Showing posts with label Swap Haul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Swap Haul. Show all posts

Monday, 6 August 2012

Swatch: BarryM - Silver Multi Glitter

Hi ladies! I have one of the recently released BarryM glitters to show you today that have been sitting in my 'to post' folder for a while now. Silver Multi Glitter is a finely milled mixture of Silver, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow & Pink glitters, reminiscent of their now discontinued shade 'Silver Cascade' which was also dubbed the OPI - Mad As A Hatter dupe. Although, not owning Silver Cascade myself, from photos I've seen around the web the glitters in Silver Multi Glitter appears to be a lot finer than those in Silver Cascade. For the photos below, I used 3 coats of Silver Multi Glitter alone without a Base/Top coat. As with all BarryM polishes I have tried, I had no issues with the formula and they dried relatively quick!





You can purchase Silver Multi Glitter directly from their website, which offers worldwide postage, or if you're in the UK Silver Multi Glitter is also available for purchase at Superdrug & Boots stores nationwide for £2.99 each. What do you think to Silver Multi Glitter? Can you see yourself purchasing it any time soon?

Thursday, 12 April 2012

Nail Mail: EPIC Day (Pic Heavy)

Hi ladies! So I have an epically awesome Nail Mail post for you today. Originally this post was going to be an average Nail Mail day, but as I was taking the photos ANOTHER package was delivered! I won't bore you with a stupidly long intro, so let's get started!

My first package is from a lovely lady called Emily in my Facebook group, she posted that she was selling a couple things and one of them really caught my eye. But instead of purchasing them, we did a little swap as she was wanting a couple of the Max Factor minis! We wanted it to be a fair swap, so to make up the price of the mini's she threw in 3 extra polishes! Wanna see what I got? Click the jump to start!!

Saturday, 24 March 2012

Nail Mail: My Swap Polishes from Marisa!

 Hi ladies! I have an exciting post for you today, in the form of a Swap Haul I received this morning from Marisa @ Polish Obsession! We've had the swap in the mix for months and now it's finally here! I loved everything she sent me, especially the polishes from my wish list! She's yet to receive hers, but keep checking her blog if you're interested in what I sent ^.^. So without further ado, lets get straight into everything!




The first polishes she sent me were some OPI and Essie from my wish list! From L-R we have OPI - Lincoln Park After Dark, Essie - Carry On, Essie - Sew Psyched, Essie - Mink Muffs and OPI - Russian Navy. I'm so excited to have more Essie! I only had one up to now and it was looking a little lonely, so now it has some friends to cheer it up! Lincoln Park After Dark has been a long time lemming of mine, so I'm finally glad I can add it to my collection and Russian Navy is just down right beautiful.

The next lot of polishes she sent me from L-R are; China Glaze - Sea Spray, Finger Paints - It's An Original, Finger Paints - Laugh My Art Off, Finger Paints - Red Brandt, Finger Paints - Flashy (yes another FP flakie!) and China Glaze - Pool Party. LOOOVE Pool Party! I've been wanting it for so long but it was always out of stock or super expensive here in the UK :( but I can now say it's finally mine!!

Last but not least for the polishes are some Spoiled. I've been seeing these all over the blogesphere and I have been wanting to try some of them, especially the glitters just because they look gorgeous! From L-R we have Ants In My Pants, Cougar Attack, Deeper Dive, My Saturn Broke Down and Papa-paparazzi. These are sooo pretty! I'm yet to swatch everything on my wheels yet, so I'm looking forward to that! And yes, My Saturn Broke Down is a dupe for OPI - Last Friday Night!

And finally a picture of the candies/chocolates and the note she sent me! My boyfriend enjoyed tucking into the sweets whilst I was busy unwrapping my polishes, bless. He gets a little enjoyment whenever I get a swap package with the candies and chocolates that are inside.

So that is all the goodies I received in my swap package with Marisa! How amazing is she?! Thanks again Marisa for being an absolute angel!! If you haven't checked out her blog yet, you should click this link and go check her out! Now all I need to do is make some room in my already overflowing storage boxes to put these beauties away! I will eventually buy myself a Helmer!

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Nail Mail: My Swap Polishes from Sarah!


Hi guyss! I have some exciting nail mail for you today from another swap I did with Sarah from SeeSarahSwatch! If you haven't checked out her blog, I suggest you do so, she even makes cute frankens which she sells in her Etsy shop! So go and check those out too! Lets get on to the good stuff shall we?

A lovely little note and some tasty chocolate treats!

FINGER PAINTS!!! I've gone from having 0 Finger Paints polishes on Monday to now having 9! Yes, those are flakies too! Woooo. I now have two of Asylum, Twisted and Flashy all I need now are Motley and Flecked, which hopefully I will be getting in the next couple weeks from a lovely lady in PaA. The other colours are Tough Art to Follow (green), Art of Theft (Purple) & Vermillion $ Painting (Orange). So excited to finally have some Finger Paints of my own!

