O.P.I Jinx Liquid Sand Review

My first review is on the colour Jinx from the Bond Girls collection.
This looks amazing in the bottle, kind of like a warm tangerine coloured gel with what looks to be powdered gold mixed in. This is such a beautiful color and was totally my first pick in colour.

Applied a base coat first then 2 coats of O.P.I's Jinx. Each coat took about 10 minutes to fully dry. No top coat necessary. The first coat would be about 75% opaque, the second 95%.

• Surprised at how fast this polish dried. Tick, great job. 
• The colour is exactly what is in the bottle. Tick, you're doing well.
• It looks like how I expected, a polish that is like the texture of sand and polish combined. Tick. A+
• If you dent it slightly or knock it, it looks like it is suppose to be that way - MY FAVORITE PART
• Last-ability? It's not bad, it mostly wares on the tips than chips, but because the polish is textured it is easy to touch up without any noticable lines and only takes a few seconds

If I could change 1 thing - Add different sizes of the glittery bits, stars and hearts or whatever (although I know other O.P.I Liquid Sand products have this feature)
Great product - go buy it (Unless you hate textured polishes, then maybe don't.)

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil - Black Bean Review

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean is advertised as an eyeliner that doubles as an eye shadow.

I purchased this more for the eye shadow effect than an eyeliner because I want to see how smooth it is to apply, how easy it is to blend and how long it will last in place.

Let's find out.

Packaging looks average, but that isn't important. NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean goes on so, so smoothly and is very easy to blend. The colour is definitely a deep black, but once blended lacks it's depth. I have worn this as an eye shadow quite heavily for 12 hours with a primer and I have not noticed any creasing which I am surprised about due to how creamy it is

I would never, ever wear this as a eyeliner by itself, the applicator is much too thick and the product itself is creamy. By itself it does leave creasing on my eyelids without a shadow setting it.

After 12 hours of wear

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil Black Bean & ArtDeco Shadow #25 used for shadow

All in all this is a great product to blend out for a smoky eye with eyeshadow

Love:
Creamy
Non-creasing
Price

Hate:
Packaging

Lush Jungle Solid Conditioner Review

I went into Lush last week and had a look at their solid conditioners and I was surprised to only see 1 type of solid conditioners because I would've love to have a variety to choose from to suit my individual needs. Anyway, gave it a sniff and I instantly hated it, it smelt weird, just way too strong.. a really unknowing kind of smell and I didn't want a bar of it.

I went in today and thought "**** it, I want to get off the bottle" (I already use a solid shampoo from them), I just picked it up and handed it over, paid and left. I continued to smell it throughout the day and it has really grown on me, I totally love the smell now. Smells herby and really fruity, but not a candy-sweet kind of fruity. It is a unique smell.

My hair is long, straight and medium in thickness and the Jungle solid conditioner wasn't too easy to glide through, I had to rub it into my hair quite a few times for it to feel like it had something in my hair, but once I combed it through I felt a huge difference, It did feel like it was dissolving quite a bit for a first time use and I think by the time you got through 1/2 a solid shampoo your conditioner would be finish. It didn't leave a greasy film in my hair which was my main concern. Looking back at the photo of my hair it seems like both sides are similar.

Left Side - Jungle solid Conditioner

Right Side - Supermarket Conditioner

Blown out then brushed. No extra product

What I like:

Slight smell remained in hair

Really light, not greasy - Great for daily use
No packaging

What I didn't like:
Hard to get into hair
Felt like it will dissolve quickly

I had HUGE doubts, but this conditioner actually works. I will continue using it and update if any changes

UPDATE:

After using this conditioner 3 times I would like to update my pros and cons

What I Liked: 

Slight smell remained in hair

No packaging

What I didn't like:

Annoyingly hard to get it into hair

Still feels like it is dissolving quickly

My husband saying he hates the smell

My hair feels super tangled all the time

My hair is quite oily the next day (my hair usually lasts 3 days)

Quite a lot more expensive than a regular conditioner (probably won't last as long also)

I rate this 2/5

I expected the solid conditioner to be as good as the solid shampoo. I was wrong.

I don't feel like this conditioner is best for my hair type and I would recommend it for someone with fine and normal hair

You can break parts of Jungle Solid Conditioner off and dissolve it in a small dish of hot water and use it that way, but I won't do that before every shower or bath (I would most likely forget then start cursing in the shower)

You can purchase it here:
Lush NZ
Lush USA