Saturday 20 February 2016

The mystery of the mis-labeled OPI...


A few weeks ago I was browsing eBay and noticed a pretty shimmery OPI shade I couldn't place, and there was no shade name supplied within the description page. I didn't have time to contact the seller or try to search Google as the polish had a little under three minutes left, but as the polish was still at 99p I decided to indulge my curiosity by bidding. No one else bidded, so I won & received my polish several days later.  
My curiosity wasn't about to be satisfied...

Saturday 13 February 2016

NOTD: Hawaiian Punch by Orly...

I thought that I'd try to drag myself out of my uninspired slump by writing a holiday-appropriate blog post, so let's have a Valentine's Day NOTD...  
For this post I thought I'd keep it simple and traditional, with girly pink polish and a small heart-shaped piece of glitter. I then shortened my options even more by looking through my stash, to find a easy-to-find polish that doesn't turn up in many blogs/blogs.. 
I think that I've done that, so now it's time to take a closer look at what I'll be wearing over Valentines Day this year...

Monday 8 February 2016

Thanks so muchness: Secret Fantasy Wonderland edt by Avon...


A magical mix of juicy red berries, plumeria and crème de Chantilly
All of the Secret Fantasy fragrances seem to be based on popular 'celeb scents', so I ordered this new fragrance just before Christmas (it arrived early in January) to see how close they'd come to the 'inspirational' fragrance this time...
As you may have guessed by the name and print ad, Avon have tried to capture Taylor Swift's Wonderstuck (Elizabeth Arden) for this entry in the Secret Fantasy fragrance range. As I found that nice but not £30+ nice, I'm keen to find out if this cheaper alternative can fill in the gap...

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Sneak peek: Melrose Spring 2016 nail polish collection by Orly...

For today let's do something totally different and take a look at another new spring nail polish collection (sorry, but I haven't come out of my winter blues state of mind yet). 
I think Orly polishes are of a good quality, but most of their collections are rather boring - they can come out with one good polish every now and then that captures my eye, but then they get a bit Essie and surround the good with the generic blah ones in most of their collections.

Will their new spring collection have any standouts, or is it all zzzzz?