Essie Nail Polish in Find Me An Oasis - Perfect Summery Light Blue

Hi girlies! I've been in love with painting my toes in this particular shade of Essie nail polish in Find Me An Oasis. I absolutely love how fresh and clean it looks! It's different from painting your nails in white. I sometimes find that white nails kind of look like white-out... but if that's your thing, then you do you! It's just my personal opinion.

I bought this nail polish at a complete steal at the L'oreal Sale in Toronto last October when I visited. If you're interested, I blogged about it in this blog post :P

Sorry for showing my toes.... eekkkkss!! By the way, this is my new home slippers that I bought from Muji. It's oh-so-comfortable... I totally recommend it! :P

Much love.

Revlon Nail Polish in 570 Vixen

I haven't been buying much lately, let alone beauty products for that matter.  Moving out of my parent's house, moving out of the country, and being unemployed makes me become extra frugal.  I've learned to watch how every penny is spent.  During one of my window shopping sessions, I fell in love with the Chanel nail polish 637 Malice in the Christmas 2012 collection (see bottom of the post).  It's a gorgeous maroon red with a black sheen and red glitters.  I died for it.  The price tag did not agree with my wallet however so I went to SaSa to search for a much cheaper option.

I came out with this Revlon nail polish in 570 Vixen which is much darker than what I've wanted.  It's almost a black with purply red undertone.  It's still beautiful if you're into dark nails.  It gives off a really vampy look, which is quite suitable for the winter when you're wearing dark clothing.  The best thing about dark nail polishes is its ability to conceal imperfection in application.  I've reapplied on top for multiple times this week and it's still looks acceptable.  

Chanel 637 Malice in the Christmas 2012 collection

I can't get over how beautiful it is.  We'll see if I give in and decide to buy this for myself as a Christmas present :P

NOTD: Revlon 261 Sparkling Julep Maven Maria

I fell in love with this sparkly Revlon nail polish in 261 Sparkling when I saw the last one sitting on the nail polish rail at Walmart.  It reminds me of rose gold and Carly Cristman!  I layered it on top of my beloved Julep Maven polish in Maria.  I did a blog post here when I wore Maria alone without all the sparkly gorgeousness!

Julep Maven in Maria / Revlon in 262 Sparkling

The sparkles in the Revlon polish is actually quite sparse.  I already put at least 3 coats on my nails.

If you want to have mega shiny nails, you probably need to put on a ton of coats and work with it for quite a bit. 

I actually really like how this combination turned out!  It's super girly and glamorous, but not over the top since the tone is more muted than in-your-face!  It's been a while since I'm this excited about my nails.  And it seems like I never get tired of it!  Another great thing that I like about this combination is that it's super easy to fix if our nails chip since the colours blend so well together.  You can't tell any imperfection in the application at all!  (I'm generally quite clumsy with painting my nails ;P)  It's been about a week since I've started wearing it... and I still don't want to change it up yet!  I add a coat of Sparkling every 1 to 2 days to keep up with wear and tear.  Next time, I'll try Sparkling on top of a darker colour - brown maybe?  I bet it'll be gorgeous!!

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Chanel Nail Polish in 531 Peridot

Chanel Peridot is part of Chanel's Illusion d'Ombres Collection for Fall 2011.  I was drooling over this ever since it came out but couldn't justify spending this much on a polish :S  The bf got this for me for Christmas last year.  Actually before I got my hands on this, I bought a Sally Hansen in Burnt Sienna for $0.99 at Lisa's Cosmetics sales because I was inspired by this gold metallic colour.  If you're interested, you can check out my review here and the rest of my Lisa's cosmetics haul here.  Of course, the Sally Hansen polish was no where as pretty as Peridot since it's basically a solid gold colour whereas Peridot is a duo-chrome.

I love its green undertone!  It's definitely more gold than green in some lighting and vice versa so depending on the place that you're at, your nails will have different looks.  

The application is quite smooth.  I applied 2 to 3 coats to get the opaqueness to the level that I wanted.  As with most metallic polishes, you're bound to have a tad bit of streakiness, but it doesn't bother me too much.  

This is my first Chanel polish and I'm really enjoying it.  However, if you're still unsure about ditching the money for just a polish, I've read quite a few reviews for dupes.  Here's a post from Fleur de Force's blog suggesting 2 alternatives: Ciate's "Oil Slick" and Topshop's "Hidden Treasure."  And from her pictures, they look exactly identical to Chanel's Peridot!! Only if I knew sooner about these dupes, but I don't regret owning Peridot... A Chanel definitely has a special place in a girl's heart ;)

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Julep Maven - St Patrick's Day Mystery Box

As you girls may know, being such a nail polish hoarder lately, I couldn't pass up Julep Maven's St. Patrick's Day Mystery Box! The regular price of the mystery box is $60, but there was a promoted coupon code for $20. This is the first time I bought their mystery box... I did some research online for other people's blog posts on their Christmas and Valentine's mystery boxes and they were super awesome!

I was so amazed when I opened the box, I've never gotten a makeup bag in a subscription box before! This one is very sturdy, much better quality than the ones MyGlam make up bags that I've seen on people's blogs. There are four slots inside, 3 narrower ones, and 1 wider one. In my bag, there was 1 nail polish in each of the narrow slots - super cute right?

