Getting Creative with Stamps.

I've really been getting into fancy nails recently after enrolling in an acrylic nail course and I've started spending a little bit more time on my own nails so I thought I'd show you this really easy design I created a few days ago!

I love this colour and it's a little bit different for me; I usually stick to my dark reds, purples and browns and possibly a nude every now and then but because I'm not really too much of a pastel girl, this is definitely as spring like as I'm going to get!

I used a stamp to create the design on my ring finger, I love how intricate it looks but it was super easy to do. The stamping plate I used is this one from MoYou Nails London and I purchased it when I attended the Professional Beauty show in London a few weeks back. It is honestly really simple to do once you've got the knack of how much polish to use and how hard to press which was a little frustrating at times because all the girls at the show made it look so easy but I love the plate never the less and already have my eye on some others!

The polish is an OPI one in 'Just Lanai-ing Around' which I only recently added to my collection and I believe it is part of the Hawaii collection for Spring Summer 2015 so you know, even though it isn't part of the Spring Summer 2016 collection, I still absolutely love it and wanted to share it with you!

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Just a Casual Tuesday Afternoon.

So this was my casual Tuesday afternoon a few weeks back when my Mum and I visited Ickworth house. I took my camera and she, well came with me and bought lunch. She did however also take my outfit posts and kept me company so I can't forget about that but anyway, it was lovely and quiet and I think I got some pretty good shots so I thought I'd share them with you and I also threw a few outfit posts in there too. 

Coat | Topshop (old)

Jeans | Topshop Joni Jeans

Trainers | Aldo

Jumper | Karen Millen

I love this Jumper because of the shape but it also has a black chiffon triangle at the back of it which just adds so much interest and makes it super pretty. It's also the perfect dress up, dress down piece which everyone needs in their wardrobe.

The sheep that were roaming about were so heavily pregnant some could hardly stand let alone walk. I think I'm going to try and go back once the lambs have been born to try to get some pictures of them too.

(This was me listening to people behind the row of tress talking about a tree that looked like a dragon. It was strange, trust me.)

There were honestly so many squirrels and robins roaming about. I think I followed the one in the top photo for a good 15 minutes trying to get some good shots of it. 

I know this post was a little bit picture heavy and I couldn't really talk about much but I just wanted to share them with you because what use are they all stored on my laptop doing nothing. 

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Are These The Only Palettes You'll Truly Ever Need?

So today I thought I would do a post on my two ready made MAC palettes. I've owned them for quite a while which has given me time to get a good idea of what they're like and what I think of them.

Top | MAC Warm Neutral Palette

Bottom | MAC Cool Neutral Palette

Both of these palettes retail for £65.00 which is a really good price for a palette filled with shadows. The shadows alone retail for £10 each so instead of spending £150 on shadows, you're getting the shadows and the palette for only £65 saving yourself over £100 which is a bargain too good to miss if you ask me.

I have owned the warm palette since the end of October last year and the cool one, I got for Christmas so I have had a good play around with both. Personally, I prefer the warm one just because I wear a lot more warm tones because of my hair colour being a warm brown and red but that doesn't mean I think the warm one is better. I love them both, I just get more use out of the warm one. It would be up to you to decide for yourself what one you would prefer and which would work best for you.  

Swatches from left to right | Divine Decadence, Unwind, Honey Lust, Amber Lights, Dark Brew, Gingersnap

Some of the eyeshadows in the palette are from the permanent MAC eyeshadow line whereas others have been created and made exclusively for this palette. 'Amber Lights' is one of my favourites in the palette and is the perfect bright, pigmented gold. Even if you don't want this palette, I would definitely recommend buying Amber lights separately as it's just so gorgeous. 

Swatches from left to right | Black Tied, Deception, Pearled Earth, Crushed Clove, After Dusk, Sun Tweaked

These are my absoute favourite shadows the cool palette, especially 'After dusk' and 'Sun tweaked'. Because of this one being cool toned, I mostly use this on clients and other people just because I don't really suit the shadows at the moment. 

Every colour in each of the palettes just seem to work together; you could pick any two colours and they always seem to match. These palettes are great for someone who is starting out in makeup and wants to invest in a palette that they will get a good amount of use out of and is worth investing in. If you have ever used MAC shadows before they usually always blend perfectly and have a good pigment to them which is also completely true for these and they can create anything for a natural eye look to a bold, smokey one.

As I mentioned earlier, they are also great for your kit if you are a makeup artist as they have worked well for everyone I've used them on and are just a great addition.

Have you tried these palettes? What are your thoughts on them?

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