Pampered and Polished Nail polish and beauty product reviews

I popped into Smith and Caughey today (for you UK folks reading, Smith & Caughey is kind of like NZ’s Selfridges) to test out all of the Chanel nail polishes that have made it on to all of the must-have lists to see what all the fuss is about… First ... Read More »

This week I was lucky enough to be invited along to the launch of a fab new curling tong hair styler – BaByliss Wave Envy Now we all get wave envy. I get it with Cheryl Cole. Well I get a lot of envy when it comes to Cheryl Cole ... Read More »

I’ve just moved house and in a fabulous turn of luck there is a nail shop just across the road from me! (totally not why I moved there I promise). I popped in for a mani-pedi and chose OPI Matte Lincoln Park After Dark nail polish for my fingers… OPI ... Read More »

I have been wanting to try one of these lipstains for ages, so was super-happy when the lovely Covergirl peeps sent me through one of their new shades of CoverGirl Outlast Lipstain… The Covergirl Outlast lipstains are lightweight sheer washes of colour for your lips, they come in a pen ... Read More »

About a week ago I posted about Katy Perry Purr perfume and right at the bottom of the post I mentioned how her leopard print catsuit had inspired me to do another leopard print manicure… well the people at Majic Beauty read the post and seeing that I have an ... Read More »

Today’s nail polish is one of the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean nail polish collection that I told you about a wee while ago. OPI Sparrow Me the Drama is a fairly bright rose pink nail polish – it’s a really pretty nail polish, but nothing too unusual… Also I ... Read More »

Today’s prize in the Glamour Beauty competition is a fabulous one! If you enter on Monday May 23 you are in with the chance to win one of 20 Benefit make-up goody bags. Each bag contains: Benefit Bad Gal Mascara Benefit High Beam Complexion Enhancer Benefit Coralista Coral Blush Benefit ... Read More »

Gosh from Superdrug is introducing a limited edition mini nail polish collection this summer, called Oh My Gosh (or OMG! Gosh mini nail polish) There are 20 mini nail polishes in the Gosh mini polish collection and they will be available in July and August – the bottles are 5ml ... Read More »

Aaages ago I told you all about the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean nail polish collection and a few weeks ago AndyLou showed you her OPI Plank’s a Lot nail polish swatch, well now I have a two more of the Pirates of the Caribbean nail polish collection to show ... Read More »

Australis have released an eyeshadow primer as a part of their gorgeous Australis Paparazzi Perfect High Definition make-up collection. This eyeshadow primer is specifically designed to use on your eyes under your eyeshadow (no surprises there!) The whole idea of the Australis Eyeshadow primer is that it is designed to ... Read More »