ASOS haul, NOTD

Illamasqua Force from the ASOS sale haul.  I. Love. This. Colour.  I can't even describe what colour it is.  It's not teal, it's not turquoise... it's not a true blue...  It's sort of dusty greyish bluish tealish periwinkle.

I have never seen another colour like that.

Broke off THREE more nails.   I think it must be something to do with the cooler/drier weather.  Blargh.  Now I have nubbins :(

I ordered some of the Jordana nail treatment stuff from the CherryCulture sale (20% off for hallowe'en) so maybe it'll help my poor nails with a strengthener. 
I wanted to take a picture of the ASOS haul, but didn't want Ø to see it all together.. so I slammed it into the helmer PDQ. :D

Went a bit berserk

In addition to the ASOS order (which should have already been her, nammit), I went a bit crazy and have ordered the following:

1)Barry M:

ORDER DETAILS
 
Qty  Description    Code    Unit Price    Total Price
 
1    Nail Paints - Dusky Mauve    np313 

1    Nail Paints - Indigo    np312 

1    Nail Paints - Mushroom    np310
1    Nail Paints - Racing Green    np299 
1    Nail Paints - Green Glitter    np298
1    Nail Paints - Navy    np292 

1    Nail Paints - Emerald Green    np284 

1    Nail Paints - Hologram Hexographs    np244 

1    Nail Paints - Once Upon a Time    np210 

1    Nail Paints - Vivid Purple    np161

2)Beauty Clutch:

OPI Designer Series Desire DS020
(holographic)
Poshe Super Fast Drying Size = 6 oz. refill Top Coat
Creative Nail Design size = .08 oz. mini $2.99
Solar Oil

3)Blog sale (M. in Canada)

Amoresse Cool in the Pool 3.00
Amoresse up til dawn 3.00
Barielle Date night  4.00
Barielle Sweet Addiction (teal) 4.00
black radiance blue nile 0,50
borghese fiesta cerise 5.00
Bourjois bleu Violet 5.00
BYS Fatal Attraction 1.00
BYS Flash Dance 1.00
BYS In Da Club 1.00
BYS Neon Nights 1.00
China Glaze Bahamian escape 3.00
CG Bermuda Breakaway 3.00
CG Blue Sparrow 3.00
CG Bohemian Rhapsody 3.00
CG Drama Queen 3.00
CG Entourage 3.00
CG Frostbite 3.00
CG Grape Juice 3.00
CG Grape Pop 3.00
CG Heart of Africa 3.00
CG Lasso my heart 3.00
CG Outta bounds (green shimmer) 3.00
CG Paper chasing (lt green shim) 3.00
CG passion in the pacific (lt teal shim) 3.00
CG Sexy in the city 3.00
CG Shooting Stars 3.00
CG Sky high top 3.00
CG Wagon trail (swampy greeny brown) 3.00
Claire's Jazz mini (dark teal) 1.50 
Color Club after hours 2.25
CC Black-ish 2.25
CC Chelsea Girl 2.25
CC Diva Driver 2.25
CC Emerald Depths 2.25
CC Naughtycal navy 2.25
CC Power Play (purple) 2.25 
CC Snow Queen (vampy burg) 2.25
CC Tru Passion (purp. glit.) 2.00
CC What a shock (lime) 2.25
CC Wild Child (neon teal) 2.25
CC youthquake (alizarine) 2.25
Creative Hot pop blue 3.00
Creative Hyde in the dark 5.00
essie berry hard 2.00
Essie Mint candy apple (light mint cream) 3.50
Essie The cove copper (copper) 3.50
Finger paints add & abstract (blue) 3.50
FP Artistic Azure (az) 4.00
FP Be a pal-ette (grape shim) 4.00
Icing Blue goose 2.50
Icing Granite shimmer 2.50
Jade daring temptation (grn shim) 2.00
Jade Invisible attachment (mint shim) 2.00
Kleancolor blue satin glitter 1.00
Klean. Neon Sapphire (bl. jelly) 1.00
Konad sp.pol. Dark Orange 4.00
Konad Sp. Pol. Metallic pink 4.00
Konad sp. pol. yellow 4.00
LA Colors Blue treasure 2.00
LA Col Purple Ice 2.00
LA colors Color Craze Nuclear Energy 2.00
LA Colors Color Craze Static Electricity (teal cream) 2.00
Massini ballroom blue 2.00
Massini infusion 2.00
Milani brilliant in blue 3.50
Milani dude blue (neon) 3.50
Milani Flamboyant in green 3.50
mil purple passion 2.00
mil radiant in purple 3.50
mil shimmering purple 3.50
mil sparkling blue 3.50
misa dirty sexy money 2.75
misa i will survive (black) 2.75
misa passion 4 fashion (choc brown) 2.75
nails inc ascot(greenshim) 9.00
NI Halkin Street (deep purpleblue) 9.00
NI Portman place (purple) 9.00
NFU Oh 273 (teal!) 9.00
NFU Oh 53 (blue flake) 9.00
NK midnight blue 0.75
nubar forest 5.00
nubar toga purple 5.00
NYS hot purple 1.50
NYX las vegas (green) 2.00
NYX Secret 2.00
NYX wild (greyblue) 2.00
NYX Girls Purple dream 2.00
OPI Boris & natasha 4.00
OPI Call my cell-ery 4.00
OPI can't you sea 4.00
OPI It's a doozi says suzi 4.00
OPI Just groovy (blue cr) 4.00
OPI Light my sapphire 4.00
OPI Pompeii purple 4.00
Orly Blue Collar 2,50
Orly Calypso Breeze (denim cr) 3.00
Orly Charged up (purp. cr) 3.00
Orly Enchanted forest (forest cr) 3.00
orly purple crush 2.50
orly reel him in(purp shim) 2.50
petites black amethyst 1.00
precision party like a rockstar (blueblack sh) 4.00
precision the after after party (purpleblack) 4.00
Quirius carribean turquoise 1.50
Quirius cruiser 1.50
Quirius Love is Blue 1.50
Rimmel Denim Dreams 2.00
Rimmel Green with Envy 2.00
Ruby Kisses Caribbean 1.50
Ruby Kisses neon green 1.00
Sally Girl so disco 0.50
Sally Hansen Blue me away 1.50
Sally hansen xtreme dark royal blue 1.50
SH Xtreme Down pour blue 1.50
SH Xtreme Emerald City 1.50
SH Xtreme green with envy 1.50
SH Xtreme midnight navy 1.50
SH Xtreme purple potion 1.50
SC Midnight Blue 1.50
SC San Francisco 1.50
SC Show me the way 1.50

