Graceful Glamour UK

I have to apologise as I've been meaning to do this post for a while now. Recently I have been nominated for several Blog Awards by some fantastic bloggers and I thought I'd share them with you now. Up first is The Versatile Blogger Award,  I was nominated by Make Up Movies & More and Hairspray and High Heels . What an honour to be nominated for this award, and I'm sending a massive thank you and virtual hug to you both! Rules 1 . Nominate 15 bloggers who are relatively new to blogging. 2. Let them know that you have nominated them. 3 . Share 7 random facts about yourself. 4. Thank the bloggers that have nominated you. 5 . Add the Versatile Blogger Award picture to your blog post. Random Facts About Me.   1 . My favourite food is Sushi. 2 . I have an irrational fear of clowns. 3 . I am allergic to cream but I can still drink skimmed milk, weird huh?  4 . I am the baby in my family, having a sister who is 11 years older, and a br...

We had planned to have a nice barbecue, but typical British weather made it impossible. It's such a shame as there were 10'000 street parties arranged all over the UK today. We decided to change our meal to a traditional roast followed by some nice Jubilee themed cakes. My Jubilee Nails Of The Day With Flash  I was really not ready to take off my OPI I Don't Give A Rotterdam, and as it is blue anyway I decided to stamp over it as it will fit in to my Jubilee theme. I used the crown design on the left hand side of the Bundle Monster BM215 plate with Konad white, then added two red and one clear rhinestones. Without flash Before anyone says anything, I know the crowns are a bit wonky but it was sooooo difficult to line them up! I must have tried about five or six times on each nail but I was running out of time to get ready and just had to go with what I had. I don't think they look too bad, do you? My Jubilee Face Of The Day  I have to ap...

Evening all, and I hope you are enjoying this glorious Wednesday. The weather has been absolutely wonderful today in the UK apart from an iddy biddy little storm that only lasted about twenty minutes. So it has put me in a slightly good mood. I use the word slightly as I had a horrible start to the day with a phone call from my letting agent. He was calling to tell me that after a week of keeping me hanging on thinking I had a house and moving in on the fifteenth of June, the landlady has decided to reject my application! But for now, lets get on to the polish. For this weeks Pink Wednesday polish we have Orly's Cupcake. This is a pale creamy bubblegum pink and actually looks a bit like strawberry milkshake. It's a very girly shade and is very much at home in among all the pretty girly pinks in my collection. Formula wise it glides on like a dream, I'm finding this allot with the Orly's I've bought. Even on the first coat it went on really nicely and fa...

I was really eager to get stamping away when my new plates arrived so I waited until my little girl Gracie was in bed and got all my nail things out. I have to say that I did think I was going to get it straight away and I got very frustrated that it wasn't coming out perfect straight away until some other people told me that you just need to practice a few times. I wasn't sure whether I should post the pics as it was a massive fail, but actually it's good for other newbie stampers such as myself to see what my experience has been like. So to start off with I had a little lap tray with all the equipment I needed and covered it with some kitchen roll as I'd heard this can get quite messy. Then I picked out a stamping plate, the one I chose was BM210. Next was to decide which polish I wanted to stamp with, well that wasn't too much of a choice as I wanted to use one of my new Konad Special Polishes and I only had them in black or white, so I chose white. ...

So here is my other beauty box for May, the Glossy Box. This marks their one year anniversary so you have a couple of extras such as the mirror and balloon. I've actually lost the card that came with the box (I think my little girl has posted it somewhere) so I can't tell you what the theme is or what they say about the products. Lolita Lempicka - L'eau En Blanc & Pacific Creation Perfume I know that the perfume samples are other people's least favourite in these boxes, but I actually like to try them. These are both really pretty fragrances and I would happily buy the Pacific Creation one. The only down side to these is that they are tiny samples and only 0.8ml/0.03oz. It's nice that you get two defferent fragrances, especially as they are so small. Eldora - False Lashes These are handmade lashes with lash adhesive included. These have been doing the rounds with the beauty boxes, and I haven't used the other ones I received yet. I struggle to app...

Hi all, and welcome to my Joliebox blogpost. I'm not going to go in to too much detail about each product as I'm sure you've probably already seen quite a few of these posts. The theme for this months box is Joliebox in bloom, it's basically a mix of products with plant and flower ingredients or theme to them. Essential Care - Organic Moisturiser You get a 15ml sample of this which I think is ok, I would have liked a bit more but it will give you enough to have a few applications. The moisturiser is paraben, petrochemicals and artificial fragrance free, so that will please paraben haters. I haven't used it yet, but I'll let you know what I think when I have. Talika - Eye Therapy Patch This is a re-usable patch that apparently 'instantly smooth's the eye area using extracts of safflower, avocado and rosehip'. Hmmmm, I'm a bit sceptical to be honest, but we'll see. You get one patch in the silver pack. RMK - Make Up Base I was r...

I find Clarins products really luxurious, but as they are fairly pricey, I usually hint at family to buy them for me as gifts. I got this a little while ago in a set with a face mask and serum (which I will also review) but this was the full sized product in the set. I've been using this cream for about three months, and it's nearly all used up so I think I can give it a fair review. The packaging looks and feels luxurious as it's an oval glass pot with a sturdy plastic lid and that stylish golden piping and and the C on top. You get 50ml/1.7oz of product for £33.50, yes I know it's quite allot to spend on a moisturiser, but sometimes you do get what you pay for. When I have an expensive/luxurious product I do like to try and make it last so I only use this in the morning, and use my usual NO7 night cream in the evenings. It feels like absolute heaven to apply, the thick white cream glides over your skin and soaks in nice and quickly. I usually apply it, then ...

Today I have surprise, surprise, another pink nail polish! It's Essie's Neo-Whimsical from the 2010 collection, The Art Of Spring. I'd seen plenty of swatches online and I just knew I had to have it! So of coarse it was the first from the Essie's out of my haul I had to try. It's a pale milky pink with a hint of lilac. The formula is super duper creamy and appeared to be going on very well and smoothly. Drying time between coats was good and I used three coats to get it opaque, but that's to be expected with a pastel cream. I was really pleased with it as when I'd finished my third coat it looked beautiful. After a little while I went to get a drink from the kitchen and when I looked my nails they were all bubbly (as you can see from the non-flash picture). Now this is very strange, because I painted my toes at the same time and they didn't have any bubbles at all. Hmmmm, I'm going to assume that it's user error and not the polish. ...

Sally Hansen Max Growth Plus Natural Sienna, 2 coats, Sally Hansen Max Growth Base/Top Coat, with flash. Here we have the next Sally Hansen from my haul and this one is Natural Sienna from the Maximum Growth Plus line. If you read my post on the Sally Hansen Mille Fleurs polish , you'll know that I had problems with the application. Because of this I was expecting this one to be equally as troublesome, but to my surprise (and delight) this one went on much better! The bottle this one comes in is not quite as pretty as the Diamond Strength polishes, and you get 13.5ml of product which I thought was a strange amount, why the need for the .3? You would think it would be 13 or 14... This was one of the more beat up bottles so that maybe another reason why I prefer the other style. As above, no flash To me, Natural Sienna looks like a bronze chocolate type colour, and it is very warm toned. I usually don't go for colours like this but th...

As I've done so many nail posts in a row, I thought I'd shake things up a bit and talk about something else. So what is my other obsession apart from Nail Polish? Lipstick! Although to be honest lipstick is actually my longest running love, as I've always had a soft spot for it since being an iddly biddy girly. As I haven't done a favourites for so long I thought I'd let you know which lipsticks are getting my attention at the moment. Mac's Jubilee has been one of my favourites for a while as it's so easy to wear and goes with everything. Mac describe it as a 'nude beige pink', but I'd say it leans more on the browny beige side with pink undertones. Being a lustre it is a little sheer but also very moisturising. I usually get a couple of hours wear out of it. I think this would suit all skin tones, thus making it a great staple for anyones collection. Mac's Viva Glam Gaga 2 is one that I got towards the end of las...