China Glaze Cracked Concrete on OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston

How long did I not post for? I was so lazy to upload pictures from my camera and now I have a gazillion. I'm still trying to sort through 65 pictures of a certain polish. :/

Anyway, I have a test next Friday and the Friday after that too. I can't say TGIF anymore (not that I say it now). But yeah, can't really enjoy my Fridays. ):

I never knew how much it cost to send stuff anywhere. Not letters, not packages, not locally, not internationally. And I never knew how long it would take to send anything anywhere. Apparently it takes 2-3 MONTHS to send something to the other side of the world by surface/sea mail. Wow. That is insane. I was planning to send something by surface mail but there was no way I was going to let it take 2-3 MONTHS!

My wallet has officially become a fishing net :/  But this was really fun and I hope the person I swapped with likes newspaper and doesn't die laughing at the bubble wrap. Haha.

I got bored of but didn't want to take OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston off, so I decided that was what crackles are for. I used China Glaze Cracked Concrete from their recent crackle collection. I like the color contrast. (:

Right hand, in the shade.

Left hand, shade.

Under my desk lamp. Ew. Why does the base color look so gross here? :/

In the sun.

Then I added top coat:

I really like crackles. I love the way these crackled. I just wish a red crackle would hurry up and be released already. Why is OPI's crackle collection so late? :/

I went to watch Black Swan in the cinema a couple of days ago. I loved it. I had to think a little to figure the movie out (I still don't know what it really is about), but I guess that's part of the fun. I was scared out of my pants because I am a scaredy cat but I liked it. I don't know if I would dare to watch it again alone :/

The experience was ruined by KIDS (okay, maybe not kids but tweens?) on school holiday who were definitely underage, since the movie was rated 18. And they kept laughing at the parts that weren't remotely funny, and they giggled every time someone said the F word. One of their phones even rang during the movie. Why can't they watch an age-appropriate movie, or just shut up? I hate when people are being inconsiderate like that.

Have you watched Black Swan? How was it?

Models Own In The Navy + Elianto Olive

I still haven't uploaded pictures from my camera. And I have a lot of pictures to upload from there :/

First and foremost, my heart goes out to everyone in Japan and everyone else who was affected by the earthquake and tsunami. I am fortunate enough to live in a country where big natural disasters don't happen (or haven't happened while I've been alive). Unfortunately, not all of us have this privilege so Japan deserves whatever help anyone can give, financial or not.

And nobody seems to be replying messages/e-mails I've sent which pisses me off as well as makes me feel sad. What happened to etiquette?

Anyway, there's a long story behind this post. I was doing my nails on both my hands and feet. I hate choosing a color for my toes because I don't want to use a nice color. I feel that it's "wasting" the polish, since my feet are so far away from my eyes and I don't get to stare at the color much.

I decided to use Elianto Olive, which is.. well, olive. I usually paint my toes before my fingers, so I'd used a top coat on my toenails first, then on my fingernails. I noticed that some of the shimmer from Olive had stayed on the top coat brush and happily put itself on top of what I had on my fingernails, Models Own In The Navy.

And it looked awesome. So I decided to mix a bit of Olive with polish thinner, and put it on top of the 2 coats of In The Navy I already had on. Please click to enlarge, you won't regret it! (:

In daylight:

Under my desk lamp:

I then wondered what it would be like to mix In The Navy and Olive in liquid form. And... I think I might have to make this one.

 

It looks very galaxy-like!

Olive is a hard color to describe, or maybe I haven't tried. But I'm sure you can see for yourself. I've been trying to find another bottle of Olive but I think it might be discontinued. :/   I've gotten compliments from my mom's manicurist and her daughter (who is also a manicurist) when I wore this on my toes.

Okay I think I am done. I seriously need to upload those photos.

Models Own In The Navy

I wanted to post something with OPI in it (to continue my OPI streak) but apparently I haven't uploaded it from my camera yet and I'm too lazy to do that now.

