Nails Wish List

1. Zoya -  Vega £10.00
2. Nicole By OPI - Luke Of The Draw £8.50
3. China Glaze - Off Shore Stoked To Be Soaked Set £29.99
4. Essie - Naughty Nautical £7.99
5. OPI - Kermit Me To Speak £7.95
6. Essie - Spin The Bottle £7.99
7. Barry M - Mermaid £3.99
8. Barry M - Pacific £3.99
9. China Glaze - Off Shore Dune Our Thing Set £29.99
10. Sally Hansen - Pennies For Heaven £6.99

Now I know I have my fair share of nail polish but this doesn't mean I'm going to purchase of the products above it's just a wishlist (but knowing me I'm probably going to get the majority of the them). Also no surprise that the majority of this wishlist is blues/greens but who cares they are nice colours!
All of these products you can purchase at nail polish direct (which is my holy grail at the mo) or at Boots/Superdrugs 

do you have a nail polish wish list?

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

What's In My Bag? Home Edition

One of my favourite YouTube videos to watch are 'What's In My Bag' as I like to be nosey. I'm thinking I might do a School Bag Edition if that's something you're interested in?

Anyway shall I get to it so you guys can be nosey and see what's in my day bag?

Right, so my little bag isn't anything special not one of these designer 'What's In My Bad' post, sorry to disappoint. However my little beauty is from Peacocks that's right and it was only £12 can't be complaining about that.

It is a black patterned satchel with a long detachable strap so you can use it as an oversize clutch if you wanted to. The bag has two compartments which is separated by a little divider. You can keep quite a lot in this little guy. Although I don't really carry that much just the essentials and some other rather peculiar items.

So the contents of my bag are as follows: my purse, a water bottle, Burt's bees hand cream, lip balm, my keys, some hard boiled sweet, hand sanitiser, my iPod, a pen and a piece of fruit (normally an orange, I did say peculiar) and when I'm going out for the day with the girls I take powder and a brush can't be shiny.

 I have to have my iPod and headphones with my at all times when I'm going out so it is constantly swapping from bag to bag (poor iPod). Only so if I have to walk on my own which is quite often I'm not bored so I can just blast some tunes or stick on an audio book. You'll find when you don't have a pen with you, you'll for some reason need a pen and that is why there is always a pen in my bag and the black BIC pens that I use are the best type of pen (just saying).

Carrying hand cream is just second nature to teenage girls as you'll never know when your hands will be dry and when they do get dry bam you have hand cream to moisturise them, being a girl is handy! As for the boiled sweets I don't really have a legitimate reason other than because I like them. Actually mum always keeps boiled sweets in either the car or in her bag so I picked up the trick from her. If you're like me and you don't like using public soap dispensers/sinks then hand sanitiser is the way forward. Plus you can choose the scent you're hands smell like afterwards, mine is the Soap and Glory Hand Maid and just smells of goodness (by goodness I mean grapefruit and sugar).

Obviously every girl needs her purse on her and this purse is only a recent purchase from New Look and was an absolute bargain! I paid just £5 on sale for this little beauty. I have a sudden love for this light pink/peach colour can you blame me though it's such a gorgeous colour!

A tip I learned from a couple of my colleagues (I work at my local gym) is to carry around a water bottle with you as you never know you could get stranded and need and drink and oh there you go a bottle of water. Keys are quite ordinary I don't need to explain how they work but yes I do have a papa smurf key ring on my keys. Right I know having a orange in my bag is a rather odd thing to keep at all times but if I'm ever hungry and in need of a snack I don't need to pay for anything and this way it is healthy as well, justification right there.

 So what weird and wonderful things do you keep in your bag?

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

My Spring Manicure

Recently I went on a little trip to my local boots and went on an Essie binge (as you know from my previous blog post). So I've been slowly testing out different combinations and found this one to be my favourite at the moment. I say at the moment because let's face it I'm going to by new spring nail polish and find a new favourite combination but eh who cares?

When I'm giving myself a home manicure I always start my filing them and creating a nice round shape (as you do). Taking my buffing cuboid thing I follow the steps on it until I'm finished. Don't forget to push those cuticles back when giving yourself a manicure and for that I recommend the Burt's Bees lemon cuticle cream it keeps your cuticles hydrated therefore easier to push back and doesn't hurt either.

Now onto the best bit the actual nail painting. I start off my using China Glaze's strong adhesive base coat and when it says strong it really means it. My nails last a good 3-4 days before chipping with this bad boy. Then I apply 2 coats of Essie's Mint Candy Apple and 3 coats of OPI All Sparkly And Gold for it to be completely opaque.
After applying the nail polish it's onto the top coats; I used China Glaze's Patent Leather Top Coat over OPI all sparkly and gold and OPI matte top coat over mint candy apple for the matte effect.

