NOTD: Pink Friday

This was part of the Nicki Minaj Collection, I have 3 of the polishes from this collection but I think this one is by far my favourite. I think this is a great for summer and would look good with a tan. I really love pastel colours and think this would look great with a mint green colour or with some glitter over the top!

NOTD - Super Bass

Just a quick NOTD post today. I purchased this nail polish on buywapowa about 2 months ago from the Nicki Minaj collection. I'm not a huge fan of crackle varnish but I do like the black one every so often for a change. I wasn't planning on buying this polish but I wanted the Pink Friday polish and these two came as a gift set. I layered the Super Bass shatter over the Don't Touch My Tutu white shade from the OPI NYC Ballet collection and I like the effect it gives but I'm not in love with it. I feel like this type of purple would be hard to work with in a shatter polish. One thing I also find with OPI shatter polishes is that you can't layer them or else the shatter doesn't work. With my Barry M black shatter I can paint my nail several times and the polish always separates but with this I need to cover the nail in one or two swipes or else it doesn't work. If that makes sense lol Still, I liked experimenting with this shade and will no doubt try it out with some other colours in the future.

Hope you all had a good weekend!

OPI New York City Ballet Collection

I'm a huge fan of the ballet and when I heard about the release of this collection I knew I'd end up purchasing a polish of two from it. OPI isn't that cheap or easy to get your hands on in the UK, this collection slipped from my mind until I walked into ULTA and saw the stand specifically for this collection. It was hard deciding which colours to choose from. I ended up buying Are you calling me a lyre? and Don't touch my tutu. I don't have shades like this in my collection yet and thought the colours would be great on days when I want something a bit more subtle. Plus they make a great base colour. I love this collection as I think the colours chosen really do reflect that of ballet, very soft in colour. The only thing I didn't like about these was the sheerness of them. They take about 4/5 coats to look anything like the colour in the bottle and take quite a while to dry. This is okay if you have some time on your hands but not for just putting on a quick coat in the morning. 


What do you think of this collection? Have you tried any of these polishes?

It's my pink by Betsey Johnson

The new Betsey Johnson range for Sephora by O.P.I is something I'd had my eye on for a while. Especially with the release of a new scented nail polish. It's called "It's my pink" and it's scented with Betsey's latest perfume "Too Too". I hadn't actually smelled this perfume until I bought this polish. The consistency of this I found to be a bit more watery than most O.P.I polishes, maybe this is due to it being scented. You don't actually smell the scent until the polish has actually dried on your nails which I think is a nice touch because it helps last longer. Throughout the day the smell will fade but I found that even after a day or two there is still a little left. I don't own a polish of this colour yet either, so that was a bonus for me. What do you think of it? Will you be purchasing it? Do you like the idea of a scented nail polish?

TheBalm Bargains: Oh So Pretty

I've been interested in this brand for a while and have posted about it a few times already but hadn't managed to try any of their makeup yet. Whilst browsing in Marshall's and T J Maxx I managed to find some of their gift sets. I found the Oh So Pretty gift set at Marshall's for $9.99, the RRP was $59.


In this gift set you get the Hot Ticket Nail Polish in "petunia", the Plump Your Pucker lip gloss in "passion my fruit", TheBalm kabuki brush and the Betty-Lou Manizer bronzer which I will do a seperate post on.


The Plump your pucker lip gloss is a plumping lip gloss which I know a lot of people aren't fans of. I've tried others in the past and although I don't really see any real difference I don't mind the tingling feeling that they give. This for me has more of a cooling sensation that a prickly feeling like the sexy motherpucker glosses from Soap and Glory. This product does have a very strong sweet berry smell to it (probably in response to the fruity name) so you may not like that, I personally don't mind it and can smell it less when actually applied to the lips. The smell also resembles the taste, I like lip glosses that don't have much of a taste but this tastes the same way it smells, quite sweet and berry-like. Not something I am a fan of. The colour of this gloss is a berry pink with lots of sparkle, when swatched it resembles the colour in the tube. I applied this over a lip balm to help sheer it out as I found the sparkle to be a little intense for me but overall I loved the colour.

