HI! I guess it is pretty obvious my latest craze is nail polish, my last 5 or 6 posts are all nail related.
If you missed the post on my transdesign.com haul, click here. This is just a swatch post.
The following color is very very sheer. On the big toe is on its own and on the 2nd toe, I applied it over Agent Lavender.
From L to R - A Grape Fit , Do you Lilac it?, Done out in Deco.
In the bottle L to R, Done out in Deco, A Grape Fit, Do you Lilac it?
Which of these is your fave?
HI everyone! I am super excited now.
*You may want to skip the following LONG story.* but the short story is my nail polish haul finally arrived.
Sometime in March, I ordered 9 bottles of nail polish from ebay, a power seller at that. Each bottle, plus shipping cost me an average of $5.50 each. Which isn't cheap, but I can't get them in Singapore, and the OPI colours usually cost way more than $5.50 each. (All $$ in US dollars btw) But I waited more than a month, and the package never arrived. i refrained from leaving negative feedback as I was somehow very sure the seller did ship the package. It was more likely that the package somehow got lost in the mail. Or whatever. But I contacted the seller 3 times, and I never got any reply. Til one fine day, 2 weeks back, I left negative feedback on every single item which I didn't receive. Which means she/he got 9 negative feedback. That was my last resort, and I was prepared to never get my items ever.
But that finally got a reaction from the seller, who contacted me almost immediately, and appealing for me to retract my feedback. My response was unless I received my refund OR have the items re-shipped and I receive them, I would not retract. And lo and behold, they all arrived this evening. I am happy. I will, of course, now have to contact the seller again, and try to retract the negative feedback. Gosh.
I also ordered another bunch of nail polish at transdesign.com (recommended by the lovely Misschievous), and am expecting another nail polish haul in the next 10 days.
END OF STORY.
Now for the pictures. Since I have already applied nail polish, I swatched them on my little sister's fingernails, no base, no topcoat, just 2 coats quickly applied.
1. China Glaze For Audrey --- I will do an overview of all these peppermint, pastel teal colors soon.
2. OPI You Blue My Mind --- I will also compare all the metallic blues in my collection. (Chanel Blue Satin, MAC Naughty Nauticals)
3. China Glaze Devotion --- Purplish Silver Metallic colour
4. Orly ---Charged Up
5. China Glaze --- Grape Juice
6. OPI --- Do you Lilac it *** again I will do an overview of all my Lavender nail polishes. Right now this looks like MAC Rose Romance Love & Friendship nail lacquer.
Grape Juice is from CG's Summer Collection, Purple with Silver Glitter. I also ordered a couple of colors from this collection in my transdesign haul coming on the way.
Do you Lilac it is slightly darker than Done out in Deco. Will show some comparisions soon.
Charged up -- Purple blue shade. I like the cream finish. And this reminds me of Essie's Mesmerise.
7. China Glaze --- Cashmere Creme
8. OPI --- You Tickle my France-y *** Watch out for my overview of nude nail polish colours.
9. OPI - Malanga Wine ** This is my 3rd or 4th bottle. Most classic red. ever.
Cashmere Creme - looks blah in the bottle, but is a nice shimmery nude shade. Like a very pretty lipgloss color.
This is from the OPI France collection last year, I already have You Don't Know Jaques and Parlez Vouz OPI.
Some of the pictures are quite blur, and I do apologise. I will post more nail stories and reviews over the weekend.
Thanks for reading!!
In kind of a good mood, so I went shopping, of course.
Here's the damage:
1. Pressie for my GF. I bought a Sephora bath set. Love the packaging. It's also the first time I bought something at my local Sephora.
2. Make Up Haul
I will post more updates on the Chanel base and wipes later on and also do some looks with the new shadows....
3. Cute little handbag from LeSport Sac... It is in my FAVE color beige (besides my current lavender obsession of course)
...reminds me of the OPI Bare it in Trafaglar Square, no?? And it has a slight shimmer sheen. And it is 30% off. So.... had to get it.
4. Shoes from marks and spencer. Love the cut, how it shows off a hint of toe cleavage (I love showing toe cleavage) and the height of the heel is just nice, cos I don't need to add any more height to myself. and it is also very reasonable in terms of price. Good everyday work shoes.
Me and sister goofing around. And my fave tee of the moment, from Zara. When I saw the color, I knew I HAD to get it.
That's all, and thanks for reading!
Hi!!!
And the obsession continues. I am talking about the colour Lavender. I really like the mixture of milky pale purple/violet, with the perfect tinge of grey/beige/pink whatever. You know what I mean. I was doing my nails the other day, and I saw this bottle of OPI sitting on the shelf, and Lavender Whip, Barry M's 129, Ever so Rich all came to my mind. I knew I had to get it. And it would be a very very pretty colour on my nails. Yes, I am crazy!!!
This color is from the latest OPI spring/summer 09 collection, South Beach.
I left Lavender Whip at work (it was sorely missed this whole weekend), and I didn't get to taking a picture of the lipsticks and the nail polish side by side, but you get the idea.
Yes. you can, if you keep the rest of the face simple. I just smudged eyeliner all over on the top and bottom lids.
I used Smolder eyekohl by MAC, and also throw on my falsies. I also used some Carbon Plumage e/s by MAC to help to smudge.
Lips:
Barry M 129 and Ever So Rich gloss by MAC
I think I was kind of inspired by the following face charts I saw at temptalia.com
Thanks for reading!!
The MAC 109 brush which I intend to use for contouring, liquid foundation and blusher.
MAC Creme Team Collection, I got Ever So Rich and Lavender Whip.
I compared my Barry M 129 lippy with Lavendar Whip.
On my lips, the one left is Lavender Whip and Barry M is on the right. Lavender Whip looks less in your face pale, more wearable, while the color payoff for the Barry M is much creamier, and thicker, and certainly paler. But the colors are stunningly similar. I would wear Lavender Whip more often, because the Barry M 129 is kind of too wonky for everyday, especially daytime wearing.
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