Review: Models Own Lip Balm

Took a quick trip to Boots today to pick up a few essentials, and as usual I found myself by the make-up counters, looking at some highly non-essential products!

Anyway, I took advantage of the 2 for £8 offer to buy a Models Own lip balm:

This is actually more of a lip tint than a balm (it's halfway between a lipstick and a lip gloss: not as pigmented as the former and not as shiny as the latter). They have a gorgeous coral shade called Tangerine, but I went for the darkest pink, Blackberry:

This is fairly close to my natural lip colour, but it gives my lips a very subtle "just-bitten" pinky-purple sheen. Although it looks really scary in the pot, the colour is buildable – I've swatched it on my hand so you can see:

I really like the texture of this, and my lips feel really moisturised! This could very well turn into a Can't Live Without product in the next few days ...

xxx

Brands We Love: Models Own Sale!

If any of you have been following our blog you may have noticed that we're quite big fans on the cosmetics brand MODELS OWN.

Some of you may also have heard about their attempt to reach 10000 fans on facebook and in return will have a massive 50% off sale if the target is reached by the end of the month!
 I'd love to be able to get models own at half price! (Apparently they're releasing nail art pens soon!?!?)

Anyway, you can join them on facebook here...http://facebook.com/modelsown

Lots of Love, Millie

NOTD: Rimmel Apricot Punch

Heya! Now I know I do far too many NOTD posts (& you probably hate them all!) but I had to share this with you. This is no ordinary nail varnish. No. This nail varnish SMELLS like Apricots when it's dry. Mindblowing.

So here it is. 

I put it on over a models own base coat on all but one finger to see whether using a base coat affected the smell, but it didn't so all is good!

How have your friday the 13th's been? Hopefully nothing too traumatic! Mines been pretty good! (more about that tomorrow!)

Night night! I'm off to bed sniff my nails.

Millie xxx

NOTD: Topshop Cloud

Quick NOTD post! I painted my nails with Cloud which is part of the range of Topshop nail varnishes! I love this colour. it's a kind of dusty grey/blue! Although at £5 and the same price as Models Own varnishes, you only get just under half the amount and The brush isn't quite as nice at the MO brushes! However I do love this colour and I only needed one coat to get the coverage in the pictures below! Very impressive!

Base Coat - Models Own
Cloud by Topshop

Plus the bottle is really cute! Have you tried any topshop nail varnishes? What do you think? I'd definately buy again just because they come in such lovely colours on trend colours!

Lots of Love, Millie xxx

P.s. Just seen the post Sanchia did below! Very similar colours! Which do you prefer? Clearly great minds think alike when it comes to what colour to paint ones nails! xx

A busy afternoon.

Heya!

Had a very busy afternoon today! My little sister and I were in charge on dinner so we cooked about 10 different tapas style dishes (although we ended up with rather massive portions). There was easily enough to feed 8 people so there are quite a few leftover (there are only 4 of us in my family!) We all felt so fat afterwards we decided to go for a bike ride (to the pub!) So here's what I wore...

Playsuit - Miss Selfridge
Belt - Vintage from Urban Outfitters
Cardigan - Topshop

I did have a very brief chance to paint my nails so I did a quick leopard print!

Green - Sparkle & Fade (UO)
Lilac Dream - Models Own
Collection 2000 liquid eyeliner
3-in-one top/base/gloss - Models Own

Been trying out some different make-up looks from the Vogue make-upbook in an attempt to be actually able to do make-up! I think I'm getting better. Will be a long time till I have the skills of Sanchia! (check out the amazing smokey eye below!) 

That's all for now! I'm going to try and have an early night. Just looked through my diary and the last time I got to bed before 11.30pm was nearly a month ago! I need my sleep!

Lots of Love, Millie xxx

NOTD: Silverfinger

A quick NOTD.

Models Own Lilac Dream

Models Own 3 in 1 Base Coat/Top Coat/Gloss

Ring Finger: Nails Inc Queensgate

Got this new Models Own 3 in 1 nail varnish today. Really like it! Definately makes my nail varnish shinier and more durable!

