Nicely nude

Brightly coloured lips are all well and good but somedays the 'no make up' make up look wins out.

As I mentioned here I find it quite difficult to wear nudes. Most wash my pale skin out, especially some of the raved about Mac favourites.

 I really like Catrice as a brand and with lipsticks around the 4-6 euro mark I decided to give Ultimate Colour lipstick in 190 The nuder the better a go. As you can see in the close up it has a slight pinky tone eliminating the chance of corpse like lips, yay!

 I think it's a beautiful shade and excellent value. It's really really moisturising too which a must for me, I wear this at work for a good 4/5 hous with no discomfort. I will definitely repurchase this lipstick and I'm looking forward to trying out more shades from this line!

'No make up' make up!

 I can't wait to pair this with a smoky look using my new Smoked Urban Decay palette :)

NOTD Essence Most Wanted

A very quick nail post!

I usually love bright nail varnish so I was surprised to be drawn to this chocolate brown colour. I think it looks really lovely but it's probably a bit dark for summer!

Sorry for the awkward hand pose but it was the best light I could get!

I did polka dots on one accent nail on each hand (my ring finger) to lighten up the whole look and I can see this being a HUGE trend in my future nail polish adventures =D (please excuse the cuticles!)

Essence Most Wanted and Bourjois while nail varnish for french manicures.

One thing I will say about this Essence polish is that while it may be cheap (under 2 euro I think!) I found the quality wasn't great. It chipped after a day (grrr). Also two/three coats are most definitely needed tor the polish to be opaque. Not sure if I'd re-purchase another Essence polish I might just stick with the lovely & budget-tastic Catrice!

Spring nails: Catrice Ultimate nail lacquer in Run Forest Run!

I really wanted a nice green for my nails for Paddy's day but couldn't find one anywhere! It's just typical that I find one I love about a week later.

ANYWAY, this is Catrice Ultimate nail lacquer in Run Forest Run! (I'll admit I laughed at the name)

The photo of the bottle is with flash as is the last picture so I think the second picture is a more acurate representation of the colour. The name suggests it's a forest green but I don't know if I would call it that.. it's definitely not mint green either. I'd call it grass green but that's just me! :)

The bottle suggests applying two coats, but to be honest one coat seemed fine to me! I layered on another coat in the hope that it would stop it chipping quickly (A little tip wear 2 days later but that's not bad).

I love the colour (so springtime!) and I was really impressed with the price, 2.79 euros in Pennys for 10mls, considering some of the Rimmel polishes are over a fiver for 8mls. I think I'll be checking out Catrice more often!