MAKEUP: Eylure Dylash

In the rush of doing my makeup, adjusting my hair, checking my emails and eating my breakfast on the journey to work, I always seem to forget to put mascara on which is a bit of a pain because I have very light eyelashes and it just looks odd against the dark eyeliner I usually wear. 

I've been looking in to semi permanent makeup and wanted to try eyelash tinting for a while, so when I saw the Eylure Dylash kit in Superdrug for £3.75, I thought I'd try it out.

You can pick these up from Boots, John Lewis and lots of places online but I think Superdrug have it on offer at the moment because it's around £7 everywhere else. The Superdrug I went in to only had 'Blue/Black' but it comes in black, dark brown & brown too.

The kit includes: Dye & activator, protective pads, a mixing stick, applicator wand & (pictured below) a little tray to mix the dye in. You'll also need some Vaseline and wet wipes.

The application is quite straight forward:

Clean eyelashes 

Mix dye cream & activation fluid

Cover area around eye/lashes in Vaseline

Dampen pad & place under eye

Close eye & apply dye to lashes

Keep eye closed for 5-10 minutes

Remove dye with makeup wipes.

The concave shape of the mixing tray makes it really difficult to properly coat the mascara wand, so I'd recommend finding something flatter to mix the dye in. 

I also found it almost impossible to apply the dye with my eye closed.

I think it's just a case of finding out what works best for you. I was careful not to blink too dramatically and get dye everywhere, so having my eyes open during the development time wasn't too much of a problem. The instructions also say to do one eye at a time, which is obviously a good idea if you do intend to spend the 10 minutes development time with your eye(s) closed. If you don't, then you can probably save time and do both at once.

Left - before, right - after

My eyelashes didn't come out quite as dark as I had hoped but I was really pleased with how it tinted my eyebrows. It'll definitely save me some time doing my makeup in the morning, I might even manage to get it done before leaving the house! 

xo

MAKEUP: Nail wraps

I've never used nail wraps before but saw these in Primark and I thought I'd try them out. There were 20 in the pack for 50p (total steal) and although the sizes were a bit off and they wrinkle a little when you put clear varnish on top, they still look really cute. 

For anyone who finds them as much of an enigma as I did: you get a pack of different sizes and they work like some kind of sticker/transfer hybrid. You heat them a little to loosen the adhesive by rubbing them, peel the wrap off the sheet, place it on to your nail & then trim off and file the excess.

I'm not sure if it's the quality of these or down to my application, but I feel like they may have worked better on a base coat & despite a couple of layers of clear varnish, they're wearing off a little at the tips. I'll definitely be trying some others though.

There's tonnes of different brands & styles available, just a quick search and I found loads on ASOS, Boots, Superdrug, Topshop & eBay ranging from £1 to £10 but I'd definitely recommend getting some cheap ones first if you've never used them before.

Nail wraps by kouraanthrax 

I'm really keen to try the L'Oreal ones (5th clockwise from top), and WAH Nails have done a collaboration with Models Own which is just a dream come true. 

I've also bought some nail art pens and I want to try nail pearls, so i'll be posting about those soon too!

Anyone else had any nail art adventures recently?

xo