Nail Polish Haul: Models Own & Max Factor

Hello everyone! So this week, as my love affair with Illamasqua began, another one ended. For years, I've turned to Barry M for my nail polishes. For £2.99, their basic black and pastels are undoubtedly still my favourites, but recently I've become bored with their basic colour range and limited range of glitter polishes (apart from red, blue and green, none of them ever seem to be in shops!).

After seeing Model's Own 'Hed Kandi' collection and their dupe for OPI's 'Rainbow Connection', I had to get my hands on a few of their polishes. Looking on their website I quite fancied their 'Glitter Collection', but I already own colours similar to two of the polishes in the collection, 'Emerald City' and 'Purple Haze'. So I went into trusty ol' Boots today and made the most of their 3for2 offer:

Models Own for Hed Kandi in 'Ibiza Mix' - £5.00

Models Own in 'Disco Mix' - £5.00
Models Own in 'Juicy Jules' - £5.00

'Ibiza Mix' is a limited edition colour for 'Hed Kandi', and has been compared by a few bloggers to 'Rainbow Connection' by OPI in their Muppets Collection. It has a clear base with lots of multi coloured glitter particles, both large and small. Its truly gorgeous and I might just grab another bottle before the shops stop selling it!

'Disco Mix' is a lovely polish with mix of blue and magenta glitter, and is one of the most unusual glitter polishes I've ever seen. Its also one of the most opaque glitter polishes ever, and is completely opaque after 2 coats.

'Juicy Jules' is a simple silver glitter holographic polish, and will make a really nice top coat over lots of different colours.

I also picked up the much blogged about 'Fantasy Fire' by Max Factor - £3.99

This is a really pretty shimmery purple with pink, red and orange depending what light it is in, and even some greens and blues. I've read that its best used as a top coat on top of pale colours, so I think I'll try it on top of a lilac.

I'm really happy with the nail colours I've bought, I think I'll definitely be buying more Model's Own polishes, not sure about Max Factor as £3.99 is pretty pricey for the tiny bottles.

Whats your favourite nail colour at the moment? xx

Haul 11/04/2012

Hello all! Went on a wee shopping trip today, and picked up a few things!

Knayton Hall Scented Room Spray in 'Boudoir' 200ml - £4.99. I've always faniced myself as a lover of all things vintage or vintage styled, so when I seen this room spray with the old fashioned 'sprayer', I could'nt resist. It smells gorgeous too, bonus!

MNY Nail Varnishes in 669 and 553 - £2.99 each. These colours were so gorgeous I couldn't resist. 669 is a lovely dark steely silver grey, and 553 is a nice purply pink magenta.

Great Hair Anti Frizz Conditioner 1L - £1.99 each. When I seen these in B&M Bargains, I couldn't believe it! One litre of conditioner for £1.99? Yes please. I go through conditioner like nothing else as I have super curly, frizzy hair. These will allow me to splurge on a more expensive hair smoothing Shampoo & Conditioner and not waste money on expensive deep conditioners! Might go back and stock up i they're any good!

I never went out with plans to buy anything, but came back with some amazing bargains!

Hope you enjoyed this, have you discovered any bargains recently? xx

NOTD: Pastel Ombre.

Inspired by my beautiful M.A.C Blush Ombre in Azelea Blossom.



Polishes used: Strawberry Ice Cream by Barry M, Berry Ice Cream by Barry M and Starry Night glitter polish by GOSH.

The camera really doesn't show just how lovely this is, it only shows how messy my nails are close up, and not the beautiful multi-coloured glitter!

Hope you enjoyed this post! If you'd like to see more NOTD's or any kind of posts at all, just let me know! xx

Review: Nicki Minaj for OPI Mini Collection!

The Nicki Minaj for OPI Mini Collection arrived in the post this morning! I got this from www.buyapowa.com for £8!

I've fancied getting my hands on these since they were released at the start of January. I'm not a huge Nicki Minaj fan but I admire her bold style and these nail polishes looked so gorgeous I had to get my hands on them when they appeared on BuyaPowa.

The set comes in a gorgeous metallic silver box, and contains four mini's from the collection. There are six polishes in the collection, but the mini set includes: Did It On Em', a really bright lime green, Fly, a gorgeous dark turquoise blue, Pink Friday, a girly bright baby pink, and Metallic 4 Life, a black with big flecks of silver glitter.  My favourites have to be Pink Friday and Metallic 4 Life, but only because I wouldn't normally go for green or blue nails.

Truthfully, these nail polishes are of course amazing OPI quality, but I'm glad I got the mini collection, because quite honestly, both Pink Friday and Metallic 4 Life are totally dupe-able. Pink Friday is very similar to Strawberry Ice Cream from Barry M, and Metallic 4 Life, which needs a black polish under it anyway, could be acheived with black and silver glitter polishes.

So, I'm glad I got these polishes, but next time I buy from OPI I'll be waiting for some really unique colours.

As for Nicki Minaj, I'm definitely thinking about buying her Viva Glam for MAC lipstick out later this month!

If you'd like me to review any new products, just leave a comment, thank you! x