Halloween nails

Happy Halloween everyone! For the last of this week's Halloween-themed posts I thought I would do some spooky nails for you, so if you're going out to a party tonight you can have a go yourself!

Luckily I had all the shades I needed in my collection, which actually tells me my collection is way too big. I'm not one for tricky nail art and I didn't really have all of the right tools I needed but I'm really happy with the results.

Let me know what you think in the comments and tweet me your own nail art pics @cherryp13.

Poundland Ceramic Halloween tealight holders

Bit of an odd post from me today. Usually it's all beauty, beauty, beauty and the odd bit of fashion/lifestyle but keeping with the theme of the moment I thought I'd post about these absolute bargains that I found recently.

Usually I'm not much of a celebrator of Halloween. I guess unless you're a child or have a party to go to, there's not much you can do to 'celebrate' but this year, instead of trying to beat them I thought I'd join them and get involved a little bit. Hopefully this week's worth of posts has done the trick (ha!).

When I was planning this week's Halloween-themed posts I knew I had to have some of of accessory/background to photograph on/with and while I was browsing in Poundland recently I came across these. They're ceramic tealight holders, if you couldn't tell, and I think they're absolutely brilliant. Perfect for this time of year if you're looking to decorate the house a bit or you could use the pumpkin one as an alternative to a real one and have it lit in your window.

A lot of people may not want to use these all year round but I don't see why you couldn't. I especially love the black pumpkin one and it's eery smile.

What Halloween decorations/accessories are you loving this year?

Makeup Revolution Give Them Nightmares Palette

So here we are, the palette I have been waiting absolutely ages to feature! I wanted to dedicate an entire week to Halloween-themed posts so when this dropped through my door I thought it was absolutely perfect.

The Give Them Nightmares palette is just amazing and absolutely brilliant for creating Halloween looks on the spookiest day of the year. I was planning all sorts of out there looks but unfortunately I'm not the best at actually executing them so I've gone for a pretty simple look, which would be great if you are heading to a party and don't want to go full on fake blood and witches nose.

I like the fact that the palette rotates around four main colours, green, blue, purple and black and then provides different shades of these so you can really build up colour and do some serious blending. For my look above I've gone for the green shades, all of which are super pigmented and apply like a dream. There is a bit of fall out on application, which is a bit annoying, but nothing a quick swipe of a cotton pad won't fix.

The shades are all extremely soft and blendable and some of them contain glitter so you can add a bit of sparkle to your look. The shadows last ages as well so they're really ticking all the right boxes.

While the palette is perfect for this time of year you could definitely use it all year round - maybe stick to the plain colours and use them subtley to create an every day look.

I am really loving this palette as you can tell and I had great fun creating this look. I've teamed it with one of the brand's new lipsticks, which I featured here.

Have you tried the Give Them Nightmares palette? Tweet me the different looks you've created @cherryp13.


*This palette was gifted to me by the brand and I have given an honest review.