My biology Exam

Sitting in the exam room, everyone sits writing. Its almost as if they all had lessons without me there. What on earth could they possibly be filling in besides pictures? I have no idea. I have no idea what they couldve possibly filled in. 

The only good thing in this exam room is my nails. They are painted a perfect dark purple. Not took dark were it looks black, but a simple dark shade of that colour purple we know and love. Similar to my brain, my fingers nails are not gonna help me pass this biology exam. Its time to be realistic and weigh the options. 

 A) that fake seizure I've always thought about but were too scared to actually try...
I mean, I've always thought about it. But I guess I was too scared to do it. But let's be realistic itd be kinda fun! Rolling around on the floor shaking? That's a lot more fun then this exam. 

 B) the burst into tears- convincing lie of scarring event that convientley took place right before this exam 

C) the asthma atack
So? I've never had any signs or asthma prior to this exam. But u know what they say! Its never too late! Yes that line doesn't usually refer to self brought asthma to get out of there eleventh grade bio exam, but ya gotta take the chance! Try somthing new...but desperate times call for desperate measures. And let's just say right now. I'm pretty fucking desperate. 

 D) actually try and fill stuff in on this exam... So easy to say so impossible to really do. Now I'm jsut convincing myself I can do the impossible. Need me even say this idea is completely unrealistic 

 Let me give you an actual question from my actual impossible actual exam... Actually no. I'm not gonna put u thru this emotinal distress and myslef by even reading it. 

FML. Moral of the story? Come save me!

Welcome to my life...

I do not own this picture.

Preview: Justin Bieber Nail Polish

I don’t care what anybody else thinks, or what you interpret from this article but et me just say, I DON'T HATE HIM! Now I'm not saying I listen to his music every day, and have "bieber fever" but what I am saying is everybody is entitled to like there music... although the one thing that does bother me about this, is that this is a complete sell out. I mean come on! He's a sixteen, seventeen year old boy, he doesn't wear nail polish! Nicole by OPI is just selling this because they know for a fact they can make money off him. I mean, come on! 

Anyways, "The One Less Lonely Girl" collection will be launched in December 2010 at Walmart with six shades. Another six will be released in January 2011, (don't know why they wouldn't all be released before Christmas...but whatever) 

The One Less Lonely Girl Collection 

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• One Less Lonely Glitter (lavender)
• Me + Blue (dark blue)
• OMB! (bright red)
• Give Me The First Dance (silver)
• Prized Possession Purple (grape)
• Step 2 the Beat of My Heart (heart-shaped glitter)

What do you think?  Are you going to purchase this polish despite the Bieber association with it? Or be more inclined BECAUSE of the association with it?  Does it even matter if a celebrity is involved if you like the colours? Tell me what you think!!

P.S If you check out Nicole by OPI's twitter you can see pictures of the polish!

Preview: Serena Williams and the Grand Slam Collection

OPI brings us a sneak peek at the Serena Williams Grand Slam Collection. The colour is a metallic green, almost a tennis ball green. Also it will be paired with OPI's first crackle nail polish, Black Shatter. I love how they changed the top for this! The first of four will be released in January to coincide with the Australian Open. Each colour will represent different tennis tournaments, such as Australian Open, French Open, U.S Open, and Wimbledon!!

I'm so happy Serena Williams is opening getting her own nail polish line- I mean, besides being an absolutely amazing tennis player, she has a serious love for nail polish! Besides getting a manicure 3-4 times a week she even has become a certified nail technician! Such an amazing inspiration she is to do what you love! 

Preview: Essie Winter Collection

The Essie Winter collection. Ahhhhhhhhh. Essie. Can you just try and step outside of your comfort zone? Try a glitter. Try somthing COOL and INTERESTING! I've seen Silken Cord, which is a bright Red. Masquerade Ball reminds me of Essie's Wicked. Hot Coco looks like either a light brown or gray. Smokin' Hot looks pretty brown. Going Incognito actually is really pretty that looks like my favourite. Luxedo is a dark purple? Remind anyone of OPI's Linkin Park before Midnight? Hmmm... Which ones do you like?