SC What's your name 1.50
SpaRitual Death by Chocolate 7.00
Sparitual mood (charcoal) 7.00
Sparitual Spice of life 7.00
sparitual surreal (blueblack) 7.00
zoya dovima matte 4.00
zoya indigo 4.00
zoya raven mini 1.00
zoya suvi 4.00

 I have got to get on top of this obsession.

...someday.

NYX Titanic

Beautiful formula, brush is 3/5...  I love the colour.  Looks a little black-ish in low light...but with the overhead on it's electric true blue.  5/5

The water's been off since yesterday morning and I have to go to the toilet.  VERY unpleasant.  I wish they'd get themselves sorted out and find the leak and fix our water. ARGH.

Been reading some Ed McBain.  He's another one like John D. McDonald and Dick Francis, I resisted reading for a long time for no discernible reason.  I am really enjoying his books.. maybe just a little bit hard boiled for my taste... but a fun read.

OH, and we did actually go to H&M for the nail polish on sale.  It was off sale the day before OF COURSE.  /sigh.  So I came home and ordered a bunch of stuff online. Muahahah.

chipped manis

I noticed my 7 layer salad of a manicure got immediate chipping problems.  At least 5 major chips in the first day. Blech. 

I am planning to go to H&M at Lagunen tonight and pick up a few of the sale IsaDora colours. The water is turned off today, so I'm hoping I can talk Ø into taking us out to dinner.   I am going to try to find that DARK blue creme and a couple others.. Love IsaDora brushes. Wish the bottles were bigger.

Finally FINALLY got M in Canada paid for the blog sale nail polish.. yeesh how embarassing to have to wait til I got money to pay her. :(

Still waiting on the package from Amp.  She sent it signed delivery, so who knows what they've done with it >< 

Sent off a very angry letter to NAV about the mean guy.  I just felt so intimidated and kicked down.  He was so disgusted and disapproving. 

