It's Caviar Dahling

So, I was lucky enough to order a Black Ciate Caviar manicure set from Selfridges before they had sold out! 
Ciate say "The inspiration behind the Caviar Manicure™ came about when Charlotte, Ciaté’s Creative Director, was looking to create 3-dimensional nails for a front cover magazine shoot and wanted to develop something feminine, indulgent yet delicately extravagant.

The finished effect gives nails an instant sophisticated look.

Very Ciaté!"

I can't wait to try this out for myself to see if my nails look as gorgeous as the images do! 

The kit is available in Black Pearls, Mother of Pearl and Rainbow and costs £18. It includes 

1 x nail paintpot, 1 x caviar pearls, 1 x tray & 1 x mini funnel. 

How to apply:- 

Work on one nail at a time and apply two coats of the enclosed Ciaté Paint Pot shade.

Place your finger over the tray and sprinkle Caviar pearls over your painted nail ensuring you do this whilst the nails are still wet.

Once fully covered, gently press and compact the Caviar pearls into your nail bed to ensure durability.

Place the mini funnel into the Caviar pearls bottle and tilt the tray over the funnel to pour in your precious beads.

Once finished, leave your nails to completely dry for 15 to 20 minutes.

Voila! You now have perfectly Caviar manicured nails.

To Remove: Easily comes off with regular nail polish remover.

Full Directions can be found inside packaging.

My Beauty Essentials

Firstly, apologies for not updating my blog for a few weeks now, I have been unwell :-( but now I'm back on the mend and can get back onto the fashion blogging!

So today, a little treat from Selfridges arrived for me ~ my clearly mac trio make-up bags and my Nars Orgasm blusher and Turkish Delight lipgloss! 

I have been reading about the Nars Orgasm blush for a while now and after hearing of it being the"ultimate authority in blush" and being "the industry's most iconic shade for cheeks", I had to try it for myself.
As with the Orgasm blush, I heard great reviews about the Turkish Delight Lipgloss, even heard it was Kim Kardashians must have lipgloss....(and I'm a big fan of the Kardashian's look) so thought I'd try out this pretty punchy peach shade. 
As my pretty packaged make-up only arrived today, I haven't yet had a chance to try it out but as soon as I do, I will post an updated on it.


Also pictured is one of my new make-up bags with my make-up essentials of:-

HD Brows Pallette in Vamp

Bobbi Brown Bronzer in Golden Light

Bobbi Brown Blusher in Pink Coral (gives a nice flush of colour with a hint of sparkle)

Bobbi Brown Lipstick in Bikini Pink (nude/pinky shade)

Mac Lipgloss in Underage & Florabundance (neutral / nude shades)

Mac Lipstick in Lady Danger (vibrant bright red)

Mac Wonder Woman limited edition Mascara

YSL Mascara

YSL Touche Eclat Highlighter

Barry M Lipgloss in Milkshake (a pretty pink shade that won't break the bank)

I'm also inheriting my Mums collection of new Chanel make-up brushes so they will be perfect to use with all my new make-up kit!


I like more of a natural make-up look so like either a slightly bronzed face with a pinky/nude cheek and lip and mascara or going for more of a vibrant red lip.


I'm going to test out the new Nars tinted moisturizer at some point too as hear that since launching it's proving to be a hit! With so many shades to pick, I figure going into the make-up counter to have the artist select and test the best shade would be the best thing to do.
 
 

Karl Lagerfeld

The Karl Lagerfeld for Sephora beauty collections have arrived and are set to be a big sell out for christmas. I am fan of Karl Lagerfeld's designs however I won't be ordering any of these pieces (I honestly wouldn't use them and have enough things I've bought over the years classing them as "collectors" pieces). These are pretty cool christmas gifts for your fashionista friends though!

Pale and Interesting

Ksubi Jeans

Pencey Tank

Alexander Wang Wallet

Giuseppe Zanotti wedges

CC Skye bracelet

Gorjana Laurel hoops

Chanel pop pink lips

Preen blazer

I'm currently in love with my J Brand bright jeans (robin red and royal blue) and my J brand Houlihans in the khaki / olive shades but feel like I need to give these jeans a rest for a while and try a new style. I saw these Ksubi jeans on Shopbop this-evening and love them! I love the pale/bleached wash of these jeans as think they will work so well contrasting against bright toned tops.

