REVIEW: Gosh Extreme Art Liquid Eyeliners :)

Hello :) Something non nail art related for a change!

Before I even bought these eyeliners I was impressed with them....let me explain! I swatched them on my hand in Superdrug one day a few weeks ago not expecting them to live up to their 'extremely waterproof' and 'semi-permanent' claim. 

24 hours later after 1 shower multiple hand washes and ample usage of anti bacterial hand gel they were still there....as bold and as colourful as they day they were applied.

I have been on the hunt of a truly waterproof liner pretty much forever as my eyes are crazy watery. I never thought I would have found my Holy Grail liquid liner in the form of a mid price drugstore buy.


If you want to read what Gosh have to say about these ***click here***

These are the ones I picked up:

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11: Aqua. The picture does not do this colour any justice whatsoever! It is super bright and metallic.

07: Jet Black: This really is the blackest of the black.

08: Light Blue: This is a pretty silvery pale blue....gorgeous!

They cost £7.00 each from Superdrug but when I purchased them they were in the 3 for 2 Gosh Promotion.

Here they are swatched on my uber pale skin:

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These are just one swipe of it so as you can see they are super opaque.

Have I raved enough about this eyeliner yet?

I used 11: Aqua a few days ago and I can confirm it really is completely waterproof and doesn't dull at all with wear:

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Ew. I look as ugly as I have been feeling lately.....*big sigh* Please excuse my horrible blotchy skin....

Eyelash extensions have been removed :P

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Its such a pretty colour :)


And here is another horrible picture of me this time wearing the black liner I had on more recently:

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Do you like my cute new bunny necklace?

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£8.00 from Accessorize :)


Anyway back to the eyeliners.....

So would I recommend them? YES x 9999999! 

Get yours now  :)

And if you don't believe me swatch them for yourself next time you are in Superdrug......you wont be disappointed :)


Cant wait to try some more Gosh products!

Just have a good oily eye make up remover to hand so you don't have to scrub your eyes. I use this one:

Its amazing!

£2.99 from www.directcosmetics.com

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Have any of you tried this lovely liner? Would you like too?

Marina xo

ps. Attention all followers old and new don't forget to enter my first ever giveaway please click HERE to be magically transported :)

NOTD: Where The Wild Roses Grow

Hello :) My second attempt at hand drawn roses.....I think/hope its better this time? :)

One thing that is definitely better is the picture quality....this is thanks to my new Samsung PL150 camera.

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I think the roses look a bit Charles Rennie Mackintoshesque :)

What I used:

Nude Base: O.P.I Samoan Sand

Red acrylic paint & red glitter paint for the roses

Black acrylic paint for the outline

Green acrylic paint & green glitter paint for the leaves

Essie 'Good to go' topcoat
Dotting tool 

Id like to try more floral nail art.......are any of you reading this really good and can link me to a tutorial you have done?

Marina 
xo


ps. Attention all followers old and new don't forget to enter my first ever giveaway please click HERE to be magically transported :)

NOTD: Models Own 'Pink Punch' with bling accent nail

Hello :) Just a quick easy look:

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What I used:

Models Own 'Pink Punch'

Stars and circle rhinestones from ebay

Konad clear topcoat

Marina

xo


ps. If you want to enter my first ever giveaway please click HERE to be magically transported :P

NOTD: Hand drawn blue roses (1st attempt!)

Hello :) Here are some roses I did a a few weeks ago.

Its my first time attempt at drawing flowers so please go easy on me :P 

Sorry the pictures aren't too good quality I had to use my phone as my old camera was being a little bitch! Thankfully I have a new camera now! :)

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What I used:

Nude Base: E.L.F 'Innocent'

Blue acrylic paint for the roses

Black acrylic paint for the outline

Random green polish for the leaves

Dotting tool 


I did roses again last night so ill be posting my second attempt really soon :)

Marina 

xo


ps. If you want to enter my first ever giveaway please click HERE to be magically transported :P

Small Haul: Paperchase Loveage! :)

Hello :) Im sure I have mentioned before how much I LOVE paperchase. 

I was absolutely gutted when the Borders in Glasgow closed down and there was nowhere to buy Paperchase anymore. Since then Waterstones book store have opened up a small concession. Its no where near as good as the one that used to be in borders but its better than nothing and you can buy Paperchase stuff from Amazon and on their newly revamped website http://www.paperchase.co.uk/

I was browsing all the stuff a little while ago and bought these two things:

Long Pencilcase from the 'Dreamland' collection £4.00. Its the perfect size to fit all my acrylic nail art paints :)

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Pretty wood effect Owl Iphone case £11.50

Front:

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Pretty pretty back :) :

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I LOVE Paperchase Iphone cases so much! The one I am currently using is the happy noodle one:

I cant wait to take a trip to the big Paperchase store in Edinburgh!

