Christmas Presents - Beauty and Candles

I am SO late putting this post up! Christmas seems so long ago now, I hope you all had a fabulous one.  I was happy to see the back of 2013, it was a stressful year and so far 2014 is shaping up to be a good year. This post was ready to go a couple of weeks ago but a BT engineer was working at my neighbours house and managed to cut off both our phone line and internet.  I was surprised at how often I use the internet, it was so frustrating not being able to just "Google" something!

Anyway, I loved reading posts showing what lovely goodies you all got for Christmas and I hope you enjoy reading mine.

Dollish Polish Welcome to Camp Crystal Lake

Polish Addict Unicorn Love

Liquid Sky Lacquer Fuchsia Illusion (Thermal Polish)

My hubby Jon got me these polishes from Rainbow Connection, a UK stockist of international indie brands.

My best friend, Vicki, got me these. 

China Glaze Cosmic Dust and Strap on Your Moonboots.

Jon got me these crystal Leighton Denny nail files, a large one to keep at home and a smaller one with a case to keep in my handbag.

Every year Jon gets me the Soap & Glory set when Boots have their weekly offer on.  Every time I smell Soap & Glory it reminds me of Christmas. So many fab goodies in this years gift set!

Hand Food Hand Cream

Sugar Crush Body Wash (the Sugar Crush Scrub gave me cravings for key lime pie when I was pregnant!)

Righteous Butter Body Butter

Peaches & Clean Deep Purifying Cleanser

Heel Genius Foot Cream

Butter Yourself Body Lotion

The Scrub of Your Life Body Buffer

Thick & Fast Super Volume Mascara

Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Plumper

Limited Edition Jonathan Saunders Bag

My Dad and Stepmum got me these Bayliss & Harding Hand Wash and Hand Lotion duo.  They come in a stand which is quite handy to put next to the sink in the bathroom.  They smell lovely!

I suffer with a lot of joint pain and muscle stiffness so Jon was very thoughtful and bought me this massager and oil (although I think he was just trying to get out of having to give massages!).  I have tried it on my back and it definitely helps get out any knots!

I am a big fan of Caudalie products and Jon got me this soap, it smells lovely and fresh.

Sandra from Beauty Balm got me this soap from Planet Soap, it smells absolutely amazing! When I put her present under the tree I kept getting a lovely scent coming from it everytime I walked past!

I was very spoilt by my hubby this year!

Nars At First Sight Palette

Dior Addict Lip Glow (I love this!)

Nars Guy Bourdin Fling

Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dolce Vita

Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in Baroque

Lippy in Roman Holiday

Lippy in Damage

The lip case is fab! Its bigger than I thought it would be, I have put it on my bedside table to put my jewellery in at night.

Rosslyn Candle Company sadly announced on Facebook that they were closing down their shop.  I have one of their teacups with the bluebell wood candle in and Jon got me this lovely hamper which contains a selection of their best selling candles.  

Salted Caramel candle! Yes it does smell as delicious as it sounds!  

Sandra got me this handcream too, I have been very spoilt!

We had a Secret Santa swap on one of the beauty pages and Grace from All That Slap got me these gorgeous gifts.

I know its not technically a beauty item but Jon got me this notebook for me to write my blog post ideas etc in.

Leave me a link if you did a post like this, I love seeing what people got and it's inspiration for gifts throughout the year!

Leighton Denny Caught Red Handed and China Glaze Fairy Dust

Hi everyone! Can you believe we are at the end of June already, where is this year going??

China Glaze Fairy Dust

Leighton Denny Caught Red Handed

This is two coats of Caught Red Handed, I don't own many Leighton Denny polishes but this red is gorgeous!

This polish is from the Criminal Collection.  It is a shimmery bright red and was fully opaque in two coats.  It dries to a lovely glossy finish and this pic is without topcoat.

I absolutely love China Glaze Fairy Dust! 

This is two coats.  It just makes the world a more magical place!

Blurred on purpose (honestly!) to show you the gorgeous sparkles.  

I think these polishes look lovely together and I couldn't stop waving my hands around in the sunshine to make my nails sparkle!

Angelica Nail Colour - Brit Pop Glitter Polish Review

Look at this gorgeous polish! Brit Pop by Angelica Nail Colour.

Wow! Look at all that glitter! 

Brit Pop 

This was definitely the polish I was most excited about when I opened the package, I love glitter polishes. 

Absolutely packed full of multi-coloured glitter.

One Coat

Two Coats 

I love this polish! It is absolutely packed with glitter and is so bright and colourful. It dries quickly and is not too gritty although, as with all glitters, it needs a top coat. Angelica Nail Colour in Brit Pop is sold in Primark in the UK for £2.50 per bottle and contains 10ml of varnish. For £2.50 this is an absolute steal!

Angelica Nail Colour are in the process of setting up their website, but you can also find them on Twitter and Facebook. They sent me this polish for review.

Thank you to Sandy Godfrey for this picture of her holding her bottle of Leighton Denny Over the Rainbow. Brit Pop seems like a very good dupe to me!

What do you think? Have you tried this brand before?

My very first NOTD!

Hi All!

Well thats Monday over with for another week, thought I would treat you to "My" very first nails of the day.

My bestest friend in the whole wide world Vicki, has a slight (ok massive) obsession with doing her nails, I have never seen her without perfectly manicured fingers (well apart from at one of my birthday meals, she came with unpainted nails and I was traumatised) she always sends me pics of her nails and this week I thought I would share her fabby polishwork with you.

How fab are they! They remind me of rock that you get from the seaside all bright and candy like!

She used:

Nails inc Base Soho Silk

Then painted her full nail with Loreal Resist and Shine in Shade 455

Half painted her nail in No17 purple (she said pick a better one!)

Artclub Art Varnish for the diagonal yellow stripe

Artclub Art Varnish in gold glitter over the yellow stripe

Top coat Leighton Denny Crystal Finish

Fab eh! What do you think?