Nail Art Pen Haul & A Half!

I have only had a really tiny nail polish collection for way too long so I decided to update my collection a bit! I went on eBay and settled on some nail art pens:

There are 80 of them!! There are metallics, glitters, shimmers, pearls, pastels, opaques and soooo many different shades! While I understand I may of grown my collection the lazy girl's way ( I bought all of these in one transaction), this gives me chance to experiment and discover what I like.

There may be 1 or 2 dupes, I can't really tell straight from the bottle so I have got some nail design wheels on order so I can swatch them all. There are smaller bundles from other sellers on there but I just went for the biggest! And while I wanted to love all of my new babies equally, I instantly found my 2 favourites!

Of course I went for the 2 most sparkly! Holo glitter :-)  I have been looking for holographic nail polish for ages now and while it isnt full on linear holographic, this will satisfy my urge for now!

These pens are actually 2 in 1 so it can be used as a pen...

... or unscrew the lid to get a thin nail art brush, perfect for stripes / flicks! So how much did all of this cost?
£24.65 I paid but the price does change by a pound or 2 quite often. This was including shipping and from a UK seller too.

Oh, and to make the best use of my new goodies..

I also bought 5 double sided dotting tools, for perfect polka dots and paint splodge nails, they cost £1.15 including delivery from China,

and finally, 15 Nail Art brushes for £2.19 delivered from a UK seller. So now I just need to improve my painting skills and I should be creating beautiful nails very soon!

If you would like to have the item link to any of the items I got, please let me know! I would also like to see examples of your nail masterpieces. :-)

Katy Perry is coming to The Sims 3!

EA's The Sims is my favourite game of all time. In fact I have owned every single PC release so far. There is a new Sims 3 expansion pack coming in March called The Sims 3: Showtime. There will be a Katy Perry themed collectors edition that will feature loads of content such as props, outfits, hairstyles and even a guitar themed around the lady herself. You can check out a trailer from EA's Youtube channel below. Exciting times!

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Technic Crackle Polish & my neon rainbow crackle nails!

So, today I bought a bottle of Technic Crackle Effect Top Coat in 21106 Black. It only cost £1.99 and I have never used crackle polish before, so I thought I'd give it a go.

First of all, I painted my nails the colour I wanted to show through the crackle polish. I only did one coat so if you wanted a more vibrant finish you could do more or use a white undercoat first. In this case, I chose a different colour for each nail using these polishes from my collection:

Once that had dried, it was time for the star of the show to make an appearance.

I applied one coat of Technic Crackle Polish onto my freshly painted nails, being careful to paint each area just once, no overlapping or this will ruin the effect! Then, the magic happened before my eyes as the black started to crack in a random pattern and reveal the colours underneath.
Once this had dried I noticed the black was looking a bit dull, and almost chalky but once I applied a thin layer or two of clear top coat (which you need to do anyway to keep the colour on your nails), it had a nice shiny wet look to it once again. This is what it looked like:

It was so quick and easy to apply and I am not skilled at all when it comes to nail art, plus my nails are really short so it proves that you can still have pretty nails whether they are long or short.

The only really tiny issue I can find is not in the product itself but in the instructions that come attached to the bottle. It doesn't mention that you should apply a top coat to finish your design. someone who didn't know you had to do this would be a bit disappointed and not understand why the colour did not look its best. any tutorial online (and there are loads!) will tell you that you need to do this.

I absolutely love this product, I think it does it's job as well as more expensive products out there and I will DEFINITELY be buying more of these in as many colours as I can find!

Hope you enjoyed reading!

DISCLAIMER: All products used here were bought by myself. Woohoo!

Goodies I bought today!

Today I went shopping (with a budget of £20) and this is what I came back with:

15 piece silicone baking set

I actually bought 2 of these! One for cooking with (I think a butterfly cake will look awesome) and one for crafting. I'm either gonna try it with resin casting or soap making so I'll give an update sometime in the near future so you can see what I end up making!

Thomas Fleece Blanket

I couldn't go shopping without getting something for my little one so I got him a new blanket. His name also happens to be Thomas so it literally has his name all over it.

50 Bobbles

I was desperately in need of some new bobbles so I picked up these funky looking ones. I love the rainbow colours!

3 x Nail Art Laquers 

I did get some of these a while back in pink shades and so I went back and got these. I love how the brushes allow you to do nail art designs or a full plain colour without needing to swap brushes. They are good but you need to use a good top coat with them. These ones are by Angel Cosmetics so they are nothing too fancy but they do the job!

Centipede Sparkly Bag Charm

This caught my eye because of how sparkly it is and I'd never seen a centipede bag charm before. Its nice to have something a bit "different" for a change.

Long Ribbon Bag Charm

Next up was this bag charm. It's my favourite purchase of the day. Its really long too and it spruces up my boring plain looking bag rather nicely.

Last but not least, I bought a long black open cardigan. I didn't get a photo of this as you all know what they look like I buy these quite often in lots of different styles and colours and I wear them nearly every day.

So thats it, and it cost me £19 in all!

It's Skittles, but not as we know them!

So today I am doing my first ever review, yay! So a week(ish) ago I won a bag of skittles Crazy Cores from a Facebook game, and now that they have arrived safely I am going to review them!

So, it seems that these have been available in the US for some time as lots of those American food import sites sell them but now they are available in UK shops too!

This is what I received

Details of flavours

My first thoughts are that the packaging looks nice and bright, and the sweets look like regular skittles in size and shape.

There are 5 flavours. However, I think the flavour choices should have more variety. We have Lemon and Lemonade which I would think are basically the same thing, and then there's Watermelon and Melon, which again are very similar in taste. I get that they are trying to be different here and use a combination or flavours not usually seen in sweets, but I do think they could of made them better.

The other issue is that inside the middle of the sweets they are supposed to be different colours (left to right): yellow, pink, yellow, pink, green. You can just about notice a colour difference in the two end sweets but not really in the rest.  This doesn't really bother me though, as when I normally eat Skittles, I don't bite bits off to check what colour they are, I just eat them whole! :-)

Now for the taste test:
Blue Rasberry & Lemon tastes just like regular lemon  skittles to me but I still like it. I would of liked if the blue rasberry was stronger.
Mango & Peach tastes just as you would expect and I do like this flavour, although I wouldn't want to eat too many.
Cherry & Lemonade tastes just like the cocktail cherries you get in jars. Yum, I love cherries, and I'm actually glad that I can't taste the Lemonade flavour here.
Strawberry & Watermelon.. for me, they ruined the best Skittle of all time here! My favourite Skittle ever is the regular red strawberry one but I hate the flavour of Watermelon!
Melon & Berry actually tastes like pear drops to me, which is a good thing!

To summarise, they are edible, and overall I did like them. I would buy them if I saw them in a shop, but you just can't beat the original Skittles!

P.S I got my free bag from https://www.facebook.com/skittles.uk?sk=app_172257429525699  but this ends today, so if you are quick, you might just be able to grab one!

DISCLAIMER: These were a free sample. This does not affect my opinion and I have not been paid for this post.