Christmas!!! So many lush products!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

I hope you guys have had a great Christmas and got exactly what you wished for. I got more than I could ever have wished for...Guess whos going to see McBusted next year!!! I actually cried when I found out. I have no shame. Busted was a huge part of my childhood and I finally get to see them along with McFly. I can't wait.

On top of that I also got 23 nails varnishes!!!, Nail art pens/brushes and a lot of lush goodies...just look at them all:

 

I can't wait to use all of these, I've already used twilight once (the pink crater looking one) the bath water changes to pink and blue and purple and it smells so amazing. It is my all time favourite bath bomb. The butterball (white) and Space girl (red and bluey one) I've been dying to try for ages so I'm so glad I have them. They sound so nice!!! and I will definitely inform you guys about them.

 

 

Rebel Red BYS Glitter Dust Nail Varnish Effects Kit

Its my final week of college before breaking up for Christmas holidays and i'm still not in the festive mood, I really need something to help me get festive. Does anybody else still feel like its November?

Anyway, I found this Rebel Red BYS Glitter Dust Nail Effects Kit and thought I'd give it a go so here is the result:

 

I adore red nail varnish and with the additional sparkles my nails look so insanely christmasy! I love them!, the glitter was a bit messy so its best to make sure its on a surface you can easily clean. It doesn't take that long to do either, all you have to do is apply the red coat, dip your finger in the glitter and then brush of any excess leaving it to dry. I don't know how much this product costs because I got it at the beginning of the year so sorry for that blip. But all in all it's a great product and I love it.

Also a bit of a side note my sister told me this pretty good joke the other day so I thought i'd end the post with it for you guys to figure out:

A roman walks over to the bar, holds 2 fingers up and says can I have 5 beers.

Christmas Inspired Makeup

So today I only had 1 hour of college, its good but it does mean you get bored. During my boredom I came up with the idea of creating a Christmas inspired look! I never really thought of making my makeup slightly festive so I thought I'd give it a go and here is the result:

Candy Cane Inspired Christmas Look:

 

This look was inspired by the red and white of candy canes. I tried to make it as subtle as possible due to the fact bright red eye shadow would be a bit alarming, I faded it in with the white eye shadow to create a slight pink tint to avoid this. I then added my black winged eye liner and black mascara. The lips have actually not used any lipstick at all in fact it is the tinted red lip gloss by Rimmel London, I love it!

The Makeup I used:

Rimmel - Red Lip Gloss

Rimmel - Ivory Matte Powder

Rimmel - Ivory Foundation

Rimmel - Super Lash Effect Mascara

Rimmel - Charcoal Eye Pencil

Unknown Brand - Red Eye Shadow

Unknown Brand - White Eye Shadow

Outfit Inspiration

Sundays are never that interesting so through my boredom I decided to put together a few looks all incorporating my black brogue boots in which I adore! And here are the results:

Outfit 1:



Polka Dot Pastel Blue Shirt - New Look / Black Strappy - George ASDA / Aztec Necklace - New Look / Denim Jeans - New Look / Black Brogue Boots - New Look



Outfit 2:

Leather Jacket - Internationale / Black Sheer Shirt - Primark / Purple Leggings - George ASDA / Black Brogue Boots - New Look

Outfit 3:

Leather Jacket - Internationale / Floral Print Shirt - F&F Tesco / Black Leggings - New Looks / Black Brogue Boots - New Look / Pocket Watch Necklace - Primark

Outfit 4:

White & Navy Stripe Blazer - Zara / Blue Cable Knit Jumper - H&M / Black Leggings - New Look / Black Brogue Boots - New Look / Aztec Necklace - New Look / Ring - Mum's passed down to me.

Christmas countdown: 17 days to go

Injecting A Little Bit Of Festiveness

I love Christmas, it is probably one of my favourite times of the year. The snug jumpers, hot chocolate, Christmas songs and total happiness! Its all so perfect. I felt the need to make my house all Christmas-y and festive today as it hasn't really started to feel like Christmas yet unfortunately. I haven't finished my room completely but it's a start, I still need to purchase a small tree and some more silver decorations to include in my wintery Christmas design. I just really wanted to show you guys it as it may give you a bit of inspiration.



