Hello everybody and welcome to a new blogpost. This is going to be a short post, but it's one I'm really excited about! I went to Ghent yesterday and went inside Primark. I was a long time since my last Primark visit do I was excited to look around and search some fun new stuff. I saw on Youtube that Primarks in England have a new brand called 'Holler and Glow', that has GREAT nail polishes and sheet masks. And guess what? They have it in Belgium too! Read along to see what I think about these polishes and what I think about them.

If you're a big fan of holographic make-up and nail polishes: I have amazing new for you because the Holler and Glow nail polishes are all holooooo-licious. Yes. You read it right. I don't own many holographic nail polishes. I got a blue one when I was 14 but it dried out and the brand didn't make it anymore. Sooooo... I got 4. But they are all so different. 

• Papped: White pearl with pink holographic shimmer
• Can You Not: Light Kaki with light green holographic shimmer
• Rogue Mermaid: Blue base with pink and orange holo shimmer
• Self Made: Bronze with brozen shimmer

Swatches: Self Made, Papped, Can You Not, Rogue Mermaid

Above you can see swatches of the polishes catching the light. How beautiful are they? My favorite is Papped, I like that pink sheen. All these swatches are 3 layers, but 2 would also be okay. Except Self Made, which was perfect and opaque in 1 coat. 1 COAT. Simply amazing. I didn't do a base and top coat, because I wanted to see how the polishes worked on their own. 

They dry very quick, it's kind of the same drying time as Essie polishes.

About an hour later, I noticed my nails looking kinda... weird. On all four painted nails, little tiny bubbles starting forming. I think their are tiny air bubbles. I want to note that I did not shake up the bottles before painting so I'm curious to see how this happened.

Unfortunately, I have to take the polish off again because I can't wear nail polish at work. I do want to do a pedicure with one of these, though! I wonder it a base and top coat will help.

These polishes are only €2,50 at Primark. They have cute colours and also a few holographic topcoats. They also sell a base coat, top coat and nail care products by Holler and Glow. I would recommend them, although I'm not quite sure where the tiny air bubbles come from. Keep it in mind when you want to buy them!

xx,

Astrid

Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Review & Swatches

Hallo lovely ladies, today I want to talk about the Bourjous Rouge Edition Velvet liquid lipsticks. These are probably one of my favorite lip products out there. I own three of the current collection and I like them all very much. 

Sleek Highlighting Palettes Review and Swatches

Hello girls! Welcome back to another blogpost. Today, I will be discussing two Sleek highlighting palettes. I recently started getting into highlights and these two are very famous palettes in the beauty world. Their names are 'Precious metals' and 'Solstice'. Do I like them both? Should you get one or both of them? Which one is my favorite? I'll explain it all and show you swatches. Let's get started with the review!

Nail of the Day: Essie Flowerista

Short blogpost today! I was searching a nail polish to use today and suddenly, I saw the perfect color. The weather in Belgium has been kind of weird lately. Rain, sun, rain, sun... Cold, warm, cold, warm,... So I need a color that wasn't too bright, but could still add some color. I'm wearing Essie Flowerista and I must say: I'm in love!

H&M Beauty Lipsticks Review and Swatches

H&M beauty has some of the best lipsticks out there. During the last couple of months, they have become some of my favorite. They have so many colors to choose from, there is something out there for every skin colors. From light peach nude colors to bright reds, purples and dark browns. In this post, I'm going to show you all the colors I own and their swatches.

Kiko Sale Haul: First Impressions & Swatches

When Kiko is having a sale, you need to go for it quickly because their stuff can sell out fast. I woke up at 8am to check the website the first day of the sales and a few hours later, a lot of their holiday collection items were already sold out. I'm so happy I was able to get my hands on these products. In this post, I'm showing you everything I got, show the swatches and share my first impressions. It'll be quite a long post so grab a snack, sit back and relax! 

Colourpop 'Where The Light Is' Review and Swatches

Aaaah, it's the first post of 2017! Say what? Hello and welcome to the new year. I love uneven numbers so this year is going to be awesome. I feel it. 2016 was just... bleh. But this year... It'll be better, with more fun, more love and more BLOGGING! Let's put that last resolution in action and blog today! I've talked about Colourpop a bit before on this channel, in this post. But let's talk about the eyeshadows now. This brand and its eyeshadows were so hyped up last year and I couldn't resist to try some out.

I really love Kathleenlights on youtube and she brought out so many collabs with lots of make-up brands last year. I thought her collaboration with Colourpop was so gorgeous. The eyeshadows are really beautiful. 

Colourpop Lippie Stix 'Staycation' Set: Review and Swatches

Hello, hello, helloooooo! Girls, I'm back today with such an exciting post. I think most of you have heard about a lil brand named 'Colourpop'? Yes, COLOURPOP. It's becoming more and more popular the last year because of their pigmented yet affordable products. I always wanted to try some things out. I finally got the chance to order some products, like a set of their Lippie Stix. I've heard these were pigmented, creamy and AH-mazing. Pretty high expectations, I know. So how did they perform?

Sleek 'A New Day' I-Divine Eyeshadow Palette Review & Swatches

A few readers of my drugstore haul showed interest in the Sleek palette I purchased so I decided to do a review on it. This palette is called 'A New Day' and I think it's quite new to the Sleek collection. It reminds me a bit of the 'Oh so special' palette, but not as pink. There is also an 'All Night Long' palette, which is overal slightly darker toned and has more shades with a metallic finish. Sleek is known for their eyeshadow palettes, I did a review on 'Au Natural' and 'Storm'. But is this one as good as the other ones?

