Friday 30 March 2012

What a Spark-tacular Saturday!


Hi my beauties,
Today I will be bringing to you my Nail of the Day (NOTD) look, as it's a look that has landed me a lot of compliments this week.
I recently recieved a parcel from a friend and inside were some (very) belated Christmas Gifts. One of the items my friend found for me was the Sephora by OPI Top Coat in Spark-tacular.
This top coat is just alive with colour and vibrancy. The clear top coat is filled to the brim with multi-coloured glitter and shards of reflective foil, giving a jewel-like effect to your nails.

I noticed that Spark-tacular includes a lot of silver, so I wanted to accentuate this.
I Started with OPI's base and top coat, then painted my entire nail an ice blue shade using Miss Sporty Lasting Nail Colour (this is available at Superdrug in the UK). I applied two light coats to the entire nail, and one coat just to my nail tips for definition. I then followed this with two coats of OPI Spark-tacular and voilá! Vibrant and fun, sparkly nails fit for hazy spring days dancing in the sunshine.

I love this look as my nails look so carefree, and ice blue silver tones remind me of diamonds glinting in the sun.
I would highly recommend OPI Spark-tacular top coat as it is so versatile at transforming the look of any base coat colour. The quality of the polish is fantastic, as is the case with all OPI's nail lacquers. On this occassion I didn't even apply a clear top coat to seal in the glitter and I have yet to notice any chipping or flaking. I would reccommend that you do use a top coat however, to prolong the colour and give a smoother finish.
Spark-tacular was purchased at Sephora in the USA, check out www.sephora.com for more amazing "Sephora by OPI" shades!
I hope you enjoyed my Nails of the Day everyone, I'm sure you'll see me doing a lot more looks with Spark-tacular soon!
CV
xoxo


Wednesday 29 February 2012

A Curious Awol Adventure.

My beauties. I'm sorry. I've been away for so long. I am one lazy blogger! Today is a leap year, so I feel the need to dive straight back into blogging and shirk my lazy ways.

I've been trying to think of all the beautiful new products I've got my hands on recently.
One thing I've acquired are some new circle lenses. These will be my third pair and they are GORGEOUS! They are the EOS Pure gray v-201 lenses (not to be confused with the Max Pure series). The design is very natural with a 14.2mm diameter, so I expect that they are very comfortable.
I intend to wear these at the weekend so stand by for a post on these.

One product that I would really love to try is the Botanics Sensitive Oil Free Moisturiser which is meant to be really beneficial if you have oily skin, like me.
I am already a huge fan of the Botanics Soothing Eye Makeup Remover; an oil-based formula that tackles even the most stubborn waterproof mascara (mine being Max Factor False Lash Effect Waterproof).
So, being a fan of the range and hearing such rave reviews about Botanics Sensitive Oil Free Moisturiser you're likely to see a review here soon.

Well, this is me signing off for now. I won't leave it so long next time.

Night my beauties
CV
xoxo