NOTW : Nails of the Week!

Some nail designs I have been up to this past week. :)

Base :  DAISO Nail Treatment Gel and RIMMEL Stronger Base Coat

Top  : SECHE VITE Dry Fast Top Coat

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Lightening (yellow)
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Night Flight(blue black for dots)

Barry M Nail Paint in #030 Limited Edition (pink violet)
Barry M Nail Paint in Black Nail Effects (black shatter/crackle)

Barry M Nail Paint in #030 Limited Edition (pink violet)
Stage Cosmetics Nail Color in  05 Luscious (rose pink)
Stage Cosmetics Nail Color in  11 Drama (chocolate brown)
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Lightening (yellow flower)
Sally Hansen Insta Dri Nail Polish in Night Flight(blue black for diagonal line)

NOTD 03

Base :  DAISO Nail Treatment Gel 

Color:  Stage Cosmetics 05 Gorgeous

Top:    -nil-

Blogging Challenge - 2 April - 'B'

Today's alphabet is - 'B'.

'B' for BIRTHDAY, of course! It's my birthday today! Hip Hip Hooray!

After receiving the birthday wishes via Facebook wall posts and mobile text messages, I can very well say that I FEEL THE LOVE! I have family and friends who care. So, THANK YOU EVERYONE.

'B' is also for BARRY M. My good buddy, Min just got back from the UK and she helped me purchase two bottles of Barry M Nail Paint - one is the black Nail Effects and the other is a limited edition color #030. 

So the current trend for nails is the crackle/shatter/effects nails. What you do is to paint the crackle/shatter/effects polish on top of a base color and it will crackle/shatter/effects up to give a pretty funky nail look. I am not explaining it very well. Haha! Just check out the pictures below.

Totally cool, right? I actually recorded a video but Blogger won't upload it. :( I will probably host in on YouTube and attach a link here. :)

Anyways, I will C you tomorrow for another post. *winks* Till then...

NOTW : Nails of the Week!

Sorry for being MIA. I was really busy with work and did not have time to get photos edited to be posted up here. Nevertheless, amidst the crazy school work, I managed to find joy in giving myself nice nails throughout the week. I was not out much therefore no EOTD for now. Sorry! But I promise to post up a look by next week! :D

Was pretty obsessed with my nails this week because they have never been this long! It's so fun getting to paint 'em. Here goes...

Stage Cosmetics Nail Color in 03 Pretty on tips.

OPI Do You Lilac It?

Oh yes, I lilac it a lot!

 OPI Do You Lilac It? on tips

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nails in Blue It!

This are just basic techniques. Nothing too fancy, aye? Will definitely try to get more creative in nail art designs. I am truly inspired by http://chloesnails.blogspot.com/. Do check her blog out! So awesome! Definitely gives me motivation to get some pretty pretty designs done on my nails.

Till then... have a great weekend!

NOTD 02

Base :  DAISO Nail Treatment Gel 

Color:  Stage Cosmetics 11 Vivacious (cream pink purple polish) on nail bed 

            Stage Cosmetics 12 Astounding (shimmery dark eggplant purple) on tips

Top:    The Face Shop Nail Top Coat

Tips done using tape.

The Body Shop Friendship Weekend Sale and NOTD 01

I was at The Body Shop (TBS) with Tinkerbell for the Friendship Weekend sale (25-27 Feb) where TBS members will get a 30% discount and friends get a 20% discount off their purchases. So Tinkerbell and I took the opportunity to get some stuff and one of the items I got was the TBS baked eyeshadow in 08 Amethyst.

I first spotted this on the eyes of the sales assistance and was immediately captivated by the vibrant purple colors. Here's what the eyeshadow looks like with its packaging.

It was SO SO SO extremely difficult to capture the true colors that I see with my own two eyes on camera. Really, I wanted to do this eyeshadow justice but the camera is not picking up the lovely shimmers. Definitely check the color in stores and see for yourself. AMAZING. :D

Texture/Formula : A little bit gritty. Be careful of fall-out. 

Color payoff : Not that great as I expected it to be but the amazing purple colors was the overwrite to that. The last picture below shows the baked eyeshadow swatched wet. Definitely shows up much better.

The smaller crescent is a dark purple with SUPER PRETTY  fine purple, pink and silver glitters. The bigger crescent is a violet purple with fine pink glitters.

Anyways, here are some other pictures... the very best I could do for now. Enjoy!

Till then... here are my nails of the day (NOTD) :

Base :  Rimmel Nail Stronger Base Coat

Color:  Stage Cosmetics 19 Extreme (black loaded with fine gold shimmer)

Top:    The Face Shop Nail Top Coat

Stage Cosmetics Haul

I hauled BIG TIME after several visits to Stage Cosmetics as they were having the 8 ringgit @ 18 ringgit sale over a period of Christmas 2010 and Chinese New Year 2011. 

