NOTD: OPI "Super Bass Shatter"

The lovely Weeb sent me a wee birthday/Easter present and this cool polish was in it! Last year I got the OPI Katy Perry collection, this year, the Nicky Minaj shatter :D Thank you the Weeb!! I thought it might be similar to Nails Inc "Hoxton Square" but it's not even close - it's more glittery and far vampier :) There is a few different colours of the glitter in this, making it extra interesting. But also harder to photograph!

I should have put on a different base colour though, GOSH "Wild Lilac" looks too washed out. Maybe I should try it again with a red creme?...

NOTD: George by ASDA "Gnome" with "Octopus"

I picked these polishes up in ASDA while buying my lunch the other day after getting some pet supplies for my bugs in Pets@Home. The lighter khaki green creme is "Gnome" - love the colour, love the name! But HATE the formula. It's like applying thick, streaky, khaki green Tipp-ex to your nails... Isch.. :-/

I decided to put a layer of "Octopus", the dark khaki green shimmer, over half my nail, which interacted badly with "Gnome", and made a lot of streaky mess. So I had to patch it up with another layer.. Ugh. Super-thick and not fantastic :( And I ruined it further when changing the food branch for the stick insect. And then the cat demanded food and I again nicked it. So it's now come off. And nails are nekkid... I will need to re-try these polishes at some point one their own!

I promised you a photo of Soap & Glory Thick & Fast™ Mascara so here it is. I realise it must have fibres in it?.. It's soooo messy. I got my bareMinerals haul today so I will review at the weekend I hope :D

REVIEW: Soap & Glory Thick & Fast™ Mascara

EDIT: THIS WAS MY No 666 POST! :O

I didn't want to hate a Soap & Glory product but I do. I used this for two days until I was sick removing smudges over my face from applying this!! It's impossible not to get this on brows, lids, cheeks, nose etc when you are applying it. The brush is huge, and the wiper mechanism in the neck is too wide for the formula - it is clogged with mascara as it comes out no matter how many times you "pump" it and somehow this goes everywhere including clumping up your actual lashes. My eyes are too small to appreciate this brush - it's just too bulky to reach the corners. Nil points, Soap & Glory :(

I am off sick (AGAIN) with food poisoning/stomach flu so have no strength to photograph the tube but I will do it tomorrow for my NOTD post with some killer new green George by ASDA nail polishes :)

I bought a bareMinerals Flawless Definition mascara with my bareMinerals READY SPF 15 Touch Up Veil so I hope that is better when it arrives - I am suffering at the moment with really sensitive skin so I've had to shelve a lot of my makeup and stuff as it's upsetting my skin. Anyone tried the bareMinerals mascaras, if so, what is your opinion?


Also I am already saving up for the new Paul & Joe collection - check out how gorgeous it is at British Beauty Blogger!

NOTD: BeautyUK Posh Polish manicure

So I've had these for a while. I bought them at the same time as I got my SensatioNail "toy" and well, they kind of seemed not as exciting at the time :) But I picked them today because I fancied something really shiny and sparkling. The colour on my index and ring finger is called "Elfstone" and has a definite green cast to it in real life but my camera doesn't stretch that far. The pinky-lilac is called "Amethyst". This is 2 coats of each with a coat of MegaShine top coat. They're not as revealing of faults in your nails as traditional foil-y polishes, probably because the particltgrflitter is slightly bigger.

I'm now off to eat some more of my Easter egg - my Lindt milk chocolate bunny :)

NOTD: Ladybird Accent Nail

I decided to do some ladybird nails, but the black nail art striper I've got is really bugging me. The black dries so tacky that the top coat smears it, even after half an hour of air drying... Grrrr. I will probably remove this tomorrow, but too late to redo now. The red is Barry M "Bright Red".

This will match my red jeans and black sweater and new snazzy black and white polka dot and ladybird scarf from Primark :)

NOTD: Easter Skittles Manicure 2012

So 'tis the time of the year again for Easter manicures - well, almost. I woke up to 0 degrees Celsius and 2 inches of snow this morning after the heat wave with +20 degrees Celsius and brilliant sunshine last week!! I seriously needed to cheat and start the cheerful spring manicures. I just love these pastel Skittles polkadot manicures so, yet again, this is my Easter manicure...

This is a white nail art pen over, from the thumb to pinkie (right to left): Isadora "Ocean Drive", Bloom "Kate", Essie "Lovie Dovie", Boots 17 "Orange Soda" and Topshop "Summit".

I can't help but love this manicure! It's so cheerful and I can't wait for Easter now :)

Also check out Vakkerlakk's cool polkadot manicure - the colours are crazy good together!

NOTD: Boots No7 "Dollar"

I wanted to wear this all last week :) My photos don't look anything like the actual polish - AGAIN :( "Dollar" is a mossy green shimmer, not a greyish green like shown here. I need to try for a photograph in the office tomorrow to check if it looks better in another light.

This is 3 coats over base coat and a slick of MegaShine top coat. I love how this shimmery green looks in the light, a bit like my old fave China Glaze "Gussied-up Green", which I realise I've never done a NOTD with so that may well  be one from me later on in the week :)