HEY BABES!

I'm finally back from my trip. I had a great time in Korea but honestly, I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SHOPPING TIME.

But back to the main point of this post, my 100 Followers Giveaway has ended and I was so suprised by how many entries there were. I really have to thank all of you girls for participating!

I have already sellected 2 winners, one local and one international, and they are LULU AND CHERYL! I've already contact the both of you so do reply within 48hrs!

For those of you who didn't win, fret not. There'll be more giveaways to come in the future! (:

I haven't been really successful on my low-buy but hey, at least it's a marked improvement from a lot of my other hauls!

Got these Kleancolors from a tiny spree that Lynn, Candy and I did! (L-R) Chunky Holo Black, Chunky Holo Bluebell, Chunky Holo Purple, Chunky Holo Fuschia and Holo Chrome.

L-R: Milani Hi-Tech, HD, Hi-Res, Silver Dazzle and Gem

I'm pretty much in love with the first three holos! They're not your typical strong linear holos but under the sun, they do spread some holo cheer!

Got Cult Nails Living Water and Iconic because I wanted to utilise my 10% discount from Meimiesignatures and I got Revlon Chic because I heard it's a good dupe for MAC Blue India. I'm gonna tell you upfront, it's not a dupe for Blue India. I'll do up a comparison post soon to let you see how they compare.

Moving on to some cheaper polishes - Daiso polishes, a Golden Rose bar glitter and lastly Nubar White and Black Polka Dot!

And now, for the best part of the haul, FLAKIES! I got all these flakies from Cheeying! She's now affectionately know as Evillee, my evil polish cousin! :D I LOVE YOU EVILLEE!

YAY! Done with April's Haul! I'm sorry if March and April's Haul are less detailed. I'm rushing these posts out as fast as I can because I have yet to finish packing for my trip (by the time you read this I'll be in Korea!!!) and I still have a few other stuff on my mind so my concentration is really scattered for the timebeing. So sorry but if you need more info about anything, just drop me a comment and I'll try to get back to you when I come back from my trip! (:

And btw, if you haven't already entered my giveaway, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! It's open internationally and it closes in two days so go enter it now!!!!!

I haven't exactly been a really good girl.

I know that.

But somehow, this addiction is not an easy one to kick, especially with so many enablers around.

So with that, I present to you March's Haul:

I'm absolutely in love with the entire Layla Hologram collection. Worth. Every. Single. Cent. Even though they're a bit sheer and require up to 3 coats to build up opacity, they are magnificantly holographic. They are sublime.

Where to buy: http://www.aveyou.com/

Here are the OPIs I picked up from the Holland and NYC Ballet collections. I got Red Lights Ahead...Where?, Roll In The Hague, I Have A Herring Problem, Pirouette My Whistle, Don't Touch My Tutu, My Pointe Exactly and Care to Danse. In case you're wondering, I bought all these OPIs from DYON International. They're always at *scape during the weekends so you can satisfy your OPI and China Glaze lemmings there!

Bought the first two because I wanted some bright colours and a proper orange, and how could I possibly resist the beauty that is I Have A Herring Problem?

As for the Ballet collection, I was so tempted to just grab the entire collection since I know I'd be using all the neutral shades once I start work this August, but with some help from my awesome polish buddies (HEY GIRLS!), they managed to convince me to only get 4 shades and save my wallet!

Moving to to theese gorgeous Ozotics that I purchased from Susan...these babies are to die for. The colour shift on these four bottles are CRAZY. Just take my work for it and order them. You will not regret it!

I'm so happy I finally got NOPI Khloe Has A Little Lam Lam! I must admit, Khloe is my favourite Kardashian. She's so inyerface and she's just one of those people you either love or hate and I LOVE her. I also got Rainbow in the Sky-lie cuz it's a pretty good dupe for Rainbow Connection and I figured it'd be good to have a "backup" just in case! The two NOPIs were purchased at Watsons.