Social Networking

Social networking is really popular right now and incredibly revolutionary... It changes the entire way we socialize, at the click of a button! Seriously! Haha, It's really cool to think websites like facebook, twitter, myspace, all came in my lifetime! But I came upon a site thats different then twitter, different from facebook and everything else. Instead of an overall social networking website, it's social networking with a very specific topic. Social networking that revolves around one thing. And this one thing just happens to be something I enjoy very much...

This website is called Steepster. And it's specifically and only for tea lovers! Here, you write are connected to an online tea journal. You can share a log of teas you drink, include ratings, tasting notes and preparations of details like steep times and temperatures. It's also easy to find teas to try by showing you what your friends are drinking. And by friends, we mean people you follow on and who follow you on Steepster. You have discussions, which talk about ideas, tea-tips, preparation ideas, promotions, and interesting ideas. It's a fun place to talk about tea! Simple and easy to use, I recommend you trying out Steepster!

Zoya Wonderful Collection!

Zoya Shawn

There’s a Kelly in this collection and I think its good that they didn’t name this green Kelly. I mean that’s just so typical! Anyways on to the colour, this is two coats of a dark camo green! I didn’t really think I liked greens until Jade is the New Black came out and I saw the Chanel Khaki collection. If your looking for a trendy green but can’t afford Chanel’s pricey nail polish this is a must. It’s just such a cool, flattering green. I wouldn’t normally gravitate towards this unique shade but this colour is really something else!

Zoya Cola

Cola is named perfectly. It’s brown. A dark brown, like a milk chocolate covered brown. This is actually a pretty colour! Haha, okay I sound a little surprised but I wouldn’t normally paint my nails brown. It just never really crossed my mind. When I think painting my nails I think reds, blues, pinks, purples, crazy colours but this brown is seriously making me reconsider all of this! I love this so much I wore this as a manicure for three days. And for me, that’s a pretty big deal! 

Zoya Stacy 

Stacy is a raspberry very dark cream. One thing I like about this is in the dark it doesn’t look black! Although it is very dark. I’ve definitely seen this colour before but hey, its nice! 

Zoya Kelly

Kelly is a dark charcoal gray. It is a LOT darker then it looks in the bottle but it’s a really nice colour! I don’t own a lot of dark grays! but gray is really a nice colour for nail polish! It’s different. I likeeey! Another bonus? A one coater 

Zoya Kristi

Kristi is a bright red. And I mean, bright, bright red! After one coat there was V.N.L (visible nail lines) so I applied another one, so the red would maybe resemble something other besides a clowns nose, and the colour was a little darker. If your looking for a funky bright red, this is it! 

Zoya Burke

Wow… this is a really ugly swatch… haha, I apologize! Well, Burke is a really typical colour I’ve seen a lot this season with OPI and now Zoya. It’s an interesting red with a touch of pink. It’s flattering. And needed 2 oats to avoid no visible nail lines. 

OPI Swiss Collection, part 2! The creams!

Here we have it! The second half of the O.P.I Swiss Collection! I felt with the OPI Hong Kong Collection there was a lot of oranges. A lot of colours in the orange family. This, there are a lot of red creams. As much as it bothers me that there are 4 red creams, they are all really different and I do love myself a nice red! I just with there were more different colours. But lets see them on first and I’ll give you my thoughts. Then I wanna hear yours :)  

OH! And if you didn't get a chance to catch the first half of the collection, click here!

From A to Z-urich

This was 2 coats so I could apply it evenly and without any patchy-ness. If that makes sense, hehe! It’s actually a raspberry dark cream that was absolutely gorgeous! I think it would look great on your toes as well as your hands! 

Cool so Hot it Berns

This was a tomato red that was a ONE COATER! Such a cool colour if your looking for one of those super blood bright reds, this is for you! It’s really pigmented and not streaky, and great formula… typical for an OPI red or really any OPI colour! 

I'm Suzi & I'm a Chocoholic

THIS IS SUCH A COOL COLOUR. I’m freakin out! This is a brown with a hint of red. Almost like a brick colour. It’s stunning. Although it was a little thick- it was 2 coats and an extra because I’m a perfectionist like that… hehehe honestly, this colour is SO cool and I love it. I have nothing like this colour! It’s super unique... If only they named it I'm Allie & I'm a Chocoholic... that seems to be more appropriate! 

Just a little Rosti at this This was two coats, and still a raspberry shade similar to From A to Zurich but a lot darker, a pinkey-purple. It’s really flattering on my skin tone and a great color to wear during fall and winter if you like dark colours. Like me 

William, tell me about OPI! 

