Neon Nails!

This week's nails see me take on a completely new trend for my own personal tastes - neon! I am usually more of an airy fair pastel and glitter kind of girl, but I couldn't help but truly fall in love with the Hedkandi and Models Own collaboration (I think I'll be buying all of the shades!) and 'Beach Party' is a fabulous bright neon orange that fits right in with the current fashion trends. I also couldn't really pass up the offer of owning Ibiza Mix too, could I?! The multicoloured flecks of glitter sit perfectly on the nail, and although I have only used a bit of Ibiza Mix for an accent nail I already love it!

Boots are also offering a buy one get one half price on Models Own polishes, so I got these two for £7.50 instead of the usual £10. Spend over £5 and receive a No7 voucher and a 30p off of a meal deal  voucher too - coupons galore!

Thoughts about neon nails? Are you a lover or a hater?

Insta-Week #2

Who needs removals boxes when work supplies the cardboard?!/To do before I move out/Reading before sleep/
MAC FOTD/Face hearts/Lovely butterflies/Jack Wills bikini love/Boots haul.

Started my MAC palette!/Love the MAC shopping bags/My Siri's got some serious attitude/Had a lazy day wasting hours on the laptop!

Pan Palette Preferences

The other day I popped to the Metrocentre in Gateshead, near Newcastle on the premise of purchasing an iPad. Well said iPad didn't happen, but a Mac Pro Pan Palette (£11.50 from MAC counters) did instead, oops! I have been eyeing up starting my own palette for ages, and while the more affordable Fashionista and Front Cover (and I am sure many more brands too) all offer their own 'DIY' palettes, there's something more exciting to me about having 15 whole pan spaces to fill up with my own pic 'n' mix. And, of course, it's MAC - only the best, eh?

How lost do my two teeny tiny pans look! At £10 a pop, this whole palette will have cost me £161.50 by the time I manage to fill up all of the spaces, but I plan on placing a few hints for colours onto my Christmas list this year, and being extra good and pointing the bf in the right direction in House of Fraser towards the MAC counter! So, as you can see, I currently have 'Patina' in the top left hand corner, and 'Nylon' situated right next to it. I am also liking the look of these four colours:

L-R: Satin Taupe, Tilt, Aquadesiac, Sweet Lust (Images taken from here.)

I love the fact that each pan is magnetised so there's no danger of the colours falling out if their spaces, and each simple slots into the space comfortably. There's also a little groove under each space to let you remove the pan and pop in another one should you want to. An all round perfect customisable palette in my opinion!

So what are your favourite MAC eyeshadow colours? Which ones can you recommend to me for my palette? (I am a blue eyed girl by the way!) Let me know your thoughts below.

(I apologise for the blurriness of the photos. I really want my Nikon back!)

Insta-Week #1

Kindle loving/Olympic Torch relay outside my house/Setting alarms to get to work on time/M&Ms
Quesadilla for lunch/Phone Case love/Big eyes make-up/FOTD

Best Coke ever/Top knot day/Bloggy make-over/True dat
Halloumi :P/Nachos/New Ink/WIMH 'Try'

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eBay

Just a quick plug to say please take a wander to my eBay page for a range of beauty and clothing items...I am simply having a clear out and raising extra cash for my forthcoming holidays!

Brands for sale include Davines, Lancome, DuWop, Nails Inc, Apple, Barry M, Tigi, Miss Selfridge, Jack Wills, Benefit, Orly etc etc...

Click here to view items!

Wednesday Wishlist

This week's wish list comes with added topknot. I am having a ridiculously lazy day, by this I mean I am hardly leaving my bedroom except to perform the necessary ablutions, and eat! Yeahh, student life. So, on to the good stuff (all pictures taken from the companies' respective websites):

Clockwise L-R:

1) This dress is in the beach section on River Island's website which makes me want to believe that it's just a pretty cover up, however there's something else about it that makes me want to wear it out on a lovely evening dinner in a sunny climate. I love the pastels, and of course who doesn't love a winged horse! So girly, love it. £22.00 and it's yours. 

2) I first read about Le Bunny Bleu on Michelle's (Daisybutter) blog. Her gorgeous bunny face flats are just the sort of shoe I need to feed my love of rabbits! I then discovered their website and came across these amazing Ugg style boots for £59.00. A snip of the price of the particular Ugg style that I want and with a cute little bunny design on the back.

3) Such a random wish list item but I was browsing the Momiji website and thought that the Princess doll looks just like me (haha, I jest). Isn't she pretty? Each doll has a space to hide a message from the gift giver, now I just have to hint loudly, £12.95.

4) Every man and his wife if blogging/raving about the Caudalie Beauty Elixir at the moment and naturally I want to jump onto the hype and try it out for myself. I have heard mixed reviews about the smell of the product, and since I am a girl who believes the scent of the lotion or potion gives a lot away about the quality/nature or the product itself I think it would be interesting to try this out. 100ml on the Caudalie website will cost you pricy £32 while the 30ml is £11 but I know certain other sites offer cheaper prices.

5) This gorgeous piece of bedding is a Cath Kidston Provence Rose reversible duvet set. I love Cath Kidston prints so much and although I love my Tesco Cath Kidston dupe it's got nothing on this pretty design. It's £55 for a double duvet cover although I don't know if that includes pillow cases or not (for the sake of my bank balance let's hope it does!). I love love love the fact that it's reversible, pink and white polka dots and a beautiful floral print look almost makes it seem like you're getting two duvets for the price of one! 

Have you found any exciting wants for your wish list that I should know about?