Kiko Milan Cosmetics - eyeshadows

Even though I bought these eyeshadows way back in JULY when I was in Venice, for whatever reason I haven't gotten around to reviewing them til now! I'm sorry!

 I bought three shadows, for 3 Euros each:

 A gorgeous dark brown, shade 123.

 A copper-y golden brown, shade 124.

 And a lovely pearly white, shade 168.

Here are the shadows swatched on my forearm, in the opposite order (top>bottom 168, 124, 123). The darkest brown (123) is very deep and nutty, whereas the lighter shade (124) has golden undertones and appears much more metallic on the skin. the while is quite shimmery but still gives good pigmentation, you just need to build the colour on the skin. It's great for using in a smoky eye look for when you don't want to be too dramatic.

The quality of the eyeshadows is absolutely brilliant, they're ridiculously pigmented so you barely need any product on your brush at all. They're smooth and relatively creamy to apply and don't crease much. The packaging is very stylish for such a cheap, drugstore-style brand (reminiscent of MUA eyeshadows perhaps?!) and you do get quite a lot of eyeshadow in one little pot! Overall I'm very very impressed with the value for money here, and will be heading out to the new Kiko Milan store in the Westfield centre to check out what other bargains are on offer here in the UK! Linky!

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Are you brave enough to let me see your peacock?

I popped to Peacocks a few weeks ago when my bestie was staying with me, and she kindly let me use her NUS card to get discount on the following little gems:

This rust-coloured bobbly cable knit jumper is adorable! I love the colour, the fit, the bobble detailing - its perfect! And at only £20 I couldn't resist buying it! Of course the sale is on now so it's much cheaper, no reason not to snap it up! Linky!

 I'd been after some new brogues for a while, as the ones I bought from Primark turned out to be a little too small. It was love at first sight when I saw these beauties! They're such a gorgeous colour and the fake suede fabric is really good quality, they look much more expensive than the £16 I paid for them! Again, they're in the sale now.. sigh. Linky!

Finally these gorgeous black wedge shoe boots are my fave - they're just so simple and versatile but the massive chunky heel adds a bit of edge to any outfit! They were £30 when I bought them, but now appear to have disappeared from the Peacocks website so maybe they sold out... *shrugs* All I know is they look cracking with skinnies or opaque tights and a tea dress thrown on for a last minute pub visit! 

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Fabulous Nails #8

As promised, I'm trying to wear more adventurous colours at work and this week I tried out a new polish I hadn't worn since purchase! It's elf's Mod Mauve #D17!

 I absolutely adore the colour of this on the nails! Its so different to anything else I own but chic enough for work! Its a bit thin, like other elf polishes I've tried, and needed 3 coats to get this look. I was slightly disappointed that by the third day it had chipped pretty badly, but that might be more down to the poor condition of my nails than the polish itself.

 

I got plenty of compliments whilst wearing it and I really do adore the colour! At only £1.50 a pop you can't really go wrong, even if it isn't the best quality I've ever seen! Linky!

Don't forget to check out my BLOG SALE and enter my GIVEAWAY!

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No 7 Eyeliner Set GIVEAWAY!

It's been a few months since I did my MUA lipstick giveaway, so I thought it was high time for another one! This time up for grabs is this gorgeous BRAND NEW set of mini No 7 eyeliner pencils, as featured (and raved about) in my review here!

Head to the giveaway PAGE for details on how to enter! Entries must be received before midnight British Standard Time on Friday November 18!

Good luck!

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Dream Product: Palmers Cocoa Butter

I've definitely in the swing of sharing my favourite all time products with you! Let me introduce you to my third dream product - Palmers Cocoa Butter.

I use this stuff every day on my arms to make them smooth (I suffer from bumps on the back of the tops of my arms if I don't exfoliate and moisturise often enough), and also on my legs after shaving! The smell is absolutely divine (one of my favourite smells in the world!) and I love how it subtley stays around all day if you're wearing it! It makes my skin smoother than anything else I've tried and I adore how you can buy it in these massive bottles with a pump action for ease of use! I have been using this for about 6 years now and it's gonna take something pretty groundbreaking for me to stop!

£5.30 for 400ml, which is incredible value as I've been using mine for 4 months now and I'm not even a quarter of the way through! Linky!


Don't forget to check out my BLOG SALE if you'd like some bargain nail polishes!

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Fabulous Nails #7

Apologies for not doing a nail post for a good month or so! I've been working and haven't been able to be so ambitious with my nails but I realised its getting me down (how sad!) so I'm revolutionising the legal profession starting with some fabulous nails! Watch this space for more pushing the boundaries - everyone else wears nothing/French manicure/something similar to Mushroom by Barry M (I'm guilty of this sin too).

If you follow me on Twitter (and if you don't, please do!) you'll have read my tweet about an accidental purchase of some Natural Collection nail varnish on my lunch break. This is it! Possibly the most difficult to photograph colour EVER (its called Topaz and is topaz-coloured, so a very shimmery light blue/turquoise silvery colour)

It's quite thin but builds well - I used 3 coats for this. It looks much more plain silver on the nail which I was super disappointed by - if I'd wanted silver nails I would have used my silver polish!! Grr! Overall a nice colour, nice application and very cheap (£1.89 from Boots) but just not what I was hoping for.

I'm selling a few nail varnishes over at my BLOG SALE page! Check it out!

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I Want Never Gets... Party Dresses

ASOS have some absolutely gorgeous party dresses in at the moment!

I adore the colour of this red/pink lace dress! I think it would look great on most skintones and the cut would flatter most shapes too! Investment piece for winter as you could easily wear this with or without opaque tights. £65 Linky!

This long sleeved sheer dress is stunning, and would be ideal for a special occasion (birthdays, Christmas or even NYE!) The shape wouldn't suit me which is a shame as I think it's a really special dress. £60 Linky!

Now this peterpan collar sheer heart mesh bust dress is my favourite of the lot. It's got so much personality but isn't too 'out there' and is timeless so will last season after season. This might be my NYE dress, or if I can wait I'll probably end up buying it in the Jan sales. I love love love it! £55 Linky!

The colour of this one shouldered dress is delicious, but I think it would only really suit darker skintones (sob). £55 Linky!

I think this sheer stripe dress does not look like an ASOS dress! It's so unique, I think it looks more designer than high street! I love it but have no idea what type of event I could ever wear it out to. £30 in the sale! Linky!
Don't forget I'm having a BLOG SALE! Click here to see what I'm selling!

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