Essie Haul

In order to curb my spending I try to avoid all the emails coming in showing me all the stuff I would love to have. When I saw 1-Day having a beauty sale I thought there wasn't any harm just having a look, until I saw Essie.

NOTD 10/03/16

It's been a long while since I've done a NOTD post. These nails managed to last the entire week without much chipping which I was stoked about.

NZ Sale #001

For a long time I've been wanting to get my hands on some Essie nail polishes. I've heard great things about them but the price of them in NZ just put me off.  A couple of weeks ago I saw Cass tweet that she got some off NZ Sale for just $5, I of course jumped onto the site and bought myself a couple. They came the day before I went to Australia and I quickly painted by nails for the trip.

 

They didn't have much selection but I wanted to go for colours that were a little different.  I don't have any greys or darker colours in my collection so I decided to go for these two.

 

Miss Fancy Pants is the light grey colour. It's a nice neutral colour and was the one I painted my nails with.  The brush is the perfect size and the polish goes on so easily but you have to make sure you don't have too much on the brush as it runs.  It's very pigmented that you could get away with one coat but I do a second one just out of habit.

 

Bobbing for Baubles is a dark blue grey colour which is gorgeous.  Like I mentioned before I don't have any dark colours, I mostly gravitate more to bright reds and pinks, but I felt like something different and lately I've been more obsessed with neutrals and dark colours.

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post! I got a few other Essie polishes while I was in Oz and I'll do a post about what I got next week :D xx

Christmas Wish List 2014

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It's hard to believe but Christmas is next week! Ahhhh nooooo. I have not finished my Christmas shopping, it's so hard to buy for other people especially boys, I have no idea what to get my brother a part from chocolate.  Shopping's also dangerous as I'll just find stuff I want and buy it, oops. So here's my Christmas list for this year.

 

 

TL - BR: MAC Ruby Woo, Kikki K 2015 Diary, Essie Nail Polish, Marc Jacobs Daisy Dream Perfume.

 



So this is all I could really think of, throughout the year I always have a number of things I want but when it comes to making a list for Christmas I find it hard.  I have a book that is filled with all the beauty items I want but I won't go into it, it's extensive.  My Dad isn't too happy nail polish is on my list, he thinks I have a lot but really I don't, most of them are shatters anyway.

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post! I would love to know what is on your Christmas Wish List.

Matching Nails and Lips

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It's been a while since I've posted and it feels kinda strange... I've taken a well needed hiatus from blogging to try and concentrate more on what felt like never ending assignments that were due one after the other.  Anyway, I'm back! I've only got a test on Thursday then I'm done till exams kick in.

 

I know I'm getting less stressed when I decide to paint my nails. Over the last couple of weeks the thought of doing them felt like a chore and the idea just repulsed me.  Yesterday I felt my nails were bare and boring and felt like doing them.

As usual when I go to pick a colour I think that I really need to get more colours and also that I have a number of reds.  As you can see I went for a red but is more of a orange-y red. It's from Collection Cosmetics and is 'Lady in Red'.  The colour is nice, it's pigmented so you cold get away with one coat but I usually go for two.  It doesn't have great lasting power, it's already started to chip on my left hand but what can you do.

 

While I was painting them I thought that the colour was a almost perfect match to one of my lipsticks.

 

 

This is a Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Love that Pink which is more a red pink than an actual pink.  I wore it all day on Saturday, unlike the nail polish it has great lasting power which had a little help from Lily Pebbles and her tips on How to make Lipstick Last. So yeah, it pretty much lasted the whole day with a few touch ups which I did out of boredom.

Yesterday my fam and I went for a little trip in Pukekohe and of course I had to have a look in Farmers.  I only came away with a plain, black short sleeved shirt but was something I really needed as I have none and really goes well with some skirts I have.

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post! Hopefully the blogging will be more regular from now on but was nice to have a little break.

Collection Cosmetics Nail Polish

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I mention that I had won this nail polish on Friday's post which I completely forgot about entering so it was a very nice surprise.  So far I've only painted one hand (I'm a bit slow) but here's a little review of it.

 

 

The bottle is very similar to the Maybelline Colour Show nail polish which is another thing that I'd won and forgot about entering... 

 

First off the formula is very runny and pays to have as little as possible on the brush; it also helps to have a steady hand which is something I do not have so I mostly end up making a mess *sigh*.  The colour is amazing, I got Lady in Red , it's very pigmented so if you wanted to do one coat the colour will still be amazing. I did two coats to make the colour more solid and also because I like even numbers and it kind of felt weird just doing one.  Remember when I said that the colour kind of pinkish, well I was wrong it's a bright red and under a certain light it looks kind of orange-ish.  It also dries pretty quickly which is pretty awesome for especially for people like me who sometimes forgets they have wet nail polish on, do something and then ruin it :(

 

As I said before I've heard great things about this brand especially about their mascara and concealer which a two things I really want to try out.

