It's been a while

I know that hardly anyone read this to begin with, but I did want to make a quick update and share some things.

I had a bad last semester (January-April 2013). Many personal things were going on, school ended up going less than acceptable, and I am now no longer attending the same college. I quit before finishing my degree (which would take another two or more years) and I am no longer invested or interested in what I was in school for. I have applied other places, and I'm moving, and that's a lot to swallow. I still have a huge interest in beauty blogging, and I am going to try again to do a better job of it.

I want to still make this a beauty-related post, and so I will quickly ramble about a couple of things I've been utterly in love with as of late!

When I saw the new Avon Cosmic nail polishes, I overlooked them. They didn't seem to look like holos when I saw them in the catalogue. But then I saw some swatches pop up online and nearly bought every colour. I still want Saturn and Super Nova (orange and a pinkish red, respectively). I have the next two days off work (I work with food and cannot wear polishes), so I slapped Radiant on as soon as I was home tonight!

 I super recommend you try them out. I have no idea how they remove yet (sparkles may be a bit stubborn, so be prepared).

Next up is my all-in-one, uber-versatile beauty product.. are you ready... ?

COCONUT OIL!

I originally bought it for my hair, I coat my head with it before I colour at home and also as a mask sometimes. Then I started putting it on my legs after I shower. And it makes your lips really smooth. And it's an amazing moisturizer and base for foundation. You can Google all its beauty uses.. it's seriously my new favourite thing. This jar was $7 at Bulk Barn.

Last of all, I finally invested in a beauty bloggers' old favourite: Naked II. I had a gift card for Sephora from Christmas I still hadn't used, so I got this and their Full Action mascara, which is my favourite of all time. 

I know you've all seen and heard about the Naked palettes, so I'll just leave a couple of my own pictures up and then I'm all done! I mean, this is my small update, and I hope to have more to say and share soon. 

 

sweet shopping

I placed on order on cherryculture a couple of weeks back because my NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Stockholm broke! I was checking my mail and I pulled my keys out of my bag, but the tube was stuck in my keyring and I dropped it. The tube broke right where the cap screws on.. it was too messy to try and salvage and it's my all-time favourite "my lips but better" colour for all occasions, so I needed a new one! I decided to grab a couple of other small things just so I wasn't spending $12 on shipping for one tube of lipstick.. gotta make it worth it. ;-)

♡ China Glaze - For Audrey

♡ NYX - Tokyo Express & Pastel Pistachio

♡ NYX Lipstick - Femme 

♡ NYX Eye pencil - Yogurt 

My other shopping escapades lately include this bag ($50) in coral, these boots ($89), and a super comfy thrifted sweater ($3). The bag was a huge disappointment to me. I am still trying to decide whether or not I like it. I bought it from Uban Outfitters, something I don't have where I live. I was 100% in love with the bag and read tons of reviews before going through with the purchase because the shipping was $40 on top of the $50 the bag costs online - that's pretty expensive for me. They had a bright pink one that was listed as availiable/in stock until I got to the very end of checking out, when UO decided to tell me that it actually wasn't available. At all. I was devastated and wasn't sure I still wanted the bag (I was so set on the pink one), but the coral one looked nice so I still went through with it. The picture online looked light pink, but that colour is not accurate in the slightest. The bag I got is bordering on neon orange. It's really hard to photograph the colour, so I understand the mistake in looking at photos. Everyone tells me they love it, but I can't get over the fact that it's nothing like I expected. Plus the zipper is really shoddy. It gets stuck and the teeth will look bent, even though they can move back to place if you touch them. I just always feel like I'm going to break it so easily! The boots were a complete inpulse buy. I wasn't even shopping for anything in particular, just walked into Soft Moc and grabbed them. I'm very happy with them. I've been buying Minnetonka stuff for years, my moccasins always hold up super well. They're comfortable and I think they look good with everything. And.. baggy mansweaters are my weakness. I love Value Village so much.

Do you like my bag? Be honest. Sometimes I'm still sad when I look at it.

Just Bitten, Brites

Here is the perfect lesson as to why we should all do our research about products before we buy them. There are reasons why we blog about beauty, am I right? 

I bought a Revlon Just Bitten stain/blam. And guess what? I loathe it. 

(sidenote, look at my freehand white tips! I'm awesome). 

I had a hard time picking out a colour. I wasn't sure how accurate the packaging colours were and I wanted to pick something that was different than what I usually buy (straight up pinks and bright reds). I ended up with Victorian. Okay, now here's the part where I tell you about how dumb I can be. I didn't know the "balm" portion of this product was a separate thing. I assumed, for some reason, that the balm was some part of the formula that came out of the stain end, and I thought the white end was a twisty thing to bring product up to the end. You know the lip glosses and such I'm talking about, right? I thought maybe the pen tip was "dry" until you twisted up the balm/stain liquid, so I just pulled off the cap and GRABBED and TWISTED the piece of what I now know was lip balm. I mashed it right up and pulled it right off when I did this. I wrecked the product before I even got to use it properly. I really won't blame this on the product and hold it against it, because that's user error. I have no idea what I was thinking. 

I really do like the colour of this. I think the whole colour selection of these are actually pretty good. I've never used a stain before. I've heard things where they stain TOO well and you can't get them off, or they simply don't do anything. I love Revlon with all my heart and I want to like this, but this is what it looks like: as though I was literally just biting my lips.

It's patchy and streaky and doesn't last long AT ALL. Maybe ten minutes. Maybe I picked a bad colour, maybe it's too close to my natural lip colour. I don't know. I am going to wait and look out for Revlon's version of the chubby sticks. I've heard way more good things about them. 

I did buy something I am happy about, luckily. 

I have been looking for neon nail polish for months. I have a really hard time finding popular brands like OPI and Orly and Sinful Colors and Color Club where I live. Even some Wet N' Wild products I see blogged about never see the light of day in my local Walmart supercentre. I was really happy to walk into Winners today and find this package of LA Girl Brites polishes. The pink is a true neon pink in real life, but it was harder to photograph. The white one glows under black light! There are neon purple, blue, and orange available, as well. I would love an orange eventually.

Tell me about your favourite neon polishes this season!