LOTD - MAC Violetta layered with Dish It Up.

Hey there once again gorgeous glitterati :)

I have another lip of the day for today - I managed to take pictures of all my Maybelline Color Tattoos last night, so I should be doing that blog post very soon!!

But while I'm in the mood to blog - I thought I'd do another super quick LOTD.

Today I wanted purple, I don't know why ..... I just get these crazy vibes that choose a shade for me :) So here we have MAC's Violetta (Amplified finish - Creamy and Intense) layered with MAC's Dish It Up (Lustre - Glossy and Semi Sheer).



Dish it up top, Violetta bottom.

The result of the two layered together is a somewhat deep fuschia purple and I love it. I very rarely wear Violetta as it's so purple and intense, it's more of a special occasion shade to me - But after layering it with Dish It Up, I'm really impressed.

Dish It Up is a lustre, which therefore provides you with a super shiny sheer hue, which pairs brilliantly with an Amplified finish such as Violetta as it just tones it down slightly and give a less harsh, more glossy finish.

Do you have any requests? I'm happy to blog on almost anything and I'm thoroughly enjoying rambling about what I love, I'll just continue as I am unless I get anyspecific requests - Feel free as always to let me know.

Take care and love to all xox

LOTD - Revlon Cherries In The Snow.

Hey gorgeous Glitterati people :)

I thought I would just do a quick lip of the day today and go on to something more in detail this evening perhaps.

Anyhow, for my lipstick today I fancied something quite bold, but not too naughty for work, so I dug out my Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in 440 "Cherries In The Snow".

This shade set the blogging world alight late last year with everyone clambering for this perfect cherry fuchsia toned red - I actually nabbed mine from eBay for £2.60 including postage, what a bargain.

On to the pics :

Apologies for the crazy in your face picture, I was trying to get a picture on my lunch break and the lighting everywhere was just horrendous, so it's the best I could do, I think it's pretty accurate of the colour actually :)

All in all, I love this shade and formula of lipstick, I don't own any other Revlon shades and I think I need to rectify that fairly soon, MAC has always been my lipstick love. The wear on this lipstick is pretty good, it stains your lips somewhat to keep some pigmentation there but it doesn't feel at all drying, very creamy and moist.

Do you own Cherries In The Snow? Would you recommend any of the other Revlon shades?

Take care, love to all xox

NOTD - OPI Designer... De Better

Hey Gorgeous Glitterati :)

I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and do a Nail of the day post. I'm trying really hard to grow my nails, but I'll admit now I'm a cuticle nibbler and I find it really difficult to stop but I am trying - So hopefully future NOTD posts with feature nicer looking nails.

My polish of choice for today was from the OPI Muppets collection and the shade is "Designer... De Better".

I'll freely admit, I bought a lot of the Muppets collection when it first came out, there was a lot of glitter and shimmer featured in the collection, but I'm all about the glitter so I adored each and ever one.

I've been trying to experiment with pastel shades for spring, but I felt the need for some sparkle today and opted for this gorgeous goldy champagne shade.



1 coat of OPI Natural nails base coat, 2 coats of polish and 1 coat of OPI rapid dry top coat.


Please excuse the bitten cuticles, short nails and chubby fingers - Can you tell I really love my hands!!!

I love this shade, it's so sheeny and shiny and I go nuts for a metallic finish.

I'm currently waiting on my China Glaze Hunger Games polishes to arrive, so it will 100% be one of them in my next NOTD.

Have you got any nail polish recommendations?

Take care, love to all xox



Revlon Lip Butter Pre-Sale

Hey again gorgeous Glitterati :)


Unless you've been living under a rock the past few months, you'll most certainly have heard the hype surrounding these new Revlon Lip Butters. These are meant to be the Holy Grail of lip products, smooth and shiny yet with a gorgeous pop of colour, can they be too good to be true?


Well the official UK release date has been under question for some time, but what I can tell you is that they go on presale Friday (9th March) from boots and they will retails for £7.99 each or 2 for £10 on the boots website click here .


There were originally 20 shades released in the US and it seems the UK are only getting 14 of these 20 shades (that's all there are listed on the boots link) - I'm disappointed that we're not getting all 20, but honestly grateful to be getting any.


The shades being released on presale are :


Sugar Frosting
Raspberry Pie (on my list)
Pink Truffle
Peach Parfait
Tutti Frutti (on my list)
Candy Apple (on my list)
Macaroon
Berry Smoothie
Cupcake
Lollipop (on my list)
Sweet Tart
Strawberry Shortcake
Cotton Candy
Creme Brulee


Are there any of these that you're desperate to snap up? I currently want 4 but I imagine I'll buy 2 to start with as they're on offer and see how I get on with the formula.


Take care, love to all xox

MAC Viva Glam Nicki Minaj Lipstick

Hey again gorgeous Glitterati :)


I'm on a roll with blog posts, must keep it up.


I received my MAC Viva Glam Nicki Minaj lipstick in the post yesterday (along with my watch me simmer which I'll add onto the shop / cook post ASAP) and I felt the need to share it with you guys as it's so out of my normal range of shades, but I love it so very much.


Firstly if you don't know too much about Viva Glam, it's a program which promotes HIV / AIDS awareness through MAC's AIDS fund. This year's campaign obviously involves Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin, in the past it's been Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper.
Overall the best thing about this Viva Glam range, is that the entire purchase price of the item goes to the MAC AIDS fund, which is phenomenal for such a huge company to make such a generous donation.


