Raspberry NOTD

Happy new year! I hope everyone had an amazing new years eve and new years day!

Yesterday i painted my nails in a Barry M colour i received for Christmas called Raspberry.

I've never really worn a dark colours on my nails so this is new for me, and i really like it! I feel all elegant when i look at my nails, plus i don't think i did too much of a shoddy job painting them either!

 

 

 

I am currently doing some Chemistry revision for my exam in two weeks, oh the joys of being in Year 11! although i do only have 5-6 months left and my prom is in 7 months! I'm so excited!

 

Enjoy the rest of the holidays! :)

 

Laura x 

Clothes Show Live 2012

On Tuesday 11th December, i went on a school trip to the Clothes Show Live in Birmingham. I'd never been before and i was very excited! The only downside to the day really was having to get up at the crack of dawn to take the 3 1/2 hour coach journey from South Somerset up to Birmingham (woo).

My first impressions: i must have looked a little bit like this - :o as i walked in, it was absolutely massive! Plus it was pink and glittery, what more could you ask for?!
I think i must agree with others when they say the makeup section was way better than the actual clothes section even though it was the CLOTHES show (although i did buy a summer dress for a tenner). By the time we got there at about half eleven, there was only a couple of hours to look around everything before the show. I must mention that we went on the last day, which i completely recommend as there are some amazing bargains! The end of show offers definitely floated my boat, for example, i have read on other blogs that on Friday, the Models on nail polished were 3 for £10, but on Saturday they went down to 2 for £10 (which is pointless as they are £5 each anyway), but on the last day they were 4 for £10! If that's not a bargain then i don't know what is!

The goody bags were pretty darn good too, which i shall go onto later on when i show you everything i bought (which isn't alot, but i think i need to take more money next year!). The most popular stalls were definitely the Models Own, Barry M and Rimmel, which there was a sickening long queue for a goody bag, which we gave a miss. There was also an extremely long queue for the Lee Stafford stall, which we also gave a miss. But i did pick up a Barry M goody bag, oooh the babies that were in there. I felt a little bit like Alice in wonderland in there, i shall definitely be going next year with more money to find more bargains!

Onto the fashion show! We were sat in block E, fairly near the front so we had a good view. The fashion didn't thrill me (although not complaining about buff men in small shorts..) i must say i was more excited about the dancing, which wasn't bad at all. I filmed the dancing as this pleased me. (For those of you who didn't know, I'm a dancer).

So overall, i think the Clothes Show Live's main focus kind of went out the window a bit, as the makeup stalls were better than the clothes stalls, and the dancers were better than the fashion modelling, in my opinion.

Now onto the things i bought! Yayyy!

So here's the dress i bought for £10, which was reduced from £15. I saw it as i was walking round and i liked it, so i picked it up (as you usually do when you like something in a shop...duhh). I think it would look really nice in the summer with maybe a small belt and sandals and some accessories.

I got a glitter tattoo, for no real reason other than its pretty and its pink and its glitter. Again, what more could you ask for? You could choose your colours, and the bigger ones were £3 and the small, simple ones were £1, pretty.

I only own one Models Own nail varnish, as they're not available at my local boots (boo). They are usually £5 each, and as i explained earlier, it was the last day so bargains were all over the place and this was no exception. It was 4 for £10, and i chose the shades Copper Pot, Bubblegum, Disco Heaven and Concrete Mixer. I liked them all and i don't really have any others like them.

The middle picture shows everything i bought makeup-wise. The best thing for me was the Barry M goody bag, which cost me £10, and i was very pleased with the amount of goodies in the goody bag. The total of everything in the goody bag is £47.97, which is pretty darn good in my opinion! Inside the goody bag i got:

• Face and body shimmer powder
• Turquoise mascara
• 3 kohl eyeliners
• A glitter eye crayon
• Lip Gloss
• 2 Dazzle Dusts and a fine glitter dust
• 3 Retro nail paints

I also went to the Bourjois stall, where all products were £5, or 2 for £9. I picked up the Healthy Mix foundation which i can't wait to try out, what a bargain!

Overall i thoroughly enjoyed the Clothes Show Live and i will hopefully be going again next year!

I hope you're all having a lovely run up to Christmas!
Laura x

Barry M Nail Paint Collection

Nail paints are by far my favourite product from Barry M, there's a wide range of colours and they have a great formula. I got my first one for a couple of Christmas's ago and I've been hooked ever since. The colours, the formula, the bottle and the price, i love everything about this little beauties, which is probably why i have built up a pretty hefty collection! And to me, i have quite alot of them but to some people this may not be very much, i know a couple of bloggers who have almost the entire range of Barry M nail paints, although i only purchase ones i like and ones i know I'll wear. And this is pretty much my whole nail collection as well, with the exception of a couple others i have somewhere in my drawers.. that remain unloved, i should probably get them out or sell them to someone who will love them, and now I'm starting to sound like I'm doing a nail polish cruelty advert haha, back to thee Barry M..

 

So i have 18, including the topcoat, I'll let you feast your eyes on them...

 

Left to right: Bright red, Tangerine, Peach Melba, Pink iridescent, Strawberry ice cream, Pink flamingo, Shocking pink, Fuchsia, Aqua green, Mint green, Cyan blue, Blueberry ice cream, Navy, Berry ice cream, Bright purple, Silver foil effects, Gold foil effects and 3 in 1 topcoat.

