A Year of Nail Polish - May

Avon - Presto Plum

Models Own - Top Turquoise 

A Year of Nail Polish - April

Barry M Gelly Shine - Papaya

Rare Nails - Iced Latte

Barry M Gelly Shine - Greenberry

Avon Nailwear Pro+ - Honeydew Dazzle

Review - Avon Glimmerstick Brow Definer

My brows are often neglected, I mean I pluck them but apart from that nothing else.

Occasionally, mainly when I go out, I will use a brow product on them and my favourite is Avon Glimmerstick Brow Definer.

I have this in dark brown which isn't too dark so perfect for my brows. I think it is really easy to buy the darkest colour possible which makes your brows look big and a bit fake, yes I'm taking about a scouse brow here.

The stick itself is a twist pencil so no sharpening is required. The product is really soft and goes onto the skin easy, no nasty dragging. It also lasts all day so any touch ups are rare which is great if you're busy.

The Glimmersticks are also available in eyeliners and lipliners but the brow definers are available in three shades and are £6.00 available only from Avon.

Haul - Part 1

I've been meaning to publish a few haul posts from the last month or so but just never got round to it so have saved them all up to publish in a couple of large haul posts and here is the first one. I've included as many prices as I could but some items I can't remember how much they cost me.

Avon

Brow glimmer stick - £6.00

Nail polishes - £6.00 each

Boots

Pretty Polly tights - reduced, can't remember price

Rimmel match perfection blushers - £5.99 each

Rimmel nail polish - £4.59

Collection 2000 concealer - £4.19

Dove nourishing oil conditioners - £3.39 each

Dove nourishing oil intensive conditioner - £3.99

Revlon nail polishes -£6.49 each

Barry M nail polishes - £2.99 each

Bourjois foundation - £10.99

Bourjois nail polish remover pot - £4.99

The Perfume Shop

Escada Island Kiss and Sexy Graffiti 50ml EDT - £19.99 (on offer)

Primark

Rollers - £1.50

Owl scarf - £4.00

Tights - can't remember price

Rabbit scarf - £4.00

Gloves - £2.00

Coat - £22.00 (similar one in New Look for £32!)

Matalan

Tunic - £12.00

Jumper - £12.00

Hear jumper - £12.00

Fairisle cardi - £30.00

A year of nail polish - August

Milani - Gems

Rimmel - Clock your green

Orly (not sure what colour)

Avon - City Navy

Avon - Emerald Noir

A year of nail polish - July

Models Own - Black Smash Up 

Avon - Mercury Metal

Rimmel - Tangy Tangerine

A little USA haul! And a few magazine freebies!

This haul is quite exciting as it contains things that are either only available in the USA or that are hard to find here in the UK. 

Fellow blogger Annabella from Skin Scrubs was heading back to her native USA and kindly asked if I wanted anything picking up whilst she was there.

It was one of those occasions where everything you've made a mental note of wanting from there vanished from my mind but I did send her a list non the less. So what did I ask for?

Bath and Body Works mini shower gels - OK so these are described as mini's but they're not. Each bottle is 88ml which is quite sizeable. I chose fruity scents and surprisingly my favourite is the Pink Chiffon which contains some floral notes.

Organix hair macadamia oil - Some Organix products are available int he UK but over in the USA they have such a large selection of scents and products. The macadamia range, as far as I'm aware, isn't available in the UK so I asked for the styling oil.

Sally Hansen instant cuticle remover - I'd only ever seen a couple of reviews of these and both reviews were amazing. The fact it claimed to 'dissolve dry cuticles in 15 seconds' instantly made me NEED to try this.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects nail polish strips - these were a kind of impulse buy. They aren't available over here so I took advantage of being able to get hold of some.

EOS lip balm - everyone raves about EOS products so I thought I'd see what they were on about. The lip balms are available in the UK. 

Sally Hansen Gem Crush polish - These two colours are amazing. Pink and sparkly, what's not to like? I don't think these are available in the UK. Shades: Lady Luck and Razzle Dazzler.