This year's campaign was a lipstick and a lip conditioner. The lip conditioner is clear and plain and therefore didn't really interest me too much, but as soon as I saw the lipstick, I knew it would have to be mine - Lipstick junkie alert!!!!!

As you can quite clearly see, this is a very "in your face" shade, which suits me down to the ground hehehehe.
MAC Viva Glam Nicki is a bright pink with definite yellow undertones which makes such a difference to their usual blue undertone pinks. The colour comes off warm and almost a little coral on me, this will be a staple in my makeup bag come Summer and holiday time.


What do you think? Something you might purchase or is it just too garish for you?


Take care, love to all xox

MAC Shop MAC, Cook MAC collective haul.

Well what a way to welcome myself back to the land of blogging :) A massive Howdy to all you gorgeous glitterati.


I just HAD to do this haul as my first post in a while because I haven't been THIS excited about a MAC collection since Hello Kitty way back when. The Shop MAC, Cook MAC collection just screamed "me" from the second I saw the promotional images.


I began my saving every penny possible regime, I sold some bits and pieces and got the cash together to buy everything I wanted.


Initially Selfridges got the collection 2 weeks before the actual MAC online release date of March 1st, so I got everything I could from Selfridges, then waited 2 weeks to get the rest of my lusts from MAC online.


I'll post a picture of my collective haul from both purchases and tell you a little bit about each item. I can promise you now, I wasn't disappointed with one single thing from this collection, I adore it all and I'm wearing it to death at the minute so apologies for the used items in the picture. I literally couldn't wait to try them before taking any pictures, I'm such a girl!!!

I'm still excited even looking at the picture :) That's how much of a makeup junkie I am!!!


Swatches next :

Excuse the blatant toilet roll in the background, oops, I'm such a professional!!


Anyhooooo, top to bottom on my arm we have as follows :

• Quick sizzle Lipstick (Matte) - The most gorgeous shocking hot pink, pretty similar to girl about town on me but obviously matte. I'm a huge fan of the matte formulations, but they are very dry and will show every flaw in all it's glory - So make sure your lips are in tip top condition when using these.
• Dish it up Lipstick (Lustre) - Ooooo so gorgeous, sheeny shinny plummy purple. Looks much darker in the tube than it does on, but that's always the way with lustre formula's. I haven't got anything like this in my collection.
• Naughty Saute Lipstick (Cremesheen) - Very much a shot in the dark for me, I'm all about the bright deep dark shades, whereas this is a complete bubblegum barbie pink with very high pigmentation and gloss so it's not for the faint hearted. I've tried it on and love it surprisingly, it's always good to have something a bit different at your disposal.
• Runaway red Lipstick (Satin) - Beautiful almost matte cherry toned red, I adore my reds and this one is no exception, it's verging on wine and looks fantastic with a subtle eye makeup.
• Added goodness fluidline - A deep intense brown shade with golden sheen throughout. The fluidlines are THE best liner for your waterline in my opinion, they just don't budge and this is a perfect shade for those who don't like the harshness of black.
• Midnight snack fluidline - Black with silver sparkle throughout.
• Restores dazzle cremeblend blush - My first venture into the cremeblend blush world and I'm loving it. This shade is a deep intense pinky wine but can easily start off sheer and be build up to your desired intensity. The formula is amazing, not too shiny which is perfect for my oily skin, and it just stays put all day long. A new obsession begins!!
• Hot & Saucy tendertone - I wish I'd got all 4 of the tendertones in this collection. I've had a couple in the past and I knew I loved them but I only got one this time round as I had purchased so many lipsticks :( This is a gorgeous strawberry red, the balm is so slick and moisturising and is scented like strawberry kiwi. Obviously they don't last all day as they're only a balm, but for that little "pop" of colour when you don't want full on in your face lipstick, these cannot be beaten.

Well that's it - I have the watch me simmer lipstick on the way and I'll add an edit onto this post when it arrives.


I love everything about this collection, the outer packaging was cute (although it'll just be thrown away as it's only a sleeve, not the actual product casing), the products were diverse and the colours just spoke to me and said "buy me".


Did you pick up anything from this collection, anything you're going to pick up? Be warned, MAC online is sold out of a lot of the collection already, but ALWAYS check, Debenhams, Selfridges and House of Fraser too - I've been sneakily looking this morning to see where still has the tendertones (Selfridges does at the time of posting).


More posts coming up soon, including Maybelline color tattoo swatches and MAC Viva glam Nicki Minaj swatches too.


Take care, love to all xox

Where have I beeeennnnnnnnnnnnnn ...................

Hey gorgeous Glitterati people.

I've been oh so absent and I feel oh so naughty *slaps wrist*. But I'M BACK with a bang :)

I have no excuse as to why I've been so useless with my blog, nothing more than the usual day to day stresses and now I'm exercising every night, I just haven't found the time I suppose - But no more!! This little blog is my outlet for some me time to talk about all the things I love, so I'm going to bombard you with posts over the next couple of weeks, you'll be bored to tears of me by the time I'm through hehehehe.

I've got some more MAC lippies to update you on (Hello Viva Glam Nicki Minaj), Maybelline color tattoos are in my possession woohoo, some new drugstore bits and pieces and lots of other nice things to tantalise your makeup taste buds.

I've definitely missed this blogging lark, so I'm going to make time and be much more dedicated I promise - Is there anything you'd like to see? I'd be super interested in doing a series of some sort that's a regular instalment on here at least - Any ideas you lovely lot?

Right I'm off to make notes and decide what's going to be coming next on here.

Take care, love to all and speak soon xoxox