OPI motherlicking DS!!! OH MY GOD. This is DS Magic and my first DS polish, I almost squealed a little bit when I unwrapped this! It's so pretty! I also have OPI Meet Me On The Star Ferry, which has been a lemming of mine for a while. Sarah also sent me a franken she's made called If A Tree Falls...It sort of reminds me of Orly's Androgynie! I can't wait to get a swatch up on my blog for you guys to see, hopefully I can do it justice!

Thank you so much to Sarah for sending me these amazing polishes! I hope your package arrives to you soon ^.^ Like I said, if you haven't checked out Sarah's blog yet, go and do that right now! She's awesome.

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Nail Mail: AKA The Best Day EVER! (VERY PIC HEAVY)

Hi guyss! I'm back with a Nail Mail post for you today and an EPIC one at that. I received a total of 5 packages in the post this morning, yes, 5! Not all of them were for me, some of them are for swaps etc, but I thought I would show you everything, just so you can see the extent of what came through my door today. Let's begin shall we?

The first thing to arrive this morning was this OPI Alice In Wonderland mini set, that I got for my good friend Jessica! She's been looking for Absolutely Alice and Mad As A Hatter for ages, as her daughter is going to be Alice in her school play! As you all know, they're both insanely hard to come by! I saw this mini set whilst browsing around on eBay and immediately told Jess, unfortunately the seller only wanted to ship within the UK, and as Jess lives in America, she thought she wouldn't be able to get it! So I said I will bid for her and then send it to her if I won, and lone behold I did! I managed to snag this set for £11 plus p&p!!

The next things to come in the mail were these polishes which I ordered on line. The first two pictures are all of the same polishes which are the W7 planets polishes. I picked these up for a few girls in the US who asked me if I could order them a set after seeing a picture I posted of them. Being the nice person I am, I did. The next picture is of the W7 polishes I have for me, I know, I know I said I was on a no-buy but hey! They were cheap and a spur of the moment purchase! There are 3 from the Planets collection and also a black and purple I picked up for stamping with. I also got BarryM - Lavender Hexagrams and China Glaze - Full Spectrum for me too.

I also got my Boots.com order today too! Yes, they are all Fantasy Fire polishes. Unfortunately only one is for me! The other 3 are for two swaps and my GIVEAWAY! Boots also have an offer on where if you spend over £12 on Max Factor products, you get a free gift! Here is what the free gift was;

In the box I received 2 nail polishes, a mascara and an eyeliner. They all came in this gorgeous little case, which I will now be using as my make up bag! Yay.


Okay, so this is the most exciting part of my Nail Mail, so exciting that it needs it's own little divider!! This box came a little later than all the rest, so it was a very pleasant surprise! You may have heard me mention that I was doing a swap with Nicel from Operation: Nail It! Well, it arrived today! The best thing about it was that I wasn't expecting it for at least another week or so, as she only sent it to me at the weekend!!! Usually any packages from the US take a minimum of a week, and this took 3 flipping days!!! I was so excited when I got the box that I actually stabbed myself with the knife I was using to open the box with :( Do you want to see what was inside?!

Look at all that chocolate! Luckily a lot of it is something to do with nuts/peanut butter so my boyfriend will be enjoying those! She was also kind enough to send me a bag of LUCKY CHARMS!! I've been wanting to try them for the longest time now, but I don't want to pay £6 for a box of cereal! That's just ridiculous.

Above are pictures of the lovely card she sent me and also a Finger Paints clutch! Apparently her Sally's was giving them away if you bought any 3 Finger Paints polishes! Which is awesome that she sent it to me because  the purse I'm currently using is on it's last legs and I have been meaning to buy one for a while now I just never got around to it. Below that is a picture of my Nail Polish ring she made for me!! Inside is OPI - Rainbow Connection and one of the Finger Paints flakies! It's sooo pretty and since I have the polishes I can recreate this on my nails when I wear it too ^.^
Okay enough of my waffling, it's now time for the polishes she sent me!!
Color Club sets in Back To Boho (B) and Foiled!

Wet n Wild, Color Club (Holos!!) and Finger Paints :D

OPI & China Glaze!!!!
How lucky am I?! If you haven't checked out Nicel's blog yet, I suggest you go do so right now! She's literally a diamond and I am so grateful with what she's sent me! Not only was she able to get me some polishes that are only available in the states, she also killed a couple of my lemmings too! I feel blessed to have met her through my addiction to Nail Polish, she's not just a fellow blogger, she's also a new friend! She's even offered to be my tour guide if I ever find myself in California AND take me to Disneyland :') How awesome!

I hope you've enjoyed my HUUUGE haul post, and congrats if you've made it to the bottom! I'm literally so happy and excited that this post probably doesn't even make an sense, so I apologise for that. I still have a couple more packages making their way to me, so keep an eye out for more upcoming Nail Mail posts!