Perfect Beauty Boxes For Christmas! Essie ~ L'Oreal ~ Maybelline ~ Gift Guide.

 

Christmas is approaching fast and for some reason I always leave presents until the last minute but I have found the perfect solution, gifts for ladies that is!

 

Essie, L'Oreal & Maybelline are offering these fab gift boxes with full sized products in them - they are already packaged beautifully so all you will need is a card, & maybe a nice ribbon!

 

I'll take you through what's inside...

 

 

This L'Oreal goodie box is specifically for eyes, named 'The Eye Artistry Kit' - this amazing box includes all the items you'll need to create to perfect smokey eye, winged liner & brow!

 

Box contains:

Eyeliner Get the Look info card
Brow Get the Look info card
Black Super liner Blackbuster for a thick line
Black Superliner Gelmatic for a medium line
Black Superliner Perfect Slim for a thin line
Double ended Superliner Brow Artist Pencil with wax fixer
Smokey Eye shadow quad

 

RRP: £24.99, worth £33. Click HERE to buy

 

 Up next is the Maybelline 'Pure Enhancement' gift box which is packaged with all the beauty makeup essentials + a pretty nail polish!

Perfect lips, eyes, cheeks, brows & nails are all covered with this box.

 

Box contains:

Get the Look How-to Guide
Mega Plush Mascara
Baby Lips Hydrate Lip Balm
Brow Drama Sculpting mascara
Colorshow Nail Polish in Nebline
Dream Touch Blush in Berry

 

RRP:£19.99, worth £25. Click HERE to buy

 

 

Last but not least is the stunning Essie 'Festive Fingertips' gift box - which includes four wonderful winter shades. I love that these are full sized polishes & not minis! You also get Essie Sleek Stick calligraphy nail wraps. I know I would love to receive this as a gift on Christmas Day!

 

Box contains:

Essie Nail Polish Fishnet Stockings 15ml

Essie Nail Polish Sole Mate 15ml

Essie Nail Polish Eternal Optimist 15ml

Essie Nail Polish Beyond Cozy 15ml

Essie Love me Love me Nail Stickers

Step-by-Step guide to achieve the perfect essie manicure

RRP: £24.99, worth £42 - Click HERE to buy

These fabulous boxes are all available exclusively to Boots.com for a limited time.
Visit www.Boots.com to order, or click on the links above to be directed to each box online.

Don't you think these are the perfect gifts? I'm so pleased I came across them & really hope they will be available (or something similar) next Christmas!

 

 



China Glaze Avant Garden Collection ~ Swatches

First off...HELLO!! I'm back (blogging!) - Sorry I haven't uploaded any posts for the last few months, due to work commitments I haven't had much time at all but I am slowly moving things around so I can get time to blog & do video's on Youtube again more regularly :)

Back to the post...
Above are my swatches for the stunning Avent Garden collection by China Glaze - Modeled by myself & my lovely nail technician & friend, Goda.
This collection is so perfect for the upcoming Spring/Summer months but I love that it has a shade for every day & month as it incorporates darks, lights, brights & pastels!

As usual the quality of all the polishes is fantastic, China Glaze never fail to impress.

My favorites: Snap My Dragon, Fade Into Hue, Sunday Fundy & Tart-y For The Party.

Which one's are your favorites? Will you be buying?

NYX Haul - Beauty Joint

I received some fabulous NYX goodies from BeautyJoint some time ago & have been testing the products out to see what they are like ever since, and I am very impressed!

I have always liked NYX products, their jumbo pencils have always been a favourite for me.
BeautyJoint offer 100's of NYX products at really, REALLY low prices.

NYX Jumbo Lip Pencil - Nude Pink

My favourite item is this stunning Jumbo lip pencil, it applies pretty much the same as a glossy lipstick - the texture is very creamy and it glides on beautifully. I am in love with the colour, it's perfect.

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NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Electric Blue

I love how creamy NYX's Jumbo pencils are, they are a dream to apply! This stunning blue eye liner is gorgeous, the colour is so bright and vibrant. This would look amazing as a thin line over the top of black liquid liner.

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NYX Candy Glitter Liner - Disco Queen

This is so beautiful! The glitter is so pigmented and sparkles really well. I would also wear this as a thin line above my black liquid liner, to give it an extra bit of glamour!

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NYX Single Eyeshadow

Cool Blue, Cherry and Deep Purple

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NYX Blushes
Cream Blush - Rouge, Blush - Mocha

NYX Lipgloss Pallet - The Nudes
5 stunning lip glosses in nude matte shades

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NYX Eyeshadow Trio 

Golden/Rust/Walnut Bronze pallet and White/Grey/Black (for smokey eyes!) pallet.

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NYX Pencils

Lip liner - Rose, Lip liner - Sand Pink, Eye pencil - Silver

NYX Auto pencils
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Auto Eye pencil - Black, Auto Lip Pencil - Rose Brown, Eye/Eyebrow pencil - Charcoal

NYX Girls Nail Polish
Carnival and Dorothy
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I love that NYX is such good quality at such a low price! BeautyJoint also offer lots of other brands like China Glaze and e.l.f.
www.BeautyJoint.com

What do you think of NYX products?

Nubar Polished Chic collection - Mod Agua, Classic Camel + Faded Putty swatches

 Nubar - Mod Agua

Nubar - Classic Camel

Nubar - Faded Putty

Gorgeous Nubar nail polishes can be purchased here (Link)

China Glaze ElectroPop Collection ~ Review + Swatches

Electro Pop is the new collection from China Glaze, and it's definitely my favourite so far! Every single colour is gorgeous and girly!

As usual the formula is perfect, every colour swatched below is just one coat (apart from Techo glitter, which is understandable as it needs building up). 

These 12 shades will be available to buy February 2012 as two 6 bottle collections or as separate bottles.

6 Piece Collection of “Brights" include: Techno, Aquadelic, Sunshine Pop, Gaga for Green, Make Some Noise and Wicked Style

6 Piece Collection of “Lights" include: Fuchsia Fanatic, Dance Baby, Electric Beat, Kinetic Candy, Sweet Hook and Gothic Lolita

My favourite shades: Kinetic Candy, Aquadelic, Sweet Hook and Techno!

What are your favourites? Will you be buying?