Summer Time Sadness - Summer Wishlist

Gooooood afternoon! Over the past few days it has been so sunny here in Scotland and actually really warm so it has totally been getting me in the mood for Summer!!! 
Summer is definitely my favourite season of the year as I just love wakening up with the sun shining through the curtains and love sitting out in it catching some rays! 
The one thing that I love most about it is wearing Summery clothes so I thought why not make a wish list with some summary items that I want for this Summer :)

Nail Polish Haul

Hello! I hope you have all had a lovely Monday and it's not been too much of a drag for you. Over the past few weeks my work (Tesco) have been reducing some of the make-up as they are getting rid of the old stuff to make room for new make-up. Do you want the good or bad news first? Okay I'll give you the bad news first. 

The bad news is that the BarryM make-up stand is being replaced *tear starts to roll down cheek*. The good news is all the BarryM make-up including nail polishes were all reduced!! I went freaking crazy when I noticed it!! All gelly, matte, silk and the aquamarine polishes were all down to £1.99 each and all nail paint, glitters, top coats and base coats were all down to £1.49, with the odd ones at only 74p! I couldn't believe my eye balls! So I did go a bit crazy and bought a lot but it wasn't all at once.

From left to right:

• Raspberry
• Berry
• Strawberry
• Blue Moon
• Aqua Glitter
• Pink Saphire

From left to right:

• Espresso
• Miami
• Copa Cobana
• Waikiki
• Malibu

From left to right:

• Plum
• Passion Fruit
• Blueberry
• Lychee

From left to right:

• Pacific
• Mediterranean

I also had a quick look in TK Maxx to see if they had any bargains and I managed to get two Ciaté nail polishes reduced to only £2.00! The pink one only has a spillage of another nail polish on it's bow and I don't know what's wrong with the green one. The green one is very bright but since it was around Halloween at the time I thought it was very appropriate and for £2.00 it's a bargain! The only annoying thing is the labels are stuck on and I can't get them off properly but never mind :).

 From left to right:

• Palm Tree
• Electronica

New BarryM Silk - Orchid & Poppy

                 

As soon as I found out BarryM had brought out more nail polishes to the silk collection I was down the shops as soon as!

There are 3 new colours to the collection:

• Orchid
• Poppy
• Forrest

I went for 2 out of the 3 as Forrest (which is a blue/green colour) looked slightly similar to a nail polish I already have, saying that, I'll probably go back it haha!. If the '3 for 2' offer had been available I would have just bought it but unfortunately that deal wasn't on in Boots or Superdrug. However, Boots were offering a free mascara when you spent £7.00 or more on any of the BarryM range. The mascara is also BarryM and is called Showgirl. 

There were two mascaras to choose from, one for volume and one for lengthening your eye lashes. I chose the lengthening one as I preferred the brush on it.

I absolutely love the shades of the nail polishes and they are perfect for this time of year. I also think the names of them are so appropriate for each shade.

Have you tried any from the silk collection?

xoxo     

                                       

                                                         Poppy                                                      Orchid

Daisy Dream by Marc Jacobs

                               

Let's all just take a moment and look at how gorgeous this bottle of Eau De Toilette is....*stares at it huge smile on her face* Haha! I have been wanting this for so long but I just could not justify spending £70 on a perfume. My boyfriends mum is going on holiday in October so I asked her to see how much it is at the airport since it's duty free however when I was out shopping yesterday at Livingston's amazing outlet centre I came across The Fragrance Shop.

So in I went to see if they had it, and there it was staring back at me screaming "buy me Gemma, buy me!!!." I thought there was no harm in asking the price of it so I went to the counter to ask about it. The lovely ladies at the counter told me the 100ml was only £55.99!! I couldn't believe it so didn't hesitate and bought it right away. The ladies were even nice enough to check their system to see if it was cheaper anywhere else but it wasn't. 

Since I was willing to spend this much on it, there was no point waiting for David's mum to come back from holiday to get it. 

It smells absolutely amazing as well!

xoxo

Note: The link to the fragrance shop site will have full priced products.

