Back..With New Stuff

Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.
Over the past few months, I've accumulated some exciting new things (mainly things I've wanted for a while..).

On the left is Bahama Mama (which I have wanted ever since it came out) and the right is No More Film. I have yet to try No More Film, but I will soon.

I got the cuticle oil because I lost my Burt's Bees Cuticle Cream :( and I wanted to try it. I actually really like it. It really does smell like apricot!

As you can see, I went through an Essie phase.. hehe.

I love watching Julie G's videos and she always talks about Jet Set, so I wanted to give it a go (so far so good).

I want to try and do some nail art... hopefully sometime in the near future.

Butter London British Racing Green, another color I've wanted for a while. Sally Hansen White On and Black Out, always good to have basics.

Hopefully you all enjoyed this post. My class schedule isn't as packed this semester, so hopefully I'll be blogging more.

Thanks for reading (and patiently waiting for new posts)!

Mint Sorbet and Teddy Girl Swatch and Review

Hello~

Spring means pastels~ and lots of pollen.. I love pastel colors, so today I have a very simple pastel NOTD. 

Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet is my favorite mint polish, and butter London Teddy Girl is slowly becoming my favorite pastel pink polish... Swatches and quick reviews coming up!

I used two coats for each polish. Natural light.

Artificial light.

Yummy.. Who else likes castella?

Sorry I forgot bottle shots, but Mint Sorbet is from the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line. Teddy Girl is from, well, butter London. 

Mint Sorbet: This is your very basic mint creme polish. I love the color and the formula. It's smooth, non-streaky, and opaque in two coats. Since this is from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line, the brushes are nice to work with, at least for me. Plus the brush is very long, which I feel gives much more control when painting. I highly recommend this polish! It's such a pretty mint color~

Teddy Girl: For a creme pastel pink polish, the formula is pretty good. I've had much worse. T_T Teddy Girl is opaque in two coats, and is slightly streaky the first coat but it's fine because the second coat evens everything out. Of course, butter London polishes are always very nice~ The brushes are smaller, like Essie brushes, which I feel are good for their formulas. This may be slightly runny, but for a pastel pink, you can't get much better. :P

If I could, I would wear pastel colors everyday.. I'm still looking for a pastel yellow that doesn't stain my nails!! T^T

Oh by the way, I officially committed to my future university today. It feels sort of weird knowing that I'll be somewhere else for the next four years. I committed too late to find a roommate among my friends, so I just did the random roommate. Hopefully my future roommate is nice and doesn't smoke or bring people over! Because I like peace and quiet when I study... My friend told me to either choose two of the following: a social life, good grades, or sleep. I think I'll choose good grades and sleep.... T_T I mean, pshhh... a social life.....? ToT I'm afraid I won't have time to do any nail art... Maybe just simple solid colors... wahh.... first world problems.

'Til next time~

Fail Nails: Half moon manicure

Hey everyone~

Yup. I attempted a half moon manicure because I thought it looked really sophisticated and nice! But of course, with my luck and my horrible skills with tape, I sorta failed. T^T 

I used Sally Hansen White Tip, and Essie Licorice. You want to use colors that are very opaque and only take about a coat for full opacity. This pic was taken right after I painted the black part over the white base and peeled the tape off, so messy edges. 

This is after applying top coat. T_T As you can see, the white part smeared into the black part of the nail.. Stupid top coat brush.. I usually don't clean up after painting my nails, cause after I wash my hands throughout the day, or take a shower, the sides of my fingers magically because clean and free of nail polish. :D

This is what my nails looked like after a couple of days. T_T I guess I went to bed too quickly. The new topcoat I'm using isn't as nice as my previous one, but I'm going to try to use it up anyways. (bubbles, shrinking edges, smearing! D:) I'll try to post a review of it soon! 

But yes, I'm definitely going to try to attempt a half moon manicure again in the future. Hopefully my nail taping skills will have increased by 900%. :D Sigh break is over soon.. I enjoyed it though. I think I forgot how to study, and how to do calc. D: Not good..!! >_<;; I wasn't very productive (I watched youtube videos and ate my heart out) but it was very relaxing.. Time for #*($ to begin once again.. >_<

'Til next time!

Nail Polish Haul

Hello!

I have a haul for you guys today! I'm actually really excited because I have been on a nail polish no-buy since January.

I took advantage of the Zoya's buy one get one sale.

The box holds 6 polishes, but I actually only got 4 polishes: 

From Left to Right: Faye, Zuza, Ginessa, Mimi

I did also get 2 polishes from the Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat collection: 

From Left to Right: Fuzz-Sea, Wool Lite

Update: I'm not too sure as to how I like the fuzzy coat polishes.. I have yet to try the Zoya polishes (sigh.. I have just way too many polishes to try).

See you all in my next post!

Manicure experiments

Hello~

Ever since I saw this picture of a girl's nails with a lavender base and red french tips, I've always wanted to recreate it. I tried back last year here with Essie's To buy or not to buy as the base color, but it was so streaky so I used Sally Hansen's Lacey Lilac this time instead. 

