Put it in neutral

I hate clashing my nails with my outfits - for example if I'm wearing lilac nails, I'll never wear a brown or a tan outfit with it as lilac and tan look horrible together. Similarly if I'm wearing orange nail polish, then no pinks or cool tones for my clothes thank you. But because I don't have the time to change the colour of my nails as often as I'd like to, neutral shades are what I gravitate towards. These are colours that make my nails look tidy and clean and go with almost any outfit.

Here are my favourite neutrals.

The swatches, left to right (or thumb to little finger) are:

• Polished London "Mauve Mandy" - a purpled grey cream. You can see full swatches of these HERE. 
• Covergirl "Everbloom"- this is from the Outlast Stay Brilliant range and this particular colour lasts about 5 days without chipping. 
• Essie "Lady Like" - this beautiful "greige" shade goes with everything and best of all doesn't give mannequin hands. 
• OPI "Skull & Glossbones" - a grey cream with green undertones. This is from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection so it's quite old, but I've seen this shade at many OPI stands. 
• Lime Crime "Milky Ways" - I love the way this looks on my nails, a beautiful cream colour, unfortunately it chips after about 2 days even with a top coat.  

What are some of your favourite neutral shades?

Jane Iredale Glow Time BB Cream review & photos

Recently I was given a chance to trial the new Jane Iredale Glow Time Full Coverage Mineral BB Cream (phew, that's a mouthful!). This BB cream is SP25, water resistant for 40 minutes, promises to smooth and brighten skin and minimise environmental damage. I've been wearing this on and off for about a month now, so it's time I give you my verdict.

Who says you can't wear gold eyeshadow in winter?

When you think of gold eyeshadow what season do you imagine? A warm summer's day no doubt. Perhaps paired with bronzed cheeks and a sheer lipgloss. Well, it's officially winter in Australia but do you think the cold weather was going to stop me from wearing this pretty little pan of gold on my lids? Nope, of course not!

FOTD with Rouge Bunny Rouge

Ever since I bought my Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadows a couple of weeks ago (review HERE) that's all I've been wearing. You might think a couple of weeks is a short time in the eyeshadow-world, but trust me, when you have more eyeshadows than there are days in a year (ok, slight exaggeration), anything worn for more than 3 consecutive days is a long time!

Anyway, my favourite way to wear it is by wearing Snowy Egret on the lid and inner corner of the eye, and Delicate Hummingbird in the crease, outer corner and on bottom lashline. Some days I'll line my eyes with a gel eyeliner, sometimes I'll just smudge a pencil for a lived-in smokey look.

The full makeup breakdown is as follows.

My post on The White Apartment

Hi all, just a quick note to let you know I'm over at The White Apartment today talking about my top 5 beauty products. So if you'd like to know what my all time top 5 are, head on over HERE and have a read.

PS: No prizes for guessing that Impassioned made the list!