Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

Today I've got this weeks arrivals to show you.

Color4Nails recently stocked some of the Limited Edition Polish Con polishes and I picked three up.

I also had some Rainbow Connection UK mail this week.

From Left to Right is Ever After 'Fall in Love', Top Shelf Lacquer 'Hot Toddy', Different Dimension 'Whatchu Talkin' Bout Willis', ILNP 'Alexander' & Picture Polish 'Gala' & 'Rose'.

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday - Femme Fatale Cosmetics Super Haul & Color4Nails Goodies

Hello!

It is tipping it down with rain today in the UK so I hope wherever you are is more sunny. It's the first day of our summer today as well! Standard! I was worried I'd not be able to take my photos today thanks to the dullness but I managed to gather some light from my window.

Today I've got my super haul from Femme Fatale cosmetics to show you. First up I have the new 'There and Back Again' collection which is themed on The Hobbit. I think this collection looks absolutely stunning as a set with the mix of colours and finishes. A creative masterpiece!

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Elvenking', 'Heart of the Mountain', 'Lonely Mountain', 'My Precious', 'The Last Great Fire-Drake', 'The Necromancer', 'Thief in the Shadows' and 'Wandering Wizard'.

I also got a few other polishes with these.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics June COTM 'Land of Treats', Emily de Molly 'Gold Light of Day (A Femme Fatale Cosmetics Store Exclusive) & Contrary Polish 'Somebody Loved'.

I also had my much anticipated Nail Mail from Color4Nails this week containing some Limited Edition Emily de Molly's. Especially 'LE 32' which I'm currently wearing, blog post for this beauty will be up soon!

From Left to Right is Emily de Molly 'LE25' & 'LE32 (which is a burgundy to orange thermal)'.

I also picked up some more of my cuticle oil which is a Color4Nails own brand oil in the scent Coconut & Kiwi which is my favourite of the many they do. I really love the brush application of this, so convenient and easy to use and it lasts for ages! Got to keep those cuticles moisturised!

I had a major delve into the Femme Fatale Cosmetics Eye shadow range with my Femme Fatale order this month! There was a new release and also a re-release of some discontinued shades with a new version 2 formula to improve application. I also got a couple of the Cauldron of Mysteries Eye shadows that are LE releases.

From Left to Right, Top to Bottom is Arcanomicon, Deepmoss, Estranged Sea Lion (LE Cauldron of Mysteries), Faerie Fire, Inscribe, Mystic Conjurer, Peebles, Phantasm, Prismo, Rampage, Six Days of Storms (LE Cauldron of Mysteries), The Scarecrow, Time Lost, Watery Grave & Zodiacal Light.

Femme Fatale also stock Detrivore Cosmetics and I picked up a couple of eye shadows to try.

From Left to Right is 'Midnight' & 'Vaermina'

Femme Fatale Cosmetics also released a new Eye shadow collection this month called the Faraway Collection based on the children's story The Faraway Tree written by Enid Blyton. I used to watch the TV show of this as a child and I loved it so I was really excited to see what Sophie came up with. The 20 piece collection is like a Rainbow for your eyes! I brought the sampler pack and it came with a couple of extra samples from the Cauldron of Mysteries as well! The COTM polish above was also linked to this collection. I know there's some of these I'll need more of! 

Sophie's gorgeous pictures!

I also purchased some more of the Femme Fatale Cosmetics Shadow Magic Primer as it really does help your eye shadow last all day and using it everyday I needed a top up!

This is now my Femme Fatale eye shadow collection! I'm going to need a bigger box!

Phew! That was a big Haul! What do you think of all these? Any questions or favourites? Let me know in the comments. Let me know if there is anything you'd like to see a full mani of on the blog.

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday featuring my Femme Fatale Cosmetics Haul including The Afterlight Gala Collection

Hello!

I have such a host of beautiful goodies to show you today!

This week I received a small nail mail from Color4nails.

From left to right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Her Imperial Majesty' and I also brought two back up bottles 'Hundred Years Winter' and 'Enchanted Desire'. Aren't they all gorgeous!

My highly anticipated haul from Femme Fatale Cosmetics also arrived this week. Including the new Afterlight Gala Collection along with some Emily de Molly's AND I branched out into some Femme Fatale Cosmetics Eye shadows. Yes Sophie also creates Eye Shadows as well as polish and they are just as stunning. It was like Christmas come early!!!!

From Left to Right is Emily de Molly 'Future Royal?', 'Major Themes', 'Crown of Dahlias' (A Femme Fatale Cosmetics Store Exclusive), 'Circlet of Ice' (Another Femme Fatale Cosmetics Store Exclusive, this also has a gorgeous pink/red glow that I didn't capture here), 'Empty Journals', 'Showdown' and my third back up bottle of 'I'm B-lind' (because two bottles was not enough!)

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Lace Masquerade (Thermal)' , 'Whispers of Velvet (Thermal)', 'Sunrise Funfair', 'Maze of Mirrors', 'Fields of' Treasure', 'Crown of Ribbons', 'Lantern Lights', 'Dripped in Diamonds', 'A Fortune Teller's Charm (Thermal)', Glass Carousel' and the COTM 'Stargazing on Saturn'.

This collection is B-E-A-UTIFUL! I'm pretty sure now the Sophie practises Magic! I can't wait to start wearing these and show off some proper swatches!! Currently wearing 'Whispers of Velvet' so that's up first! These are stunning.

I've perused the Femme Fatale Eye shadows for a while now and finally took the plunge this month. They are gorgeous!

