Models Own 50% Sale Haul

If you've never tried Models Own, what are you waiting for? I am a bit of a nail polish obsessive, and this is my favourite ever affordable brand (I like their make up too). As well as normal colours, the company makes all kinds of incredible glitter polishes, a large variety of nail art pen colours, and special polishes like their matt top coat and duo artistix for easy nail art.

I was so excited about their 50% off sale and had my basket ready for checkout the moment the sale went live. My order arrived the next morning which was amazing, and I wish I had bought more now! I bought £40 worth of products, which came down to £22.95 as I had to pay for postage on top of the discount. Here's my box of goodies:

I'll start off with the angled blush brush. This came down to £4 in the sale which is excellent value as I haven't found one under £10 in Boots or Superdrug. I love the neon orange as it's always nice to have pretty colours in your make up bag! The website or packaging doesn't say what the brush is made from but it feels like synthetic hair, and as you can see in the second picture the bristles are tiny and soft. I normally use a round brush to apply my blush and it does tend to cover my whole cheek and not contour very well, so this seems to be doing the trick so far!

There are loads of beauty bloggers raving about Models Own Lip Stix, and after trying on a raspberry coloured lipstick earlier on in the year I was really keen to buy Raspberry Cool. The product as a whole is great because it's really sturdy - it would be hard to break apart from the tiny cap, and the packaging is a nice change from normal lipsticks.

The colour was a bit more pink than I first imagined, and it applies like a coloured lip balm, but after a while it becomes more matte and a bit darker, and you can add more layers. Even though it dries to a matte consistency it feels really nourishing and doesn't dry my lips out at all. Overall it's a really unique product and their 10 shades are all completely different so there's a flattering shade for everyone. Oh, and at £5 each they're a steal!

Although the Pinky Red (top) and Hyper Matt Bright Hawaiian Pink (bottom) lipsticks look very different to each other in the photos, they look quite similar on and Pinky Red is so vibrant that it could pass for a Matt Bright too!

Pinky Red is exactly what it says it is, and is a shade that I find hard to get hold of, and Hawaiian Pink is the most beautiful shade of deep bright pink. Even though they are both matte shades, they aren't thick and dry, they apply really easily and don't dry out my lips either. They are normally £6 each, so are fantastic additions to a lipstick lovers collection as both shades can be worn during the day or for a special occasion. (For a daytime look I normally apply a small amount and dab it to cover my whole lips, then apply a balm over the top). The lid clicks on really firmly too, so you'll never have any handbag accidents.

I'm really pleased with the quality of all three of these lipsticks and would recommend trying them as the shades are so unique.

As for my new Fruit Pastel collection, these are quite simple the cutest polishes ever! Models Own bottles always showcase their colours really well, but the scratch 'n' sniff label on the top makes it adorable, and also easier to find in a mountain of other polishes. I bought Apple Pie (mint green), Strawberry Tart (pale pink) and Grape Juice (lilac).

All three of the polishes have quite a thin consistency, but a thin bottom layer and a thicker top one works just fine. they all smelled like normal polishes as I was applying them, but when they dried they started to smell amazing, and strong too! Both Apple Pie and Strawberry Tart I could smell the whole two days I had them on (although it's a bit weird smelling your fingers and asking people to smell them...), but I didn't find Grape Juice as strong. However, their smell is just a bonus as they are all wonderful shades too.

I have a lot of pink nail polishes already, but Strawberry Tart is now one of my favourites because it manages to be pastel coloured and vibrant at the same time. The same can be said for the other two as well, because I have never liked a pale green or purple shade of polish enough to buy either before.

My only negative comment about these polishes is that when they start to chip, they do so in big chunks. Hopefully this will be solved by a good top coat (at the moment I use Nailene Acrylic Strong Protective Top Coat which I got in a French manicure set in Boots).

So that's it for today! I think that's my Spring make up sorted. Models Own have started setting up Bottleshops around the UK which stock over 200 colours, but if you want to save some money Boots and Superdrug both stock the most popular colours and collections and usually at least one of them has a 3 for 2 offer on.

Gem xxx