MUA Beads Trial

 My flatmate is guest-starring in this post! After prepping our nails with a base coat, we started by putting on a coat of nail polish and letting it dry for a solid base. Applying a thick coat of your chosen colour, and holding the chosen finger over a measuring jug, (for easy transfer of the beads back to pot!) we sprinkled the beads!

They stick easily, all you need to do is pat off any excess, and dip the end of your nail into the excess beads to ensure the whole nail is covered.

To put the excess beads back into the tube, ease off the lid and turn upside down, creating a funnel!

Finish off your other nails and you're all done. 

The website says to add a layer of topcoat over the beads to help them stick in place, but we tried and found this discoloured the beads! So perhaps leave the topcoat off for beaded nails. 

Super cute and relatively easy to do, these are perfect for every day wear, and you could do every nail for a special occasion. 

MUA Nail Constellation Beads (Squee!)

Just a quick post to show off todays Superdrug Shop! Two MUA Nail Constellations beads (exclusive to Superdrug), a pair of adorable pumpkin earrings (£1.99) for halloween & a black Barry.M (£2.99)

Gemini

 One of the perks of working at Superdrug is that I get first pick of what comes into store (that & the discount), & I've been waiting for these MUA Constellation beads for ages! I grabbed two to try first, Libra & Gemini. These are available in 5 colours so theres plenty of choice!

Libra

Priced at a purse friendly £2.50, they are easy to do yourself;
1) Paint your nails with your favourite shade
2) Using the funnel lid, pour the constellation beads on the wet polish
3) Gently press and allow to dry
4) Pour excess beads back into tube (will demonstrate how in a coming blogpost!)

I won't use these tonight as I'm working tomorrow too and there's still delivery to be put on the shelf, which is a total nail ruiner! But as soon as I get round to it I'll update you on how it goes! Super excited to try them out. 

Barry.M.

Although I am a student with a bank balance of zilch, I did a spot of shopping after work today & picked up these Barry.M nail polishes. (Gelly in Prickly Pear, £3.99, the limited edition Web Effects £3.99 & the Basecoat/Topcoat, £2.99). I got the web effects free in Superdrug as I purchased the other two.

First off I'm trying out the Prickly Pear.

I absolutely adore this shade, I've been looking for a lilacy, purple shade for a while now, & at £3.99, I figured I couldn't go wrong! The Gelly quality gives the polish a high-quality shine and although not quite making it look like I'm wearing gel nails, still a nice effect. I added a cheeky coat of pink iridescent glitter on my ring finger to keep it interesting, although this would look nice across all nails. All in all I am quite pleased with this haul!