Illamasqua Paranormal Collection

Well earlier today I was reading through my favourite blogs and online magazines only to find that I have missed Illamasqua's new collection which launched about 2 weeks ago.

The new collection is called 'Paranormal' which I think would have been an even bigger hit to be released around Halloween time as you could have much more fun with the colours. 

One of my favourite things about the whole range is that it includes 3 gorgeous limited edition nail colours that glow under a UV black light.

Yes!!! 

Glowing nails hahahaha how cool is that!?

Anyway I just thought to share this little post with you but feel free to let me know if you've tried it, what you think of the palette and nail colours!

Lots of love!

Layla xx

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Shamballa Style - Colour for Summer!

I love sitting here at my desk and blogging about my favourite things.

Setting up this blog just over a year ago, I didn't even think that I would have met so many wonderful bloggers and being able to reach people worldwide who are interested enough to view my blog everyday to see what I'll be posting about really makes me smile.

I'm so fortunate that I also get sent things to feature on my blog like this little beauty pictured above! 

Shamballa Style is an online company which has a BIG range of shamballa style bracelets.

These bracelets became a massive hit a year or so ago with everyone rocking them from school girls to pop bands and celebrities worldwide!

You can really see why they became such a hit...it's the lovely colours that capture the light and sparkle away like nobody's business.

I have a black and white shamballa bracelet and now this shamballa style bracelet which I absolutely LOVE...it's the way it captures the light and how it's just so colourful!

(I really love colour)

Shamballa Style have been even kinder and provided a discount code which I would like to share with you!

All you need to do is enter the following code: SAVE10 and this is 10% OFF your purchase! :)

You can view their website by clicking the link below.

Shamballa Style

If you love the bracelet pictured you can go to it directly by clicking the link below!

Multi-coloured Shamballa

Whats the price?? 

Well the bracelet I got sent was £19.99 BUT it has been reduced to just £9.99!!! 

What a bargain!!

I want all of you lovely beauties to let me know what you think of this bracelet!

Do you love Shamballa Style Bracelets?

Comment below!! :)

Layla xxx

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P.S - Make sure you check back as this will be featured in outfit of the day posts which I'll be planning soon! 

Would you rather - Tag

Seeing as there has been so many bloggers doing this post I thought I would join in....it's rare that I join in on tags but this one seemed like so much fun plus you'd get to see what I'm like....oh the joy!

Anyway I hope you all have fun reading this post and if you have any questions you can tweet me and/or email me!

@layladbeauty

Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lip glosses or lose all of your 

palettes and eyeshadows?

I would rather lose ALL of my palettes and eyeshadows....you don't need to cake your face in make-up as you can create lovely looks with an eyeliner, a few coats of mascara, turn your lipstick into a cream blusher.....why do you need palettes!? ;)

Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?

Oh no....... hahahaha well I would 100% look like a boy if I cut off all my hair but at least any split ends would go away and if I could do it for a good cause and raise money then it might be the way to go as hair will always grow back! 

Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?

Ok.....I didn't think this would be as hard but I love both colours.....pink makes you look younger instantly and coral gives you a healthy glow.....can I blend both and say I'll pick corink or poral.....hahahahahahaha! 

If you had £1000 to spend, Would you rather buy clothes or makeup?

You all know how much I adore makeup but I'm going to go for clothes....I LOVE clothes! Plus I have my own make-up range so I suppose it's a little easier for me hahahaha! :) 

Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?

HAHAHAHAHA!!!! 

Oh my god both are so bad.....well if I could pick a green lipstick I'd use that as my eyeliner so that probably answers the question :)  

Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?

I always used to shop in Sephora when I was in Greece so I'm going to stick with that....you get to browse through different brands and it's cheaper and 100% better than M.AC! 

Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?

I love brown and grey eyeshadow so it would be one of them colours...if I have to pick between the two I'm going to go for brown as it can take you from day to night!

Would you rather wear winter clothes in summer or summer clothes in winter?

I'd rather wear spring clothes all year round...this way I can wear a sweater with shorts when it's colder or a t-shirt with shorts....see clever thinking hahaha!

Would you rather dark nails or bright nails all year round?

Dark nails look incredibly classy and gorgeous all year round but bright nails are much more fun....ohhhhh decisions.....

Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?

Didn't I answer this question above!? No???

Ok well I would rather give up my favourite lip product so I can wear my lovely brown eyeshadow!

Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a pony tail or a messy bun?

I would rather wear it down and wavy ;) BUT i'm going to pick a messy bun even though it takes me 10 attempts to get it looking OK....