Bright red, Tangerine, Peach Melba, Pink iridescent, Strawberry ice cream, Pink flamingo, Shocking pink, Fuchsia

Aqua green, Mint green, Cyan blue, Navy, Berry ice cream, Bright purple

Silver foil effects, Gold foil effects, and 3 in 1 topcoat

Aren't they purrdy? Is it sad that i don't even have to look to write their names? Yeah, a bit. I'm sure my collection will grow, i already have a Christmas list with a few Barry M's on, and I've recently tipped my toes into Models Own nail paints, and I'm loving it. But not quite as much as Barry M! They will remain a firm favourite of mine for a long time, mainly because they are just so affordable at £2.99 (or the effects at £3.99 or £4.99) and often have deals on such as buy 2 nail paints and get a pound off or 3 for 2, which is even more brilliant!
 
What are your favourite Barry M nail paints?

Laura x

A haul and playing with new makeup

 I apologise about being M.I.A these past few weeks, I've been relaxing after having a pretty rough time. So at the beginning of the summer hols, i was bored out of my mind and had watched my entire DVD collection about 3 times. So me and my mum popped to the boot sale one Sunday afternoon as there's always loads of DVDs and they're super cheap (either 50p or £1). I found 6 that i wanted, I'd seen a few of them but not a couple. The one i regret buying is slumdog millionaire, I'd never seen it before but it really wasn't what i was expecting when i watched it, it's not my kinda flick. The other one i hadn't seen was the notebook, and i am completely in love with this film, it's right up my street and i found myself welling up. I'd also not seen Bridget Jones The Edge Of Reason, but i have seen the first one and was just as pleased with the second.The others i have seen, although maybe it's the wrong time of year for watching Elf! Although saying that, it was on telly the other day, along with a Christmas episode of Family Guy, shocking.

 

So i bought:

 Make It Happen (a dance film)

Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (I found the ski scene resembled me very much on my school ski trip)

Slumdog Millionaire (boo)

The Notebook (aww)

Legally Blonde (loved it)

Elf (In 3 months maybe!)

Barry M nail paint in Aqua Green

Barry M dazzle dust in Green Silver

 

All this kept me entertained for a whole day!

I played with the dazzle dust and came up with this look, not going to call it anything because it's nothing special, so take a peek and my (very professional) pics of me playing with this dazzle dust, excuse the tired expression!

 

 

I don't think this colour goes with my eyes at all, it's not one I'd wear on a day to day basis, but I'm sure I'll find a way to wear it out somewhere or maybe play around with it some more and come up with a different look, let me know what you think!

 

I'm going to be spending more time on my blog when school starts again, because my brain is literally empty!

I hope everyone is having a great summer

 

Laura x

Just another haul.. Primark, New Look,The Body Shop, Boots and Superdrug!

After school today me and a friend went into town as i needed to collect an order from New Look and to spend some vouchers! Here are all the goodies i bought :)

Most of these were on offer :)

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2 hairsprays for £2.50 -Boots

Soft and Gentle lotus and watermelon £1.25-Superdrug (half price)

Soltan moisturising sun care lotion SPF 30 £7.99-Boots (half price)

Razor £2.49- Superdrug

Coconut body butter £12.50 The body shop (voucher so free)





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Vitamin E face mist £7 The body shop

Love etc.. purse spray £5 The body shop

No7 eyeshadow blend and contour brush £7.25- Boots (£5 voucher so £2.25)

Collection 2000 concealer £4.19 -Superdrug (3 for 2)

Barry M nail paint in Tangerine £2.99 Superdrug (3 for 2)

Maybelline colour tattoo 24hour £4.99 Superdrug (3 for 2)

Sorry about the appearance of my foot with my jim jams lol

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Sundress £7 Primark

Tshirt £9.99 New Look

Sunglasses £1 and £2 Primark

Hat £7.99 New look

Maxi skirt £14.99 New look

Swimsuit thingy £8 Primark

Sandals £1.90 Primark

Technically all the clothes were free as i had a £20 primark voucher and my mum ordered the new look things online with paypal!

I like what i bought alot hehe :)

On saturday we're going to the bath and west show as usual :)

Loves from Laura x

Pink Polka Dot NOTD

Hello everyone, welcome to my new blog!

I was a bit stuck for ideas for my first blog post, so i thought I'd try my hand at doing a NOTD, so i chose a simple and sweet nail art design. I wanted to do something christmassy but I'm a bit cack handed with nail art pens, so santa's and christmas trees were a bit out of the question!
So after some research and creative ideas i thought this one would be fairly easy to do, but i made a few mistakes but hey-ho, it was a first attempt. These are the nail polishes i used;

From left to right :

• Collection 2000 2in1 Base Coat and Ridge filler
• Barry M Fuchsia
• Barry M Strawberry ice cream
• SurePromise Black nail art pen
• SurePromise White nail art pen

So first i used the base coat on all nails and let them dry. I then applied one coat of each colour, Fuchsia on all but Strawberry ice cream on each ring finger, i thought it looked cute on other people so i thought i'd try it :). I let them dry, then applied a second coat as they are quite sheer colours. After i let the second coat dry, i took the black nail art pen and drew little polka dots on the fuchsia nails, and the white nail art pen for the strawberry ice cream finger. And heres how it looks:

They're a little rough around the edges, but these photo's were taken pre-clean up! I hope you like them and they have given you ideas for new nail art designs, or you want to try them yourselves :)