I also got Stone Cold and Smoke and Ashes from the China Glaze Capitol collection, which were reviewed here. They're really pretty and I bought them from DYON when they were in NTU for a flea!!!!

And last buy not least, I bought OPI DS Diamond during Nailvibe's sale so I got a pretty good deal for it. As for Revlon's Whimsical, Gwen managed to work her magic and helped me to get a bottle. THANK YOU GWEN, IF YOU'RE READING THIS! And I think I saved the best for last, with Max Factor's Fantasy Fire! My friend managed to help me grab a bottle and I will be eternally grateful to her!

So yeah, that's it for March's Haul. I think I did pretty well in March! I didn't take too long typing out all the info so I think the haul was pretty contained! :D

Like the title implies, my exams are finally over! I took my last paper as an undergraduate yesterday and now I'm freeeeeeeeee! On one hand, I'm really happy to be graduating and moving on but on the other, the working world scares me and knowing that I'll have to work for the rest of my life is a little daunting.

But hey, I'll be enjoying my three and a half months of vacation because I start working and I intend to squeeze as much fun out of the next few months as possible. I'll be embarking on my grad trip later this week and it'll be the first time I'll be travelling with friends to a far away land. I've only been to Malaysia so far with friends but this time, we'll be going to KOREA, the land of cheap nail polishes! I'm pretty exciting about this!!!

As you may know, my giveaway is still open so if you haven't taken part already, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! The giveaway is open INTERNATIONALLY so everyone is welcomed to participate!

Over the next few days, I'm gonna try to draft a couple of blog posts to be posted throughout the next week or so, so this page won't get dusty. I know there's a MAC Blue India comparison coming up. This one is a new one because I just bought myself Revlon Chic a couple of weeks back when Watsons was having a massive promo!

Here's a sneak peek! (:

I've also launched a new collection on Posh Polish with two amazingly holo + multichrome rings!

The holographic effect wll entertain you in sunlight while the duochrome will mesmerize you indoors!

I've also added a couple new designs to existing collections like

This is Amazing Asteroid from Collection #7.

These two were added to Collection #8 - gorgeous multicoloured glitters!

I'm not sure what else to blog about but I do realised I haven't done up March's and April's Hauls yet and I'm kinda afraid to be posting pictures of those hauls because I haven't exactly been a good girl lately.

I'll probably work on some swatches too! We'll see! (:

But main point is that MY EXAMS ARE OVERRRRRRR!

My exams are approaching again (oh, how quickly this semester flew by!) and I don't foresee myself updating this space very often during my exam period so I'll be taking a hiatus until May, when I come back from my grad trip!

BUT, stay stuned for a giveaway that will be coming out this Friday! I finally hit 100 followers (onsugar + fb) and I decided to hold a small giveaway! It will be open for a month so you will have ample time to take part! (:

Till May! <3

Hey everyone!

Since GFC decided to be a bitch and discontinued its service for all non-blogger blogs, I created a Facebook page so people without onsugar accounts can still follow me on my polish adventures! I'll try to update that page more often than this one with news on new polish collections, lemmings, and hauls. (:

See you awesome people there!

Hi everyone! Today, I've got a Girly Bits review for you!

I've always been really excited to try polish created by my fellow polish addicts. I remember when Pam first showed her new creations on her blog, I was thinking "Man, I really need to get my polished claws on those gorgeous polish, so when Mei Mei asked if I wanted to do a review for a Girly Bits polish, I jumped at the opportunity!

So, presenting... PURPLE POTION!

Here are some bottle shots first...

So this is how the 15ml bottle looks like. I particularly like the little diamante that has been (very securely) glued onto the bottle. Make it looks so much more precious.

Here, you can see that the fine holographic glitter particles flash green, red, purple and gold.

A blurred out shot really brings out the colours of the glitter!

On the nails...

