Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Glitter Topper + Crinkle Tape

Polishes Used:
Collection 2000 - Electric Dreams
Stellar - Ayla
Essence - Black is Back

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Blue + Green

Today we have the blue and green polishes;

Nails Inc - Optic Wave // Essence - Miss Universe // Essence - It's Raining Men // Avon - Blue Royale

The winner of this round is another Nails Inc freebie! Optic Wave. This one is a nice tiffany blue cream colour, during 2014 I was on a hunt for a cheap tiffany blue and I found one in this.

 

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Black + Silver

Every year I do a battle of the nail polish, this year I have changed it up to using only new polishes for 2014. That way I can go through the polishes much easier. On to today's battle, looking at black and silver polishes;

 Pretty - Leather Look // Essence - Black is Black // Leighton Denny - Steel Appeal // Barry M - Espresso // Nails Inc - New York Noir

While I really liked the brush on the Essence polish the one coat opacity of the Nails Inc makes it the winner. Which is a shame because it was free with a magazine!

 

Moving on to the silvers, I didn't get many this year!

CK - Silver Streak // Barry M - Silver Foil Effect

The winner is the Barry M, because it is much less streaky and as an added bonus it is great for stamping with. 

 

Nails: Snowflakes

Base Polishes:
Barry M - Persian
Essence - Black is Back

Stamping Polish: Barry M - Matt White
Stamping Plate: MoYou London - Festive Collection 03


 

Swatch: Makeup Revolution - Merged Eyeshadows (All 8 Shades)

L-R: Heavenly // Galactic // Celestial // Star Burst // Moon Dust // Astral // Limitless // Blue Planet

"Amazing baked eyeshadows full of colour that truly are out of this world!" - Makeup Revolution

I recently got these eyeshadows from Makeup Revolution, they were part of a Cyber Monday deal. All of the shadows were swatched dry, they do recommend using them wet for a more intense look.

Heavenly

Heavenly is a beautiful off white, shimmer highlight shade.

Galactic

Galactic is a bronzed, shimmer shade.

Celestial

Celestial is a moss green shimmer.

Star Burst

Starburst is a deep grey, silver shimmer.

Moon Dust

Moon Dust is a mid-grey tone with burgundy shimmer.

Astral

Astral is a lilac, with silver shimmer.

Limitless

Limitless is a tone darker than galactic, more a brown based shimmer.

Blue Planet

Blue Planet is a light-medium blue with silver shimmer.

All of these eyeshadows were shimmer based, some swatched more intensely than others. Moon Dust is my favorite from the 'Out of this World' collection. I'm very interested in seeing these used wet. I didn't used to use shimmer shadows however this past year I have been enjoying getting more in to them. Still avoiding glitter shadows though!

£1.50 - Makeup Revolution