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post.

             xoxo

My Favourite Things #4

Hi there, remember me? Sorry for being quiet on the blogging front but I've had two essays due this week and as much as I try to be prepared and start early I always seem to be stressed and finishing it at the last minute. I never seem to learn. Anyway here's another weekly addition of my favourite things.

Fame Perfume

Remember when I did that post on my small collection of perfumes, which you can see here, and I mentioned that I was running out of my favourite one. Well I did but one day after my family went out shopping without me they picked up a set of two perfumes and some fake nails that came in bag.  I was sooooo happy as I could never find anywhere that sold it and now I'm pretty much set for a while :D

Collection Cosmetics Nail Polish

I apparently won this from Collection but I have no recollection of actually entering.  This thing happens to me often, I have a horrible memory usually with little stuff such as what competitions I've entered apparently.  But not remembering made the surprise of finding it in the mail even better.  The colour I got sent is called 'Lady in Red' and is more of a pinkish red rather than a red red, if you get what I mean.  I'm going to try it on this weekend and post a review next week so look out for it. I've heard great things about this brand especially their concealer and mascara which are two things I really want to try.

Electric Blankets
This one might seem quite random but with it getting colder lately its a necessity.  To be honest there's nothing better than getting into a warm bed and being snug rather than shivering in a cold one.  The only problem of course is getting out of bed especially early in the morning when it's still freezing.

Hope you all enjoyed this post and have a great weekend. Today I hand in my essay which is a relief and then turn my attention to two others :( Next week there should be the usual three posts, if I'm organised ;)

My Favourite Things #2

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Yay its Friday! As you are reading this I will be on a emotional roller-coaster ride as I have a essay due tomorrow; the emotions range from stress to being hopeful its good all the way to just giving up because I've had enough. It happens every time. Oh well, these favourite things make me happy and help distract me.

 

Walking in Trees

While walking through Albert Park my friend and I saw this steel stair contraption that is built around one of the trees. We immediately walked along it and while it was a bit scary especially since at times it didn't feel stable it was amazing to see the park from above and I kind of felt like a child again,  having a obsession with climbing trees. 

 

 

Nails

As I've said in a previous post I love the colour pink, and at the moment I'm painting my nails in Strawberry Margarita by O.P.I. (The nails shown are the only ones I've done so far, I'm still working on it).

 

Song - Problem, Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea

This song hasn't been out for that long and as soon as I heard it I loved it and it's been stuck in my head all day.  It's catchy, it makes you want to dance and I love the contrast of Ariana and Iggy's voices.

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post and have a great weekend :D

        xoxo

 

Nails of the Day

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So yesterday while I was trying to work on my essay, I noticed my nails were a bit bare and dull so I decided it was a good time as any to paint them.  I wanted to do something I haven't done before colour combination wise which led me to what my nails look like now.

 

 

The purple is called Grape Times and is a 'Express Finish' by Maybelline New York.  I've had this colour for quite a while and I love the rich deep colour.  Like the title says it does dry quite fast and it pays to do a couple of coats to achieve the deep colour.  However it does chip easily after a couple of days so it pays to have a base and top coat on.

 

The shimmery metallic blue is a Turquoise Shatter polish by O.P.I.  I love the colour, this is the first time I've used it and wanted to see if it went well with the purple.  I think it looks amazing on the nails I got right.  Pays to do only one coat so it shatters while it dries, if you do more than one it's will just look like a thin messy cover over the base colour.

 

Hope you all enjoyed this post

            xoxo

Nail Polish Collection

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So as well as makeup and Art History my other big obsession is nail polish and I always love painting my nails a different colour depending on how I'm feeling.

 

I haven't really got a large number of them and a limited amount of colours but like with makeup I plan to expand by collection and get a range of colours.

 

 

As you can see most of them are O.P.I which I am obsessed with are the first brand I look at when wanting to get some new colours.

 

My two favourites are the two in the front; 'Big Apple Red' and 'Strawberry Margarita'.  These two are my favourites as they are both bright and fun colours and I especially love the intensity of the red.  I also love the names of the polishes and picked this pink especially because of the name.

 

I also love China Glaze's 'Eyes like Sapphires'; one because of the name and two is a nice deep blue and it also has what looks to be like glitter which makes it sparkle.

 

From other blogs I've heard some great things about Essie nail polish so I definitely want to include some colours in my collection.

 

Hope you enjoyed this post and if you have any other brands of nail polish that you swear by feel free to comment x.