Saturday, 9 June 2012

Barry M Haul

I've been really into nail art recently as earlier this year I stopped biting my nails! It may seem like a novelty but doing up my nails is so fun! I decided to treat myself to a couple of new polishes today.



From L - R

Nail Effects 321 - Gold
Retro Pink
Mint Green
Lemon Ice-Cream
Bright Red
Blue Moon
Retro Blue
Nail Effects 323 - Black

They're all by Barry M.

I didn't intentionally set out to buy Nail Effects but if I did I got a free nail polish. I got the two Retro colours from the new Barry M collection for free from Superdrug.

I can't wait to see what designs I can come up with for these!

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

The Beauty Parlour

Welcome to The Beauty Parlour. Do you have an appointment?

The Beauty Parlour is a new skincare range by Superdrug. I previously blogged about purchasing some of the range here and I have reviewed them especially for you guys!

I was not sponsored these items and I was not paid to say any of the following. All products were purchased with my own money.

Eye Eye Captain

Eye Eye Captain is an eye roller designed to reduce dark circle and puffy eyes. The special phyto complex reduces dark circles and cucumber de-puffs the eyes.



It's ridiculously simple to use; roll it on and leave it to do it's magic.

Before




After



The difference doesn't show up too much on the pictures but it's definitely noticeable in real life! It removed the dark under eye circles and instantly brightened my eyes. I've been using it to make me look more awake on days I sleep in. ;)

I rate this:

♥♥♥ღღ


Mattyfying Moisturiser

Mattyfying Moisturiser is what it says on the tin; it's a mattyfying moisturiser. It helps reduce any shine on your skin as well as reducing blemishes and blocked pores.



The first thing to say about this would be that it smells absolutely gorgeous! I don't know what else I could compare it too but trust me; this smells super duper nice. It's also not very greasy which is wonderful as I often expect greasiness from cheap products and extremely quick working. It also keeps the face soft and supple for a full day.

I cannot praise this product highly enough. It's amazing for the price.



A little goes a very long way with this; the sample I have on my hand is far too big for it!

I rate this:

♥♥♥♥♥


Hand Lotion

Last, but certainly not least, is the Hand Lotion from this collection. I don't want gross old lady hands so it's important to use a hand cream.



The packaging is ridiculously cute. Just like the moisturiser, this smells absolutely gorgeous and is non-greasy. I was surprised as I expected it to be and had to use more hand cream than I thought. It keeps your hands feeling soft for a few hours and the scent lingers for one or two hours afterwards.



I usually use around this much and it covers both hands and my cuticles. Not bad!!

I rate this:

♥♥♥♥ღ



Overall I find The Beauty Parlour's products to be really quite good for their cheap price and I would defiitely use these again. From the packaging to the products themselves, everything is super cute.

Now have an attention whorey ugly pic. :D I was having an ugly day and this was the best one lmao



I don't pull off the thick eyeliner look well.

Sunday, 3 June 2012

Cosplay Ideas!

Hey guys and gals.

We have a change from the normal post today. I will be attending MCM Expo in October and I would completely appreciate any ideas you guys can come up with for me to cosplay as. I've been struggling with ideas and have so far come up with these four:



(L - R) Ty Lee from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier, Rei Ayanami from Evangelion and Yukina from Yu Yu Hakusho.

Ty Lee is a definite but I'm not 100% invested in the other ideas I've come up with. What do you guys think?

Let me know!

Friday, 1 June 2012

Circle Lens; The New Perfume?

If you're a big-shot celebrity here in the Western world, chances are you've released a perfume. Although it's mainly the female celebrities who release these perfumes there's often one or two exceptions (such as a certain Mr. Bieber.)

In Asia it seems as though this perfume trend hasn't taken off. Instead, see the circle lens trend.


Tsubasa Masuwaka - Princess Mimi


Ayumi Hamasaki - Sweet Days


Koda Kumi - Loveil

Japan isn't the own country where people are releasing their own line of circle lenses; Cheesie has also released her own line named Rainbow Colour.


Cheesie - Rainbow Colour

Eyelashes used to be the one item everyone released (Tsubasa, Ayumi, Kyarypamyupamyu) but recently these have shifted to circle lenses.

Who do you think will be the next person to announce their own circle lens line?