Acrylic vs. Gel

As I was going to ladies day at the races last weekend I decided to treat myself & get my nails done. Previously I had only had gel extensions done & although they looked nice at first I wasn't overly impressed - one broke the first night I had them done! - so this time I decided to try acrylics.

I've never been too keen on the idea of acrylics before as I heard they ruin your nails however the girl who did them assured me as long as they were removed properly this isn't the case. It took about an hour (same as gels) and cost £33.

Apparently they should last for about 3-4 weeks, one week in I have no breakages to report so so far so good!! They also offer an express service which is cheaper & lasts for a about a week- perfect if you just want them for a special event. I have a couple of occasions coming up in the next few months so I plan on getting them infilled again but after that I'll wait & see!

So far my experience of the acrylics has been much more favourable than the gels but time will tell!

Got Milk?

For a while ow I've been keen to try the NYX Jumbo Crayons. 'Milk' seems to be regarded as a cult product in the beauty world however it's not the easiest to get hold of in the UK! I had a look on eBay however my luck didn't seem to be in as the UK sellers who stocked NYX products were out of Milk :( So I began searching around for other options. One of the first websites I came across was www.love-makeup.co.uk.

Usually I would shy away from ordering things from a site I had not heard of however as I was not spending a lot of money & payment was by paypal I decided to go for it! As well as NYX they have a good range of other brands, including MAC and Benefit. I purchased three NYX pencils (Milk, Baby Blue & Pacific) which were £2.50 each with £2.95 postage.

Only two days later they were here - what a surprise! The products were exactly as described and came packaged in pink bubble wrap (!) and pink tissue paper which I thought was a nice touch. The best surprise of all though was the free lipgloss they included! All in all I'm very impressed with this site and wouldn't hesitate to order from them again.

As for the products I actually ordered I haven't used them too much yet but looking forward to playing about with them a bit more.