                                                        

My Nail Polish Collection Part 1

BarryM - Gelly

      

        Sugar Apple                          Rose Hip                          Dragon

      

           Key Lime                           Papaya                              Huckleberry

That's so overrated!

                      

Hey! I've decided to do a post on 2 items I bought which I think were so overrated! I bought them because there was a huge hype about how amazing they are and so I wanted to try them out for myself.

I was so so disappointed as I thought these didn't live up to the expectations I had.

Maybeline Babylips - Don't get me wrong, these look amazing, the packaging is so cool and I love the colours, however I just felt they didn't make my lips feel any different to a normal lip balm. I also think these are expensive for what they are.

Body Shop Lip Butters - These are worse! These make my lips feel horrible! I feel the butter doesn't spread easily which leaves lumps of product on my lips. The smell however is soooooo goooood in each one! 

I would love to know what you think of these products if you've tried them? 

xoxo

BarryM Silk Nail Polish Colletion

Happy Friday everyone! :D Instead of packing I did a bit of shopping.....oops! I went into Superdrug and went straight the the BarryM cabinet which I knew was going to be a bad idea. They had a deal on as usual which was buy any 2 nail polishes from the £3.99 range and get them both for £6.00. I would have preferred their usual 3 for 2 deal as I could have got the whole silk collection but I just couldn't bring myself to buying all 6 of them so went for the 4 that stood out the most to me. I know this post has been done by loads of bloggers but I thought I'd share my opinions on them :)

I went for:

 

                                Blossom                                                           Pearl

  

                                        Heather                                                               Mist

Each of these colours are gorrrrrgeous!  I found it so difficult to choose my 4 but I'm so happy with my choices! My favourite has got to be Pearl. It's a gorgeous white. I went for this because I don't have a while polish and I love the finish of this. It reminds me of a wedding. I think I would use this for an accent nail and pair it one of the other colours. As for the other colours I love pastel colours so these are just absolutely gorgeous to me! 

Have you tried any of these colours or the other two from the collection? Let me know what you think of them :) xoxo

P.s Just realised this is my 100th post yey!

Primark's New Nail Polish Collection - P.S.

Hey guys! Another nail polish post I'm afraid....just can't seem to get enough of them. I've noticed that Primark have brought out a new line of products called P.S which I'm not sure what it stands for but they have renamed all their beauty products with this name. I've also noticed that most of the products packaging have changed and I think it looks way better, nail polishes being one them. Instead of the packs of 4 polishes (which are still available) you can now buy them individually. They cost £1.00 each which is a bargain and I think you get more in them. They are also in square bottles which I think is way better. Here are a few that I have bought :)

   

   

   

Pros: 

• Cheap as chips
• Great range of colours
• Smell isn't too strong
• Size of bottle is good size

Cons:

• Chip very easily.....they are good for if you want to quickly paint your nail for the day and that day only.

Hope you enjoyed :) xoxo

Spring Wishlist

              

 Outfit 1: 

• Meow Vest Top - Delias.com
• Denim Shorts - Zalando.co.uk
• Neon Blue Vans - Nordstorm.com

Outfit 2:

• Pink Vest Top - Victoriassecret.com
• High Waisted Denim Shorts - Etsy.com
• Mint Green Vans - Nelly.com

Outfit 3:

• Cat Vest Top - Thegrandsocial.com.au
• Turn Up Denim Shorts - Topshop.com
• Black Vans - Stylefile.de

xoxo     

Essie Wish List

I looooooove Essie nail polishes but still think they are on the expensive side for a nail polish. I own two from this brand and love them! I love the size of their brushes and how quickly they dry. I do hope to own more in the future and hopefully find them cheaper some where :P These are my faves at the moment and hope to add them to my collection :) xoxo

Butter London Wish List

Butter London is one of the few brands of nail polishes that I reallllllly want but can't justify the prices of them! They range from £10-£15.00 I think. These are a few of the colours that I really want so who knows....maybe one day I'll purchase 1 or 2 :P I'm not gonna bore you with me explaining details of the colours as they speak for themselves really :) xoxo

Nail Polish Haul

Happy Monday everyone! Hope everyone's first day back at work was fine if you were working :P. I've been meaning to do this post for a while now but with it being Xmas and New Year I just couldn't find the time to prepare for it but as I had some spare time tonight I thought I best crack on with it and also I apologise for the bad quality of the pictures. So as you can probably guess by the title of this post that this is going to be a nail polish haul and just to let you know that no I did not buy these all at once although I don't really see why that would be a problem :P We always feel like we have to put a little disclaimer out there which I think is quite sad :( Anyways let's crack on!                    

