Mini Haul and Easter Eggs

I saw a displayer being put up the other day at work and promptly went over to it to grab the new polishes. They were the Wet n Wild spring colors.

There names are, starting with the blue, Bird Bath, Garden Hose, Collecting Pollen, Laughing Lilac, Cherry Blossom and Sunburst.

I proceeded to use all these colors for my Easter mani.

I did a skittles mani, and used my dotting tool with the magenta polish (Laughing Lilac) to do the dots, and the brush on the other end to do the squiggled line. A representation of the Easter egg.

I was not too impressed with the polishes. The blue and green were okay in 3 coats, the pink and orange could have probably used a 4th, and the yellow, even at 4 coats still was uneven. Also after not even a full day I had a lot of tipwear.

I've Been a Bad Girl...

So I redid my budget about a week ago, and I had made the decision to spend less on nail polish to save for some special out of country polish as my birthday present to myself. I started out well, only purchasing 3 items on payday.

Revlon's Berry Haute lipstick, Revlon's Emerald City Matte Suede (was released for xmas, but is now a permanent part of their collection), and Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear in In The Spotlight (yay bar glitter!).
I have swatched Emerald City on a fake nail as I do know the blogging world was unhappy with it's matte finish when it was released. I have to say, as a matte polish, it's well, just bad, but if you put a top coat on it, it's a very pretty green, and a good addition to any collection.

Yesterday I went to Micheal's to buy some holographic fabric glitter (I'm planning to test this for frankens), and while there I decided to check out the Winners next door.....BIG MISTAKE. So I head to the beauty section and they got new stuff in. I found two different Color Club packs, a Goldie pack, a whole bunch of Cosmetic Arts bottles (never heard of this brand before), and many others. Basically I blew my budget, and am now broke till next pay.

Color Club's Catwalk Queen collection containing (via the back of the package, none of the bottles have name labels on them) Front Row Diva, Runway Muse, Vintage Couture, Ready to Wear, Fashion Addict (wtf? Fashion Addict is suppose to be a lighter pink holo, which I do own) and Catwalk Queen, plus a cuticle softener. So the "Fashion Addict" in this set is a purple cream.
Color Club's Dance to the Musique collection containing Feel the Beat, Velvet Rope, Slow Jam, Electronica (I now have two of these), Groove Thang, After Hours, and a nail strengthener.
None of the Goldie's have a name, the middle one is a light pink, the other two have holo glitter in them (yay holo!). The Cosmetic Arts nail polishes do not have any names on them either. If anyone has any info on this brand please share, as I've never seen or heard of them before. The Chi is called Love That Milky Way Shake. Odd name but it looks promising. Lastly is the two Essie's, Trophy Wife and Aruba Blue.

All except the Essie's are from Winners. I found the Essie's at Shopper's Drug Mart. While I'm happy that they are more available to me now, the price of the drugstore Essie's is 2 dollars more than the salon Essie's. Now I think that is just plain wrong.

The whole time I've been writing this my mom's cat Simon has either been sleeping on the chair snoring loudly, or sleeping beside me snoring loudly. Here's a pic of the cutie.

Recent Haul

This is the whole Tronica Collection, Orly's Royal Velvet, some Sally polishes (the first two have scattered holo glitter, the third is magenta with gold shimmer and the last is a blue shimmer), and Mango Mend (which I've been testing to see how it works for my cuticles).

I found these with the acrylic nail supplies at Sally Beauty Supplies. One is hex glitter, the other is fine holographic glitter. I am hoping that the holographic glitter will work for frankens (really need more holos in my life).

Lastly this arrived in the mail today. It is from the Born Pretty store. Last month I had found a promo code posted on a blog (cannot remember who's now) to get this plate free, which I promptly used. It was right before Chinese New Year, when the store happened to be closed for a while. As you can see, this is the Hello Kitty fauxnad plate.

I'll be sure to post about the Mango Mend, and about the holo glitter to let you know how both work out. I did try some of the hex glitter in clear nail polish to see if it would sink or stay floating, and it sunk to the bottom, and would not come out when I tried to use it as a topcoat. So the hex glitter will have to be used as is as and addition, for nail art.

NOTD and Blogger Sale Haul

This is a mani that I did late night/early morning. I wanted something simple just for the day.


