I have a whole 5 days off from work so I'll be sure to update you guys with lots of nail related posts before I head off on my trip (yay) :)
I re-organized my nail space and had some time while Kadi played WOW so I decided to make a few nail art samples. The purple and gold one came out kinda weird (I was hoping the purple would be darker) but I'm feeling good about how the rest of them turned out. If you have a good memory you'll know that the first picture here is just the completed look of the design I started a few posts back. A while ago I was playing around with my L.A. Colors Art Deco nail polishes when I decided to do a white 'lace' design. This time I just took the original and added a flower and some embelishments. Hope you guys like it!
I thought the last one was so cute I had to take 2 pictures :D
And here is my NOTD. This is China Glaze's Strawberry Fields.
I woke up this morning to a lovely tag from Glittermillie (Sarah). She always has these great tags to play with :D So without further ado I'm going to try this and tag a few people too.
The rules from Millie's blog are that I have to post a song that makes me a smile and then award the blogs that make me smile and tell you why.
I think I'm a bit weird. I like very sarcastic and awkward things and one of my favourtie tv shows is 30 Rock. For their 3rd season finale Jack learns that his could-be-dad needs a kidney but he himself is not a match so instead he uses his power as CEO to call in various recording artists to come up with a benefit called Kidney Now! Near the end of the show all the singers get together and sing a tribute song to Milton Greene (Jack's dad). This song is so funny and it ALWAYS makes me smile. I hope you guys enjoy it too!
Sometimes life brings pain and strife And all seems wrong That is when you find a friend And write a song
Give the gift of giving Give it far and give it wide Take the leap - reach down deep inside
And just give a kidney To a father or a dad Just give a kidney We hear it doesn’t really hurt that bad
And we know you’ll want to give it To a super human being So get it done We just need one For Milton Greene
This country has six hundred million kidneys And we really only need half That leaves about three hundred million kidneys Do the math
Milton Greene Don’t ask why - he could die If you don’t call today
Listen, when someone starts talking in the middle of a song you know it’s serious. So give Milton a kidney. We all believe in this cause so much we’re doing it for free. Except for Sheryl. That’s right. I’m the only one getting paid. And only three of us are drunk. Milton Greene needs a kidney. Just like I need this beard. You don’t want to see what’s under here. And while you don’t have two beards you do have two kidneys. Think of it this way: if I had two dollars, I’d give you one, wouldn’t I? I’m one of the drunk ones!
They say that two is better than one But sometimes one is better than two If you had two heads you’d wish you had one How is this different? If you had two dogs attacking you You’d want just one There I proved my point!
Milton Greene Don’t ask why - he could die If you don’t call today
He needs a kidney No he doesn’t need a hand He just needs a kidney
A hand would be an even harder thing to give
When you give a kidney And we really think you should We pass the cup They stitch it up You do some good
We pass the cup They stitch it up You do some good
We pass the cup They stitch it up You do some good
Sorry for being so weird lol. Now I would like to re-tag Millie from http://glittermillie.blogspot.com/if she's interested in doing it again because I want her to know that her blog makes me smile! I love reading about her polishes and kitties :)
I would like to tag Wan from http://ilovenailpolish.blogspot.com/ because she has the coolest polishes and makes great and easy to follow tutorials. And of course she's a CANADIAN sista xx I also want to tag KAE KAE from http://thehungryasian.blogspot.com/ because I love the names she creates for her frankens! and also she's a fellow HK maniac! And last but not least I would like to tag LUCY! HappyBirthdayLucy.. Hope you have a great one :D
I'm so happy I finally got a new power adapter for my laptop woohoo! I had the day off work today so I decided to play around with my OPI Greenwich Villiage mani from last night by adding some random stripes with my L.A Colours nail art polishes. This was so easy to do you guys should give it a try!
I'll be going on a vacation in about 2 weeks time so until then I will try to post as many blog posts as I can. I'll try to update overseas too but it might be a bit hard. What are you guys doing for Halloween? Are you dressing up? :)
Sorry for not posting anything nail polish related today but I just wanted to get some advice on good halloween costumes! The last time I dressed up for halloween was probably more than 10 years ago so I haven't had too much experience. This year before I head back to Toronto and China my friends and I in Sydney are planning a farewell/halloween party and EVERYONE has to be dressed up in a costume. Now I was thinking about going as a giant OPI Nail Polish. Do you guys think that's a good idea? If you have any creative suggestions can you please let me know. Thanks guys.. :)
I went to my nail supply shop a week ago with one of the girls from my workplace who also happens to be a nail polish fanatic. She was like a kid in a candy store when we arrived. I picked up a few more colours and most of the polishes I bought this time are very colourful, playful, and summer-y. My good camera ran out of batteries so I couldn't take any pictures of new swatches but hopefully I'll have my room cleaned and I'll find my battery charger soon!
OPI's Hey! Get In Lime!
OPI's Fair Dinkum Pinkum
OPI's Blushingham Palace
OPI's Brand New Skates
OPI's Rent (a VERY sheer glitter-green-tinted polish)
OPI's Dazzle Me (a sheer light blue-green glitter)
Essie's St. Martin Mint in a weird bottle (there's no Essie logo)
Essie's St. Barths Blue
Essie's St. Martin Mint are on the ring and index fingers. Essie's St. Barths Blue are on the middle and pinky fingers.
Orly's Spark
China Glaze's OMG
This is the China Glaze OMG Text In Colour 2BKEWL set
China Glaze's DV8, BFF, IDK, LOL.
China Glaze's 2NITE
Multicoloured :)
OPI's Blue My Mind with a coat of a Japanese brand glitter polish.
China Glaze's Grape Juice
China Glaze's Grape Juice with Mattified index and ring fingers.
OPI's DS Diamond
My new colour swatch stand.
This was something I made by accident. I wanted to create something abstract but the colours started to mix. Opi's Black Onyx with the colours from Essie's Neon Collection
My Konad challange. Eww look at how stained my nails are :(
In my last post I was very excited about a new purchase from eBay and I just wanted to show you guys what it is!
My Fujifilm Instax Mini 25: Hello Kitty Edition :D
This is the type of film/picture the camera produces. It's very good quality!
Unfortunately the instructions came in Japanese! The whole time I was thinking !KAE I NEED YOU! I struggled with it for a while and then I just follwed the pictures and tried to use my common sense and it worked!
Please feel free to contact me by leaving a comment or sending me an email with any requests for tutorials or swatches. I'll try my best to get back to you ASAP.
joyce_wu1@hotmail.com :)