Finished The Keys To The Street by Ruth Rendell yesterday...  I love her writing... precise, accessible, smooth, never yanks you out of the story.  Just perfect.

NotD

After yesterday's HORRIBLE NAV interview (hateful, mean spirited, rude and unhelpful man!) I needed a new manicure.  It's just about become a form of meditation for me really.  I don't know that the new manicure helped all that much honestly, but at least it took my mind off the issues for a little while.

It's all about layers with this new manicure. 2 base coats, 3 coats of SC Kismet Elated (a really funky brown/berry/pinkish duochrome) which is ultra sheer, 2 coats of SC Pink Ocean (holo flakies ahoy!)... something was still missing.  So I've topped it with a coat of SC Aruba Rhythm (grey pink duochrome) and a final topcoat of SC Agaci.

Mostly it looks like a mess...though the application was fine.  I just wish the colours looked more like they do in the bottle.  Then I wouldn't keep thinking 'eh, not right...I'll layer a coat of _____ on top'.  Meh.

broken nails

Slammed the bathroom door, broke off pointer & middle finger on my right hand.  They feel sooo weird.  Pointer finger was split from earlier (at the hospital) WAY back into the quick, so I expected it to go, just not so soon again. 

*sigh*

I have on Orly It's Not Rocket Science atm. Just a plain jane mani til my fingers are done being freakish.

NotD, ASOS haul

2 Lovely coats of IsaDora Wonder nail #178 Mulberry Wine.  I hate the price on these little (6ml) polishes, about $13 each! (gasp) But... I have to admit the colour, pigmentation, brush, application, wearability and everything are top class.  Utterly fab.  This is a deep plummy mulberry shimmer.  Very pretty.

I also have some goodies coming from the ASOS sale.  (It's so darned dumb that they don't ship to Norway, or the USA, or Ireland.. or basically anywhere but England).  Meh.

Here's a pic. Amp is sending them on.  I love the little bows on the Ciate lacquers!

I don't think i've ever used any Ciate lacquers... this will also be my first Illamasqua lacquers.  :) Yay.  I'm also ordering a huge haul from a lovely person in Canada.  She has some fantastic deals on her de-stash sale.  Anyhow.. just waiting for the money to go into my acc't so I can 'ransom' my lovelies! :D

NotD

1 coat Depend 191 a nice grass green shimmer.  1 coat LA Girl Sapphire, a sapphire blue shimmer.  1 coat Savvy Glass Slipper (ice blue glass holo topcoat)... and a couple little stickers from the panduro haul.

Looks nice, if boring.

New nails

Vita apotek was having a sale on IsaDora wonder nail stuff.  Regularly 79nok, down to 59 nok.  Understand that these are 6ml (.2oz) bottles, so they're small! About the same size as OPI mini bottles.  Anyhow, that's pretty expensive, even on sale.  However.. my lord, the BRUSH, the APPLICATION, the POLISH.  It's fab.  It's fabtastic with awesome sauce on top.  The brush is -wide- and flat.  The polish is creamy as pure butter.. it glides on and goes precisely where you 'tell' it to go.

I bought the Matte TopCoat, and brand new 706 'In the Army' a dark army green khaki.  It's gorgeous.  I can't stop looking at my nails.  It's truly opaque in ONE coat.  I might add another one just for giggles, but it's not necessary.

I definitely want to go back and get a few more including the deep denim blue and the hunter green jelly.  Amazing.  Just pure love.

NotD

Base is 3 coats (THIIIIN!) L.A.Colors 'Explosive'.  These are 4 bottle sets from L.A.Colors and I bought mine at Cherry Culture for $3.60 USD for the set.  The polishes themselves aren't named, but the Explosive set has a kelly green, hot pink, orange and purple colour in the 4 bottle set.  The volumes aren't listed anywhere (bad!) but I am going to make an educated guess and say 10ml per bottle.  I'm going to use them for frankening probably, but I do like the green, I just wish it weren't so transparent.  3 coats and I still have very VNL.  Application was ok and the brushes were surprisingly good for 'cheap' polish.

I faux-nad'ed the allover leaf pattern from BM19 in white and  put a couple little fimo butterflies on ring and thumbnails. Topped it up with a couple coats of LA Rock Star 'Crowd Surfing' and I'm pretty pleased.  

