I am blogging so much this weekend. I have no mood to study at all. I have one test on Tuesday then a couple of weeks before my final exams (for this semester) start. Why won't this end? ):
After a couple of days, Uptown Visions Dream On by itself was really bugging me and I really wanted to change it but I was waiting for some polishes to arrive in the mail. So I turned to the one polish I knew would save the mani, just like it saved another before.
This is two coats of Dream On and one of China Glaze Wireless Holographic. I love me some holo (:
Sunlight
Sunlight + decreased exposure
Artificial lighting
Artificial lighting
I love Wireless Holographic so much. And I've kinda stopped buffing my nails, so you can see my ridges now but just ignore them. Or think of Ruffles. Yum! :D
I will be blogging again on Tuesday or Wednesday with a haul post or OPI Silver Shatter (:
Hi! I am 10 minutes away from it being not April here anymore, but I will adjust the time on this blog post so that it appears to be April still. I know that's cheating but I was watching a movie and didn't think it would end that late.
I bought this polish really long ago. I was in a pharmacy and I was looking around and I saw a new display. I'd never heard of this brand before, and there's an explanation for that in the polish I bought. It was a buy one get one free thing, I think, so I just picked up the two colors that looked best to me: this one, and a red shimmer.
The first thing I noticed after I was done painting was that it didn't last long. Within a day I had tip wear, and usually that doesn't happen for me. So I ditched it and when I rearranged all my polishes, this one went into the little corner that rarely ever gets opened.
I did 2 coats with top coat. The photos are very deceiving because I added top coat before I took them. When dry, it's flat and has no depth. But I have to make it look good for the last day of April, right?
(artificial lighting)
Looks pretty in the bottle, huh? I would tell everyone to NOT buy this. I'm sorry, Uptown Visions, but I can't get the horrible first experience I had out of my head. If the dried result was pretty it wouldn't be so bad, but it's boring when completely dry.
It's 20 minutes past 12am but not according to the timestamp ;)
It has been a long and tiring week for me. I have been studying almost non-stop for the entire week. I took a break from studying today after my test and and will take another day off before I start studying again for another test next Tuesday. Then I have 2 weeks to study and then my final exams for this semester. I love life.
I had a huge scare earlier because I knew there was a rat in one of the rooms in my house, which is the tv room, which has two huge sliding doors. I had to use a broomstick to close the doors. I couldn't even bring myself to set up the rat trap my brother asked me to. I think the rat is still in there. But my post is delayed thanks to that little guy.
No royal themed mani today, because I didn't have time and I know some of you are sick to death of that.
I did this mani in honour of Autism Awareness month. I love my blues. I like every blue I've ever tried on me, which is why it's on my list of favourite polish colors after red. Red. I think red month doesn't come until October, which is AIDS Awareness month.
This was done before I went on holiday about 2 weeks ago. I didn't really have time to take pictures before, so if you see lots of tipwear, forgive me, because I probably took those after I returned. And I did edit the photos because some parts were too monstrous.
Pinky: Models Own In The Navy, 2 coats Ring: Barry M Cobalt Blue, 2 coats Middle: Barry M Pure Turquoise, 2 coats Index: Elianto Alice Blue, 3 coats Thumb: Wet 'N' Wild French White Creme, 3 coats
The Elianto polish was the hardest to work with. I think I had to redo it like 3 or 4 times.
I need to mention how much Twitter has entertained me recently. Even people who are in crisis manage to make others (me) feel better after my rat scare. Me and my two skins. Haha. It's hard enough to make me laugh out loud at stuff I read/watch, which is one of the reasons why I never type 'lol'. I do think with the word 'lol' but I rarely, if ever, type it or say it.
Which reminds me, I HATE when people say 'lol' or 'lmao' or 'rofl' in a real life conversation. If it really is funny, you'd be laughing out loud, not saying 'lol'. It's one of my hugest conversation pet peeves. My friends do it and I feel like slapping each of them each time.
My mom just got the iPad 2 so I'll be going into my room to play with that now! Haha. Have a good weekend, I'll have a new post tomorrow (or later today for me). (:
How excited are you to see this post? About damn time, right? I am so excited to publish this!
As you know (or not), I have been swamped with loads of work. But I still manage to prioritize. My nails are all done, and now I can do work!
I have a lot to study for tomorrow's test, so this shall be short and sweet (and promoted on my Twitter as many times as I feel is appropriate).
This time I have saved the best for last, so as you go down the photos will get better and it'll be in increasing favorite-ness (is this a word?). I feel a bit high today. I drove like an absolute nutcase this morning and probably pissed a lot of people off. I wasn't even late or anything.