I thought it's be good to show you how Purple Potions builds up so here, I'm wearing one coat on my index and middle fingers, and two coats on my ring finger and pinkie. The glitter actually spreads really nice and evenly so there's no need to "dot" the polish on cuz there wasn't any sparse area.

I'm wearing two coats on all my nails, in the above 3 pictures. As you can see, the polish does build up nicely and I think it's because the glitters aren't swimming in a clear base but rather a purple jelly base so it  gives colour to the polish and helps with the build up as well.

Another blurred up shot. I really like looking at blurry shots of glittery polishes because you can really see how bling the polish is!

You can wear it with two coats but I wanted maximum bling so I decided to go for another coat.

Finally, with three coats, the polish is now totally opaque and extremely bling bling!

Love the bokeh effect of the glitter! Totally reminds me of those Christmas tree lights bokeh shots!

And of course, I couldn't just finish the review with any old plain swatch. I wanted to see how a matte polish would bring out the colours of the glitter. I'm wearing my Essie Matte About You top coat on my index and ring fingers, and I painted SV on my middle finger and pinkie, to show you the different ways you can wear Purple Potion!

I love love love how Purple Potion looks mattified. Because it isn't a flat colour, the matte version looks so smooth and yet, so complex!

Application wise, Purple Potion is without a doubt, one of the smoothest glitter polishes I have ever tried. It glides onto the nails and the glitter spreads out really evenly. But the best thing has got to be that it dries sooooo smooth to the touch and so glossy. There was honestly no need for SV!

Seriously, you girls have got to grab a bottle for yourselves to try out this amazing polish. Mei Mei's Signatures is selling Girly Bits polishes from only $18.50 a bottle so click away and get a bottle for yourself before they all sell out!

Hope this review has been useful! (:

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Mei Mei's Signature.This product was sent to me for my honest opinions.

I'm so glad I only caved for 2 of the colours from China Glaze's Color from the Capitol collection!

I really wanted Stone Cold because I only own one other matte polish (which you will see later) and Smoke and Ashes looked so intriguing and mysterious.

All the pictures were taken in natural sunlight. The order of polish on my digits is:

Index - Stone Cold + top coat
Middle - Smoke and Ashes
Ring - Stone Cold
Pinkie - Smoke and Ashes + matte top coat

I love how mattifying Smoke and Ashes brought out the subtle green flakes and how putting a top coat on top of Stone Cold changed its look entirely! Two polishes, four different looks!

And now for the other matte polish I have...

Here on my thumb, I have ManGlaze Matte is Murder and on my ring finger, I have Stone Cold. You can see how the tiny particles in Matte is Murder is so much smaller than those in Stone Cold.

Now with a top coat on, you can see how the particles in Matte is Murder becomes pink and aqua whereas the particles in Stone Cold are still silvery. Colour wise they're almost the same but finish wise, they're pretty different!

So what colours did you pick up from the Colors from the Capitol collection? (:

Okay, before I start, I need to justify myself. If it weren't for BeautyAsia, Feb's Haul wouldn't look THIS bad.

I bought so many polishes that I had to grab them from my Helmer and put them into a plastic bag to transport them to my desk for their mugshots.

On the left is my BA haul and on the right is my "regular" haul. I told you my haul wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for BA!

This is my non-BA haul. They're mostly pretty cheap to boot so I don't feel as guilty!

Top row: Two bottles of Essence Nail Art Espress Dry Drops, Essence Hard to Resist, In Style, two bottles of Time for Romance,  a back up of Lime Up!, On Your Gracile Tiptoe and Essie Gold As It Gets

Bottm Row: Three crackle polishes I found at Aries ($4.20 each only!!!!), Tony Moly Milky Way (which is extremely close to Lippmann Glitter in the Air), OPI DS Original (courtesy of Gwen, who sold me her backup bottle), and Sally Hansen Harderning and Resistance Continuous Treatments (they were going for Buy One Get One Free!!)

