June BBC Day 20: Favorite "High End" Product

My favourite perfume... Prada Candy!!

"High End" is not a phrase in my beauty vocabulary, really. I mean, I like the odd splurge here and there, but I'm unemployed and that means splurging is pretty rare for me! Looking at my make-up collection, my highest priced lipsticks are L'Oreal and Revlon. That speaks for itself, methinks!

My most "high end" face cream is my YSL Flash Radiance Skincare Brush that my friend Anna gave me. I'm not into labels really, except when it comes to glasses and perfume.

My favorite high end products are my YSL skincare brush and my Prada Candy perfume!

YSL Skincare Brush... love it!!

Prada Candy is the sweetest most girly scent I can imagine, without being overpowering and sickly! It comes in a decadent bottle made of heavy glass, with pink, gold and black details. The liquid inside is a beautiful gold liquid too. This perfume is absolutely worth the €100 price tag!!

My YSL Skincare Brush was a gift so I don't know the price, but I do know that you disperse a tiny amount out through the brush top and apply it to your face. When its all applied I like to rub it further in with clean hands and then wait 5 minutes before putting anything over it! It makes my skin tingle, and I love that, it makes me feel like its working!!

I'm really not a high end kinda chick, but when I go for something with a designer label, its because I know that I will get the wear out of it!! Normally my only designer purchases will be my specs and my scent!

What are your favorite high-end products? Do you stick with labels exclusively, or are you more of a budget girl, like myself? What do you think of my choices for today?

Amy,
xoxoxo

June BBC Day 21: Favourite Nail Look/Nail Art

Ever since I stopped biting my nails, I have been a nail art addict. I have been known to do a manicure 5 times a week, but when I love a nail polish I will wear it to death, too! Lucky for me, today I get to yammer on about my favorites overall today!! :D

When I was still a newbie to nails, I was all about building a good polish collection! My NYC Mint Green colour remains one of my favorites to this day! So pretty!!

 Let me explain the picture above! I'm an archer and the handle of my bow is orange glitter and white tribal detailing. Its a thing of beauty!! I had been out with an injury (and some mental blocks) for a few months and when I was making my comeback, as it were, I decided to do it in style!! It looked lovely, but that Rimmel Shirley Temple polish was a bastard to get off!

Nail Foils are a big thing right now! I picked up some Models Own in a Boots clearance bin for less than €3 and decided to rock them. They reminded me of Gatsby...How sad am I?? The packet contains loads of sizes, and that's probably so you can make your fingers and toes all matchy-matchy, but I prefer to keep the spares and then re-use them later!

Yesterday I decided to ditch the foil/polish combo and go for a bright colour an glitter! I have to admit, it took me more than one attempt to get these looking so good! The polish gods tested me to breaking point!! The combo is Essence That's What I Mint and Cool Breeze special effects topper! 

What are your favourites of my choices? Do you have any combos that you wish you had discovered sooner? What do you thing of my Essence combo?

Amy,

Xo