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How To: Rudolph Christmas Nails!

So in my Blogmas Day 5 post there was a feature of my Rudolph nail art. Here I have created another tutorial on how to create that design. Its surprisingly simple too!

1. Paint the base coat and add brown on top as displayed in image 1. This will create the head for Rudolph.

2. Add the red nose and then the white eyes using a nail art pen, cocktail stick or any other object allowing you to do small detail.

3. Using the same object as before and the white onto the nose to add shine and the black to the eyes.

4. Finally add the antlers in a darker brown or black using the same object.

5. Paint on your top coat and you're good to go.

MOTM: Berry Lips!

Its that time of the year again when leaves turn orange, brown and gold, falling to the floor and crumping under our feet, when the air is filled with the smell of smoke, when the evenings get darker and the mornings mistier. It's that time of the year that we call Autumn.

Autumn is probably my second favourite season after summer, what's not to love about it? okay, yes its colder and darker, that's something, but what about the positives. I just love snuggling up on the sofa in my duvet with a hot chocolate & a good book, currently I am reading Passion by Lauren Kate, a definite recommendation to all you book lovers!. However my favourite thing about Autumn is the fashion & beauty products! The designs, the colours, the style! I love it! I am especially loving the berry lipstick shades for this season. I don't normally wear lipstick but since autumn started I thought I might as well give it a go as this is the time makeup becomes more expressive and bold and adventurous. I now wear lipstick nearly on an every day basis, the MUA Shade 10 is defiantly the most adventurous one out of the lot for me, it really livens up your look bringing contrast to your makeup and your lips just pop!. Below is an image of all my favourite shades I have been wearing recently.

No.1 is called 'Asia' by Rimmel London
No.2 Modest Mauve by ANEW
No.3 Shade 10 - MUA

The pigment in these shades is amazing and they last for such a long time, in fact just getting it fully off my hand took a bit of scrubbing. They make your lips appear more purged and I found that Modest Mauve by ANEW is rather moisturising which is good if you tend to get dry lips, I know I do. I would definitely recommend you guys try them out! Go on! Get adventurous this Autumn!

How To: Pastel Rose & Stripe Nail Art

So as I've mentioned before I absolutely love nail art! I've always loved to try new designs & colours using inspiration from all sources. Recently I have been loving pastel colours (which is kind of delayed since they are pretty much the opposite of autumn colours) so attempted this design!

This design was inspired by my love for roses and pastels! It gives off a cute vintage look and is so simple to create! I concentrated on using a mixture of pinks and blues as I find they always look so nice together! This is probably my favourite nail art I have done yet. Previous nails arts include pokemon balls, space nails, polka dots, cheque, etc! So I decided that I would share it with you so heres a 'How To' on creating this nail art (side note: The pictures are of me doing my right hand using my left hand which is not my writing hand so it doesn't look as 'perfected')

Step 1:

Paint the base colours, I went for a pastel pink and a duck egg blue

Step 2:

Use a white nail art pen or brush to draw the lines over the pink. If you don't have a nail art pen used a normal fine paint brush or a sharp pencil you don't mind getting nail varnish on.

Step 3:

Add blobs of the original pink over the blue. It doesn't matter if they aren't even as long as they are roughly the same size.

Step 4:

Add blobs of a darker pink over and around the pastel pink, this will give the effect of additional petals.

Step 5:

Add smaller spots of a darker pink on top of the forming flower petals, this will give even more of an effect of various petals.

Step 6:

With a green nail varnish use the same equipment you used for the line drawing to draw the leaves on to the roses giving them their final form. If the roses appear too dark also add aspects of the pastel pink to them in tiny specs.

Step 7:

 Cover the nail varnish with a clear coat, wait until its dried then clean the edges. After this you're good to go!

I hoped you liked this quick 'How To' blog post and i would love to see your response to this or even your own nail art. I may even make a post showing you guys my favourite ones. To send me an image of your nail art tweet me at @rachellablogs or email at rachellablogs@gmail.com

Thanks peeps! :)