Mani Monday: Ciat'e Corrupted Neon Manicure

You can always trust Ciat'e to bring out new unusual nail polish designs. The corrupted manicure takes the ever popular neon manicure to the next level by adding glitter and an uv top coat. The ultra violet topcoat adds a florescent glow once under a black light which is perfect for any ladies who love to go to nightclubs. Would you take a look at the creative packaging, holographic showing a neon face in normal light and then under a black light. The glitter and polish combination look beautiful in the daylight too, perfect for those summer beach days, or for jazzing up a christmas nail look. 

 

Would you take a look at the creative packaging, holographic showing a neon face in normal light and then under a black light. The now discontinued set retails at around £10 and includes a beautiful lagoon blue polish called "Boom Box", a neon glitter "Foam Party" and a mini black light top coat.

Nails Of The Day: Ciate Mini Caviar Mani (Frost Yourself and Ferris Wheel

I recently picked up this months Marie Claire which came with a set of Ciat'e Caviar Nails. I have previously used other nail caviar's/ pearls but this is my first time trying the Ciat'e version. The set contains a gorgeous pastel candy coloured pale blue named "Ferris Wheel" and "Frost Yourself" which is a mixture of blue, silver and pearlescent beads.

The consistency of Ferris Wheel was quite thick and gloopy, i think the bottle may have been a dud as i have never had any Ciat'e polishes like this before. The consistency made it quite difficult to get a really smooth looking nail, i think i just about managed it. Texture aside, i absolutely adore the colour, it is just perfect for a spring/summer pastel look. A then applied the beads to a wet nail as instructed. Warning this can get pretty messy, i used a small tray to catch the beads and they still ended up everywhere. I added a topcoat to preserve the beads a little longer which ended disastrously, the blue beads bled colour and my whole nail ended up an inky dark blue. 

I'm happy with the finished look, i really can't get enough of that Ferris Wheel blue though, just beautiful. A couple of handy tips are to use a thin layer of beads as they look best and stick better, also pat down the beads as they are drying to get them to stick well. 

I couldn't finish this post without talking about the new Dior Addict It Collection featured in this months Marie Claire. Dior have created a range of high impact coloured mascaras and liners (exactly what i have been craving lately), the pink liner is absolutely stunning. It retails for £24.50 which is a little steep but i think this is one that will be worth my money.

Skulls and Kisses

Luna x

Glossybox Summer Collaboration

Exciting news my lovelies, the lovely folks at Glossybox have announced that the this months box will be a surprise May collaboration. This months box will contain four full sized products, yup you read correctly FOUR GREAT BIG BEAUTY PRODUCTS! This is the most excited i have been about a box in a long time, however i have my finger's crossed that the size of the products wont compromise the quality. 

In my opinion the Glossy team have been getting their boxes spot on as of late, i am seeing few negative reviews and almost no bad boxes. I can understand how hard it must be to please so many different customers, some complain about receiving too many nail polishes or yet another black eyeliner but honestly those are the sort of things i would love to receive. As each box goes by there is an increasing amount of pressure to make each one better than the last and a lot of unrealistic expectations have been created. Glossybox is a business and clearly they do need to make some money. 

So with all of these expectations of "that perfect box" i decided to come up with my own dream box, full of some items i would love to receive. (WARNING: MAJOR LAPSE IN REALITY IMMANENT)

1. Lime Crime Lipstick £13: I recently purchased my very first Lime Crime Lipstick (in Poisonberry), i know guys, it took me so long. The packaging is to die for; beautiful pastel purple with holographic unicorns and stars. Plus they have the most unusual shades i have ever seen (not exactly ideal for most Glossy subscribers but perfect for me) and are cruelty free hooray!

2. Illamasqua- Precision Gel Eyeliner £18.50: It is no secret that i am an eyeliner fiend; liquid, pencil, cake i love them all. Some of my favourite liners come in gel form, with a good quality brush you can create a super precise opaque wing. Plus you have a product that will last months which is a real investment if you wear eyeliner everyday like myself.

3. Ciat'e Nail Polish £9: I have been hooked on Ciat'e products for a number of years now, i adore the packaging especially that cute little bow. They have an extensive range of shades and some unusual effects too. As far as the cost, i find it more than reasonable considering the quality and longevity of the lovely varnishes. 

4. Urban Decay- Anti Aging Eye Primer Potion £18: This is a wonderful product for those of us who are starting to show our age (mine are laughing wrinkles, honestly), and i cannot stress how important primer is. I never apply shadow without using primer first, it creates the perfect base for applying shadow, especially mineral and loose pigments. The result is an easy to blend, long lasting, highly pigmented look that every beauty obsessive needs, adding anti aging to a primer is pure genius. (i'm sure Einstein would be turning in his grave)

5. MUA Eyeshadows £1: MUA have created a super cheap (a freaking pound each!) range of eyeshadows that are all fantastic quality. The quality and longevity outshine any other drugstore products and are as good as some of the shades in my Guerlain Crazy Paris palette. They have great pigmentation and the pearlescent shades are absolutely stunning.

The total cost of my dream box is £59.50 .... so yeah maybe a little unrealistic. Time to pop my box bubble and become a realist, a girl can dream.