Blake: Creamy Sunny Yellow

Sofia: Sheer Summer Green with Aqua Sparkle Glitter (online reviews say it is glow in the dark)

Hayden: Neon Peach (my picture does not do it justice)

Other things included:

- Nail Appliques in a summer edgy design.. I'm thinking of using this for Halloween

- Pretty nail filer

- Hand Cream with SPF 30

- Essential Cuticle Oil

I've never used cuticle oil before... the instruction says to apply daily to cuticle around edge of nail to strengthen your nails and maintain your manicure. How often do you girls use a product like this? Let me know your experience with it.

I put on Blake, which is a really nice yellow. Also my first time wearing a yellow polish and I quite like it for this spring :) It makes my hands look tan! However, unlike my previous experience with Julep polishes where only 1 coat was required, I needed to apply about 3 coats this time to get an even finish. As always, I applied a top coat on it.

So there you go with my unboxing post, I think it'll be a while before I buy any more Julep polishes... This has been getting a bit out of hands! lol I saw some bloggers got the Julep base coat in their mystery box and I'm super jealous!!!

Much Love.

Tribal Print Inspired Nails

As always, any interesting nail patterns that I feature on my blog would be my sister's nails. I don't think I'm brave enough to wear a cool nail design going into the office unless it's for the holidays or a special occasion where I have to dress up... I already sometimes cross the line already by painting my nails an unconventional colour.

I thought the colours go extremely well together - perfect for the spring time!

Forever 21 turquoise colour (can't find the name) / Julep in Jodie

Both are creme finishes! Love!

Much Love.

Julep Maven Box - March 2012 It Girl

This post is about Julep Maven's March It Girl Box. This box is the one that I mentioned last time that I forgot to "skip the month" At first I thought I wouldn't like the colours too much, but it really surprised me! Probably because I'm turning into such a nail polish hoarder now -_-

From left to right:

- Melissa: Sheer opalescent shimmer that gives holographic effect when used over another colour

- Charlotte: Lavender creme

- Jodie: Deep rose with a gold shimmer

This box also came with a black nail filer.

Putting Melissa on top of Charlotte! Okay, that sounded weird... lol, but the final effect is totally cool. It gives it a metallic finish, and the colours totally remind me of a mermaid! I think it's a bit too cool tone for me though, next time I'll try and pair Melissa with a nice pink polish and see what happens :) When applying Melissa, you have a be quite light handed, too much of it make it a little too blue-ish.

And I have a confession to make... I couldn't resist not getting the Maven Julep St Patrick's Day Mystery Box!!! I've never gotten any mystery box from Maven Julep before, and I'm uberly excited! I've seen some blog posts for previous Valentine's Day mystery box and they were amazing! Can't wait to get my box... I think it'll arrive soon! I have a feeling there'll be some green polishes, but I'm not a big fan of green... unless it's mint! *crossing my finger*

Much Love.

Nail Polish Tag!

I saw this tag at Gaby's blog and thought it was super fun so I decided to do it as well :)

1. What's your favourite nail polish company?

I don't really have one cause I don't have a huge nail polish collection. Lately, I've been pretty impressed with Maven Julep.

2. Glitter or no glitter?

Both! For every day, I prefer no glitter, but I do like glitter once in a while!

3. OPI, China Glaze, or Essie?

I've actually never tried China Glaze, and the only OPI polish that I own is a Sephora by OPI polish! Can you believe it? Haha so I have to say Essie.

4. When do you change your nail polish?

Usually once every week. Sometimes after I take my polish off and I get so lazy that I can go for weeks without reapplying again.

5. What's your favourite color on your nails?

It really depends. Generally, I like minty greens, pinks, and pastel colours!

6. Darks or Brights?

Neither... I prefer pastels and muted colours. But if I have to choose, I'd choose brights.

7. What are you wearing on your nails right this moment?

LA Girl's Matte Baby Pink with NYC's Extra Shiny Top Coat

8. Matte Nails0In or Out?

Haha what a coincidence from the last question! So even though I'm wearing a matte polish, I absolutely hate matte finishes! This is the only matte polish that I own and I regret it so whenever I put it on, i have to put on a shiny top coat!

9. French Manicure

I don't have anything against it, but I don't love it too much.

10. Favourite Winter Color

Mauvey colours. Rose, grey, or purple.

Extra question (adding this myself): What's your favourite spring colours?

METALLICS! Metallic silver, gold, bronze... I love them all in spring with a white flowy top! I don't know why, but I think it gives an edge lol.

I tag all of you to do this especially Winnie, Suki, Rica, and Mary (not sure if you want to do this since you blog about food haha)! I promise it's super fun!

Much Love!

Julep Maven Box - February 2012 It Girl

More Julep gorgeousness!!!

I got the It Girl box that came with 3 polishes:

Left: Meryl - gray creme

Middle: Oscar - gold glitter

Right: Rachel - copper shimmer

The box also came with a chocolate... but obviously I ate it already LOL :P

I'm wearing Rachel which is a warm rich copper shimmer. The description is right - the colour is super rich! Same as my previous post when I was wearing Maria, I applied it in 1 coat plus touch up. I'm very impressed! One thing about this polish is that it takes longer to dry.

I actually accidentally ordered the March It Girl box.... because I forgot to skip the month. As much as I like nail polishes, I think I've accumulated way too many polishes than I have fingers LOL There are some colours that are less appropriate for the office environment so look out for a future giveaway soon! :D

Much Love.