Hope on my fingers

This is proving harder than I thought to write. How on earth am I supposed to  objectively and critically review a product which I am so passionate about and  which little ol' me has helped creating? It is not without a certain degree of emotion that I would like to share with you my swatches of 'Hope', 'Love' and Strength' the  nail polishes part of the Beautyuk 'Paint for life' box set.







Moved by one of their fans' wishes, Beautyuk Cosmetics took the pledge to raise  £50,000 for Cancer Research UK and designed a range of nail polishes to help them  reach their target. While thousands of women are undertaking the annual 'race for  life' race throughout the country, BeautyUK is inviting you to support the Cancer  Research UK charity and to 'paint for life'. For each £5.99 'paint for life' trio  set sold, they are donating £1 directly to the charity.


The shades are gorgeous. Hope is a delicate pastel pink which could double up as  French manicure base if applied sheerly. I would describe Love as a shade of  carnation pink and Strength, the deeper of the set as a bright hot pink. The  formulation was very easy to work with, although they needed 3 coats instead of the  2 I am usually used to. Before playing with my paint for life set, I had a pre  conceived idea about Hope. For me, it looked too pale and it was not going to work with my skin tone. 3 coats later and I was in love!

*cue avalanche of photos*

 

You know what’s handy? it’s the names on the bottles

and last but not least this is strength. At this point, I would like to thank my spell check as I always always spell it wrong!

I think Beautyuk did a marvellous job with the paint for life trio. The shades are  lovely and would suit a wide range of people, from the shy and who only want a hint  of pink to the lovers of bold and bright talons.

Which is your favourite shade?
Will you be ‘painting for life’?

Further Information
Availability: The paint for life trio is available in Superdrug shops nationwide and online (£5.99)
BeautyUK Cosmetics Aid for Cancer Research UK: http://www.beautyukcosmetics.com/paint-for-life
Beautyuk twitter: @beautyuktweets
Paint for Life Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/paintforlifeuk
Paint for Life Twitter: @paintforlifeuk #paintforlife


Disclaimer:    
The box set was purchased by myself.

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Painting for Life

Just over a year ago, there was a blog competition where participants had to create  a nail polish just for fun to win some BeautyUK Cosmetics makeup. One fan of the  brand, Sam, expressed a wish to have a range of pink polishes designed to raise  money for a Breast Cancer Charity. Sam's inspiration was her mum, going through the  ordeal of cancer but who 'still wanted to look nice and have painted nails'. Beautyuk Cosmetics was so touched by the idea that they have been working hard for  the past year to help Sam's idea see the day.



The day has come and with the help of  a beauty blogger, BeautyUK went on to develop and release a 'Paint for Life' trio nail boxset with the aim of raising £50,000 for Cancer Research UK.  I feel really moved by this initiative, there is so much more I wish to say.  Perhaps I’ll share more when I show you my swatches. For now, I just want to keep it short and sweet. It is so heart warming to see, how an everyday girl next door, fan of a cosmetic brand can touch a cosmetic brand so much so that they take a pledge to raise £50,000 for a good cause.








The Paint for Life boxset consists of three shades of pink nail polish. Each bottle is individually named with ‘hope’, ‘strength’ and ‘love’. From every £5.99 set sold, £1 will be donated directly to breast cancer research.

************ updated on Monday 14 May ***********

Please click here or on the picture below to see my swatches:

Further Information:Availability: The paint for life trio is available online and in superdrug shops nationwide (£5.99)
BeautyUK Cosmetics Aid for Cancer Research UK: http://www.beautyukcosmetics.com/paint-for-life
Beautyuk twitter: @beautyuktweets
Paint for Life Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/paintforlifeuk
Paint for Life Twitter:  @paintforlifeuk


Disclaimer
The box set was purchased by myself and I received no incentive to write about this. This post is just driven by intense joy and emotion to have been part of the creative process of this initiative.http://bit.ly/hopenlifehttp://bit.ly/hopenlife

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Your life, your time, your blog… Summary of #Bbloggers ‘Time Management’ Twitter Chat

Last week, in the absence of Fee from Makeup Savvy, I had the chance to host the weekly #bbloggers twitter chat, where bloggers from all walks of life were invited to join and talk about 'time management'. The chat gathered 226 of you. A whopping 1600 {or thereabout} tweets were exchanged. What was said? Without much further ado and with profuse apologies for my delay and {ironically} bad management of time, here's an attempt at summarising one heck of busy and fast paced hour. 






Right from the word go, it was evident that 2 main trends of ideas were developing, which actually put into question the very need of a twitter chat based on 'Blogging and Time Management'. The chat seemed to divide itself in between 2 teams: the super organised and the spontaneous.


I hope you will enjoy this ‘summary’. Please stay till the end to find out:
- what you chose to retweet the most from the whole hour,
- the top 10 contributors to the #bbloggers chat and last but not least
- some feel-good, perk me up motivations tweets.


Go with the flow, be Spontaneous

 


Being organised and having a routine makes you happier


  


How you fit blogging around your life, tips & tricks


  

 




Not that I can give advice on time management myself (this post is, after all, one week late) but I personally swear by using Windows Live Writer and couldn’t see myself blogging without. This Modern Panda is a big fan too and has written a guide about it.


