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Showing posts with label haul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label haul. Show all posts

Thursday, March 18, 2010

80s nails & a haul (pic heavy)

this is the manicure i wore for my friend's 80s themed birthday party a few weeks ago. everyone loved them haha, it was good times. i used essie's flirty fuchsia and massini lightening blue. as you can see, i freehanded the triangles (cuz they suck a bit haha). but it was a last minute decision as i was running late for the occasion.
as i am feeling brave, i've included a few select pictures of some of the festivities below:

Friday, February 19, 2010

diamond cosmetics spring 2010

diamond cosmetics sent me their latest collection for review. so i thought i'd post the bottle pictures for you to peruse and i'll have the swatches and my review up very soon :) plus the others that i've been slacking on (i.e. orly sweet, orly bloom, man glaze, the rest of china glaze up & away, and opi hong kong). enjoy!
they also threw in their new super base coat and super dry top coat.
can't wait to try these guys!

my sister and nephew were in town last weekend which was so fun! i always have the best time with them. and my brother is in town this weekend to visit some of his friends from high school and to go snowboarding in the snowy sweet peaks of utah. i've been pretty stressed from school and work so i'm excited to relax and spend some time with him. also, my friend is having his 30th birthday as an 80's theme party this saturday so that will be a super blasty blast, haha. if i'm brave enough, i'll post some pics :) have a great weekend!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

big polish haul

i had some time before class tonight so me and my sister (who i haven't seen in almost two weeks and that i usually see daily) got to hang out and shop a little. yeah...

i binged.

big time.

above are the OPI Hong Kong polishes: suzi says feng shui, red my fortune cookie, dim sum plum (minis), hot & spicy, and jade is the new black
these are random ones i picked out at the mall: hot topic (no name) kind of easter looking colors minty teal and bright lavender, icing mint 2 be and weekend rendezvous, and OPI Louvre me, Louvre me not.

and that's not all the polish i've gotten in the last week...
i bought some of china glaze's amazing up & away collection from transdesign, then china glaze sent me three polishes for review purposes. (i'm missing grape pop in this picture, but i purchased that one too): lemon fizz, something sweet, peachy keen, re-fresh mint, heli-yum, flyin' high, four leaf clover, and high hopes
orly provided me with some polishes from their bloom collection: ginger lily, wild wisteria, and thorned rose
orly also sent these polishes from their new sweet collection: gumdrop, pixy stix, and lollipop - with their adorable little matching flavored/scented mini lip gloss key chains
AAAANNNDDD i picked up OPI smitten with mittens on sale at smith's market, of all places, my sister got me the sephora by opi ocean love potion, china glaze golden spurs was from my transdesign order, the orly prisma gloss gold (which i forgot to shake up before i took the picture) and orly enchanted forest double pack was on clearance at sally beauty so natch i snagged it up.

*PHEW* i have a lot of swatching ahead of me. a. lot. not that i'm complaining ;)

Thursday, November 12, 2009

my first nubar haul!

i've been wanting some nubars for a long time, and when my bestie (and fellow polish fiend) told me there was a nubar discount going on on their website, we jumped at the chance to do a joint order. behold the polish porn!!


hahahaha we went hog wild! only about 1/5 of these are mine, the rest belong to mickelle-o :D you can bet i'll be borrowing them ALL and doing a hellza lotta swatching for you! i'm soooo happy right now!


the above is the lacquer head version of "doing lines" hahaha--swatching on tape on my arm :) get it? instead of shooting up? yeah...i have a problem.


