Nails Inc Snowflake Whitechapel Over Navy Nail Polish

Today's Nails Of The Day features one of my favourite ever top coats from Nails Inc - Snowflake Whitechapel over No7 Stay Perfect Nail Colour in Blue Patent. As I suspected it is utterly gorgeous!

*PR Sample

Three Sparkly & Glitzy Glitter Top Coats For Party Season

The fastest way to bling up your nails for a party is by adding a sparkly top coat.

I have three fabulous glitter top coats in my collection that I absolutely adore.

First up is Nails Inc Nail Jewellery in Diamond - Burlington Arcade. This is a silver based glitter polish and features glitter and flecks of silver that glisten like diamonds

Another Nails Inc beauty is the Snowflake Top Coat in Whitechapel. 

This is a stunning top coat that features silver glitter, strips and white hexagons that resemble frosty snowflakes and is just perfect for the winter season. It looks good over light and dark polishes.

And finally The Lacquer Lab has come up trumps with its Pocket full Of Jewels - this classy top coat contains gold glitter dust and opalescent flakes for an altogether grown up and elegant glitter top coat.

So whether you opt for a statement nail or fancy adorning every nail with glitter...Bling it on!

All that is missing from my collection now is a gold flake top coat that would look amazing over a black nail polish. I have spotted one from L'Oreal that is just £4.99.. watch this space!

Nail Inc Snowflake Whitechapel Polish over Wild About Beauty Michael - NOTD

Nails Inc Snowflake Whitechapel top coat looks pretty over a nude polish but as I suspected looks stunning over a dark shade. I applied a black polish - Michael from Wild About Beauty - under this fab top coat. It really makes it stand it and the gold glitter really glistens and shimmers when the light hits it. I still want to try it over a midnight blue shade so watch this space!

Nail Inc Whitechapel Snowflake Polish

Nails Inc Whitechapel Snowflake Polish is my Nails Of The Day today, it is a gorgeous and sparkly mix of gold glitter and white flakes to mimic the effect of falling snow. It looks super pretty under lights, just like glistening snow.

I popped it over two coats of the nude polish Colville Mews for this cool and snowy effect. However, I am thinking it will look incredible over a dark blue/navy polish too, so this is what I will be doing next with it. Party season is already looking up!

Nails Inc Whitechapel Snowflake Polish is £16 from Debenhams 

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Nails Inc Colville Mews - Nails Of The Day

Today's Nails of The Day comes courtesy of one of my favourite nail polish brands. Nails Inc Colville Mews is a smart milky beige shade. It took 2 coats to achieve this opaque and glossy finish.

Nails Inc Colville Mews costs £12

Nails Inc Gel Effect Polish St James - NOTD

Today's gorgeous nails of the day are courtesy of Nails Inc Gel Effect Polish. St James is a stunning bright red shade that looks gorgeous in the Spring sun.

I applied two coats and it has a wonderful glossy finish.

Nails Inc Gel Effect Polish in St James costs £14

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Nails Inc. Kensington High St. Gel Effect Polish - Nails Of The Day

Today's Nails Of The Day is the perfect Autumn/Winter shade - a rich red claret Kensington High St Gel Effect Polish from Nail Inc. is glossy when dry, smooth to apply (I used two coats) and is simply quite gorgeous, I fell in love with it before it even hit my nails. Winter summed up.

Nails Inc. Kensington High St. Gel Effect Polish 8ml costs £14 and is available from Debenhams

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What's Inside My November 2012 GlossyBox

The theme of November's GlossyBox is 'Stocking Fillers' and its aim is to serve as an inspirational gift guide.

When the delivery man knocked on my door with the familiar box I had no idea what to expect inside. I think this month's box is another winner. Out of the 5 samples inside I will definitely be using 3 of them completely.

The contents

ALISON CLAIRE NATURAL BEAUTY Mango Body Butter 50ml (£15 for 200ml)

This is a new brand. A wonderfully sweet mango scented thick (but spreadable!) body butter that has so far left my skin feeling lovely and smooth. Look forward to using this.

