Spreading the love

I just have to share this with all of you even though I should be studying for Physics (it's on Thursday, I shall start hyperventilating).

I stumbled upon this while I was randomly clicking links on Youtube. Somehow Temptalia lead to him. He also has a blog called Petrilude. Yes, I've even hyperlinked it for you. He beats Michelle Phan anyday. I may just be really slow because you might have already found him but I am a much nicer friend by spreading the love.

I'll get back to medical Physics now but before I go I just have to say that I am so excited because my Palty hair dye has arrived and the darling postman even rung my buzzer twice cos my short legs can't seem to get down the stairs fast enough. I sense a review coming soon.

It's coming...

Yes, you know what I mean: the much dreaded HSC is coming in 2 days. My procrastination level has reached 99 and is ready to transcend to the ultimate epic. I also haven't blogged in a week. I honestly had nothing to blog about.

Remember my promise not to touch my nails until the HSC? Well I couldn't resist. I mean, there was a massive chip! What else am I suppose to do? Just leave it? I don't think so. The gold mani did last over a week, thanks to Revlon's topcoat. I discovered the chip after I washed the dishes (with gloves). I was pretty "grr" about it. But it gave my an excuse to paint my nails again, I guess. All's well ends well.

Other than the great big chip on the index finger of my left hand, my nails were pretty much perfect. Very faint tip wear was visible but that was probably one of the longest lasting manis ever. Look, I even circled the chip for you. What really scared me was how much my nails have grown in just 1 week. Look at the massive gap between the polish and my cuticles! I think I owe it all to Lush's Lemony Flutter. I feel a review coming soon.

The glitter wasn't as difficult to remove as I had imagined. I got to drool over Channing Tatum's hotness on TV while I scrubbed my nails. Overall, it was a pleasant experience. Then I finally got the chance to paint my nails.

I used OPI Happy Anniversary. It is extremely sheer with a frosty-foil finish. The finish I feel is very similar to OPI Glitzerland, just more frosty. However, it took my 5 coats for a relatively opaque result. I would pile on more but I didn't want to suffocate my nails. I then added 3 coats of Essie Silver Bullion, a silver glitter topcoat. So altogether, I had 9 layers of nail polish on each nail (including basecoat and topcoat). I forgot to take a picture of OPI Happy Anniversary on its own but the result is pretty much the same as what I'm about to show you.

I like how dreamy this photo looks. Matches the end result which is very dreamy yet sparkly. It is hard to describe. It kind of reminds me of the Snow Queen. So clean and pristine but with a magical twist. Here's another photo of the same thing but with better details.

The glitters really come through. And a close up for good luck.

My index finger is looking very ugly at the moment. I guess I'll just have to wait for it to grow until it looks normal again. I think I might call this "Winter Wonderland" just to be cliche.

Inactivity

Once again, I have nothing to blog about. I still haven't changed my nails. I really don't feel motivated to paint my nails. I feel like I haven't done anything today and it is nearly 8 o'clock. Life goes by so fast now.

I've just graduated from high school yesterday (then celebrated Nickey's birthday, happy birthday, again) and I feel so empty. To be honest, it is not my friends who I am going to miss because I know that I'll still be seeing them long after the HSC. I really miss my beloved teachers. The teachers who have put up with me for the past 2 (if not more) years. They were the ones who had to suffer my constant complaining and answer the stupid questions that I ask. I feel like I owe them so much. I honestly don't know how I could ever thank them enough.

I don't want to leave you staring at a sad blog entry about my life. So instead, you get to see Nelly's late birthday present (the small nail polishes) and what we used to make it (everything else in the photo). Just ignore the cling wrap and packet of strawberry clouds in the background.

I probably won't be posting much for the next 2 months. HSC is killing my life.

I need a life

I have nothing to blog about today. I took my nail polish off without taking photos of it. So I am left with bare nails, once again, and no record of my beautifully frankened baby that looks a lot of OPI Meet Me On the Star Ferry.

Since I have nothing new to say, I'll just share with you my Textiles Major Work and explain the concept behind it. Photos first!

I bet you're looking confused. Probably disappointed at the quality. I should be quite proud of it. I am, but I just know that I could've done the details better.

I've made a reversible dress, The corset top is attached to the skirt lining while the skirt flips around to reveal the dolls that are on the inside. Too bad the skirt doesn't close properly due to my crappy measuring skills. I feel rather lazy tonight. So here's a paragraph that I've copied and pasted from my Textiles Design Inspiration's justification part.

"My inspiration comes from my surroundings: the human environment. From an early age, we are taught of the necessity of wealth through the much-loved Monopoly. Communication is made faster through technological advances yet it doesn’t appear any simpler. Love is elevated to a cult-like status. Fast food is no longer only for convenience as people became caught up in the modern pace of fast city living. Our desire for knowledge intensifies as it becomes a measurement of a person’s intelligence. Emphasised by the media, I feel these issues play a vital role in shaping the perspectives of an individual. Personally, these factors are overwhelmingly powerful in affecting my decision making as my life revolves around these central themes. Wealth, communication, love, fast food and knowledge are essential in the modern way of life and are capable of causing great debates and emotional turmoils. Through textiles arts, I am able to identify these factors as integral to not only my own personal developments but also the whole of society."

