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OPI Mod About You

Pink Crystals - eBay

Sally Hansen Topcoat

All the way from the U S of A

I placed another little order with my favourite eBay seller - BeautyZone2007

I refuse to pay the extortionate UK RRP for OPI etc so I always order from this seller.  The items are shipped so quickly and always packed well....big thumbs up from me!

I was therefore so excited when I got back from a weekend away and found a little package waiting for me holding these goodies...

I desperately needed some new false eyelashes for nights out but I hate spending £5 a pop when I always end up losing them after one too many...  I was contemplating ordering from Eldora but the only reviews I have read seem to be from people who were sent them free so I'm not sure whether to completely trust them or not..?  Has anyone actually PAID for Eldora?!

I therefore decided to go with a name you can trust and picked these Ardell lovelies for around the £2 mark...

These 110s are made from 100% human hair and are lovely flirty, natural looking lashes - perfect for some subtle extra length.

These 105s are also 100% human hair but are from the 'Glamour' range - i.e. longer, thicker and bloody gorgeous!  I can't wait to wear these on a night out and hopefully be good and not lose them...!

We only seem to have available a few styles of Ardell lashes here in the UK and they are in black packaging.  I'm not sure whether these are in old packaging or this is just how they look in the US?  If anyone could enlighten me I'd be very grateful!

Also, these lashes do not come with glue so if anyone was to order them, add some DUO to you basket too!

Next up - the polishes...

L-R: OPI Mod About You; Seche Vite Top Coat; Essie Mint Candy Apple

I have wanted Mod About You for as long as I can remember as well as Seche Vite, so these two are long overdue purchases.  As for the Mint Candy Apple - with a name like that, who could resist?!  I thought this was from their Art of Spring collection but turns out it is a permanent colour - I really can't wait to try this out.

Expect some NOTD posts coming soon...!

What has everyone else bought recently??  Link me to your hauls so I can have a gander!

xxx

Nails of the Day - Using Konad

I ordered some Konad items off eBay a few days ago and they arrived today!

I ordered 2 image plates, a scraper and the stamp. 

For my first attempt I decided to use OPI's Done Out In Deco as the base and then Rimmel's Lasting Finish in 239 Your Majesty for the pattern with a floral print from Konad plate M71.

It was actually pretty easy to use, you just paint over the pattern with the colour of your choice (in my case Your Majesty), scrape off the excess, roll the stamp over the pattern then roll the stamp onto your nails!  The finished product....

I absolutely love the effect!  With the silver polish the pattern looks more like snowflakes than flowers so perfect for Christmas time, but seeing as that is a distant memory :( next time I will probably use a different colour scheme.  The only tip I would say for the Konad is, clean the scraper, plate and stamp with some nail varnish remover after each nail to get a sharper finish and stamp quickly after scraping or the polish will dry up!

I can see this fast becoming a new obsession....

Slowly but surely

I am building up my OPI collection. :D

I bought my first OPI in the Summer from Sally's which happened to be Pink-ing Of You.  I absolutely adore it - it is an amazing colour which glides on smoothly and lasts on the nail for a long time.  I also love that the bottle itself (15ml in size) has lasted from September to now without going claggy as so many cheap polishes do.

So, after growing my nails over the Christmas holidays I decided to treat myself to a few new bottles.  I bought them from this eBay seller in the US as they worked out at a mere £3ish for a bottle compared to £10 here in the UK.  These are the colours I decided on....

From L-R: Coney Island Cotton Candy; Russian Navy; Done Out In Deco

The Coney Island Cotton Candy I have to admit was a purchase due to the thumbs up from Laura over at Lollipop26, although I am yet to try it.  As for the Russian Navy, I decided on it purely because I love navy polish and although I haven't tried this yet the colour looks amazing in the bottle - navy with an almost purple hue to it.  I immediately tried out the Done Out in Deco as I am addicted to purple/lilac polishes.  This was, as expected, a dream to apply. It has a fantastic creamy formulation and was opaque in two coats.  Here is the finished product.

I absolutely love it and it is official, I am addicted to OPI.  I'm not sure I would bother buying Barry M etc anymore unless it was was a really amazing colour because they just do not last long for me.  After one or two applications the polish becomes completely overworked and they also take ages to dry on my nails whereas OPI takes only a few minutes as only thin layers are require to get the desired effect.  I did however also buy this OPI Nail Laquer Thinner so maybe this will save all my other past-it polishes?!

I really recommend this seller - my items arrived so quickly.  I was also slightly worried as my items came to just over the £18 Royal Mail limit for duty/customs tax etc.  However, the lovely seller had only declared the package to be worth $12.  I'm not sure if I was just lucky though so next time I will ensure to order under £18 to be sure!

Are there any other OPI colours that you can recommend??  I just feel overwhelmed at the choice of colours!  Maybe one day I will have them all?!

xoxox