Ciate nail polishes

Check these babies out! This is my Ciate nail polish collection (In the front, the back are OPI). Straight from the 2013 Ciate advent calendar. Now I know when first reviewing this calendar I said that I probably wouldn't pay full price for it and I probably wouldn't buy it again next year. Well...I might have had a small change of heart. I love these nail polishes! The formula is great, goes on easy and smooth, and east to take off. No chipping. The colours are lovely and it must be the only time that I would buy the mini size over the full size. Every other brand where I have tried the mini size I have hated them, finding that they have dried out too quickly and the lid (where the brush is) hasn't been easy to use - which means messy application. These do not have any of those faults. Also they look like they were made to fit my shelves and I can't tell you how much that makes me happy. Soooo I'm thinking about buying the Ciate calendar again this year. You know if it's on the cheap, or maybe even if it's not. You will have to wait and see.

Foundation for pale faces

L-R: Urban Decay, Cover FX, Illamasqua skin base, Bare Minerals, Illamasqua powder foundation. 

As I'm sure you know by now I am distinctly lacking in the colour department when it comes to skin tone. And because of this I also struggle in the foundation department. You see even though it rains 90% of the time in the UK and the other 10% of the time its over cast, the foundations on offer do not accommodate pale ladies like my self. So I have had to hunt, and I'm still hunting actually, to find foundations in a whiter shade of pale.

Primark cosmetics bags

This is just a quick post to say that if you are going on your hols or just fancy updating your cosmetic transportation, take a trip down to Primark, you might be pleasantly surprised. In the Manchester Primark, which as you would imagine is a fair sized store, they have a whole section dedicated to cosmetic bags. I mean WOW. They have little ones, big ones, patterned ones, plain ones. Loads. And the price? What you would expect from Primani, cheap and cheap. The ones in the pic above were £4 for all of them (pack of 3), bargain. A word of warning. don't be expecting Ted Baker quality here, because if you want Ted Baker quality you need to be paying Ted Baker price, that's just how it works. But if you are looking for a quick, cheap update, then come-on-down and take a peek. Not on a Saturday though, seriously that shop is manic on a Saturday and I would be worried for your safety. I have actually found that the best time to attend Manchester Primark is between 8-9am. The store is dead and everything is in it's correct place, it's heaven.

(oh just to let you know as well, I am not sure if these are a seasonal thing. So my advice would be to get them while you can).

See you there.

Stacey x x