       

Ootn - Date night!

  

Hey dolls! So unfortunately it's the last day of the holidays for most people today apart from myself who went back to work today but since it was my boyfriends last day here we decided to go out for tea then to the cinema for one last time. Honestly we have totally taken advantage of him being home by going out for tea looooooads, I feel so chubby! :P As cheesy as it sounds I like to call our wee nights out our "Date Night". We had a lovely meal at one of our favourite restaurants and then went to see the new Paranormal Activity film which I thought was okay. 

So yeah I thought I'd share with you what I wore. Just a simple look really, hair pinned back with a few kirby grips (bobby pins) and some eye liner and mascara. The dress is from Primark which I got in the sale for £5!!! This was a while a go though so I'm not sure if they would still have it. I love the colours in it especially the blue and orange and it also has a cute little cut out just under the chest which I think is so flattering. xoxo

Frill Top Socks

     

Hello! Just a quick post on these amazing cute little socks I found in Internacionale yesterday. These were on 3 for £6 or they're £2.99 each. I went for all 3 as I couldn't resist the colours of them and for £6 that's quite good! From left to right we've got Mint, Coral and Lavender. If I had to choose a favourite pair out of the 3 it would be the Coral ones as that's my favourite colour. These socks are just so cute and will look great with a pair of boots and even if you can't see the colour of the socks at least you'll be able to see the cute frilly bit at the top just peeking over your boots. What do you think of these socks? xoxo

Superdrugs New Stand

Eeeeeeee!!! So I went into Superdrug (which is a drugstore in case any of you Americans don't know :P) today for a nosy since they've been refurbished and I wanted to look at the BarryM stand where I came across a new stand.......ESSIE!!! I have never seen an Essie stand before so I was so excited when I seen it! Although I do think they are quite expensive my aim is to buy 1 or 2 every month when I get paid for a little treat to myself :P There are sooooo many colours to choose from it's going to be difficult but I'll manage :) I just wanted to share this with you in case you didn't know either! If you have a favourite Essie nail polish then pleeeeeeease let me know which one it is so I can have a look and try it out :D xoxo

                        

#BritishBloggerSelection

Hey guys! I just wanted to share a blog group I've just discovered on a blog called Little Vintage Camera which was created by Ellie. What happens is if you are a British blogger then you join in and every week Ellie will send you a theme to blog about and you can pick something to do with that theme to write about. It sounds really fun and is a great way to bring other bloggers to your page. Head on over to Ellie's blog to find out how you can join in. I can't wait to find out what the first theme will be :D xoxo

Maybeline Baby Lips

These bad boys are now available here in the UK! 

I've heard so many beauty gurus on YouTube raving about them being amazing so I went and got two today as they were on offer! I bought the blue one which is called Hydrate and the pink one which is called Pink Punch! I chose to get one normal one and one tinted one as I'm not a huge fan of wearing colour on my lips but this is perfect as its subtle! Yeyy!!

Welcome To Gemstrends

Hello! So I've decided to start blogging and have no idea how it's going to go! I want to do it for a bit of fun and because I love reading and following other peoples blogs and also love watching beauty gurus on YouTube! This isn't going to be one of those beauty blogs but will have a bit of everything in it such as fashion, some beauty products as I am subscribed to GlossyBox so I want to share with you what I receive every month, and just simply other things that are going on in my life. So who am I? My name's Gemma and I'm 23. I'm from Scotland and work full time as an Optical Assitant in an Opticians at the moment. Thats me in the picture above being a bit of a bam really and taking an "selfie" for Instagram :D I would love some suggestions from anyone as to what I should blog about and what people would love to see!