Tan in a Can

I got this new 'tan in a can' by Glotanz the other day so I thought I would do a quick review. 

I've done a self ten review before for Vita Liberata, and although I don't use the stuff much its always useful to compare and contrast. 

This one is a bit different to the rest. 

Its a straight spray on tan. 

This can seem to be a bit tricky because the key to tan is making it even and not streaky, but I found the wetness (ew) of this made it easy enough to spray on. 

This was the difference in the colour of my legs after spraying it on one.

Can you tell which one? 

The difference is subtle yet sunkissed and that night I went out baring my legs to the world (my incentive for trying the self tan) and I have to admit I was loving the compliments! 

I'm quite a tanned/olive skinned person anyway so for me it just looked like a few sessions on the sun bed, without the added cancer risk, so I will definitely be doing it again until the sun starts to reappear. 

One thing I will say is, don't spray too close or else this will happen! 

I would also recommend a mitt to just smooth it out, especially for this leg! 

I didn't have one at the time and ended up using kitchen roll (typical student) and got some very orange fingers! Definitely a self tan newbie!

 The above is the end result and below is the result just a few days after, and I have to admit, there is no difference! The tan has stayed well, despite washing every day (obvs) so I'm pleased and hoping it will last another week or so!

(Apologies for my horrible knobbly knees!)

You can have a peak at all of Glotanz products here!

Polyvore for IPhone Review

If you're a regular reader, you will know I like to do a spot of moodboarding on Polyvore. 

So I was uber excited to try out their new IPhone app. 

I'm going to India next week so I thought I would do a moodboard around that theme, with an outfit for the hot nights or day trips around the village. 

I have to say I thought the app was pretty average!

The way the products were displayed was the same, however you couldn't narrow down the search by price and colour on the web. 

I'm not sure about others, but mine kept freezing, so much so that I had to re-download it! 

Apart from that they'd pretty much thought of everything to suit the phone format, with resizing the items using touch. 

The only other thing was when uploaded, you can't post it anywhere else, there's no share button or anything, I think there was an option to do it whilst uploading, but not after, which meant I had to post this on blogger through the web. 

Despite the mishaps, I'm quite impressed I made this moodboard on my phone!

A handy little app when out and about! 

Try it yourself! 

India nights by emilyrodgers18 featuring michael kors

Splatter Effect Nails + Tutorial

I saw some splatter effect nails on instagram and had to try it. After watching a few tutorials, I thought I got the hang of it, however it was definitely a learning curve! But we got there in the end. 

What you'll need :

Nail Polish (obviously) 

I used white as a background colour, with 4x bright shades on top (below)

Straws

 cut into bits of about 3 inches long

(I tried it first using a normal sized straw and it just didn't work)

Napkin

This can get messy so do it on your bed or the floor, use a surface you don't mind getting dirty!

Put the base colour on your nails, you don't even have to let it dry before you start splatting, sometimes it works best wet.

Once you've got your base coat on, and your straws are cut, and the napkin laid down, take your first colour and dab a drop into the end of a straw. 

Try and get a good sized dollop inside and hold it upright for a few seconds so the paint goes in a bit. This is to make sure when you start blowing some will actually come out!

Once you've done this, start blowing! Don't hold the straw too close to the nail, or this happens...

You want light spats like this (below) so hold it about 2 inches away from the nail. 

A steady hand and good aim is best when doing this!

This is my first attempt on one hand. 

My second attempt went better once I got the technique right! 

As you can see it goes everywhere, but its all good fun!

Once its dried, take a cue tip, dip it in nail varnish remover, and rub off all the unwanted splats and marks and errors around the nails. 

And there you have it, easy peasy splatter effect nails!

My next attempt is going to be gradient nails, so stay tuned!