Opinions:

I love the Essence drip dry drops. Fromt he reviews I read, it's pretty comparable to OPI's and it's only a fraction of its cost ($4.20)! It does leave a slightly oily feeling after it's dry but I like it because I just treat it as a cuticle oila nd rub it into my cuticle area.

I haven't tried On Your Gracile Tiptoes yet but I've been looking for the perfect coral and I haven't found one yet so hopefully this will be it. I like my corals more orange than pink and this one is slightly dusty and not too orange that it's just orange.

The crackle polishes come in a huge variety of colours and I just picked the ones that I found more interesting, like green, teal and slate blue! They're pretty okay and they do crack so I have no quelms!

The Tony Moly GITA dupe was purchased for me by a friend who went to Korea (shoutout to Annette if you're reading this!) and sadly, I haven't seen it in the Singapore stores yet.The glitter in the tony Moly polish is slightly bigger than the ones in GITA and it's also bluer but unless you paint them side by side, you won't know the difference so it's a good enough dupe for me!

I've been using both the Sally Hansen treatments on my toes. The hardening one for my second to forth toe nails because they always tear and I suspect it's because they're too thin, and the Resistance one for my first (big) and last toe nails because they're already hard so I just want they to be stronger and not crack as easily. My big toe nail was peeling very badly and I've tried a number of treatments (other Sally Hansen treatments and NailTek) which didn't work but after about a month's use of Resistance, it's peeling less! I've also noticed my other toe nails becoming thicker so I'm liking these two SH treatments!

BA Haul, picture one.

Top Row: Zoya Flecks, Skylar, Bevin, Yara, Neeka and Cynthia

Bottm Row: ChG Tronicas; Cyberspace, Digital Dawn, Electric Magenta, High Def and Techno Teal

Opinions: I grabed the Zoyas since they were only going for $7. I actaully regret not getting more! As for the Tronicas, I love them! They're so much more holo than all the swatches I've seen online!!! My only quelm is that Lynn bought a bottle of Digital Dawn on the first day and I got mine on the second, from the same shop, and hers is SIGNIFICANTLY VERY MUCH MORE HOLO than mine. Mine is pathetically scattered while hers is linear! D:

BA Haul, picture two.

Top Row: Nfu Oh #62, Orly Rage and Night Owl and China Glaze White on White

Bottom Row: Misa Indian Tan, China Glaze Ruby Pumps, Lubu Heels, Orly Out of This World, Haley's Comet, Misa Green with Envy and DL Glitter in the Air

Opinions: I LOVE THE NFU OH. HOLO TO THE MAX! It chips very easily though so I recommend using the Aqua Base Coat and SV on top. SV will dull the holoness but only minimally and it's worth losing a tiny bit of holoness for longer wear IMO. Don't really have anything much to say about the rest of the polishes.

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Okay, so overall, it's a large haul but I knew I was gonna do some major damage during BeautyAsia so I'm not all that disappointed with myself! March's Haul is set to be quite expensive even though it won't be as much polish. I caved and just ordered the entire Layla Hologram collection because holographic polishes seem to be my archilles heel, my kryptonite, my extreme weakness if you will. And I also purchased OPI DS Diamond during Nailvibe's recent discount special. Not to mention I finally managed to go down to DYON to get the OPI Holland and I want some Essie Sping colours too! As for ChG Hunger Games, I only want Smoke and Ashes and Stone Cold but I haven't had the time to grab them yet. Damn, March's haul will be an epic one too! :(

I bought Smooth Sailing a long time ago, after helping my polish sister S, collect her bottle and I fell in love with how lush the colour was. Coupled with the subtle tiny pink and purple glass flecks which totally compliments the dusty periwinkle shade, looking at Smooth Sailing always puts me in a very relaxed state.

Yes, a very relaxed state is critical, especially when I'l trying to understand what the hell my textbook is saying.

Smooth Sailing is very reminiscent of the two new blues from OPI's Holland collection, in terms of the dustiness and the glass flecks, so credits to Essie for being the first of the major brands to come up with such a colour! (: