easy fishtail plait hair tutorial and ghd style and protect gift set review

I got literally sooo many comments asking me to do a tutorial on how I style my hair in a fishtail plait after I wore it in some outfit photos and a video a couple of weeks ago. It's literally so easy to do and I love wearing it with a bright lip, chunky gold jewellery and some eyeliner!

I filmed it as a tutorial as I thought it might be easier for you to follow, please let me know if it was helpful to you as I haven't really done hair tutorials on here before so I don't know if it's any good for you!

The products I used when doing the fishtail plait tutorial were from the ghd style and protect gift set*. The kit contains a paddle brush, a final shine finishing spray, a straight and smooth heat protection spray and two clips. This set would make a great gift for anyone that's into beauty as it comes presented in a lovely box and ghd is such a well known hair brand! I have had my wide plate straighteners from there for over two years now and they're still going strong- I absolutely love them. They're expensive but you really get your moneys worth out of them as they last for ages and are literally so much better than the other ones on the market.

The straight and smooth spray is meant to help smooth and defrizz your hair for a look that lasts without making your hair flat and lifeless. It also contains heat protection so you can use it with your straighteners or hair dryer which is a bonus and has a big thumbs up from me. It comes in a spray bottle which I like as it gives off a fine mist instead of just squirting it out. The scent of it is nice too- it kind of  and has a nice scent to it too! The ghd final shine spray claims to give instant all over shine, smooth flyaways and control static hair. I do agree with this as it makes my hair look much more sleek and smooth than it did before! I use it after I've finished doing my hair and it comes out like an aerosol which is good for getting it all over your hair in a fine mist. 

The paddle brush is a really nice size- especially if you have long, thick hair like mine. I wouldn't say it would be that great for shorter hair as it's so big but my mum has short hair and she's used and really liked it. I don't know why but it seems to brush through my hair easier than a normal brush would but it unfortunately doesn't beat my beloved tangle teezer!

The ghd style and protect kit retails for £39.00 and is available here.

what do you think of a fishtail plait? Will you be recreating it?

the ghd style and protect gift set was sent to me for review purposes. This does not influence my review and it is 100% honest as always.

Fake Tattoos nail art tattoo review and tutorial

Today I have a tutorial showing you how to use nail art tattoos. I was sent the nail art tattoos to try by fake tattoos which is a Scandinavian brand who sell 'tattoos' for your skin and nails. They're similar to the ones you used to get when you were a child only much cuter designs and without the pain and permanency of a real one. As you can see from my photos they have so many cute designs to choose from so there's something for everyone!

Here's how you apply them:

1. start off with the base design you want for your nails which can obviously be something plain but I decided to go for polka dots to make it a bit more interesting. I think stripes or ombre would be a good alternative which would also look cute

2. cut the tattoo design you have chosen from the sheet of designs

3. remove the piece of clear plastic that is covering it on the front (I accidentally forgot to do this one one of the ones I did and it doesn't work!

4. place the nail tattoo face down onto your nail and wet a cotton bud with water- I found a cotton bud was best as it is small and it gives you more precision when applying it. It is quite hard to get the tattoo exactly where you want it as they're so tiny but you get used to it with a bit of practice

5. place the wet cotton bud onto the backing card and let the water soak through, making sure you wet the whole piece of card

6. once it has transferred the backing will easily slip off and you will be left with the nail tattoo on your nail!

7. finish with a good top coat- I recommend seche vite or nails inc. caviar top coatas they're my favourite and I've found they do the best job at preventing chipping

fake tattoos have such a wide range of designs on their website and it makes it look as if you've put loads of effort into painting them when you realy haven't- sneaky! It's like having perfectly manicured nails with pretty much no skill involved! The only downside I've found so far to them is that after around 3 days I found the bows started to get almost sticky on my nails and scratched off which was weird but the first couple of days they were fine!

Fake Tattoos retail for £6 per sheet (free postage!!) and are available here. They're great for people wanting to experiment with nail art but don't have the patience to paint a design on your nails yourself

what do you think of Fake Tattoos? Do you think they're a good, easy alternative to doing nail art?

although I was sent the Fake Tattoos for review purposes this does not influence my review in any way and it is 100% honest as always

Deborah Milano shine creator lipstick in shade 13 review and swatches

Deborah Milano shine creator lipstick- shade 13*

I was sent this lipstick the other day by Deborah Milano. Deborah Milano is one of the top Italian makeup brands so I was excited to try something from them. They've jsut came over to the UK- hopefully it's just as popular over here!

I decided to pick this shade from the shine creator range which says 13 on the lid but as there's no shade names on the website I can't link you to the exact one I got! It was quite a guess as to which lipstick shade I went for as the colours also weren't that clear on the site but I picked a nice red colour which thankfully I liked! It's got a formulation quite similar to the Revlon lip butters which I'm sure you'll of heard of before as it's got quite a sheer pigmentation but it's very moisturising at the same time. The colour comes out like a pale red/pink colour and look nice and natural on the lips. The staying powers isn't great as you'd expect for such a moisturising formula. I'd say you have to reapply every 2-3 hours or after I've eaten/drank which I guess could be worse! It has SPF15 in it which is great to protect your lips- especially with the warm weather coming up (who am I kidding- we're in England not Italy.) 

The packaging is nice and quite unique and I also like how the logo is imprinted onto the bullet (a nice touch but once you've used it you can't tell it was there). It has has a scent very similar to vaseline which is quite pleasant and not too strong.

The shine creator lipsticks retail for £8.50 which is above UK drugstore prices but still reasonable compared to mac etc. Overall this is a nice lipstick, they have a good colour range and the formula/packaging is good too! I would like to see them bringing shade names and proper swatches to the website as it would make sense to!

Have you heard of Deborah Milano before? What do you think of the shine creator lipstick?

Casetagram phone cases

I don't know if you've heard about Casetagram before but basically it's one of the coolest phone case companies about. If you haven't heard of Casetagram before it's a company that allows you to design and completely personalise your phone case using your own photos to create a kind of collage on your phone case! If you want to see what it looks like then check out Meg's post where she has photos of the case she created using her photos- it's so cute!
I was lucky enough to be contacted by Casetagram to see if I wanted to review a case from them and to do a giveaway for you guys and that post will be up as soon as it has been delivered! Aswell as allowing you to design your own case which I will talk about more in my next post, you can also choose from hundreds of pre-designed cases. I have picked some of my favourites and I thought I would share them with you. I've obviously picked very girly ones but there's something for everyone on there!

What do you think of the idea of Casetagram? Are you looking forward to the giveaway? Let me know what your favourite design is below!

easy lace nail art tutorial

I was inspired to do these by Julia who's blog I found through instagram, she did hers a pastel pink but I decided to go with essie 'mint candy apple' for mine! They're a bit messy round the edge so sorry about that! I think these would look cute with any pastel colour as a base, maybe even one finger as each! The hardest bit was getting the semicircle in step two the same size on each finger but I guess it's not too hard and it's fairly easy to even up with the base colour if you make a mistake.