Would your rather never being able to paint your nails again or never use lipgloss?

I don't think I'd mind never using lipgloss again.....

Does this happen to you??

Fix your make-up, fix your hair...apply lipgloss...walk outside...gust of wind and OH my hair is stuck to my face!!!!!

Yeah...that happens to me.....

Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all? or sharpie them in everyday?

Hahahahaha......can you imagine Sharpie eyebrows....LOL!!! 

I'd look like a dodgy little alien! 

Oh I wouldn't want to but I'd rather shave my eyebrows and draw them in using special eyebrow powder....

Does anyone remember those days in school where it was fashionable to shave a little part of your eyebrow....how awful!!!!

Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?

Oooooh ok.....I don't like bare nails....I'm so used to having my nails painted and pretty that I don't like bare nails at ALL!

My nails are bare now as I thought to leave them for the day to 'breathe' but I don't like it hahaha....saying that I don't look like not wearing any makeup at all.....can I please be allowed to wear mascara....yes!?....thank you! :)

Hope you enjoyed that little tag 'would you rather' and I hope that you learned that I'm not that serious and like to have a laugh!

Anyway lovelies...I'm off to paint my nails ;)

Love!

Layla xxx

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Picture has been edited on Pic Monkey, the background image is from weheartit! 

H&M Press Day - Summer Collection 2013

A couple of weeks ago I was invited ti view the new summer collection from H&M...it was one of my first fashion press events and I was extremely excited that I had been invited! :)

Of course I took some pictured for you to view the collection so really you were all there with me ;)

Snacks and drinks were being served by the sweetest waiters....I actually wanted to hug one of them cause she was just so cute but I didn't because that's weird haha!!

After having a look round I came to the conclusion that these things will be HUGE this summer!

• Colourful / Patterned Denim Shorts
• Gemstone Accessories
• Fringe Detail
• Block Colour
• Neon

I imagine all of the magazine to be filled with the points listed above so I'll definitely be on the lookout!

I love bright colours and just feel like sunshine and warm weather makes everyone want to experiment more with fashion and take a risk....this is why I see so many gorgeous fashion bloggers in L.A & Milan...they have beautiful weather!! 

One thing which I would like for all you beautiful readers to know is that I was extremely disappointed after 10 minutes of my arrival.

A woman entered the room and ALL of the staff rushed over to her like she was some celebrity, they were offering her clothes to wear and told her whatever she wanted to let them know and they will go and see if they have it in stock.

I'm sorry but when you hold a press event you treat EVERYONE the same, you either offer EVERYONE clothes to check out and wear or you don't let ANYONE wear any clothes.....she was an extremely stuck up woman and didn't even remove her sunglasses.

Now you may think I'm coming across as bitter but I'm not....I'm expressing my opinion and I believe that companies should treat everyone the same and offer everyone the same....we bloggers take more time and put more effort into our posts and try to make our photos look wonderful for our readers so we too should be respected in the same way as they treat their 'models'...

I was very disappointed after that and wanted to leave quickly as I felt like I was just invited for a free post but with the free post I am expressing my opinion :)

Anyway I hope you all enjoy the photos and look out for some wonderful things coming soon from H&M! :)

Lots of love!

Layla xxx

P.S - Who loves the kitten espadrilles and gemstone shorts??? They were adorable haha! 

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Essie & Rimmel Nail Polish Cocktail! Tart Deco & Shirley Temple

Essie & Rimmel Nail Polish

Essie Tart Deco

Rimmel Shirley Temple

Tart Deco & Shirley Temple

I love my coral colours and Essie - Tart Deco is probably one of my favourite coral colours at the moment!

It's got a creaminess to it which you don't find in many nail polishes...they're either too orange, too red but not this one it's just right (for me)

By adding one coat of Rimmel's Shirley Temple it did turn it more orangey as you can see in the picture BUT it didn't bother me at all on this occasion as it had a lovely gold shimmer running through it which was gorgeous and perfect for the sun!

I got both of these colours for my birthday as a present and only now did I think to mix the two together....I'm actually wearing the same colour on my toes too as it's just such a summery colour and looks perfect peeking through sandals! :)

How can you achieve this colour? 

It's really not hard at all!

You need to apply 2 coats of Essie Tart Deco and one coat of Rimmel's Shirley Temple!

Let it dry and that's it!

This has been pictured with NO top coat so you can see there is a lovely shine to it too! :)

What do you think of these colours??

Love corals & golds??

Let me know!! :)

Layla xxx

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