Top 5 Nail Varnishes for the new year!

1) Skyscraper - O.P.I

This nail varnish is a sparkly yellow-gold nail polish. This colour is perfect for parties, and dresses up a darker outfit perfectly, so it goes really well with black, for example. You can also use this colour on your ring finger with a different colour nail varnish too for something different. This costs £10.50, which is fairly expensive, however, it will last you for ages. 

2) Piccadilly Circus - Nails Inc

This colour is perfect for winter. The plum/purple/red tones go with any skin tone, and again, this colour is fairly versatile and will go with a lot of different outfits. It costs £11.50, but you only need one coat with this polish. It is definitely an investment as when you apply this polish, it will last for a good 5 days, so its an investment. 

3) Bright Red (262) - Barry M

This is the perfect affordable bright red. For some reason we found this colour to be thicker than your usual Barry M polish, so you only really need one coat with this, or two if you want it to last longer. This colour was perfect for Christmas, but it looks good all year round. It leaves a gorgeous glossy finish and for £2.99 you can't go wrong!

4) Aruba Blue - Essie

This colour is one of our all time favourites. The colour is just to die for. It leaves the most beautiful shimmery finish, and you really can't describe the colour. All Essie nail polishes apply wonderfully with the thick easy brush, and will last you a good few days if you apply a base and top coat. All of the Essie polishes cost £7.99 which is fairly expensive, but this colour you just can't find anywhere else, so it's definitely worth it.

5) Matte About You top coat - Essie over the top of 47 Black - Barry M

We are loving the matte nails at the moment, especially black ones. It is such a lovely change to your usually shimmery/glossy finish which most polishes give. A lot of people don't like matte nails, but we think they are so versatile, as black nails will go with anything, and they give such a lovely effect to the nails. The Essie top coat dries so quickly and applies perfectly. Putting it over the top of the black polish by Barry M gives the most classic look, especially in the winter months.

Top 5 high-end Winter Foundations

 1) Lancome: Tient Miracle. 

This foundation is great for those who are looking for a dewy/radiant finish (so definitely avoid this if you have very oily skin), and is especially good for people with yellow undertones. In winter it picks up your skin giving it a gorgeous finish, especially as the coverage is medium-buildable so it will cover any nasty blemishes making your skin look flawless. This foundation is pricey at £27.50 however we feel it is definitely worth that because it makes your skin look perfect, and you only need to use a small amount so it will last for a long time (Rosie has had hers for 4 months and is still no where near running out). 

2) MAC: studio sculpt foundation.

This foundation is creamy and gel-based, so again, it leaves you with a radiant finish which we felt looks beautiful on dry/normal/combination skin. It covers your skin beautifully being medium buildable to high, and is really easy to blend (we recommend using a stippling brush to apply this). It revitalizes the skin giving it life, also making your skin look so smooth. This is Lizzie's favourite go-to foundation, and at £24 which is expensive, it is definitely an investment for your make up collection! 

3) MAC: studio fix fluid foundation. 

This is Rosie's favourite go-to foundation. We feel that the coverage is really buildable so it's very flexible in the sense that most people can use this foundation. It is fantastic for oily skin because it absorbs and disperses oil, and it is also oil free. It easily minimizes imperfections and generally makes your skin look perfect. Another thing we both love about MAC foundations is the fact that the amount of shades available is fantastic, especially if you go into the counter and get a MUA to match your skin to the perfect shade of foundation for you. 

4) Clinique: Even Better foundation.

If you have uneven skin tone this foundation is definitely for you, as it's designed to combat hyper-pigmentation and delivers brighter skin also. In the winter we all need a little pick-me-up for our skin, and this foundation really does work, making your skin look healthy. It's really long wearing (lasted Lizzie all day) and it's full of minerals which are great for your skin. At £23 this foundation is definitely worth it if you're suffering from uneven skin tone/or just dull skin in general.

5) Benefit: Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow! 

We found in the summer this foundation was really effective making your skin look really healthy and "flawless", however we found in the winter it can make you look slightly shiny if you have oily skin under commercial lighting, so you definitely need to powder when using this foundation. It's really long lasting, Rosie found it lasted all day. It's really moisturising and will sit nicely on the skin even in the winter months where your skin tends to get dry. However, the only downside being that we did need to use concealer after using this foundation on blemishes because it's a low-medium coverage. At £24.50 this foundation is definitely worth a try! Out of all of the foundations, this is definitely the most natural looking one.

We hope you enjoyed this post, feel free to leave a comment/suggest any posts you'd like to see in the future.

Rosie and Lizzie xx