brown Corrector "Bisque"
Bobbi Brown Concealer Kit "Beige"
Barry M SuperSoft Eye Crayon "No 5"
Fyrinnae City Glam Lights of Auckland (bottom left)
Fyrinnae Happy Fun Pink (bottom middle)

Fyrinnae Meerkat (bottom right)

Face
MAC Blushcreme "Sweet William"
Bourjois 10hr Sleep Foundation "Rosé Clair 72"

Lips
Fyrinnae Lip Lustre Glitter Kittiez

Fig and Rouge Organic Rose Balm (cause it's cold out there!)

IN TODAY'S POST: Fyrinnae Eyeshadows

From top left: Lip Lustre Glitter Kittiez, City Glam: Lights of Auckland, Happy Fun Pink, Meerkat, Sunrise, Sake & Sashimi, Boytoy, Arcane Magic: Dragonmagic, Leif, Visage, Biker Chic, Digital Faerie, Arcane Magic: Wizard's Apprentice

It's finally arrived! Although I must say I haven't waited as long as some other girls have; I ordered mine on the 13th January, so just about 3 weeks. After sitting all day staring at the parcel afraid to open it in case something spilled out, I finally finished work and could go home and open it. The sample jars themselves look great, I will definitely be re-using them once they're empty for nail art stones and various product testers.

OMG, I'M SO EXCITED! :)