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07 December 2011

Are You Sparkalaphobic!?

Dia daoibh!

So, gradually I am being slightly enticed by glitter. Most people that know me, know that I'm not a "glittery" kinda gal. It's a bit tack-mac-tack a lot of the time, but this year a lot of nice glitter nail polishes have hit the shelves.

Lorraine over at 'John Its Only Make-Up!' recently blogged about her blue glittery nails thanks to Essence; a brand I really like for nail varnish. Now this was FULL ON BLUE GLITTER and I really liked it. I went on my own little trip and bought a bottle for myself but in a different colour. Now I still would't be a glitter fanatic, but I'm getting into it....gradually. Here's how!

Step 1: base colour.

Step 2: SOME glitter. Just one coat! I usually just do my thumb and engagement ring finger on each hand, but last night.... I went further and did every second fingernail!! BOO YA!! (even though that only makes it one nail more; but shhhh!)

Are you sparkalaphobic!? (I googled!)

Slán!

06 April 2011

Essence Black and White Top Coat - Holographic

FitznBitz 3:23 PM Beauty Bitz , Essence 9 Comments

Hello All!

The current collection (in my chemist anyway) from Essence is the “Black and White” edition.

(Image from www.essence.eu)

Nothing too exciting really, but one thing did catch my eye and it was this little item:

It’s a holographic top coat. Nowadays when I hear the word “holographic” immediately what comes into my head is........you guessed it; Gosh. Well this is another type of holographic. It’s doesn’t have the rainbow/sparkly effect that the Gosh Holographic has – more so a shimmery blue sheen. I tried it out on a few colours below for you to get the idea –alongside the Gosh one of my index fingernail.

It doesn’t look like too much in photos but it definitely does add something different to your nail varnish. Over some colours it adds the holographic-ey effect and on others (for example the brown shade on my middle fingernail) it seems to actually change the shade.

On its own

L-R Nyx ‘Snow White’, Barry M “Berry Ice Cream-308”, Catrice “From Dusk to Dawn”, Gosh “Holographic-549”, Essence “Black and White Top Coat”

This cost me just €1.99 and I’m glad to have something a bit different in my nail varnish collection :)

Slán!

Laura xo

21 January 2011

Vaseline Cocoa Butter & Cheap Naked Palette Dupe!!

FitznBitz 11:50 AM Beauty Bitz , brown thomas 14 Comments

So I thought I’d share my 2 latest discoveries! Well, one discovery of my own and one recommendation from another girlie. I’ll start off with that. Recently, fellow blogger Dollface posted on her twitter about adoring the New Vaseline Cocoa Butter. Immediately the body lotion sprang to mind as I was addicted to that for a long time and still have a supply in my drawer. So I responded agreeing that I loved it, but then thought, “WAIT that’s not particularly new??” It was the new Vaseline Lip Therapy she was referring to, so I popped into the chemist after work and was delighted to see a few on the counter. For €1.99 it’s a steal and well worth it for these harsh cold days. It smells gorg!! Will def be keeping this in my bag!

Next up is a cheap alternative to the infamous Naked Palette by Urban Decay. It’s a little 4 pan palette with a gel liner and you’ll never guess who makes it? Essence. A lot of you might be familiar with the cheapy brand which is widely available throughout Ireland in chemists and most Dunne’s. Their latest range ‘Metallics’ caught my eye as I’m a sucker for greys, browns silvers and other metallic shades. I was in a rush and picked out the brown palette. I took it out that evening and had a look at it and was pleasantly surprised. The next day I wore it and it stayed all day! Well, I did use UD Primer Potion... but still, I loved it. Here are some pics:

(The larger swatch to the right is the gel liner smudged out.)

I also picked up the matching little eyeliner brush. It's dotey and actually a lovely precise little brush. The eyeliner on the other hand is not the best. If I'm to use it it'll be as a base for darker eyeshadows.

Now for a few €uro you can’t go wrong with this, plus it’s a nice and handy size to bring along in your bag with you instead of the larger Urban Decay palette – which I’m sure if you’re lucky enough to own you won’t want to damage.

Slán!