Florida Haul: Part 1- Nail Polish

Well hello there! It's been quite some time since I did my last proper post, but I'm back!

It is no secret that I am a nail polish junkie/hoarder so how could I resist with Americas cheap prices when I was in Florida?
As a little disclaimer I did buy everything myself with my own money I eared while working over Christmas except the O.P.I nail polishes which were a gift from my granny :)
Anyway we are just going to get right to it because I have 14 nail polishes to show you! That's like one for every day of my holiday, woops.

 Showing the most boring one first, I got Seche Vite and oh I'm so in love, I don't know how I've lived so long without it, It truly works Miracles! I got this at Publix and i think I paid around $8 for it.

This is the colour Fearless from Revlon, It's a beautiful red that i got from Walmart for only $3.97!!!! How is that fair?! they are £6.99 in boots!!

So being the price that they were I couldn't just get one, I also got this orange which is "Siren" and I love it, I'm loving the brights!

This maybelline colour show nail polish I got at Walmart again for $2.99, the colour is "Iced Queen" and is a beautiful cool toned purple, soo pretty!

Now Sally Hanson is a brand we do get in the UK but only a select few products and they are all more nail care. So when i saw the range of colours I had to get a couple! This is "Mellow Yellow", a bright lemon colour and i love it but haven't worn it yet! It was $2.49 from Target

This nail polish excites me, It's holographic so why wouldn't it? I LOVE the look of this however I'm not sure how much I'll wear it but I think it'd look super cool over Silver Nail Polish. This is called " In The Spotlight" - $2.48 from Walmart

This is such an exciting colour, It's like neon although it doesn't come across so bright on camera but boy I was surprised when i put this on my nails! I got this for $4.99 ! from Publix and it is China Glaze "Turned up Turquoise" I love it although it has a strange finish, It's got a slight shimmer/sheen but when it dries its like sort of matte, can you have matte with sheen? but I just put a top coat on and it was super glossy and gorgeous!

 Now it's time to take a moment and fall in love with this china glaze polish called Fairy Dust, it is holographic again and is a really finely milled glitter polish that just adds a beautiful sparkle to any nail polish, It was love at first sight! I got this again for $4.99 from Publix

Onto Essie, I FINALLY got my hands on Bikini So Teeny and it just the most perfect pastel blue, It's so pretty! It has a slight shimmer in it as well but the most perfect combination is this with Fairy Dust on top of it, Honestly you will never want to take it off! I got this at Walmart I think for $7.75

Then I got Essie's Lilacism, which as you probably can see and from the name is a beautiful lilac, It's so lovely and pastel and perfect! I think I got this at Walmart too for $7.75

The last Essie Polish I picked up is "Penny Talk" a metallic like bronzy rose gold. I Seriously wore this on my toes for like the entire holiday, It's so pretty and you can get away doing only one coat! BONUS. I got this one at Target for $7.79

O.P.I time! This B-E-A-U-tiful colour is "Yoga-ta Get This Blue" Omg this is my fav blue nail polish ever! It's like the blue version of "Tomorrow Never Dies" which is my fav nail polish of all time basically. Its just so gorgeous. All the O.P.I nail polishes were $8.50 from the Duty Free at Sandford Airport

 Heres it on my nails, how gorgeous?!

This bright pink is called "Pompeii Purple" It really doesn't photgraph well but it's a bright like fushia pink with purpley/blue duochrome, It's gorgeous however! If this is your kinda thing I think it is very very similar to the Maybelline Color Show polish in "Speeding Light" (comparison is on my instagram @lifesglitters)But that is a much cheaper alternative

Lastly there is " I think in Pink" Which is kind of like a Candyfloss Pink, Its lovely anyhow and very opaque!

That was all the polishes! I know I have a problem but oh well, I love all the polishes I got and I'm so happy with them!
I Will have part 2 Florida haul up in the next couple of days as well.

Hope you're having a fantastic day!

Urban Decay Eye Shadow Collection + Swatches!

Well Hello there!

I Love Urban Decay eye shadow, like a lot. I started buying these palettes about 2 years ago. When you break down the price to each eye shadow buying a palette is a really good deal, but spending £25 or more on eye shadow at once is a lot. I do use them all the time though, pretty much every day I wear makeup. They are extremely good quality and the pigmentation is amazing.

Before we get into the palettes I just want to clarify that I bought most of these myself with my own money that I earned. The ones I didn't buy were given to me as birthday presents.

