Saturday, May 7, 2011

NOTD: Essie's "Limo-scene"

Natural light, 3 coats.

Look at all the colours in that! Gorgeous :)
Today's nail of the day is a lovely pink nude colour from Essie. Since the colour is very natural looking, I decided to do a "bling" nail, and coated it in some loose iridescent and chunky glitter. I don't have a chunky enough glitter polish, and I love the way that this looks, draws quite a bit of attention to the hands. The only problem working with loose glitter is it's quite messy and can easily stick to the other tacky nails, but with enough patience it can be done :)

Would you wear it? xx

Monday, May 2, 2011

REVIEW: Body Shop "Radiant Highlighter"

When I was staying with my aunt in Edmonton last summer, we visited the West Edmonton Mall multiple times for lots of shopping! For those of you who don't know, it's a massive mall: largest in North America and 5th largest in the world! It has a roller coaster and water park in it (look it up, not even kidding!)
Anyways, we popped into the Body Shop and went on a major shopping spree, and I purchased this little baby.

It's a liquid illuminator that works beautifully on the apples of your cheeks or on your collarbone if you're going out at night.  I put a little tiny amount on the apples of my cheeks each day (literally a pea size between both sides) and it gives a really dewy look! It's nice on the day where time isn't cooperating with you and you need to quickly give your face a bit of a wake up. I'll show you how it applies...

Before applying any product.

A pea size amount applied.


With flash (you can see the shimmer a bit more clearly)
Without flash :)


Pretty, right!? If I remember correctly, this tube sells for $14, which may seem a little expensive but for 25mL of product, it's really not asking a lot. I have been using this daily for close to a year now , and it doesn't even look like I've used at all! 
This is sold in an identical formulation but in more bronzed colours (as well as this pink colour I have), perfect for summer, no? ;) I think it would look beautiful on all skin tones!
You can purchase this here: 
http://www.thebodyshop.com/_en/_ww/catalog/product.aspx?ParentCatCode=C_Makeup&CatCode=C_Makeup_Cheeks&prdcode=66823m

Would you buy it? xx