I've been chasing a matte mint lipstick for what feels like an absolute age now. Lime Crime's 'Mint to Be' lipstick is close, but unfortunately it isn't matte so isn't quite what I'm looking for. As it turns out, I ended up buying that during the Black Friday sales, and yes, I feel dirty for taking part in such festivities, never mind writing about doing so afterwards, but after reading my review of LA Splash's 'Severo' - you'll find out why.

Something that pretty much every makeup or beauty addict on either side of the Atlantic Ocean can relate to is that one amazing brand that's stuck all the way on the other side of the pond with no outlets on your side. There's simply no other way to put this: It's just not fair.

I'm not sure that words can describe just how much I love Mehndi, or Henna as it's also known. It was all so different when I was a youngster, and I think there were three main reasons for that: 1.) Everybody had their Mehndi done, and I was a bit of a rebel, 2.) The scent of it just made me gag and 3.) Those round discs on the palm. If you're Asian, you'll know exactly what I mean. If you're not, basically it was the 'in' thing back then, to force your children to have a big circular splodge of henna slopped on to their palms. It was horrific, truly.

 

I know right. Another nail post. But don't worry, I'll be laying off the nail posts after this one to concentrate on more interesting things, I promise! The reason I'm putting this one up though is that by now some of you may already know that I'm obsessed with iridescense. From lampshades, to parkas, to makeup bags, to eyeshadows and now, to nails!

Right, this isn't gonna be your ordinary outfit post - I've got a few things on my mind that I want to share with you all, so I'll be trying to keep it brief. Hopefully it will resonate with at least one person and make some kind of difference!

Firstly, It doesn't take a genius to realise that the old phrase 'Birds of a Feather Stick Together' applies in life. People of similar colours, nationalities, religions, tastes, beliefs, shapes and sizes have an obvious commonality which makes them prime candidates for friendship, advice and guidance. This is genuinely a wonderful thing - there's always someone out there to support, you are never truly alone.

 

Finally. 

H&M have got their act together and launched a makeup line. A proper one. For ages they'd been dipping their toes in the water, rolling out nail polishes and lip balms here and there, but it looks as though the water's warmed up a bit, and they've gone all out.

The range really is a bit huge, a massive range of eyeshadows, nail polishes, foundations - the works. I'm never altogether that bothered about the packaging, it's what's inside that will make me keep coming back, but as this is something completely new, it looks as though H&M are on a charm offensive with the packaging. They want to define their brand and create a lasting first impression, and for me it all looks super-sleek, it looks 'wantable'.

Living in a white majority country isn't easy, for so many reasons. I won't go in to them all, but the one thing that I struggle with is the fact that us non-whites have to constantly be on guard. Of course, what's even harder is you can't really say things like that without invoking the typical white-person response of 'Why do you want to live here then?' or 'Why don't you go back to whatever country it is you come from?'