NOTD...

One of the nail polishes I got yesterday was the Rimmel  precious stone in Ruby crush. I have my Xmas party at work tomorrow and felt this was a great polish for the holidays and my party.

You can get this polish from most drugstores of from this website. It comes in at £3.99 which I think is a reasonable price.

The polish did need a couple of colours to be a full glitter look after on coat I could still see my natural nail underneath. I used 3 coats and it is fully opaque.


Tarra x

Last day of Uni for Xmas 2012....

So today was the last day of Uni and after a stressful presentation finally I can chill out and get ready for Xmas.

I brought gifts in for my friends today and they all really liked them which was great. I also got some really awesome gifts from them.

I got this lovely plushie toy from my friend catherine which was awesome enough but then when I delved deeper into the bag I discovered 6 nail varnishes! 
The six different ones I got are linked below:
- Maybelline express finish in Flash Cosmic
- Maybelline forever strong in Green Miracle
- Maybelline forever strong in Lilac Charm
- Rimmel precious stones in Ruby Crush
- Rimmel lasting finish in Disco Ball
- Rimmel lasting finish in Block your Green


My friend Tanya got me a lovely MeMeMe nail polish. It is 3rd along int the picture of polishes, the name of it is Dignified. As well as the polish she bought me some yummy chocolates from Thorntons which came in a cute tin :)

But the best present she got me has to be the MUA nail constellations.  This basically is a tube of tiny balls which you add to nails when there wet and it leaves your nails with a 3d look.

I used the constellation on my index finger just so you can see what it looks like. The constellation I have is called Pisces you can get it here.


The last gift I recieved was a card from my friend Mark. Inside the card it had a note that says I should expect my first gift in January and then below that it says it is a 3 month subscription to glossy box :)








The card from mark, such a cute robin design on the front!

After we finished Uni we all went to Weatherspoons and had a few drinks! It was lovely and I hope you all have great christmas!


Tarra x

Burt's bees lip balm...

Over the past couple of weeks my lips have been so dry and sore, I've tried Vasaline, Nivea and nothing has worked. Whilst watching a youtube video I caught wind of a product by Burt's Bees.

I had heard of this brand before but never really thought much about it and defiantly never considered buying any of it. But whilst in Debenhams I saw a sign for the lip balms and decided to take a look at the range.

 There were 7 different flavours to choose from, I chose the replenishing pomegranate one.

The product says that the pomegranate oil in the lip balm is really great at hydrating your lips and I stand by this statement.

After using for a couple of days my lips felt so soft and all the dry, sore skin was gone. :)


The lip balm leaves no colour on the lips which is great because you can wear alone or under lipstick/gloss.

The Burt's Bees lip balms are £3.69 a piece which is more than your average Chapstick but in my opinion there not just average. I would recommend this product to anyone in search of a lip balm that will actually soothe and rehydrate the lip.

Get your Burt's Bees lip balm here :)

Tarra x

NOTD....

Todays NOTD is a golden glitzy nail all ready for the holiday period.

I used two nail polishes to create this look. E.l.f's Blush and Barry M's Pink Iridescent. 

I really like the finish of this combination even though the glitter is pink it dosn't cover up the gold :)


So first I put a coat of the E.l.f polish but it was still quite sheer. I ended up using 3 coats to get a decent coverage.




Next I put 2 coats of the glitter polish, I like the quality of this polish. I find with some glitter polishes that it leaves my nail feeling bitty but this one is smooth. Really finely milled  :)

The cost of the Barry M polish is £2.99 and you can pick it up from most drugstores I got mine from Superdrug.  There are quite a few different colours of glitter polishs from Barry M and I think i'm going to go back and get the blue and red ones :)

 The cost of the E.l.f polish is £2.50 and you can get it from the E.l.f website. I got my blush polish in a set from E.l.f which had three nail varnishes all together Blush, Cranberry and Golden Goddess this set was £4.00 :) The set is a great idea for a little stocking filler for a family member or friend.




The nail polishes lasted for 2 and a half days before some slight chipping occurred so its not really a long lasting look but for a night out or christmas party its great!

Tarra x

Christmas list apps...

So its christmas time again and everywhere is starting to feel a little bit christmasier, and with christmas comes presents.

Usually around the time of buying gifts I will set a budget on how much I will spend in total.... and every year I go over!

So this year I've found a couple of clever little apps (all free).

These apps mean I can set a budget, make a list of all the lovely gifts I need to buy and track my spendings as I go along!

 This one is called Christmas Shopping IList and is the one I ended up downloading.

 This app was really easy to use and the easy to set budget system really made creating my list simple.

My favourite feature is the tick box. So when I have bought a present on my list I can tick it off and then I can keep track whats left to buy :)




Others include:

1) Xmas Budget
2) GiftShare
3) Christmas Gift Lists




So if you struggle at keeping to a budget too these apps are great :) Happy Shopping!

Tarra x

Silver Smokey Eye

Hello everyone :)
 
Recently I tried my hand at a silver smokey eye, I really like the effect and think this look is great for the holidays, or any time your wanting a bold eye but not to in your face.

To get this look I used a few product I picked up from work (The Body Shop) and some from E.l.f.

First of all I took my blue shimmer cubes and used the mid silver tone all over my lid right up to the crease. Then using the dark blue shade I put this along my crease and down towards the lash line, blending really well to get the smokey effect. Next I took the palest shade and put this on my inner corner as a highlighter. As for the black shade I put this along my bottom last line. Not all the way across just half way. For a more dramatic smokey eye use more of the dark blue shade and blend out well.

Finally I used E.l.f.'s waterproof eyeliner pen to create the line across my top lash line, creating a small flick at the edge of the eye. Also Body Shop's Super Volume Mascara to add definition to my lashes. 

Thats it the finished look hope you enjoyed and try this out for yourself :)

You can find the products shown in this post at:

E.l.f. website

Body Shop website  

                                                                           Tarra x
                     

Hedgehog :)

For part of my 3rd year modules I have to approach a charity and create a short animation for them. I have chosen the Eczema Society, because my little brother has suffered from eczema for a long time.

My main idea I wanted to go with was promoting the wet wrap technique but after receiving feed back from the charity the want to go in the direction on emollient creams.
I am going to share with you some of my initial designs and even though they will not be used I still enjoyed designing them :)

A hedgehog character I designed. He is super itchy and dosn't know why!

A small boy character based on my little brother. In the image to the left he has his pj's on and on the right he has been bandages in wet wraps making his skin feel better.

I wish the charity had wanted to go in this direction but the whole point of a live brief is to be able to adapt to their requests.

Anyway Tarra x

©Jessica Hollings 2012