Well... Lacey Lilac was too blue... It made Essie's Clambake look too blood red. This wasn't the look I was going for, but oh well I can try again next time!

Thumb: jelly sandwich with OPI Living Daylights and Essence Cotton Candy

Slanted French tips L-R: Sinful Colors Orange Cream, Island Coral, Beautiful Girl (The mint part was Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet.)

Pinky: jelly sandwich with OPI Minnie Style and OPI I Theadora You

So I fixed that hand ASAP into this. I was experimenting with which pink base would look best against the mint green tip. These were inspired by Minzy from 2NE1. I saw her have something similar in some episode of 2NE1 TV. I used tons of different colors to see which combo would look the best. 

Pretty good for me cause I can't freehand anything!

My first jelly sandwiches.. I kinda like the one on the pinky rather than the thumb. Sorry for not cleaning the edges! T-T

'Til next time!~

Sally Hansen Lacey Lilac Swatch and Review

Hello!

Today is just a quick swatch and review of Sally Hansen's Lacey Lilac.

I think this was one coat. (in direct artificial light)

indirect artificial light

This bottle was actually one of my first bottles of nail polish. I think I only had like 10 bottles max when I bought this. :P
Anyways, Lacey Lilac is a cool toned lilac with blue undertones. The formula is very nice; sorta thick, but it evens out. You can see some bare patches with one coat, so you could do two. It's a pretty pastel color perfect for spring. Of course, I like pastels in general so I wear them throughout the whole year.. :D
I was going to use this as a base for french tipped nails.. I'll show you the pics and why it failed soon. T.T

'Til next time~

Pastel Cupcake Nails

Hellooooooo  (★^O^★)

It's spring break for us right now, and I FINALLY painted my nails again. Pastel cupcakes!

Not as clean as last time.. T_T;; It didn't turn out as expected, but it's still cute nonetheless. I really wanted to  do at least one more fun, spring pastel NOTD before summer arrives. Speaking about spring, sdlkfasjdfkl it doesn't feel like spring at all right now. It's cold, gloomy, cloudy, rainy, COLDDDD, and lonely. Where are the sing-song birds and the cute little rabbits? LOL 

I did pastel cupcake (ice cream?) nails! I feel like this color combo gives off a different mood than my last pastel combo. 

Too lazy to clean it up haha!

 I keep on realizing I have way too much nail polish every time I paint my nails. T-T

L-R: Ulta Encore Pink (didn't use it), Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth, Essie A Crewed Interest,  Hello Kitty Banana Cream, SH  Mint Sorbet, Sephora by OPI Havana Dreams

I ended up using so many coats that the nail polish never really dried! I painted them hours ago and I can still scrape it off with my nails. >_< At least they cheer me up! 

Sweet Tooth is really pretty; has the slightest shimmer and is sort of jelly-like.

A Crewed Interest is so pretty color-wise, but the formula is a no-no. Streaky, pooling, sheer, blah.

Banana Cream is pretty good for a pastel yellow. I still need to use 4 thin coats though..

Mint Sorbet is really prettyyyyy! Good formula, good pigment.

Havana Dreams is also pretty color-wise, but really sheer. It could be good for jelly sandwiches though!

There are dents everywhere!

By the way, those red dots are supposed to be cherries lol.

Sorry for the awkward hand positions. I'm still trying to look for a pretty way to take pictures. I'm not sure how long this will last.. I kinda already have another design that I'm looking forward to doing. 

Anyways, thanks for reading! I hope this inspires you guys to try your own rendition of pastel nails!

'Til next time~ (✿◠‿◠)

Pastel Polka Dot Nails!

Hello! (/^▽^)/

I finally had time to do my nails this weekend.. I discovered that I need to brush up on my nail polishing skills lol. Anyways, I loooove pastels. I always wished that I had that perfect, pale, porcelain skin so I could really pull off pastel pinks and yellows. But I guess we gotta make do with what we've been born with. :P

This is my first time polka-dotting too. I never realized how hard it is... T-T Hopefully with practice, I can get better. :D I already wrote down notes on what to do the next time I do this design. 

I tried to use a lot of the colors from my Sinful Colors haul. Next time, I'll use a much lighter, pastel-y pink and purple, even if they're more streaky. All of the formulas were good, except Sugar Rush got really gloopy and thick, and Banana Cream is streaky, but not as bad as some other pastel yellows I've tried. I should have gotten Butter London's Jasper from their Spring collection this year.. T_T

L-R: Sweet Tooth, Sugar Rush, Mint Sorbet, Beautiful Girl, Banana Cream

I think my index finger turned out the best polka-dot wise, don't cha think?

 I can't wait until it's actually spring. :D I have a bunch of things going on at school this week. I hate having to go to school early AND staying afterschool on the same day.. Oh well..

'Til next time!