The nail polish which came with it is a luminescent pink/coral colour. Not something I would usually go for but I tried it out anyways. I found this polish to be quite watery in consistency and needed a few coats before it looked anything like the colour in the bottle. From what I've seen TheBalm has a whole range of nail polish colours but these don't look to be available from their official website so I am unsure of where you can buy them.

And lastly the kabuki brush, I actually haven't gotten round to using this yet simply because it feels quite rough on the skin. I like my brushes to feel soft on the skin for when I am applying makeup. Although it isn't the roughest brush out there it's not as soft as I would like. It could end up being the best kabuki brush I've tried, we shall see.

Kendall On The Katwalk

This is my first Nicole by O.P.I polish that I bought at CVS and as you may already know I love glittery nail polishes and my favourite colour is blue so this is a match made in heaven. I put this on my nails pretty much straight after I bought it. I like that the glitter parts in this are quite fine because it has a subtle shine rather than big chunks in your face glitter which I also like but it's a nice change sometimes. This is part of the Kardshian Kolors range. I love the bottle of these. I'm not sure if this range of polishes is available in the UK, if anyone knows please let me know :)

NOTD: It's Bouquet With Me

On my nails today I'm wearing a polish by Sephora by O.P.I called It's Bouquet With Me.


I picked up this polish in California last year, the Sephora Range is a bit more expensive than the regular O.P.I polishes. The glitter is purple and silver and is very fine. It takes a while to dry so layering it on can take a bit of time. I have layered this 4/5 times to get the effect in the photos.

Cats, Pixie's and... Nicki Minaj!

Is it just me or is anyone else a total sucker for gimmicky/novelty things? Last week I purchased a few items from asos based purely on the novelty factor. One of them being a cheek highlighter in the shape of a cat's head… wearing a cute hat! And the promo picture is just adorable! How was I supposed to say no to this?

I think I laughed for a good few minutes before adding it to my basket. As a cat lover I am a sucker for anything like this. It is just too cute. And all for the price of £21 and I'm afraid to actually use it because it is so beautiful. I'll just have to bite the bullet and do it. I've never tried anything from Paul and Joe before and asos is the only place I know you can buy it so I went ahead and purchased one of their cat eyeshadows too.

While browsing the site I also came across some pixi products and I've been wanting to try some of their products for the longest time but have never gotten round to it. Last week I visited their London store in Soho, it is the cutest shop ever! I reluctantly walked out with nothing. For their spring collection they have collaborated with disney to bring a pixie themed palette featuring Tinkerbell. (Refer back to the comment about novelty things) Being the disney lover I am and knowing I wanted to try their products I also added this to my basket. I thought it was a great idea to have one of the most famous pixie's featured on a pixi palette! The packaging is something that I absolutely love, it looks to me like they may have had a real model pose for this drawing of Tinkerbell as it is far from the traditional tinkerbell images we are used to. The design is much more fluid and sketch-like. The same design is mirrored on the front of the palette itself with the traditional pixi green. The palette itself comes with 5 eyeshadows, 5 lip creams and a 3 colour blush palette. Included is also a blush brush, duo eye applicator and a duo lip applicator. I have only swatched the colours in this palette so far so haven't had a chance to really make a decision of what I think of the products.

I also purchased the lump luxe radiance powder which is beautifully packaged. I am in love with the pixi logo.

And lastly I purchased the nicki minaj nail polish in "save me". I am going through a glitter nail polish phase right now and loved this when I saw it. It's just a shame that O.P.I nail polishes are £10.50. I was going to purchase a few other polishes from asos but at £10.50 each I couldn't justify it. (Yet I can justify £21 for a cat highlighter… !?) I have decided that when I go back to the states in 4 weeks I will try and buy more O.P.I there as I'm sure they are around $7 each?

I will be posting more on my thoughts of these products in individual posts soon. Hope you enjoyed!