Fashion heavyweights Paul & Joe branched out with a range of cosmetics, beauty and skin products in 2002. Made with nourishing ingredients the range was designed by Paul & Joe creator Sophie Albou, who named Paul & Joe after he two sons. Her Parisian upbringing has a strong influence on her work, and she describes Paul & Joe as ‘fun-loving sophistication’.

This Nail Enamel, new to the range, comes in a beautifully designed box and bottle, and contains lots of lovely vitamins and oils to help your nails. Vitamin A will keep your nails strong and stop them splitting, marigold extract, which is an anti-inflammatory, chamomile extract to promote circulation and sunflower oil and orange flower extract which are both emollients. Encapsulating fun and sophistication, the colours range for subtle pearlescent beige to neon pink.

At £9 each they’re not a bad price for a premium beauty product. Get them at Paul & Joe stores or counters or online at Asos.

I have been wearing this nail varnish now for the last week and I must say I am in love with it. The Revlon One Perfect Nail Varnish in Coral looks amazing the colour is so rich and most certainly completes a summery outfit especially on a nice tanned set of hands and feet, so is a must to take with you on holiday!

With the handy one coat quick dry it makes it nice and easy to do when in a rush, I had no problem with this, I do find most nail varnishes need two coats to make the colour. I will most certainly be purchasing other colours from this range as there are 24 shades to choose from, I’m sure I will not be stopping at just one.

You can get this from Superdrug for £4.29 at the moment… Bargain

The new exciting MAC Fafi Collection has been launched and can be found in the shops. This collection sports a limited edition packaging and the range of makeup has the most appealing colours. I must admit I did have a spree and bought a few pieces, I couldn’t resist the stylish packaging and striking shades. Starting with my first buy the Iridescent Powder; it manages to give your skin a beautiful sheen. (£15.50) I use it both on its own or mixed with another powder as its great for adding a nice pearly colour to my skin!

The second must have I had to have was this High Gloss Nail Varnish. You can get three different finishes – Cream, Sheer and Frosted, I wanted the “Girls Will Be Girls” shade which is the Frost finish. I love it and it has a pink with coral pearl look to it, which is a great colour to go with all the floral patterns that is in the shops at the moment.

The last thing I bought in my make up spree was an awesome bright lipstick which is great at making your final look on a night out! The limited edition FAFI Lipstick has 6 shades I chose “Flash-N-Dash” and stands out when wearing it with your eyes framed with some eye liner and mascara and cheeks with a pearly shine. A fun and exciting buy in my opinion!

This seasons hottest nail trend is dark and mysterious, and what’s even better is nails are now kept short and well filed, so no more long tallons, and lets face it girls it will be alot easier and cheaper to keep them looking nice that way.

Many a celebrity have graced the red carpet, and being papped just walking down the street lately with glam goth nails on show. Nails Inc have a new Autum/Winter collection in 4 gorgeous dark shades including the oh so now Navy. You can get the collection for £20.00 from HQHair.com

Are you fed up with your nails? Are you too skint or busy to get them done frequently? Then why not teach yourself to manicure your own nails and always have perfectly pampered fingers and toes. I came across this video in the beauty and style section at Video Jug and it gives a great demonstration on how to achieve the perfect French manicure.

The video shows the french manicure from start to finish including filing, moisturising and the all important varnishing. It’s a great art to learn, I’m definitely going to give it a go!

I am useless at looking after my nails and hardly ever get the time to sit down and give them some proper TLC. One product I rely on quite often is Mavala Cuticle Remover – a quick fix for cuticles. Instead of spending hours popping on moisturiser and neatly pushing back the horrible dead skin, I simply place on the Cuticle Remover and the skin basically wipes away as if like magic!

The product is designed specifically to care for cuticles, it is gentle and helps to soften the skin and remove the overgrown skin creating a perfect circular shape. You can then whip on some nail varnish and all done – a mini manicure in 10 minutes!

Mavala Cuticle Remover is available at Amazon for just £8.70.