OPI DS Sapphire!

It's such crappy weather here in South Australia at the moment! It's been hot, humid, rainy, overcast. Basically not really hot SA weather is supposed to be. Sunday was supposed to be fairly hot (around 35deg from memory) so i really felt like treating myself to wearing a holo polish so i put on my very first holo i ever bought, OPI DS Sapphire. I waited for the sun to come out..... no. It didn't want to come out like it came out on Saturday. So i took a few snaps sunless and was hoping even yesterday and this morning showed some sun but again... NO. So here i give you sunless OPI DS Sapphire. Still wasn't too bad but i was hoping to capture more of it's beautiful holo goodness.

OPI DS Sapphire is pale blue with a fantastic linear holo. This was 4 coats. So it's a little on the sheer side i probably could have gotten away with 3 coats but in my head i always think "more coats = more holo" haha. Topped with 1 coat of SV.

Enjoy your Tuesday everyone!

See you next time

Kel xo

BYS scented Peacock!

Today's nails are BYS scented Peacock.

I'm in two minds about this colour. I like the colour but then i think it's kind of boring and similar to a few others i have. OPi Austin-tatious Turquoise comes to mind. Maybe i should have done some stamping over the top. Formula was easy to work with but it is quite sheer. This was 4 coats and i can still see a bit of VNL which i'm not fond of. Topped with one coat of SV.

This is supposedly scented in tropical but i couldn't really smell anything tropical in it. It kind of smelt gross! It smells similar to Revlon Ocean Breeze (which i didn't mind), which smells like talcum powder to me. Peacock isn't as strong but i don't know if that's because i added a coat of Seche Vite. SV doesn't help with the smell either. I'm not good at picking scents but this definitely didn't smell tropical to me at all.

Have a great weekend all!

Kel xo

My collective Haul. *Pic Heavy*

This is a collective haul from a month or two before christmas until... well i guess now. I haven't bought much polish lately. I suppose you could say i'm on a no-buy. I need to save some money at the moment because i'm getting my wisdom teeth out plus my bottom pre-molars because i have an overcrowded bottom jaw. That won't be a fun week. I can't get them done in the chair, i have to go into surgery to get them done. Which makes it the more expensive way to do it too! *sigh* That's basically the prep work, next is braces after that. So i'm really trying to avoid spending which sucks because there are so many good polishes out at the moment that i REALLY want! So no overseas hauling at the moment. Poo! =( I bought all of these right in our own little country. I was really surprised at how well i did. I usually skip polish shopping here and buy online (OPI, China Glaze, Essie..... basically the brands that cost a bomb here in Aus) Onto what i got.....

Finally Picked up all of Ulta3's new collection. Not sure if i'm liking Kiwi Kaos or Mango Mayhem. The others i love.

Terry White Chemist - $2 each

Target all over the county has recently started stocking Essence. I couldn't help myself and went a little crazy.

Essence Vampire's Love Collection. Not into those vampire shows or anything and i assume these have somewhat to do with them but who could resist nail polish in these cool colours.

Target - $3-50 Each

L-R: Gold old Buffy, Into the Dark, True Love, The Dawn is Broken & Hunt Me If You Can.

Essence Colour & Go:

Target - $2-25each.

L-R: 33 Just in Case, 83 Luxury Secrets, 45 Date with the Night, 85 Galactic Black

L-R: 38 Choose Me, 76 Hard to Resist, 77 In Style, 78 Blue Addicted

 Essence Sun Club & You Rock:
Target - $3-50 each.

L-R: 01 Pink Heat, 05 Golden Sands, 01 A cut off the Beige.

I haven't tried the scented ones from BYS yet so i thought i'd pick up a couple that were unique to some of the scented ones i already own. 

K-mart - $4 each.

I won't name the scents as you can clearly see that. 

L-R: Scented Bright Yellow, Scented Pastel Purple, Scented Red, Scented Peacock.

Finally got my hands on the Flakie top coat plus these others at Priceline.

Priceline - $4 for Flip Flops (no idea why but it scanned through at that price, i wasn't going to question haha) $8.95 for the others.

L-R: Flip Flops, Sin City, Aqua, Holo Flakie top coat.

I found these in the Australis clearance bin at Target. They were $2.

Target - Not sure on normal price ($7?)

Limited Edition 01 & Limited Edition 02 

Last but not least. I never buy revlon full price. To me, it's just out of my price range for $15 each when i know i can get them cheaper elsewhere online or in the clearance bin. And that's where i got them. 

Priceline - $7 each.

So that's my hauling for now. Hope you liked! 

See you next time!

Kelz xo

2 Blog Awards!

I don't normally get into doing these blog award things and all that jazz. But today i need a bit of blog love. First one i got was the Liebster Blog Award.

Thanks Kelly from Polish Enthusiast for giving me these awards.

The Rules:

1. Link back to the person who gave you this award.

2. Put the award in your post.
3. Choose 5 bloggers under 200 followers to give this award to.
4. Tell them they received the award.

The 5 Bloggers i give this award to are:

Polished Pony
Polished Peripherals
The Cat's Claws
Both Hands Polished
Lab Muffin

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The second award i got was from Kelly again. It is the Kreativ blog award. 

Rules:

1. Post the link to who gave you the award.
2. Answer the questions.
3. Share 7 random thoughts about yourself
4. Pass it to 10 blogs and inform them.