This is a dark vampy purple, which is STUNNING. If you like Linkin Park after Dark you will go crazy over this. I’m currently wearing this on my toes. It’s such a nice colour! I love this. This was 2 coats although if I wasn’t such a perfectionist I could’ve gotten away with one. This colour is a colour I’ve definitely seen before… but its so nice I wouldn’t mind having another. 

Ski Teal We Drop

Picture a dark navy, with a little bit of green in it. This is NOT teal… even though the name says it is. This was 2 coats and it was a little thick but this is a really nice cool colour! I really like it! It was super flattering and those who want to do a dark colour that isn’t vampy and very interesting will love this! 

SOOOOOO- Which ones are you liking? Which ones are a MUST and which ones are a BUST -_-

Let me know & comment below!!!

lots of love

have a great weekend

a

Kell on Earth

Those who have watched "the City" on MTV, know who Kelly Cutrone is. She is a fashion publicist and the founder of the public relationships, branding and marketing firm called People's Revolution. She's also written two books that have both become best sellers, If you have to Cry, Go outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You. It debuted on the New York Times best seller list and received great reviews from critics.


Those who have had the opportunity to see her on MTV's The City or The Hills can say that she is brutal. And if you couldn't tell by the name of her book,  she is that straight-talking, won't take your bullshit, frightening boss. I could never work for someone like that! I would cry every time she yelled at me!

And she's come up with her own show! It's called "Kell on Earth" andI must say, those who originally judged her into thinking she was a huge biatch (don't worry I did too!) MUST watch this show! You get to see both sides of Kelly Cutrone, you see the tough boss, but the loving mother, and I must say she is a remarkable woman who really is amazing at what she does.  I have a lot of respect for her... although she still is frightening!!

So tell me, have you seen this show? What do you think of Kelly Cutrone? Love her? Hate her? Do you plan on watching her show?

Heres the link to her show if you are interested in watching: 

This is the link I watched the show on: http://cosmotv.ca/On-TV/All-Shows/Kell-On-Earth.aspx  

This is the actual network and information on the show: http://www.bravotv.com/kell-on-earth

Let me know!

OPI Swiss Collection Fall/Winter 2010

This is the first half of the Swiss Collection and is made up of metallics, and shimmery colours,. I’m really excited about these colours! I have to admit, I’ve had the Swiss collection for a while now, since the beginning of August and I’ve been holding off because I’m just really not looking forward to the year to start, with school and all, it’s going to be so stressful, back to homework, studying, tests and projects, and I am definitely not looking forward to not being able to sleep in. :(

But that’s immature and stupid thinking on my part, and these colours are WAY too nice not to swatch, hehe :)

So these are what I thought of the first half of the collection and I have to be honest, the other half is filled with crèmes that are mostly in the red family. Although I do love a good red I wish they would’ve added more other colours but I’ll go more in to detail on that post, haha!

Yodel me on my Cell

It’s a different kind of turquoise that is darker then most of the turquoises you see regularly, it has a bit of dark pearly blue. It’s a super flattering and really cool, unique colour! I must admit, I loved this one on me, hehe! This was two coats, to even out the bald spots, and the second coat made it dramatically darker. So if you want to keep making it darker you can apply a third one but this colour looks just great with one or two coats!

Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous

Is a silver and gray that’s loaded with shimmer and I LOVE IT. It’s a very edgy look to wear, and would look stunning if you were going to a party or something! The name kind of bugs me, it’s a little long and hard to spell, haha! This took 3 coats to make it as dark as this and the first first coat was kind of sheer. It was messy to take off though, it made my hand covered in glitter! Hate when that happens!

The Color to Watch

Is a watery pearyl lavender colour with little hints of blue and red in it, and when it dries it looks sort of gray. I must say when I first saw this on my nails I thought it was really, really ugly. But after a while it grew on me! It is very flattering on my skin tone and it’s a very different colour. This colour was super sheer, and since I don’t roll that way- this is it on my nails with 4 coats.

Cuckoo for this Color

This colour is an emerald green that’s really, gorgeuse! This was 2 coats, and it’s just such a nice, nice, colour! If your looking for a dark colour but want to stay away from purples and reds, this is an amazing alternative! I love this!

