topshop make up

Topshop's long awaited Make Up range launches today! It's hot on the heels of an apparent 'nail painting boom' (or at least according to me) thanks to swathes of talon obsessed bloggers who dream of WAH Nails and the American Apparel colour spectrum as they sleep.

Lizzie Dawson and her design team have really hit the nail on the head with this one; a core line of essentials (and I find the word essential really is the most successful weapon in a marketing team's vocab-it always appeals to that side of me in want of capsule closet or beauty collection) and then a new line introduced each season to suit the current mood. 'What's the mood right now?' You may ask? The answer according to Topshop is Festival orientated with Natasha Khan style pots of glitter in ethereal blues and folky golds. I myself am head over heels with the Parma Violet nail shade after daydreaming of lilac nails for the past week. And the lippie in Wine has me truly excited to try a blackberry lipped look for nights out.

The price point of the range is thankfully reasonable with nail polishes at £5, mascaras and lipsticks at £8 and nothing over the price of £10. I know there's nothing like this kind of pricing to have me mindlessly adding items into my basket with dangerous consequences. Oh lord..