Nail Polish: Silly Glitter Nails

Thumb: Chinaglaze OMG polkadots over Black

Index: 1 layer of Chinaglaze Some Like It Haute over black

Middle: 1 layer of Orly Fowl Play over black

Fourth: 2 or 3 coats of Chinaglaze Some Like It Haute

Pinky: 2 or 3 coats of Orly Fowl Play

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Chinaglaze's OMG is love. Only sad bit is that it's so hard to find!

Chinaglaze's Some Like It Haute is a unique gunmetal grey holo glitter polish! As you can see when it's layered over black, there are larger round holo glitter pieces which look so pretty. and sparkly. But if can't stand a rough finish, warning: you'll need a thick slab of topcoat to make it smooth!

Orly Fowl Play: I do not own OPI's Merry Midnight, but from what I gather from other reviews, they're pretty much the same. I love flakies so I HAD to get this! Its a nice plum colour with red flakies and little hints of blue! Love it! 

Nail Polish: OPI Rainbow Connection + Mad as a Hatter over Black

OPI Rainbow Connection over Black and OPI Mad as a Hatter over Black

(pinky: Orly Space Cadet over black.)

OPI Rainbow Connection: Large/medium/small hexagon round glitters in a bottle. Whoop glitter puke! Application wise, it was good! Not too goopy or runny :) But needed to push the glitter around a bit! I love how it looks over black. Definitely my christmas manicure!

OPI Mad as a Hatter: I've reviewed this before. Anyways, difficult to get a nice thin coat over black as there's A LOT of glitter packed into the bottle. See my failure on my index finger :( But looks wonderful over black too! 

Orly Space Cadet: I really love this polish and i've gotten tons of compliments for it! It's a chameleon. It shines in maroon/gold/green etc. Anyway, nothing special over black though.

Skin care: The Bodyshop Tea Tree Series (II) - Original vs New Tea Tree Oil Facial Exfoliator

Newer version:

Original older version

I bought the Tea Tree Oil Facial Exfoliator from The Body Shop ages ago and I loved it. It helped me get rid of blackheads and dead skin really well. (However, I add that this product is for people with OILY and NON SENSITIVE skin, it might be too harsh for those with sensitive skin.). I used it once or twice a week and it lasted me really long. So one day I decided to go get another tube since i was gonna run out of it soon. I didn't suspect anything so I just grabbed it and paid without looking at the tester... when I got home and opened it, I was really surprised in the bad way :(

As you can tell from my pictures, the older version had a lot more stuff in it. The never version is rather goopy and hardly contains any beads! :(

I would give the older version a 4.5/5, but the newer one a 1.5/5 cos it can't even do it's job well with so few beads :|

Skin care: The Bodyshop Tea Tree Series (I)

My skin is really oily cos my dad's is, and the fact that i live in ever so humid Singapore doesn't help. So years ago, The Body Shop launched their Tea Tree series which I was really excited to try, cos it claimed to be for blemished skin and it's supposed to remove impurities + tighten pores + reduce oil! So here's a review on the products I've been using from the series.

1. Tea Tree Skin Clearing Facial Wash

Pros: It cleans away impurities and skin feels refreshed and a little tingly.. :) And I'd like to believe the tea tree kills off pimple causing bacteria :P P.S i'm using the travel size bottle.

Cons: Does not help my face stay matte, doesn't lather well (refer: 3rd pic)

Rate: 3/5

 Does it's job, but there are better alternatives out  here! If you have REALLY oily skin like I do, I highly recommend Clean and Clear Deep Action Oil Free Facial Wash. (if your skin isn't like really really oily, don't use it cos it'll dry your skin instead.)

2. Tea Tree Skin Clearing Toner

I'm on my 3rd bottle!! :) I love this product and I recommend it for daily use if your skin is oily and blemished. You have to shake the bottle btw! Then use about 3 drops on a cotton pad. I know it's not that clear (couldn't capture) but it removes extra impurities on my face that facial wash doesn't remove.

Pros: Removes impurities, leaves a clean feeling, reduces pore size (with daily use)

Cons: Doesn't keep face matte. But with daily use, I noticed that my face isn't as oily as it used to be!

Rate: 4/5

Love it! Will continue using. Though I'm gonna try their seaweed toner next to see if it works better.

3. Tea Tree Skin Clearing Lotion

I got this in the mini travel size too just to try out :)

Pros: Dries us blemishes, Keeps face matte, and kills bacteria too (i think!) cos there's the tingly sensation.

Cons: Matte effect lasts at the most 6-7 hours.

Rate: 3.5/5

I use this when I'm only going out for a short while, but not the whole day. Doubt I'll be buying more! I'll probably get the Tea Tree Oil instead cos I use this product mainly to dry up my blemishes!

Thanks for looking =)

Skin care: Amethystory Mineral Aqua Gel

I got this little sample of Amethystory's Mineral Aqua Gel from Hollyhoque (came with my purchase!) and this product claims to have amethyst based ingredients inside (hence the name Amethystory). It's an exfoliant gel which is supposed to remove dead/dry skin and hydrate it at the same time. So you just rub it onto your face (dry) and all the gunk supposedly comes out.