I know we have not yet seen the start of the cold winter weather but I can't help thinking summer, beach, sand, sea and waves when I look at these jeans! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the winter months especially when I am all wrapped up walking through the fresh snow with my dog but at the same time I love the summertime when I can dig out my pretty floaty tank tops, my shades and gladiator sandals.

I've picked the bright pink Preen blazer as it acts as the perfect contrast piece against the subtle toned jeans. This blazer would look gorgeous with all your jeans, cut-off shorts in the summertime, and would look especially stunning over a little black dress.

I'm off for a festive trip to London in the next few weeks and I know Selfridges stock these jeans so will be sure to check them out and see if they are as nice on as they look online and if they are then they will be my first purchase for my SS12 capsule wardrobe!






Images Credit: Netaporter, Shopbop

Paperself

Paperself takes an innovative approach to creating false eyelashes by using paper. Paperself looks to the future, seeking out new talent, transcending traditions and promoting the perception of paper through new eyes.

What can I say, you really won't get a more unique, delicate and pretty accessory than these
I love them!

HD Brows - 7 steps to the perfect brows

After reading great reviews online and a freind having had the HD Brows treatment and loved the results, I was really keen to try this out. I'm off on holiday next week and luckily have managed to squeeze in an appointment before I go (i'll let you know how I found it afterwards)!

My eyebrows are pretty faint and I have never seem to master the art of the eyebrow pencil so i'm excited to see how this turns out for me.


The HD Brows technique is meant to be more than just simply tweezing, they say it's more about "designing" your eyebrows by taking into consideration your face shape, hair colouring and skin tone. The techniques they use include waxing, threading and tinting.

Please check out this video where the 7 steps are revealed:

Coming Soon..........

The MAC Wonder Woman Collection

This collection is due to go on sale at Selfridges around the 17th February and at MAC around the 3rd March and i'm sure it will be a sell-out that day!
From lipgloss to mascare to nail polish, this collection has it all and 'm sure once you put it on you will feel like a wonder woman!!

I am after a classic black mascare and perhaps the false eye-lashes from this collection, so I will be online and waiting to get in fast and order them before they are all gone.





 

Ohh........it's enough to make you blush........

Recently, I've been hearing loads about this new Nars blush called 'Sex Appeal' and seen as it's going to be payday soon, i'll be heading straight to the make-up counter to try it.

Nars blush in 'Sex Appeal' 

Apparantly Blake and Kylie are also fans of this new blush.


What i'm wearing now:

Currenly i've been wearing these gorgeous cheek blushes/tints (not all at once, mind you!):-

Blush

I love wearing this Missoni face highlighter. This gives off a lovely healthy sunkissed glow to my face and as it's a good sized compact, this is lasting me for ages.

Guerlain Bubble Blush in 'Rose Chamallow'
This is a lovely, fluffy cotton candy shade of pink which gives my cheeks a great pop of colour which stays with you for hours.



Tints

Benefit Benetint
What can I say, I love wearing this. Although this is a cheek and lip stain, I prefer to use it on my cheeks and not on my lips. I think it looks great on my cheeks and don't really like wearing it on my lips. This is my second bottle of this and the bottle lasts me for ages and ages.

Benefit Posietint


This is my current fave cheek stain and I wear this almost everyday. I love wearing this on my cheeks and lips. As soon as I put this on, it makes my face look more healthier so it really is great.



 Most of what I currently wear on my cheeks are pinky tones so i'm looking forward to trying the new NARS 'Sex Appeal' blush as it's more of a golden, pale peach tone so be nice to wear in the summer-time when hopefully i'll be nice and bronzed after my summer holiday.
 

Make-me-up

I have been seeing lots of lovely make-up by the brand "Smashbox" in various magazines and online and was happy to see that they now have counters across the U.K!!

I've heard that the Smashbox Bronzer and Blusher are both really good so planning to take a trip to the counter soon to try some of these on to see what they are like.

Smashbox Bronzer

Smashbox Blusher

 Love this pop pink blusher, great for giving your face a nice flash of colour!