Sparrow Me The Drama
Don't you just love this name? I did 3 coats with top coat (no base coat). I'm not really a fan of pinks, because a lot of them don't look good on me, but I'll wear this just because it's to do with Pirates :D
Sparrow Me The Drama
Planks A Lot
I love purples and I love this. I don't have one like this (but my stash is a lot smaller than most of yours). I did 3 coats with top coat and no base coat. Which is why my nails were stained blue when I took this off. I wore this for a couple of days. Wear a base coat, guys!
Planks A Lot
Mermaids Tears
I am in LOVE with this. 2 coats with top coat and base coat because I am wearing this as a full mani now. I did the second coat a bit thicker because I didn't want to do a third. Also, the sun came out for this one! That's how awesome it is!
Mermaids Tears
I might be a bit biased, being a huge Pirates fan, but I think this collection is AWESOME. Not exactly the kind of colors you'd think about for Spring but I don't have Spring so it doesn't really matter. I am glad I have the entire collection. I will cherish this until the day I die.
I hope you enjoyed that! If you missed Part 1 of the collection you can see it here!
In case you haven't noticed, my nails are much longer now, which I kind of like, but this is only because I haven't had time to file them down (really) and I have to pray that they survive being long until I get to file them to a safer length.
Okay that wasn't as short as I thought it would be. Have a good week! (:
Hi! I miss blogging so much. I have such a huge backlog now, if I used it to build a dam it could probably block the Niagara Falls.
I did a couple of blue manis, which I'll have to post within the next week or so because April is almost over! Anyway, for once I'd like to be the early one (didn't exactly happen with Teenage Dream) and post some pretty crappy swatches of OPI's Pirates of the Caribbean collection.
Pirates is one of my favourite movie series. How could you not love it? The moment I knew OPI was releasing a Pirates collection, I nearly shat myself (not really). I didn't really care what the colors were going to be like (unless they were really bad) but holy crap, it was PIRATES.
I wanted to swatch the entire collection at once but the weather, unsurprisingly, changed from super hot and sunny to gloomy followed by a huge thunderstorm. And I was racing against time, because I knew the weather was going to turn bad (the clouds were forming and all) and I had 700 words of a very boring essay to churn out.
So excuse the very shitty pictures (you'll know them when you see them). All swatches were without a base coat and with top coat. I initially wanted to only do them on my right hand, which is more photogenic, but again, that would've taken much longer. The photos will get worse as you scroll down :/
Skull & Glossbones.
I LOVE this. Not only was the application easy peasy, I loved the color too. I did 3 coats. The name is pretty cute too. Haha.
Skull & Glossbones, in the shade.
Stranger Tides.
This was a little harder because I was painting with my really shaky left hand. The formula was okay though. 3 coats. I smudged my pinky nail so I'm showing you only 3 nails. I liked this too.
Stranger Tides, in the shade.
Steady As She Rose.
Oh god. Told you the pictures would get worse. Just look at it. I actually tried this on my right hand first but it was so bad that I had to re-do it on my left hand. I suck so bad at painting. This was one coat and top coat over 3 coats with top coat. I wasn't happy with it for some reason and decided to add another layer. I make bad decisions huh :/ The formula on this was somehow the worst so far.
Steady As She Rose, in the shade.
This was before I added the extra coat. (this is 3 coats) Now I can't remember what was wrong with this :/
I'm really bad at describing colors, so I hope the pictures give you a general idea of what the colors look like. They are all cremes and all very murky/dusty/grungy-looking.
I hope that is enough to hold you over for a couple of days. I would've swatched the other 3 today but the weather was MAD. And I had a long night. I was finishing up my essay after a lot of procrastination and only got 2 hours of sleep last night.
I was so uninspired, I couldn't think of what I wanted to include in my essay. Then I had a mini panic attack thinking I wouldn't be able to finish on time and I'd get zero marks. I drank coffee at 1.30am, ate Pods and an ice cube, went to bed when I really couldn't continue and woke up 2 hours later to finish the essay. Then I had to run all over campus to find a stapler, my lecturer wasn't in his office and I was going to be late for my movie.
On the bright side, I watched Source Code with my friend today because my mom got a pair of free tickets to the cinema and she gave them to me. I liked the movie, although I think it's a little too paradoxical. It was pretty good though.
Anyway, I hope you guys are having a good week. Oh, and happy (?) Good Friday! (I am still extremely bummed that I don't get to go for my Good Friday ritual with my family because I need to study for some upcoming tests)
If this post has sounded/looked weird in any way, it's because I'm high.. on sleep debt.
