Tanya Burr Lip gloss Review

Hi Guys, 

So most of you will know the amazing Tanya Burr has recently brought out her own make up line which includes a range of lip glosses and nail polishes. 

Now as soon as I heard about this new launch I immediately got way over excited, first off Tanya is one of my favourite go to beauty gurus and secondly lip gloss is my favourite make up piece, so for me, this news was music to my ears.

I ordered the products from feel unique, and got five lip glosses and one nail polish. The lip glosses are priced at £6.99 each and the nail polish £5.99, so I think they're completely reasonable prices - I've also heard that the products will soon be launched in Superdrug! (this may be dangerous for my purse...) 

So now on to the good stuff, the lip glosses I ordered were; Afternoon Tea, Smile Dream Sparkle, Aurora, Picnic in the Park and Exotic Island. (In exact order as shown in the photo's below) The nail polish I got is called Midnight Sparkles, and as you can see the packaging for the products are so utterly beautiful (I'm such a sucker for pretty packaging!) 

 

  Here are some swatches of the glosses, again as in the same order shown in the photographs above, the first image below is without flash and then with flash underneath.

 

So as you can see the glosses are so super pigmented! The formula is extremely soft and moisturising, the gloss is pretty standard when it comes to lasting power it stays for a few hours, which is fine we all know that gloss needs re-applying through out the day anyway. 

My current favourites are Afternoon Tea and Exotic Island. Afternoon Tea is quite simply the most perfect lip gloss for a Sunday, it such a perfect mix between a nude and a pink and it's so wearable with any make up look, on a Sunday I like to wear more relaxed "no make-up, make-up look" and this lip gloss just makes everything look so pretty. Exotic Island is more of a fun gloss that adds a cheeky pop of colour, I think that if your lips look good then the rest of your make up will naturally go along and if your lips look pretty it gives the illusion you've spent a long time on your make up.

Overall I really do love these glosses and I will 100% be buying more!

I can't really say too much about the nail polish yet as I haven't had a chance to use it, but soon as I do I will keep you all updated!

Have any of you guys brought any of Tanya's products?

Sensational Home Gel Nail Kit

Hi Guys!

So first things first I'm so sorry for not posting in like a month?! I've been super busy at work at the internet in my house recently has been rubbish! I'm currently at my boyfriends & thought right I need to get back to my blog.

I thought I'd share with you a product that I have been absolutely LOVING! My lovely momma brought me the Sensationail starter kit a while back, and I haven't really been able to put it to the test and really try it out. Where I live no where near me sold the colours individually. Finally they have now started appearing in the shops and so I picked up a couple of colours. I've now managed to really try out my home gel nail kit and put it to the test. 

Now I'm a real DIY kind of girl and if I think I can do something myself I will give it my all. I have tried gel nails from so many different brands from Ebay, to salon brands like TruGel. Each time I found that the gels just weren't the same as how they are when I get them done professionally. They would last a day then chip or curl up or worse..snap my real nail! (ouch!)

I started to use the Sensational kit and to be honest I didn't have very high hopes as I've been let down by so many other home gel nail kits. After 1 week I'd realised I'd struck gold. I love this kit - it actually genuinely lasts and looks like I've had my nails done professionally. It is so easy to apply and it really does last. 

Here you can see my nails after exactly 10 days - you can see how my nails have started to grow out, and how there are no chips! The only thing I will say about the gel is that it can be quite stubborn to remove! I've found lightly buffing over the nails then soaking cotton pads in nail polish remover (making sure it has acetone in it), putting the pads over the gels then covering with foil and leaving it for around 20 minutes helps to lift the gels so they're easier to peel off. 

 

The three colours I brought were silver glitter, blue yonder and raspberry wine. 

I'm hoping to get some more colours soon, as Boots currently have 3 for 2 on! 

The individual polishes are priced at £15 each from Boots and the starter kit which includes the lamp, a cleaner, some cotton pads, a mini gel polish and clear base and top cost is £69.99

I would 100% recommend this to you guys - I wouldn't bother with going to places like Ebay for gel kits, save your money and go get this!