Uncompleted tattoo...

As the USA bloggosphere seem to have recovered from the big excitement around the release of the Maybelline Creme Eyeshadow Colour Tattoo cream eyeshadow and that their tattoos might be gathering dust by now, the UK seems to be finally catching up.







There is only one ‘slight’ problem. Not only did we (or my Superdrug anyway) only get 3 shades out of the 10 available but the shades we have seem to be totally different. I am confused. Where is the gorgeous taupe and the sultry pomegranate? Are we really only getting 3 shades?


Is that it?






So it is a lot of sadness and disappointment that I am only able to show you swatches of the 3 colours I have found. I can confirm that these are incredibly long lasting on my hand, I have yet to purchase some and test how they fare on the eyelid and how much creasing they will generate.









Maybelline Color Tattoos are available in selected Superdrug stores and can be purchased at £4.99.     
*recedes in a corner and sulks*

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Lusting over Spring Offerings from Gosh

Gosh Cosmetics has decided to celebrate Spring with a bang and has released lots of funky new products. A new foundation primer (now cream instead of a yukkygreasy gel) a cute brow kit, lip marker pens, mono eyeshadows, limited editi0ns nail polishes, and last but not least a range of long lasting eyeliners. As if this was not good news enough, Gosh is on 3 for 2 at the moment, so there could not be a better time to pop down to your local Superdrug and sample/get some Gosh.


I am personally on a forced 'stop buying everything that you see' ban at moment and until further notice but that doesn't mean I can't lust and blog about it, right?

Feast your eyes on these new limited edition nail polishes. I absolutely love the design on the bottle and the colours of course. If money was not so tight at the moment, I would have definitely indulged and got home with 'groovy grey'. Misty Mauve is good idea, but I am wondering if it's just your average lilac, and if it's too clean and not greyish enough to tempt me. All these are priced at £4.99. They also released a matte top coat (Matt 604 - non photographed) but my Superdrug had none of them in stock.  


 

I wanted to show you quick swatches of the brand new mono shadows Gosh has released here. The colours seem to be a bit more pigmented than your average trio from Gosh but I am not too blown away. From what I gathered these shades just have boring numbers for names (from 001 to 008). My favourites are the lime green (001) the golden brown (003) and the golden peach (007)







And last but not least, and my favourite from all the gosh new releases, these new "Super long wear long lasting eyeliners" priced at £5.99. They feel a bit runny on application, but once they're on, they're on and they don't budge. The colours are great despite once again, very unimaginative names and the applicator nib makes the application like an easy walk in the park .

If you are a fan of the Gosh extreme art liner already, you'll definitely want to try those and you’ll probably like these better, precisely because of the great pointy nib, rather than the brush of the art liners.  (Man, how bad was the English of that sentence, I hope you understand what I mean) x






Some selected swatches for you:
From left to right: the green, turquoise, brown and grey, photographed in natural daylight.






I could have seen myself going home with these four amazing shades but if I had to pick just one, it would have been the turquoise, which a is a lovely mix of turquoise and hints of copper running through it. Here you see it in mid afternoon light, in the shade, without flash.





Any of these new products from Gosh tempt you? I am very curious to try the new cream face primer. I really really disliked their existing primer, it felt so greasy!


Where to buy: Superdrug
How much: eyeliner £5.99, nail polish £4.99, eyeshadow:?

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Papaya Smile, Neon Turquoise Nails & special feature :)

Early hours in the morning. I should be tired, sleepy and grumpy. Instead I am wearing a huge papaya smile (Mauritian expression to describe a large grin from ear to ear) and I can't take it off. Beautyuk Cosmetics asked me if I wanted to feature on their website as their blogger of the week. Yes please! :) If you want to see my little 'blogger spotlight' feature, and read about more me, click here.


And then, then, THEN, as I didn't feel special enough, Beautyuk chose my little blog to host a competition to win a fabulous massive bag  jam packed with with £50 worth of Beautyuk makeup. Now, a 10 eyeshadow palette costs £3.99, a nail polish costs £1.99 so you can imagine how much stuff you'll get. To know all about this competition/giveaway, and enter, click here. It ends on Saturday 5 March, so don’t hang around.


For now, I wanted to show you very quickly another little gem from BeautyUK. Meet Neon Turquoise nail polish. Hard to believe this is again just £2: application was a walk in the park and immaculate even coverage was achieved in 2 coats. Shimmery enough to add oomph, depth and dimension to the shade, but not too metalliccy to show brushstrokes. Perfect! Why spend more? Photos show 2 coats and no tidy up whatsoever.






 

Next, I fancy trying the little gift set called ‘Midnight Minx’. It costs £4.99 and contains 6 mini polishes. IF I get it, I’ll give one of you the ‘blue’ from it, as I already have it in a big version. Shall I get it? :)

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