rimmel london lipliner

i've never owned a lipliner before, never even considered buying one. they remind me of drag-queens. not that there's anything wrong with drag-queens, i just don't want to look like one. but then i realised people only look like drag-queens when they wear lipliner because they wear the wrong shade and sometimes apply it rather badly.

my first ever lipliner is..rimmel london exaggerate full colour lip liner definer (what a mouthful of a name!) in shade 063, or "eastend snob." i've owned it a while, but never got around to trying it out. i'm super bored and this is the result..

eastend snob with good old classic carmex dapped over the top. i quite like the effect, not sure if it's enough to convert me to a lipliner lover though. do you like lipliner?

eyeko fat balm - minty

my first ever eyeko purchase included a mini set of three fat balms - raspberry, strawberry and minty. minty is a shimmering pale pink and i think it's my favourite out of the three.

this is without flash..

and this is with..

it's brilliantly moisturising, shiny and buildable. you can just put one layer on for a quick bit of moisture, or keep building it for more colour and really, really soft lips.

worn as a blusher, it doesn't give all that much colour but it gives a nice glow. i think i'll definitely repurchase this, but i'm not sure about the other two shades i have. more reviews on the way :)!

notd :)

models own "purple poppy" polish was on of my first experiences with the brand, and if i'm honest..it wasn't love at first sight. i wasn't fond of the colour and i remember thinking it took absolutely aaages to dry. i decided to give it another go today and i'm amazed how wrong i was!

the top is how it looks in natural light, bottom is flash. i've got three coats on but you could probably get away with just one! i only went for three because i was very bored and it was drying so quick that i thought i may as well keep going haha. i genuinely can't think of anything to complain about with this.

george at asda cosmetics

i knew asda had a few of their own-brand nail polishes, but i didn't realise just how much they made until i stumbled across this..

sorry about the picture quality, it was taken on my blackberry and i had to rush because people were looking at me very suspiciously. i was quite taken aback by how much they've developed the range! i picked up two nail varnishes; frostbite for £1 an sherbert fizz for £1.75 - amazing. they're both supposed to be "quick drying" and you get 5ml of product.

i also picked up a mascara for about the same amount, my reasoning being that i'd save so much money if i fall for such a cheap mascara. however, i didn't realise that it came in "blue black" instead of black *blushes*. i put it on over another mascara yesterday and although it was blue on the brush, it dried black above my other mascara:/ hm, i'll try it out alone soon and see if it's worth a review!

that's frostbite, it looks exactly like the picture on the left usually, but in artificial light it tends to be a bit darker, like the image on the right. after the first coat i seriously regretted buying it, it was so streaky! after three complete coats though, this is how it turned out. i think i'm in love. it definitely lives up to it's "quick drying" claim too! i like how it's called frostbite too, because if i had to describe the colour i'd say it was a frosted baby blue.

how insanely "barbie-like" is this?! this didn't do quite as well on the quick drying side, but for £1.75 i really don't feel able to complain. it also took 3 coats, but with a finish like this for the price it is, i'll take three coats any day!

so far, i love what i've seen from asda and i'll definitely be stocking up next time food-shopping rolls around!

my friday night

NOTD :)

this nail varnish actually ruined my day. dramatic, moi? it's eyeko's nude polish, though i wouldn't actually call it a nude. it looks fairly nude in the bottle, but i think there's too much of a peachy undertone to call it nude.

do you see what i mean or am i just being overly fussy? so i painted my nails between 12 and 1 (no exaggeration, it needed the whole hour for first coat, drying time, second coat, drying time, touch ups, drying time). i went food shopping and it lasted fairly well whilst i was riffling through the cheap dvds & sneaking far too much unhealthy food into the trolley, but by the time i was on my way home, IT PEELED OFF. like actually peeled. it didn't just chip, IT PEELED. the colour is pretty yes, and i wanted so much to like this, but it's just a no-go for me :(

there were some positives though, admittedly not many:

• it doesn't appear to chip easily (though this positive is kind of counteracted by the whole peeling malarkey)
• the colour is so pretty and there's no need for a topcoat
• ok i thought there were more positives but i can't seem to think of any.

do i really need to list any negatives? unfortunately it looks like my first eyeko order has been a let-down :(

no7 liplicious in marshmallow

i own three n07 liplicious lipglosses, and i've never actually bought one. people just seem to love buying me no7 giftsets for some unknown reason, not that i'm complaining! the shade i'm wearing today is "marshmallow" and i love it. mine is only a 5ml one because obviously it's part of a set, but one the website there's a 12ml one for £10. because they're different sizes, i'm not sure whether they'll both have the same applicator type thing, so sorry if they haven't. try and ignore my naked nails in the picture..

i'm not sure you can see clearly, but it's one of the lipglosses when you have to squeeze the tube then a little blob of lipgloss sits on the top and you can either smudge it on with the tube, or put it on your fingers then on. i wouldn't recommend using a lipbrush because it's obviously very sticky haha.

this is how it looks in the tube..

and this is how it looks on..

i love the shade, it's so pretty! it smells delicious too, i wouldn't say it smells of marshmallow though. it really smells so nice it'll have you licking your lips when you're hungry, ha. it's not overly sticky and it lasts fairly well, but there is quite a bit of transfer if you eat/kiss for example. i don't think i'd actually pay £10 for it, but that's just because i'm not a big lipgloss person. overall though, i'm more positive than negative about this lipgloss!