MONU Firming Moisturiser 20ml (18.50 for 50ml)

This is a Marine Collagen enriched cream that is for dry/sensitive skin so I will probably pass this on to my sister as I have normal/combination skin. I have used heavier creams before not designed for my skin type and they just leave it looking and feeling greasy.

NAILS INC Notting Hill Gate Nail Polish 4ml (£11 for 10ml)

A cute sized bottle, Notting Hill Gate is a bright, almost neon pink shade that is probably better suited for Summer. Personally I would have much preferred to have had Porchester Square (a mushroom colour) in my box as it is the shade I would most likely wear more often and more suited to this time of the year.

CRABTREE & EVELYN Himalayan Blue Hand Therapy 25g (£5)

I love hand creams, one of my all time favourites is the rose one from C&E and this is going straight into my handbag. It is the perfect size to carry around, smells absolutely wonderful and fresh. Described as - An enigmatic blend of smoked black tea, warm ginger and spices, and golden champaca, touched with a mysterious accord of patchouli, leather notes, and exotic woods. Very nice indeed.

DERMALOGICA Daily Microfoliant 13g (£38.50 for 75g)

I actually have sachets of this facial exfoliator that I haven't got round to trying but I far prefer this sample pot to use, it is a bit like a salt shaker! A decent quantity for daily use to judge whether I like it or not. I will be started this tomorrow, look out for a full product review shortly...

Final thoughts 

Generous sized samples and a decent variation of product type mean that I give this month's box a thumbs up.

For more details on GlossyBox click here 

*PR Sample

Unleash Those Summer Feet!

July's Issue of iN Magazine is out now - take a look at my beauty page where I am showing you how to get the perfect Summer ready feet

You can read the feature by clicking this link - http://issuu.com/in-magazine.com/docs/inmagjuly12digi/33

Happy reading and let me know what you think :-)

Diamond Jubilee Nails! My Tribute To The Queen

For my Royal tribute I thought I would keep it quite simple and chic. I painted my nails a deep and royal blue and on just one nail applied a top coat of 'diamonds' - Diamond Jubilee :-)

I used Nails Inc motcomb street and Nails Inc Diamond Nail Jewellery burlington arcade polishes. I found it so hard to capture how stunning burlington arcade is in real life. The pieces really do reflect and sparkle like diamonds. Beautiful.


For more Diamond Jubilee celebration nails take a look at the BeautySwot facebook page

Statement Nail Using Nails Inc Burlington Arcade Nail Jewellery

Burlington Arcade- no flash

Burlington Arcade - with flash

My sister couldn't wait to try it out

Not a huge fan of glitter polishes but two coats of Nails Inc Burlington Arcade Nail Jewellery makes a really rather pretty statement nail.

Predominately silver this multi faceted diamond nail jewellery, glistens and twinkles as the light hits it mimicking dazzling diamonds. Instant love and appealing to the magpie in us all.

Looking forward to trying it over black and nude polishes now.

*This product was included in a press day goody bag

Nails Inc Neon and Nude Collection Boxset

I love this box set from Nails Inc - Neon and Nude Collection 


The Neon and Nude collection features 6 mini sized polish shades that are ideal for this Spring/Summer's contrasting trends of nudes and neons!

The 3 nude classics -


Jermyn Street - perfect taupe polish

Porchester Square - muted mushroom polish

Cadogan Square - classic camel polish 

3 brand new shades -


Portobello - neon coral polish

Notting Hill Gate - neon pink polish

Westbourne Grove - neon yellow / orange polish

The majority of the time I favour nude shades on my nails but every so often I love a pop of colour and this is just perfect.

Nails Inc Neon and Nude Collection costs £22

BeautySwot Best Christmas Gift Guide Under £50 - 2011

If you still haven't got your presents all wrapped up and need some ideas, worry not as I have picked out my top picks of Christmas gifts and they all cost under £50!

Whether you are looking for a Secret Santa present or a stocking filler a trip to a Lush store is a must.

