Best of 2013!!!

Hey Everyone,

I hope you all had an awesome start to 2014 yesterday and I wish you the best year (better late than never :P) So, to start my blog in 2014 I am going to look back to all the products I loved! I won't be reviewing every product; that would be a mammoth of a post! So, I'm simply sharing my top picks from 2013.  

Face products:

Foundation - Make Up Forever HD Foundation

BB Cream - Kiehl's Actively Correcting & Beautifying BB Cream 

Primer - Laura Mercier Foundation Primer - Oil Free

Under-eye concealer - Bobbi Brown Corrector

Blemish concealer - Collection Lasting Perfection concealer

Cheek products:

Blusher - Laura Mercier Powder Blush in Rosette and Apricot Blossom

Contour - MAC Powder Blush in Harmony 

Highlighter - the Balm Mary-Lou Manizer 

Eye products:

Eyeshadow - MAC powder eyeshadow in Satin Taupe, Mystery, Cranberry and Sketch

Eyeshadow Palette - Urban decay Naked Basics palette

Cream eyeshadow - MAC Paint Pot in Soft Ochre 

Eyeliner - Stila Stay all-day waterproof liquid eyeliner in Intense Black

Mascara - Maybelline the Rocket Volume Express Mascara

Lip products:

Lipstick - MAC Rebel and Tom Ford Blush Nude

Lipgloss - Lancome Gloss in Love in 312

Nail Products:

Nail Colour - Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in 660 Pat on the Black and Chanel Nail Colour in 565 Beige

Top Coat - Sally Hansen Insta-Dry 

Special Mention:

Yankee Candle in Black Cherry

Perfume - Chanel Coco Mademoiselle

I hope you enjoyed this post and are having a lovely day! 

And again - Happy 2014 to you all!! :D

Emma

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#1 What's on my feet?

Hey Everyone,

I hope you are all well and all had a lovely weekend! Today's (late post - sorry!) is going to be a similar concept to my "What's on my nails?" series, just this is what is on my toes nails! :) So if you don't like feet then you may wish to turn away from this lovely photo below!

Sorry for the state of my feet - I have had this nail polish on for a bit now :/ I am wearing Clinique's red red red (07). This is one of my fave reds of the moment and it shall be used greatly over the Christmas season! It is extremely pigmented, one coat will do you but I always do two just for longevity purposes! Then as always I used my Sally Hansen Double Duty as a base and top coat :)

I hope you enjoyed this post and have a lovely evening!

Emma
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#2 What's on my nails?

Hey Everyone,

I hope you are all well and happy! Here is another "What's on my nails?" for you! Since starting this series of posts I think I may become better at painting them - we shall see though! 

You'll have to excuse the state of my nails; when I am anxious or stressed about anything I take it out on my nails! So they are pretty short at the moment and they weren't too happy about me using false nails on them (for Halloween). 

This is another Chanel Nail Colour in 505 Particuliere. This is a lot more opaque than the last one, though this kinda colour is an acquired taste. For instance, my mum really doesn't like it - but I do! I think it is a good one for Autumn/Winter because it is dark without being too intense. Depending on your wardrobe, this colour should go with most things (if it is mostly dark colours; like my mine!) 

The wear is pretty good - doesn't seem to chip until day 3, but that's standard for my nails. Again, I used my Sally Hansen Double Duty Strengthening Base & Top Coat as a Base and Top Coat (as the name suggests!)

I hope you enjoyed this post and have a lovely day!

Emma 

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#1 What's on my nails?

Hey Everyone,

So, I thought I'd start by saying, sorry about my lack of blog posts at the start of this week. I've been really ill with mumps these past 5 days! Though I'm feeling a lot better now and my swollen face is almost back to normal! This is all just in time for 2 deadlines I have next week for my course :/ so I've been frantically trying to get those finished! No rest for the wicked :P!

Anyway, I'm better now and will hopefully get on top of my blogging! So there might be a few extra posts this week to make up for the ones I missed!

This is going to be a nice short one and my first - What's on my nails? Honestly guys, I'm pretty useless when it comes to painting my nails! I always forget to do it and when I do them it is usually a rubbish job, so don't expect too many of these kinda posts! But I painted my nails yesterday, so I thought why not!?

 So even though I'm not good at doing my nails and contrasting to many people's opinion of Chanel nail polishes - I am just obsessed with them! I don't know what it is, I love the packaging and to be honest, I've been lucky with the colours I have chosen (as I've had no trouble with them!) This is the most recent to my collection and my first nude nail polish ever. This is the shade 565 Beige.
This picture doesn't quite do it justice! In harsh lighting, it can look a little on the yellow side, but under normal lighting I think it looks like a "foundation" for your nails! Which is pretty cool I think! It's not a total matte colour, it does have an iridescence to it, which is pretty. It is a quite a thin polish, so 2-3 coats will get it opaque.  

I use the Sally Hanson Double Duty Strengthening Base and Top Coat, as base and top coat (as the name suggests!) I really like these 2-in-1 products, especially for my nails as I can't be bothered to buy a separate base and top coat.
The wear time (with the Double Duty Strengthen) of this polish tends to be 3-4 days without chipping (this is on me anyway). So, same as most nail polishes!

I hope you enjoyed this post and I hope you have a lovely day!

Emma
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