haul-o, there!

Okay so i've not been posting.

Turns out my friend Sarah's Macbook doesn't have a slot for my camera's memory card and I didn't bring the cord so I can't post anyways. Well I will talk about my buys then :-) I'll just steal pictures off Google of course.

Just in case you didn't know, I'm in L.A. right now!!!

I've purchased wayyy too many things for my own good, by the way. Especially polish. Actually I aim to not buy anymore polish with my mom's money. So I only buy when I start working. Then again I'll have other things to pay for when I start working so I'm able to better prioritise. Anyways I have close to a 100 bottles at home and like probably 85 are unused so gotta get to them before any new ones!

Okay so these were the few lucky guys who got a spot in my collection before ''official closing time'' haha!

1. Color Club!

Back to Boho Collection

Beyond the Mistletoe Collection

Omg I love glitters :-)))

2. Sally Hansen!

Red Carpet

I'm actually wearing this shade right now. First time wearing red :'') Shall post this once I hit Singapore.

In the Spotlight

Honestly, this was a stupid buy. Honestly. Application was so sparse though it looks there's some serious party happening in the bottle. But this was cheap, so never mind.

3. Wet n Wild!

Gray's Anatomy

After application, results do not resemble what it looks like in the bottle. It comes out sheer, and pearly-purple. Very pretty as a sheer polish. Good price too. Basically a sheer version of OPI's Not Like The Movies and without the glitter (I LOVE that polish, by the way!)

Teal of Fortune

I have so many ones similar to this I don't know why I bought this. Someone, please expect this as your Christmas gift.

Party of Five Glitters

I'm going to gift this too! :-)

3. OPI

The Show Must Go On

This is a really old release but omg I really wanted some of the Burlesque polishes badly! I can place this baby beside my two other Burlesque's :-)

4. Butter London!

No More Waity, Katie

All Hail The Queen

No comment yet. Heard application was great for this one - we'll see :-)

5. Deborah Lippmann! *Omg drumroll please*

Oh my god. I was completely hyperventilating. I love DL polishes SO MUCH. So much lemming for them while I was in Singapore! If I'm not wrong, they don't do international shipping. So right. I got the first two from Nordstrom. Was pretty upset because I wanted Across The Universe, which they didn't have... But later I found it! At some beauty supply store at 3rd Street Promenade. Thank goodness I asked for it cos it wasn't on display. Oh yes, my life is complete :-)

Glitter In The Air

Boom Boom Pow

Across The Universe

CANNOT WAIT to try my DL's!!! :-)

Okay I'm feeling very sick right now (my lungs are full of gunk, I've been coughing/sneezing/wheezing the past 3 days!!) sooo I'll go rest and watch American cable TV while I can.

Btw, click on links to look at picture source and maybe swatches (depending on the site). The rest of the pictures were from Google.

xx, Ish

gemmed

Orly - Nite Owl
Color Club - Covered in Diamonds

This has got to be my favourite combination of nail polish! :-) The minute I swatched both after receiving Covered in Diamonds in the mail and purchasing Nite Owl from a local nail store, I was in love!

Firstly Nite Owl was a stunner. A nice nude hue with bits of tiny silvery flakies. Very unconventional from the typical creme shades. (I dislike cremes.) It would give a very pretty sheen in the night, just a subtle one. Sort of like how owls are pretty hard to spot at night!

Then I layered Covered in Diamonds over. I was like... OMG. The 'diamonds' are super chunky and sparkly and I LOVE CHUNKY AND SPARKLY! The 3D effect is nice too, unless you can't stand the roughened surface... But it really is a topcoat-eater for it to be smoothed out! In my case I left it bumpy. In addition, some of the chunky glitters are kinda sharp and pokey! Especially the larger and harder ones. But I do love the mix of irregular shapes! Gives your nails texture.

Come to think of it I do wonder what material these glitters are made of. Plastic, I'm guessing. But some turn up like foil-flakes, some are actual plastic fragments, and they all flash colours like crazy in the light. (Hahaha no clue, never mind...)

Also another note on the colour: the chunky glitters do not actually look pink, yellow and blue like they do in the bottle. (Unless layered on a white base, I guess.) The pictures were taken under artificial light, and hence do not accurately capture the true beauty of the gems; they were flashing orange, purple and green. Yes, orange, purple and green. (And other colours but predominantly these.) THE LOOK IS SO MAD, SERIOUS. At night or even in the day when you're like texting or whatever it'll flash rainbows. The effect of the flashes can be best seen when Covered in Diamonds is layered over a black base. The flashing of the jewels are definitely not as exaggerated as flakie polishes like Nubar 2010 (which I'll feature...some other time) but it gives a very very different finish. One of a kind, I must say.

Anyways, I'm so glad I own this polish! Though I admit... I kind of dread removal! (As in, the tediousness of it...) Will update once I do.

x, Ish.

freshie again

Color Club - Fashion Addict

This wasn't exactly a polish I had fancied from what it looked like on my Mac's screen. It wasn't the first one I dug for in that little brown packet I'd collected from the post office after days of waiting, and it wasn't one I'd typically wear first after a large purchase due to my fascination towards flashy, glittery and flaky shades.

Well a swatch changed my mind, and I've waited a whole 3 weeks to actually get to wear this polish out! The holographic finish isn't as striking even with a layer of Seche Vite, but I love how it flatters my skin tone and how it actually makes me look... kind of sweet. Sweet-looking. Like I was really demure, and innocent and a little playful. But mostly sweet.

... I don't know how I could ever end up looking 'sweet', but this one did a good enough job.

This dries slightly dull; the Seche Vite will truly cast light on the rainbow holographic bits that will keep you staring at your nails for hours. That's why I posted a picture which is a tad off-focus (I'm no photographer!) and shaky too, to reveal the hints of rainbow which run and hide each time you turn to look at your nails from a different angle.

x, Ish