Outfit post

Bonjour again!

 

Gilet- Jack wills
Hoody- Republic
Top(just seen)- H&M
Jeggings- Internacional
Boots- River Island

Random head shot for you!

OOTD! with my newest purchase, my burgundy republic hoody, on sale for £30 (a little dear I'll admit) I used  to have a jack wills hoody in exactly the same colour, but it was a bit small, so I sold it on and brought this one instead. To be honest, I really prefer this one! It's got a much better shape and fit than the JW one, and cost a lot less! I love their gilets, but apart from that, I'm no Jack Wills fan girl, they're simply not worth the price tag in my opinion. I was expecting something amazing when I first bought from them, and though their stuff is lovely aesthetically, the quality's really not up there! Sorry JW fans!

Turtle Ring-Accessorize
Plain Ring- International

Sorry for blurriness!

I've shown you these nails before, but I think there better this time, I put even more coats of flakies on (NYX-pink avenue) and it looks so much prettier, only thing is it's so chunky you really need a thick layer of top coat to seal it all in and not be left with a rough finish. I love how it looks almost like a foil in the ring picture, I heart green!

P.S- the quality of these pics seems a bit off to me, no idea why, perhaps I just used the wrong setting, anyhoo, I'll check it out, any digital camera advice appreciated!

the mystical varnish fairy

I'm not huge on make-up on the whole, but nails polish/varnish I do. I've been looking for a really nice dark forest green polish for a while, so when I went to a discount beauty outlet at springfield's in Spalding, I literally did a double take when I saw this

NYX- Las Vegas

It's the most amazing dark shimmering green, the picture just does not do it justice, it's almost sparkly but so, so fine.  As soon as I put this on I realised it needs at the very least two coats to get a good solid colour, however my trick with colours like this, that are strong in the bottle but come out quite pale, is to paint one coat of either black or navy varnish on first, it really comes out so much nicer and prevents plastering on the layers, I didn't even put a top coat on this because it dry's so shiny.

I also saw this on my way out, so glad I did!

NYX- Pink Avenue

It's yet another copy of Sally Hansen's infamous 'treasure' and most similar to nubar 2010 only a little chunkier, but at only £2.95 each (reduced from RRP of £6.95) I think I can be forgiving! they're both by NYX which I've never heard of before, they're an american brand, and now having used them they seem really good quality, long lasting (amazingly so, lasted for a week without chipping!) and quick drying, which is always a plus! 

Here they are layered.

arg! messy edges, sorry!

I really like the effect, it definitely looks best over darker colours, but again needs more coats that I have on hear, one warning though, for goodness sake wear an undercoat, when I took this off I had a lime green tint!