Accessorize Pink Spice Nail Polish - a possible dupe for Mac's Bad Fairy?

I told you about my Accessorize haul a few weeks ago, but never got around to showing you the products in detail (I haven't actually used anything other than the blushes, which I will try to review in the coming week). Today I want to show you Pink Spice nail polish which is a beautiful pinky-red duochrome colour. I haven't done side by side comparison, but I think it is a very good dupe for Mac Bad Fairy nail polish (from Venomous Villains), maybe a bit less red and more pink, but pretty close. For comparison I reviewed Bad Fairy over here, but please bear in mind that those pictures were taken on a sunny autumn day whereas these ones were taken on a gloomy winter day. On my nails there really doesn't seem to be a big difference.

With flash

Pricewise, Accessorize nail polishes cost £4 which is half the price of Mac polishes. Both Mac and Accessorize polishes are 10 ml. Qualitywise, Bad Fairy took 3 coats to look even, Pink Spice took 2 coats. Pink Spice applied much more evenly and was less runny than Bad Fairy. Nail polishes chips on me almost instantly, so that's pretty equal really. Finally, since Bad Fairy is now discontinued, if you want the shade, Pink Spice is your best bet as it's available from Superdrug and the Accessorize website. I would recommend checking out the line, there are some real gems in there (including dupes for the entire Orly Cosmic FX collection).

See more pictures and swatches below!

Mac Venomous Villains haul part 2

I got to go and check out the new Mac collection at my nearest counter on Thursday. I had ordered my must have items online (see this post for details), but I had a few maybes on my list that I wanted to check out in person. Apart from one thing (Oh So Fair beauty powder) I ended up buying everything on my list. 

The outer packaging

I got:

• Devilishly Stylish lipglass (Cruella)
• Revenge Is Sweet lipglass (Maleficent)
• Toxic Tale lipstick (Evil Queen)
• Truth & Light magical cooling liquid powder (Dr Facilier)

Truth & Light powder is absolutely amazing, it is a loose powder, but when you apply it with your brush, it feels wet! It swatched quite shimmery with a pink sheen, but on my face it wasn't at all shimmery, just had a very slight sheen. Toxic Tale is a very bright reddish coral lipstick, with very good coverage, it applies really nice and even. It is bright, but can be toned down, I tried Devilishly Stylish on top of it and that looked very nice. Devilishly Stylish is a shimmery champagne nude, less pink and more shimmery than Strange Potion. Revenge Is Sweet looks pretty dark and intense in the tube, but it applies quite lightly, so it looks quite natural and very wearable (I wore it today).

Once again I like the images on the boxes a lot more than the actual Disney images, except for Dr Facilier, I just find him so ugly, I hate both images. I love the powder, but really wish it didn't have his picture on it. But I didn't want to pass on it because the product is really cool (literally!).

See more pictures and swatches after the jump!

Look of the day: Mac Briar Rose beauty powder and Hot House lipglass

Just a very quick post to show you the look I did using a couple of products from my recent Mac haul. I'm wearing Briar Rose beauty powder on my cheeks and Hot House lipglass on the lips. What do you think? I really like them both.

PS. Please ignore the eyes, I was in a huge hurry this morning and they're not the best. I used various eyeshadows and loose shimmer powders from Frontcover, Mac Designer Purple pearlglide eyeliner and Diorshow mascara in Black for your info. 

Oh and I've straightened my hair because I got rained on this morning having just washed it and it went all curly and frizzy. What do you think?

Mac Bad Fairy nail polish review

As promised yesterday here's a quick review of Mac's Bad Fairy nail polish (part of the new Venomous Villains collection - out tomorrow!). 

 Mac Bad Fairy nail polish

My first impression is that it's very pretty. I personally don't like matte and creamy nail polishes, I like myself some shimmer. Bad Fairy certainly has that. As well as its orange and pinky red two tone, there is also some multicolour shimmer that makes is even prettier on my nails than in the bottle. 

The formula isn't the best I've ever tried, it's quite runny and it took 3 coats to get it even. First coat looked terrible, very thin and patchy, it was only after the second one that it began to look as it should. As I use Seche Vite quick drying top coat, I can't comment on how fast drying it is (for me it was a minute), but I've heard from someone that it took them almost an hour for the 3 coats to dry properly. It is very pretty though, so if you don't mind the 3 coats and drying time, it is still worth £8. 

I saw on Temptalia that Zoya's Gloria nail polish (from the new Fire & Ice collection) is a pretty similar to Bad Fairy, but it doesn't have the duochrome the new Mac polishes (and the Orly Cosmic FX ones) have, but might be worth checking out should you miss out on Bad Fairy.

See some swatches of Bad Fairy after the jump!

My Venomous Villains haul and swatches

As you probably know if you saw my previous post, Mac's new collection Venomous Villains launched online on Monday and some products sold out in a matter of hours. I was lucky to buy everything (because I'd been stalking the website all morning until the collection finally went live just before 11.30 am) and my little black box arrived today. I think you'll all agree that my haul is relatively small compared to my usual hauls, I only purchased 8 products, although there are a few more I want to check out in person on Thursday when the collection launches online (also I bought the Orly dupes for Formidable! and Mean & Green nail polishes).

I bought the following products:

• Briar Rose Beauty Powder (Maleficent)
• Bite of an Apple Powder Blush (Evil Queen)
• My Dark Magic Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo (Maleficent)
• She Who Dares Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo (Maleficent)
• Wicked Ways Lipglass (Cruella)
• Strange Potion Lipglass (Evil Queen)
• Hot House Lipglass (Evil Queen)
• Bad Fairy Nail Polish (Maleficent)

 Here they are together:

This is what they look like on the outside

While I'm not too crazy about the Disney packaging (was never into Disney princesses and films that much as a child), I actually find the boxes' design very interesting and cool. I absolutely love the inside of the boxes, they look like flowing satin, very pretty. It's only the nail polish that isn't in special packaging which I don't mind, although don't really know why not. Not sure what I'll do with the boxes, for now I've kept every one of them, they are just so nice.

See more pictures of the packaging and the inside of the products and swatches - after the jump!

Mac Venomous Villains collection is now available at maccosmetics.co.uk!

As the title says, this long awaited and highly sought after collection is now available on the MAC website and will hit the counters on Thursday. Make sure you don't miss out as it's sure to be a sell out!

Edited to add (5.20 pm): Bad Fairy nail polish has sold out online already!

Edited to add (7.00 pm): Formidable! and Mean and Green nail polishes and Briar Rose beauty powder are also sold out online! 

I've already placed my order this morning and should have it tomorrow, so stay tuned for my review!

Find out what I've ordered after the jump!