SOSU X Suzanne Jackson

Two weeks ago I attended the Cocoa Brown launch of their new Bronzing Gels (I’ll have a post on them in the coming weeks). In the swag bags we got at the event was a Sosu nail polish by Suzanne Jackson, which I was really happy about as I hadn’t tried any of them yet.

I’ve heard nothing but good things about the polish and have even heard that it can last up to two weeks so I was pretty intrigued to test it out.

I received the polish in Cast a Spell, a gorgeous purple that can only be described as a witches purple so the name is very apt.

The polish didn’t last two weeks on me but I did get a good week out of it with very little chipping. The left hand had no chipping at all and the right hand had only minimal chipping. The gloss and shine stayed all week which I was very impressed by, I would say it has more of a Vinylux effect rather than the gel like effect that you would get off Shellac nails but it's still very impressive. I think a lot of people who have had the nail polish last for longer than a week wore it over fake nails which would mean that it lasts a little longer than on natural nails.

The colour is very opaque with only one coat being needed but I did two anyway just for luck. I also used the CND Vinylux top coat over it.

I have one problem with the polish and that’s just the brush applicator, when dipping it into the bottle it did get a bit messy around the top of the bottle. I’ve heard that she has changed the brush applicator in her new collection so hopefully that will stop any excess polish being left on the top of the bottle.

I’m not sure what put me off not buying her polishes any sooner but after trying this one out I think I will pick up a couple, they are well worth the €7.99. You can buy them in Penneys nationwide as well as local pharmacies – a full list of sellers can be found here. They are priced at €7.99.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo

Irish Beauty Show 2015

Last Sunday I went to the Irish Beauty Show in the RDS, it’s a beauty junkies dream. This year however was so busy; we had to queue about 5 minutes to get in which wasn’t too bad but last year I just strolled right on in. Once inside it was a little overwhelming. There where people everywhere and so much to see that it was hard to know where to start.

I didn’t have much of a plan going in and didn’t know what I wanted to buy, coupled with the crowds resulted in not buying much at all.

I tried to get to the Crown Brush and Blank Canvas stands but there was no way of getting near them at all. Other than those stands I just ended up browsing. I wanted to try some things from Paese so I picked up some shadows which were really affordable. I then queued up for the CND stand to get some Vinylux polish. I could have done a lot worse but I ended up buying about 10 polishes!

 

I haven’t tried the Paese shadows yet but from just swatching them I’m really impressed, I wish had bought more.

 

The CND stand was a bit mental; you were given a brochure to tick of which colours you wanted while you were in the queue and then where given a ticket to collect your purchases.

I only copped it after leaving that I was given a Shellac polish instead of the cuticle remover. I have no idea what to do with it, I’ll have to buy a shellac base coat and top coat and borrow my friend’s lamp if I want to use it.

All in all I wasn’t overly impressed with the day. A lot of the stands where repetitive and it was so busy that there was no way of being able to have a proper look at everything.

Butterfly Queen - Vinylux

Did you go to the show this year?? Tell me what you thought of it!

I’ll be reviewing the items I bought in future posts so keep an eye out.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo