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E.L.F Haul

9th July 2010

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I ordered some E.L.F polishes last week and they arrived yesterday. Left to right:

Punk Purple

Mod Mauve

Smoky Brown

I just wanted to let every know that you shouldn’t go by the colour you see on the website when ordering their products. I was a bit disappointed to recieve products SO different in colour than what I saw on the website. They only cost £1.50 each so I’m not too bothered but I would be annoyed if I’d paid much more or I ended up with colours too similar to some that I already owned.

I’ve tried to get some pictures comparing the colour in the bottle to the one I saw on the web. I know the colour one sees can vary depending on each individual’s monitor but I wasn’t expecting such a difference.

You can click the picture for a larger version.

Click here to go to the product page.

My Verdict

Punk Purple is not purple at all, but closer to hot pink.

The biggest variation was in Mod Mauve. On the website it looked to me like a greyish, beige, purple but the actual product is more like a browny pink. I was looking forward to this colour the most, but in person it is my least favourite. If you want something that looks like the colour you see on the website, go for the Lilac.

I was expecting Smoky Brown to be exactly that – smoky. It’s darker than it looks on the website but it’s harder to see the difference in this picture than with the others. It is a little grey but I think the name Chocolate Ice Cream is a better description of the colour. If you want a light, creamy brown, go for Desert Haze.

Don’t get me wrong, I like E.L.F. It’s great value for money, they have a lot of fun products and the eyelashes are amazing! It’s just impossible to know exactly what you are going to get when deciding shades online. If you are thinking of ordering anything, check their Facebook first (make sure you ‘like’ the page) to see if there are any current promotion codes – there nearly always is. I got free P+P and 3 free lip glosses with my order. Result!

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A bit of babbling – I will forgive you if you don’t read this

8th July 2010

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I will get to the interesting bit before I start babbling so… here are the polishes I bought on Wednesday:

Left to right:

Barry M – Fuschia

George @ Asda – Twister, matte finish

Barry M – Raspberry

Barry M Polishes and Lip Glosses areon offer at 2 for £5 in Boots at the moment.

And here is my current collection of chromes. They are really good for stamping, so I love them loads.

They go in order of acquisition from left to right.

There is a little story behind these.

My Mum gave me my first one (Garnet Chrome) for stamping when it got too thick for her to use. Since that started to run out I have been desperately seeking any I can get my hands on. She bought them as discontinued stock so I knew the search wouldn’t be easy.

I bought the second one (Lilac Crystal) from Martian Delights. I was a bit dissapointed because it’s pigmented enough for stamping but too runny.

A few days ago, my Mum gave me ‘Amber’ which is, again, amazing. The day before that, I bought ‘Anemone’ on eBay for £2.29 and it arrived today.

So if you like stamping and you ever see one of these – nab it!

Now I will babble…

I have a lot of time on my hands at the present. That’s the reason for all of these loooong posts – sorry.
I have no job (not out of choice) and no school so I spend my days doing nothing much in particular – but here are some of my favourite bum activities…

Playing Playstation (Harry Potter Lego and COD)
Shopping (with money I don’t have)
Watching/catching up on old TV series’ (Mad Men, Arresteed Development) because I have used up all the current ones (Grey’s, Desperate Housewives, The Mentalist)
Cooking/Baking
Trips to the Cinema (I can’t wait for Inception!)

And of course blogging – but I did that before, when I was productive too, so it doesn’t count.
By the by – I got the Results for my first year at University yesterday. Well, not a breakdown, but a pass/fail mark. I got a fail which I knew I would because I failed my ‘Priciples Of Business Managent’ exam in January. I had to call my tutor to see which modules I hadn’t passed and would have to resit and she said it was just that Business exam so I didn’t fail any of my summer exams!! I was chuffed to say the least!

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Giveaway Win. Yay

15th June 2010

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Here are all the amazing polishes I won in Carli’s giveaway.

A selection of 6 BYS Metallics

(Go here to vote for which one I should use tomorrow)

BYS Cracked Finish – Purple

BYS Matte – Grey

Rimmel ‘I ♥ Lasting Finish’ – 064 Funky Diva

Ulta3 – Gooseberry

Jay Jays’:

Ablaze, Raven and Thrillseeker

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Haul from Marina

10th June 2010

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Marina (beautyandthebeast) from Forever The Ugly Duckling offered to send me a few of her polishes that she no longer used so of course I accepted and I’m chuffed with the polishes she sent me. Here they are…

From left to right:

My first ever China Glaze – Adore
At least I think it is. When one of my bottles smashed, the polish got all over this bottle and when I was cleaning it off, all of the ink came off the sticker on the bottom!

Collection 2000 Hot Looks – 33 Button Moon
See here for a Konadicure

Barry M – 304 Mint Green
See here for a konadicure

Barry M – 150 Red Glitter

2true – Shade No. 6

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My Delights

31st May 2010

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So – here is my post haul from home.

Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

I was wearing this all night and most of the day. I loooove it. Thank you so much Karen 😀

(Base Colour: L’Oreal Jet Set – 225, Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Chrome – 04 Garnet, Plate: BM09)

Bundle Monster Plates

Really pleased with the designs on these. The all over designs are really small which is annoying. But so are the tip designs which might actually be better for my baby nails.

Martian Delights Spree

Some of these polishes are really thin which, I suppose, is what you risk when you buy cheap, old polishes. I will never learn…

I tried using the Chrystal Chrome for stamping with my new BM plates. It was so thin it was practically squirting out of the plates when I was pushing the stamper to it – if you know what I mean?!

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Black and the Beanstalk

19th May 2010

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Using one of my new (old) Collection 2000 polishes today. I bought these on the weekend in a bargain store at 6 for £1! Bargain!

All I will say is they are very old and either they are just made thin or something has been put in them to thin them out and it separates when they are sat in the box so they need a lot of shaking and are no good for stamping like lots of the old, thickened polishes I pick up for cheap!

Plate: Fauxnad M54

Base Colour: Collection 2000 – 198

Fauxnad and Tip Colour: W7 – Black

Top Coat of NYC

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INCredible Offers

19th May 2010

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If you live in the UK, I know of a few amazing Nails Inc. offers.

In Boots you just have to buy any two Diet Cokes (£2.36) and you get a free limited edition Nails Inc polish. There are 4 city-themed colours to choose from – Milan (Red), New-York (Fuschia Pink), London (Nude) and Paris (Purply Pink).
I would have had London but they were all out when I was there, so I came away with Paris.

I also bought Barry M Berry Ice Cream

You can also buy InStyle magazine for £3.60 with a choice of 3 colours – Mink (Grey/Beige), Beach (Coral) and Candy (Lilac). I saw this in the supermarket yesterday but they only had Beach left and I didn’t like it. I’m definitely gonna keep my eye open for Mink though!

There is also a ‘20% off Nails Inc Online’ offer on the InStyle Magazine website, here.

It has to make you wonder why Nails Inc are so desperate to flog off all of these polishes when they charge £10.50 a bottle in store.
I now have 3 Nails Inc polishes and I got them all for free. They are pretty good but nothing special so I’d rather stick to cheaper brands and get more colours for the same price.