Super shiny nails at the teeniest price!

Our favourite nail polishes are without doubt, The Complete Salon Manicure from Sally Hansen. You can see our review of their gorgeous Calypso Blue here. Containing a base coat, strengthener, growth treatment, colour and top coat in one, you only need to apply two coats for a really opaque, high shine finish. Despite all the typing we do, they always last for at least a week without chipping, which means they’re our go to polishes of the moment!

We thought it was about time to add to our collection, and as you can see we picked up eight new shades recently. The colours are really bright and cover fantastically well. Plus, they finish to such a high shine you can almost see your reflection in them! They translate really well from the bottle to your nail, so you can see exactly what they’ll come out like, just by looking at the colour in the bottle. 

Shades L-R: Pat on the Black, Gray by Gray, Shiny Penny, Madame

Shades L-R: Pat on the Black, Shiny Penny, Gray by Gray, Madame

Our favourite shades are Gray by Gray, a pale green/grey shade; Madame, a coral pink; Oxide, a black and silver glitter mix and Navy Baby, a deep shiny navy shade. 

Now we’ll let you into the biggest secret………We picked up these beauties in Poundland! Yes, we were shocked too, but we’re not ones to look a gift horse in the mouth. So we filled our basket and raced to the checkout before they decided they’d made a mistake!

From what our facebook and twitter followers have told us, not all Poundland stores stock Sally Hansen, so if you’re not lucky enough to have one near you, we’d suggest FragranceDirect.co.uk who have a large selection of shades priced at 99p plus delivery. 

Shades L-R: Anenome of Mine, Courtesan, Navy Baby, Oxide

Shades L-R: Anenome of Mine, Courtesan, Navy Baby, Oxide

Otherwise, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure retail at around £6.99 each – and if we hadn’t picked up these great bargains, we’d be very happy to pay this for the great quality! 

Have you managed to pick up any bargains? Which is your favourite Sally Hansen shade?

#NailTrend – GoldFinger

We’ve found a new range of nail polishes that we love, and we’re surprised to say, they’re from H&M! We love H&M for their clothes and accessories, but we have to admit, their cosmetics range isn’t presented in a way that would usually appeal to us. The packaging and branding looks quite cheap if we’re honest, and the way it’s laid out in store makes us think its supposed to appeal to their large “younger” demographic. However, as well as looking cheap, they actually are! We picked up this gold polish in a pack of two, the other being a gold glitter, for the princely sum of £2.95. 

As you can see from the pic, we’re going to have to apologise unreservedly, as this gold is gorgeous. It is really opaque and two coats creates a great finish. It looks almost like gold leaf it has such a highly metallic effect. It goes on smoothly and isn’t at all tacky or streaky, and dries fairly quickly. All in all we can’t get enough of this polish, especially over the Christmas party season. 

Watch out for another H&M polish surprise this afternoon! Have you tried any other H&M cosmetics? We’re thinking of trying some of the eyeshadows next…

Visit H&M online & in store for their cosmetics range. 

We love how simple this fun look is to recreate!

Check out The Beauty Department blog for loads more inspiration, they’re one of our favourites!

There are some very talented nail artists out there, many of them bloggers. We thought we’d bring you the best of the best for the next few weeks, all with a festive theme! First up it’s these stunning nails by Dressed Up Nails, check out the blog for more pics and info on how to recreate it yourself!