friday's haul

hi guys! friday was a shopping day after being stuck at home with cabin fever for several days... so i got a whole bunch of new stuff! ~Lin-chan ^.~

symmetrical symphony, abstract abstraction, green flakie topcoat, pink flakie topcoat -- over 2x opi black onyx
when monkeys fly!, princesses rule!

sally's:

• ion extreme moisture creme -- i somehow acquired a squeeze tube of this a while back when i renewed my card or something... anyway it smells really nice and my hair feels pretty good afterward. and for $7-8, i likes it. i'll probably try to buy just this as my hair mask from now on, considering the price.
• nail file -- these are my favorite...and the pattern too. hahaha.
• orly matte fx in pink & green flakie topcoat -- i've been wanting these for so long and it happened to be bogo free. score!
• opi princesses rule! -- a few weeks ago, when i got shellac done at the place near my mom's, they used this polish (the shellac/gel version though) as my base color for my french. now, i did have a mini of this polish a loooong time ago, but idk what happened to it........anyway, so i liked it a lot and decided to get it. mom wanted one too. >.< it's actually very sheer but super shimmery.
• finger paints kaleidoscope in abstract attraction & symmetrical symphony -- when they had the flakies that came out a couple years ago, i bought all of them. but these were the only ones i was interested in this time.

lush: close to you massage bar (left), love locket bath bomb, tender is the night massage bar (bottom). also purchased, not pictured: dragon's egg & phoenix rising. i ran over to lush because i knew that, with v-day approaching (much less, weekend shoppers), i'd miss out so i wanted to make sure i could grab a few items to try them out!

gilded envy (swatched dry), warm nude, just pinched pink, bb cream in light

ulta/walmart:

• opi when monkeys fly! -- this was on clearance. it's part of the wizard of oz collection and i kinda wanted it but it wasn't super high priority at the time. and i'm glad i was able to get it half off instead. (swatch photo is up above--on the nail wheel)
• loreal infallible eyeshadow in gilded envy -- i feel like this color might become a staple, like how bronzed taupe (a one-shadow 'smokey' eye look) occasionally layered with amber rush is a gorgeous everyday combo.
• maybelline master glaze blush sticks in warm nude & just pinched pink -- i'm not huge on the cream blush thing (more like i haven't totally figured out how to apply it properly or feel like putting in the effort to try using them......), but a lot of people are raving about these right now, so i got the lightest one, and the 'bronzer'-ish one to test the waters.
• batiste dry shampoo mini in original -- i'm not a huge fan of the dark hint of color one, so i got a mini of the original so i didn't commit to such a huge can. i wanted to get a cherry one too, but they all looked used......
• wet n wild fergie bb cream in light -- tryin out everyone's bb cream! and it's wet n wild, it's inexpensive!
• olay fresh effects out of this swirled face scrub -- i liked the pore minimizing scrub, so since this is new and all, i wanted to give it a go too.

drugstore.com package early last week: elf studio brow kit in medium

mint manis for talia joy (notd)

hi all, as many of you may know, taliajoy18 (or talia castellano, of youtube) passed on earlier this week after many years of fighting cancer (NPR article). talia always posted photos of her manicures and her final manicure photo was of her, her mom and her sister's hands, with their nails painted mint. today, everyone is posting their mint manicures as a tribute to talia and her legacy. if you paint your nails and post photos too, the hashtags for facebook & instagram are: #MintManisForTaliaJoy #TaliasLegacy

i used wet n wild's i need a refresh-mint and i finally used these nail embellishments that i bought forever ago. i also used orly bonder (basecoat) and american international prolinc diamond dry air dry topcoat from sally's.

RIP Talia! ~Lindsay-chan ^.~

 

notd redo: zoya ibiza & finger paints motley

hi guys! so most of you know that i had to update basically all of my posts because xanga (where i was hosting my photos) is potentially going down. in doing so, i relabeled all of my posts with the new disclaimer banners and stamped all of my old photos. ..[and even more] in doing so, i noticed how absolutely terrible my original photos of this polish combination came out. so i decided to give you guys some new and better quality photos! enjoy! ~Lin-chan ^.~

i used orly bonder as my basecoat and two coats of essence gel look topcoat. i couldn't decide which photo i liked best..so here are the good ones!

nail mail/notd! seche smokey & hypnotic

hi all! i haven't seen the seche lacquers locally around here, but i found them on ebay for a pretty decent price ($6 ea w/ship). these babies came in today! i got smokey & hypnotic. they're so pretty! hypnotic almost looks like black in some lights though, so in that respect it's not so cool. and i knew smokey would come out something like this so it's got my approval. these polishes are being marketed as basically one-coat-and-go in opacity. and for the most part, i agree. pending on how much polish you have on the brush, you can go one coat with these polishes. if not one, definintely two; some nails were a bit streaky and needed a little more, but i think it's because i wiped too much off the brush. i used: orly primetime, orly bonder, 1-2 coats seche lacquer, 1 coat seche vite. overall though, i really like them. i hope i can find them locally sometime soon so i can see the other colors in person, rather than relying entirely on online swatches. i tried cleaning up some before taking photos this time and fudged my right ring nail in the process. oops. whatever! ~Lin-chan ^.~

notd: polish/treatment comparison

ok! so with the hautelook orly sale the other day, i saw the beverly hills [french] manicure set, which piqued my interest. it had a sheer pink polish (called plum) in it and i had to try it! i've been looking around for a sheer pink that works similar to the ones used in nail salons for french manicures and i think this is it! i recently bought it, so i haven't actually attempted an at home french with it, but over my bare nails, it looks comparable to the pink gel coat. ...so i don't think it showed very well in the pictures, but my pinky and ring are bare, middle has 2 coats of pink gel coat, and index has 2 coats of plum. as you can probably see through the two bottles, the plum is a lot darker than pink gel coat but on the nails, one coat still looks fairly natural and two coats makes your whites pink. just be careful: plum is very thin, so it's easy to accidentally glob it on. for the price, plum all the way, maybe with a topcoat. we'll have to see. i didn't use a topcoat today. orly beverly hills plum was about $8 at cvs and perfect formula pink gel coat is $30 at sephora. ~L-c ^.~