"Sustainable Shadow Box" - £25

top row-YDK, Flipside, Grifter, Uzi, Twice Baked

bottom row- Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, Flash, Oil Slick, Kiddie Pool, Half Baked

As you can see the colours are very pigmented and shimmery. So if you are a matt shadow lover then this palette is probably not for you.

The colours Grifter, Uzi, Midnight Cowboy Rides Again and Oil Slick all have the chunky glitter that urban decay is famous for. I definitely would say they are harder to work with but it's not impossible. You just have to be extra careful because they do cause a lot of fall out.

My favourite colours from of this palette are Flash, Midnight Cowboy Rides Again and Half Baked

"The Fun Palette" - £25 

top row: Woodstock, Baked, Uzi

bottom row: Sin, Flipside, Psychedelic Sister

The pigmentation is just incredible in these eye shadows, in almost every Urban Decay eye shadow for that matter!
This palette is perfect because I love playing around with coloured eye shadow.
The only eye shadow in this palette with the chunky glitter I mentioned before is Uzi.
I love all the colours in this palette but the 2 i wear the most are Sin and Phsychedelic Sister

"The Book of Shadows IV" - £46

2 of my best friends clubbed together and got this palette for me for my 16th Birthday. 

I love it so much so thank you amigas!

1st row- Blue Bus, Gunmetal, Cobra, Baked

2nd row- Bender, Gravity, Lost, Hijack

3rd row- Midnight Cowgirl, Sin, Midnight Rodeo, Crystal

4th row- Bust, Missionary, Skimp, Zephyr

The colour selection is truly fantastic in this palette it also came with a mini mascara and the 24/7 liquid eyeliner which is my favourite liquid eyeliner and mini primer potion.

My favourite colours from these are Midnight Cowgirl, I also love cobra, its got gorgeous flecks of gold in it, Gravity is another lovely purple and Zephyr is just the most beautiful white.

There is one colour in this palette that I am really disappointed with and it is Crystal. It looks like this gorgeous crystal blue but the pigmentation is absolutely terrible! On the swatch I had to  rub my finger in it for ages! I'm mostly disappointed because it's unlike Urban Decay to have a non-pigmented eye shadow.

Apart from that this palette is amazing

"25th Anniversary Palette" £35 (I Think)

1st column: Midnight Rodeo, Midnight 15, Vanilla, Flow, Chase

2nd Column: Tainted, Junkshow, Omen, Evidence, Deep End

3rd Column: Deeper. M.I.A, Ace, Blackout, Half Truth

I adore this palette. It's great if you're going away on holiday or just for a night because the colour selection is great. It has the perfect balance between coloured shadows and neutral.

Only one colour in this palette has that chunky glitter which is Midnight Rodeo

My most used from this are : Flow, Chase, Omen, Deep End, and Half Truth 

I couldn't pick favourites for this, they are all just too amazing!

 "The Naked Palette" £36 

I Paid £27 that was with 10% off (They have put the price of this up since I got it!)

left-right: Virgin, Sin, Naked, Sidecar, Buck, Half Baked, Smog, Darkhorse, Toasted, Hustle, Creep, Gunmetal

One of the most hyped up products ever but i definitely think it is worth it. I totally love this palette. You can create practically any look with it. The colours are super pigmented even though my camera isn't picking it up as much as I hoped.

My favourites are Sin, naked, bucked, half baked, toasted and hustle. Although I think creep is a great black too. It has fine flecks of glitter through it which makes it so pretty!

" The Naked 2 Palette" - £36

I got this one as a present from another friend for my 17th birthday, Thank You Friend! 

left-right: Foxy, Half baked, Booty Call, Chopper, Tease, Snakebite, Suspect, Pistol, Verve, YDK, Busted, Blackout

( you can't actually really see Foxy although it is there but it really is almost the exact colour of my skin)

This is my favourite palette right now and has been since I got it. I just love it to pieces!

I'm not even going to list favourites because I love them all!

The 2 Naked Palettes are my go to for eye shadow, I can't express my love for them to you in words!

So that's all of my urban decay eye shadow, i love them! They are pricey  but i haven't bought any since january 2012 because I am very content with what I have although I'm really eyeing up the Naked Basics palette.. 

I have spent a lot of money on these but I don't even regret it a little because I love them all and wear them all so much so they were definitely worth the money for me. Now I don't tend to buy any eye shadow at all because I have practically all the colours I could ever want.

To conclude this little collection post, I totally recommend all urban decay products, i haven't come across any I don't like (apart from crystal eyeshadow, excuse me while I go cry)

What are your thoughts on Urban Decay? Have you got any of there make up? Anything you recommend?

(All palettes were bought from debenhams)