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Hi Guys!

Just wanted to share with you my NOTD from last week:

And this is how I did it...

Firstly I purchased some glitter dust from ebay for around the £2.00 mark. I probably didn't get the best deal on ebay but definitely cheaper than buying it on the high street so I am happy.

The glitter was gorgeous - really really finely milled and sparkly.

So all I did was paint my nails with clear polish (you can choose whatever base colour you want - I think I'll do black next time to make the glitter pop) and let it dry.

Once the whole nail was dry (I did 2 coats) I then painted the tips of my nail in clear and then dipped my nail into the glitter pot.

Blew/shook off the excess glitter and after a few minutes, put on another coat of clear polish to seal the glitter.

Ta dah!

*If you decide to give this ago don't forget to lay down some newspaper on surfaces. And probably best to wear loungey clohthes so that you don't get your outift covered in glitter.

*And yeah I know I could have just painted my tips with glitter polish or wore falsies but I enjoy this sort of stuff and find it theraputic.

*One last thing!! This look only lasted a day....or not even a whole day to be honest. But it wasn't the glitter or technique. It was my cheap arse clear polish. All those layers PEELED straight off! By the end of the day I'd peeled off all my polish and I didn't even need to use polish remover when I got home. Oh well!

A Colour Penny

Hi Guys!

Been feeling blah (hence the lack of posts) but the other day I went to Primark with my mum and since she said she'd treat me I tried on tons of stuff, and shockingly, tons of non black stuff!!

Don't have a heart attack about the first picture I DID NOT BUY THIS OUTFIT! I just thought I'd share the nightmare lol I really want a maxi skirt, and to be honest I kinda like this tomato red one but my mum said I looked like a buffalo so....no. The bow top was a 'silk' material and is really cute but it looks cuter in the picture then it did in real life. Fatty and sweaty, not a good combo for cream silk in a size too small.

The next two dresses my mum DID buy for me.

First up we have a plummy chiffon dress with a gorgeous 'winged' sleeve and capey type back, I love the top part, and I don't mind the colour but I HATE the frill on the bottom of the skirt. It makes me feel like a sweetie wrapper and it's hard to find shoes that don't make me an ultra stumpy sweetie wrapper. But anyways, I've worn it now so I'm stuck with it.

Lastly, my teal shift dress with sheer kimino style sleeves. Everyone at work, even strangers complimented me. It was really weird. It was just the fact that I was wearing a colour which shocked everyone I think (I wore this dress before I wore the sweetie wrapper). It was nice and easy to wear. But I did also feel a bit like a sack of spuds in it but thats not the dress's fault; that's what happens when you eat KFC for breakfast! lol

So do you like my foray into the coloured side? I wore teal last monday and the sweetie wrapper on the friday, every other day I was back in black. I am trying to bring a bit more colour into my wardrobe but I guess I've chosen the wrong time since ?I don't have the funds at the moment.

What is your favourite colour to wear? Do you like to shine like a star or hide in the shadows?

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Dinner time!

Hi guys,

just some more random pics of food. I'm still a crap cook with bouts of food poisoning and straight into the bin recipes but since 2009 (when I got penny palace) I have improved loooooooads.

So first up....actually, I didn't cook this or eat it in penny palace, it's dinner at S's new flat!! Delicious dinner, flat and company :)

Then this is salmon, cous cous and roasted med veg. Delish! - It was my second attempt at cous cous and thanks to the inclusion of a veggie stock cube it was edible.

This is.........uh oh lol This is a bowl of thai sweet chilli sensation crisps. Breakfast at work! And no, I didn't add milk!

This was Saturday's dinner - basil chicken breast, balsamic tomatoes and roasted new potatoes. It was amazing. Honestly.

