April Favourites| 2015

It's that time again, here's a mixed bag of things I've really being giving a lot of love to this month!

Mac Studio Sculpt Foundation
Irecently purchased a new bottle of this and fell back in love, I hadn't really used it for a few weeks and I'm now back on board with it! It's so glowy, light weight and build-able. This is my most moisturising foundation I own so for anyone with de-hydrated/dry skin will probably like this.

Kiko Long Lasting Eye Shadow Stick Shade 25
I only got this at the end of March and I've used it so much!This is a metallic light Taupe, that once on, doesn't budge. I think this colour could work for anyone, alone or as a base. I've been using this under powder shadows as it keeps them on for hours which for me is completely unheard on!

Clippers Apple and Elderflower Tea
I'm a huge tea drinker. but as I'm on a mission to get healthy I'm cutting out unnecessary sugar and dairy (although I don't use sugar...) I also hate caffeine, sends me very panicky so I've been replacing most cups of regular tea with this and good lord it's delicious! I just have this as is, and leave to brew for ages, sometimes add a tiny bit of honey if I'm having a real sweet craving.

Essie 'Go Ginza'
I've had this on my nails nearly every weekend now, as the weather in the UK has heated up, this is just perfect. It's a really gorgeous pale lilac (but described as pink) this is really opaque so 2 coats is enough and extenuates a tan (fake in my case) fantastically. I know this is going to be great throughout Spring and Summer.

Daredevil
Taking a sharp left turn here from nails to Marvel TV shows! This is new to Netflix, it's Marvel, it's amazing. I think there's only 12 or 13 episodes on Season 1, so I'm really taking my time watching this as it's just too good. 100% worth a watch!


Catfish and the Bottlemen
Do I need to say anything about this? Just an amazing band, so unique and relatable. I love putting their Album 'The Balcony' on, on my drive home from work and singing my little heart out to it. Favourite song at the moment is Homesick!

Flexiglaze: Does this Work?

I'm that person who's nails chip after 20 minutes of being painted... I'm on an ever lasting search for a nail polish/ base coat/ top coat that will magically not chip after a day (without having Shellac, I don't want to ruin my nails!) 
Flexiglaze is a base coat that 'Stop Splits, Prevent Peeling, Forget Flaking Forever, lasts up to 2 weeks once applied' In theory that's great! I was given a lovely blogger sample of this so was excited when this arrived in the post to test it out. 

I'll be honest I was expecting miracles here, but was sadly disappointed... here's why:
This is basically nail glue, it has the nail glue scent and texture, leaves your hands a mess if you get it on skin (me). I applied this as instructed: 1 coat, let it dry, which by the way took forever, then apply another 1-2 coats. I did 2 coats, being impatient, then buffed this down once it was completely dried. I left this about an hour before applying colour, which applied fine on top of this, and dried at usual speed, i then left this for another 20 minutes and applied my Seche Vite top coat. So a good hour/two hours later I had painted nails! 

Credit where it's due, this did make my nails feel really hard, they didn't split or break once when using this which is a great bonus, but probably says more about my nails that this product to be fair! 
The thing this didn't do well was stop the polish chipping for two weeks, there was a noticeable difference in the time my polish stayed in tact, not chipping for at least 3 days even though I type/ wash my hands a lot. 

This product to me, just promises too much; yes it does strengthen the nail and stop it from breaking but doesn't have a great lasting power to keep a polish on... maybe this is just personal to me but I wasn't blown away by this- as much as I was hoping this would be amazing- it simply wasn't. My hunt for longer lasting nail varnish continues! 

You can get Flexiglaze from here: http://flexiglaze.co.uk/


Any recommendation for my weak/chip prone nails?

M x