Yes you totally read all that. I know you didn't. So you're forgiven. I'll blog about something a lot more interesting tomorrow. I just might to a raindow mani inspired by Troll's "unicorns".

Just tea-sing

I just couldn't resist incorporating OPI Just Tea-sing into the title. Truthfully, I don't own the colour because it is too light and sheer for my liking. Although it would be nice to collect the whole OPI Garden Party collection even though it is quite old. I love Funny Bunny to bits! It's half empty now.

I went to a mini exam today for the modules and I was the only one there. I was so lonely and sad but luckily another person came. At least that's gotten out of the way now. Here's a little preview of what is coming up this week. A teaser, I would call it.

Go and make your guess! I think it is rather obvious because I cannot be subtle no matter how hard I try. I would really like a MAC 187. Hint, hint.

Coming up next...

I'm sorry for the recent inactivity due to the powerful flu that plagued me for over a week. However, I am proud to say that I do have 1 review and 2 tutorials planned for this week. So stay tuned and I'll update as soon as I get a chance to take some photographs under natural lighting. My bedroom lighting turns my photos into a yellow yucky mess.

I know you all love tutorials because I do! I now leave you with a photo of some nails that I did a few months ago for the walkathon but I guess my school is too fob to buy something that doesn't contain bows or polka dots.

I hope to see you soon. Not actually see you but you get what I mean.

You are my sunshine

THANK YOU! For all of your love. You've all brightened up my day!

I thought I'd have the worst birthday, being sick and all. But thank you for sacrificing your own health to visit me in my virus infected home. I couldn't ask for better friends. Big smiley face here :D

As a token of my appreciation, I leave you with a picture of my favourite show Humf (meant for 3 year olds). You make me smile like how this cute little furry thing will make you go "awww".

Here's an adapted version of a well known song (please don't sing it, Whiney):

You are my sunshine,

My only sunshine,

You make me happy,

When I am sick/miserable/sad/dying (whatever tickles your fancy),

You never know dear,

How much I LOVE you (I really mean it),

So please don't take my sunshine away by getting sick.

Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you! I'm really getting emotional here.

I hate being sick

I'm sorry not blogging but I feel unmotivated because my throat feels like it is being sliced by razors. Tomorrow's my birthday. Yay. I'll be sick on my birthday. Life is so wonderful.

I'll show you my current work in progress. Well it is what I started before I became sick. If I am successful, it will look like this, or maybe even better, though I am doubtful.

I do not own this image.

Laptop next?

Has anyone else seen the new iPod nano? Or am I just slow? They are so small that it scares me. Check it out (better yet, go to the Apple website):

Front View (image hijacked from Apple)

Back View (image hijacked from Apple, again)

It has a built in touch display and a built in clip. It is like the size of an eyeshadow square. Your headphones would even be bigger than the iPod. What's next? A built in laptop the size of your fingernail? But if I didn't have an iPod, I'd totally get one just because it's cute.

Introducing her Majesty the Queen

I have a valid reason for having a sore throat. I blame nail polish fumes. I sat in from of my TV, laboriously working on this set of nails for 5 hours straight on Saturday night. I need a life. I could be having a life right now. But mothers. They are all out to ruin our lives. Stop reading about my life. Your life is probably a lot more interesting.

This is my Red Queen inspired set of nails. I've decided to name it "Red Off the Queen's Heart". There's a pun in there but I'd be surprised if anyone could actually understand my logic. Personally, Thoughtless Alice was a lot more fun to create. I found myself straying back to the cutesy polka dots and bows although I've tried my best to make this one look more sophisticated. You know, with the roses and lace. I've used some random white polish, Revlon Black Lingerie, OPI Girls just want to have fun and a truck load of top coat. I'm sorry that I keep using the same nail polishes but I am honestly not a black and red person. I much rather, wait for it, Essie Sag Harbor! That's right, I'm still squinting at the AU$6.55 + $4.36 on Ebay. Enough rambling, photo time!

Now wasn't that fun? Let's not do it again. It was such a pain to upload with crappy upstairs internet. I'd like to sell this one too. My bank account is still empty. Should I make a Mad Hatter set? Or how about a White Queen set?

Essie is now at Myer!

I just flipped through the little catalogue sent by Myer and something wonderful had caught my eye. Drumroll please. Myer is now stocking Essie! Joining the shelves will be 78 of Essie's core colours and its seasonal collections (released 4 times a year). How exciting!

As a promotional offer, Myer is giving every customer a free Essie Topcoat at $18.95 with every purchase of $35 or more. I sound like an advertisement. However, personally I would rather a Seche Vite. Give me a Seche Vite anyday.

The price will be ridiculously high. You'd be paying something close to $20 for one bottle of Essie. As much as I love the brand, that is way too much. I'm still waiting for my Sag Harbour to magically appear at my doorstep. Until that happens, back to Ebay for me.