Huge Kiko Haul: First Impressions & Swatches

After a month of exams, group assignments and classes, there is finally time to blog again! One of my resolutions this year was to blog regularly again but there was just no time. Until know: I have a week of vacation! Time to get back into the blog life! January was a very good month because... there were sales EVERYWHERE. So I went a little nuts here and there. I discovered that there was a Kiko store in Brussels (Since when? AND why wasn't this front page news here?) so I paid a little visit. I love browsing the sale sections and scored a few nice goodies. A lot of things were sold out already so I also paid the web shop a visit. Today, I can finally talk about everything. Here we go!

Summer Drugstore Haul: June 2015

Hey, lovely readers! I'm back today with a summer drugstore haul. Kruidvat, one of the drugstore chains here in Belgium, was having a VIP 20% sale a couple of weeks ago and I decided to stock up on some beauty necessities. Also, I wanted to treat myself with some fun beauty things after having a busy time at school. 

Too Faced Chocolate Bar Review and Swatches

Hey beauties, let's do a review on an amazing eyeshadow palette today. As a big chocolate lover, I knew I had to have this palette. It was sold out in Paris last summer at all the Sephora stores, but I found it in Lille in the beginning of February. I'm talking about the Too Faced Chocolate Bar. There has been so much buzz about this beauty and I'm a sucker for nude palettes, so it had to be welcomed into my collection.

Let's talk about the packaging first. How cute does this look? Like the Naked 2 and Naked 3 palette from Urban Decay, this has a tin packaging, but with a magnetic close. It's shaped like a chocalate bar and looks delicious! But it does not only look delicious, the 16 eyeshadows included in this palette also smell delicious... as they are enriched with pure cocoa powder. And YES, that smells as good as it sounds. I sometimes just open this palette to smell the heavenly chocolate scent.

Stila Be Jeweled Holiday 2014 Set Review & Swatches

Hello lovely ladies! Today, I'm back with a review on a Stila Holiday Gift Set. This year, they teamed up with Baublebar and included a piece of jewelry in every set. I saw this on Asos last week and I was very interested to try it out. 

"For celebrating 20 memorable holiday seasons with Stila, let us shower you in jewels. In appreciation of your love through the decades, Stila celebrates the holidays with curated cosmetic collections and a special collaboration with BaubleBar."

Nail of the Day: OPI 'You're Such A Budapest'

Hello girls! Today, I'm back today with a another NOTD. I was on a hunt for this polish. It's called 'You're such a Budapest' and it came out with the 2013 'Euro Centrale' spring collection, but I somehow missed out on this color. It's not available in Belgium anymore so I searched for it in Paris. No luck there. But I found it in Lille at the Monoprix. The security man walking around probably thought I was crazy because I almost screamed 'YES!' when I saw it.

Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in 'Naked' and 'Rapture' Review

Hello, darlings! Today I'm back with a review on two lipsticks I picked up when I was in Paris in June. These are the Urban Decay Revolution Lipsticks. There was a lot of commotion around these when they just came out, because UD had improved the formula and packaging and they are supposed to be quite amazing.

I picked up two colors:

• Naked: A nice pink nude. This is a perfect nude to me because it's one or two shades lighter than my lips. So it's not too pale and therefore it does not make me look sick.
• Rapture: This is a berry rose color. It looks quite dark and vampy on me when I layer too much on, so I think it's best for me to use this color lightly and with caution. It's a perfect fall color though. 

Kiko Haul: Summer Sale

Haaa, nothing better than an evening of blogging! I went to the french city of Lille a few weeks ago on a day off and I walked into Kiko, to see what they had on sale. I was very suprised and happy with what I saw and I got some beau-ti-ful things. I had a bit of time to test out a few of the products and I love them!

Nail of the Day: Essie 'Tart Deco'

Essie has become one of my favorite brands, as some of you may have noticed. Lately, there was a sale on Vente Exlcusive with some Essie polishes. I got a set of the 'All in one' base and topcoat, the 'Good to go' top coat and this beauty for only €23! Essie is around €11-12 in Belgium so it was a good deal.

Catrice Absolute Eye Colour Mono Eyeshadows Review + Swatches

Hey everybody! Today, I went to the drugstore and I saw they were having a sale on Catrice single eyeshadows. They were 2 voor €5. I never got any single eyeshadows by Catrice but I saw some really nice colors. So I picked up 4 of them.

Battle Of The Mint/Blue-Green Polishes

Hey sweeties! Today I'm back with a 'battle of the mint/bleu-green polishes'. I did one like this about a year ago, with a comparison on my taupe nailpolishes and I really liked writing that post. This time, I'll compare my mint polishes. I went trough my collection and I must admit, I never realized I had so many mint greens colors. I'll tell you about the formulations, colors and which ones are my favorites.

Nail of the Day: Dior 'Captain'

Hello sweeties! I'm back today with a review on a beautiful, gorgeous nail polish shade by Dior. 'Captain' is part of the summer 2014 collection. It's a super bright red with a hint of orange, with a creamy finish. This is the first Dior polish I've ever tried and I was very impressed!

After one coat, this polish was perfectly opaque. I added a second coat, just to make it a bit brighter. It's creamy, pigmented, glides on the nail like a dream and it dries quite quick. That's how I like my polishes! I must say, I'm in love. I love red nail polishes all year round and this is another great one. 

What's your favorite summer polish?
xx,
Astrid