NOTD: Revlon Nail Polish 549 Facets of Fuchsia

I bought this nail polish on a whim when I went to London a few weeks ago, but it actually turned out to be a very good purchase in the end. I think this is my only Revlon nail polish, so I don't know if they are all this good quality, but this one is certainly a keeper.

It is actually a gel like very dark black-purple base with lots of small and larger glitter in it. The first coat was very patchy and mostly grey, but with the second coat I achieved the opaqueness you see in the pictures. The glitter is pretty equally distributed with each brushstroke and is very easy to get it even as it moves about just enough to apply evenly. Wear time was really good on me, it only started chipping after 2 days, which is already very good for me, but it actually looked okay for another 2 days. Removing it was hard work though, took a good 20 minutes to scrub it off, but that's expected from glitter polishes like this. All in all I think it's a really nice polish and just perfect for the autumn. This costs £6.29 (for 14.7 ml) and is available from Boots and Superdrug.

See more pictures after the jump!

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!

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!

Urban Decay Naked palette now available on debenhams.com!

And not only that, there is 10% off all cosmetics and free delivery, so if you've wanted to pick up this palette, but haven't done it yet, now is the time! Also available are the new Vegan palette and Black palette, so if you love Urban Decay, head over to debenhams.com and stock up on these lovely palettes! Edited to add: Unfortunately the Naked palette is now sold out, but do not fear, it is a permanent item, so will be available again soon for sure.