This is........not at all nice to look at but it was yummy. Kinda. Chicken wings - best I ever made - a bit of patience goes a long way! Potatoes same as yesterday as my mum gave me a million so I'm trying to use them up, but very happy to do so cos they are delish! And lastly, that blob on my plate is baba ganoush. My mum also gave me some aubergines (actually, everything in all the meals minus the spag bol, crisps and chicken breasts were courtesy of my mum.) so that was the only thing I could think to do with them. I thought it would be nice dipping my pototoes and wings into the baba ganoush but tbh I feel a bit sick now, I think the texture has traumatised me. Well, I am gonna be eating this for lunch at work tomorrow so oh well lol

BB creams

For a while now I've been interested in delving into the world of 'bb creams' (amongst others, bb can stand for blemish balm).

It's suppose to give amazing coverage as well as working magic on your skin. The formula was originally developed to help laser surgery patients heal better, and then it became popular in SE Asia and it is slowly reaching here. MAC America/Europe are supposedly launching their own BB cream on these shores soon (I differentiate between MAC SE Asia and MAC America/Europe because MAC have already got BB creams selling over the East Side.)

There's loads of BB cream available online and it's no means hard getting a hold of this stuff - the problem is a) choosing the right shade b) knowing which are good brands and worries along those lines.

My mum went to Thailand and on my request bought back a bunch of BB creams to try out with the aim of knowing what I like so that when my Dad goes in September he can buy me more.

The one I am using on a daily basis at the moment is:

.....by a brand called Mistine, which is popular in Thailand. It's been maybe a month now and it hasn't broken me out and it seems pretty decent (my first proper try so nothing to really compare it with so watch this space). The only problem and for some it might be a massive problem is the colour.

As you can see from the [above] pic, the shade is a)too light b) kinda grey looking. And this is pretty much true to life. But this doesn't really bother me. It would be great if it was a perfect match but c'est la vie! What I do is mix it with my revlon photo ready which is too dark/orange and so I get the perfect shade!

The other bb creams my mum got me are waiting to be given a trial run - no pictures or swatches cos I can't remember where I put my stash and can't really be bothered to hunt around. sorry!

However, I do have another batch of bb creams to share with you courtesy of someone at work....nickname shall be NK (btw these initials are not the people's initals but initals of the blog nicknames I have given them e.g SF's initials are not SF and NK's initials are not NK - in this case K stands for Korean cos she likes korean stuff. FYI).

NK has been very sweet because we don't really know know each other or talk very much, but one day we started talking in the loo (I was fixing my clown blusher) and next thing we had a looooong convo about BB creams and kpop, and the next day she bought in stuff, as shown below, for me to swatch. How kind!

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This is a bb cream by Missha. I used this on my face twice and it's really good. Again, as you can tell in the swatch below it's still light and grey and I also have to mix this with my revlon photo finish.

It's hard to explain in words but BB creams feel like a thicker denser foundation (gloopier?) but when you put it on your face and blend it is not as thick as foundation....confused? I am! lol I must be honest, because of the colour situation it is very hard for me to this review this in a normal way. But I thought I'd share with you anyway my experience with BB creams because I am thinking that when it hits these shores then I'll be able to get my shade.

And lastly........

Next we have 4 sample sized tubes of bb cream by Skin 79 which is a very popular brand of BB cream (btw, if you did want to buy your own samples online all 3 brands I mentioned are good SE Asia brands).

From TOP to BOTTOM we have:

VIP Gold collection super blemish balm which had the most coverage out of this mini bunch (it probably doesnt look like it cos unlike the others it didn't super speed squirt out the tube as soon as I took off the lid!).

Triple Function (whitening, spf25 and wrinkle free) - this product swatched nicely but tbh all of the bb creams in bunch (the 6 I'm blogging about and the one's my mum got for me) all have the same functions

Diamond Collection Pearl BB cream - I love this! Definitely not an everyday bb cream as it is packed with glitter (described as luminous on the tube) but great for a night out or mixed in with your normal bb cream/foundation to give you a bit of boost.

Prestige blemish balm from the Diamond collection - erm, that's all it says so I dunno! I obviously had a bit of an accident whilst swatching....my arm seemed to like it ;)

So, have you tried any bb creams? If not, does the concept interest you?