Gliterland

This colour is a pearly champagne gold, literally. I was really surpised by how nice this was! If you are some one who is into golds this is going to be your dream colour! There is not a lot of yellow behind this gold, it’s really a champagne shimmer metallic gold that is super flattering on any skin tone!

Diva of Geneva

This is the only colour that I’ve reviewed so far that I didn’t think was that unique! Reason being is everything is so different and cool and ugh I just love them all soo much!! In the bottle it looks like a metallic red, but when I started painted my nails its actually like a raspberry colour to it! I do have a soft spot for reds, and this colour is different from the other reds although it is strictly red.

So which colours from the Swiss collection are screaming “BUY ME!” to you?

Sally Hansen Kwik Off

Today, unlike anything I’ve really done on this blog, I’m going to review something besides polish.

Nail polish remover!

Everyone has there own opinions about nail polish removers, acetone, acetone free, protein enriched, nail polish with vitamin E, with chamomile, pro-vitamins, soy based, the list goes on and on.

But this nail polish remover is unlike any nail polish remover us nail polish lovers usually use. It’s a whole new idea about removing nail polish.

Lets start with the way us people normally remove nail polish, we take a quilted cotton pad or cotton ball (depending on your preference, I usually prefer quilted cotton pads) and pull out our nail polish remover, pour some on our cotton pad, and wipe off the current adorable colour we’re sporting on our nails.

Well, Sally Hansen has found a way to sort of, combine the combination of cotton pads and nail polish remover all in one! In one little container!

O.P.I Ate Berries in the Canaries

This colour was so generously given to me for my birthday by my best friend, she gave me like a little basket of everything I LOVE! I was SO happy and this was definitely one of my favourite birthday gifts out of all time :) This colour is from the South Beach collection for Summer 2009... and this colour is TOTALLYY stunning!

60 Seconds Rimmel London; 2 new colours!

This nail polish brand that’s a little older, available in drug stores claims that after 60 seconds it’s completely dry! I want to be able to review nail polish that’s in all different price points and after 60 seconds I touched the polish to see if it had dried as the commercial promises, and it smudged! Dammit. I like the idea of nail polish being able to dry fast, and this did. But not after 60 seconds. How disappointing!

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OPI Absolutely Alice & Mad as a Hatter

OPI Alice in Wonderland came out much earlier this year, and I was in LOVE with the collection… okay only half the collection! The glitter-packed colours. At the time, I hadn’t bought these colours but now my friend was nice enough to lend them to review and swatch. These colours are glitter-packed and fun! They are the nicest colours EVER! I am in love with these two colours! Tell me if they are half as amazing as I THINK THEY ARE!

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American Apparel Nail Laquer: Colours for Fall!

After a recent trip to American Apparel, I saw these 3 colors and had to purchase them. They have a promotion, 3 bottles for $18, or 1 bottle for $7.50. If u think about it, your saving 20%! Their colors are cool, unique and really different. Good job American Apparel :) 

Nail Polish, from Korea! Pt 1; Olive Deco

On my good, good friends (since grade 5 if you can believe it! Who is such a beautiful person and one of those people who are just as the beautiful on the outside as they are on the inside) travelled to South Korea, she was nice enough to bring back to me 8 stunning, beautiful, GORGEOUS nail polishes! My first four, are from a brand called Olive Deco, or Deco Olive, not really sure :P But, after doing my extensive research, (a.k.a typing it in to google, hehe) the brand is called Olive Deco!

Urban Outfitters Nail Varnish

I’ve always been skeptical of buying no-name branded nail polish. But after waiting inline at Urban Outfitters for fifteen minutes (don’t you hate it when they don’t open up a new cash-register and the lines just getting bigger, and bigger?) I noticed a wooden basket filled with nail polish with a sign that says, “SALE! 99 CENTS NAIL POLISH!” And if you couldn’t tell by now, I’m addicted to nail polish. Just like a sale on shoes, I can’t resist a sale on nail polish! At first, I reached into the basket and took out handfuls of polish, I had at least 23 bottles (okay maybe I’m being a little overly dramatic- but you get what I mean!) in my hands. But after realizing my tight budget, and my over priced clothing, I really couldn’t afford all those bottles, and made a very, very hard decision… only buying 2. To be honest buying more then 2, wouldn’t have been a good decision. Especially since I’ve never even heard of this brand, or even knew that Urban Outfitters’ sold polish. The polish is regularly priced 5 dollars, which is still cheap for nail polish! So I bought two and these are what I thought of them:

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Knockout Cosmetics!

Knockout nail polish. I’ve never heard of it before, only saw it at the cash while inline at a Canadian clothing store, called Aritizia (I believe this is also available at Henri Bendel and Kitson LA) This clothing store is a Canadian fashionable store and I believe, overpriced. When I saw this nail polish, I fell in love. I’m a sucker for no shine, matte nail polish! These colors are really interesting, but after seeing the price tag, I couldn’t believe it! 21 dollars for a bottle of nail polish! I couldn’t afford it, and it really upset me. If you see the bottle, my boyfriend made a comment about how the bottle was what you were paying for because these bottles are BEAUTIFUL. They are much taller then regular bottles and they have a frosted look to them.When my birthday rolled around, my good friend was kind enough to buy me two of these bottles in colors that I am in love with! So I’m so happy to be able to swatch these and wear them J before I owned these, I borrowed my friends in a cool blue matte color I believe is called Pool. It did turn my nails yellow. I’m not sure if you want to blame it on my basecoat (which has never given me problems before, but matte colors are more dense then regular) or the actual polish. Moreover I would recommend painting on two basecoats before painting your nails any matte color! Also this nail poish is cruelty free, and DBP, toluene and formaldehyde free. Now, here’s what I think: 

American Apparel Nail Laquer!

I’ve always loved mint green nail polish, but after looking around for a WHILE I couldn’t find a mint green that was the mint green I was looking for. All of the mint greens were too green, or too washed out. I was looking for a really strong mint green. Nail polish always catches my eye, and at my friend’s birthday party I saw this mint green this girl I had never met before wearing, and I walked up to her and introduced myself and began questioning where did she find this perfect mint green. In fact, I even took a photo of her hands (okay, you probably think I’m crazy, but she was just as fanatic about nail polish as me so she understood, haha) and she began telling me about American Apparel nail polish. You’d think that a big brand like American Apparel would come out with nail polish, the colors would be “meh” but after doing my research I saw they came out with a bunch of really different, cool, fun, colors that I needed to get my hands on. They still have the reds, the blacks, but they did add cool teals, washed out yellows, lavenders, and I’m super excited to try these on. I went to the American Apparel downtown and if you can believe it, they were sold out of the mint green I was looking for, and most of their other colors (this was back in May, hopefully they’ve restocked) so I actually ordered them online. I got only one of my colors shipped in, and they wrote me saying they were sold out of the mint green (called Office) and the yellow I wanted (Butter) and they’d send it to me as soon as it came in! I guess they were selling fast! Two weeks later I had gotten them in the mail and voila! Here are my reviews! 

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OPI Hong Kong, Spring/Summer 2010

I'm super excited about the OPI Hong Kong Spring/Summer collection. These colours OPI brings us, are unique, fun, and different . The formula is amazing, (no suprise there), and thanks to OPI's prowide brush, it's just so easy to apply on to your nails! Here's what I thought about these 12 colours: 

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Lucky Lucky Lavender

In the bottle: This looks really pink, with only a little bit of lavender, and I was excited to put this on my nails, but this wasn’t as exotic as the other colors in the collection, and it looked really similar to Panda-monium Pink.

On my nails:  On my nails, the photo shows only 2 coats, the formula was great and not streaky at all. If I wasn’t such a perfectionist with my nails I probabley could’ve gotten away with one coat. Keep in mind this is a pink with only a little bit of lavender… I figured it would be a little bit more purple. This color was really nice and I would wear it for sure, but I’m not really too excited about this color. 

Nail Polish Lovers UNITE!

After being inspired by other beauty blogs on the internet, I wanted to create my own personal blog, but exclusively to nail polish! I've been wearing nail polish since I was 12 years old, and since then, my love and passion has bloomed into roaming the streets with lime green toes, to spending my pay checks first to last dollar on a bottle of nail polish I simply had to have! I hope to use this blog as a creative outlet with my love of writing, nail polish (and recently) my love of photography. I will give all my personal opinions and express myself as best as I can with all the latest nail polish trends, colours, and collections. Thanks and hope you keep reading!!