Still waiting for Amp to send the Asos sale haul (not her fault, the packages haven't all arrived to her yet)... it's the dumbest thing -ever- that they will ship to Wallis Island and Annuncion and lord knows where else in the middle of the Pacific, but NOT to most of Europe or the USA (grr).  So I had to ask a favour and get it sent to Amp's house in the UK and she'll send it on to me here.  NOT fun, Asos!  I'm talkin' to you!  The prices were fab though... Bought several Illamasqua polishes on sale and really looking forward to trying them out! Wheee!

Ø's offshore, so I'm hanging out playing WoW, watching my nails dry and waiting for the DHL guy to get here to deliver E's disco laser (really!). Party on, dudes.

NotD

2 Coats of Models Own Purple Grey (Chanel Paradoxal dupe).  I just love this colour, and I don't normally go gaga for cremes.  I put little blue/green holo flower cutouts (from the ebay glitter/sequin haul) on each finger and 2 on the thumbs.  Plain topcoat.  No glitter.

Holding up pretty well except for a major chip on the right thumb (don't think I even whacked it or anything), the next day.  I painted over it and topcoated and it's visible, but not unless you're up close and personal.

Ordered Ciaté Sets Twilight Collection & Illamasqua Nail Varnish - Muse from the asos sale.  Why on earth do they not deliver to Norway OR the USA?  I had to have it sent to Amp in the UK.  Anyhow, it's arrived.  Still waiting on the rest of the order:
Models Own Purple Passion
Eyeko Nail Polish Collection - Saucy
Eyeko Nail Polish Collection - Lilac
Illamasqua Nail Varnish - Force Body Electrics
Illamasqua Nail Varnish - Unnatural
Illamasqua Nail Varnish - Rampage
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Daisy
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Gwen
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Katy
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Paris
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Cheryl
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Victoria
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Alexa
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Olivia
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Blake
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Lauren
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Lily
ASOS Paints by Ciaté - Megan
Illamasqua Wink

Haulage! Yay! Shall take some piccies when they get here.

Apparently my TransDesign order arrived in America also, and is being sent on to me. Jeez I love nail polish!
I've bought some of the following for frankening purposes (not the OPIs, I know other frankistas do it, but I'm skeered, it's too expensive!).

TransDesign order:

OPI-Simmer & Shimmer

OPI-Glow Up Already! 

OPI-Extra-va-vaganza!

OPI-Sparkle-icious 

OPI-Tease-y Does It

OPI-Take the Stage

NEW YORK-Hot Green

NEW YORK-Hot Purple

NEW YORK-Hot Sky Blue 

NEW YORK-Multi Glitter

NEW YORK-Poppies

NEW YORK-Royal Blue Glitter

NEW YORK-Angel Dream 

NEW YORK-Amaranth

NEW YORK-Class Act

CCL-Nothing By Truffle

The NY lacquers are so cheap from TD that I really want 

to order a bunch more just to play with my glitters.  I 

also want to order the MarthaStewart set of glitters to 

play with.  I have been looking around for cosmetic grade 

mica pigments on ebay, but can't find any REALLY cheap.

Have a great day!
 

Orly Lunar Eclipse

Had to use 3 coats, but very pretty.  Understated and captivatingly blingy. Tried to use 'shine on crazy diamond' for a little extra topcoat bling, but no go.  The silver holo glitter in SOCD stuck out like a sore thumbnail. (haha).  I'll put on some topcoat and leave it alone.  Like it!  Dries pretty quickly also.  And I like Orly's bottle cap, rubber and easy to hold onto.

New mani

3x LA colors Blue Treasure. Offset french tip with LA colors Gold Digger. Faux-nad BM strip with black.  2 little mylar gold stars on the blue part of thumbs. 2 topcoats of Sinful Colors Pearl harbor.

Boring, but it'll do for a couple days.

Blue treasure is -ultra- thin!  3 coats was transparent.  Don't think it can be made opaque.

Changed again

LA Colors Purple Ice x2 coats (SO STREAKY!) with topcoats of Sinful Colors Agaci, Sinful Colors 'Pink Ocean' (LOVE the different sized mylar foil) & a couple coats of Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond.

It's mega blingy sparkly!  Love it.

Wish the LA Colors Purple Ice wasn't so streaky... yikes!