I have one more little nail care secret to share and that's China Glaze's Fast Freeze Quick Dry formulation and that stuff is the bomb as soon as you are done applying it your nails are touch dry. You have two options in the application of the fast freeze quick dry you can either paint it on with the brush or you can drop it on using the pipette they give you.

I highly recommend all the products I mentioned above especially the colours as a combination, it is Spring nail paint perfection!

what is your ideal spring manicure?

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

This or That?

I've seen this tag all over Bloglovin' so I thought might answer it - you never know you may learn something interesting about me.

Make-up

1. Blush or Bronzer?

I wear both of them but I do wear blusher more than bronzer

2. Eyeliner or Mascara?

Mascara hands down, lets face it eyeliner looks odd without mascara, but mascara can just do its own thing

3. Foundation or Concealer?

I'm a foundation girl and if you have a decent coverage foundation you don't really need concealer unless you got some dark circles going on

4. Neutral or Colour Eyeshadow?

I prefer neutrals I think most girls do but I do wear colour just not bam in your face, it's normally subtle colour

5. Pressed or Loose Shadows?

Pressed they are easier to work with and there is less fall out

6. Brushes or Sponges?

There's no competition, brushes!

Nails

1. OPI or China Glaze?

OPI, I think it has a longer wear and a wider range of colours

2. Long or Short Nails?

I'm and inbetweener, can't have them too short but I can't have them too long

3. Acrylic or Natural?

Natural every step of the way, acrylics just destroy your nails

4. Brights or Darks?

Both!! You can't make me choose!

Body

1. Perfume or Body Mist?

Perfume all the way - especially Viva La Juicy Noir

2. Lotion or Body Butter?

Body butter I have a stack of The Body Shop body butters piling up in my room they are creamier and more moisterising than a lotion 

3. Body Wash or A Block Of Soap?

A block of soap and preferably from lush, they leave a lingering scent and make your skin softer

4. Lush or Another Bath Company?

LUSHHHH!!! The bath bombs are so amazing!

Fashion

1. Jeans or Sweatpants?

Jeans! Even if I'm lounging at home

2. Long sleeves or Short?

Hmmm a toughy, long sleeves when choosing a jumper but the rest short sleeves

3. Dresses or Skirts?

oooo dresses, I don't get to wear them enough and they can just look so cute especially in the summer with some sandals 

4. Stripes or Plaid?

meh not to keen on either, is floral an option? If I had to pick i'd rather had stripes

5. Flip-Flops or Sandals?

Oooo I don't know that's tricky, flip-flops just easy to put on but sandals look so cute

6. Scarves or Hats?

Hats all the way, love my beanies and the summer hats 

7. Studs or Dangly Earrings?

Studs and only Tresor Paris studs

8. Heels or Flats?

Flats most of the times and heels for going out

9. Cowbody Boots or Riding Boots?

Riding Boots.

10. Jackets or Hoodies?

Jackets for leaving the house and hoodies for lounging about when you're cold at home

11. Forever 21 or Charlotte Russe?

FOREVER 21 all the fricking way, I love that shop!

12. Abercrombie or Hollister?

Neither

13. Saks 5th or Nordstrom?

Well I'm British so I don't have either in this country but I would rather go to Saks

Hair

1. Curly or Straight?

Straight as that is how I wear my hair everyday but curly when I'm feeling fancy

2. Bun or Ponytail?

A messy Ponytail because who can be bothered to make it neat?

3. Bobby Pins or Butterfly Clips?

BOBBY PINS! I couldn't do my everyday hairstyle without bobby pins

4. Hairspray or Gel?

Hairspray without a shadow or a doubt

5. Long or Short Hair

Long 

6. Light or Dark Hair?
Light, I'm blonde so I'm going to vote my category and besides I went brunette and it did not suit me! :/

7. Side Sweeping Fringe or Full Fringe?

No fringe?

8. Hair Up or Down?

Down, I rarely ever put my hair up

Random

1. Rain or Shine?

Shine but I like the rain when I'm wrapped up in bed watching a movie

2. Summer or Winter?

Summer as I am a summer baby and no school for 6 weeks!

3. Spring or Fall?

Both are equally as pretty but Spring as it's slowly to starting to get warmer and the nights get longer

4. Chocolate or Vanilla?

In icecream vanilla but cake chocolate

Well that's the this or that tag I hope you enjoyed it and you learned a little bit more about me?

I TAG YOU

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

Oops I Did It Again...

So all of you who know me are aware of my slight obsession with all things nails and 2 brands in particular Rimmel London and Essie.
Over the past couple of weeks I have accumulated a few new bottles to my collection which have all been on my to buy list. 6 new shades have found their way into my rather large collection which brings the total up to at least 60 (wow, I do have a lot!)

