Life can be hard...

Some mornings it's just not worth it to chew through the leather straps. -- Emo Philips

New: China Glaze Autumn Nights nail polish collection

Gossip Over Gimlets-Platinum Shimmer

Goldie But Goodie- Rust-Gold Shimmer

Strike Up A Cosmo- Rose-Gold Shimmer

Rendezvous With You-Purple Shimmer

Public Relations- Violet-Gunmetal Shimmer

Kiss My Glass- Blue Gunmetal Shimmer

Tongue & Chic- Emerald Shimmer

Scandalous Shenanigans- Rich Blue Shimmer

Queen B- Blue-Purple Crème

Charmed, I’m Sure- Purple Crème

Don’t Make Me Wine- Red-Violet Shimmer

Red-Y & Willing- Red Shimmer

 

 

[Collection due for release in August]

New collection: China Glaze 'On The Horizon' feathered finish nail polish

You’re a Hoot – soft yellow, orange & black particles

Light As a Feather – orange, white & black particles

All A Flutter – pastel peach, soft blue & white particles

Party Fowl – bold blue, orange & black particles

Flock Together – mint green, bold blue & black particles

Flying South – orange, soft yellow & red-shimmery particles

[Due for release in August]

First glimpse of the China Glaze Halloween 2013 collection: Monsters Ball

After finding photos of OPIs Halloween and Christmas collections online, I've been looking for photos of the China Glaze collections and have found a single, copyrighted photo of the upcoming Halloween 2013 display here.

China Glaze tend to have original shades for their Halloween collections [whereas brands like OPI are prone to re-releasing preexisting shades under new names], so I've been looking forward to seeing pics.


I'm not totally sure what to think of the Monsters Ball collection yet; their Ghoulish Glow [glow in the dark] topcoat is back, there will be a black texture polish, whist the other shades all seem to be glitters [green, blue, purple and a sliver/orange combo].

Monsters Ball is much more interesting to look at then the OPI collection, but [based on the photo] the glitter shades look very similar to the ones in China Glaze's Halloween 2010 and 2012 collections.


Hopefully China Glaze will release swatch pics soon, so that I can get a better look of what is on offer. But, at the minute, the only thing I want is the Ghoulish Glow as I missed out on it last year. Oh well, fingers crossed for the Christmas ranges...

New Beyoncé fragrance: Heat The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour Limited Edition...

"I love my music, I love performing and most of all I love and appreciate my fans. I wanted to give them a special remembrance of this tour and I created this scent to reflect the power, passion and playfulness I put into my performances.” – Beyoncé

OPI swatches and other pics galore: the San Fransico collection, Breast Cancer Awareness 2013, Halloween 2013 and the Mariah Carey Holiday colection 2013...

The other day I came across a blog, where the author wrote about how she attended a OPI promotional event. Even better then the telling, she also showed :) That's right; this blog has photos of displays and/or swatches for every upcoming OPI collection for the rest of 2013. I'm just linking to the relevant blog post, because I just don't feel comfortable using the blog owner's exclusive photos.


I personally was totally underwhelmed by the Halloween 2013 swatches, as yellow, orange and green are my three least favourite nail polish colours. Yeah - green and orange are Halloween colours, so I don't know I expected.  China Glaze does my favourite Halloween releases anyway, so hope is not yet lost.

The Christmas collection made up for the Halloween one and then some; the Mariah Carey Holiday Collection has a whopping 12 crème, glitter and jelly shades, 6 liquid sand shades, PLUS a gold and silver leaf topcoat. Check out the swatches, you will drool..

L'Oreal Excellence Crème in Natural Dark Blonde [7]...

Hi guys. 

Welcome to the latest installment into my adventures in visiting the hair dye section in Boots. This time I fancy turning my next-quite-blonde-but-not-quite-brown hair over to the fully blonde side of life, so lets jump straight into the results...