For what was to be 575 ringgit, I spent less than a third of that. What a steal!

10 nail polishes + 2 eyeshadows + 1 lipliner + 

1 eye primer + 1 lipgloss + 2 blushes 
= A VERY HAPPY ME! 

( I forgot to include the lipliner and the blushes in the group picture. :'(  )

Let's break down the items, shall we... :)

EYESHADOW

I got two eyeshadow colors (called Eye Shadow Mono) :-

10 Bahamas (shimmery taupe) and 26 Wildflower (shimmery lavender).

Texture/Formula : Buttery smooth to the touch. 

Color payoff : Not that great as I expected it to be. The third picture below shows Bahamas swatched twice and Wildflower three times. These eyeshadows will probably show up better with a base.

Bahamas can be worn alone all over the lid for a natural look. 

Pair it with Wildflower for a pop of color. Very pretty indeed! 

I will probably do an eyeshadow tutorial using these two colors and post it up. Stay tuned!

10 Bahamas (left) and 26 Wildflower (right)

10 Bahamas (shimmery taupe) and 26 Wildflower (shimmery lavender)

EYE PRIMER

The Prime Time Eye Perfecting Base that I bought was the lighter of the two shades available. I have not used it but when I do, it will be a separate post altogether as a review and how it compares to the other primers I already own.

01 Vanilla in a silver mirror compact case

A swatch of 01 Vanilla (a yellow base)

LIPGLOSS

I was looking for a color that I did not already have in my makeup stash and after reading another beauty blog, Skin Deco, I decided to go with 12 Sophia for its cream peachy orange color. This has no shimmer/glitter whatsoever. Just a high shine lipgloss that adds a hint of color and creates plump-looking lips. I love how it is very moisturizing and does not have that sticky/gooey feel when applied on lips.

   

NAIL POLISH

I bought ten bottles. TEN. That's an insane number to buy from one particular brand but because it is that good AND going for less than half its original price AND with a formula that is formaldehyde and toluene free, I could not resist. The Stage nail polish is such an ease when it comes to application and the finish is so shiny that one would not necessarily need a top coat. Most of the colors show up with just one coat. ONE. Impressive, eh?! The pearl-finished polishes needed two. ( Hmmm... I mention a lot of numbers in this paragraph. Haha! )

All Rounder Multi-Protective Coat : An all-in-one base and top coat with stain and UV protection

01 Innocent : (Pearl) white

03 Pretty : (Pearl) warm pink

04 Delicious : (Cream) nude pink beige

05 Luscious : (Cream) bright cool pink

07 Gorgeous : (Shimmer) cherry red 

11 Vivacious : (Shimmer) dark lilac

12 Astounding : (Shimmer) dark egg plant purple - looks almost brown

18 Drama : (Cream) dark chocolate brown

19 Extreme : (Shimmer) dirty gold / dark olive green

L-R: All Rounder Multi-Protective Coat - 01 Innocent - 03 Pretty - 04 Delicious - 05 Luscious

L-R: 07 Gorgeous - 11 Vivacious - 12 Astounding - 18 Drama - 19 Extreme 

LIPLINER

I wanted somethin' nude to pair my nude lipsticks with : 01 Nearly Naked. 

Texture/Formula : Pretty drying. Tugs lips during application.

Color payoff : Decent. The third picture below shows the liner swatched twice.

CHEEK COLOR (BLUSH)

I have a lot of blushes but I guess one can never have enough. Haha! I picked up two blushes in their refill pans (much cheaper, of course!) in 02 Iris and 10 Heather. If I had not already own more than five blushes, I would have gotten more. :D

Texture/Formula : Very very smooth, finely milled. Excellent quality.

Color payoff : AMAZING! These blushes are so good. The pigmentation is awesome. All you need is a tiny tiny bit to dust your entire cheek area. Picture below shows these blushes swatched once.

L-R: 10 Heather and 02 Iris

That's it for my Stage Cosmetics haul. I hope this post helps those who are new to this brand. I am not at all affiliated with Stage, okay! I am not getting paid for this post. I could not find any blog that has reviews on products by Stage so I thought I would share my thoughts on certain items that I got. 

All in all, I must say the nail polishes and blushes are the most impressive of the lot and I would totally recommend them. The downside is that the nail polish range has only twenty shades in hues of pink, red, purple and brown. So if you are one that fancy bright fun colors, this might disappoint you.

Till then.

Now when is the next sale... Hmmm. Hahaha!