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Selasa, 08 Maret 2011

$25 for Zoya Intimate Collection + FS - Today Only!

Just had to share this fabulous deal with everyone! Zoya is having an International Women's Day promotion where you can get their recent Intimate Collection for only $25 + FS! Originally, this set costs $48.

Purchase here and use promo Code: ZOYAWD

I'm super eyeing Dove, Danni, and Jules. I like glitter in my polish. :)

Sabtu, 05 Maret 2011

NOTD: Zoya Demi Swatch

Zoya Demi is one of my favorite polish colors in my collection. It's a gorgeous shade of purple that adds to nice pop of color to my everyday (usually neutral colored) outfits. :)

Kamis, 03 Maret 2011

The Face Shop Nail Polish PP407 Swatch

Such a pretty glittery soft pink color. :)
The quality of The Face Shop polishes isn't the best but I suppose in this case, you get what you pay for. I can't remember exactly how much it cost me but it had to be around $1 or $2.

Selasa, 01 Maret 2011

American Apparel Nail Lacquer Berry Swatch

American Apparel nail lacquers definitely rank in my top 3 polishes in terms of quality. The majority of the ones I've tried need only one coat to look good which is super surprising for a company whose focus isn't cosmetics but apparel. Each polish I've tried from them is superbbbbbb in terms of application. I just love how smooth the polish flows from brush to nail and across. Amazing quality stuff. I'd highly recommend their polishes to everyone since they have a nice range of colors where at least one is bound to appeal to you! :)

Senin, 28 Februari 2011

Zoya Ultra Glitter: Nova

This is definitely one of my favorite nail polish colors. It's a gorgeous raspberry color with the perfect amount of blingin' glitter! I love that the glitter distributes so evenly compared to some other glitter polishes I've used before.

Without flash.

Zoya Nova with flash.

(I need to figure out how to use this camera so that I get better macro shots.)

I really like Zoya polishes in general. Their quality is excellent, the polish consistency is great, and the ingredients don't contain any toluene, formaldehyde, DBP (phthalates), or camphor!

Rabu, 22 September 2010

More Gradient Nails!

Tried to make a few more gradient nails using yesterdays tutorial:

Left: Light Purple Gradient Nail
Sephora for OPI Meet For Drinks
Zoya Zara
PA 116
PA AA10

Middle: Magenta Gradient Nail
Zoya Kate
Zoya Nova
PA AA10

Right: Blue Gradient Nail
American Apparel Peacock
China Glaze Atlantis
PA AA10

Sabtu, 21 Agustus 2010

NOTD: American Apparel Nail Lacquer in Peacock

Base Coat: OPI Natural Nail Strengthener
French Tips: American Apparel Nail Lacquer in Peacock & Pa Nail Color Premier Lame Grande AA10
Rhinestones
Top Coat: CND Super Shiney Top Coat & Nail Tek II

T let me borrow her new American Apparel Nail Lacquer and I just loveeee how it applies! I'd love to pick up a few AA colors for myself but I really don't need any more nail polish than I already have right now...

Selasa, 22 Juni 2010

Sonia Kashuk Remove Eye Makeup Remover Review

This, ladies and gents, is my HG eye makeup remover. Sonia Kashuk's Remove. It is amazing. I have tried quite a few popular products to try and remove those hardcore Japanese mascaras (specifically speaking, Fasio & Majolica Majorca (my favorite!)) but have usually managed to take off more eyelashes from my eyes than mascara from my eyelashes themselves. :( But Sonia Kashuk's Remove is such a winner~!

Makeup removers I've tried that have failed to take off Fasio & Majolica Majorca well:
1. DHC Deep Cleansing Oil: Left me with some light raccoon eyes even though it's supposed to be able to wash everything off. Also dried my skin out.
2. Philosophy Purity: Didn't take off my mascara at all. Also, my skin just had the worst reaction ever to this product. Breakout galore!
3. Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil Premium A/I: Took me 20 minutes soaking my eyelid with this product before most of my mascara came off. Even then, it wasn't all off. Too time consuming.
4. Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil Premium A/O: I just wanted to try one more time! But was left with the same results.
5. Neutrogena Eye Makeup Remover: Nope. Lost many eyelashes in the process.
6. Clinique Take The Day Off Makeup Remover: Nope.
7. Clinique Rinse-Off Eye Makeup Solvent: Nope.
8. Andrea Eye Q's Eye Makeup Remover Gel: Didn't even remove anything.

One I haven't tried and wanted to was Lancome's Bi-Facil which has good reviews with users of Majolica Majorca.

Soaked cotton pad.

This is after soaking my eye for simply a few seconds!

The end result.

Before and after. Sorry the bottom picture isn't very clear!

I'd super recommend this to anyone who's looking for a new, inexpensive eye makeup remover! It costs around $11 at Target. When I originally purchased it, my bottle was the last one on the shelf so it might be hot stuff! Need a CP? Let me know. :)

My fail of the day: I opened my bottle of Sonia Kashuk Remove to take off my eye makeup but remembered that I should take off my contacts first. So I did. Then I reached over for my bottle of "contact lens cleaner" and accidentally over-poured a ton of Sonia Kashuk Remove into my contact lens case. Now I have like 1/4th left. Haha!

I purchased Nivea's A Kiss of Flavor in Passion Fruit the other day. I really like it!! It tints my lips a shade of red I haven't tried before and it smells so good. Mmmm. I don't like the fact that it looks like it's leaking out of the bottom of the tube though. Nivea, you might want to do something about that!

I purchased a new top coat recently. I LOVE IT. I had never heard of the brand, Creative Nail Design (CND) before this but I'm so soldddd. Hopefully, I'll be able to do a review soon.

Speaking of nail polish, I have been trying to figure out how to organize my nail polish collection. It's not very large but still, I am running out of "space" for my growing collection. I currently house my collection in a pink plastic basket but I'm trying to think of new ideas for how to display them. Throw some at me if you have any.

A big thank you to B for the Laneige samples!!!! You are so sweet! I'm so excited to try them out :)))) Congrats and good luck with the internship!!! :D

Does anyone know what these samples say, though? I can't read Korean and don't know how to use them or what they are. Hehe.

Nail Tek II: Intensive Therapy Review

T's mom purchased this for me when I told her that my nails bend easily and are weak. When I tried using it for a little over a week (put on a new coat each day), oh my goodness, I don't think my nails had ever been so nice looking! I received plenty of compliments inquiring about whether or not I had fake nails on! Whaaat. Sweet. :) Would totally recommend this product if you're having issues with flimsy nails or nails that break easily.

I also use my Nail Tek polish as a base/top coat whenever I've run out of my normal base/top coats.

Note: I like to boulder/rock climb and here is a test of Nail Tek acting as a top coat:

Left hand has a top coat of Nail Tek and right hand does not. After a few hours of climbing, this was the damage. I was amaaazed at how fairly good the left hand still looked! Please excuse the naasty right hand cuticles.