Little beads which are supposed to be the gel + your dead skin form when you rub your face.

Ok here's my take on it:

It's good for those with sensitive skin i.e can't use the normal exfoliating beads. But when you wash off the product from your face, there's this waxy layer which is really hard to get off.. So you can't use this alone, you have to use a facial wash to get it off completely. :/ And it's quite watery so its hard to control the amount of product you want to use. (i was having a hard time balancing that drop on my finger!)

Rate: 2/5

Does it's job (i think), but i hate the waxy layer which stays on. I'm currently using a similar product (from the same company: Ginvera Marvel Gel) which works way better.. :)

Nail Polish: OPI The It Colour

Swatch:
OPI The It Colour

 OPI's quality for yellow is by far the best I've tried - 2 coats without a white base and its opaque. But fussy me insists on 3 coats. No streaking, super easy application!

<3

Nail Polish: Funky Nails

Swatch:
Claire's True Blue + Faceshop White + Faceshop Red + O2 Teal + OPI The It Colour

Claire's True Blue (on my index finger). Its a bit darker in real, but still lively :} Application wise, its smooth but took 3 layers to get it opaque. The colour is about 2 shades darker than the bottle though!

<3

Nail Polish: OPI Mad As A Hatter

1 finger swatch of  OPI Mad As A Hatter.

And here's a close up..

Its absolutely gorgeous!
I was totally wowed, stared at it for like 20mins++? The glitters glisten at every angle showing the myriad of colours. I'm officially blown away. This is love. The pictures do it no justice at all.. You've got to see it in real! Did I mention how much I love the name of this polish?

<3

Nail Polish: OPI (chips), Candy nails

OPI Mad As A Hatter (chips)

One down side to MAAH, it chips :( But then again, it was like.. 7 coats?

1 Face shop Base coat
3 MAAH
3 Seche Vite Top coat

but then again it's a lot easier than removing them via remover lawlz

You can see all the pretty colours!! :)

SUPER MESSY I KNOW, was trying to catch the sun before it runs away ~('.'~)

Swatch:

Yellow: o2 skin- God knows how many coats, and I didn't add a white base
Mint: Face shop gr203
Pink: Claire's Hawaii

I got this bottle (claire's hawaii) when I was in US cos the bottle looked so cute and..

Marble nail polish? Interesting much! But after I tried it, no marble :( How is this supposed to work?!?  Maybe the pink is just too overwhelming. Its like a milky pink?

Here's a more accurate shot of the milky bright pink colour.. I know my finger looks damn brown and toasted here. I adjusted the lighting/colour of the picture to get an accurate shade of the pink!

I hate it. I don't know what to do with the bottle! I feel like pouring away all the pink HAHA cos the rest of the colours in the bottle seem cute. Well, a combi of the 3 colours acutally looks pretty fun.. Candyish?

taken indoors:

Conclusion: Claire's Marble polish = FAIL :(

<3

Nail Polish: Silver flowers on Navy

Swatch:
Faceshop BL604 + Konad Silver

I love this combination! And so do my friends.. :D

And!

New headband from Chomel! :P

<3

Nail Polish: Essie - Mesmerize

Swatch:

Essie Mesmerize

home

and under the sun.

I LOVE this colour, i even have back ups! it's like a milky vibrant blue. I wear this one very often :)
Application's great too, this is 2 coats!

Nail Polish: Sally Hansen Lagoon

Swatch:

Sally Hansen's Lagoon
from their Summer 2010

(sorry for the dirty bottle cap..)

Its a pretty blue/green duochrome which looks amazing in the bottle.. I love the wide brush! Formula was not too buttery or goopy, very nice! This took 2-3 coats. I love the colour, but I'm not a huge fan of metallic/pearl-ish shades :/ Hmm maybe I'll try mattifying it... And lastly, it takes forever to dry. Its supposed to be a base+colour+topcoat all in 1, but use a topcoat, or it'll never completely dry and harden. I'm actually not very sure if this polish suits me. Whaddyou think? But I'll like it, since my sis gave it to me =)

<3

Nail Polish: Matte Sally Hansen Lagoon + Konad

Swatch:
Sally Hansen Lagoon + Essie Matte About You

I like it better matte, but sis prefers it at its orginal (metallic+pearly).

And then I got a little bored so I tried Konad.. But I think I like it better plain :P

Faceshop mint + Konad M2

<3

Nail Polish: Faceshop, Canopus, OPI, Essie

Swatch:
 Faceshop BL604 + Canopus Geneva26 (which is some milky looking polish with small red-green flakies, bought at some random shop) + Faceshop topcoat.

The flakies are not very obvious, but I kinda like it..

(2nd last finger's colour is lighter cos its on ChG's Bermuda Breakaway instead.)

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Swatch:

OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui + Faceshop 503 using Konad m64 + Essie Matte About You.

Its a bit smudged here and there (not really noticeable >5 cm away, heh.)

Swatch:

OPI Absolutely Alice

Densely packed blue + sprinkles of gold glitter. This is about 3 coats. Application was very smooth too. Love it for a pedicure!