Review: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat

Oh Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, my new favourite lifesaver for my nails! You speed dry my nails within a couple of minutes and leave them glossy for the world to see, how I love thee…

I have actually had this topcoat for about a year and the first couple of times I used it, I hated it namely because (a) it absolutely stinks, I suggest you open a window wide to dissipate the fumes and (b) I found that within a couple of days the whole layer of polish on a few of my nails would come off in one sweep.

This usually happened whilst I was out and about (and as you can imagine was not a good look!!) which then resulted in pitying looks from girls with perfect nails and sadly I couldn’t even pretend it was the look I was going for! So I dumped it into my never to resurface again bag.

Anyhu fast forward to about 3 months ago, I was in a rush to go out and had inevitably left my nails till the last minute and needed them to dry pronto, so in my desperate state I thought why not try it again. I did and 4 days later realised my nails were still intact!

So I set about experimenting with a few other polishes and after a number of tries I realised they all stayed put. I finally tried the original polish I used it with and it happened again so I came to the conclusion that it just doesn’t like that polish (sadly that polish finished and was thrown out a while ago so I can’t remember what it’s called)

Beauty Christmas Advent Calendar & Crackers

I have been in denial for a while, but it's official, we are literally 6 weeks (to date) away from Christmas...eeek how on earth did the year fly by so quickly!

I love that so many brands are now offering an alternative to the traditional Christmas chocolate advent treats or crackers and offering beauty goodies in advent calendars and crackers. Unfortunately many of them are limited editions, so there is no time like the present to pick up some of these festive beauty treats. 

Here are a few of my favourites

M&S Autograph Beauty Crackers

A collection of 6 novelty beauty crackers, with each containing a mini make up product and beauty tip.  It includes the following

• 2 x lip gloss
• Liquid glow illuminator
• 2 x mascara
• Kohl pencil eyeliner

It retails for £18.00

Available at Marks & Spencer 

Pantones Emerald Green: A beauty take

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I know it's been a while since our last chin wag, I have been giving my blog a much needed face lift! which unfortunately took longer than planned - the joys of css and html...but its nearly done now and I am rearing to go, so bring on the post.

I actually welcome the opportunity to change my mind. Who am I kidding? welcome is a serious exaggeration. Lets talk about the colour Emerald Green.

Emerald Green is one of those colours that I appreciate for the fact that’s it’s a jewel tone and if someone gave me an emerald, I would happily skip over to the biggest safe screaming I’m rich, I’m rich!

Other than that, when I think of emerald green, it conjures up images of leprechauns and green trees!

So when Pantone announced that Emerald Green was the colour for 2013, I have to admit, I was a little dismayed! They describe it as “lively, radiant and lush”, I immediately thought of a bearded leprechaun sitting on top of a tree sporting emerald gems wherever possible! What can I say? I have an active imagination – I know you thought it too!

Purple Rain, Purple Rain

So as the days get shorter and winter approaches (brrrr i'm shivering just thinking about it) I find myself being drawn to all the darker hues of nail varnishes. I’m still yet to find the perfect black but right now i’m loving the berry shades which are a key trend for autumn winter (as seen in various shows from Gucci to Dior). I recently tried out a Nail’s Inc polish called Piccadilly Circus – they describe it as being a dark cerise – but on me it definitely came out quite purpley… anyway, debates on colours aside, I really liked it. The only annoying thing is you definitely need two coats as well as a top coat if you want it to last at least a week. When I first tried it out, I was in a bit of a rush and just whacked one coat on, and within a couple of days it was quite chipped. Second time round it only started chipping after about 6 days – either way though, I love my purple rain.