Nude lipstick swatches - Nyx and E.L.F

Today i'm posting comparison swatches of 3 nude lip colours - Nyx's Circe and Orange Soda and Eyes Lips Face 's (E.L.F's) Natural Nymph.

All these lipsticks are roughly the same price, which is very affordable - Natural Nymph is £3.50 and the Nyx colours vary prices depending where you buy them from but can be bought for roughly the same price if you're including P&P from Ebay.

Anyway here are swatches!


All have the same creamy finish.
Circe is a brown based nude. Looks less brown on. A good nude colour. I find it a bit boring/deadish on my skin though because I suit more warm colours. If Natural Nymph is too light for you then this would be a good alternative.
Orange soda is an orangey nude, looks less orange on the lips but does have a slight concealer-lips effect. Definately better for those with warm undertones.
Natural nymph is the perfect in the middle nude, imo. However it'd be better suited for lighter skin tones as it's too light for me and makes me look a bit dead. Blots out natural lip colour well.

Personally I only use these colours to blot out my natural lip colour before applying either a nude coloured gloss or another lip colour on top, and my colour of choice is Orange Soda as I have warm undertones and the other two are a bit lifeless on me. However im sure they could be worn alone if you really wanted, but they all look gorgeous with glosses over the top!!

What d'you think of nude lips? What are your favourite nude lip colours and glosses?
♥

NYX round lipstick swatches :)

I ♥ the brand Nyx - they have good quality products for really affordable prices, similar to that of ELF, but there's more variety imo :)

Unfortunately it's a brand hard to come by in the UK :( But luckily there's a great Ebay seller who sells loads of their products for unbeatable prices and is more than happy to ship internationally. For your fix of nyx, check out joy017 haha :)
Click here to go to her Ebay shop

Anyway onto the swatches! I bought 6 of the round lipstick shades, but today i'm only swatching 4 of them, as 2 were nude colours (Orange Soda and Circe) and I will swatch them shortly alongside ELF's Natural Nymph so we can compare!



Tah-dah! Aren't they beautiful!♥
Tea Rose is a cute reddish-pink which I think suits the name perfectly :) It does come out a little darker on your lips but it's very pretty and elegant, it reminds me of posh tea parties haha. I think this would suit cooler toned people more though, or maybe i'm just too young to fully appreciate it aha. It is nicely pigmented and has a satin finish.

Harmonica is a veryy frosty light pink which is actually pretty sheer (probably something to do with the finish; I found the same thing with Darling). My lips are quite dark naturally so it looked a bit funny on me and I think would suit people with less pigmented lips, but it looked nice when I used foundation to blot out my lip colour first + added a light pink sparkly lipgloss ;D

Darling is again frosty and sheer, and also has lots of sparkles in it, I found. It's a kinda brown/beige/bronze colour but it didn't do much for me; I tried putting it on my au naturale lips and foundation-lips and it just didn't really show up. Guess it's to do with my darkish lips though, not sure what it would look like on other skin tones.

INDIAN PINK - this is my new all time fav lip stick! I wore this to prom it's gorgeous :) A nice corally pink with gold shimmery undertones = utterly beautiful and reminds me of a pink Indian sari with gold embroidery and jewellery. Very nicely pigmented too!

All the lip sticks are very creamy and have the same taste which is quite nice imo but if you don't like it then it's not a problem as it wears off in a matter of minutes. I will definately be buying more, might steer clear of the frosty finish's though.

Do you own any products from Nyx? What do you think of them?

NYX Orange Soda & Circe & E.L.F Natural Nymph swatches coming soon!

Recent nails :)

Heyy, just thought i'd do a quick post on some recent nails i've been wearing :)

First of all I chose an electric blue colour from La Femme Beauty as a base (3 coats), and painted a silver glitter nail polish over the top.


This created quite a cute effect and was pretty simple, it looked a bit grainy but a top coat evened it out :)


Next I decided to delve a bit into the world of nail art aha, I started with 2 coats of a grey base and then added white tips, which I painted the silvery glittery polish I used in my previous post on top of (the white made it stand out more). Then I drew a cute line to cover up the division using my neon pink 2 way nail art pen :).


Colours look kinda naff in this photo, the silver is much more silvery and glittery in real life and the pink much more vibrant :)

I know it's not much but I don't think it's too shabby for a first nail art attempt, if i may say so myself!

