China Glaze + OPI haul

Well, I don't normally post hauls of things that I got but I felt like doing it this time around because I was so happy with my purchases. ---also because they were China Glaze and OPI's new collections (which means i can't just get them from my drugstore)

Check out the video below:  

Beyonce's Grammy 2010 Nails - my counterfeit

Oh My Gosh!! 

Did you See Beyonce's nails at the Grammys????  SO HOT!

in case you haven't, you can check them out on All Lacquered Up's Blog Post.   And if you're a nail design fan, you MUST follow her!  She's great!!

So after seeing her blog post I immediatel had to try and recreate the gorgeousness of Beyonce's nails.  (I will be recreating Keri Hilson's nails later :)

I used regular nail polish - not the fancy Minx that B had on her nails.  

I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out! 

And for reference, here are the colors I uses:
Sally Hansen - Silver Stiletto { base color over entire nail}
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Lime Lights {light green at base of nail}
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mellow Yellow + any clear polish + OPI's Heart of Gold.  [use a 1:2:1 ratio]  applied with a thin paint brush on middle of nail
Lise Watier - Pearl givree {painted on tip}  {this color is discontinued so use any light and sheet pink}

Re-apply the yellow mixture extending a bit into the green and pink to help smooth the fading effect.
And then a top coat of choice to blend out the colors

:D :D :D :D  SO HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.
yes, i realize it doesn't look exactly like Beyonce's nails, but it captured the essence of the look that I was going for.  :D

Here's the tutorial!

Read Any Good Books Lately?

If you ever need a good book to read - that maybe everyone else has read - check out this link to the most borrowed books of 2009.
It's a library stat from the U.S but i'm gonna make a general assumptions that canadians (who actually like reading) are probably reading very similar things to what americans (who actually like reading) are getting from their local library.  :)

Oh,  and if you're out of ideas, try this website to help figure out what you should read next.



yay literacy!

Benefit Concert for Haiti vs. Blog TV with a YouTuber? Hmmm.. decisions decisions.. :/

So I noticed that YouTube is going to be showing the Benefit Concert that George Clooney organized for raising money for Haiti.  I was totally stoked because I don't have cable.  (If I did, I would then naturally be watching the concert on TV)


I then was looking through my subscription box and saw one of the beauty Gurus that I follow is going to be on blogtv starting 15 minutes before the start of the concert.  


Normally when it comes to commenting on Youtube I try to keep to the old addage: "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all."  --It's a lot easier to just be positive than to have to deal with the potential viciously loyal fans of a certain YouTuber who think that this Guru can do no wrong.  


In this instance, I really had to comment.  I just couldn't not say anything.  


Here's what I posted:
you're gonna start blog tv 15 minutes before the benefit concert for Haiti? really????


Ok.  I'll be the first to admit that I could have worded it more positively and less judgemental sounding.  I, however, did not.  
So i'm roaming around Youtube catching up on videos from people I subscribe to and see eventually wander back to my front page and see that I have one new comment.  I figured that I didn't get rid of one of the earlier comments to one of my nail tutorials and go check my comments box to delete it.  
That's when I see that someone has responded to the comment that I had made earlier.  


Here's what he/she posted:
shut up


rolling eyes!  Really?  yeesh.  I mean, it's fine to defend a guru who's your friend and you feel that you really :love: but c'mon.  Give me a break.  


So I checked out their channel.  And go figure.  They have uploaded no videos, haven't shown their recent activity and has a comments section that's full of comments/replies that really say that this person is one of those people on Youtube who are really only there to say mean things and put others down without offering up anything themselves.  


I am clearly upset at the mini-situation.  Upset enough to actually blog about it since I haven't blogged since a couple weeks ago when I just got into town.  But it's just so infuriating that people need to be stupid like that.  I guess a really loud voice with total anonymity is one of the (many) downfalls of the internet.  


Well, I did block the person because I really don't want to fester over this.  But I guess if I see that there are other comments from people saying similar things, I'll contact the Guru and apologize for the tone of the comment - but not the intention. 


Hmmm..  Oh youtube.  

Leaving on a jet plane... but only after i go through dreaded security

Oh man.

For some reason I'm feeling a bit nauseous. I leave for school tomorrow night on the red eye flight. It's something i've done many a time before but for some reason i'm feeling a little ill at ease. I think maybe it's the pressure of getting my thesis done by the end of this term added to the fact that I didn't do any school work while home for the holidays. Plus, I'm going to be living in a new place with new house mates who I don't know. (I've met one of them a couple times now and she seems pretty cool. The other I have yet to meet, but i'm not actually worried about. I'm sure she'll be fine to live with too.)

I guess i'm nervous because the school semester can go by so quickly. It has actually already started (on monday the 4th) and I don't arrive until thursday afternoon.

I still need to set up a meeting with my thesis supervisor and advisor, but don't know when to do that since I haven't done anything yet so I don't really have anything to show them. :( But I don't want to put it off too long either because the semester is only about 12 weeks until penultimate presentation, and then 2 more weeks (if we're lucky) before my final defence. EEEK!

whooo.... breathe. I know I can do this. I just need to focus.

I am smart, competent and goal oriented. I am capable of finishing my thesis, dammit! I just wish I didn't pick such a difficult subject. grrrr!!!

[for anyone out there who's actually reading this and wondering. I'm taking my Masters in Architecture. My thesis is based on the idea that we all share a common unconscious knowledge of the meanings of symbols and archetypal myths. The goal is to express this unconscious knowledge in a spiritual building {ok, well actually it's been separated into four buildings now} through the physical perceptions of such things as light, colour, texture, materials, and such. ...ugh. yeah. dammit! why do i have to be interested in such complex things!!!!]

And what the heck is up with the stupid airport body scanners that we're going to be getting?!??!  Talk about a breach of privacy!  I can't believe they're being allowed!!  UGH!  NOOOOOO!  Man, what a pain in the ass!

Anyone else have any travel plans soon too?  How are you looking forward to having some random airport security person seeing your body shape and undergarments?  ugh..  p-tew!  I spit at today's stupid society paranoid about "terrorist" attacks.  Can't we all just get along?

LATE NIGHT FIXINGS

Oh my gosh.  look at the time. 
Working on prettying up the blog...  not sure I like it. 
but it'll have to do for now.

Night Shift

Okay, so apparantly i'm switching over to night shift...  not even sure why.


{night shift as in i'm up at night and sleeping waaaay in in the morning/afternoons.  ie.  it is currently 3:41am and i'm still wide awake..  ahhhhh }


...and now i'm shopping for nail polishes online..  great.  just what i need.
well, hopefully they don't get back to me with shipping prices too quickly.


:)

Tag: 8 Most Worn Things

NOTD: Holiday Lavender Sparkle

My first gradient!
I used OPI: Done Out In Deco and Art Deco: Silver Glitter.  
I applied the silver glitter with a crease eye shadow brush actually.  ...only because I didn't have any sponges, which I believe may work better.  (and are disposable)


Don't have a tutorial on it, but I could do one if requested.  :D

NOTD: Oil Spill

This look was so much fun!

I used Konad stamping kit image plate m63 and the nailpolishes shown below!  

Love It!