Obsessive Cosmetics Disorder

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

And the winners are...

nicoletta (#11) and WelshBeautyBlog (#3)!!

Congratulations ladies and thanks to everyone that entered. Nicoletta and WBB, I have your email address so I will be in touch ;o)

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

My Change4Life & the Beauty Bloggers Christmas Weightloss Challenge: Week 1

Well, today is my first weigh in after a week of Weight Watchers and.....

I lost 3.5lb!!!

I'm delighted as I really didn't expect that in the first week and I am loving the routine of tracking my points online. I imagine it should *fingers crossed* steady out to about a lb a week - I'd be very happy with that. Anything with a minus preceding it, is a step in the right direction as far as I am concerned.

Ladies, how goes the BBCWC?? How did everyone's first week go?

Nic @ Obsessive Cosmetics Disorder

The Bristol Beauty Blog

Stacey @ The HQ of Beauty

Gidders1 (via Twitter)

Lucy @ Beauty and the Blogger

Alice @ Super Gorgeous

Sunday, 17 October 2010

I'm trying something Nouba, thanks to Chicky Spouts!

No one was more surprised that I was, that I won Chicky Spouts fantastic Nouba giveaway. Having not tried any Nouba products before I was excited to give them a try. So on Friday after a long and dreary week at work, I arrived home to a little red card from Royal Mail, telling me that a parcel was safely stored in my neighbours (god bless Mavis and Brian). All thoughts of tea went out the window and a hurried over to retrieve my parcel. Swathed in pink tissue paper the Nouba goodies emerged.

Thanks to Nic (aka Chicky Spouts) I received this stash of gorgeous Autumnal inspired Nouba goodies. I love the packaging, it has a feeling of NARS about it. Very classy!

The two eye shadows I received were Number 30 (top) which is a lovely taupe shade that is shot through with a gold shimmer to make your eyes pop. I'll be test driving this on Monday at work. The other colour is Number 18 which is the most amazing bronze. I cannot wait to give this one a try, probably on Tuesday. I wont be able to wait!!! Both colours are creamy, blendable and pigmented, although I would say the Number 18 shade is slightly more more pigmented. But with a colour like that, it needs to be! Each single shadow comes with its own mirror, which is really useful for makeup touch ups on the go. Consider me impressed.

Onto the Rainbow Eyeliner's I have Number 11 (left) which is a deep, rich chocolatey brown and I think (!) Number 56 which is a glitzy bronze shade. Both a incredibly easy to apply and the brush lends itself to creating the perfect flick, well, it makes my amateur flick's look better anyway!! I'm even debating layering these two up. I think they would look great together.

Finally, I have the Lipstick in Number 55 which is a very creamy, buttery rust colour with a bit of shimmer. Initially, I was a little scared by the intensity of this colour, but having a play around with it, I've noticed it can be worn fairly shear or built up for a more dramatic lip. It really is super creamy and has a gorgeous vanilla scent to it.. Yum!

So here are the final swatches of the Nouba products. Left to right we have Number 30 and Number 18 (eyeshadows) Number 11 and Number 56 (Rainbow Eyeliners) and Number 55 (Lipstick).

Thank you so much Nic (aka Chicky Spouts ) for the lovely goodies. I have a feeling I will be placing a Nouba order very soon!

Saturday, 16 October 2010

Barry M Lust-Have's Giveaway! CLOSED

Have you been trying to get your mitts on the latest offerings from Barry M? If so, then why not enter the first Obsessive Cosmetics Disorder Giveaway?

I have struggled, as have many others, to lay sight on these Barry M Nail Paint's. They have been so incredibly popular, there have been nothing more than empty shelves when I have gone in search of them.