Rock The Boat

Tart Deco

Fiji

 Just to clarify I normally only buy Essie when they are on sale and that is what I happened to do yesterday in Boots. They had a 3 for 2 offer on across all beauty and nail products so of course being the nail polish addict I am I took full advantage and when straight to the Essie stand. As it is spring it is time t

Sparkle On Top

o crack out those pastels we have been hiding away and then I realised I didn't actually have any pastel colours (sad face). So purse came out and now I have 6 new spring appropriate colours. Quite a few of these are cult favourites and I don't know why it has taken me this long to get my hands on them.

Mint Candy Apple

Lilacism

Right so the colours that I got in the 3 for 2 
were Fiji (pastel pink), Mint Candy Apple (pastel green/mint), Sparkle On Top (clear iridescent sparkles) and Lilacism (pastel lilac).
What I found when applying some of the shades (yes I have already tested them all) they need 3 coats to be opaque but that is really only with Fiji and Rock The Boat. Also to let all you nail lovers that Boots have quite a few Essie gifts sets which retail at £13.99 and the newest sets in store at the moment include the 2 new Lux effects shades Sparkle on Top and Jazzy Jubilant so go get you some as they are selling fast!

What is you favourite Essie shade?

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

Some Call Them Jesus Shoes, I Call Them Toms

If you know me then you know I have a slight fascination for shoes of any kind, flats or heels - if you can wear them on your feet then I love them. But since 2012 I've been wearing Toms whenever the weather is nice enough to wear them as they are canvas. 

Anyway last summer purchased the red stripey Toms to join my black ones and yesterday I walked into schuh empty handed and walked about with a brand new pair of Light Grey Toms.

You can say whatever you like about Toms but I think they are the worlds most comfortable shoes on this Earth and they do a very good thing for the third world countries. For every pair of Toms you purchase they send a pair to a third world country so a child has a pair of shoes.
The price of Toms range from £35 to £50 depending on which style you choose.

The classic slips are £35 and the prices start to increase after that the classic stripes are £40, classic crochet are £42, classic knit are £45 so it really depends on the style you are after and what you feel comfortable in. I personally love the classic slips as they look visually appealing and I normally go for the very boring colours so they go with everything but then I style the outfit with a gorgeous necklace!
I most likely not going to stop at just 3 pairs there are still plenty of Toms I have my eye on and it is just only a matter of time.

do you have any Toms?

if you do, what do you think of them?

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth xx

The Book Cake Tag

Reading this from A Little Bit of Literature's Blog I thought I would give it a go.
It takes on the element of baking a cake but replacing the ingredients with books that fit that category. Alright enough waffling and time to get on with the tag.

Flour - A book that started off slow but picked up as it went along 
I would definitely have to say Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin it took me forever to get through that book I just kept getting bored throughout as the plot started to slow down but the last few chapters got me hooked and now I'm reading the series.

Margarine - A book that had a really rich and great plot
Hunger Games seems to fit this category the most packed full of drama, action, plot twists, romance, dystopian worlds and a bit of adventure how could you not love it. There were somethings you didn't expect and some things you could predict but this is definitely a marathon worthy book so if you haven't got yourself a copy of The Hunger Games - go get you some!

Eggs - A book that you thought was going to be bad but ended up quite enjoyable
When I downloaded Beautiful Creatures onto my kindle I had heard mixed reviews so I can't say I thought it was going to be bad but then I didn't think it was going to be good either. But how wrong was I, by the end of the I realised I had ended up quite enjoying it due to the mix of paranormal and romance (2 of my favourite genres of book). Mind you as you went through the series I felt the books enjoyment decreased especially during the last book in the series Beautiful Redemption.

Sugar - A sweet book
Sophie Kinsella's Confessions of a Shopaholic has all the elements of romance and plenty of will they won't they's. The plot thickens throughout the 5 books but still maintaining the omg so cute factor of the book so I was kept happy.

Icing - A book that covered every single element that you enjoy in a book
Fault In Our Stars. John Green is a writer who also does YouTube so check out his channel out TheVlogBrothers. Anyway this book has the perfect combination of funny moments, cute/romantic/quirky moments and extremely sad which induces crying moments and a absolutely brilliant plot with and unexpected twist!

Sprinkles - A book series that you can turn to for a little pick me up 
The series has to be Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. That woman is a pure genius there are so many pick me up moment throughout the series. Like when Harry is going through Diagon Alley for the first time or when Harry sends his own sons to Hogwarts. This series is my childhood so why wouldn't I turn to this series for a little pick me up.

A Cherry On Top - Your favourite book of the year so far
This is a no brain Divergent. Veronica Roth created my perfect book and with Dystopian world books being my new favourite to read I just couldn't put it down at all. In fact I loved the book so much it was finished within 2 days and the trilogy was completed within the same week. I highly recommend this triology plus the movie adaption is released on the 4th of April so get reading. I could have put this book in so many other categories but it earned its rightful place as my favourite book. 

I TAG YOU!

toodle-pip me lovelies 

Beth x