BRAND NEW ILLAMASQUA - Nomad

Hello Everyone

Something exciting today, a swatch of one of the nail polishes in the new Human Fundamentalism collection - Nomad. I was lucky enough to get this shade in my goody bag.

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This is two coats of Nomad - a minted jade colour creme. Application wise, perfect in two coats, like most Illamasqua's, the formula is bang on. Really like this colour, I don't have many greens like this in my collection as I'm usually a fan of darker more forest greens. This however is a real 'Brit Festival' kinda colour , a shade which will go perfect with my festival attire of wellies, trilby hat and tan (given the sunshine of course). Nomad is a very vibrant mint green, not washed out at all. More of a neon then an ice cream mint and I'm glad it doesn't give me the dreaded 'red claw' effect. So while your knee deep in mud listening to your favourite band, least your nails will look immaculate. 

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The Human Fundamentalism Collection is now available for pre-order and will be available from 14th March 2012.

Tee Dee xx

Disclaimer; This is a PR Event Sample. I am no way compensated for the review of this product.

Brand New From Illamasqua - Human Fundamentalismm

Hello All

Yesterday I had the amazing pleasure at being invited to Illamasqua's SS12 Collection Launch - Human Fundamentalism. With Milkshake, Cherry Aid and some retro sweets to great me at the entrance, I knew I was in for more than one treat.

The new collection consists of 11 pieces. Two Eye shadow Palettes consisting of four colours each of varying textures. Six Powder Eye Shadows, A Precision Ink pen (Pure White), Two new Varnishes and Two new Lipsticks and a Limited Edition Skin Base Foundation (AU - Dark tan with gold shimmer). Upon arrival I immediately recognised myself as a little fish in a big pond, and the other fishes has massive posh cameras in comparison to my piddly Samsung camera. So images are not the greatest. 

Neutral Palette - Powder Eye Shadow Stealth (Buttermilk), Wolf (Chocolate Brown) Vitage (Antique Gold) Obsidian (Black).

Fundamental Palette - Liquid Metal in Surge (Molten Pewter), Cream Pigment in Bedaub (Mint Green), Powder Eye Shadows in Hype (Bold Yellow) and Inception (Violet).

Powder Eye Shadow - Vernau (Peanut), Cancan (Lilac), Sex (White), Burst (Teal), Obsidian (Black) and Pivot (Yellow Green)

Nail Varnish - Nomad (Jade) and Stance (Bright Mauve).

Lipstick - Apocalips (Bright Teal) and Box (Deep Scarlet)

Nails used within the Human Fundamentalism shoot created by the lovely Rebecca Jade Wilson. 

Some Bling 

After hearing the title 'Human Fundamentalism' for Illamasqua's new collection a couple weeks back. I had no idea where Illamasqua was going with this one. However the new collection is amazing, with of course the new nail polishes being my favourite. The collection does indeed have an 'Urban Tribe' feel to it, and is a a mixture of tribal, modern culture with a hit of colouful psychedelica. 

Collection available for pre-order today from Illamasqua online.

Any pieces you like the look of?

Tee Dee xx

Boots 17 Spring Shade - Spring Petal

Happy Friday everyone!

I know I shouldn't wish my life away, but I love it when it hits the end of the week and I can just chill. Today I have the last polish in the Boots 17 Spring nail collection - Spring Petal.

This is 2 coats of Spring Petal. I struggled with the consistency of this one, quite thick. Much more a creme then a shimmer, and not so jelly like in comparison to Juicy. Spring Petal is a pinkish coral creme containing pink shimmer. Reminds me of a pink rose, for a pink I quite like it.

Once again, available at Boots for £2.99. 

Tee Dee xx

New Boots 17 Spring Shade - Mellow Yellow

Hello All

Today was a glorious sunny day here in London. Spring was definately in the air. First day I've gone to University without a jacket. Today's swatch is definitely fitting in with the weather, Boots 17 - Mellow Yellow.

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The flash shots give a more accurate colour of Mellow Yellow. This is 3 coats. Formula was slightly thick but not too bad. It actually applied better then Juicy did. Mellow Yellow is a yellow (obviously) creme containing yellow shimmer. This screams Spring, I think this may be my second favourite out of the collection. Also loving the name, it's not original but it reminds me of that song by Donovan.

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

Leighton Denny - Doing Time

Hello everyone

Thought I would have a break from the Spring shades and show you one of my favourite polishes at the moment Leighton Denny's - Doing Time.

This is 2 coats of Doing Time. A khaki shade creme with golden shimmer. The khaki has a cool blue-ish tone, which I really like. The formula was perfect, the golden shimmer is noticable both in direct sunlight and in the shade. I stalked this on ebay for a while, but it was quite expensive. Luckily I found it in a box set in TK Maxx for a £10, along with some other Leighton Denny products.

What do you think of Doing Time?

p.s Leighton Denny has a new Spring/Summer 'Castaway Collection' which you can check out here.

Tee Dee xx

New Boots 17 Spring Shade - Juicy

Hello Folks

More 17 Spring swatches! This time - Juicy. I can't t work out the finishes on these new Spring shades. Glisten was easy to categorise, but the others in the collection have a finish which I think is a mixture of a shimmer, jelly and creme.

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This is 3 coats of Juicy. A lime green polish containing green shimmer. Formula was slightly hard to work with, but again I think this is due to the texture of Juicy's finish. The shimmer did not show up as much as I would of liked, but a pretty shade of green still. Juicy is bright enough without being too neon looking, 

What do you think of Juicy?


Tee Dee xx

New Boots 17 Spring Shade - Glisten

Evening Peoples

Hope you've had a wonderful weekend. Spring is in the air and the weather is warming up. Pastel shades are out and about. Boots have released 4 new shades to their 17 collection which I picked up this week. Today I have for you one of the four - Glisten.

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This is 3 coats of Glisten. Loved this one on. Out of the four, I thought I wouldn't like this shade as it looked quite pinky but it surprised me. Glisten is a peachy/picky golden pearlescent shimmer. Formula was workable, and it built up nicely. Glisten is a shade which I think would work all the way through to the Summer. Glisten will definitely be adorning my nails for the next couple of months. 

Price £2.99 although Boots are running a 3 for 2 offer at the moment. More swatches to follow of the rest of the Spring shades.

Tee Dee xx