NOTD: Carbon Grey from Maybelline

MAYBELLINE CARBON GREY NAIL POLISH

Recently I have been loving nail polishes, especially dark ones. I picked up this colour on a bit of a whim in Boots when the 3 for 2 was on. I didn't expect much but this is so so pretty. It is just a grey-black colour with silver sparkles in it - perfect for Christmas! The brush on this nail polish is insane - you barely need one brush stroke to cover your whole nail! It makes painting your nails so easy, which you wouldn't think from the picture as my nails don't look that great haha.

I can't wait until the Christmas hols so I can wear nail polish everyday, currently I can only wear it on the weekends because our school is so strict about nail polish, jewellery, hair colour.. etc. But they actually don't really mind too much about make up, I can get away with a full face of MAC Studio Fix Foundation which is pretty heavy coverage and doesn't look natural at all haha!

I'm currently listening to Miley Cyrus' new(ish) album, Bangerz, and I actually quite like it, despite not really liking some of her music videos..

Thanks for reading,

Olivia

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Bourjois Colour Edition 24 hour Cream-to-Powder Eyeshadows Review & Swatches

BOURJOIS COLOUR EDITION 24 HOUR CREAM TO POWDER EYESHADOWS IN:
03 PETALE DE GLACE

05 PRUNE NOCTURNE

Bourjois are one of my favourite highstreet brands - they do such good quality products at extremely low prices. Although I have been disappointed with some products (Healthy Mix I'm looking at you!!) these eyeshadows certainly do not disappoint.

03 Petale de Glace is the champagney peachy colour which is a perfect colour to sweep over the lid and then you're good to go. The shimmer is so pretty too, it just adds a bit of sparkle, which is definitely a must around Christmas and New Year. 

05 Prune Nocturne is the browny burgundy colour. The photos aren't capturing how pretty this colour is. It is much more red toned in real life, so if you can swatch it in store you must! The red tones are very subtle and actually look nice rather than looking like you've been punched in the eye ;)

These two shadows blend together seamlessly, they have been my go-to eyeshadow look for ages now. I like to put 03 Petale de Glace all over my lid and then 05 Prune Nocturne in my outer corner and crease. If you wanted to darken it and smoke it out, you can just add more of the darker colour and it makes a really nice quick night time appropriate eyeshadow look!

The formula is definitely better than the Maybelline Colour Tattoos. The formula is more cream to powder- which I prefer. And these feel lighter on the eye than  the Maybelline ones.

I definitely want some more of these - do you have any recommendations?

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Olivia

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NEW IN: Minimalistic Watch from Born Pretty

WRIST WATCH - BORNPRETTYSTORE.COM*

I'm usually not one for jewellery as I spend most of my time in school and we are only allowed to wear watches. I had been looking for a new wrist watch for ages, and I was thinking of getting a casio but they are pretty expensive in my opinion! As you can imagine, I was over the moon when Born Pretty offered to send me one of their women's watches. I chose the Dallas Watch as I like the minimalistic look of it, the quality is so nice - especially for the price of £3.69!! Born Pretty have some amazing other wrist watches if you aren't keen on this one! My personal favourite are either the bracelet watches or the LED watches - very cool.

This watch has been getting a lot of wear out of it, and will come in handy when I've got my mock GCSE exams in January (!!) so I can keep my eye on the time without having to look up every 5 mins - anyone else feel like the invigilators are judging you?!?!

Also Born Pretty are offering 10% off Born Pretty using the code:

OLIVIAKC10

So that makes Born Pretty extremely affordable - they sell so much stuff and there is free shipping world wide too!

Thanks for reading!

Olivia 

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