Essie North Fork (a little old but still gorgeous) Greenport, Sag Harbor, Shelter Island

 On a brighter note, if anyone's interested in receiving a free A-list Stick Foundation, Eyeshadow Palette and Eyeliner of your choice from Chi Chi, then go to Myer and spend $30 or more on the Chi Chi range. It'd be fantastic if you'd share those freebies with me. Come on, I know you want to.

Views counter

You might have noticed that I've just added a blog views counter to my blog. I thought it'd be nice to know how many people actually visit my blog. Curiosity killed the cat. Or maybe it's that whole popularity contest thing that is embedded within human nature, sorry if I'm making a VUG. Either way, I just find it helpful to know if I'm helping you to spend your money or not. Obviously the more you visit, the more you'd want to spend and more you'll become like me.

I went to the Pronail Supply shop in Bankstown that everyone's been raving about. They weren't kidding about the size although I wish they had a larger range for OPI. There are a lot of reds that look like twins or triplets or whatever, you get what I mean: similar looking reds. I want a bigger Essie stock! I want my Sag Harbour! It'd be absolutely terrific if they stocked Zoya too. I'm kind of embarrassed to be buying everything online because the Post Office lady knows me now & teases me everything I go to pick up my package (which is at least once a week). But nonetheless, it's a terrific shop although the train ride is ridiculous long and tedious.

Does anyone know an Essie stockist in Sydney? You'd be a total lifesaver! I'll leave you with a photo of some nails that I did over a year ago for Troll's birthday.

OPI Yoga-ta get this Blue as base

I'm off to paint my nails! Two days of naked nails should be enough to revitalise them, right?

The perfect model

I love my cat. Maybe I should tell you something you don't know instead. No, not bothered. I love my cat and if you're reading this, you love my cat too. That means I love you too for loving my cat. I'm totally making sense. I'm in a weird mood tonight because a particular someone is ruining my life and I'm seeing that someone tomorrow. I'm torn. So meanwhile, I'll occupy myself with my cat to take my mind off of that someone. Gay.

Meemee modelling my textiles major work

She is so so so adorable. Such a poser. She loves my MTP. At least someone appreciates my blood and tears. Too bad it was sent out last Wednesday. Otherwise she'd be calling it bed right now.

Woaw cat eyes

Should I upload photos of my MTP?

I finally have a header

Yay for header! Got to love Photoshop & Illustrator. Maybe I should tone down the colours a little.

4AM marathon

Politics. Yeah I'm one of those crazy people who enjoy watching it, listening to it, analysing it and talking about it. So obviously I stayed up late yesterday to see the election polling results. I sat in front of my computer, with the ABC website and the supposedly 'live' results at 4AM pressing F5 like a mad woman until I finally realised that nothing new was coming up and the counted percentage was stuck at 77.85%.

So I went to sleep in hope that the results would be there to greet me in the morning. WRONG! Because apparently this is the first hung parliament since WWII with Menzies and Curtin. I just hate to see Julia Gillard claim Prime Ministership after back stabbing Kevin Rudd (he looks so much like my uncle). Although I don't like Tony Abbott's conservative and somewhat sexist remarks a while ago, I was impressed by his efforts.

I'll shut up now because I'm pretty sure no-one is actually reading this. I just want the results so hurry up and make up your minds, indepedents. But Wyatt Roy is quite impressive being the youngest member of parliament at only 20. I mean like wow.

Girls night in

After slaving over my major work for an entire year, it is finally due in for marking tomorrow. I don't know whether to feel relieved or fearful because personally I don't feel 100% satisfied with what I've achieved. Maybe I'm just noob and seriously lacking in natural artistic talent.

Meemee taking a bath unwillingly

Plucking eyebrows

Facial mask

Shaving

Make-up

Does my butt look big in this?

Bored to death

Girls night in

I'll explain my concept because you're probably confused like my mum. As a female, we go through a whole beautification process just to make ourselves socially presentable before going out. Its partially due to social pressures but for me however, it is the self esteem boost that I receive as I hide behind a layer of make-up. The whole processes of plucking buggered stray eyebrow hairs, shaving (or the more painful alternative of waxing), facial masks and does my butt look big in this are the annoying things that I would not do if everyone looked like caveman too. My cat also gets washed but she doesn't mind it too much, I think. My art teacher just likes the notion that I'm acknowledging my cat in my painting. But in the end, we just end up having a crappy time, stuck in Maccas because we're all fiancially deprived high school students and frowned upon prejudicely by adults in restaurants. We actually have more fun when we're by ourselves, sleeping over, enjoying each others' companies without worrying about social expectations.

I've based these paintings on some of my friends and painted from photographs using acrylic on paper. Nothing fancy because that's what I really want life to be but then it'd be kind of boring. I'm hypocritical. I do apologise for the bad quality photos though. My lights just refuse to cooperate and my camera wasn't much of a help either.

Filling up space

I know I'll probably grow to hate my blog name, address and the whole blogging process but at least I'd be doing something 'productive' while procrastinating.

This is probably an opportunity for me to achieve a sense of accomplishment by sharing bits and pieces of me with the world (although I don't think anyone will actually care) through simple things.

You can stop reading now, since this is the end of my very first blog entry. Pat on the back for me.