Fashionista from MUA Nail Polish: Mystical Dragon

 Been a while since I wrote a post, not sure why, just been a bit busy I guess.

I made an order for the new Fashionista products on the MUA website last week, a nail polish and a custom palette, which I shall review another day.

This nail polish just stood out for me. Even on the tiny little display imagine. It reminds me of something Disney.

 Mystical Dragon is so blue! It is one coat layered over Barry M Gelly in Guava, because it was a bit thin so might not be as bright on it own, but I just cant get over how amazing it looks. Its so glittery! Without the pain of having to remove a glitter nail polish. Its lasting really well too, almost a week and its only chipped a little bit at the edge, and I am always busy.

You can get the new Fashionista range online at the MUA Store, the nail polishes cost £3 each.

Next post will be a review of the custom palette I ordered, very impressed!

Have you tried any of the new range yet?

Mini Bourjois Haul

At the moment Bourjois is 3 for 2 in superdrug, and with 3 items you get a free pair of sunglasses! I just couldn't resist.

 I have never bought anything from Bourjois before, its a little bit expensive for me, when I used to work at next, there was a Bourjois stand and I was always looking at it, I loved the little pots and the shape of the polish bottles, but I still never bought anything. I have been looking at, and needing the So Matt top coat for so long, and my current nail polish remover is awful.

It was the sunglasses that really sold it for me, I needed some, even though the sun seems to have disappeared.

I have never enjoyed a nail polish remover more than this. Theres a little foam pad with a hole in the middle, you just put your finger, twist and voila! The nail polish is gone, I haven't tried it on glitter yet but I have read that it does work. This cost £4.99 and was my free item. Oh also it smells so nice! Not from the bottle, but once its on the nails you can smell the red berries, and the scent lasts.

My little superdrug doesn't have many good nail polish colours to choose from, this is what stood out the most for me. So Laque in Amande Défilé. Its a really nice mint green, but I was disappointed that it took 3 coats! The first two were so patchy, I think because it cost more than my usual nail polish at £5.99, I expected good coverage. Its supposed to last 10 days, we shall see! 

And here is what I have been after the most! It was the last one in the shop, So Matt Top Coat. I cannot wait to try this out on every polish that I own, I just love the matte effect. This is just one coat, and I don't know if its because its a higher priced polish but it feels so smooth! More smooth than I have ever felt a nail polish to be. This cost £5.99 also.

So there is my mini haul and first ever Bourjois purchase!

Barry M Confetti Swatch Part 1: Dolly Mixture and Marshmallow

I bought these a while ago now, I think superdrug put them out earlier than they were supposed to be, it was during 3 for 2 so I thought I should buy them. 

They weren't the original ones I wanted, they should be available on Tuesday.

Marshmallow consists of pink strands, it isn't my favourite. Dolly Mixture is great though, its a mix of orange, yellow, blue and pink.

The bottles are amazing, I love the lids. I have put one coat of confetti over the Limited Edition summer paints. You can layer it over colours or you can just use it on its own, but it would take quite a few coats, and removal would be a bit hard! Marshmallow doesn't really work with green it seems to have changed colour, but I really love Dolly Mixture over this pink, in fact I cant wait to try it over other colours, even if removing it is a pain.

Hopefully this is close enough to get a good look, I will have to try Marshmallow over a white or pink to see if it will show up better.

Confetti effect is available at Boots, Superdrug and Barry M online for £3.99 each. Next week I will be buying the green and blue

Have you tried any yet?

17 Seventeen Holographic Nail Polish

Only the other day when I was not so impressed with a China Glaze holo I was saying that there needs to be more affordable holos out there, lo and behold I go to Boots and the Seventeen range had one! 

At only £3.99 its the perfect price, had to pick it up right away.

This is actually my favourite holo so far. I prefer it to china glaze and to the GOSH holographic heroes, which is only made to last 24 hours, this lasts a few days before chipping. I used 2 coats to cover the nail, and no topcoat, using a top coat can ruin the effect. Now we finally have sun, its time to bring out the holo nail polish. I love it. The gorgeous rainbow effect it has, I can't stop looking at my nails when I have it on.

I hope I have captured it well. The photo below is what it looks like it normal light, just a nice glittery/metallic silver:

I really really hope 17 bring out some more colours in the holo range, I will definitely buy them all.

You can purchase it in store and online.

