All The Things I Can't Live Without...

Yeah, I know the title sucks but these are my 2 Nail-of-the-dayWeek (NOTWs) that I've been sporting after CNY. A quick post, cos I don't have much time on my hands and I've got tons of school work to catch up on. Sometimes, I hate my lazy self.

NOTD #1 - Skin Food's Nail Vita Polish

I don't know, they don't give names to their polishes (or at least if they do, it's in Korean and I don't read Korean). It's along the brown, neutral, mushroom-like range of shades and I love love LOVE this polish. Ha ha, besides the point that it makes my fingers look like yummy blocks of chocolate! :d

It glows differently under different lighting, because it's got these minuscule gold sparkles floating around in its rich brown cream base colour.

Under indoor lighting:

Under strong sunlight:

Had to show you guys the large picture, cos the gold shimmer is just so pretty! I was a tad reluctant to take off this polish after wearing it for 1 week.

But I had to cause it's my routine, and I changed it to this:

Yep, it's the "long time no see" Absolutely Alice fro OPI!

I was rummaging through my drawer to see what polish to put on for this week and the brilliant blue and gold sparkles caught my eye. This is actually just 1 coat of Absolutely Alice; I had painted a dark blue creme base underneath it. I think it intensifies the blue glitters so much more and my camera actually had problems focusing on my fingers due to the glitters sparkly everywhere!

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And my haul for this week:

Ha ha ha! I spammed on the Heal Pharm nose strips. Previously when they had the offer on both the white and black versions, the whole onsugar blogosphere (Chantana especially, ha ha, thanks for the recommendations dear!) was raving about them. I bought a pack of the charcoal black ones to try and I immediately regretted not getting more, especially after they took off the promotion.

And now these white packs (not the black ones) are back on their S$2 offer! So I had to grab a few (one pack is actually for my friend to try out ^_^). I think these will easily last me half a year, so no more worries about nose strips for the time being!

Please go grab yours before all the stock run out, because I know a lot of Watsons branches already has these OOS!!! Thanks for viewing this post, take care people!

Ha ha, that took quite a while, but let's continue with my CNY LOTDs!

Actually, there's only 1 more but I've got some cute doggie pictures which I can't resist not putting up.

Day 7's LOTD

(cos I finished up my visiting on that day while I slaved away in school on the other days)

Wait... Ha ha, you probably can't see the eye makeup with all my fringe in the way right? xD That's the problem with sporting heavy bangs, the makeup is all lost in the hair. =3=

Close-up of the eye:

It's a super simple look, cos I was in a hurry. Just used a glittery loose eye shadow all over the lids, some highlighting at the tear duct and brow, liquid eyeliner and Silkygirl's purple pencil eyeliner for the bottom lash line!

Here's a better pic, probably you can see the purple tinge more.

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Anyway, here comes the cute doggy pics! I wore the above look to a relative's place who had Bubbles, the cute tiny short-haired Chi Hua Hua!!!

Ha ha, she kept going round and round in a tizzy fit whenever I stepped into the kitchen, so it was really difficult to snap a cleat shot of her! I had to sit down and wait for a few minutes before she calmed down.

After which, she came snuggling up to me~

(aww.. bulbous eyes, how cute!)

And the epitome of the fondness we had for each other.

I pushed her away cos I didn't want her consuming all my BB cream and loose powder, but she seems to have taken a liking to the taste of cosmetics?

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Ha ha, last but not least, the nail colours I was sporting for that CNY week:

ORLY's "Space Cadet" on my fingers, and a bronzey-olive nail polish from Skin Food on my toes.

I love it when "Space Cadet" changes its colour to kinda match my toe nails. It's quite amusing, though it makes me look retarded (kept staring at my nails).

I'm trying my best to keep the posts coming despite my heavy school workload, but thanks for popping by and viewing this entry!

My family and I always make it a point to holiday in Malaysia twice annually, to take a breather from SG and to selfishly satisfy my never-ending shopping cravings. So last week, we went on a 4 day-3 night shopping trip in KL and Sunway Pyramid!