 
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notd!

another nail of the day! used 2 coats of both orly witch's blue and inm northern lights. i painted all of them with northern lights after the pictures; but i wanted to show how pretty this blue was first! >w< ~L-c ^.~

 
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my thumb looks a little funny because i have a nail patch... >.<

mini haul: ulta and sally's

hey guys! so i had two coupons to use today; 20% off entire purchase at ulta, which included most (or all) prestige cosmetics; i don't remember.... and 15% off at sally's. anyway so i went ahead and got a few things. first, i got a too faced primed and poreless powder. i've been wanting one of these to try for a while now, and feel that ~$22 is more reasonable for this than $28 (ret. price). as well as getting @lilactinggirl an urban decay pistol eye shadow (not pictured) for ~$14 instead of $18. then over at sally's, they had the orly french manicure sets on sale for $9 (reg. $15), so now i have all three! that's all for now. later. ~L-c ^.~

 
polishes: after party, liquid vinyl, space cadet, witch's blue, shine

sephora, ulta, lush, sally's & llarowe haul + notd

 

hey guys! i'm hoping to not make any more major purchases between now and...when i get my job back... in addition to the fact that the end of my student loan grace period is quickly approaching; i have to make a few payments before going back to school. boooooo. anyway this, along with my aveyou purchase, should be it for a good while. this time, for reals. we've got a wedding to pay for! ~L-c ^.~

sephora: vib code: guerlain automatique hydrating lip shine in extrait de rose (deluxe sample), a nail file (to get free shipping), sephora collection color reveal lip balm, urban decay [new] shadow in psychedelic sister, nails inc. fashion's night out, anastasia shimmer highlighter in petal

  
psychedelic sister, petal highlighter, extrait de rose, color reveal lip balm -- similar concept to smashbox o-gloss

this polish is super amazing! it's a dark metallic blue (despite how it looks in the bottle) and you can get away with wearing just one coat! beautiful!

i keep forgetting that i have ebates* and that i get cash back for sephora purchases!!! this was like the 4th time!!!!! TT_TT

  
ulta: physician's formula happy booster powder in translucent, orly french manicure set in neon fx,
zoya polishes: wednesday, carly, zuza (buy 2, get 1 free)

the french manicure set comes with top2bottom basecoat/topcoat, white tips and oh cabana boy polishes, chevron & half moon guides, & instruction booklet (not pictured)

    
lush: karma bubble bar, llarowe: a england st. george nail polish, sally's: inm northern lights (shaken, the glitter settles at the bottom)

and now! today's nail of the day! st. george (2 coats) and fashion's night out (1 coat)

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today's haul

again; yes, more nail polish. problem: right now, sally's has buy 2 get 1 on the entire stock of polishes (not including treatments), and i had a 15% off coupon for spending $25 last month..or something like that. which, after today i shall get another next month.... @_@ anyway, i actually went in to buy something that apparently they've never carried at that location, so i'll have to go look at the other ones...
anyway; i went to target, bed bath, sally's and cvs today... ~L-c ^.~

china glaze calcium gel fortifier & summer rain, orly mysterious curse, the remainder of the hunger games collection: riveting, dress me up, foie gras, mahogany magic, travel-size cetaphil lotion--to see what the hype's about, revlon colorstay liquid eye pen in blackest black, maybelline lasting drama gel eyeliner in blackest black--obv i opened it...., and a bottle of pure acetone for after the wedding when we decide to take the shellac polish off. 

notd: holo comparison

hey guys! so today i used layla mermaid spell (4 coats) and opi ds sapphire (3 coats). do not ask why i decided to do two topcoats.. i just felt like it! opi goes on nice and smooth, applying like a regular polish. layla is another story. it's difficult to get full coverage with this polish because, depending on how you swipe the brush, you can wipe off or thin-out the polish you've applied--particularly in the area close to the cuticles. i usually do my left hand first because i'm right handed, so i learned a few things before doing the right hand. ^^; ~L-c ^.~

brown bottle: perfect formula clear gel coat

 
left hand, right hand
indexes & rings: ds sapphire; thumbs, middles & pinkies mermaid spell

notd: china glaze afterglow

hi guys!! here's today's nails! i think this polish came out a little pinker than the nina ultra pro. ~L-c ^.~

 

notd: zoya dovima & sephora by opi it's my pink

party today! zoya dovima (3 coats) and sephora by opi it's my pink--yes it smells like too too perfume when dry (do not sniff the bottle x_x)! with westminster bridge matte topcoat and kensington caviar topcoat. ~L-c ^.~

 

nail of the day: nina ultra pro pink frost

my stone cold started chipping really bad and i'm on set tomorrow so i decided to change them to nina ultra pro pink frost. ~L-c ^.~

 

notd: china glaze stone cold

here's another nail of the day! ~Lin-chan ^.~

 
china glaze hunger games: stone cold [dries matte]. i forgot my matte top coat, so i put seche on a couple for this pic for you to compare, then put it on the rest of my nails.

nail of the day: zoya suvi & finger paints motley

i thought that these two would be a good combination, but suvi is a but too shimmery alone that motley is basically unnoticeable. but suvi is pretteh by itself. so whatever, didn't turn out as good as ibiza and motley--i'll have to do that combo again sometime now that i have a better camera. here ya go. ~L-c ^.~

 
suvi (3 coats) & motley (2 coats)