This is Bronze Beauty from Cover Girl. It's a nice smooth bronze, easy to apply, and it has tiny bits of orange/copper that you really only see close up once on the nail.

Sad news for all the Cover Girl polish lovers out there, they have gotten rid of their nail polish line (all those awesome glitters gone!). My source for this news was a rep that was doing the spring reline in the store that I work at. Sad news. They should have at least kept the glitters, I figured those would have sold well.

The picture below is the arrival of the polishes that I bought in a blog sale, The Kronicles of a Konader. She was very friendly in our correspondence, even bending to ship to Canada (at my cost, of course, which I didn't mind paying). They were all well wrapped, and it gave me a chance to get some brands that aren't available to me, and they were priced quite well.



1. Funky Fingers - Hyperi (love love love, even the bottle is cool!)
2. Color Club - Ms. Socialite
3. Color Club - Gossip Column
4. Color Club - Rebel Debutante
5. Sinful Colors - Shausha
6. China Glaze - Mrs. Claus
7. Funky Fingers - Volts
8. Milani - Dude Blue (neon)
9. Evil Shades - Gothic Goddess (really eye catching)
10. China Glaze - Bogie
11. Evil Shades - Tethys
12. China Glaze - Japanese Koi
13. Hot Topic - has no name. dark periwinkle color
14. Sinful Colors - See You Soon

Very happy with my purchase. Can't wait to play with some of these amazing colors.
By the way, does anyone know where one can purchase Funky Fingers nail polish (like an etailer, that will ship to Canada)? I want to get my hands on more of this polish. I am in love with the bottle, and would like to try their formula on their normal polishes (the blue is a neon, doesn't give a true representation).

Big Haul :P

So finally after a lot of hassle and aggravation my order from Konad arrived. Basically Purolator sucks, big time. My order arrived (Konad company is based in Singapore), but Purolator failed to give me notice in any way shape or form, and decided that since I didn't pick up a parcel that I had no clue had even arrived, they shipped it back to Singapore on me. Luckily a company that works on behalf of Konad in the USA stopped my order in Toronto and got it shipped back to me. I received great service on Konad's part (http://www.konadnailart.com/) and am now gonna be weary each time I make an order that it may come through Purolator :/
My order:

I then found a new place in the city to buy nail polish that I didn't previously know existed and proceeded to make a big haul, also visiting some regular spots.


The Joe polishes are from a Canadian grocery store (Superstore), I found the L'Oreal and Maybelline polishes at Jean Coutu (a Canadian drug store), the bottom 4 are from an accessories store, and the Sally Hansen came free with my bottle of nail polish remover (such an awesome deal).

I kind of hit the jackpot at Trade Secrets. The Essie nail polish was 75% off...yes, 75! The matte OPI was on for 5.99$, and all but the bottom row of OPI designer series was 25% off.

So I spent a bunch, and am now going to try and limit myself for the next while. Can't resist the percentage off coupon from Sally though, so I know I will be spending at least 35$ there next pay. If you have any questions about anything that is pictured just leave a comment :D

Mini Haul and NOTD

I ordered some items from bundlemonster.com, and they came in the other day.



I got 21 fauxnad plates at a price of 17.99$ US, and 10 gem/decal/bead wheels for 17.99$ US as well (I believe it is listed as 14000 gems/beads). This is a great deal. The shipping time was very reasonable, and honestly, the plates are a steal! Now if only my Konad order would arrive. One of the gem wheels had a broken cover when it arrived, and some of the little beads fell out, but honestly that isn't a big deal to me, as I originally ordered them for the gems. The plates have a variety of images on them, from full nail, to tips, to smaller images (flowers, hearts, butterflies, animals, sweets, to name a few). All in all I am extremely pleased with this order, I believe it is a great deal for all that I received. I cannot wait to use the plates, and will post if for some reason they aren't of quality once used.

NOTD:


I wanted to play with my dotting tool. The base is 2 coats of Essie- True Love, the tips are OPI- DS Extravagance, and the flower leaves are OPI- DS Tapestry. Unfortunately I don't believe I was able to pick up the holo effects of the OPI polishes in my picture. I also noticed that you can see the staining of my nails through the Essie, despite a base coat. Lesson learned, never wear any nail polish without a base coat (my staining is thanks a pretty Orly green polish). If anyone has suggestions on how to remove/lessen the staining on my nails I would be grateful for your advice.