Actually, I wasn't aiming on buying much cosmetics cos (and I'm really happy to announce this) I'm satisfied with all my makeup I have. I'm planning to seriously use some up before buying more. For now. I don't know how long my satisfaction with my stash will last though. The last "lust product" for me now is only the Urban Decay Naked palette (which I pathetically haven't gotten Q__Q )

But my primary goal for this trip was to get a full manicure and pedicure done! After attending the basic nail course in the nail school, I've always done my own mani's and pedi's but this time, I really wanted to be pampered. Hence, I scoured around Times Square Berjaya and found this nail parlor with very attractive rates! I got a full mani and pedi for just RM$66 (S$28) with 2 free nail art thrown in.

For the first time, I'm proudly showing you guys my troll feet!

[In sunlight]

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[In indoor lighting]

The poor manicurist had to scrub and file at my feet for ages in order to get rid of all the cuticles and dead skin, but she did a fantastic job and for the first time in a long while, I had nice smooth feet~

This beautiful purple-blue duochrome polish is by Creative Nail Design (CND) but I didn't get the specific name. I absolutely love the strong blue shimmer that flashes when the light hits my nails, and the polish was very shiny even without top coat.

Here's a more accurate picture of the purple colour.

And my manicure, using my cat Mocha as a contrasting backdrop. And again, I forgot to get the name of the polish but it's something by China Glaze. Looks like the polish "Stellar" though, after much googling.

Gahh, how I love the gold glitter reflex in this polish. Even in low light, it shines so beautifully.

And here are the two free nail art I got (pretty white flowers)~

Definitely worth the RM$66 I'd say. I'm going back for another round the next time I go KL. :)

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My rojak haul.

And though I didn't go berserk on cosmetics, I lost it when it came to nail polish! When it's so friggin' cheap, how can you not haul?! (self-imposed nail polish ban for the year)

I love Etude House's glitter polish but they're kinda pricey in SG, so I always make it a point to stock up when I'm in M'sia. The pink and gold glitter polishes were RM$8.33 (S$3.53) after 30% off the retail price while the blue and peach duochrome-y polishes were RM$5.95 (S$2.53) after 50% off.

These two were RM$4.83 (S$2.05) each after 30% off.

Skinfood polishes are another korean polish brand that I love, especially for their neutral, earth-toned colours. Just don't get the carcinogenic ones. =x This two were RM$8.80 (S$3.73) each without any discount. Still cheap though, compared to SG's prices.

And another thing to haul in M'sia.. what else?? Ha ha, of course Daiso cosmetics!! Good to play with, really cheap prices and not available in SG.

I've always been quite impressed with the quality of Daiso e/s. This kind of pigmentation is awesome at only RM$5 (S$2.12) per palette.

Swatches of the colourful 9 shadow palette (one which my mom helped herself to).

The first 2 blue e/s here are swatches of the green pigment "Shiny Powder" (lol); the most left was swatched wet while the one next to it dry.

Swatches of the purple and blue quads.

Note that all swatches were done without a primer/base, so these are their true pigmentation.

Jewelry that I bought, 3 rings and 2 bracelets for RM$30 (S$12.72) only! They had some crazy discount thing going on.

And the 2 products I aimed to buy for this trip, my eye cream and eye drops.

Ha ha, what a lengthy post! *yawn* In a nutshell, when you go shopping in Malaysia, please do not hold back. Technically, you're saving loads!

Anyway, thanks for looking even though it was sooo draggy, cheers everyone!

Sharp-eyed Regina (Littlefrozengirl) noticed my nails in my Gyaru post before I could even post up this entry, ha ha! So yeah, it's a little belated, but here's the NOTD that I've been rocking out for the past week. :)

Featuring OPI's "The Show Must Go On" and Skin Food's Nail Vita (some olive-gold polish). A very hot mess of flaming, rich colours!

This is another "Gradient Nail" attempt, that didn't really look that gradiented... but I really like the colour combi!

Especially when it's like this:

When the orange duochrome of "The Show Must Go On" appears, it melds so well with the other olive-gold half.

And the nonsensical mess of colours that I am now~ :)

Who cares if my toes and fingers are clashing? I'm loving all of it!! Thanks for looking, cheers!