NOTD: Ciate - Mine's A Mocha

Ciate - Mine's A Mocha

(Rimmel Base Coat, Three Coats of Mine's A Mocha, Sally Hansen Mega Shine Top Coat)

This polish chips on me so badly! I only did it last night and it already looks pretty bad. Grr. I needed three coats to get rid of the streaky-ness too. I love the colour, though, so I stick with it! It's a bit autumnal but so is the weather at the moment! I can see myself wearing this a lot unless I manage to find a similar shade from another brand.

Any suggestions?

Stace xx

NOTD: Ciate - Wait Until Dark

Ciate - Wait Until Dark

(Rimmel Base Coat, Two Coats of Wait Until Dark, Sally Hansen Mega Shine Top Coat)

This was my freebie with Marie Claire. I chose this shade as I don't really have a dark purple but I was unsure if I'd like it due to it having shimmer in it. It applies easily and is opaque after a couple of coats. I've had it on for two days now and not found any chipping. I'm quite impressed with this and I like the colour a lot more than I expected! This will be a great winter polish for me.

Did you pick up one of the free polishes with Marie Claire? Which shade did you go for?

Stace xx

Beauty Buying Ban - Day 11 - This Is NOT A Haul!

Okay, well it sort of is but I don't think I'm breaking my buying ban so here goes...

I placed an order on Superdrug for the MUA Professional Heaven & Earth Palette. It arrived at the end of last week. Delivery was super speedy and it was free! Although I think the free delivery on all orders promotion ended on the 8th, unfortunately. I've got a comparison between this and the Urban Decay Naked Palette coming up. It was £4.




I went home for a few days and my granny, who always has a lot of Avon in the house, gave me a lovely bubble bath. The scent is White Lily so it's a nice, clean floral scent. I'm looking forward to using this as my current bubble bath has almost run out and I didn't want to be without bubble bath for the whole month!




I picked up Marie Claire because I'm a bit of a magazine addict. I hope this doesn't break my beauty buying ban but I don't think it does as the products I got were technically freebies. The first freebie is a 50ml tube of Dove Express Treatment Conditioner. The second is a Ciate Paint Pot polish in Wait Until Dark. Watch out for a NOTD post with this very soon! The magazine is £3.60 and the freebies are supposedly worth £18.




I picked up a few items from a blog sale before the beginning of my buying ban. First up is an Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Shadow Pencil in Rehab. I love this! I had tried Midnight Cowboy and found it too glittery but this one is excellent! Secondly, I picked up a Models Own polish in Fuzzy Peach. I've already done a NOTD for this one and whilst I initially wasn't overly impressed, I did grow to like it a bit more once I'd worn it for a few days.




I'm waiting on a few swap parcels too so this buying ban is going well so far! There are a few essentials that I'm running out of (nail polish top coat!) but I'm going to try really hard to make them last until the end of the month to avoid having to go into Boots or Superdrug!

Have I broken the rules? Let me know what you think!

Stace xx