Milani Jewel FX nail polish - This is a kind of dupe for Models Own Ibiza Mix and the reviews I'd seen for Milani polishes have been good so I added this to my list too! Shade: Gems.

Once again I'd like to say THANK YOU to Annabella for getting these for me and as I've already tried some of these next time she goes to the USA I might be sending her with another shopping list!

And a few more little bits are from the August magazine freebies:

Balance Me minis - Glamour

Avon mascara - Marie Clare

Ren - Red

As always link me to your haulage posts!

Review - Avon Color Trend lipsticks

We all love cheap cosmetics and Avon's Color Trend range falls into the purse friendly bracket. It is mainly aimed at teenagers and I have to admit I don't find myself looking at the Color Trend pages in the Avon book that often. That was until they ran a buy one lipstick get 2 free offer, so for £3.50 you could be the owner of three brand new lipsticks! Who could turn that down?! 

So after much deliberating I decided on Sequin, Berry Pink and Creme Caramel.

I love the pigmentation, for the price you can't complain but I found that they do dry my lips out. After applying my lips were feeling really dry and in need of a moisture boost. This is a real shame as I love the colours. I will keep using these but not everyday as I think they'd dry my lips out quite badly.

Have you used these lipsticks before? What other Color Trend products would you recommend?

My lipstick collection

I first wrote this post back in June last year and since then my lipstick collection has grown quite a lot so thought I'd do a new post.

 Avon lipsticks L-R:

Color Trend - £3.50

- Sequin

- Berry Pink

- Creme Caramel

Smooth Minerals - around £8, can't find on the website

- Smooth Nude

- Smooth Berry

Swatches in the same order as above 

Boots 17 lipsticks L-R:

Supreme Shine 'Bella' - £4.99

Mirror Shine lipsticks - £4.59

- Sugar Daddy

- Flirtini

- Hollywood

- Peace

- Belle 

 Swatches in the same order as above

Left - Right:

 No7 Sheer Temptation 'Attract' - £10.00

No7 2011 Limited Edition - No longer available

Benefit 'LaLaLand' - no longer available

Kate Moss for Rimmel 'shade 3' - £5.49

 Swatches in the same order as above

Left - Right:

L'Oreal Naturals 'shade 235 nude' - £

L'Oreal Studio Secrets lip glow - £8.49

Mac 'Midimauve' - £13.50

Collection 2000 lasting colour 'Queen of Hearts' - £2.99

Collection 2000 Cream Puff 'Cotton Candy' - £2.99

Collection 2000 Cream Puff 'Fairy Cake' -  £2.99

Swatches in the same order as above 

My current favourite lip products are Collection 2000 Cream Puffs and 17 Mirror Shine lipsticks. What lip products do you love?

Mega Haul

Boots

No7 Beautiful Skin foaming cleanser - £4 (was £9)

Maxfactor nail polishes - £3.99

(shades Sunny Pink, Graffitti, Red Bronze and Meteorite)

Maxfactor make up must haves - free gift

Bourjois flower perfection foundation - £11.99 (2 for £13)

Bourjois flower perfection primer - £10.99 (2 for £13)

EcoTools sleep mask - £4.99 (buy 1 get 2nd half price)

EcoTools facial buffs - £2.99 (buy 1 get 2nd half price) 

Superdrug

Kleenex eye make up remover pads - £1.49 (half price)

Simply Pure cleansing mask, face scrub & eye make up remover - £2.59 each (3 for 2)

Primark

Blue and brown shoes - £8

Red leather shoes - £12

Cherry Coke Lip Smacker - £1

Set of 4 rings - £2

Pug PJ's - £5

Skull print scarf - £3 (I think)

Owl print top - £4

Car print top - £8

Block print t-shirt - £4

Avon

Smooth Minerals foundation - £10.50 (2 for £12)

Colour Trend lipsticks - £3.50 each (was on a buy one get 2 free promotion)

So there is my haul, Primark has so much good stuff in at the moment, could have spent a fortune in there but was good and resisted! Like usual send me the links to your latest haul posts.