Beauty and Beyond....

Saturday, 1 December 2012

A Year of Nail Polish - November

Barry M - Blackberry

Barry M - Amethyst

Barry M - Watermelon

Models Own - Hed Kandi Hedonist

The Month that was....November

I literally can't believe that this is the last month that was post of 2012, my next post will be a yearly round up. Seriously where has 2012 gone?

Well November has been mainly plagued by me being ill :-( I had such a bad cold which I had to take nearly 4 days off work to try to recover from but I still have a bad cough and still feel a little bit bleurgh, especially as I don't get paid for being off work sick so my wages were down which is really what you want the month before christmas, ahh well.

I also got contact lenses. I'd been wearing my glasses more and had started to realised just how bad my eye sight was so decided to try lenses out. I had a weeks trial before committing to anything and really liked them so I'm now a permanent wearer.

My car also failed it's MOT and it was for something I didn't think it would fail on. The two things which I thought might make it fail passed which is a little annoying but never mind.

I also had a few days off for annual leave so spent some of my time watching old films that I'd never seen before and I've been missing out. I watched The Day After Tomorrow and Dear John and they were such good films.

And finally I booked tickets to see Bill Bailey next year! These are for my dad for his birthday but I'm really excited and we have quite good seats. So that's 3 gigs booked for next year so far! Oh if you don't know who Bill Bailey is he's a comedian and looks like this:

Oh and he's very very funny!

One last thing, I've also literally just finished my christmas shopping, just got foodie bits to buy but all my presents have been bought. I normally buy myself something but instead have decided to get a few things in the sales instead as I don't really want anything at the moment. How's your Christmas shopping going, have you finished yet?

Friday, 30 November 2012

100 things I love - Part 5

51. The Holiday

52. Summer days

53. Shopping sprees

54. Russell Kane

55. Pay day

56. Lunch with friends

57. History

58. Cocktails

59. Presents

60. Maccy D's

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Montagne Jeunesse - Iced Crystal Exfoliating Face Mask

Yes I was dubious when I saw this Montagne Jeunesse face mask on the shelf but the ever inquisitive side of me decided to buy it and try it out.

It contains spearmint and dead sea salt so is quite refreshing but as a face mask I wasn't that impressed. I've used other Montagne Jeunesse masks which I much prefer but this one is good if you're trying to save time on the whole face mask, exfoliating routine.

It didn't dry hard like most masks and for 99p I guess it isn't bad but I would buy others over this one.

I bought this at Home Bargains.

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Models Own Hi-Definer Lashed Up Volume Mascara

Wow that was a long blog post title! When Models Own had their 50% sale I thought I would try something from them I hadn't tried before and I chose the Hi-Definer Lashed-Up Volume Mascara.

I hadn't heard much about Models Own mascaras so didn't really know what to expect. They do several different ones but I chose one that claimed to define and volumise the lashes.

The brush isn't too big and makes it easy to apply the product. The product itself is a little watery for my liking and I found it hard to build up to create mega volume, it did define my lashes nicely though.

Have you tried Models Own mascaras? What did you think?

Oh and this mascara is £6 and available from Boots and Models Own.