MUA Nail Constellation Gemini NOTD

Today i bought a nail product instead of food with my lunch money*

Don't worry i still ate, though it was just some super noodles from the back of the communal cupboard at work rather than a nice sandwich from M&S.

Anyway, i digress, i was in Superdrug and they actually had the Nail Constellations in stock. I didn't waste any time and immediately picked one up and headed to the till. I did this so quickly i didn't actually register what colour I'd picked up until i got back to work.

I got Gemini

I've paired it here with The World is Not Enough from the James Bond Skyfall OPI collection (I'm having a bit of an affair with this shade at the moment). The micro shimmers actually match the combination of colours of the Constellation nicer than what the pictures show. 

 

Those shades I'm on about are light pink/champagne/pink/green. The little balls are actually a heck of a lot smaller than i thought they would be. Even since the first time i saw pictures of the Ciate version i just thought they'd be....bigger. Do you know what i mean?

I really love the finished effect this gave, and while i don't have hugely high hopes for this making it through a day at my work it is an interesting enough look for me to go to the effort of applying it

This stuff requires a either a sturdy surface and a piece of folded paper (what i used) or I've since seen a video of someone using a small bowl to catch the excess, genius. Putting them back in is relatively simple, just pop off the top (carefully!) and put it in upside down (as above pic) and it acts as a funnel.

Funnel is a funny word....funnel.....hee hee :-)

Whats your favourite funny word?

*I am an adult, its a budgeting thing!

The £1 Red Lip!

I thought i'd give a lippie post a try.

Its hard to take pics of your own mouth!!

Anyway, about a year ago i was decided while at work that i wanted to go for an impromptu night out.
Cue the hurried trip around primark and the dash around superdrug.
It was in the later that i picked up my first tube of this.

Imaginatively called 'Shade 1' the £1 price mark didn't fill me with confidence....how wrong was I?!

Excuse the awkward mouth shot. i struggled A LOT with it!

Its a lovely tomato red but not too orangey so it does a decent job at making my teeth look a bit whiter which is always nice.

This is it just applied from the tube. As with all Reds a lip-liner might be a good shout if you like keeping it prim and proper. I quite like it getting a little smudgey and worn looking, but each to their own ;-)

What's your most bargain-tastic makeup find?