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this post! Next post will be something un nail-related, I promise aha :)
Hope you're all having a good summer so far ♥

NOTD - Romantic♥

Today i was bored and decided to do something fun with my nails :)
I found a cute silverly glitter nail polish in my collection (unbranded) and used some heart gems I got from ebay (link here).



(Gems are more red inrl)

I love these nails they are so cute♥
Don't think the gems will last very long though, hopefully a few days but we'll see :)


I really need some cute new polishes for summer, i'm thinking a pastel lilac colour and a cool aquamarine or sky blue :)
What colours are you loving for summer? ☼

My favourite hair products atm!

Heyy guys sorry haven't posted in a while, gone back to school this week and even though I had 2 days off due to the snow (woo!) I haven't got round to doing any posts! Sorry!


This post is about my fave hair products atm, starting with John Freida Frizz-Ease Straight Fixation Smoothing Creme (phew that's a mouthful lol!). I apply this onto my towel-dried hair and then blow dry and straighten, and it goes straight really easily (super straight after blow drying, I just like to straighten it too so it's poker straight haha!) and it feels so silky and smells soo good, kinda apple-y, and shines really nicely, and no frizz!
I do have pretty straight hair naturally, but when I want to straighten my hair this product is great. It keeps your hair straightener-straight for agees, mine lasted 2 days
then I washed it lol. Available in Boots for £4.99



The next product I laave atm is the Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Colour Deep Treatment. I've been using it after shampooing in place of my conditioner and it has such amazing results! First of all it smells delicious and peachy, and it makes your hair reallyyy soft and silky and, well, conditioned! It claims to 'replenish and revitalise your colour' but I didn't really notice much change in my hair colour vibrancy, although looking at some of the reviews it appears it works better once left on for longer than 3 minutes - leaving it on for 10 or 20 minutes are recommended. I'll try this out sometime haha. It is a fantastic product though, the conditioning can't be beaten for such an amazing price, that's for sure! I got this for £4.88 at Boots.


Next up is L'oréal Elnett Satin Very Volume Supreme Hold Hairspray. I have the 400ml one and it is HUGE, will last for ages aha. I've only used this a few times since I got it, and I have to say i'm liking it a lot! It holds volume really well, which is useful because my hair sometimes is soo flat and I often use volumising products on it and want them to last! Also it isn't really heavy and doesn't make your hair feel all greasy and weighed down, it's quite light and soft. It brushes out really easily too, and holds your hair in place naturally - it doesn't look stiff or like it's got any product in it at all! It comes in various sizes, so check out the smaller ones if you feel like testing it out, and is available at Boots (where else haha? I love Boots!).

Next let me introduce another of my favourite hair products - the Vo5 Heat Defence Taming Spray! Protecting your hair against heat is very important to prevent damage, and I find myself reaching for this product the most when it comes to straightening or blow drying my hair. It is a fine mist which doesn't dampen your hair, meaning no horrible *hissss* or burning smell once you put your straightening iron to your hair, and it keeps your hair feeling very light and like you've not got any hair products on. There's nothing worse than your hair feeling bogged-down by tonnes of product so I love anything that's light, especially as I do like to use a fair few products on my hair haha. This product also makes your hair look sleek and shiny, and reduces frizz.


Next up is one of my ultimate favourite products...which I think has been discontinued :(
The reason i'm posting it is because it is amazinggg, and if any of you guys know where to get this product then please let me know lol!! I'm running out and it's making me depressed :(
Anyway the product is called Citré Shine Shine Miracle Polishing Serum. It smells SO gorgeous and citrus-y and I apply a bit to my towel-dry hair after coming out the shower and it makes it smooth, sleek, glossy, shiny, totally frizz-free and makes my hair look and feel (and smell!) so healthy and good <3


The last product i'm going to mention is the Vo5 Extreme Style Surf Style Spray 150ml. I went surfing in Devon and Cornwall this summer and loved the natural beach-waves and texture of my hair after surfing all day, it looked so cute down or up in a messy bun and plaited back fringe/bangs. I saw this product in Boots and decided to try it out! I'm so glad I did, because the texture it gives your hair is PERFECT beach-blown, wind-swept style, thanks to the sea salt in the product it feels like the real thing to me aha, perfect way to remind me of the summertime all year round :)
This product works really well on curled hair to make it really messy waves, or natural hair for lots of volume and a bit wavy (well on naturally straight hair that is, on wavy hair it'd look gorgeous!). This was £3.22



Well that's all for now!
Hope you enjoyed the post, and do you have any hair product recommendations? Comment with them below, i'd love to hear!! :)