notd: butter london primrose hill picnic & fairy lights

hi guys! haven't had notd for a while now!! last night i finally removed the shellac from A's wedding...except next week, i'll be getting it done again for J's wedding. so it'll be a while til the next notd post as well. but anyway.... these two polishes are minis that i got for christmas. ~Lin-chan ^.~

nyc grand central station as base & top coat, 2 coats primrose hill picnic (hot pink), and 2 coats fairy lights (metallic rose-pink).

xmas giftssssssss!

hi all! hope you had a good christmas! here are a few of the things i got.... ~Lin-chan ^.~

[swatch photos to come later.]

• thirtyone gifts: free to be soft wallet in sea plaid and mini utility bin in black cross pop. my mom's friend had a thirtyone gifts party thing (like a tupperware party) a couple months back and she showed me the catalog..and, well, these are what i picked out. =P
• why people live in new orleans...seems like a coffee table book. i'm not really sure how much reading this book'll get.......
• saints blanket & mug set -- our pick from dirty santa

 
onyx, azurite green, purple garnet, taupe, rose gold; turbulent polish (2nd nail from the left)

• wolf children dvd
• baby squeezeits -- can't have enough of these for tube lip glosses!
• benjabelle daisy brush tree in black
• 3DS points card to get phoenix wright: dual destinies
• the wet brush squirt
• real techniques kabuki brush
• formula x by sephora in turbulent
• tarte stop & stare eyeliner set (skinny smolderEyes: onyx, azurite green, purple garnet; smolderEyes: taupe, rose gold; lights camera flashes mascara)
• 21 drops quick fix gift set (headache, sleep, passion, & focus; from sephora)

• em cosmetics: 
1. holiday life: new year's countdown life palette moment (impressions/review)
2. winter life: ice bunny life palette moment (impressions/review)
3. ros gold waterliner
4. the great cover up in light neutral/cool
5. career life palette sampler -- girl in charge (impressions/review)

• 2x recollections 3-drawer organizer cube--from michaels. these are also known as 'melmers' in the beauty/nail communities as an alternative to the ikea helmer. (sorry for the weird angled photo..too short to take the picture while standing on the floor, so i stood on the bed and took the pic upside-down and rotated it...) (see them in action, here)
• cover for our kitchenaid stand mixer (from etsy: CoverMeCute)

queen vic, primrose hill picnic, fairy lights, teddy girl, fruit machine

• divergent series boxed set
• butter london the flash pack -- see a notd here

not pictured: hanging space bag for suits, silpat silicon baking mat, greenpan 8- &10in anodized set

november hauls

  

hi guys! here's my monthly hauls post. a lot of these purchases were made while xmas gift shopping. so yeah. anywho, here's what i got! ~Lin-chan ^.~

artestile buttercup kit & studded bag--giveaway win from thefabzilla

 
swatches: complex, demure, strawberry milk, milk, black bean

1. bbw: 2 for $22 candles! fresh balsam & lemon mint leaf, forever midnight perfume
2. cvs: revlon lippies in complex & demure

 

left: giovanna, 2nd: kotori

1. zoya: for halloween, they were having free shipping and a free polish, so i got giovanna and kotori.
• kotori is more of a sheer, dark-based polish with blue shimmer particles
• giovanna is a gorgeous metallic emerald
2. cvs: nyc smooth skin pressed powder
3. target: nyc smooth skin loose poweder, nyx jumbo eye pencil trio (strawberry milk, milk, black bean)
• i've decided to give milk a second try. i didn't like it the first time i bought it, but maybe now that i've become better at makeup application, we'll give it another shot.
4. amazon: used ebates* credits & opinion outpost* points to get a sigma F80 & joby gorillapod original
• if you buy sigma products through amazon, make sure the seller is authorized and listed on the sigma website
• gorillapods are a type of camera tripod with ball-jointed legs so that you can position them onto any surface, gripped or wrapped around different surfaces like rocky terrains or railings.

 
fishwife, pretty in plum, bluecoat, bluecoat & leccy

1. beauty.com: had a couple drugstore.com dollars to spend, and i saved up some opinion outpost* points, so i got butter london holiday ice lacquer and overcoat duo (bluecoat & leccy), nicole by opi selena gomez pretty in plum, elf studio powder brush (the flat-topped one), and a travel-size of psssst! dry shampoo. i've suddenly gotten an interest in trying dry shampoo out and i needed a little bit more to get to the $35 free shipping anyway.
2. beauty.com part 2: (20% off friends and family sale) butter london fishwife, pair of sea bands to try when i get nausea from migraines (ytmmbi: frmheadtotoe)

