17 Hide and Chic Concealer

Two posts in one day? Holy mackerel... I've got a lot of lost time to make up for (could make another tragic joke here, i'll spare you all), spoiling you, too kind i know ;) As a poor student i felt it was only right to visit the freshers fair to bag some free pizza and other rubbish, besides leaving behind being a fresher over 2 years ago, muahahahahaa! And it has to be said they did give me some goodies, amongst the chocolate orange squares bar which hardly made it through my front door was a 17 (boots brand) Hide and Chic Eye Brightening Concealer in Light Beige. I was a little bit over excited by this, i'm growing to like 17 ever more, they step up to every season and trend as it comes and they're products are good quality for what you pay. I'm not a big concealer person, only when things are bad i.e. sleep deprivation, but I've given it a whirl all the same...

The applicator is brush style, where you turn the end to dispense product.

The consistency is a smooth lightweight formula, very different to my MAC Studio Finish Concealer i usually use, which is rather thick to say the least. The product has a slight glitter finish to it (i think this is supposedly the 'brightening' bit, gold star for Loula!!). Its maybe a shade too light for me, yet when i went into Boots to check out the selection of shades, the only do 3, this one and a light and darker pinky under toned tone being the other two, so all in all, i'd probably still have gone for this little puppy! It is a nice everyday eye concealer, due its shimmer finish its difficult to use elsewhere on the face without the explosion in a glitter factory look, yet its coverage is light-medium and long lasting, managing to cover even my dark circles (albeit with a little effort). One niggle, how on earth do you know how much is left? I like to be able to see when a product is running out so I'm not going to be left in a disaster zone looking like a zombie (everyones have look!). But...all in all its a good eye concealer with a nice finish if you're looking for something with lighter coverage and for £4.99 i don't think its priced too bad either :) 

Seeeeee i told you we were getting back to make-up ;)

All my love

Loula x

Happy Halloween(ish) and an apology (hanging my head in shame)

Hello there my lovelies :) I'm back, about time too mrs, some of you may run as fast as your little legs can carry you at this news and others may throw a party (not bigging myself up here at all, one bit...)! Huge, mahoosive, hu-billy-bongus apologies for my absence, they weren't lying when then they said the third year of uni was a lot more work, holy moly, i may never surface from a large pile of books and my looming dissertation, lets not panic now though (purely to try and calm myself, panic mode is full scale...). I have so much to show you, I've been loving some new products I've been trying and will get round to telling you all about them, hopefully before I'm grey and old at this rate! Firstly though it has to be said I HEART HALLOWEEN, i love everything about it, so I thought I'd share a few of my halloween pictures with you to get us back into the swing of thing. Naturally i dressed super scary, as a cat, totes....

N'awwwww! I had such a good night, the lovely people in the pictures are some of my housemates from uni, looking horrifically scary for deffs :) Back to the make-up now i suppose, what a shame..NAWWTTTTT!

Hope you're all well & had a frightfully good (tragic jokes are still here) Halloween!

All my love

Loula x

Magnetic Nail Polish (not sure if i'm attracted- tragic joke).

Well, a little update an apology first *hides head in shame*....

Apologies for the lack in blogging (and for the horrific joke...), just gone into my third year of uni, crickey seriously scary stuff, what am I going to do with my life?! Which therefore meant a lack of internet in new house, bums. So, as I visit my boyfriend and he runs off to lectures, I'm stealing his internet, cunning! :)

Whilst I was browsing twitter I came across a tweet from a fellow blogger, Aimee (whose blog i adore) about Boots' range '17' and their new magnetized nail polish, after a little bit of research I realised we may soon have a new nail trend on our hands (perfect opportunity for another dreadful joke, worry not, i'll spare you all)... Bye bye Mr.Crackle and co! 

The Boots website claims:

'The polish contains very fine metal particles, when you have applied the polish and its still wet, hover the magnet (which is part of the cap) over your nail and watch the effect appear!

How to apply:

1. Apply 17 Magnetized Nail Polish and whilst still wet, hover the magnet (located on the cap) over your nail. Apply to one nail at a time.

2. Hold the magnet over the nail for approx 10 seconds and see the effect appear before your eyes!

3. Allow the nail polish to dry hard & apply a clear top coat for prolonged wear.'

The effects are lovely, search 'magnetic nail polish' on google images for a peek! I do remember seeing a version by Nails Inc a few months back now i think about it, yet this version is a mere snip of the Nails Inc price tag at £5.99 a bottle. I am ever more impressed by the 17 range of make-up, they always seem to step up every season and are super affordable! I hear in the great blogger world a BB cream is their next little no. excited stuff indeed!

