Tuesday 31 July 2012

Penne al pollo de la cassa

One of my fav places to eat when I am shopping in Exeter is a pizza/pasta place called Ask. I always order the same pasta dish each time I go; penne al pollo de la cassa.



It is penne pasta with chicken and mushrooms in a creamy white wine sauce, it also comes with a side salad.

Mum had the same as me and we also shared a garlic bread:


I had a voucher for any two main meals for £12 which was fantastic as usually one pasta dish costs at least £9/£10. I think the whole meal came to around the £22 mark.

When you go out for supper do you try and find meal vouchers?

Friday 27 July 2012

Jolly Holly Rainbow

With all the bright polishes around at the moment I was craving a darker vampy colour, two coats of China Glaze Jolly Holly with one coat of Rainbow by Gosh.


The flakies became copper in colour over the dark green, I tend to prefer this Gosh polish over darker colours, I find the effect is more obvious.

I am still on the look out for Finger Paint flakies, I keep checking ebay....

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Lush makeup - Emotional Brilliance

I went into Exeter's branch of Lush to pick up a fresh face mask when I got cornered by one of the overly happy sales assistants.

He told me all about Emotional Brilliance, Lush's new makeup line.



I got this badge for completing the challange...

The SA showed me a turn table of coloured dots, he asked me to pick the three colours I was drawn towards. I picked a baby blue, bright orange and purple, which according to the chart meant my emotions for the day were Calm, Vibrance and Feeling Secure.

The products they have are liquid eyeliner/shadows and liquid lip colour (which cost £14.50)



The SA said this range was two years in the making, even though I didn't buy anything I do quite like the concept behind it. Some of the eye liners had fantastic shimmer to them.

Has anyone bought anything from this range? On their website you can have a colour reading, follow the steps. Click here

Monday 23 July 2012

Dotting Away

I haven't been blogging much recently, I am trying to get settled into my new role at work (same company, new role!) I finally have a week off (first week off since before Christmas) so I will be catching up on blogging.




My nails have not been in the best condition lately, hence why they are so short, but I am trying to get back into a routine with them now and start looking after them properly again.

Here I used Punki Pink by Nina Ultra Pro, one of my fav neon pinks with Models Own in Lilac Dream and a medium sized dotting tool.

The sun has finally come out in Devon, so I shall be taking advantage on my week off and catching up on sunbathing on the beach.

I also hope to get back into a routine with blogging :-)

Sunday 15 July 2012

"I'm not a handbag, I'm a glambag."

Mum booked me in for a Hopi ear candle treatment with a face, neck and shoulder massage yesterday.

After drinking a few glasses of water and waking up (I always feel a  bit drowsy after a massage) we went shopping. Lots of shops had summer sales on so I picked up a couple of bits.

One thing I love about the sales is finding something you were going to buy for full price. This happened to me in Next. I got this handbag.


This bag was originally price at £30 but in the sale it became £14, it was the only one left and since I was tempted to buy it for full price I snapped it up!

Next a couple of pieces from Accessorize:



A rose gold necklace reduced to about £2.40 and a long necklace with pink, yellow and gold beading, I can't remember the exact price but it was les than £4.

This wasn't really in the sale but it was part of a 3 for 2 offer: I haven't tried this mascara before but I like the look of the brush. Has anyone tried it? What do you think?



Thursday 5 July 2012

Jewel Britannia

Another new release by Barry M is Jewel Britannia, a gorgeous glitter.

I haven't seen this polish in shops yet, but judging by the pictures on Barry M's website and facebook page, it looks wonderful. As far as I am aware this will be £2.99 like their other regular nail paints.

What do you think?