Chanel Quartz

I showed you Chanel's Peridot a few weeks ago and promised to swatch Quartz up, but then completely forgot. Thanks to my mum tweeting today asking about a nice grey, it reminded me I hadn't, so here you go!

Like Peridot, the application is very smooth, but does need a good two coats to get full coverage. Unlike Rouge Noir, it dries in about 2 minutes with no top coat!

It has an amazing colourful shimmer running through. It appears plain silver in some lights then with the tiniest flick of the wrist, the colours just jump out!

FOTD No7 Stay Perfect Eye Mousse in Plum

After raving about these eye creams a few days ago, I thought I'd do a quick FOTD with the Plum colour, which is by far my favourite.

Estee Lauder Enchanted Garnet Nail Polish

The Estee Lauder Christmas collection is very soon upon us and this year's offerings don't disappoint. There are 9 different products from Pure Crimson collection, gift bags including 3 from Michael Kors and a Swarovksi evening bag gift set, not to mention the Professional Makeup Artist Color Collection, that is £50 with any fragrance purchase. Seriously, christmas at Lauder is where it's at!

This is the only nail varnish in the Pure Crimson collection; Enchanted Garnet. Its a gorgeous blood red, with a pink undertone. When I first applied this, I was like "woah how did they do that, it's sparkly on my nails but not in the bottle?! Amazing!" Until I realised I'd applied it over the top of Chanel Peridot. I can confirm there is NO sparkle in this pretty red jelly-like polish.

It is however, very sheer & took a good 2-3 coats to get it looking like it's supposed to. The thinness did also expose all the little flaws in my nail. But I adore the colour so will be overlooking that & rocking this shade right through winter!

Left: 1 Coat Right: 2 Coats

1 Coat

2 Coats

This will be available whilst stocks last at £14. It is LE so grab it while you can!

My Week in Hipstamatic...3

I have been so busy this week I barely managed to get any pics!

one of my brides getting her finishing touches

my new Vivienne Westwood ring

my xmas polish of choice

& I've no idea what these next 2 are, but very pretty!

and this week's lifesaver

Boots No7 Instant Radiance Foundation

I am having a bit of a No7 love-in at the moment! Like the eye creams, I was given this foundation by Boots to use in a show. The night before, I tried it at home on myself and completely fell in love.

It has a pump!! It has a PUMP!!!!

So, details. It's branded as 'Instant Radiance'. Usually when 'radiance' is banded about in relation to foundation, it usually means it's full of shimmer, but this is so different. The texture is extremely light, very similar to Chanel Vita Aqua Lumiere or MAC Face & Body. Once applied to the face, it 'dries' within a few seconds and literally the skin is dry to touch, not tacky or sticky. But once dry, it's not matte, instead it stays kind of glowy, but dry! It really is quite incredible.

The coverage is medium, but because it sets so quickly, you can very easily pop a 2nd 'coat' on. I've also found it doesn't streak AT ALL and looks just as beautiful applied with either a brush or fingers.

The only negative I think is the fact that the lightest shade is porcelain, which isn't very porcelain at all. It's very similar to Chanel Pro shade 10 Limpede, which is quite yellow. It's about 1/2 a shade too dark (for me, it's fine & I just add a splash of white MAC F&B, but for girls lighter than me, you're going to struggle to get a colour match.

Ok, so I can't rave this much about a foundation without giving you some before/after pics! Be kind!

So this little beaut costs £12.50 and you can buy it online or instore. I'm not sure about the shades on the Boots website though - they don't match the shades available in both Boots stores I checked out.

*this was provided to me at no cost, but that was for use in a show, not for 'review purposes'. I truly love this product!