Holiday Makeup Sets

Hola a todos!

Hoy os voy a dejar con algunos de los sets que han preparado las firmas para estas Navidades, para que vayáis viendo lo que va a haber (si tenemos suerte y es verdad que algunas cosas son mundiales y no llegan 3 meses después a España) y lo podáis poner en la lista de regalos para Navidad.

Hello there!
Today I am here to show you some of the Christmas Makeup Sets that different brands are getting ready for Holidays, so you can put them on your wishlist (and if you´re lucky enough to get all this sets in your country, mine probably won´t have all of them ).
Let´s get into it!

Empezamos!

Nars lanza dos estuches con copos de nieve en su portada, y a parte labiales y esmaltes de uñas también de edición limitada para esta época.

Nars have this two cute sets with snowflakes on top, and of course some limited edition nail polish, gloss and lipstick.

Marc Jacobs también va a lanzar unos sets especiales, uno compuesto de sus lápices, otro con todos sus productos para ojos y otro mas general.

Marc Jacobs is launching this beautiful sets, one with 7 pencils, other one with all about the eyes and other more for a complete facial set.

Como no podía ser menos, Urban Decay también nos dejará un set navideño, con 6 labiales de su línea Revolution y un delineador transparente.

And Urban Decay is launching this beautiful set with 6 Revolution lipsticks and a neutral lip liner.

Para todas las fans de Benefit, creo que esto os va a gustar! Un set con todos sus coloretes mas un iluminador y brocha, y otro con los Benetint y Benebalm a juego.

For all the fans of Benefit, this two sets will make you fall in love! One with all the blushes, plus a highlighter and a brush, and other one with benetint with matching benebalms

Mac, como siempre, ya tiene disponible su línea navideña, MAC Keepsakes. Hay sets de todo tipo, incluso uno de Viva Glam con los dos labiales de Rihanna, y una paleta especial con todos los tonos Viva Glam.

MAC always have a special Christmas line, and here it is. Sets of all kinds, even a special one from Viva Glam with the 2 lipsticks of Rihanna and other that it´s a quad with the 6 shades of Viva Glam.

Las dos siguientes no tienen nada que ver con las navidades, pero quería ponerlas también. OPI va a lanzar en Enero una línea de esmaltes dedicada a la película "50 Sombras de Grey".

The next two things are not Christmas related, but I wanted to show them to you. OPI will launch in January a line of nail polish inspired on the movie of "50 Shades Of Grey".

Como fan de los tonos grises de uñas, estaré muy atenta a esta línea, porque me gustan todos los colores!

As a lover of the grey shades for nails, I will be checking this line as soon as it comes out!

Y por último, mi producto favorito, y que por desgracia no llega a España ni hay oportunidad posible de que llegue. El set de los Studded Kiss Lipstick de Kat Von D.

My favourite set, without any doubt is this one, that unfortunately there´s no way to get it in Spain. It´s the set of the Studded Kiss Lipstick from Kat Von D.

Y esto es todo de momento en colecciones navideñas, más algún extra. En cuanto tenga más, os aviso!

This is all for now, with a little extra something. As soon as I find new ones, I will tel you!

Nos leemos en el siguiente post.

See you very soon!

Lor.

Nails!

Hi everyone!

Today I am here with a long post about nails, with all my favourite products and all the stuff that I´ve used all over the years.

A lot of people had asked me what are my favourite products, brands... So today I´m going to make you like a "Top Ten" of all of the products.

I will start in order, from the first product you use when you start doing your nails, to the last one.

When you do your nails, it´s always recommended (if not necessary) apply previously a layer of base coat to protect your nail and avoid that later when you take off the polish your nails still having the color of the polish you´ve got before. There are even base coats with vitamins, and another ones with different treatments, you have to choose the one that adjust best to yourself.

One of my favourite base coats is the O2M Breathable Base Coat from Inglot. I´ve been using it during a year and my nails always look perfect after taking off the polish (and I always have my nails done, it´s so weird that I don´t wear any polish). Even that in the bottle it looks white, once applied it looks clear. Any nail polish on top of this base coat last between 4-6 days in perfect conditions. One of the special feature in this product, is that is designed to let your nail breath while you have the polish on. (This product is not tested in animals, the brand is against animal tests).

Another one with a great quality is the Natural Nail Base Coat from OPI. They usually sell it with the top coat, but you can find it for itself if you don´t want to buy both. The color of this one looks pink on the bottle but once applied looks again clear. It´s a long lasting one too, your manicure will last between 4-6 days perfectly.

Now let´s go to the Top Coats.

Again, one of my favourites is the O2M Breathable Top Coat. It´s totally clear and let your manicure with a very lovely shine, almost gel finish. During the time you have your manicure it doesn´t loose any shine at all. The only bad thing about it is that is not a fast drying one.

Another one with the same bad thing like the Inglot one is the Top Coat from The Edge, a very nice shine but it dries so slow.

The Fast Forward Top Coat from China Glaze, that apart of give you an amazing shine for your manicure, it helps to dry the polish faster. All the times that I´ve used it I´ve been totally in love with the final result and most of all because it helps to dry faster, it´s one of my favourites ones now.

One of the classics, and everybody has tried it at least once is the top coat from Seche Vite. I tried this one 2 years ago, and it really gave to the manicure a lovely shine and helped to dry faster.

Now let´s go to the dryers!

One that absolutely left me speechless is a Top Coat from Sally Hansen called “Dry Kwik”, and in less than a minute your nails are totally dried! The system is that with the brush you let fall a drop on top of your nail and let it expand all over the nail. Then you wait a minute (maybe 2, just in case) you take off the excess of oil that the product leaves (but if you use it for your cuticles is so moisturizing) and your nails are perfectly dry with an incredible shine. It´s my favourite of all the list.

Another dryer is the Quick-e from Essie. This one comes with a dropper, and you just have to let fall a drop on top of each nail and in one minute your nail is totally dry. The only bad thing is that it´s so hard to find (maybe on line you can find it).

OPI has drop dryer too, it´s called Drip Dry, but if you put more than two layers of nail polish, probably it won´t dry so fast.

One that have gel finish and shine is the Base and Top Coat from OPI, it has an amazing finish, but you have to seal the nail, if you don´t, it won´t work at all. It dries fast too, like 2 minutes. The only bad thing about is that it´s a little bit expensive.

Hope you like the post, see you on the next one!

Lor.