neon tiger stripes

Hi!
Today I have a mani inspired by MacBarbie07's video! She's a great youtuber, if you haven't seen her beauty videos, you should go check them out! So I tried to do it how she did it, with the hand drawn stripes, but I'm really not good with that so I decided to do some konading! This is konad plate m67 and China Glaze Heli-Yum, Flip Flop Fantasy, and Pink Voltage with Sally Hansen Insta Dri Top Coat (all pictured below)





What do you think? I will put a better picture up tomorrow with sun!
Thanks for reading :)
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my top 10 makeup products

Hello lovely readers! Today I don't have a nail polish related post for you because I still have my blue konad polish on (see post below) and I love it!

So today I have my top 10 make up products that I am CURRENTLY into. Now keep in mind that I don't wear A LOT of make up and I'm not a professional by any means - I'm actually really really amateur when it comes to makeup! I don't wear blush or lipstick or liquid foundation or concealer.. but here is what I always reach for! The locations of where to buy things will be listed but I mostly just know where I got the things and not all the stores where they are sold because choices are limited in Canada.
*PHOTO HEAVY!*
From L to R: Laura Mercier Petite Eye Palette, Rimmel London Colour Rush in Smokey Brun, L'oreal Paris Lineur Intense Liquid Liner in Carbon Black, Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black, Clinque Perfectly Real Compact Makeup, Bobbi Brown Gel Liner, Nivea Lip Balm in Milk and Honey, ELF small smudge brush, EcoTools Powder Brush, and EcoTools Eyeshadow Brush

Now I will talk about each item individually

Rimmel London Colour Rush in Smokey Brun

This Rimmel Quad is the one I grab for the most often, I love the colours, I usually just wear the upper right one all over my lid (Like I said before I'm not super good with make up so I don't bother with the crease and outer corner and highlight stuff but sometimes I use the other colours to try!) Available at drugstores.

Laura Mercier Petite Eye Palette
This Laura Mercier Palette is another eyeshadow quad that I grab if I don't grab the Rimmel one. I use the 2nd from left colour mostly. I ordered this from Kiss and Makeup and when I received it the 3rd from left eye shadow was cracked. They asked me to send them a picture and they shipped me a new one immediately! I have that one too but I just use this one cuz I had already opened it. They ship to USA and Canada for free! They have great customer service!

L'oreal Paris Lineur Intense Liquid Liner in Carbon Black

Okay, so on days where I am feeling more ambitious or when I go out at night, I put this eyeliner on my upper lash line. So as someone who is not great with makeup, this thin brush makes application SUPER easy and I would really recommend this if you are new to makeup and don't have a steady hand like me! I like to do little strokes at a time so I don't mess up completely (which I do pretty often!) Available at drugstores

Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black

Okay so latley Ih ave been grabbing this Clinique mascara because all of my other mascaras are waterproof. I only recently found out that non-waterproof mascaras tend to work better if you are not worried about smudging. I really like the Maybelline One-by-One and the Falsies but I own those in waterproof and really want to try them in non-waterproof because then I think I would like them better. I have really long eyelashes but this mascara just adds to complete a look by adding some volume and making my eyelashes stand out more. I got this in one of the Clinique free gifts with purchase! Available anywhere that sells Clinique

Clinque Perfectly Real Compact Makeup (shade 136 N)
Okay so as I mentioned before I don't wear foundation but I like to use this Clinque powder all over my face for a more complete look. I don't really know what it does but I like it! (as you can tell!) Available anywhere that sells Clinique

Bobbi Brown Gel Liner in Black Ink
If I could only choose ONE thing to wear it would be black eyeliner in my waterline! I love it so much. I used to use different pencil liners, but ever since November I started using gel liners which last ALL DAY! First I had the Maybelline Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner and I used up the WHOLE thing! so I bought this one from Sephora and honestly they are both the same quality! I'm going to try the MAC Fluidline once this one is finished. Available at Sephora or anywhere that sells Bobbi Brown Makeup

ELF small smudge brush, EcoTools Powder Brush, and EcoTools Eyeshadow Brush
These are my 3 favourite brushes. EcoTools has great brushes for a super low price and ELF as well. This is from the ELF $3 line but it's great to apply gel liner! ELF brushes are available at www.eyeslipsface.com and EcoTools brushes are available at Wal-Mart.

Nivea Milk and Honey Lip Balm
Finally my Nivea Milk & Honey lip balm. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! This is my SECOND tube! I have this one ALL the time! If I don't have my Smith's Rosebud Salve on (available at Sephora or American Apparel)

What are you favourite makeup products for everyday makeup?
Thanks for reading! :)

blue konad

UPDATED!
Wow, I'm posting again today! Shows you how much I keep procrastinating..
Here is a I Vant To Be A-Lone Star from the OPI Texas Collection, with blue konad m72




In real life the blue stamping brings out the blue in the OPI polish, but without the stamping it looks more gray!

Sorry for the bad lighting but you get the idea!
I added some new pictures, because today it's sunny so I stuck my hand outside my window!

What do you think?

What are some new collections to look forward to?

Coral Shatter

Hello lovely readers!
Once again, I'm really sorry for my lack of posts.. Today's excuse = Procrastination! I'm sure most of you know a little something of what procrastination can do to a student.. :) Don't worry my next exam isn't for another week, I think I'm allowed to procrastinate!
So on Saturday I painted my nails with Joe Fresh Coral to put me in a spring mood and make me feel better about studying.. and today they were super chipped so I decided to get a few extra days of life out of them by putting OPI Black Shatter on top!
I'm sure most of you own this by now, I don't even think it's hard to find anymore? I bought mine from Mexico actually ahha but I've starting to see them in Salons around here as well.
Excuse the blurriness..

