New shoes - New Look nude patent mid block heel with ankle strap

Hi Guys!

New shoes :)

I had a New Look gift voucher so I spent it on these beauties. They were £8 on sale!!!!!!!
They are a gorgeous pair of nude patent mid block heel with detachable ankle strap.

They are gorgeous. They'd be great for a party type event I'm sure but of course I wear mine to work.
The mid block heel and ankle strap makes it perfect for commuting and prancing around the office (or taking selfies in the toilets).

No7 lipliner

I obviously enjoyed my time in Boots!

My friend gave me her £5 off any no7 product voucher and this is what I spent it on....

'Perfect Lips pencil' in shade 20 nude. RRP is £7.50 but I paid £2.50 for mine once redeeming the voucher. Happy days :)

I've been wanting a nude lipliner for a while; I only own one other lipliner and it's a browny reddy pink aka not very natural, but I didn't want to splurge on a liner since I don't actually wear lipstick per se. But it's nice to have something to play with, and I have loads of light and nude tone lipsticks so maybe I can try them with my new lipliner.

NOTD x2

Hi Guys,

Just a quick post, two 'nail of the day' photo's.

[Above] Nude nails with one black glitter nail. Got a few comments - some people got it, some people didn't. I think that I might be partly to blame for doing nude and black. This 'look' might be more easier to 'get' if I used brights. But I do work in an office so I don't want to turn up with blue and green nails.......which leads on to my next NOTD

[Below] I just did my nails now. A bright orange. I was actually going to do orange and one mint green nail (I don't know what I was thinking) but I liked this colour so much I just stuck to the one collour. You like?

I want shoes!

Both shoes are from the new Evan's collection, £29.50 each.

The black pair are 'suedette' and are actually the same shoe I wore to my graduation but in the peep toe style. If you go onto the site and zoom in you'll see the patterned heel. Very tempted to purchase as I know I can walk in them, and everyone always loves the subtle heel.

The beige pair are the ones that have my heart speed up though. 3.5inch heel which is doable for me, and i've been after some nude leg lengthening heels for ages, and these look perfect. I'm going to try to hold out until evans have a promotion on shoes so fingers crossed that is soon!!! The question I have with these are: are they 'leather' or are they a satin?I want 'leather' so that I can wear them anywhere and everywhere.

Love!!!!!

Nude nails: Review of Mushroom and Beige Style

As we all know, I've been obsessed with nude, taupe etc tone nail polishes recently. My regular readers will know how nuts I was abo9ut getting my hands on Boots No7 Beanie (which i still don't bloody have!!!!) but I've done my best in trying to fulfill that need.

[Pictured below we have: (L-R) Barry M's Mushroom (rrp £2.95), Rimmel's Beige style (rrp....under a fiver) and Nail Inc's London (rrp freebie with 2 bottles of diet coke). Please see older post for review on Nail Inc's London. ]

(EDIT: In the phto Beige style and London look the same but they are not. London has a slight lilac tinge to it once on, esp with just one or two coats, Beige style is pretty much beige)

Barry M's Mushroom: Generally speaking I am a fan of Barry M's nail paints. A good price for the colour range available and in the past I've found the quality pretty good. I say 'in the past' because my latest nail paint purchases (mushroom and f*cking lemon icecream) were a let down. I've already ranted about lemon ice cream (and I went easy, I could easily have put in about a million curse words!) and now it's the turn of mushroom...not really, it's not that bad!

Basically I went in Superdrugs and it was the last day of the Barry M nail paint 2 for £5 promotion and amazingly they had mushroom in stock which I've been wanting for ages, and so I picked up lemon ice cream (which i was also mini lusting over for a short while) - never turn down a bargain! Got home very excited and put on lemon ice cream first, and we all know how i felt about that. Then I put on mushroom on my toes......

....what do i think? Well....I haven't tried it on my finger nails yet and I find that what works (or doesn't work) on toes might not work on fingers and vice versa but at the moment I'm so-so. Colour wise its much darker on application than in the bottle and it's a very 'on trend' colour and personally it goes with my skin tone well. I was a bit disappointed in the consistency of the nail paint because it seemed a bit watery but I can't really pass judgement until I put it on my hands. I don't regret picking up mushroom but I am not over the moon about it either. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, only the crazy nail polish people like myself.

Rimmel's Beige Style: I LOVE IT!!! It is not the colour I thought it would be but it's a colour that I have always wanted in the back of my mind. This is a true true nude, absolutely gorgeous. HOWEVER, this enthusiasm comes from a nail polish junkie. For some it may clash with their skintone and for others I fear it may be a bit too bland and blaaah. But for me I think it's beautiful and consistency wise it's worth the money (not absolutely fantastic but its under a fiver so *shrugs*).

I think the fact it comes with Rimmel's new maxi brush really helps the application too. With one coat you have a nice clean look. Two coats you have a nice nude, everyday sort of colour and with 3 coats you have a on trend sexy nude. Below I've taken a picture of the regular Barry M brush (on the left) and the Rimmel maxi brush (on the right).

I am trying to ease off the nude/taupes colours now because I think at the moment I have enough. For me red's have really fallen off the radar but I'm thinking red toes and nude nails are the way to go, or today I've got mushroom on my toes and urban princess (pink) on my finger nails and people are making nice comments.

I think that because I am such a plain jane when it comes to colour in my wardrobe having a pop of colour is important and shows that I've made a thought...or maybe I'm thinking about this too much! lol

For me, buying and wearing a pretty nail colour is a easy and relatively cheap way to brighten my mood. People ask me why I am so smiley: well, you can't be miserable if you have nails the colour of cupcake icing!!!