• sephora vib sale: clinique clarifying lotion 3 & dramatically different moisturizing gel, benefit rockateur blush, becca the one perfecting brush, dior creme de rose lip balm, benefit gimme brow in medium/deep, l'occitane hand cream in cherry blossom; tote bag, urban decay 500 point gift
• not impressed by the creme de rose..so it got returned. it chapped me and i didn't realize that it literally is rose scented...(more like i didn't totally read the description....)
• i think i'm going to leave rockateur in it's box; i deboxed all my other benefit blushes but i really like the packaging on this one
• code-samples with other sephora xmas-gift purchases: too faced better than sex mascara, benefit creaseless cream shadow in no pressure!, sephora merry crazy sample blitz in holly jolly nourishment

brownie, petal, inspired, rockateur, gimme brow, no pressure!, mushroom (swatched over ud antiaging primer)

1. tarte's website was having a free full-size glamazonian clay lipstick of my choice (inspired) with a holiday item purchase. so, score i got a free lipstick by buying an xmas present, and they sent me some bag tags
• note: that is the lipstick fully dispensed. like for real. whattttttttt? so tiny!
2. ulta 20% off sale: opi nail envy (original), essence nail art dry drops, nyx butter balm in brownie, the body shop olive body butter mini from the 6pc set (not pictured: 2x earth therapeutics soothing beaded gel eye masks--great for migraines when frozen!)

 

michaels: they have these cute ornament kits for $1-5 for kids and i really liked this one...for me! but he came out a little funny. cute, but funny. haha.

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notd! it's my pink & tart with a heart

hey guys! another nail of the day! later. ~L-c ^.~

 
no flash, flash

nails of the day! butter london disco biscuit

hey guys! it's another nail of the day post! today i used butter london's disco biscuit. i used three coats, but you can still see the whites of my nails..booooo. anyway; this polish dries kind of textured due to the glitter. compared to how it looks in the bottle, it's not as pretty/glittery; it mainly looks like i have hot pink nails. oh well. ~L-c ^.~

 
yes..i took this picture before cleaning up the messiness ^^;

online shopping haul!

hey guys! i went on an online shopping frenzy several weeks ago and bought a bunch of handmade items and more! i do not have all of the items i wanted to put into this post yet, but i wanted to get this post out there. part 2 will come sometime later. ~L-c ^.~

 
Candles by Victoria, all on pg 1--candles tab:
Carrot Cake (yellow-orange, 9oz country jar): smells full of spices
TiffanyD (yes, like the blogger; light blue, 16 oz country jar): i primarily smell the cotton candy
Strawberry Kiwi (pinkish, 9oz country jar): very strawberry!
Twilight Woods (purple, mini jelly--4oz): not quite like bbw twilight woods.....
Sweet Pea (green, mini jelly--4oz): for my mom. i am not a bbw sweet pea fan, but it could be right..not sure.
Love Potion No. 9 (uhhh, gravy boat-size?--on pg 20): reminds me of--i kid you not--watermelon jolly ranchers or some similar candy.

free with every order, a random wax tart (2oz): gardenia and passion fruit; not my first choices but nice..and i don't have a wax warmer yet. ^^;
the candles came wrapped in bubble wrap, surrounded by packing peanuts, and the candle scent is so strong, you can smell them before unwrapping them! mmmmmm~!
TiffanyD's review and SayAnythingBrooke's review.

update: so i tried the love potion no. 9 candle and when melted/liquefied it is, for real, massage oil. super crazy awesome strange idea!! not sure if i'd buy another because it's scent is more prominent when it is solid vs. burning it, and i'm not a super huge massage oil person. maybe i'll try out the soaps from victoria's daughter's shop. so, with the exception of love potion no. 9, these candles' scents fill the whole room like amy's candles do, burning or not! love it! >w<

update update: so the love potion no. 9 is totally weird. yes as massage oil, it re-solidifies on your skin, turning it white with this layer of weirdness/i-need-a-shower-now feeling. so, i think it'll remain solid for a while again. if she made this scent as a regular candle, i would totally get it, but this whole massage oil idea is not our thing.

Zoya nail polishes: Fleck Effect trio, Noel, Charla, Ibiza, and Ava.
i didn't completely choose to buy Ava, the ebayer selling natalie (below) had them bundled and, uh hello: two zoya polishes for the price of one. yes!

 
chloe, opal, maisie; ava, noel, charla, ibiza
like The PolishAholic said, over black: there's almost no difference between maisie and opal. i love ibiza & charla. >w<


  
Natalie, Sarah, and Elise for my little cousins.


Art of Beauty (zoya.com) gave me these free for 买多东西 >.< (all but two of the above bottles are from them)
Qtica Grapefruit Surprise sugar scrub (7oz) and Zoya Remove Plus nail polish remover (2oz)

Too Faced: Tinted Beauty Balm in Vanilla Glow, free flatbuki brush, deluxe sample Sun Bunny bronzer
beauty balm initial impression: i need a tan, this is the lightest shade! (smeared, blended)

 
Ulta: Maybelline Color Tattoo in Fierce & Tangy (i have all of them now! muhaha!) & Butter London: Disco Biscuit--love the purple/blue glitter!
this orange is like halloween orange. not sure if i'll use it any other time.