I love the name 'In The Navy'. It's way better than some of the lame ass names we've been seeing around. I won't say where ;)  Models Own is a pretty genius name itself.

Anyway, this is a navy blue (duh) creme. Nothing special but I didn't have a navy blue creme before this one. I did 2 coats with top coat, then I went to a family gathering at my aunt's house where all my little cousins were. I had to clean up the toys after they were done with them. Thank god the mani survived. It looked worn out so I added another layer of top coat.

My camera freaked out and overexposed some of the pictures. And it looks weird. I dunno. Maybe the stuff around me was reflecting weirdly :/

 

Under my table lamp. It's not as light as it appears here.

It's been raining/drizzling all day and I'm completely sick of it. It's cold. My toes are cold. The weather sucked today ):

I'm wearing a dark blue right now too. What a coincidence. (:

China Glaze Crackles on OPI I Vant To Be A-Lone Star

Are you sick of seeing I Vant To Be A-Lone Star here yet? Haha. Don't worry, this its last appearance here for awhile.

The moment I got my Crackle Glazes, I HAD to try them on. I got China Glaze Sea Spray in the same package so I had to do the comparison with Lone Star. Good thing I have ten fingers huh (:

This is the first time I bought the entire collection of nail polishes, but I think the closest I ever got to owning an entire collection is having half the China Glaze Up and Away collection. I have both the greens, yellows and purples from that one. This makes me want to go get the other 6. I am so close!

I have never used crackle polishes before and was surprised at how easy they were to use. I am completely addicted to them. I did one coat of each crackle over 3 coats of OPI I Vant To Be A-Lone Star.

 

L-R: Fault Line, Cracked Concrete, Broken Hearted, Black Mesh

 

I might have painted it a little bit too thick on one side of my index finger, that's why it didn't crackle properly.

 

Lightning Bolt

 

Crushed Candy

Then I added top coat:

 

(in the shade)

I LOVE these. They are so fun to watch while they crackle. I'm wishing there was a red one in here, but overall I like the colors. If I got any of the names mixed up, it's because I'm writing them from memory and I'm too lazy to go check if I got them right.

If you've seen my Twitter lately, you'd know that my aunt just bought me the MAC Wonder Woman polishes. I'm so happy I have them! I'm going to treasure them forever. (:

AND.. I just saw Temptalia's swatches of Nubar's spring collection and.. I want them all! :'(

PS: I can't believe Liverpool beat Manchester United 3-1!

Comparison: OPI I Vant To Be A-Lone Star vs. China Glaze Sea Spray

I completely forgot that I wanted to put a new post up today because I was catching up on some tv series. The episode of Glee where everyone gets drunk wasn't as funny to me as Rachel Marie said it would be (since I didn't die laughing), but it was alright. Maybe I'm missing a funny bone or something. It does take one hell of a joke to make me laugh out loud.

This.. might sound a little obsessive and stalker-ish, but I was looking at the "Stats" tab and saw that someone searched (my blog?) for this comparison using several different keywords. It so happened that I did this the moment I got my hands on Sea Spray a few days ago before I took I Vant To Be A-Lone Star off.

I did 3 coats of each with top coat. At least I think I did top coat for Sea Spray. I accidentally smudged Sea Spray on my index finger on the window frame ):

They're obviously not dupes but I would say they're sisters. Sea Spray is darker and more gray compared to Lone Star. The shimmer in both looks to be the same color, but I could be mistaken. The shimmer in the OPI is more brushstroke-y, more dense and more apparent than the China Glaze.

The pictures are clickable, if you want a better view. For all the pictures, it's OPI I Vant To Be A-Lone Star, China Glaze Sea Spray, OPI I Vant To Be A-Lone Star, China Glaze Sea Spray from left to right.

Personally, I prefer Sea Spray because of the base color and the absence of visible brushstrokes. I wouldn't say you need both but I love colors like these. I suppose it's worth owning both, since they're different. ;)

So, random person who was looking for this, I hope you see it. (: