Sunday, July 29, 2012

Haul from yesterday and last night!

Hello everyone (or no one! heh)
Yesterday I went thrift shopping during the day and picked up two shirts and a bag (only the bag is pictured... I'm wearing one of the shirts, and the other one is kinda plain and nondescript), and during the nighttimes I went to target and got some makeup, which I plan on doing reviews for and testing them out soon!
For the makeup, I bought Revlon Colorstay Ultimate "Liquid Lipstick" in the shade Prime Pink. The advertisements at the store claimed it was food proof and would last up to eight hours. Prime pink as a color is a midtone pink with a metallic purple sheen I would say... it is pretty cool-toned, unlike how it shows up in the picture to the left.  I am wearing it today and I'm not quite sure if I like it or not yet (the pink color is really barbie pink, pretty bright! I usually like light peachy pink colors, more nude), but I'll update later once I've figured it out. The gloss itself also dries to a non-moisturizing finish because it is supposed to be long-wearing.  I put a sheer gloss over it to make my lips look better.
Moving along, I also bought the NYC In a New York Minute Quick dry nail polish in Prospect Park Pink. It's a very pretty color and once my polka dot nails have disintegrated more I'll try it out.

Finally, I bought a new mascara, because my previous favorite (Loreal Extend Tubes or whatever--the kind with the red and white tube with the primer) was drying out.  I didn't know anything about the Maybelline Illegal Lengths before, but I saw on the packaging that it is a fiber mascara, so that made me want to try it out... I can never use normal mascaras because they always end up smudging on me.  I'm wearing the mascara right now and it seems fine.  Not particularly good or bad.  (EDIT: It smudged on me! Is it the waterproof formula? Sigh the endeavors of finding a mascara that doesn't make me look like a raccoon an hour after I put it on...)
And below is the bag I got from thrifting.  It was like 7 bucks, and it was calling out to me. I really like black and studs, so yep. It has good compartments and a nice long shoulder strap.  This will be my new going-about when I'm not at work bag. Yay!

Anyway that's all for now! Sheesh I can write a lot and still have loads more to want to talk about.. but I have to go now.!

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips

It's Friday!
So I tried the Sally Hansen Salon Effects nail polish strips Wednesday evening... I have used them before and they are a simple way to get a nail design on your nails without spending $30+ at a salon.  These are $9-10. I'm basically terrible at painting my nails in addition, so I would never be able to do this freehand.  X)  I feel because I've used these a few times now, I can give a semi review of these strips... You can find these at Target, Walmart, and some drugstores I bet.

First off, these are like just plain old stickers, yes, but they are/contain some form of actual nail polish, you so still get the smell of nail polish when putting these on, and for removal, you just do as you normally do and take them off with acetone (or you could probably peel them off like I have).

There's a pretty large variety of designs.. the first time I used these I had black and white checkers, and the following time I had a metallic teal blue with black stars. They also have solids as well if I remember correctly. They are a little tricky to put on, as you can probably see... even after the third time doing this I don't have the perfect design placement. But following the instructions inside the box is very helpful. Be sure your nails are CLEAN and swab them down with nail polish removed before you try to stick these on.

The package claims these last 10 days. I'm on my third day now I guess and I have some chipping.  But my nail polish and anything on my nails always chips on me. :(




Have a good Friday, maybe tomorrow I'll post something more.  I don't have many ideas/motivation though hehe. Maybe an exercise regime or something.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Project 01

This is now an active blog! I'm actually going to try to document my life once again as I used to when I was little.
So this is another beginning period of documentation... I'm going to call it Project 01 because I like labeling things occasionally, like now. What am I going to write about? Probably about getting into shape and everything that goes along with becoming a better person (including some seriously girly and shallow things, because, well, I want to look better too), because I have decided I want to be happy again, and being a better person could make me happy. I know not many people will read this, if anyone, but this is just a personal thing that I think I should do