Are any of my lovely followers fans of the wonderful Paperchase?

Marina xo

Dexter Morgan inspired Nails (nail art pens)

Hi :) I don't know about you but im getting really impatient waiting for season 5 of Dexter to start! Not too long now!

Its not perfect by any means but overall I am happy with how they turned out :) 

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What I used:

The white base is Models Own 'Snow White' 

Red nail art pen

A sprinkle of some random red glitter!

Marina 

xo


ps. If you want to enter my first ever giveaway please click HERE to be magically transported :P

My first ever GIVEAWAY- Yay! :)

Hello everyone :) I am finally having a little giveaway! 

It will hopefully be first of many as im already planning on picking up x2 of some of my favourite products for future giveaways!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of my followers and those who take the time to comment on my posts. It means alot to me :) I know everyone says that but I really mean it! 

Here are the lovelies I am giving away:

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O.P.I Original Nail Envy: (rrp £13.00+)

Models Own: 'Purple Grey' (£5.00)

O.P.I: 'Samoan Sand' (rrp £8.00)

All items are of course new and have never been opened.

I picked these products as I think they will appeal to most people. Something to help your nails grow lovely and strong (O.P.I Nail Envy), the 'in colour' of the moment (Models Own 'Purple Grey) and what many people call the perfect nude for 'mannequin hands' (O.P.I Samoan Sand)

I have all three of these products myself and LOVE them so I hope you will too :)

The rules are:

*You must be a follower of my blog (Doesn't matter if you're not already a follower, you can start now!)

*You must leave a comment on this post stating you wish to enter the giveaway

Thats it!

***To gain an extra entry simply post an entry in your own blog about my giveaway using the picture above and of course leave a comment to link me to it***

Anyone anywhere in the world can enter!

The winner will be picked on Friday 15th October at 11pm (GMT) So you have just under a month to enter.

I will probably use the old fashion method of names in a hat adding your name twice if you do a blog post about the give away :)

If the winner doesn't contact me in 48 hours I will draw another winner.

Marina 

xo

NOTD: 2nd attempt at hand drawn leopard nails :)

Hi :) Thought id give leopard another try and im definitely happier with this attempt.

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What I used:

China Glaze Admire which is the pink base

Black acrylic paint & 'Trixie' by Zoya for the leopard dots

Konad clear topcoat

Marina xo

Haul: Models Own nail polish order...YAY! :) Quick NOTD & New Topcoat

Hello :) I bought a ton of stuff in the Models Own half price sale.....did you all manage to pick up some stuff?

As always the box is wonderfully packaged and all the polishes I ordered arrived safely and in perfect condition:

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Neon PM Set 

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Here is the quick NOTD I did using 'Top Turquoise' which is a lovely greeney blue shade. 

My konading is awful here....truth is I have not been feeling in the mood to do my nails the last while.....most of the NOTD you are seeing are from a few weeks back *sighs*

My nails were bare for 3 days last week! eek! But thanks to 'Bubble White' I mentioned a few posts back my nails are no longer hideous :P

But hopefully now I have all these lovely new polishes to inspire me ill get back to my old self.

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Oh and lastly I picked up what is probably the best top coat I have ever tried!

:) 

Its Essie's 'Good to Go' I got it for around £8.00 from ebay.

It really is super fast drying and ultra glossy AND best of all it doesn't smudge Konad designs!

Marina 

xo

Haul: My acrylic paints for nail art collection & Fimo cane slices

Hello Everyone :) I have been LOVING using acrylic paints for free hand nail art lately. Its a million times easier to work with than nail art pens and polish plus it works out lots cheaper as the bottles are rather large and will last a long time.

I have been going to Hobbycraft as much as possible as the 'Folk Art' paints they sell there for around £1.99 each are my absolute favourite! The colour selection is so pretty and they are very opaque.

Here are the ones I have so far:

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Here are some swatches of the paints in case any of you are interested in trying them:

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I also picked up some cute fimo slices from http://www.mytinyworld.co.uk/nailart.asp as I have never tried these before but have seen so many of you girls using them and been amazed by the super cute looks you have done.

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I would thoroughly recommend this site....I placed my order late at night and it was sent the next morning :)

Cant wait to try them!

Marina

xo

I have the cure! No more yellow peril for me!

Hello :) I have suffered from nasty yellow nail polish stained nails for almost a year now. Lemon juice has helped somewhat but lately my nails have been so bad the lemon juice couldn't remove the yellow nastyness.