Let me know what you think! Do you like OPI Shatter? Is China Glaze Crackle good too? I really want to try the Pink or White Crackles (or wait for the White OPI Shatter) because It will be so nice for summer! Whats your favourite colour to put underneath of Shatter/Crackles?

Thanks for reading! :)

don't be a drag, just be a queen

HAHA
Love the new Lady Gaga song! totally stuck in my head :)

So like i mention in my post I have been keeping up with doing my nails so I will post some pictures in the end of some of the konads I have done recently/around Christmas time (I'm sure you can guess which one that is) I realize that they are all blue based! wow hahaha well I have done other ones I guess I just forgot to take pictures of them!
So here are the pictures, I'm sorry I forget exactly which colours I used but that's okay, also the lighting is super bad cuz it's from my phone, I actually haven't used my camera in like months so the battery is probably dead!




So right now I have on OPI You Don't Know Jacques, and I LOVE IT! I know this colour is super old and everyone has it already, but I just joined that bandwagon! so pretty, even on slightly darker skin tones, which is good!

Also, I mentioned how the eBay person sent me the wrong polish, well she said she would send me the right one! So hopefully that comes soon and that's so nice of them! Let me know if you want their eBay name, because they were great!

Alright, well I hope you guys had a nice weekend!
Happy Valentine's Day (although I am very anti-valentine's day) ahha except when I get chocolate! yummy :)

Do you guys have any good websites to buy makeup from?
Thanks :)

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hello!!

HI!
okay, so I know I should be banished from the blogger world because I haven't blogged since like.. september?! oh wow. fail! oh well, i am here now, I just wanted to catch up with all my nail polish lovers out there! I have been super busy with school but that's just an excuse because I often find myself just doing nothing or watching tv, but I realized there were aspects of blogging I didn't enjoy like swatching (probably cuz I sucked at it!) so if I do get back to blogging I won't be doing any more of those!
I have still been keeping up with doing my nails either konading or just plain polish, I haven't marbled since I have been here, I just don't want to go through the explanation to everybody how it's done cuz I get a lot of questions about konad which I think is much easier to explain than water marbling "oh it's just a stamp" hahaha okay so today I received some polishes that I ordered (I haven't gotten any new ones since like, Novemeber?! so it's kind of a big deal!) I ordered 4 polishes from ebay, and one of them was NOT the one I ordered so hopefully they reply back and send me the right one and hopefully I can keep the one they accidently sent? Has that ever happened to you?

Okay so I have some questions for you guys, so please comment either answer the questions or let me know how you have been doing because I am soooo not in the polish loop anymore!
1) What is your current favourite nail polish?
2) What are some polish collections to look forward to?
3) Did you get OPI Black Shatter? and if YES then is it worth it? Should I get it?
4) Who is your favourite blogger on YOUTUBE? (I have been currently obsessing over beauty youtube gurus and watching ALL their videos! I think I have decided to learn how to be good at makeup AND nails so I will be a double threat! ahahah
okay well
please comment, and I will talk to you soon!

here is a picture of my mini haul, all OPI colours that are pretty old but I didn't own them! sorry if the picture is bad it's from my phone.From L to R: Russian Navy, Suzi Says Da, Black Onyx(WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TODAY...ARAGON TOMORROW), and You Don't Know Jacques
I'm sure all of you have these already so you know that this isn't what they really look like, it's just a not so good pictuer!

giveaway winner

SERENA! from Lacquer Love
Congrats to you Serena!
Serena said her favourite TV show is Pokemon and her favourite nail polish is Misa Toxic Seduction.


Thank you all for entering my giveaway and hopefully I can come back to blogging soon!

giveaway update

Hello all,
Yes I am still alive! I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow is the last day to enter my giveaway. Winner will be chosen at random from random.org and announced by this weekend. I will probably have to stop blogging because school is so crazy, but I just wanted to say thanks to all of my lovely readers and to the new friends I've made. I hope I can come back to blogging soon!

just checking in

Hello lovely readers,
Just checking in! Hope you guys are having a good weekend! I am moving into my residence tomorrow! Hopefully you haven't been affected by Hurricane Earl, but it hit directly over Halifax and it has caused some power outages and such.

Have a good rest of the weekend!

Hopefully will have some manis this week!

Chanel Paradoxal

Okay, so yesterday I mentioned I had a surprise for today! And yes I broke my no polish buy, BUT for those one AMAZING MUST HAVE POLISH! - CHANEL PARADOXAL! YES that is right, I finally bought it, and now I realize what all the hype was about! This polish was actually haunting me and I figured I should buy it before I leave, and totally the best $29 I have ever spent!! I actually went to Holt Renfrew to buy it but she said it was sold out (I speed walked there in like 10 minutes in the 40 degree heat)I was so pissed when she said they didn't have it, SO then I decided to go down the street to Ogilvys (local store) and THEY HAD IT! She said that someone had put it on hold but never came to pick it up, HOW COULD I NOT BUY IT?!!?

Now here are the pictures!

This first picture is pretty "meh" so I wasn't too impressed
BUT:

Then as I was leaving my bathroom (the place where I take my pictures haha) I looked down at my hand and BAM I saw the amazingness that everyone is talking about!!!

HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!!? haha I'm so glad I bought it! It's gonna be my travel polish, I didn't put top coat on it when I took the pictures, but I have top coat on it now because I don't want it to chip!

So this is gonna be my last post for a few days because I have no more mani pictures to show you + I am moving to a dorm for University! So wish me luck, and hopefully no nail breaks during the move! I should be back hopefully by Monday! Don't forget to enter my giveaway!


ps: Paradoxal: A paradox is a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition (wikipedia)

pss: why doesn't Zoya ship internationally? I would love me some spoons!