Barry M Limited Edition Summer Nail Polish

As soon as I saw Barry M release these on facebook I knew I had to have them.

In order to get the new Limited Edition nail polish, you are supposed to spend £6 on Barry M and get 1 free, I however, owning all the nail polish already just bought them outright for £3.99.

Honestly, I don't think I would have wanted them so much if it wasn't for the amazing lids! Theres nothing special about them, they're just a neon pink and a neon green nail polish.

I am impressed with the colours, I don't have a green that shade, and I think they work well together. It took 3 coats to cover the nail and the green could do with one more, so next time I would probably use white as a base. They didn't take too long to dry so it wasn't bad.

I haven't used a top coat, they have a little bit of a shine to them, and its not too much, I definitely wouldn't use one. I am still after for a matte top coat, and would like to try these with it when I finally get one.

I do love it when Barry M release limited edition nail polish, I am still kicking myself I didn't pick up the gold and pink at christmas last year.

You can only get these from Superdrug.

Are you going to get the limited edition summer ones?

Barry M Summer Gelly Paint: Guava, Key Lime and Blue Grape

Today I went to spend my £35 love to shop vouchers that I got for a recent trip to Dunham Massey. Its so much nicer spending money that isn't yours, not as much guilt involved 

I bought loads from superdrug and boots. My local superdrug has the new confetti in (reviews to come soon) but not the gelly, but the superdrug in the Arndale has the new gelly in, and I am sure they are both out early but I'm not complaining.

It was really annoying, sat in the garden to paint my nails, and every time I finished and ready to take photos, the sun went in! Plus a curious 2 year old wanting to know what I was doing and wanting to help. 

This is one of the first shades that stood out for me, Key Lime, a brilliant bright lime green. The polish itself is quite thick, I could almost get away with one coat, but there were a few streaks so a thin second coat sorted it out. They take slightly longer to dry than normal nail polishes, but nothing too bad.

This was the other colour that I absolutely had to have. Guava is a bright teal, a perfect summery colour, if the sun could just last a bit longer than 2 days at a time. This was also quite thick and applied the same as Key Lime. This is my favourite out of the new summer range.

And finally we have Blue Grape. Originally I was only interested in getting the previous two shades but when I saw a review for this I had to have it, I don't have such a bold blue in my collection. The consistency was thinner than the others, but still was opaque in two coats. I think it also has more of a gloss than the others. 

I am so pleased with these 3 that I think I may get the other 2 out of the collection, and I am not usually one for buying all the gelly paints.

They retail at £3.99 and you can buy them at Boots, Superdrug and Barry M. 

Sadly the superdrug 3 for 2 ends this weekend, also thankfully, I won't be tempted to buy as much until it comes back!

Have you got any of the new gelly paints yet?

Mini Invogue Nail Polish Haul

I bought a few polishes from Invogue when they first came out, but since them I have only seen them in one superdrug so I haven't bought any more.

You can see my other reviews here:

Suede - Green

Concrete - Red

Feathers effect

Hi Res Glitter - Blue

Felt it was time to while I had some money in my paypal and superdrug had free delivery over the weekend.

This time I got two metallics which I didn't get any of last time, and another suede effect, my absolute favourite.

First is green sheen, a teal metallic. It had very good coverage on one coat, but as you can see all the brush strokes I put a second on just to even it out. Dries quickly and I think its a great stand out shade.

The second metallic I got is passionate, a lovely lavender colour, almost like the Barry M foil but slightly darker. The same application applies to this as to the other one.

The 3rd polish is my favoutite, suede effect hot gossip

 Had to take a few extra photos. The 'suede' effect, is a matte glitter. I am still after a matte top coat, but this will do until then. In the pictures its just once coat. Its a lovely dark pink I can definitely see me wearing this one a lot.

 Invogue is the more affordable range from Eye Candy and available at Superdrug.

They range from £2.99 (metallics) to £3.49 (suede) they have quite a few other effects too, a really good priced brand, I hope they bring out more in the future.

Another place to purchase invogue is on http://www.ohbeauty.co.uk/invogue-nail-polish they charge £4.49 each BUT it is free delivery! So it works out cheaper

China Glaze Holographic Collection: Infra Red

I bought this polish aaages ago on a website for about £6 I was amazed at the price, and I really liked the colour, sadly as a holographic (and I only have limited experience) this was quite disappointing.

This weekend we had a 2 day summer so on the one day I had plans to go out thought I would get out a holographic polish to stand out. Its a nice colour but I just don't think theres much 'holo' to it. The other two china glazes I had were much better, even Gosh Holographic Heroes stood out more.

Infra-Red is a great pinky red, the colour is really nice, but it looks more glittery than holo. I find all these polishes very thin. My nails are terrible, full of ridges from acrylics, slowly growing out, I should really buy a ridge filler though. I would use 2 coats of Infra-red but no top coat, in can mess with the holo effect.

When it isn't in sunlight it has a metallic look to it, and really shows off how bad my nails are! It didn't last very long either, I didn't do too much during the day, but it was starting to wear away at the tips. only slightly but for the usual price of £9 I don't want it to start to fade.

I took this a few hours after, you can see the tip wear, its not so bad though, we only had 2 days of sun so it didn't matter in the end! I am disappointed in the lack of holo though. 

I really hope a cheaper brand bring out a holo collection, I would definitely buy them all then!

MUA Nail Polish: Koala Bear

The penultimate nail polish in my MUA collection, so far, I haven't finished with my buying just yet. 

Bit of a disappointing one for me though :( 

As you can see Koala Bear is quite patchy, and this is at 3 coats, I just can never be bothered to do more, if it needs more than 3 its not worth it. Which is a shame because its a really nice colour, I love grey. I think if I layered it over something else so I wouldn't need so many coats it would look better. It dried quickly though just like all the others. We can't have everything 100% perfect, and MUA are so amazing anyway I don't even mind, I will find a way to make the grey work!

All MUA nail polishes are £1 and available at superdrug and online at the MUA store.

Do you have any tips of what I could layer it over?

MUA Nail Polish: Mud Pie

Still working my way through the MUA nail polishes I bought.

Up today is Mud Pie. Its a great colour, it reminds me of hot chocolate.

 It has been the sunniest day for weeks today! Got out in the garden and sorted it out, looking as nice as it can be. I even did the garden after I painted my nails and they haven't chipped! Mud Pie is a nice and thick polish, I am always so pleased when I don't need more than 2 coats. I haven't even used a top coat and its nice and shiny. Like all MUA nail polishes they dry quickly as well. Its a nice chocolatey brown, I have been after a brown nail polish for ages, they are usually too light, this is perfect.

Really pleased with this, especially as the one I tried before it wasn't so good (see tomorrows post).

If you want to own this lovely shade you can for only £1. Available at superdrug and online at the MUA store.

MUA Cosmetics Nail Polish: Strawberry Crush

This is the latest polish I have decided to review, have another 3 MUA polishes to get through yet! 

I have also just been told about pic monkey so I hope my pictures look a bit nicer now :)

Still working on trying different things out, I really wanted round edged photos though.

So back to strawberry crush.

This is a bright pink, I would say a barbie pink, but also reminds me of the crusha milkshakes, you know the red liquid that you add milk too, haven't had those for years!

I found strawberry crush to be a little on the thin side, compared to the other MUA polishes I have tried so far, I managed two coats for the pictures but would be better with a third, I just get too lazy to apply that extra coat. It dried quickly and I am on day 3 without any chips. It is part of their new range which come in little bottles, like mini essie bottles, very cute.

The nail polishes retail at £1 each, and they are such good value, you couldn't ask for more.

You can buy them at superdrug or online at the MUA Store, both of which have 3 for 2 deal at the moment, thats 3 nail polishes for £2! I have stocked up.

MUA Nail Polish: Moody Mink Swatch and Review

I have a big pile of MUA products to work through oops. This nail polish today then I will try for one a day from Monday, got 2 more polishes, 2 eyeshadow palettes and a lipstick.

My aim is to buy every single one of the new nail polishes. Obsessed much?

Todays polish is Moody Mink. I would say its more mauve in person but I just can't seem to pick up the purple on my camera..

I found it hard to capture how purple it is, it keeps showing up grey, probably to match the miserable weather we keep having, but I assure you its more purple than it looks.

It applied so smoothly, it was quite thick as well, still needed 2 coats but you wouldn't think it only cost £1. Dries quickly as well. Same as all the new polishes they come in a cute little bottle, which is like a mini essie bottle.

They retail at £1, which is just amazing, the definitely don't look like thats all they cost. You can purchase them at Superdrug and online at the MUA store, both of which having a 3 for 2 sale right now.

What is your favourite MUA polish?