NOTD: Essie's Mind Your Mittens

Hey guys, today I want to do a quick nail of the day for you all of Essie's Mind Your Mittens. The reason why I wanted you to see what this nail polish looks like on your nails is because I find that with Essie nail polish, that the colour always comes out much deeper on your nails than what it appears to look like from the bottle, and I didn't want you to buy it thinking it was the same as the bottle. I do like the colour when it is on my nails and I will continue to wear it, but I think that I would have much preferred this nail polish if it was a slightly lighter shade like what it appears to be on the bottle. I found that it came out this dark after only one coat which was a bit of a shock because I was expecting it to be much lighter. I still love Essie nail polishes though because they are great quality and take quite a long time to chip, but I'm going to be a little more wary the next time I buy one of them because this isn't the first time that one of them came out darker than on the bottle.

Shop My Stash

Hey guys, lately I've been trying not to spend as much money because I'm still trying to find a part-time job after returning from France and am rapidly going through my savings, so I thought this was a great time to do a shop my stash post. If you don't know already, shop my stash is when you go through all of your makeup and beauty products and pick out things that you have either forgot about or just haven't used in a long time, so basically its kind of like doing a haul of stuff you already have which is great if you are trying to save money! So here is what I picked:

The first thing I picked was this Powder Trip palette by Soap and Glory that I got for Christmas which I love but completely forgot that I had it because of the way I had stored it in my makeup collection. I already mentioned this in a blog post before which you can read here. I can't wait to start using this again, I can't believe that I forgot that I had it.

The next thing I picked is another Soap and Glory product, their Peaches and Clean cleansing milk. I love this cleansing milk and wrote a review about it which you can read here. When I went to France, I didn't have room in my suitcase to pack it and then I forgot about it when I cam home four months later. I really love using this to remove my makeup and it always leaves my skin feeling so soft so I'm glad that I remembered that I had it.

The next thing I chose is this Essie nail polish in the colour Mind Your Mittens. I love this colour and bought it in France right before I came home. I'd say I only wore it once or twice in France, and once I came home and unpacked I kind of forgot about it because have been mostly only wearing the same wine-y colour on my nails recently.

The next thing I chose is Benefit's The Porefessional. Lately I've been skipping the primer in my makeup routine because I'm always in a hurry whenever I'm doing my makeup. I do love how this primer gives my skin a flawless finish though so I'm gonna start using it again.

The next two items I chose is a No 7 lipstick in the colour Gay Geranium and a Kiko lip liner to match. Together these two products create a bright orange-y toned lip. I really like the idea of a bright lip but sometimes I feel like I mightn't be able to pull it off or that I might look like a bit of a clown so I've been avoiding using them. I really want to wear it sometime soon to at least try it out and see what everyone thinks of it. I might do a FOTD with it on my blog soon so you can let me know what you think.

The last thing I chose is another Soap and Glory product. Clean On Me is my favourite shower gel but like a couple of other items in this post, I forgot about it when I came back from France. My mom had organised all my room and my bathroom for me before I came home so when Clean On Me wasn't in my shower, I just used whatever was there, but now that I've found it again, it's going straight back in my shower.

So that was my Shop my Stash blog post, I hope you liked it. If you did, give it a like on Bloglovin or a +1 on Google Plus. If you have done a Shop my Stash blog post before or have been inspired to by this one, leave a link to your blog post in the comments below because I would love to see them.

My Christmas Wishlist

Hey guys, here are a few things that I've had my eye on lately and know that some of them would make great presents not only for me but for any girls like a sister or a friend that you need to buy a Christmas present for last minute.

1. Urban Decay's Naked 3 : Debenhams €44
The first thing that I have really wanted since I heard it was coming out is the Naked 3 palette from Urban Decay. I have both of the first two and I absolutely love them. I've always really liked wearing neutral colours so I find that these palettes are great because I wear them all the time. I think that one of the Naked palettes should be on everyone's wishlist this Christmas because they aren't too expensive and they are fantastic quality. I've linked Naked 3 above on the Debenhams website but you can also buy it here on Amazon.

2. Gold Tone Diamante Embellished Bracelet Watch : River Island £28 (€37)
I saw this watch on the River Island website and I really like it. I've been looking to get a gold watch and I think that this one is so pretty and fairly inexpensive at the same time even though it looks expensive. I think this watch would make a really good present for a friend/sister/girlfriend.

3. Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Concealer : Amazon £4.18 (€5)
I've wanted to try this concealer for the longest time now but I just never get around to buying it. I heard amazing things about it from other beauty bloggers and the best thing about it is that it's so cheap. I will probably just buy this for myself for Christmas as it is so cheap and then I'll finally have it. I linked Amazon above because it was the cheapest but you can also get this concealer in Boots and other pharmacies.

4.  Alien Eau De Parfum by Thierry Mugler : Boots £43.50 (€45.25)
I got a free sample of this perfume when I was buying some Christmas presents last week and I absolutely fell in love with it. It smells amazing and when I saw the bottle for it I just thought it was so cool and pretty; really unique. It's pretty expensive though so I'd definitely recommend getting a sample of this perfume to see if you like it as much as I do before you buy it. It would also make a really great Christmas present.

5. Essie Mind Your Mittens Nail Polish : Amazon £8.94 (€11)
I've noticed that I have been wearing a lot of similar coloured nail polish lately which are wine and plum colours. My big wake up call to this problem happened when I went shopping with a friend and we were looking at nail polishes. I ran over and grabbed the one that caught my eye thinking it was gorgeous and then I realized that I was wearing pretty much the exact same shade on my nails at the time. That was when I decided I needed to find different colours to wear and found this Essie one on their website. It is a gorgeous dark teal and I absolutely love it for winter time. I still love my winey-plum colours but I think that this colour is so nice and so me, and Essie nail polishes are such good quality that they last for ages.

Hope you liked this post. Leave a comment down below with what you want for Christmas and let me know if it's any of the same ones as me. I'd love to know :)

NOTD: Essie Bahama Mama

Hey guys, I thought today I would do a NOTD of Essie's Bahama Mama because it is a colour that I have been wearing a lot of lately. I absolutely love it. It came out much a deeper colour than I was expecting by looking at the bottle. In the picture above I have two coats on my nails and it's a pretty deep wine-ish colour. Another thing I love about this nail polish is the Essie nail polish is really good quality so it doesn't chip easily like other brand. This is my new favourite nail polish and i'm going to continue to wear it as much as I can for the rest of the winter.

NOTD: Essie's Island Hopping

Hey guys, as you might have already seen in my Essie nail polish haul that I did earlier this week, I got two different Essie nail polishes here in France. One of them was the colour Island Hopping which I'm wearing in the picture above. In the picture I have two coats of it it on but I noticed that with both of my Essie nail polishes that they come out I lot darker than I had expected them to even after just one coat. That's why I thought I should do a NOTD of each of them for you. I still really like this colour and will wear it but it is very similar to another nail polish I own so I would have been less likely to buy it if I knew it was this dark and like one I already have. Not to worry, I will still make sure to use it all up :)

Essie Nail Polish Haul

Hey guys, I'm so happy because I have finally gotten some Essie nail polishes. I've read a lot of blog posts about them and have been dying to get some but they don't have them where I live in Ireland. I was planning on getting some online but I hadn't gotten around to it when I found a place that sells them here in France. They had so many cool colours that I didn't know what to choose. I ended up choosing two pinkish toned colours that I thought I would get a lot of wear out of instead of bright fun colours because they were quite expensive and I wanted to get some that I knew I would definitely wear a lot.

The two colours I got were Bahama Mama (on the right) and Island Hopping (on the left). I really like these two colours for fall and winter and think I am going to wear them quite a lot. Bahama Mama is actually more of a darker plum colour than in the picture but I couldn't get it to show up on my camera. I really like Island Hopping and think that it will be my favourite of the two. It's very neutral so it can go with anything. I've already tried Bahama Mama and it came out a lot darker than I had expected but i still really like it. I'll make sure to do a NOTD of each of them soon so you can see what they are like.

I knew I had to get these because I had wanted to try Essie for ages but I don't think that I would buy a lot of their nail polishes because they are very expensive. I was going to get another colour that I liked ("overboard" in case you were wondering) but it was just so dear altogether, I would have spent over €30 on nail polish. Individually they were €11.90 each which is very expensive, I know that I would have been a lot more likely to buy more if they were on offer, but sadly they weren't :( I think they would be something that I would treat myself to one of every so often when I have the money because they are supposed to be really good quality.

Hope you liked this post :) I will be doing a NOTD of each of these soon so make sure to check back to see them. What do you think of Essie nail polish? Do you think they are worth the money? Leave a comment below. You can buy Bahama Mama here or Island Hopping here on the Essie Website.