I must confess myself as
something of a make up snob. Don't get me wrong I absolutely adore high street
brands (so much so that the people in my local Boots know me by name) and my
make up stash is made up almost entirely of high street products. Having said
that the brands I tend to favour usually come from the higher end of the scale,
purely because I have always found better results with those that cost a bit
more.
However I was shopping with
my friend, fellow shopaholic and enabler the other day when we made a quick
detour into Body Care where I was introduced to the brand Technic. The quickest
way to my heart is through good music and nail varnish (I have 150) and they
had shelves and shelves of nail varnish.
Usually I wouldn't give this
brand a second glance, NOT because it looks like it would be awful but because
I find it very hard to believe that you can get anything half decent for less
than a pound. How very wrong I was. I was like a tiny child in a sweet shop,
grabbing at everything and anything and getting thoroughly overexcited. After
what seemed like hours of perusing the make up I settled on 3 new nail polishes
and a new eyeshadow pallet.
L-R: Carnival, Turkish
Sea, Siona Island. B:Electric Beauty Metalix Eyeshadow Pallet, all by Technic
This cost me a total of
£5:49! As someone who has spent £70 on nail varnish in one hit (I got into so
much trouble that day) this seemed like a total revelation. Desperate to play
with my new make up I hurried home and painted my nails in Turkish Sea, using
Carnival as an accent.
Nails in Turkish Sea & Carnival by Technic
The nail varnish was
fantastic. Two coats and it was completely opaque. I always find glitter
polishes difficult because I find it impossible to resist chewing it off but
this one wasn't too bad, although it did take a few coats to get a decent
amount of glitter. Unfortunately it only lasted a day before it began to chip
which is pretty poor, however for the bargain price of £1 a pop I will
definitely be adding more Technic products to my collection.
As a strapped student
(with a pretty serious make up habit and an out and out nail polish/lipstick
addiction) I sometimes have to make the difficult decision between make up and
food,
and more often than not make up wins. Well not anymore. Now I can have both :)
Until next time guys for
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L0ve love love xxx
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