Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beauty. Show all posts

Thursday, 27 September 2012

007 nails: opi skyfall collection

I'm not a big nail girl, I have rather unsightly streaky nails that get even drier after nail polish - before my holiday to Italy I've laid off nail polish for more than a year. So damn OPI for its gorgeous 12-piece Skyfall collection. (I'll let slip the fact that it is named after one of the most iconic male sex symbols in film history... after all a green ogre has also had his own namesake line). I can't say I'm a big fan of the reds, but the dark shades have gotten me bad, especially On Her Majesty's Secret Service. See the swatches here.

The star of the show is, of course, the The Man with the Golden Gun. In a gorgeous gold bottle is a gold leaf topcoat, and we're talking real 18-carat gold. I don't like the effect itself, but at least the bottle would look rather pretty sitting on any shelf.



Source: British Vogue

Monday, 20 August 2012

summer hair 2012: braids, braids, braids

Ok so summer is half over, but my long-anticipated 9-day Italy trip (Positano, Capri, Bologna, Parma, Cinque Terre) is still 3 weeks away, so it is only now that I've started looking into summer hair. I didn't expect to write a post about this, which is why my image sources aren't as well kept as they should be, for this I apologise.

Braids have gotten me bad. My straight hair always falls too flat for my liking, especially after a dip in the sea, so they are perfect for giving it some texture. Half-ups are the best, as you can pair them up with a bun or pony tail, but when a photo opportunity presents itself, the hair tie comes off and you still have a girly do in place.

Dip-dyed hair is also a guilty pleasure of mine, though I think it looks much better with light coloured hair. Even so, I'm gonna give myself some multicoloured highlights, but probably not when I'm going to the beach.


Fabulous looking tute, if not a bit complicated, which is why...
... I'm going to try this instead!


I love these braids, even though the curls are a bit too much for me.

Another great kind of half-up do to try out.
I'm absolutely in love with the pony in the middle, if anyone knows of a tutorial, tell me!