Nails Of The Day - Ciate Caviar Pearls Shooting Star & Cookies and Cream with Marie Claire

Free with July's Marie Claire magazine are 2 Ciate Mini's - Cookies and Cream which is a milky beige nude shade with a crème texture and Shooting Star Caviar Micro Pearls. I only picked up the magazine this morning but couldn't wait to have a little play (it took just seconds!) as these colours are just the kind of thing that I would wear.

In natural light

What do you think?

Free Ciate Polish With July's Marie Claire Magazine

Freebie Alert!

The July issue of magazines is proving to be a bumper month for beauty freebies.. thank goodness we have moved on from cut your own size paper thin flip flops!

Marie Claire are giving away a full size Ciate Nail Polish worth £9. There is a choice of 3 shades - Bon Bon (a soft pink - just like the sweet), Jelly Bean (a bright pink, I went for this) and Purple Sherbet.


July Issue Out now

Make Up and Reading (Magazine Freebies)

The July issues of popular women's magazines have been a very good month for makeup addicts!

Marie Claire are offering a free Inika Mineral Eye Shadow in Gun Metal or Graphite Eyeliner worth approx £10

I went for the eye shadow - Look out for a smokey eyes of the day very soon!

Red Magazine are giving away a  free Jemma Kidd High- Shine Silk Touch  Lip gloss worth £14!  There are 3 fab shades to choose from  - A new shade of red created exclusively for Red Magazine, a Coral and a soft pink. I really couldn't decide but in the end I went for the Coral. I am glad I did it is really nice! I feel the urge to do a lips of the day to show you, very soon...

Glamour magazine are giving away a 4ml mini size of Benefit's benetint, high beam or posietint.

As I already own both high beam and posietint I have opted for benetint

Have you bought any of these magazines for the freebies on offer - which did you choose ?

Marie Claire Launches 'Beauty Genius' iphone App

Marie Claire recently announced the launch of its first iPhone app - Beauty Genuis and it has done so well it made Apple's App of the Week in its 1st Week!

This App has 34 amazing how-to beauty videos and 45 minutes of expert hair and beauty master classes.
Taking the hottest, latest looks from the catwalk and showing you easy ways to recreate them at home and including recommendations on products to achieve this.

Stumped over a smoky eye or baffled as to how to achieve the perfect pout ? Top make-up artists and stylists , including top celebrity make-up artist Jackie Tyson (she has worked with Sienna Miller, Lily Allen, Katy Perry and many more) will show you how in step by step guides. The App currently contains Tips and Tricks on Smoky Eyes, Red Lips, Classic Blow-dry, Groomed Brows, False Lashes and Flawless Skin.

One of the features that I love on this App is one where you can save your beauty wish list by selecting products used in the videos to store in your Make-up Bag. You will then have a handy list when out and about shopping.

In addition Marie Claire has carefully selected 6 celebrities whose looks we most want to emulate and created videos on how to create their eyes, skin, lips, hair and total look.

Choose from these fabulous ladies -

• Cheryl Cole
• Jennifer Aniston 
• Kate Bosworth
• Jessica Alba
• Lea Michelle
• Rihanna

I love it!

Beauty Genius is available to download now from the iTunes App Store for £1.19 and will be soon available for the iPad.

I think it makes an excellent mini gift this Christmas for any beauty lover!