Seeing as I haven't yet been able to show off what the Mavala All That Glitters set looks like (click here for my post), I thought I'd do it for NYE.. relevant sparkly nails!
I also managed to try out the two Andrea Fulerton stripe & sparkle nail polishes I got, so here they are..

First up is the Mavala All That Glitters duo. Here's one coat of both:

And one with two coats:

I loooove the Pure Diamond one (right), I lovve multicoloured/holographic glitter. Either of these would be great for NYE/New Years!

For the Andrea Fulerton Stripe & Sparkle nail polishes, I used a plain Red Herring red nail polish as a base. 

Left to right: 1) Pattie glitter sprinkle, 2) Kathleen fine white glitter sprinkle, 3) & 4) Pattie black stripe, 5) Kathleen white stripe (used as french manicure).

The glitter sprinkle part of the Stripe & Sparkle is a bit hard to use (hence a bit of sparkle gone over the end of the nail), but you can slightly correct it with another layer of red/dark coloured nail polish. The stripe brush is really great though, and excellent for doing a french manicure free hand.

Here's the second nail (Kathleen glitter) with a clear top coat; the whiteness of the glitter becomes clear, so it gives it a subtle glittery shimmer:

I went shopping at Lakeside yesterday and didn't find a Gemstones pack that I could buy =(

I did however manage to find the new red Sleek pout polish in Scandal... and Sunrise blush! Here's the packaging and swatches of the two:

 

They look similar to Electro Peach pout polish and Rose Gold blush, but trust me the Scandal pout polish is scarlet red compared to the coral-peach Electro Peach and the Sunrise blush here is more brown toned than Rose Gold which is more peachy toned. Judging by the colour of Sunrise, I'd expect it to be better as a bronzer =)

Have a great new years everyone, hope it brings greater things than this year for you all and you're all happy and blessed =)

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All that glitters..

As a complete girly girl and total magpie, I've always loved all things shiny/glittery/sparkly. I get super excited by glitter especially, so when I saw the Mavala "diamond" nail polishes, I couldn't help but buy. Of course I used my loyalty points at Debenhams to get it, but the polishes are so gorgeous I would have bought without (and without Mr Frootibeauty knowing!)

As with all glittery cosmetics though, it's not so easy to get off, but it's worth the struggle for how pretty they are! My favourite without a doubt is the "pure diamond" - multicoloured silver glitter! It's the reason I actually bought the set. At the moment Debenhams are selling a pack of 8 polishes for £15 (6 "diamond"/glitter polishes and a top and base coat), but I didn't like the other glittery polishes too tough, so I just stuck with the duo set =)

I also found a glitter cream eyeshadow palette (own brand again!) and just had to try it.. there were so many colours and they were all shining at me!

and out of the packaging (click picture to enlarge):

I tried them out and my favourite one so far has to be the big peach glitter circle in the bottom left corner. Colour-wise, the glitters are quite sheer with only a hint of colour and they're quite tricky to work with, using the included applicators anyway! Compared to the NYX glitter creams (where the glitter sat on top of the stickier part), this did seem a bit easier, but in all honesty the effect was a little better on the eyes with the NYX glitter creams.

As for the NYX Candy glitter eyeliner, I bought it to see if it was a dupe of my most favourite UD Heavy metal eyeliner - Spandex. As you can see in the picture below, the colour is almost identical! 

I am happy with this eyeliner in terms of dupe for UD Spandex, but the applicator brush is way too thick than what I am used to with UD; Here's Urban Decay's fine brush:

 

And here's NYX applicator:

I'll be posting the makeup look I did with the glitter creams, and once my nails have grown back I'll hopefully get some pictures with the Mavala diamond polishes =)

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My first NOTD

I'm not really a nail polish person, barely wear it, even though I have quite a few colours. One polish that excited me earlier this year (and two weeks ago) was the lovely brand: Del Sol. Now it's not readily available in the UK, but it was on the exclusive website () back in June this year, so I was intrigued & bought one: Ruby Slipper. It's a glittery silver clear polish, that changes to red in the sun. I had lots of fun in Summer shoving my hands in and out the car window and my fascination still hasn't died down. Except that there's barely been any full on sunny days lately in London, so that's a dampener.

Then, two weeks ago whilst walking past my favourite glittery stand in Selfridges (Jinny Rainbow), I spotted them and it was quite a selection! I decided to go for a clear nailpolish (Peek-A-Boo), which changes to a pinky-red in the sun.

Since there was a bit of sun in London today, I quickly donned the nailpolishes to see the colour change, but it only changed a little (as expected) cos I wasn't even in direct sunlight (I just stuck my hand out the window).

Here's a before (Peek-A-Boo & Ruby Slipper alternated):

And the after(sun):

In direct sunlight it goes darker still and I love how it fades when your indoors!

Another NOTD look is from the infamous Barry M instant nail effects. Either I don't know how to put it on, or it just doesn't go with the Marvala nail polish I used underneath, but I just am not impressed by it. It's looked great on some of the posts I've seen, but I wasn't too phased by it when I did start seeing it. The only thing that made me buy it was the fact that many people were blogging that it was out of stock where they shopped. This was the case at Superdrug, however Boots had 3 in stock so I bought two of them (just in case I liked it). But I don't! I might hold on to the one I used, but I'm thinking of giving it away to my cousin who's a nail fanatic.. the other one I may aswell give away!

When I get to 55 followers I'm gonna have the giveaway, just dunno how yet!

Here's how it looked on top of Mavala "berlin":

If anyone knows where I'm going wrong with this application, please do tell!!

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