Nina Ultra Pro In A Tiff

Because it's April/Autism Awareness month, I've decided to keep wearing blue. It's not that hard, since I do have a few blues which need to be worn. I will probably pull out something completely not blue at all once April is over though.

At first I thought this would be a blue creme, but when I got it I was pleasantly surprised. In the bottle the shimmer is very obvious, there's bits of pink, blue and silver. It's also pretty obvious when it's still wet, but as it dries, the shimmer gets a little bit shy and decides to hide in the thick creamy base.

Also, it's not exactly blue. It kind of looks like it wants to be Tiffany blue, but isn't exactly. Tiffany blue has a bit more.. yellow (?) in it. I thought about the name for awhile, and 'In A Tiff'? Wordplay on the word Tiff? As in Tiffany?

Anyway, it's pretty thick and opaque, so I did 2 coats with top coat. I had no issues with it except for the thickness, which can be fixed with thinner anyway. The wear was good too. I wore this Sunday to Thursday with minimal tip wear. Imagine the pictures with a bit more green/yellow. They came out too blue. If you click to enlarge the pictures, you'll see the hidden shimmer.

Under fluorescent lighting: it's really not as blue as it appears here.

I'll probably update this post later with a bottle picture and maybe a wet/dry comparison.

Also, a lot of people have left some very lovely comments on my guest post on colorfulbottle's blog, which I am very grateful for. Thank you guys so much (if you're reading this)! If it's a tutorial you want, then it's a tutorial you'll get (I think I adapted this from a movie, was it Troy?). I hope you don't mind being a little bit patient because I barely have time to paint my nails let alone do a tutorial. After my exams things should slow down a little and I'll be able to do it then. (:

By the time you read this, I'll probably be on my weekend holiday. I'm on a family holiday despite my busy university schedule. I'm almost at the end of the first semester. And I have a law and ethics test on Monday, which is the day after I get back from my short vacation. :/

I hope you're all having a great weekend! (:

Skin Food Skin Tight Jeans

Before anyone asks, I completely made up that name. It's not really called Skin Tight Jeans, I'm listening to Katy Perry's Teenage Dream on an iTunes radio station and this polish appears to not have a name, and it doesn't even have a code!

In light of Autism Awareness month, I've decided to do a whole bunch of blues, as many as I can. I'm wearing blue right now, so are my toenails and my iPhone. I've already got a few blue manis planned out :D

Anyway, I don't know what happened with this one, but there are sheet marks and I couldn't get any good photos. I was only wearing this as a 'transition' polish, for a day or so before I got my swap package.

In the bottle, this looks like a very promising polish but it lacks depth and doesn't dry shiny. Even with top coat I feel it's not as shiny as it should be. I really think it could've been so much better.

I did 2 or 3 coats. The quality isn't as good as I was hoping for it to be. In my previous experience, I had dragging with it and bald spots. That happens with another green Skin Food polish I have too. I used China Glaze Fast Forward top coat, but it still lacked shine.

Forgive me for the horrible photos. This was the only other blue I already had photos of. You do NOT want to see the blue creme I have. Those are BAD.

I forgot to describe it. It's a navy blue with lots of blue and little bit of pink shimmer. Pretty in concept, but again, no depth.

And then I got my swap package from Kellie and decided to try a couple of them out:

Icing Frost Yourself on Skin Tight Jeans

Sinful Hottie on Skin Tight Jeans

How was that for blue month? I know I haven't been all blue so far but it's not too late to start, right? I'm currently reading (or trying to read) a book by Jodi Picoult called 'House Rules'. It's about a teenager with Asperger's Syndrome (a type of high-functioning autism) who is accused of murder. It's been extremely good so far.

I hope you're all enjoying your month so far. I have a terrible week to go through: 2 lab reports, one 1500 word essay, another report due and a chemistry test (which got cancelled - yay!). Then I have to study for a law and ethics test which will happen on Monday in the week after next week, and I'm going on a family holiday over the weekend. Which means I have to try to get all my studying done before the holiday :/

By the way, I failed my test on Wednesday. But so did a whole bunch of my classmates so it's not that bad.. Right? ):

I really like the last picture. Can't stop staring at it (:

Guest post on colorfulbottle's blog

For those of you who follow Dolores's blog, you'd know that she now has a guest post segment every week. She asked me to do one and I was extremely happy that she would have me on her blog.

So, if you'd like to find out what I did to cause this mess:

Click *here* to find out! (:

 

OPI Diva of Geneva

I'm going to leave you with one last post before I go on another crazy week of studying. I have a test every week now. Any remnants of a life that I may have had previously are slowly slipping away. What has my life come to? I don't know, I'll let you know when I have one =.='

Anyway, before I go into my room to hide in the coolness of air conditioning (it was 36 degrees Celsius today!), I want to show you OPI Diva of Geneva from the Swiss collection. I didn't buy this for myself, I bought this for Kellie.

I have to admit, she has a very good eye (um.. two good eyes) because the polishes I got off her wishlist are awesome. One of them was this one. I didn't do full swatches because I felt bad just swatching something that I was giving away, plus I was lazy. But this'll be enough, right? Quality over quantity? ;)

I can't descibe this because I suck at describing, but the pictures turned out pretty good so you can see for yourself. I did 2 coats, with top coat I think.

I was wondering why this was on her wishlist at first but I completely understood once I saw it in person. I was almost tempted to keep this for myself. Haha. 

I only have one polish from the Swiss collection, which is Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous, and that one certainly looks marvelous (what?). I hear the Swiss collection was a hit though, or did I hear wrongly? They're pretty for me but not pretty enough for me to go out and buy them.

Wish me luck for my probably-happening test on Wednesday! (:

China Glaze Below Deck

I couldn't blog all week because I was busy studying for a test that ended up being postponed. I should be happy, except that I spent all week studying. Now I have to study again. ):

As you may (or not) have known, I won the second prize in Michelle's birthday giveaway. I won two nail polish rings! Nail polish. IOn a ring! I mean, I knew they existed but I didn't think I'd own any in the near future. I do love rings but can never find any that I like when my wallet permits it. Thank you so much for this, Michelle! <3

I don't know if you are sick of seeing the China Glaze Anchors Away collection yet but I'm not!

Below Deck is so pretty. I think it's kind of chic. It's probably the most 'chic' color I have. I couldn't stop staring at it. I probably look like a nut staring at my nails all the time but I just can't help it. This color makes me feel happy. (:

I did 2 coats with top coat. It looks a bit scratched up because I didn't take photos immediately after I finished. And I think I broke a corner off the nail on my right index finger.

Under my desk lamp.

And just for fun, a picture with a strawberry I bit. I like fresh strawberries (:

The smell of strawberry milk and ice cream makes me wanna barf. I only like them fresh and occassionally as flavors of certain foods.

I really wanna keep my nails a bit longer but they keep peeling and breaking. I like the length it is at now (longer than in these pictures) but I'm guessing that I'm not going to be very pleased with what I see when I remove what I have on now. Why can't I have naturally healthy nails? ):