I picked up a few things in Superdrug on my lunch today, I really went in for a flakie nail polish from Look Beauty and was just browsing, wishing the 3 for 2 offer was still on and I saw this:
I liked the colour and for £1, even if it wasn't right- who could complain?
It has basically turned into my favourite lipstick ever and no matter how much I've been trying recently, I just can't find the lipstick that's right for me. THIS IS IT.
I would almost describe it as a pale neon? It does go on slightly pinker than the orange it looks on the stick. The only thing is, it is cheap and if your lips aren't smooth as a baby's behind then it will show (you can see it slightly on mine in the picture above) but I am normally so covered in lip balm that this doesn't bother me at all.
The other week we had amazing weather and it was a family celebration at chez dolliepop. My grandma was visiting from Germany and it was my parents 25th Wedding Anniversary, which meant one thing- lots of silver!!
What to do in order to mark the celebration had been discussed for months on end and because it had practically been winter until (sods law) that week, the garden party idea was off. So once I knew all the friends & neighbours would be having a meal at the local Italian on the Saturday I had to plan my nails & outfit...surely that's what everyone does?
I had wanted to try a less obvious silver and go for Topshop's Zodiac for a metallic look but instead I started with Nails inc Electric Avenue which is a silver micro glitter polish.
One coat of Electric Avenue
I really liked this and I'm not usually a silver sort of girl but in the sunlight it looked amazing, the pictures don't really captures how brightly the shone.
This has great coverage and one coat could almost be enough, dries in a flash too.
Sparkling in the sunlight
A little bit plain? A little bit of an obvious choice?
That is exactly what I thought so I saw this polish...
Nails inc Edinburgh Gate
Silver, Blue, Red & Green pieces of glitter
Now, I don't actually like this polish, every time I look at it I think 'why?'
I don't like the colours in it together at all but for some reason I looked at it this time and thought 'yes'.
I used this as my second coat over Electric Avenue and it was just perfect, I might even go as far as saying it was love at first sight. It added a different depth to the plain silver before and was just right for a party.
You'll have to try it in person to see just how amazingly they worked together! I went without a top coat as I quite liked the textured look.
♥ all the champagne and flowers, if only every weekend could be so much fun!
Everyone came to our house for pre drinks and the atmosphere at the restaurant was amazing with nearly 30 of us there basically loving life, the waiters were hilarious and our neighbours were even funnier. My friend and I went out after the meal and went to bed fairly early compared to the rest of the 'oldies' who didn't leave ours until 4:30 in the morning. I guess they were showing us how it's done!
My fingers don't normally look like obese Witchetty grubs, I swear Bag- Accessorize
