Polishes used:
- The base colour is American Apparel Manilla
- Blue stripe is Barry M Turquoise
- White is Claire's White Nail Art Pen
- Black is Claire's Black Nail Art Pen
You may have noticed that I've added a watermark to my photos. I hate to have to do this (mainly because it's time consuming, above all else), but instances of my photos appearing without any credit is just happening too often. Don't get me wrong, I love it when people share my photos and designs, it's so nice to see, but it erks me when I stumble across a website and it has my picture on it, with no link! The idea of going through alllllll my posts, and adding the watermarks to them all, makes me feel a little queasy, so for now they will just be on the most recent ones. I've tried to place it so it's not intrusive on the photo, but so that it cannot be easily cropped out.
This is kind of a "two in one" post, as another little thing I want to share with you, is GlossyBox. This is by no means my first box, but it is my faourite so far and I think it's great. For those of you oblivious to what GlossyBox are all about, they are a company who provide you with 5 high end beauty samples for £10 a month. You always get at least one full size product, and the contents of each box are nearly always work three times the price you pay for it! You can unsubsribe at anytime, but I think it's a fun service!
There was some controversy over June's GlossyBox, as the general opinion of the samples inside was not very high. They've really stepped it up this month though, and I received 4 FULL SIZE products in my box, totalling £70.15. The box arrives beautifully packaged:
You get a little card explaining all about each product you've received, as each box is slightly different, meaning it's almost pot luck what you will get!
- Weleda Pomegranate Regenerating Body Oil 100ml (as did everyone elses)
- Ciaté Nail Polish in Speed Dial - a gorgeous BRIGHT Orange!
- UltraSun facial sun lotion Spf 30
- Illamasqua pigment powder in Involve, a sparkly purple.
- LP Skin Therapy Lip Rescue Gel (I've not seen anyone in the twitterverse or blogisphere that has received this too) a plumping lip moisturiser.
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| The Illamasqua pigment powder |
As the name of the product suggests, it is incredibly pigmented. Wish I didn't have an almost identical colour by MAC, but ho hum! I doubt I will be using this colour as a highlighter or blusher, but it's designed so that you can haha! It is worth £15.50
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| That bright orange Ciate paint pot in Speed Dial |
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| LP Skin Therapy Lip Rescue Gel |
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| Ultra Sun SPF 30 facial sun lotion |
Not an awful lot to say on this one, seen as England is utter crap and not even a little bit sunny at the moment. I will be taking it on holiday with me though, protecting your face in the sun is incredibly important, unless you want skin like a Louis Vuitton handbag. This is worth £5.70 - I worked it out from the 50ml price on the website - I used percentages and division and EVERYTHING, my maths-retarded brain had a little cry about that one.
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| Weleda Pomegranate Regenerating Body Oil |
The Body Oil is gorgeous - it's quite viscous, meaning it is not greasy feeling, and doesn't take too long to soak in. I feel beautifully soft, and I smell like Haribo. Nom. This is also worth £20.
This box was incredible, and well worth the £10 paid. I reckon this was a bit of an "apology box" for the ill-received June box, so I hope the quality doesn't decline next month. For the record, I wasn't even disappointed last month, there were still some lovely things in there, just nowhere near as generous as July's box. Keep it up GlossyBox, I want more like this!
In other Nail Files news, you can see the Minnie Mouse manicure, with a full tutorial, on Alternative Fashion and Beauty website MookyChick! Woohoo!