1. Favorite song: Somebody that i used to know but not the original gotye version. I'm listening to Walk Off the Earth version lately. That's my favourite song at the moment. It changes constantly. I love old classic rock.

2. Favorite Dessert: Tiramisu

3. What drives you insane: A lot! Especially a lot of drivers on the road who have no clue on how to drive probably tops my list.

4. When I'm mad ... You'll know it and then i go quiet haha

5. Favorite pet: Shelby, my purebred Border Collie who is 18 months old.

6. Black or White? Depends on what for. I prefer to wear black but i love the crisp whiteness of my iMac and iPhone. I wear both colours of nail polish hahaha

7. Biggest Fear: One of them is the fear of the unknown. I want a new job and have been stuck in this job for 7 years now because of this fear i can't get past. The unknown of what lies ahead in a new job, whereas i have become complacent in this job. Hell, i could almost run the small shop but i know this place is going nowhere for me.

8. My daily attitude: Depends! I'm usually fine when i get up but just depends on what my work day is like.

9. What's perfect: Whatever you want it to be! What's perfect to someone may not be for someone else and visa versa.

10. Guilt? Nail polish... Of course!


7 random thoughts:
Urgh! I have to go to work soon.
This is taking me too long to do!
I wish the sun was out shining right now.
I despise Winter and don't want Summer to end.
I have one month today until i go into surgery (to extract my wisdom teeth) and i freak out a little more each day it gets closer.
I need to wash my hair.
This this enough thoughts?

10 People to tag? As much as i'd love to tag people i'd love for anyone to do this and to leave me a link so i can check out theirs!

See you tomorrow with my Collective Haul i've wanted to post!

Kelz xo

Finally got them!

Just a quick post today. I finally got my Butter London polishes at the start of the week. I am a member of Brands Exclusive and ordered them through there. Price wasn't too bad but it's the waiting time that really sucks. Because of the way these type of companies work it can take 4-5weeks to get what you ordered and that's exactly what happened to me. I ordered them on the 6th of January and didn't receive them until the 13th of February. Anyway here is what i got:

Tart with a Heart, Bluey, All Hail the Queen.

I did also order The Black Knight but they had trouble getting it from the supplier so that sucks, I was really looking forward to that one. 

Hope you all enjoy your weekend! See you soon with another HUGE collective haul from the last few months.

Kelz xo

January Glossy box!

Although i have just received my Feb glossy box. I haven't put up the one i got for Jan yet.

This is what i got:

* Nivea Rich Nourishing Body Moisturiser

* Sheer Cover Nourishing Moisturiser with SPF 15

*Kosmea Daily Facial Exfoliant

*Sheer Cover Lip Balm

*Mirenesse Tight Liner Hydra Gel Eyeliner

Sheer Cover - Nourishing Moisturiser with SPF15. (sample size of 30ml, RRP 60ml $29-95)

I have never used Sheer Cover before, this or any of their products. So i tried this and i really don't like it at all. It says it's fast absorbing but it took longer than stated and i hated the "sticky" feeling it left. It also had a strong smell of sunscreen which is not what i want when i use a moisturiser (with or without sunscreen added). I won't be buying this plus i really like the Jurlique one i already use.

Nivea - Rich Nourishing Body Moisturiser (Dry Skin) (sample size 30ml, RRP $5-40 250ml)

We all know Nivea. Not a high end brand but a brand we can buy from the supermarket. On the cheaper side but really i don't care. I like Nivea and use Nivea regularly. I wanted to try this and i'm glad it came in the box. Perfect size for my handbag. Good for elbows and any place that gets dry that we forget to moisturise. Love it. I would buy this when i run out of my usual Nivea body moisturiser (the one in the white bottle)

Kosmea - Daily Facial Exfoliant (sample size 20g) (RRP 125g $39-95)

This is my favourite product from the box. (First sample i have used up fully) I have never heard of this brand before. I love this. It has crushed up rose hips (which we all know rose hip oil is good for the skin) and chamomile flower. It's very gentle on the skin and smells amazing. It's gentle enough to use everyday like stated. I usually use the Jurlique exfoliator and only use it once a week and find it more harsh (sand like) on my skin, where as the Kosmea one is not. I will be switching from Jurlique to Kosmea most likely once i have used up all my jurlique. I also got a few samples from Kosmea to try to see if i like the rest of their products. Very happy with this.

Sheer Cover - Lip Gloss in Pink Praline. (full sized, 2.5g. RRP $19-95)

Haven't tried this at all. Not a big fan of these type of "pot" lip glosses. As previously stated i have a ton of lip glosses opened and like those anyway. I have also heard it's "sticky" which i also don't like so i will be giving this away to someone else. Also seems a bit expensive for a lip gloss.

Mirenesse - Tight Liner Hydra Gel Eyeliner. (full sized, 2g. RRP $29-95)

Also, haven't tried this. Not a fan of Blue eyeliner. I always use black if i wear makeup at that. Also, it is used for "Tight Lining" which i don't do. I didn't even know what it was until now. (I don't know much about make-up, i do the basics) So, again it will go to someone else who could put it to good use.

Overall, There is two things i won't use, one i tried and didn't like and two i love and would use again. Don't love the box, Don't hate the box. Hope you enjoyed.

See you next time! 

Kel xo