The magnetic nail polish is available in these shades: 

...all of which are pretty dark *runs and hides*, poor poor beloved pastel shades! I'm guessing this is because of the effect not lending itself to lighter shades. I have to say the grey or the blue are probably my favourite, yet i'm still not overly enthused, having said this i'm 90% certain one will 'fall' in my basket on my next Boots trip...*sighhhh*

Much Love ♥

My week in purch-ases :)

Hello there my lovelies, firstly I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who's following me, it really does make me smileeee whenever I get a new follower, so thank youuu :) 
So, as ever here's the outcome of my shopping addiction from this week, but not before i apolgise for the birds nest perched on top of my forehead I was in a rush taking pictures so the poor mop had to suffer, sozza about that, praying no blackbirds mistake it for their home on my way to work....

Cardigan -£14.99- H&M  (suprisingly cosy, yummm :)

Strappy Top- £2.00- Primarni :)

Bird Necklace- £2.00- Primark (Last Year) 

Cross Necklace- Stolen from the boyfriend (he doesn't yet know...thankss :)

Double Buckle Belt (i love love love this!)- £2.00 i thinkkk- Primark

Alexander McQueen Scarf- £22.00- eBay (absolute bargain, poor postman's going to be terrified again....). I massively predict leather jackets to be HUGE this A/W, this will look gorgeous teamed with one and some boots, oooh, i'm excited already!

 Sleek True Colour Lipstick- £2.99? (I thinkkk!)- Peaches and Cream- Superdrug

I'm a nude lipstick kinda girl but decieded to pick this up from superdrug the other day, the colour is coral and its highly pigmented and smooth, it did dry my lips out a little though, so lashings of lipbalm required, they do lots of other colours though which I'm eager to try!

And check it out, no nail varnishes! Absolutly shocking (except for Seche Vite below, but lets shhhh about that ;))! Hope you enjoyy and beware Monsieur. Postiemannn!

Much Love ♥

Marry Me Seche Vite?

The need for a new top coat was far past ridiculous, soooo, on many good reviews I made a purchase of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, I'm actually in love. I think the postman now genuinely has an irrational fear of delivering post to our house after I almost wrestled him to the ground to grab the parcel off him, yeah, sorry about that Mr. Postman, I hate to warn him too that the process with only repeat itself when my Orly polish FINALLLYYYYY arrives, ooops!

(I apologise for my nails looking as if I've 

dug a 6ft hole with my hands, yummm)

The finish is amazing, its SO shiny, I'm so impatient when it comes to drying time too, which is one of the main reasons i love this, its touch dry within at least a minute, AMAZE! I'm so glad i made a purchase, i really do heart it, wedding invite anyone??

You can get your very own bottle from asos for £9.99 :)

Shineeeeee :) Top Coat Dilemma's....

One things thats become very apparent to me this week is: by god I need a new nail top coat (and also, I'm blogging at work, feel super naughty!)! Beside copious amounts of acetone (I reckon its about 10:1 ratio of nail varnish now in my old one, just what you want, yummmm!), I might as well be trying to scoop jelly onto my nails, always a good look and a way to earn friends! Hubba hubba!!!

So can anyone recommend any good top coats, I've heard manyyyyy good things about Seche Vite and I am seriously considering a pur-chase! Has anyone used this and what do you think? I'm looking for something shiny and fast drying, I'm so impatient!!

Ooooh and I'm SO excited to bring you my views on this little baby when mr.postman gets his backside into 2nd gear:

 I had such a hard time geting hold of this but as soon as I saw it, i NEEDED it, it wasn't an option! The colour is 'Fancy Fuschia' from Orly's Precious 2011 Spring Collection, I have a funny feeling we may be very, very good friends indeed, so hurry up postyman!

Much Love ♥

Crackleee

Well, I fully realise I'm about 6months late for the crackle craze, and the ship has well and truly sailed and got back into port, but in my boredom tonight I whipped out half my nail varnish collection and applied it all to my nails it would appear! I can never decide if I really like crackle polishes, but hey ho knowing me I'll probably have changed it by tomorrow! So here's the damage: 

The pictures aren't too clear, my camera was charging so resorted to the trusty iPhone! Its definitely a busy affair! Still unsure if I like them to be honest, the gradient isn't as effective as I'd have hoped, my mums comment: 'they look like they're dirty at the ends' too kind mum!

Products used:

L-R

17 Lasting Fix- 'Chaperone'

La Femme- 'Colour 96' (I've had this well over ten years and its still perfect!)

BarryM- '293 Grey'

BarryM- 'Pink Crackle' (Its gone so gloopy its untrue, besides pouring vast amounts of acetone in, think it may have seen its best after a handful of uses! grrrr)

Rimmer Lasting Finish- '500 Disco Ball'

Just a quick one too show you all what happens when I'm left alone with a house full of nail varnish! I'll be updating later in the week upon my pur-chases, including the worlds cutest cardigan from H&M, yummm! Enjoy :) xx