Wednesday, September 16, 2009

vns haul

oooh i've been waiting & waiting patiently (yeah right) for my victoria nail supply order to get here and after coming home late tonight from the WORST class i have ever taken with the WORST headache ever it was finally HERE :D ChG's: visit me in prism, emerald sparkle, white-kwik-silvr, blk-bila-bong, let's do it in 3d, meteor shower
color club's: wild at heart, love 'em leave 'em, wild and willing

and unbelievable, my dad and stepmother were watching me open them and dad goes "oh i like that white one, let me see what it looks like on my nail." so i painted his nail. and he liked it so much, so he wanted them all done. so instead of doing them all that color, i took advantage of this weak moment and swatched the rest of the colors before he really had a chance to stop me. and then i made him take pictures. hee hee heee *evil laugh* awesome. classic.

yeah i know my dad's nails are long for a guy's. his skin is also really really soft. don't let that worry you haha, he's a normal guy otherwise ;)
my madre couldn't be left out so i did her's all with the white-kwik-silvr :) very very pretty. i'm know i'm gonna be using this one A LOT! don't worry, i'll be doing full swatches or mani's of all these soon, this was just a taste ♥

xoxo!

**Edit: Ok, does anyone know why ChG meteor shower smells SOOOO bad?? it's so strong compared to any other polish i have? but it is so beautiful (with a thick top coat, that is) i can't bear to give it up. i might have to invest in a mask or swimmer's nose plugs for that one :( i wonder if the other glitters from that new collection smell the same way?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

weekend haulsss

yayayay :) collective haul over last weekend. i got some stuff in the mail from sephora and transdesign, then shopping at ross, ulta, and the mall WHEW crazyness! haha but i had fun with my sister ♥


sephora by opi: under my trench coat, run with it
(don't worry, these look way cooler on the nail then in the bottle)nail tek II and nail tek II foundation TWO of them, $4.99 each at ROSS, a freaking STEAL!!!
essie cantaloupe, essie cute as a button, china glaze kaleidoscope him out, ChG bermuda breakaway, ChG wagon trail, ChG ink with nail art brushChG calcium gel fortifier, recommended by all lacquered upclaire's sparkle, claire's goldmine, charlotte russe no-name matte neon purple, ChR no-name sparklyhologlittery tealish blue, Art Deco blue & red from Forever 21, ChR 2-way nail art brush-pen in whitefree gift with purchase opi pretty little pinks, i already had princesses rule!, so i gave it to my sister :)hot topic glitter red and blue, which i was inspired to buy from brooke's postopi elephantastic pink, ChG thataway (which i think looks like Nars orgasm), and opi bright lights, big color
xoxo to everyone, i'm already getting my butt handed to me by school :( it's hard to be a grown up sometimes and still feel like a kid.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

zoya zara & my special package

awww my dear zoyas how i love them so! i think they absolutely have the best color range of any polish. the formula is pretty good, a little thicker on this first one i'm showing, zara. the lovely lavender/purple is ga ga gorgeous and it has tons of golden shimmer in it and flashes bronzey and sandy in certain lights. i've heard people describe this as a slight jelly but the jury is still out for me. it was the harder out of the three zoyas i have to apply but i just love it soooo!also to shake it up a bit, i added some nail art today (second day) inspired by the diva's polish's post who posted because she was inspired by a tutorial she saw on youtube. (check out her blog it's great!) i obviously didn't do the tips but put the stripes and dots on using white kiss brush on nail art paint. i also used color club's crystal glitter art club nail art brush to do stripes in between the white stripes. and i even accomplished the look on my right hand, which i couldn't believe. it's definitely not my usual look, but it was fun to do and that is all that matters yes?also waiting for me on saturday was a package from mary of body and soul. i won one of the two packs she was giving away in july YAY!! and i was super super super impressed with the gift. can't wait to try these out! :)hope everyone had a great weekend :) i had fun hanging out with my sister and nephew who came into town for a mini-break. byeeee♥

Sunday, June 21, 2009

b-day haul

so these are the beauty goodies i got on my birthday this past saturday, mostly from my beautiful wonderful amazing gorgeous sister claire! i la la love her! we even made a trip to ulta and nordstrom so i could pick a few treasures on my own. the polishes are: opi's don't melbourne the toast, banana bandana, essie's sag harbor, shifting power, flirty fuchsia, california coral, castaway, and MAC's violet fire. ♥
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