Are You Faking it?....

Is it just me or has Primark up their game in the beauty department?!

When i was at Primark , you know doing the monthly (sometimes weekly) buy everything new you see thing, I stumbled across a large selection of false nails. I have to admit I don't usually go near the beauty part of Primark but, sneakily the into Metro Centre branch has had a rejig, making me walk right past the beauty section buying things as i go. Thanks for that Primark.

I have tried a few items from  Primark's beauty range but I have always been less than impress with the products but because its so cheap its worth a try. This time my attention was drawn in to the false nails, no lie there must have been 20-30 different types, my eyes didn't know where to look first. After picking up and checking out about 10 pair i settled on two pairs. One a deep plum colour with pointed shape tip for £1 and the other a pointed shape shiny black nail with a holographic design for £3. (as below)

Primark False Nail Sets

I thought DIY false nails where a thing of the past until recently. A girl I work with came in with a set on and they looked amazing. She's a biter so her nails are usually really short but when she's going out out, to hide her "awful nails" (her words not mine), she whacks on a set. I haven't actually wore false nails in years but she gave me nail envy so I thought I would try them out. Obviously I can only wear one set a time without looking like a complete mad person so i opted for set one, the deep plum (poison) colour, I thought it was fitting with Halloween just around the corner. 

The set came with 24 nails and a bottle of glue. First off I sorted out the false nails to fit my real nails, once I was happy I cut the glue open, managing to get it on three of my fingers sticking two together. Why am i so hopeless? Anyway once I had managed to get my fingers apart I started sticking the nails on. Now i'm no pro but I put the glue on my natural nail and slide the nails on into the right position and applying a little pressure until it drys. Who knows if that's the right way but its seems to work just fine. I repeated the process another 9 times until hey presto I was finishes.

 

Hmmm yeah, they look witchy don't they?! I have long skinny fingers and well these only make my fingers look even longer.
Ok, let starts with the positives:
1. I love the nail colour, for some reason in the photos they look brown but they were a plum colour.
2. The nails fit my natural nails pretty well.
3. They are strong and durable, so strong in fact it took me ages to remove them.

The negatives:
1. They were far to long for my liking, I felt almost cat claw like, I literally couldn't do anything with then on. Texting was a mission in its self and opening packets or picking thing up was impossible. I suppose this isn't really a negative more like a personal preference really.
2. The nail tips where pretty sharp, I felt like I was going to draw blood when I had an itch.
3. Filing/cutting the nails down even just to remove the sharpness was a no go. Filing removed the colour from the tips making them look chipped.

Overall the nails were strong and durable but just far to long for me to operate in day to day life.
These nails would have been perfect for a vampire or witch halloween costume. I would give these nails a 6/10. I haven't yet tried out the other false nails as of yet hopefully they are a little better, once I do I will link it below.

Whats your thoughts on DIY false nails? Are they a thing of the past?
Whats your tips on applying false nails?

Katie
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Relax , Change, Create

After my boyfriend has recently changed jobs we have completely changed our sleeping pattern and our body clocks are going wild.

We have changed our working week from mixed shift Monday - Friday anywhere from 8am to 6:30pm ,which was a nightmare for getting yourself in a healthy routine, to working 6am-3:30pm meaning we have to get up at 4:30 in the morning. Yep we have been pretty tired grumpy people to say the least . Well at least i have been i am not a morning person.
The first few week we where having coffee fuelled morning which resulted in later nights and then coffee fuelled mornings again and late nights , you see where i am going with this a constant monotonous circle.

We have both been trying to find ways to get to sleep early so we are fresh in the mornings.
We have tried a number of things but the one thing that we found works best for us is self help apps. Andrew Johnson's self help apps to be precise.

He has a massive range of all kind of app to cater for your needs from deep sleep and relaxation to weight loss and quit smoking, he has over 30 different kind of self help apps.

We have purchases about 4 which we alternate from time to time, the apps where £1.99 each which i think is a good price for peace of mind.
We have:

• Relax with Andrew Johnson
• Success's with Andrew Johnson
• Deep sleep with Andrew Johnson
• Positivity with Andrew Johnson

The apps have a number of setting ,under the prepare section, you can choose from:-

• You can choose to have a short or long introduction
• How many times the main section is played
• At the end of the programme if you want to be awake, asleep or have a delayed wake. As you can see mine is selected sleep.
• The length of the programme.

Andrew has a soothing Scottish voice which instantly puts you at ease and in a state of pure relaxation.
The apps are really well put together with gentle music playing in the back ground, its almost spa like.
Don't believe me check them out for yourself he has a free app for you to try out.

Check Andrews apps out on the app store for Ipad/Iphone/Ipods, on the android market or on the website http://www.withandrewjohnson.com/

Its a great to listen to on your way to work on the bus or on your break or like us at night in bed.

Do you have problems sleeping? What works best for you?

Much Love,

Katie

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Miracle really do happen

OH MY GOD!!....Why haven't i found this product sooner.

 

While getting my food shopping in at Asda i just so happened to walk down the cosmetic aisle,  oh no how did that happen!

I often spend around half an hour looking down this aisle which my boyfriend hates but i just cant help myself.  Anyway... I got my eyes on the skin rang, i have a thing for creams and beauty potions, that is where i discovered Nspa hot cloth polish my new fav product.

 

Nspa range comes from the experts at Nirvana Spa one of the UKs top day spa's.

I suffer from dry skin which is a complete pain especially when applying make up so i am always on the hunt for that miracle product to illuminate it. After about 5 year of looking i think i have found it.

 

 

The product is enriched with vitamin E, creamy coca butter and almond oil which dissolves the days make up joined and impurities with the help of the muslin cloth.

On a daily basis I massage 1-2 pumps of the thick solution on to my hands and work on my dry face in a small circular motion. Rinse the cloth in hot water, ring it out and gently wipe away the days grime.

immediately after use my skin feels amazing its soft, smooth, clean and moisturised.

I really cant rave on about this product enough and at £7 is a bargain.

 

 

Do you have dry sensitive skin and found an product that works for you?

 

 

Much love,

 

Katie

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Primark Neon Nails

After a recent Primark haul i added these in to my basket on the way to the check out... Damn you catchy alluring queue products. 

I haven't tried any primark cosmetic or nail products before and due to the low prices i thought it worth a whirl.

 

 

With neon been every where you look at the moment i opted for the neon selection.

In the box you get four 6ml nail varnishes, they don't have names so i have labelled them by colour below, for £2 so that 50p each.. Bargain.

Obviously due to the price i didn't expect a great deal of quality.

When i opened the bottle it didn't smell like usual nail varnish smell , if that make sense, it smelt plasticy and was quite over powering.

I applied two to three layers of nail varnish on to my nails - the neon pink and orange seem to dry pretty quickly however bizarrely the neon yellow and green seems to take much much longer to dry.

 

Once dried the neon orange was pretty shiny but the rest where quite dull but one applied a top coat looked great but not for long.

Unfortunately they chipped within 24 hours of applying, so they are more of a one day/night mani.

 

Yeah 50p a bottle is cheap but i don't think i will be buying any more in the future, Sorry Primark i think you should just stick to what you know.

Oh my ... Nail varnish snob alert!!

 

Have you tried any primark cosmetics, what are they like?

 

Much Love,

Katie

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Wearable Nail Soakers

 

Wearable Nail Soakers: ebay £3*
Nail Varnish remover not included

 

As soon as i saw these i couldn't wait to put them to the test.

I found the nail soakers on ebay for around £3, the only problem was they took approximately 15 days to come as they where travelling from Hong Kong.