Galaxy/Nebula Nails

Last week I finally tried doing a nebula mani. It didn't really turn out as well as I wanted to, but I'll definitely try again to improve :)

I guess overall, my colors were a bit too "concentrated" everywhere, so there needs to be more spots that aren't as opaque. We'll see in the future though :)

For this mani, I used a lot of polishes even though half of them were similar colors. Here's the colors I used in the order I applied them :)

OPI Nail Envy | Sally Hansen Complete Salon Navy Baby | NYC French Tip White | Milani Morning Sunshine | Revlon Scented Not So Blueberry | Wet n Wild Spoiled Shrimp on the Barbie | Sally Hansen HD Blu | China Glaze Blue Year's Eve | Wet n Wild French White Creme | NYC White Lights Glitter | Wet n Wild Hallucinate | Warpaint Beauty Mattify

Theft through Hypnotism

Lately there's been a lot spreading around where a woman was hypnotized by three other women where they approached her and began talking to her. Then they blew something in her face and handed her a plastic bag and she went home and filled it with $160,000 along with jewelry. The next day she met up with the three women to hand them the stuff and when she went home or something, she finally snapped out of the hypnotism.

As bizarre as this sounds, I heard that this is actually pretty old news (but new to where I live) and it happens a lot in New York and other places. It happens in China a lot too (or so I've heard recently.) Sooo who knows if it's actually true. I guess you never know until it happens to you or people who you are close to.

What do you guys think?

17 More Days!

I only have 17 more school days left :) I have two of those days for AP tests and I'm taking four tests. Unfortunately I have two scheduled each day, so I'll be stuck testing for hours :(

Even though there's only about three weeks left, I'm still crammed with lots of homework and projects. I still have a bunch of things that I have to make up and turn in :( Currently I am reading Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer for one of my classes. It's about Pat Tillman and the war in Afghanistan. So far (14 chapters later) it's been a pretty interesting read, mostly the parts about his life since I like reading those sorts of things. It's an easy book to read as well, something that you can pick up and keep reading, and it's somewhat educational as well :)

Anyways, I can't wait til school is over so I can sleep in for a while before I start working at a summer job, which I'm still waiting to hear back from.

Small nail polish haul:

Nabi: Teal 86, Magnetic 47-300, Star Glitter 47 | Sinful Colors Show Me White 101 | WetnWild French White Creme 449C, Black Creme 424A

I got the Nabi nail polishes at a supermarket in Arizona. They were $1.99 each except for the magnetic one which was $2.99. I'm not sure if it was cheap or not for Nabi polishes, because I saw on some blogs where it was like $4.99 each and another where it was like $1 each. The Sinful Colors were on sale last week for $0.99 and WetnWild $0.99 stuff were for $0.69 last month. I needed more whites since all mine were thick and gross and I don't have a thinner, which I still need to go buy. But I'm not sure what's a good one.

Anyways, I'm still editing pictures for my next Arizona post, I'm like 75% done!

OPI DS Extravagance

After two messy manis, which I won't be posting, I finally have something decent.

OPI DS Extravagance

It's a pretty purple-maroon sort of color with glitter. Compared to all my other OPI, this one applied nicely because the rest are always so thick and streaky. They were super shiny last night, but I might've gotten clay on it in case it seems a bit duller. I think I cleaned it all off though.

A few days ago, I went to Bath & Body Works to pick these two up. They're so pink and cute lol. They had a thing for free signature collection up to $6, so the bf and I went :D

Well, back to editing Arizona pictures & catching up on all my school work x__x I only missed three days, but there's like so much work.

Off to Arizona!

Last week I went to Arizona to visit relatives during my school break. The vacation lasted from April 17-24.

Day 1: April 17, 2012

Picture on the plane.
By the time we arrived, it was already late (almost midnight) so we stayed at my cousins' grandparents' place.

Day 2: April 18, 2012
The next day we drove to my relatives' house, which was like a three hour drive D:

They have such cute dogs. This one's name Coco and the other one is Jeffery, which you can sorta see him in the pic. I have better shots on my instagram :D user: xlila

We then went to Entre for lunch buffet. 

Then we just spent the rest of the day at the house and going to Walmart/Safeway to buy a couple of things. I picked up some souvenirs and nail polish remover lol.

Anyways, I'm gunna cut this post short because the next post is going to be filled with lots of picture spam :D I took over 200 pictures so they're going to be such a hassle to go through and edit :x

Long Overdue Nail Haul

Two weeks ago, I went to Rite Aid and found the new Wet n Wild Bejeweled collection for $2.99 each, which is rumored to be similar to China Glaze's Prismatic collection. I only have one polish from the latter, so I can't do a comparison. This week Rite Aid is running 40% off Wet n Wild :( 

Born into Privilege | Bow in My Presence | Speak When Spoken to | Jewels for Your Highness | The Crown is Mine

Born into Privilege

The lighting was probably too bright when I took the photo, but in person it's more green and gold like the bottle. I only used one coat on most of my nails because I wasn't planning on keeping the mani, but actually did for a while. It took days before it started chipping (a lot of some nails, others were still as they were.)

I also found the Sinful Colors Girls in Pearls Sheer Shimmer Collection as well as Green Ocean, a flakie that they release for St. Patrick's Day.

Firefly 1121 | Luminary 1120 | Morning Star 1116 | Green Ocean

I originally saw the entire collection, but decided to wait because it was the end of the month and the whole thing with the budget. But I decided to get it anyways the next day and most of it was gone D: So I was only able to nab three of them. They'e $1.99 each except Green Ocean was on sale for $0.99. :D

Other polish buys:

OPI Nail Envy x2 $15.64 shipped | Seche Vite top coat $5.35 shipped

There have been so many people raving about Seche Vite, so I finally decided to order it on Amazon. I was reluctant because it wasn't Big Three free, but oh what the heck.

A few days later after receiving the SV from Amazon, I went to Sally's and saw this set on sale for $6.99, so  it was a steal because the SV alone was worth $5.35 and that would make the polish (and charm) only about $1.50.

Also grabbed this mango thing for my nails to keep them moisturized because I don't have any and it was cheap. Plus I need to start taking care of my nails more often. Nabbed a mini sized polish too because it was too cute D:

Mango Mend treatment $0.79 | Seche Vite + CG Go Go Pink $6.99 | CG Ruby Pumps $0.49

Here's a bonus swatch:

OPI Privacy Please
It was a bit sheer, so I needed three coats and even then you can still see my nail line. Still a pretty nude-ish-pink color.

Anyways, that's it for now, I have lots more to post later :D

Fiesta Shows

This Sunday, I went to this carnival event thing called Fiesta Shows. It's supposedly the largest carnival in New England :o It was $20 for unlimited rides and there were typical carnival games to win prizes. I didn't ride on any of the rides because they didn't seem that interesting :x and didn't seem like it was worth the money. It was only $1.50 for entry, so not bad.

Took these lovelies home with me, Tuxedo Sam and Karate Domo.

Tuxedo Sam was from the game where you have to pop balloons with darts. I swear the guy ripped us off x__x cuz he just kept telling us to shoot & asked for money LOL.

As for the Domo, it was from the games where you shoot water at the target and whoever gets the water thing filled fastest wins. It took me 4 tries to get it :( You have to trade in a smaller prize to get it too! I had to trade in this cute giraffe :(

Afterwards, we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. I ordered a ribeye steak. I'd have to say my favorite part of the restaurant is the dinner rolls that they give us. They were sooo good! It was my first time here and I'd definitely come back for the rolls :x

Well, that's all for now :) I'll probably update later in the day.