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My nails last week! Going to add some glitter now.

I’m currently rejoicing because M&S have some new coloured tights in stock! Or they might do. The colour squares on their website are utterly unreliable, so I’ll wait until I can look in store.

Lately I’ve been loving the hair tutorials at xoVain. Not all of the looks they’ve featured are original, but I’d never seen a tutorial for this braided ribbon crown or this Edwardian style roll before! I need to buy a hair band for the roll, and my hair’s too long for the braided ribbon crown, but as soon as I get a haircut I’m trying it!

Usually these lists contain nothing all that surprising, but before reading Company‘s 11 Weirdest Beauty Tips EVER I hadn’t heard that Lady Gaga recommended using sticky tape to remove glitter or that you can curl your eyelashes with a spoon.

I loved Lipglossiping’s post Overhauling my dental routine before it’s too late! I’m becoming increasingly aware that my youthful resilence won’t last forever and that I should probably start regularly doing things like exercising and flossing in order to help maintain my health as much as I can.

Today’s cute link is just a tweet, but it contains a picture of a golden retriever festival. Enjoy!

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I’ve been engaging in the other version of window shopping (oh, the pun) a lot this week! I loved seeing Phyrra’s swatches from the new Sugarpill collections. As she says, I think I might ‘need’ Elemental Chaos, the purple. Candycrush and Frostine look amazing too. Frostine reminds me of this pretty but aggravating Boots’ Natural Collection cream eyeshadow that I have had for at least 10 years. It’s always creased horribly but I can’t bear to throw it away as it looks so pretty when swatched. Maybe Frostine will end my dilemma!

I also enjoyed The London Beauty Review‘s post about the Too Faced Return of Sexy palette. I was a little tempted to buy it, as it would be such a bargain but I have loads of similar eyeshadows.

I’m more likely to consider this MUA highlighter, as reviewed by Bleeding Beauty, though I have been trying out some of my less-pigmented pastel eyeshadows as highlighters, in order to use them up.

I haven’t worn dark sparkly or shimmery blue and teal eyeshadows for a long time, despite loving the way they look on me. After seeing these looks from The Beauty Milk and Glitter is my Crack I feel really inspired to get them out and experiment again.

I’ve read a couple of negative reviews of the Real Techniques Duo Fibre Brush Collection, but I still found this review on Midnight Violets really intriguing. I am on the look out for a reasonably priced blush brush, and I’d like one that makes pigmented blushers easier to apply, as I have a really bright blush from Sleek that I hardly ever dare to wear as it’s so difficult to blend properly.

If you have any other recommendations let me know!