New nails: OPI Tomorrow Never Dies and Essie Thigh High

I've often admired OPI from afar but never purchased, feeling 12euro was too expensive for a nail polish.

However, being a Bond fan (my favourites are Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig) the Skyfall collection caught my eye. The polishes are all named after Bond movies which is a nice touch.

Originally Skyfall and Casino Royale were my picks but in shop they just weren't for me.

I chose Tomorrow Never Dies, a deep purple with blue and red microshimmer.

It was so difficult to capture this on camera and the light wasn't on my side either, but honestly it's a case of what you see in the bottle is what you get on the nails. I don't think this polish is anything special in terms of shade but it's one I really like and that wore surprisingly well on me (3 chip free days).

The second nail product is Essie's Thigh High.
This is my perfect winter colour, a burgundy with red shimmer. Hinting at the festive season while remaining classy, well that's what I like to think!
It was opaque in one coat but I applied a second one for good measure.  It was 5 euro (! Essie polishes are usually 12euro) from a local hair and beauty shop. Doesn't everyone love a bargain? I'm also amused by the name :)

Essie Thigh High

I'm usually drawn to deeper colours in winter and I think these are perfect.

What are you wearing on your nails? Any recommendations? :)

Essence Cherry Blossom Girl eyeshadow quad

I cannot pass an essence stand without buying something. Fact.

So when perusing my local Essence stand I picked up this eyeshadow quad in 01 Dreaming under a cherry tree, because the colours looked interesting and well, it was 3.49. Seriously, what's to lose.

 I also love how Essence bring out new collections fairly regularly, just like some higher end brands. This is part of the Cherry Blossom Girl collection which is still about now if you'd like to pick this up! There is a lovely peachy/coral blush in this collection which I *may* have to return for...

Never having tried Essence's eyeshadows, I will admit that I thought it wouldn't be much good. 3.49 euros well spent though!

You do need a primer under these, I always use Urban Decay's primer potion in Original. The first colour in the quad can't be seen very well here but it's a off white-taupe colour.

The shades blend nicely together and create, in my opinion, the perfect autumnal eye. I'm always trying to bring out the green in my hazel coloured eyes and this really does that.

A friend complimented me on this last week and wouldn't believe it was Essence until I showed her the quad. Expensive looking eyeshadow on a budget, yes please!