Pampered and Polished Nail polish and beauty product reviews

Continuing my seasonal obsession with coral shades, here’s a lovely much subtler orange shade – Urban Outfitters Bellini. This polish is a lovely bright peach shade, that goes on really smoothly, dries pretty swiftly and looks fab even against my pasty skin! I love Urban Outfitters nail polishes – and ... Read More »

Well, here is another one of my Models Own 15 for £50 nail polishes… Models Own Golden Peach. Models Own Golden Peach does what it says on the tin… it’s a pale peach nail polish with a golden shimmer running through it. The texture is perfect, with a streak-free opaque ... Read More »

On the weekend I went to get my nails done and chose two of the nail polishes from the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean nail polish collection for my mani-pedi: OPI Steady as She Rose nail polish – a super pale lilac nail polish for my fingers OPI Planks a ... Read More »

Chanel are releasing a whole host of new lipgloss colours in their Lèvres Scintillantes lipgloss range called Chanel Roses Ultimes De Chanel collection, where Peter Philips, Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, explores the multiple facets in every shade of the pink spectrum, from pastel to fuchsia, sheer or intense, with ... Read More »

I’m loving the vast array of coral/orangy nail polish shades out there at the moment. Today’s shade is from Boots 17 Candy Collection – Orange Soda. Orange Soda is a fab bright creamy tangerine shade and is definitely one for brightening up an outfit! Boots 17 Orange Soda glides on really easily and the ... Read More »

I showed you pictures of the custom Minx for Jean Paul Gaultier’s Diet Coke corset bottle launch and now I have pictures and a video of the live body art installation at the launch of Jean Paul Gaultier’s Night & Day collection for Diet Coke, that took place in the ... Read More »

I told you about my first foray into bright lipsticks with my new MAC Lady Danger lipstick, well at the same time as I bought Lady Danger I also treated myself to MAC Pro Longwear Forever Love! lipstick – a bright fuchsia pink long lasting lippie. The colour of MAC ... Read More »

Today I have another of my 15 for £50 Models Own nail polish purchases to show you… this is Models Own Raspberry Crush nail polish – a bright pink-red nail polish. The finish of Models Own Raspberry Crush is super glossy and streak-free, but isn’t fully opaque, even with the ... Read More »

On April 17, 2012 in Sweden, Diet Coke unveiled its provocative new corset bottle design created by the legendary Jean Paul Gaultier. Minx was on hand to provide custom Minx nails to match the corset bottles, with a cute fishnet with clear half moon design… Swedish nail stylist Frida Selkirk ... Read More »

I am a huge fan of nail cuticle oil – I often have quite dry hands, mostly caused by the weather, and nail oil really helps nourish nails. It’s also great for helping encourage nail growth and strengthen your nails. I’ve used a couple of different types of oil, but ... Read More »