 


The most re-tweeted by you…

 “Blogging is a full time job. Photographer, coder, designer, researcher and PR specialist all on top of writing” @BonVivantClique, BVC, Bon Vivant Clique

“If u aren't going to blog for a little while - fatigue/holiday etc - tell your readers.” @britbeautyblog, British Beauty Blogger

“Blog what you like, when you like, how you like. Ignore people who say "Don't do this or that", we all have different styles” @Get_Lippie, Get Lippie

“One thing, blogging isn't a competition on how much you post or followers you get. do it cos it's what u love” @JessycaLouise, Forever Miss Vanity

“As Bloggers we must support one another, no matter how busy we are. Communication is key.” @LaCara91 Oh la la, Curves

“Blogging shouldn't consume you. It doesn't take a long post to make an impact. Quality over quantity. “ @LaCara91 Oh la la, Curves

“Even when you don't have time to blog. Try and make time to comment on other people's blogs. Show support, and you gain support”. @LaCara91 Oh la la, Curves

“I'll never blog just because I have to. It's a hobby - not something you have to do. Never feel pressured!” @lady_makeup Lady Makeup

“Make sure you have plenty of time to write. don't blog when tired/rushed..your writing will probably lack passion” @ntlieread Natalie’s loves. Beauty has no label

“Save time by being efficient-stay organized, don't waste time trying to find things, whether it's email, products, photos, etc”. @temptalia Temptalia

“Blogs are our babies. We improve while raising and watching them grow up, they find their friends and a place in the web”. @theannamontana Fernua Beauté

“#bbloggers: Summed up: Blog when you feel to blog. Schedule when you like to schedule and spend as much time as you like. Love your blog. :)” @theswatchaholic The Swatchaholic

“When it comes to blogging, don't feel like you have to a schedule - just blog when you feel inspired and have some free time” @ViviannaMakeup Vivianna does makeup


The top 10 contributors (or the most gobby ones depending the way you look at it ;)



@duckingfabulous, Ducking Fabulous,
@talei, Benebelle,
@Rikkchen, Sticky Sweet Danish,
@vodkaandroses, Vodka and Roses,
@Thelipgoss, The Lip Goss,
@MegOnaHunt, Bargainista on a hunt,
@Lisahh_Jayne, Lisahh Jayne,
@MuaCosmetics, Makeup Aacademy MUA,
@EmWampach, It’s Em,
@HippyMeow, Blood. Feathers. Lipstick,


Feeling a bit slow or not as productive as you would want to be? These tweets perked me up…


Blog, Have Fun, and Be Happy :)







I hope you enjoyed the chat and that it has not invaded your twitter timeline too much. This made me chuckle. I just had to include it :P

• I think #bbloggers should go on all night
• SHUTUP ABOUT #bbloggers
• Oh God #bbloggers chats really grind my gears - idk some people just take the internet waaay too seriously

Thank you for reading and happy blogging everyone
@tsunimee xx

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Blogging and Time Management: Join the #bbloggers twitter chat tonight

If you're anything like me, if you're lucky enough to have the whole day to get ready for a special occasion or  night out, you'll probably spend the whole day, doing just that: getting ready. To make things worse, you'll be  spending your time on pointless things in the process (re-organising mp3 collection, finding a lost earring which  you won't wear in the end etc) You won't mind doing spending all this time, because at the end of the day you  enjoy spending time on yourself. Was that good use of your precious leisure time though? Could you have achieved more? Are you satisfied with yourself?

When it comes to blogging {again, if you're anything like me} you'll spend an inordinate amount of time on one  post, because you enjoy it so much but then other areas of your life will suffer because of all that time spent  on blogging and all the tasks surrounding it (taking gazillions of photos, selecting them, researching articles  for that topic you write etc..) In the meantime, you'll have students with coursework to do, busy mums, all with  the same blogging hobby as you, juggling all their multiple commitments and writing just as much or if not more  posts than you, and getting this urge to post about a particular topic satisfied, while you'll be stressing out on how so much more you want to write but not getting it done.

How do they do it?
How do you keep a balance between your life and your blogging hobby?
Is blogging slowly taking over your life? Do you feel you make good use of your time when it comes to blogging?


If this is you, and feeling concerned that you might not be making good use of your time when you blog, Come, come and talk about it and join the #bbloggers twitter chat, tonight at 20.00 (8pm BST {GMT+1)
For its 6th week (how can it be 6 weeks already?) the topic of #bbloggers will be:


 Blogging and Time Management


Fee, from MakeupSavvy, creator of the #bbloggers Chat would usually be hosting the Sunday chat. This week  Fee won't be able to be on twitter properly to host the chat and asked me to step into her (high heel)  shoes, start the proceedings and cover for her. Eeek! I hope you will join the chat nevertheless.
The  ideal aim of the chat tonight would be to learn from others who are better at manage their life and their  blogging hobby, perhaps to gain a few tips and tricks maybe? Failing that, well it will always good to talk isn’t it? ^_^

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