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Nail Art - Tropical Leopard and Flamingo

Hey,

So today I thought I'd do another nail art post. I actually did these a while ago back in February before I went on my holiday to Dominican Republic but they are one of my fave nail arts I have done. I had seen a few flamingo nail art pictures on blogs and decided to try it out on my thumbnails. It was kind of tricky as you pretty much have to draw it upside down so what I did was got a picture of a cartoon flamingo off Google and turned it upside down to copy that which I find much easier than thinking about drawing an upside down flamingo too much haha!

So yeah, I decided to use tropical colours for the back ground and leopard print. I used Ciate's "Headliner" (Pictured) which is a gorgeous bright turquoisey blue for the background - I got this from my Ciate Mini Mani Month nail varnish calendar in December '12 and it is still going strong however I think I will buy the full size soon as it really is my perfect colour! For the spots and the main flamingo I used OPI's "Elephantastic pink" which is another fave. For the lighter pink part of the flamingo I used OPI's "Pink Friday" from the Nicki Minaj collection. For the eyes and going round the spots I used my Models Own WAH nail art pens in Black and White.

So yeah, they're very summery I might try some soon with tropical ombre background with flamingos mix it up a bit?

Also give this song a listen or 5!! Making me feel super summery even in this typical Manchester rain :)

Laura 

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Illamasqua Sale Buys

Bonjour!

Ooh I love a good sale, especially when it is from one of my absolute favourite brands! I seriously adore Illamasqua products. They are such good quality products and are so unique.

Within seconds of receiving an email from them telling me they had a sale on starting from £5 (OMG!!) I had put about 10 things in my basket. I did calm down a little bit however and conceded to the fact that I don't need another dark blue nail varnish and I certainly don't need another red lip gloss! 

In the end I opted for a cream foundation in shade 133 for £10 down from £23 and a light liquid foundation in shade 120 for £15 down from £27. Absolute bargain!

The cream foundation comes in a lovely compat with a rather cute Illamasqua makeup sponge. The colour is perhaps a smidge too dark for my complexion but as I am jetting off soon-ish to Gran Canaria I have a feeling it will come in handy when my other foundations will make me look like Casper.

The light liquid foundation is the perfect shade for me and offers just the right amoumnt of coverage for the daytime. I have been wearing it all today and it still looks pretty amazing! Usually foundations get a little patchy around my cheeks as the day goes on but this has stayed even and not flaked at all. 

So go and grab a bargain from the sale at www.illamasqua.com there's a massive selection of nail varnishes, lip glosses, blushers, foundation etc (I especially like the liquid metal eye shadows which are there for £10) and if you're in the UK delivery is freeeee :)

Also if you creat an account with Illamasqua they give you a 10% discount on all orders once you have had 3 orders from them which is ahh-mazing particularly as it's from such a luxury brand!

Thanks for reading

Laura 

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Nail Art - White and Pink Matte Leopard Print

I do love a good leopard print mani. I find it so easy to do and the colour combinations are endless. Also the messier it is I find the more leopard print-y it looks :)

One of my faves is white base with coloured spots. I did this one with Models Own "Snow White" polish and Illamasqua's "Obsess" which is a gorgeous glossy bright pink. I used Models Own Wah nail art pen in black to go around the spots and Rimmel's Matte Finish top coat to Mattify! 

Like I said this nail art is so easy as mostly every colour combo looks amazing. I really love a white base with lots of multi-coloured spots which I will try out and post soon. 

I am going to see Despicable Me 2 this Friday and have decided to do minion inspired nails for the cinema trip so I will update in a few days. 

Hope you like.

Laura 

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Welcome to Rivière De Coco

Hello!!

Well! My first ever blog post. To be honest I have only recently discovered beauty blogs when about 4 months ago I read about one in a magazine. Since then I have been scouring the internet for the blogs and find them so interesting and helpful! I have discovered some amazing brands and some posts have helped me make my mind up on products I had been lusting after for a while. I just think they are very easy to relate to. 

Being someone who is partial to a bit of retail therapy and someone who adores beauty products I decided I would try out blogging to give my opinion on some of my beauty buys and show off some of my nail art. Hope you enjoy :)