NOTD: Barry M - Vintage Violet

This week's polish is a new release from Barry M. If you follow me on Twitter or know me in real life, you'll know I was ready to sell my soul for this nail polish. Every week since it came out in the UK, I ventured into town, only to be met with disappointment. Until last week! My local Superdrug did a big reshuffle of their stands and with it came all the new Barry M nail polishes. Vintage Violet is a dark, muted lilac colour. It almost looks brown in some light. It's one of those strange colours that only Barry M knows how...

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Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer

Concealers are something I really struggle with. I have massively dark circles under my eyes that also get a little red. I also get very dry under the eyes. I had heard some great things about the Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer so I decided to go ahead and get it. At €10.99 I was hoping it would mark the end of my concealer search. It didn't. Sidenote: Is this called Instant Age-Rewind The Eraser Eye?.. I got the shade Light which was my first mistake because it's very grey against my rather yellow face. It offers quite...

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Realash Eyelash Enhancer 1 Month Update

If you guys remember, I started using Realash Eyelash Enhancer to help grow and thicken my lashes a little over a month ago. Now technically, it's been a couple of weeks more than it should have been since that post but I'm still counting it as my one month update because you all know, I haven't been well enough to post recently. Since I've been using Realash, I've noticed a big difference in my lashes when I use mascara. My bare lashes look slightly longer but it's very hard to pick that up on camera. As always,...

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NOTD: Catrice - Vino Tinto

There seems to be a new trend emerging of sneaky nail polish colours that look black from afar but are actually a very deep purple when seen in the right light. Catrice's Vino Tinto is one of those polishes. It's a beautiful dark berry colour. My camera is picking it up as a slightly more vibrant purple than it actually is.  I love Catrice polishes. For €2.99, they offer an amazing shade range and a great quality formula.  I find they last about four days without chipping, depending on how rough you are with...

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Updated Nail Care Routine

I've accumulated a few new nail care items over the past couple of months so I've been using them to try and get my nails back to a healthy condition. I did a Nail Care post quite a few months ago and it seemed to go down pretty well. Since then, I've been really neglecting my nails. I paint my nails every few days but I've been really lacking on the moisturising/buffing and cuticle care. Because of this, my nails got very weak and flaky again. Oriflame The ONE Cuticle Scrub I'm quite lucky that I don't have the kind of cuticles...

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Be Right Back

image credit I've been really slacking with the blog over the past couple weeks due to a few different things that I've had going on. I had fully intended on getting back on track this week but my body had other ideas and now I'm on bed rest until I'm better. I'm on a couple of very heavy duty medications and the last thing I want to do is write nonsense posts - not to mention I'm not allowed to get up and take photos. I just wanted to let you all know that things will be back to normal on Monday and will stay that way for as long...

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