Essie Cute As A Button - Review & Swatches

Hi Everyone!

Today I applied another summery polish to my nails, this time I chose Essie's Cute As A Button which is described as a 'bright and vibrant coral'.

I began by applying 2 coats of OPI Matte Nail Envy as my base followed by 2 coats of Cute As A Button. The polish applies pretty smoothly and evenly and dries quickly. There is still some visible nail line after the second coat but it isn't too noticable. I finished off with one layer of Seche Vite Top Coat.

I love this bright summer colour! It looks great and is really eyecatching! It also makes your skin look more tanned!

You can purchase this polish from Beauty Bay for £8.50

Maz x

MAC Pink Lipsticks

Hi Everyone!

MAC lipsticks are my favourite lipsticks and I have quite a decent size collection of them! They have a very big colour selection so I thought that it would be fun and hopefully helpful to share mine with you. In this post I am sharing my pink MAC lipsticks with you!

(L to R) Pink Plaid, Creme Cup, Angel, Fabby, Snob

(L to R) Please Me, Girl About Town, Speak Louder, Bombshell, Milan Mode

DESCRIPTIONS:

Pink Plaid: Dirty blue-pink

Creme Cup: Light blue-pink

Angel: Soft pink

Fabby: Mauve with gold pearl

Snob: A ladylike mauve

Please Me: Muted rosy tinted pink

Girl About Town: Fabulous fuchsia

Speak Louder: Clean poppy blue pink

Bombshell: Bright rosy-pink with shimmer

Milan Mode: Sheer deep pink with multidimensional pearl

SWATCHES SHOWN ON NW20 SKIN:

(L to R) Pink Plaid, Creme Cup, Angel, Fabby, Snob

(L to R) Please Me, Girl About Town, Speak Louder, Bombshell, Milan Mode

You can purchase MAC lipsticks from MAC for £13.50 each.

I hope that you have found this post useful. Please feel free to share your favourite MAC pink lipsticks with me in the comments section below.

Maz x

OPI Color So Hot It Berns

Hi Everyone!

Today I applied OPI Color So Hot It Berns from the Swiss Collection for Autumn/ Winter 2010. This polish is bright red colour with a creme finish.

I began by applying a coat of Seche Ridge Filling Base Coat followed by 2 coats of the polish. It applies smoothly and evenly and dries quickly. There is some visible nail line after the 2 coats but it's not too obvious. I finished off with a layer of Seche Vite Top Coat.

This polish is beautiful and a classic red shade. It's similar to Big Apple Red but that has slightly better coverage in my opinion.

You can purchase this polish from Beauty Bay for £11

Maz x

OPI I Vant To Be A-lone Star - Review & Swatch

Hi Everyone!

Today I applied OPI'S I Want To Be A-lone Star nail polish from their Texas Collection for Spring/ Summer 2011. I have had the miniature size of this polish in my collection for around a year now and have never worn it! It is described as a 'pale pastel blue with silver shimmer'.

I began by applying a layer of Seche Ridge Filling Base Coat followed by 3 coats of I Want To Be A-lone Star. This polish is very streaky and not the easiest to apply. It was more-or-less opaque after the second coat but still quite patchy in places so I applied a third coat. My tip with this polish would be to use a few brush strokes as possible when applying. I finished off with a coat of Seche Vite Top Coat.

I really like the colour of this polish, the pale, pastel blue colour is gorgeous and the silver shimmer gives the polish that little bit of something extra. It is quite similar to China Glaze's Sea Spray which, in my opinion, applies better but has less shimmer.

You can purchase this polish from John & Ginger for £11.

Maz x

MAC To Catch a Sailor Lipstick - Review & Swatch

Hi Everyone!

I have another one of the lipstick's from MAC's Hey Sailor collection to share with you which I was lucky enough to receive as a gift from my friend for my birthday! This one is called 'To Catch a Sailor' and is described as 'highly frosted tan'. This isn't the sort of colour that I would usually go for but I was intrigued after seeing one of Tiffany D's videos on YouTube.

I love the sailor themed packaging on the Hey Sailor collection! This lipstick is great. It gives a lovely frosty finish to the lips and isn't too golden. It's great when wearing a more dramatic eye for an evening look as it's fairly neutral but gives you that little bit extra!

SWATCH SHOWN ON NW20 SKIN:

You can purchase this lipstick from MAC for £14 (please note: this item is limited edition).

Maz x

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Lip Pencil - Review & Swatches

Hi Everyone!

I thought that it would be fun to share my collection of Urban Decay lip pencils with you all. Urban Decay currently sell 10 different colours and I own 6 of them. The colour selection available is not massively varied like in other brands such as MAC but you should find what you need! The pencils contain Jojoba oil, Vitamin E and Cottonseed oil which Urban Decay claims will nourish your lips and improve with the smoothness of the application.

(Top to Bottom) Midnight Cowboy, Illegal, Ozone

(Top to Bottom) Wicked, Naked, Wallflower

I also have quite a few of the MAC lip pencils in my collection and compared to them these pencils have a much easier, smoother but thicker application. These are more creamy than the MAC pencils and do not dry out your lips at all which I can find is a problem with some other lip pencils from other brands. Despite the creamy texture of the pencils they are great and stopping you lipstick and gloss from feathering and help it to stay put.

COLOUR DESCRIPTIONS:

Ozone: Clear

Illegal: Rosy Neutral

Midnight Cowboy: Taupe Pink

Wallflower: Medium Nude

Naked: Neutral Pink

Wicked: Shimmering light pink

SWATCHES SHOWN ON NW20 SKIN:

(L to R) Illegal, Midnight Cowboy, Wallflower, Naked, Wicked

*Please note that I did not swatch Ozone as it is clear and would not show up on camera!

Overall these pencils are pricey but could quality. As I have mentioned above they do their job really well and prevent your lips from drying out. My only negative point would be that their current colour selection is not as large as with other brands.

You can purchase the Urban Decay lip pencils from in the UK from stockists such as Debenhams House of Fraser and HQ Hair for £12 or from the official Urban Decay website for $19 in the US.

Maz x

China Glaze Wicked Style - Review & Swatches

Hi Everyone!

We are experiencing some seriously good weather at the moment here in the UK so I wanted to go for a bright pink nail polish to keep up with the summery theme! I chose China Glaze Wicked Style from the Electro Pop collection for Spring 2012. Wicked Style is described as a 'party tropical punch' and is a bright watermelon pink colour.

I began by applying 2 coats of OPI Matte Nail Envy as my base followed by 2 coats of Wicked Style. This polish has a lovely, smooth, creme application and was fully opaque after the first coat. I finished off with 1 coat of Seche Vite Top Coat.

I love this colour so much and it is definitely one of my top nail polish picks for this summer! (Click here to read my Top 10 Spring/ Summer Nail Polishes post).

You can purchase this polish from Effortless Nails for £7.95

Maz x