I know you are thinking why bother if your nails are always painted but I really cant stand knowing they are in such a horrid state under my nail polish!

This is my nails, 2 weeks ago at their absolute worst:

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I then randomly found the cure! when browsing ebay for nail treatments:

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I read some really positive reviews and did not want to wait so I called up my local Sally's beauty supply and luckily they had it in stock.

It costs £9.99 for this tub in Sally's but you can also buy a 1 use sachet for £1.99.

You add one scoop of the Bubble White powder to a bowl of warm water and soak your nails for 5 minutes. Im not one to follow instructions so I did the treatment X4 and soaked my nails for around 20 minutes.

Here is my truly miraculous results:

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Almost normal right? 

Still a hint of orange/yellow towards the tips but overall a HUGE improvement. I did use up around 75% of the tub as like I said I soaked my nails 4 times using the stuff but for me £9.99 is a small price to pay for such a big difference.

I will buy another tub and do a five minute soak once a week just to maintain and hopefully further improve my nails :)

I know some of you suffer from yellow nails also......

 but is anyone's really as bad as mine in the before picture? 

Marina xo

Locoroco Nails (nail art pens) & Giveaway

Hello :) Here are my Locoroco inspired nails:

What I used:

For the base & eyes, 2 coats of models owl 'Snow White'

Yellow, bright green, black and light green nail art pens

Barry M Topcoat


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Giveaway:


I also want to say I plan on doing a giveaway really soon, by the end of this coming week hopefully. I am just finalising the goodies I am going to include, so far I have items from OPI and Models Own :) So stay tuned for more info (giveaway will be for followers only)


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Hope you are all having a lovely weekend 

Marina 

xo

Amazing Big Eye Make-Over (Monolid to Doublelid)

Hello :) I found this picture and was absolutely amazed at the difference some make up, false lashes and circle lenses can make!

The girl above (Emily) was made over on a TV show, admittedly her before look was probably made to look worse than she normal looks and she is in no way ugly but you cant deny the end result isn't amazing!

I have embedded the video of the makeover below. If for whatever reason it doesn't work click ***here***

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I noticed from 6:55-7:52 on the video the application of some kind of eyelid glue for turning a mono lid into a double lid?

I have heard of this before but had never actually seen it being used......it does seems really effective.

 Does this stuff last all day? Do any of you guys use this stuff? Does it really help your eye look a huge deal bigger?

The video is not in English....its in Chinese (I think!)

This is my eyes looking pretty big......do you think I could/should make them look bigger?!

What do you think about these girls make-overs?

Marina

xo

NOTD: Chic Grey with Pearls

Hello :) Just a quick simple NOTD:

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What I used:

2 Coats of Rimmel Grey Matter

Tiny nail art pearls from here ***clicky***

Konad clear topcoat

Marina

xo

Fashion: Skull Crazy! & A little D.I.Y Project :)

Hello :) Have I mentioned that im absolutely SKULL CRAZY! I heart all things with skulls on :)

Anyone a Alexander McQueen fan? If you are you will know the above boots were designed by the late Mr McQueen himself and will have probably also noticed the multitude of fakes of these boots popping up here there and everywhere! Seriously how do they get away with it?!

Whilst I like these boots and they fit my skull criteria all that's really special about them is the lil skull zip pull so I have bypassed all the fakes (as the original is out of my price range) and have been searching for a similar style boot but with a little something extra special about it.....

And  I found it!:

Iron Fist Mono Skull Sequin Moto Boot Platform Heels £69.99

How much better are these? 

They are by Iron Fist an American Brand who make the cutest shoes ever for us spooky girls :) I purchased mine from Amazon.com for just a smidgen under £40.00 but I might have to pay customs fees so maybe I should have just got them from thealternativestore.net :P Oh well! Cant wait till they arrive! 

Whilst I have your attention I will share some other Skull things I have bought recently:

Pretty Skull Rhinestone Brooch from Claire's Accessories (£5.50)

Embossed Skull Bag from Ebay.co.uk (£19.99) Its a really large bag...my new 'everyday bag'

Other skull fanatics might notice this is heavily inspired by the gorgeous Treesje Mortale collection which I covet! 

And lastly a small DIY project turned a plain black pair of shoes into these:

Only problem is when you look close you can see the glue as I kind of overdid it :P

I used these little skull embellishments from ebay:

They were around £1.00....I love finding cheap ways to jazz up plain things :)

Have any of you undertaken any D.I.Y projects lately fashion related or otherwise?

Marina xo