My First Balenciaga Bag + Catchup with Farah

After hearing so much raves about Balenciaga bag from Farah and my love, I finally gave in and bought my first bag! Met up with Farah last Saturday and we had lots of fun trying out the different bags to see which one suits us most. Thanks to her help in choosing the bags and the advices given. She is really a Balenciaga expert! Look at me trying out the bags. Actually I like Velo best but it is only available in Orange for giant hardware or Black with regular hardware. I am not a fan of the regular hardware so I gave it a miss.

So in the end I came home with a Part Time in Blue Mineral with Gold Hardware. It is absolutely stunning! I had eyed blue mineral online and was so happy when the SA told me that it is available in both silver and gold hardware. Initially I like the silver hardware but when I saw the gold one, I was sold.

Had a nice coffee session with Farah at Starbucks (our fav coffee place!) and it was nice to catch up with her. She loaned me her Hermes Clic Clac PM to try and it actually fits me! Now I know what size I can wear. Hehe. Look how pretty the clic clac looks on me.

Came home with LUSH Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter too because she highly recommend it and bought one for me to try. Thanks! I have keep it by my bedside and will use it dutifully every night!

Nails Review: Gloss 'n Sparkle

I have been eyeing Gloss 'n Sparkle nail polishes for months and recently I finally laid my hands on 3 of them. I am kind of disappointed after swatching them out. Let's look at the swatches first.


Unicorn Spawn
This is a milky white base leaning toward grey. It has lots of pastel glitters in it. The glitters are very clear to naked eyes but not in the pictures below except for the macro shot. I really like this one but the formual is thick and it can only be applied nicely if I thin it out or wait for layers to dry before applying the next.

Fruit Tingle
A purple creme polish with blue and black glitters. There are some small red glitters which is not very obvious unless you look at it closely. This purple is a pretty shade but once against the formula is thick and not easy to apply.

Goodbye Sober Day
This is a clear polish with lots of multicolor glitters in various shapes in it. It kinds of reminds me of Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday. I need to do a comparison swatch one day. The formula for this is much better since I am only using one coat. The glitters picks up easily and spread over my nail bed evenly.

Overall, the polishes are very pretty but one problem I face is that they eat top coat like nobody's business! Even after I applied 3 coats of Seche Vite, they still feels rough to touch. Furthermore, I tried wearing Unicorn Spawn for 3 days and the nail polish just keep shrinking daily. I never had this problem with any other polish before. Some people mentioned that Seche shrunk polishes but I have been using that for all my nails and this is the first time I met this problem so I doubt it's due to my Seche topcoat. Will I buy Gloss 'n Sparkle again? I doubt I will as the formula and the shrinking problem is putting me off it.

Nail of the Day ~ 9 May 2013

Today I have a very pretty set of nails to share! Last month I finally got the full Dior SS2013 Vernis collection (yes yes...I haven't posted the swatches yet!) and I loved them a lot.

For my nails today, I have used Dior Vernis Spring Ball 343. This is a light pink shade with peach tone in it. There are pretty pink shimmer in it too. On my ring finger, I have applied OPI Crown Me Already. I love that bling bling look! To add more design to it, I finally started using my many nail stickers. This time, I went for a hearts & ribbon theme. I especially love the ones on my index and pinky fingers. I think I can dupe the design on my index finger with my dotters. I shall try it one day.

And because I love it so much, I can't start looking at it and ended up taking this picture at work with my Hello Kitty Keyboard brush. LOL!

Nails of the Day ~ 30 April 2013

It's the last day of April and I still have so many unedited pictures that needs my attention before I can share them with everyone. I seriously need to buck up!

Today I have on my nails a very cheerful set of manicure. On my index finger, I have China Glaze Summer Neon 2012 ~ Pink Plumeria. I really like this color because the bright pink is so pretty with shimmer in it. (you can't see it from this picture because I've mattified it. lol). On my pinky, it's the latest China Glaze Summer Neon 2013 ~ Son of a Peach. I seriously LOLed at the name when I said it out loud for the first time, but check out that neon orange! How can you not own it? Lastly I have Wicked Polish Pox layered over OPI Don't Burst My Bubbles on my others nails. I've used OPI Matte Top Coat over all of them and look how pretty they are. I really like the matte looking nails. The new OPI Matte Top Coat is really good and it dries very quickly. The formula is really thin and smooth. I need to get more of it!

Hope you guys like my nails for the day!

P.S: I really love the length of my nail now and the shape. One of my friend asked me to file them into stiletto but I am still indecisive. Should I?

Upcoming Holiday ~ Tokyo

I'm so excited about my upcoming trip! I am finally going to Japan!
ハッピ！

I am resuming my 日本語レッスン next week so I can get some crash revision before heading over to Japan.

Counting down to my trip in less than one month's time!

Nails Review: OPI Liquid Sand Collection

Lately, almost every brand is coming up with textured polish. With OPI being one of the first few to launched their liquid sand beginning with the Mariah Carey collection, they had recently came up with a whole collection of Liquid Sand polish with the Bond Girls theme.

Over here, I have the 4 bottles of liquid sand from OPI from both collection. These weren't so impressive that I have to actually own all of them.

Pussy Galore
This is a very sweet and feminine pink polish.There are very fine pink glitters in this and the texture effect is actually very minimal in this one. However that name...it's really very hard to say it out loud. LOL!

Solitaire
This one is a stunning diamond white polish with fine silver glitters in it. Very unique look and it's one of the best in the Bond Girls Collection.

Stay the Night
This is a very pretty black base liquid sand polish with bright red glitters in it. Very vampy look and it looks even more stunning with a top coat. (I'll be doing a separate post on texture polish with top coat later)

Can't Let Go
A purple polish with large purple glitters in it. This one is very pretty and just like Stay the Night, I prefer it with a top coat.

Nails Review: Happy Hands ~ Lady Goodman & Motherboy

New indies polish tried out again! This time round, I found Happy Hands that has pretty pastel collection. I am such a sucker for pastel shades.

Lady Goodman
A dusty lilac creme polish with pink, purple and gold glitters in various shapes and sizes. The formula is a little thick with the glitter so this needs extra care to apply thin layer and allow dry time in between but the end result is so pretty, it's definitely worth the effort.

Motherboy
This is a clear polish with large green hexagon glitter and pastel blue, pink and puple glitters in various sizes. I absolutely love this! The application is smooth and the glitters look so pretty over a pinkish base. I've used Cuccio Bali Bliss underneath it.

The formula is inconsistent for both bottles but both of them are really pretty so I will definitely be checking out future release by Happy Hands.