NOTD- There's no smoke without fire..

Hello beauties!

Today on my nails I have two colours again, becoming a little bit obsessed with putting a different colour on my ring fingers. I am a strange one.

The main colour I have on is a 17 lasting fix nail polish in smoke signal. This is an extremely dark grey, almost verging on black it's lovely and smokey, yet has a lovely shiny finish (although this also looks great with a matte topcoat!). Lasting finish isn't that lasting though, I find this chips quite a bit very quickly without a topcoat, although I love that it's so opaque.

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I paired the smokey grey with a bright pop of colour as it makes it stand out a lot more, the colour I used is fire coral by elf. I needed about three coats to get this to be opaque but even though it did take three coats it didn't take that long to dry. It is a red toned coral rather than having a more pinky hue like a lot do. It lasts a couple of days, which is great because it means that you don't have to touch it up if you're busy (or just lazy when it comes to touch ups like me).

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I love this combination, and I much prefer this tone of coral than the others I own, but let me know what your favourite coral nail polish is (or just you're favourite colour in general!)

A simple pop of colour can change a manicure completely, so what's your favourite way to change up your average manicure?

Thanks for reading!
Beth

My 5 top eyeliners

Hello beauties!

I personally think that eyeliner just finishes a look off, whether it's for a little bit of definition smudged into the lower lash line or a classic winged liner look. So today I'm going to tell you my favourite five eyeliners.

First up for everyday I love the Rimmel scandaleyes waterproof kohl liner in 005. A nude or white eye pencil is a must have for me because it instantly wakes up tired eyes, as it conceals the redness tiredness cases on the waterline. It's a skin tone colour so it doesn't give anything else other than a brightening effect. It also works great as an under eyebrow highlight if you blend it a little with warm fingers.

Next I have a No7 amazing eyes pencil in 10 brown (eyeliners have such I inventive names) I use this if I have darker eye makeup on in my waterline, if I want definition but not as harsh as black, it doesn't have amazing staying power but it lasts quite a while, and it's a great subtle colour.

The next eyeliner that's one of my favourites is the soap and glory supercat I love this for smudging through the lower lashes for a little bit of definition, it lasts all day! Because its a felt tip you don't have to worry about constantly dipping it in like other liquid eyeliners, and it has a really thin tip so it's easy to place, as well as being just like a pen so it's easy to hold as well as having complete control.

Finally the last eyeliner that I love is a sleek ink pot, this is in dominatrix, they used to sell other colours but I don't think they do anymore? This is what I use in my waterline, and tightline if I want to use a black, it lasts for such a long time if you set it with a matte black eyeshadow too (my favourite it topshops blackboard). I don't like this for winged liner though because it smudges all over the place on me. I have had this for around a gear and its only just going slightly dry, so it's lasts a long time too! But I think next I want to try mac fluid line in blacktrack.

These are in order I have mentioned them, from top to bottom..

What are your favourite eyeliners that you would recommend?

Thanks for reading!
Beth

NOTD

Im Back with another NOTD today, I'm aware my last post was also a NOTD and I promise I'm going to do some different posts soon too, but for now this is what I have for you!

Today I have opi ski teal we drop (don't you just love opi names!) on most of my nails, it's such a lovely colour for the colder months, and seen as though it's still freezing here I thought why not! I love this colour. It's just an extremely dark teal colour, it is more of a green toned teal rather than a blue toned teal. Now I have definitely said teal too much in my head and it's starting not to sound like a real word anymore. The brushes on the opi polishes are great too, because they are so wide they don't take much work to get a full coat. The only downfall of this polish is that it needs two coats to get a full cover, but at least it's still only two right?

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On my ring fingers I have a topshop nail polish in cut the mustard. This is great because it is such a unique colour, I can't really say its something that every brand will have, and that I have seen it before. It does only need one coat! Despite that I'm not keen on wearing it on all of my nails at it seems to make my skin appear a different tone, that really doesn't look right. I don't know maybe I'm just being silly?

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Some people might not like these two colours together but I think that it's a great combination and they compliment each other well..

Do you have any nail polish combinations that others might not be so keen on? And what brand has the brushes you prefer?

Thanks for reading!
Beth