I really love Latte Lip Tint - £4.95 for 10g

Latte is a moistursing lip balm and tint that leaves a beautiful bronze shimmer on your lips. As well as looking gorgeous on the lips, it smells incredible thanks to the ingredients of icing sugar, fairtrade coffee, vanilla powder and vanilla absolute.

Ted Baker Cosmetic Purse - £8 - Selected Boots Stores

I was drawn to this pretty fairy print bag whilst out shopping on Saturday, the bag comes in various sizes and prices.

Aromatherapy Associates Little Star - £10 for 7.5ml

How about a gift that doubles as a decoration for the tree? This little star contains Deep Relax luxurious bath and shower oil.

It must be the year for decorative gifts as Paul & Joe have packaged some fabulous shades of eye shadow inside eye catching tree decorations.

Paul & Joe Ornamental Select Select Eye Colour - £12

Fa-La-La-La-La -Bronze

I have shown just one of the shades here but they are available in 5 beautiful colours, each one having its own outer packaging print. Shades are

001 Fa La La La La - Bronze
002 Deck The Hall - Green
003 Midnight Clear - Blue
004 Silent Night - Purple
005 Joy To The World - Pink 

These are highly pigmented eye shadows that are formulated to be easy to blend.

Available at Fenwicks, Bond Street and Harrods.

Nails Inc The Show Stoppers - £15

I love the shades in this set of 5 glossy mini nail polishes


Finsbury Park – Gold Glitter

Gloucester Place - Metallic Deep Red 

Regents Palace – Deep Metallic Purple

George Yard - Metallic Champagne

Chelsea Manor Street – Gun-metal Shimmer

Once again Benefit have brought out some must have limited edition Christmas kits with something for everyone.


Benefit Ticket To Glossytown - £19.50

Fans of lip gloss will love this set of 6 mini glosses all in gorgeous and wearable shades -

So frisk me (gilded berry)
Nudie-tude (goldspun twist)
Spiked punch (juicy coral)
Life on the A list (bubblegum pink)
Foxy lady (diamond rose)
Kiss you (clear fuchsia)

Give someone the gift of the glow with this great set -

Tess Daly Tricks of The Trade Face And Body Glow Kit £22 - Available at Marks and Spencer

This set featuring best selling products provides everything you need to for radiant glamour 

Body cream 200ml
Highlighter compact 15g
Lip balm stick 3g

Perfume is such a personal choice and yet remains one of the top gifts at Christmas. To avoid bottles sitting in cupboards unloved the clever people at The Perfume Shop have come up with the perfect solution

The Perfume Shop Vivabox - £39.99

Vivabox is a collection of 7 sample size designer perfumes -

BOSS Orange, Beyonce Heat, Paco Rabanne Black XS, Giorgio Armani Code, Emporio Armani Diamonds, DKNY Be Delicious EDP, Carolina Herrera 212 VIP


Once the recipient has tried them out and picked their favourite there is a voucher which they can take along to The Perfume Shop to swap for a full size bottle of their choice.

Way back in August I had a preview of the wonderful gifts on offer at Elemis for Christmas, below is the one that caught my eye the most.

Elemis Superstars Face and body award winners - RRP £45 

This fabulous gift set from the Christmas Starlight Collection not only has a lovely white bag to hold all the products but also contains some of my favourite products from Elemis and will be a real treat for the lucky recipient.

Inside -

Papaya Enzyme Peel - 50ml Full Size
Cellular Recovery Skin Bliss Capsules -14 caps
Pro-Collagen Marine Cream - 30ml
Frangipani Monoi Shower Cream - 50ml
Skin Nourishing Milk Bath - 125ml
Frangipani Monoi Body Oil - 35ml

L'Occitane are always a favourite of mine to visit at this time of the year as they have such great value gifts and this year is no exception. Many of the products are packaged in boxes complete with a gift tag so there is no need for you to do your own wrapping.

My choice would be

L'Occitane Delightful Almond Collection (Ltd Edition) - £46 

This wonderfully scented and body nourishing gift collection includes:

500ml Almond Shower Oil
250ml Almond Milk Veil
50ml Almond Delicious Paste
3 x 50g Almond Delicious Soaps

Happy Shopping!