I invested in the Femme Fatale Eye Shadow primer 'Shadow Magic'. It's a white/clear soft waxy consistency and goes on seamlessly. I've had really good wear with it so far. Well worth a purchase if you're thinking of getting some of the beautiful Eye shadows as they are loose powder.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics stocks many indie brand Eye shadows and I brought a couple of the Shiro Cosmetics shades in 'Doge' (How ridiculously cute is the picture!!) I love Doges! and 'I tried'.

'Doge' is a champagne peach shimmer and 'I tried' is a gorgeous rose gold shimmer. I wore 'Doge' the other day and it's beautiful and paired with the primer it lasted all day. 

These photos are from the Femme Fatale Website, The swatches are much better than I could do!!

Femme Fatale Cosmetics also have their own brand of Eye shadow. I brought the mini versions and they come with a sifter.

These photos are from the Femme Fatale Website and are macros of the above shadows

From Top to Bottom, Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Ruins of Stardust', 'Divinity', Bone Dust', 'Royal Tarts', 'COTM Searching for Gaea' and 'Seven Lost Lords'.

So Far I've tried  'Ruins of Stardust', 'COTM Searching for Gaea' and 'Seven Lost Lords' and they were all wonderful. Really easy to apply and soooooo pretty and the shimmer is gorgeous and really makes them stand out from my drugstore pallets!

Phew! Isn't it all just amazing! I'm becoming quite the Femme Fatale Cosmetics Fan Girl!

Femme Fatale Cosmetics next pre-sale is for their Enchanted Fables Collection of 23 gorgeous polishes! Next months Nail Mail here I come!

Anything you'd like to see a full mani of? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday featuring lots of Femme Fatale Cosmetics

Hello!

Today I've got lots of Nail Mail to show you!

My beautiful Femme Fatale Cosmetics Hella Holo Customs finally arrived this week. Well worth the wait! These were only available through the Hella Holo Customs Facebook Group which works with lots of polish brands to create gorgeous unique holo polishes every month.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics, 'Unicorn Treasure Trove', 'Cry of the Red Sky' and 'Iridial'

I also had some Rainbow Connection UK nail mail. More Femme Fatales!

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics, 'Sunspring', 'Brain Link' and 'Wine and Dandy' (a Rainbow Connection UK Exclusive), Apologies for the picture quality my camera hated these :( the bottle shots are much better at showing off the true beauty!

My Color4Nails order also arrived this week. Color4Nails are based in the US but ship worldwide with amazing shipping rates!

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Morning Glory' and 'Brain Freeze' (an Oops Shade from Nov'15) and Cupcake Polish 'Blood Hound', 'Bitter Almonds' and 'Unrequited Love' (The last two are an exclusive duo to C4N)

These are my first Cupcake Polishes and they don't disappoint! I'm really excited to do a full mani with these beauties soon! I also picked up a C4N cuticle oil in my order. If your looking for a cuticle oil C4N is brilliant and they have lots of lovely scents!

My Beauty So Fly order from a group buy also arrived this week! Beauty So Fly are a stockist based in Singapore but ship internationally. 

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Sideshow Sparkler', 'Glass Carnival', 'Solar Storm', 'Haunting Spectre' and 'Dreamscape'. All but 'Haunting Spectre' are Beauty So Fly Exclusives!

As you can see I had a great week of Nail Mail! Femme Fatale continue to produce one beautiful polish after the next. Their new After Light Gala Collection is releasing at midnight tonight GMT. I'll be poised at the ready for that!

Let me know in the comments if there are any full polish manis you'd really like to see out of these beauties!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Fancy Gloss 'Feeling Vampy'

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Today I have Fancy Gloss 'Feeling Vampy' to show you. Fancy Gloss is a US indie polish created by the lovely Jackie. She creates the most beautiful thermals and one coat holos.

All the pictures are indoor lighting with flash.

'Feeling Vampy' In Transition State

'Feeling Vampy' is a dark grey to maroon red thermal with holo. I love this colour combo so much. I used three easy coats and added HK Girl top coat for added gloss.

'Feeling Vampy' In Cold State

I paired it with Femme Fatale 'Ouija' on my accent nail. This was two coats. So sparkly!

'Feeling Vampy' In Warm State

I really enjoy thermals. They always look different and this is a gorgeous colour combo for the transitions, the grey/maroon colour mix you get is so pretty.

'Feeling Vampy' In Transition State

You can find Fancy Gloss here. There's a big restock coming in December so look out for that!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Fatal Attraction' & 'Ouija'

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This post is very picture heavy and late! I have been waiting for the sun to shine for some sun shots of this gorgeous mani but the British weather isn't having any of it.

Natural Light

For this mani I used Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Fatal Attraction' & 'Ouija'.

'Fatal Attraction' is from the Valentines 2013 collection. Though I recently brought it from Rainbow Connection UK and it's still available from many stockists in the lovely new Femme Fatale bottle.

'Ouija' is a Color4Nails exclusive. Color4Nails is based in the US and stocks lots of amazing indie polishes. Another of my go to shops for pretties!

'Fatal Attraction' is the perfect burgundy jelly with microglitter throughout. It sparkles like rubies on your nails and is just amazing! Because it's a jelly it was quite sheer so I needed four thin coats for full opacity. I think I could have got away with three. Each coat adds so much depth to the polish. It dries fairly fast so four coats wasn't too much effort. And totally worth it!

Indoor Lighting with Flash

'Ouija' is a dark metallic grey polish with silver glitter hex and microglitter. I only needed two coats and it dries fast. It's like the night sky on your nails, it's so beautiful.

Indoor Lighting with Flash

I topped it all off with HK Girl.

I love it so much I went a bit photo mad. Enjoy!

Indoor Lighting with Flash

Natural Light

Indoor Lighting with Flash

Natural Light

Indoor Lighting with Flash

Natural Light

Indoor Lighting with Flash

Can you tell I'm a bit obsessed with these!!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx