BEAUTY | Black Pearl Caviar Nail Set by Ciaté

Black Pearl Caviar Nail Set by Ciaté* 

I've never done a nail post before! If you're on my Facebook page you will have seen that this week I have been experimenting with fun nail designs, very much unsuccessfully.

I've been seeing a lot of people uploading pictures of the Ciaté nails so I decided that I should try them. I decided to go with the Black Pearl set as black nails are so me!

When I got the set I was worried that I would mess up the application and end up with dodgy looking nails, similar to my other attempts this week. I read the instructions and it looked easy enough! All you have to do is do apply two coats of nail varnish and then while still wet, pour the caviar pearls over the wet nail (one at a time) over the tray provided in the packaging. Then lightly press the nail to flattern and compact the pearls, give the nail a slight shake to remove any loose ones and leave to dry for 25 mins! They also provide a mini funnel so that you can pour all the loose pearls back into the bottle.

It is actually as simple as it sounds! I successfully applied them and think they look great! What do you think?

Ciaté sells three different set on their website; Black Pearl, White Pearl and Rainbow. Selfridges also stock the Red, White and Blue set. The sets retail at £18.00.

Let me know if you have any nail painting tips for me to try! I see so many great designs but am useless at creating any of them!

Love Lilla xx

HAIR | The Dove Colour Radiance Live Challenge

As I said in my last post I have taken up the Dove Colour Radiance Live Challenge. The lovely people at Dove invited me up to the Salon at Dove HQ where they pampered me to death!
Firstly their HQ is amazing, it was an early start for me, but when I arrived they had fresh fruit, croissants and juice waiting for everybody! There were 5 or 6 of us being treated to a professional colour. We all had our 'before' shots taken and then met our hairstylists. The plan for my hair was to do my roots and balance out my ombre hair so there wasn't such a contrast between the top and bottom.
While the colour was in my hair I was also treated to a lush lilac manicure and a couple of glasses of Presecco (so glad I chose to train it instead of drive!). My hair was then washed out, blow-dried and left in curlers before it was styled for my 'after' photo. All the photos and video footage from the day will be posted on the Dove facebook page later on this week! I absolutely love my new hair, it looks so much softer than before and I like the subtle transition between the two colours.
Now for the challenge I will be testing the whole of the Dove Colour Radiance Live range* for four weeks and sending them five photos a week to see how well it keeps my colour. I will keep you guys up to date as to how it is going and will introduce you to each product as I use them.

Love Lilla xx