It's difficult to see in the picture but Nails Inc Queensgate is literally a bottle of glitter - It's much sparklier in reality then it looks in the picture!

Love Millie xxx

NOTD: I Heart You

by Sanchia

If you've been following my posts then you'll already have spotted today's NOTD in my most recent Can't Live Without review. I decided to take another stab at the design today because my first effort was pretty bad!

Snow White (£5) and Red Alert (£5), both by Models Own

Once I'd done the red base coat, I cut the heart shape out of a piece of paper, stuck my paper "stencil" to my nail with tape, painted over the heart-shaped gap with the white varnish, and then left it to dry before removing the paper. (If you get any residual paper stuck to the nail, it should come off after you've washed your hands.)

I had to do a slightly smaller version for my little finger, and a bigger one for my thumb, but I'm really getting into this stencil thing! It makes it practically impossible to mess up my right hand.

Remember, you can leave a comment below, e-mail me (see the sidebar for the address), or tweet me @wakeorsleep if you want to get in touch!

Love Sanchia xxx

NOTD: Die!

by Sanchia

Hey fashionistas! Just dropping in with today's Nail of The Day post ...

My friend Emily had a games-themed party for her 18th, so I went as a die – I even made a ring out of dice! I absolutely LOVE fancy dress parties because I'm a massive geek, so I get really into deciding what to go as and designing the costume ... right down to the nails, of course:

#129 (black) by Stargazer, Black Taxi by Nails Inc, Snow White by Models Own

(Sorry about the rubbish photo! It was taken the morning after and I was definitely the worse for wear, to which Millie can testify!)

Models Own is definitely the polish of choice for fine detail; it's slightly runnier than other makes so it's easy to manipulate and correct if you go wrong. Out of the two blacks, I definitely would recommend the Nails Inc version. I started off with the Stargazer but got so irritated with the bad consistency and uneven coverage that I had to borrow Millie's Nails Inc black to finish off!

Remember that you can contact us via our email in the sidebar, by commenting on this post or by tweeting me @wakeorsleep. :)

Love Sanchia xxx

NOTD: Lilac Dream

Quick Nail of the day post. Todays nail is Lilac Dream by Models Own. I bought this colour a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it. Such a summery colour and fits right in with the ice cream/pastel nails trend! Leona Lewis is apparently going to be wearing it in her next music video she loves it so much! I went for white polka dots on my thumb nail too!

(apologies for the claw hand!!!)

Love Millie xxx

Nail It.

By Millie xx

I'm a tiny bit of a nail varnish fiend. And now the summer holidays have arrived I've had plenty of time to mess around with my nail varnishes. So I thought I'd show you some of my very amateur creations! I was inspired by some of Gemfatales nail art tips and also LaurenLovesShops nail art competition which I'm trying to create an entry for!

So first attempt at Strawberry nails! (They were a day old at this point so a little worse for wear!)

(Nails Inc Mayfair Mews, Sparkle & Fade Mint Green and Collection 2000 Sherbet Lemon)
(Tip: I used the plastic bits at the end of a straightened hair slide to do the dots)

Then at the beach I had a go at tribal and pop art!

Tribal: Barry M Pink Flamingo and Natural Collection tip whitener Pop-art: Models Own Lilac Dream (& white as before) - I did the black with my liquid eyeliner!

A little rough round the edges but my nail varnishes had gone a bit sticky as it was so hot! Done on the beach too so the odd bit of sand mixed in!

Then finally for my school leavers ball, I went for gold! I love that we can now get Models Own in Norwich, such lovely nail varnishes. Would definately recommend! I also put a little black tribal print on one nail to liven it up a bit! The other hand is Sanchias who went for black with green and gold dots!

Gold Digger by Models Own

Have you tried out any nail art? I really want to get some nail art pens so I can experiment a bit more! Any recommendations?

lots of love,

Millie xxx