Vollare Flash - Pink

I've had this pics on my computer for a while now, but since this is the polish I'm wearing right now I thought it was time to post them.

There is no name or number written on the bottle so I'm just calling it "pink". If you really pay attention you can notice a purple flash of color.

Vollare Flash pink, 2 coats

This is 2 coats, no topcoat. This second picture is more color accurate.

 Vollare Flash pink, 2 coats

Do you have nay polishes from Vollare Flash line?

NOTD: Not So Innocent Princess Matte

I put a matte top coat over the manicure I had on. I like the matte version, it's just a shame the matte top coat makes the nail polish chip faster. 

Products used:

• Catrice - Princess For A Day
• Catrice - Innocent Toxin (LE Revoltaire)
• Essence - Matt top coat

Inspiration:

Source

NOTD: Not So Innocent Princess

A summer appropriate manicure.

The second picture is more color accurate I think. Sorry about the linen imprint.

Products used:

• Catrice - Princess For A Day
• Catrice - Innocent Toxin (LE Revoltaire)
• top coat

NOTD: Mermaid nails

This manicure reminds me of mermaids. The way that flakes in the nail polish shift color it looks like fish scales and the jewel on the ring finger looks like a drop of water to me.

Products used:

• no name light blue polish with frost finish
• Essence - 01 Waking up in Vegas from TE Remix your Style
• Essence Nail Art Nail Jewels - 02 Milky Way
• top coat

NOTD: Style on my Nails

I've been neglecting this blog for a very long time, but now I felt like posting something again. 

Products used:

• no name baby pink nail polish
• Essence - 01 Stye for Summernights from TE Nails in Style
• TMT Cosmetics - 44

"I'd like you to pay close attention to how clean that mirror is, you're about to use it"

It's been years since the episode aired and I still remember this scene. I love how he covers his eyes when she comes out of the bathroom.

NOTD: An Attempt at V-moon

Today's look was inspired by Rihanna's manicure in You Da One - I'm sure you've seen it, if not, here it is. 

Source

I'm not sure what it's called, but I'm going to call it a V-moon because it looks like a cross between a half moon and a V-gap manicure to me. So here's my attempt at it.  Not nearly as good as the original. Guess I need some more practice.

Products used:

• Essence Multi Dimension 33 Lucky Star, 2 coats
• Essence Multi Dimension 20 Fatal, 1 coat
• top coat: Miss Sporty Nail Expert Manicure Silk Base and Top Coat, 1 coat

What do you think about Rihanna's nails and style? Have you tried to replicate her manicure?

Keeping me warm this winter...

... slippers. The bigger and softer, the better. I'm such a child when it comes to slippers. :) These I got for Christmas. Thanks mom!

Get closer

"There are only a few people who don`t have empathy with disabled people. Nevertheless, the passenger seat in the public bus next to Fabian often stays empty. Handicapped people are a regular part of our society.

So, get closer."

Essence TE Vampire's Love Nail Polish 01 Gold Old Buffy

This week I was very excited when I came across almost a fully loaded make up stand of Essence's TE Vampire's Love, however, the only two things that looked interesting enough for me to buy were a nail polish in a shade 01 Gold Old Buffy and the eye shadow palette named 01 Love At First Bite. Maybe I'll get some other stuff when I see swatches on other blogs.

Click on the images to enlarge them. ;)

Essence TE Vampire's Love 01 Gold Old Buffy, 2 coats

I've put the nail polish on as soon as I came home but I had to wait a day for the sun to come out so I could take decent pictures, hence the tip wear.

  Essence TE Vampire's Love 01 Gold Old Buffy, 2 coats 

It's a dark brownish gray base with golden glitter. It looks more gray in the real life than it does in the pictures. I've used two coats of Gold Old Buffy, no top coat. The application was nice, drying time too.

Essence TE Vampire's Love 01 Gold Old Buffy, 2 coats

Swatches of the 01 Love At First Bite eye shadow palette coming soon! ;)

I'm baaaack

In the past few months there's been so much sh*t going on in my life that I just couldn't find the will or the time for the blog. I won't get into the details of what's been going on, this is just to let you now I'll be posting (more or less :)) regularly from now on.

Getting blisters

Yesterday while I was writing a post about my this week's shopping experience my browser just froze and nothing I wrote got saved. As I'm a bit upset about it and don't really feel like writing the whole thing again I'l just keep it short and show you a couple of pictures.

1 H&M dress: 14,95€
2 H&M belt: 7,95€
3 H&M ring: 4,95€
4 no name shoes: 14,95€

During those few days shopping me and my friend both got a few blisters, but we'll live. At least we finally got some stuff we were looking for for a while. Though it would be nice if more stuff was on sale (yeah right, like that ever happens to me). :P

5 Calzedonia bikini: 35,00€ (upper) + 15,00€ (bottom) = 50,00€ - 50% = 25,00€
6 lemon-grass essential oil
7 Essence nail polish - Style For Summernights (from TE Nails In Style)

8 Orsay flip-flops: 7,95€ - 30% = 5,57

I took Cristina's advice (thank you honey :*) and bought lemon-grass essential oil. Now I just have to cross my fingers and hope it works. If you don't know what I'm talking about check out my previous post.

They're Eating Me Alive

Quite literally. The mosquitoes I mean. And those buzzing noises they make keep me awake all night. I just had to do something about it and when I heard about this natural homemade mosquito repellent I gave it a try. 

What is it?

It's just a lemon with some cloves stabbed into it. This combination of smells is supposed to be really unpleasant to mosquitoes and should keep them away. 

Does it work? 

The key word here is "should" but unfortunately it doesn't. I've had this for a couple of weeks now and tried putting it next to my bedroom window as well as next to my bed but still no effect. As far as I'm concerned this was a waste of a perfectly good lemon.

Can anybody recommend me something that actually keeps mosquitoes away?   

Catrice - Let's Mauve On! (old version)

Why do they keep doing this? Replacing the existing shades with new ones but still keeping the old names, like it's so hard to come up with new names or at least put a different number next to it. I did a little research before writing this post and found out that the shade of Let's Mauve On!'s been changed. I seems to me that the new version is darker, has a more metallic finish to it and according to fellow bloggers it's application is a bit trickier so I'm sticking with my old version. :)

The application didn't give me any problems. I used 2 coats and the visible nail line is still there. It would probably take three to four thin coats to cover it up completely. 

I apologize for the pictures not being the best quality but just to let you know I really do try to make them as good as I can. I'm still learning. :)

EOTD: Neutral

What do I do when I'm home alone with nothing to do? I put some make up on and something like this comes out ...

This look is something along the lines of how I usually do my eye make up. I tend to use browns and more neutral color as I'm not at all used to wearing heavy multi-colored make up. I think I should make it a personal challenge for the future to find out which of the more vivid colors suit me. I'm sure they're out there, I just have to find them.  





All the make up products used to create this look were from Essence and are featured in the picture bellow. Unfortunately some of them are no longer available to purchase.

Oh, and before I forget a thank you to may first three followers for making the begining of my blogging journey a bit less lonely. :)

Happy Birthday!

The day has come. I just can't believe that after all those afternoons spent reading other people's blogs I've finally started writing one myself.

One of my best friends just had a birthday a couple of days ago and his is a part of what she got ...

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I got her an eye shadow and made her a matching ring, both in the color of her favourite nail polish.

The eye shadow appeared very pigmented when I tried tester, though not all of the shades of this brand seemed equally good. The ring is handmade from polyacrylic clay.