Archive for the ‘Nails’ Category

Moshi Moshi Mac!

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Mac’s new quite cute collection takes inspiration from the japanese sweet lolita street style. Pastel shades were one of the biggest trends of last Spring/Summer and are now back with a vengeance to grace our faces once again. This new collection channels the Japanese gothic lolita vibe and has even paid homage to the lolita’s read more »

The Sandstorm collection by Topshop

Monday, February 21st, 2011

Earlier this month Topshop released the follow up to their very grungesque ‘Heavy Duty’ collection with ‘Sandstorm’, a fusion of sugar pinks, aqua blues and light summery metallics. The collection features 13 key pieces ranging from eyeshadow mousse through to nail polish duos, all in on trend seasonal colours which have trickled down from the read more »

Nail Doctor

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

Winter nails are all about cranberry reds, racing greens, stormy greys and a myriad of other deep and gorgeous colours which reflect the season. However, though we love the dark fingertips and tootsie trends that emerge during the colder months, come Spring time and our nails are often left brittle and discoloured. After months of read more »

Online Beauty Bargains

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days you will have seen on the news the hoards of people who have braved the post Christmas sales, with some fearless shoppers even queuing overnight so they were first in line for the opening of both the Harrods and Selfridges sales. If like read more »

Christmas Party Wish List

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Karen Millen – Gothic Beaded Bag £99 ILLAMASQUA – Liquid Metal Eyeshadow in Solstice (Molten Gold) £17 Topshop – Black Velvet Dress £125 Girls With Attitude – Natural Lashes in Feather Flutter £5 O.P.I – Burlesque Glitters Polish in Sparkleiscious £9.95 Marc Jacobs – Daisy Red eau de parfum 100ml £60 Yves Saint Laurent – read more »

Festive Fingertips

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Now as much as we love nail art, we do understand that diamanté sparkles and intricate handy work are not everyone’s cup of Egg Nog. However, we do have a slightly more demure option which happens to slide right into this seasons biggest trend of metal metallic nails as well as being seasonally perfect! Instead read more »

e.l.f’s Autumn offerings

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Lipstick lover’s are in for a treat this autumn because our favourite low cost, high quality brand e.l.f (eyes lips face) have just pre-launched their new lippie range (limited stock available). If you are yet to cross paths with e.l.f they aptly describe themselves as a ‘revolutionary new beauty company’ who launched back in 2004 read more »

Hand salvation

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010

The season of cracked and dry hands is almost upon us so read on to find three hand saviours to suit all budgets: Budget – Vaseline healthy hand and nail conditioning lotion £2.41 If your purse strings are feeling a little tight and all your spare cash is heading straight into your Christmas fund then read more »

Rimmel Pro Matte Top Coat

Friday, September 17th, 2010

The war of the matte nail polishes has well and truly commenced with matte collections and top coats being released left right and centre making it easy and relatively cheap to update your nail polish collection. OPI, Essie, Chine Glaze and Zoya are to name but a few of the luxury nail polish brands who read more »

Finger tip heaven with Chanel Paradoxal

Friday, September 10th, 2010

Chanel’s AW09 collection now seems but a dream in which a hoard of women were literally walking over dead bodies to pick up a bottle of the then ‘it’ polish Jade (mint green). The nail polish was famously auctioned on eBay where it reigned queen of the nail polish’s fetching ludicrous amounts even for partially read more »