Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

Summer Edition






Spring and summer is slowly sneaking up on us and with it comes brighter, lighter and longer days which means that a change-up in the make-up and beauty bag might be about time. I have popped a few of my spring/summer beauty picks into my summery-blue H&M bag (much love for this baby) and thought I would share them with you. Included are 4 nail polishes in super bright, happy colours, a sunscreen, a body lotion, a lip butter and a BB cream! 

The body lotion is from a beauty store called Kicks who have their own beauty products including this Fruit Punch smelling treasure. It's light, non-sticky, moisturising, fresh smelling (fruity) and has a super cute packaging! What more can you ask for in a body lotion? Of course moisture is not the only thing our skin needs in the warmer months. As the sun appears more frequently we need protection against its evil twin (I'm looking at you UVA/UVB). I have a mini version of the Biotherm Lait Solaire SPF30 and I think I might go get a full size of it sooner rather than later because this is one heck of a good 'un. You know why? Because it does not go sticky and "oily" on your skin and face such as all other sun protectors. The scent is citrus-y and fresh and quite appropriate for summer :) As for face, I guess I am not the only one who prefer lighter bases during the summer months, and for now the L'orĂ©al Nude Magique BB Cream is amongst the top competitors as my go-to light, dewy(but not shiny) summer base. It evens out the skin tone whilst providing a light coverage that leaves the skin looking healthy and glowing. I approve. Revlon Lip Butters have been under the spotlight ever since they arrived and I have selected the pink coloured Sweet Tart as my smooth, moisturising, summer lip colour. Then comes the nails. 4 were selected and they will stay close to my fingertips until the early autumn months. The lucky ones are Dior Acapulco, Essie She's Pampered, Essie Bahama Mama and Essie Mint Candy Apple (Featured in my March Favourites video). All are gorgeous in colour, opacity, longevity and consistency. Check, check, check and check!

Other than that I love loose and messy hair, laidback - slightly hippy/retro clothes, coral and peachy lip colours and converse shoes. They all go together so well in the summer months.

I would love to know what your summer/spring beauty picks are so let me know in the comments or maybe in a blogpost on your blog in you have one (just leave me the link if so). 

Lots of love,

Em



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Monday, February 18, 2013

Peach Diaquiri



From right to leftEssie - All In One Base, Essie - Peach Daiquiri, Seche Vite - Dry Fast Top Coat.


So I am back with, surprise surprise , not another review! I am simply sharing what my nails looked like a few days ago, as I love knowing which colours other people wear on their nails I thought I might share what I use myself. In this case Essie's peach daiquiri :) I love this peachy, orange, coral colour - especially in the spring and summer time and that time is approaching quickly so let's prep for it with beauties such as this! I won't go into detail about how many strokes I did on each nail but I did one coat of the base, two of the colour and one of the top coat. This lasted me well over four days before it started to work some serious chipping. But four days is good right?

I think this is one of my favourite Essie colours, but I wonder, what is yours? I would love to find some new nail polish treasures so feel free to share your favourites in the comments:)

Talk to you guys soon!

-Em

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