With this prize, there is a very long and laborious story that involves me putting the frightners on a Superdrug employee called Matt this morning. These were the last bottles in the shop and unfortunately their card terminals had gone down and I was sans cash (so that's me and the Queen then!). I was not about to let Barry M Instant Nail Effects and Dusky Mauve slip through my fingers and poor Matt was a little scared by me and my high pitched wailing. Needless to say, he kept is word and didn't sell them to anyone else while I stalked off in search of a cash machine.

So I now have them for my own collection and wanted to share this with 2 lucky followers of the OCD blog.

I'm going to let the blogging masters tell you about these polishes and show you exactly what they are capable of! Big Fashionista gave manicures to any Tom, Dick and Harry with her Instant Nail Effects. You can read about her exploits here. Lipglossiping also loved her bottle and has chosen some fantastic colour combinations. to show off the nail art effect to full advantage. Read about them here. Just this morning, she has also investigated the comparison between Barry M Dusky Mauve V Chanel Paradoxal You can check out that post here.

Just look at how gorgeous this polish is!!?!?!?

Sadly, now it's time for the boring bit:-

The Rules

You must be a follower of this blog.and leave a comment telling Nic and I what limited edition/highly sought after product do you regret NOT getting your hands on? ( For example, mine would be a limited edition Clarasonic from Sephora. It was on special offer when I was in New York in June. I often wish I had gotten it, but perhaps it was for the best... I spent enough as it was!!)
This giveaway will close at 11pm (UK time) on Tuesday 19th October.
Two winners (winning a Barry M Nail Effects/Dusty Mauve polish each) will be picked at random on Wednesday 20th October.
Open worldwide

Good Luck everyone from Leanne and Nic.

Friday, 15 October 2010

Nail Inc Bargain for ONE DAY ONLY!!

Just a quicke from me...

The awesome Lipglossiping posted about a fabulous Nails Inc deal that is available for today only! She also gave a code that gives a 20% discount off your order. So naturally, I snapped up this for a Christmas pressie and the code works!

Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else wanted to get orgainised for Christmas.

Happy Shopping!

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Want!

Nails Inc have collaborated with Cadburys to make some delicious looking nail polishes sneak peeks of these two colours are on Facebook.

Could this be the perfect brown?

and another yummy looking nude. That's all I've seen so far but I'm looking forward to see if there are any more in the collection and what they've named them?

What do you think?

Monday, 11 October 2010

My Change4Life & the Beauty Bloggers Christmas Weightloss Challenge

Today was the day, when I finally got a kick up the bum and decided to make a Change4Life.

I've been really inspired by reading blogs and tweets about Bloggers weight loss. Lipglossiping, Big Fashionista and BeautyMaze are all having AMAZING results on their respective programmes and I have really wanted to get in on the action.

However, it wasn't until this morning when The Bristol Beauty Blog tweeted and blogged about the "Beauty Bloggers Christmas Weightloss Challenge" that it really caught my attention. The premise is to loose half a stone (ie 7lbs) in 8 weeks before Christmas. I instantly thought "I can do that!". It's a sensible, achievable amount of weight over a set period and if done right, it's likely to stay off. To be honest, I'm hoping I might loose more. But half a stone is a realistic goal!

I have to say, I'm loathe to use the word "diet". It just conjure's up images of failure in my mind. So I am not going on a diet, I am making a Change4Life. The NHS website for Change4Life is packed with really useful information on making positive life choices and increasing exercise. It has tips for families and adults alike. Their by-line is Eat Well. Move More. Live Longer, so here I am. I am signing up to the "Beauty Bloggers Christmas Weightloss Challenge". I am going to make healthier food choices and aim to increase my activity levels and see what happens.

I dont own scales, so I am taking myself off to Boots tomorrow to weigh myself. I wont be sharing that dreaded number with you all. Sorry, but I am super self conscious at the best of times. What I will do is update you on is my progress and any fantastic tips I pick up along the way. Feel free to join in and offer any tips or recipes that I can try.

Besides The Bristol Beauty Blog, other bloggers signed up to this virtual weight loss support group are: