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What is more important than the state of your nails? Well nothing really, you could not be wearing your make up, or be dressed down very high street nonchalantly, but if you have to have immaculate nails. A simple gloss or nail strengthening polish will do. But you can go wild and express yourself in many different ways when it comes to nails. I remember having Dalmatian pattern resembling nails when I was a bit younger, well to be hounest quite a bit younger. Since then I got more mature and my nail polishing habit got a bit more conservative, but still I love vivid and deep colours mixed from now and then with a more pastel, quitter colours, like French manicure or simply one colour beige nail polish.

OPI Nail PolishWell this post is predominantly about one brand and it’s OPI. I can’t get happier when I purchase another colour of them. I found it to be the best nail polish on the market yet, which does not have equal competitors. It’s very easy to apply, the brush is thick enough to cover the whole nail and only small correction is needed to finish the stroke. It holds reasonably long, when applied in two coats! Two coats are must, I am afraid, as one coat does not last at all and doesn’t have that deepness of colour. What a vats choice of colours and amazing design of the bottle. What a joy to have it on my dressing table. I found that if I buy it in Sally’s it’s at least £4 cheaper that in Selfridges, but they do not carry that range of colours of course….

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Ultimate Foundation Search….

by admin on January 8, 2010

I have been looking for that ultimate foundation for every occasion and have tried a handful of brands. I started with drugstore brands and progressed to designer and dedicated cosmetics brands.

revlon color stay foundationI am very impressed with Revlon foundations but one has to be careful with choosing the right product depending on the skin type. Interestingly I have dry skin but somehow the dry skin formula was not my favourite at all. Somehow I found it to be too dry and difficult to work with and on contrary the one with the combination/oily skin was my favourite, however I had to wipe of the excess oil from my face. Very nice colours and very creamy texture makes it pleasant to wear.  But this was not my ultimate foundation yet…

Unfortunately non of the other drugstore brands could come even close to the Revlon hence I am not even mentioning them here. I had to move on to designer brands and dedicated make up and cosmetics brands to find out if I could find my ultimate product.

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Glamorous Cosmetics

January 8, 2010
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With the Internet becoming more widely accessible so do the new on line thriving make up brands. Especially being based in the UK it proves to be very handy to be able to try those cosmetics, which are not available locally. I have many cosmetics brands on my list which I can buy only online. [...]

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Aloe Vera Benefits

November 15, 2009
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For many centuries, civilisations around the world have used aloe vera for its health benefits. Aloe Vera contains over 75 known active ingredients (and probably many more). Also included are 19 of the 20 amino acids required by the human body and 7 of the 8 essential amino acids (that the body cannot make), as [...]

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No7 Protect and Perfect and Time Delay Wrinkle Reduce Serums Mystery….

November 9, 2009
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Investigator turns his attention today to investigate a special case of N7 and Boots’ Time Delay products ….
Well for those who do not know yet No7 and Boots Time Daley products are owned and manufactured by Boots. While No7 had a wide and wild promotion over resent couple of years Time Delay products seem to [...]

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Aspirin Mask Danger or Miracle?

November 8, 2009
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Recently one can read more and more about a miracle aspirin mask. While it helps some and by some I mean you can read a lot of positive reviews on the Internet, for others it turns their skin into living nightmare. Well let’s put this case under the magnifying glass.
First of all Aspirin Mask:
You crush [...]

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Good night Creams – Melatonin, Retinols and old good C and E Vitamins…

November 7, 2009
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Murad’s Sleep Reform Serum

What’s the one essential ingredient to fight those pesky signs of ageing that doesn’t cost the Earth?  Pentapeptides? Botox? Well…It’s actually the simplest thing of all – some good old-fashioned shut-eye. Your skin is nocturnal. Not only does it regenerate overnight, but it’s during these magic eight hours that hormones are balanced, [...]

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Barry M

November 4, 2009
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This is a very quick review for Barry M eye shadow dust. I have tried many shadows in my life and I have to say this one I find far the best one. Not only it has a vey very rich pigment it also has a very affordable price £4.50! My favourite so far.

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My 5 favs:

October 30, 2009
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With time I am certain that my 5 favs will change but today 28th October 2009 there are the next. I will most probably do an update after half a year and we can compare what stayed and what went…
1. My first absolutely must have product is MAC’s black shadow TYPOGRAPHIC. I find that MAC [...]

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LiLash – Lash growing potion…..

October 26, 2009
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So what is LiLash? LiLsh is an eyelash growth stimulator. By applying it directly to your upper eye lid line it will condition and stimulate lashes to grow, claims their producer Cosmetic Alchemy Group. I have investigated and researched on line before I decided to try it myself. I purchased it from the Cosmetic [...]

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