NOTD - Dressed to Kill

Hey guys~ Really quick update on my lastest nail design.
Now that's it's autumn, it's time to break out all of those darker colors, especially those dark reds. I think this is such a classy, timeless look. This particular one is in Maybelline - 270 Dressed to Kill. Gold tones tend to go really well with deeper jewel tone shades, so I decided to add some gold accents on my ring finger. These nail art decals that I used were a little bigger than I thought, though.

NOTD - Dotted Nails

Whoohooo~ study breaks to do nails again~! 

This is basically just a dotted nail but I used black gems instead of a black polish. I found that it was a little more time consuming than just dotting with a black polish, but the results come out neater (since all the dots are uniform in size), and I love 3D nails~! c: It took me about 20-30 minutes to completely do my nails~! They're so much fun to play with in class! :'D

1. So to get this look, I started off with 2 coats of a dim gray nail polish. (Revlon 310- Timeless)

I used this nail polish before in a post and I really love neutral shades~ Especially since my school's dress code says no vibrant or fun colors..... =n= Why so serious guys? D: Being a grown-up sucks :<

Anywho, this gray is more of an in-between with being cool or warm so it should fit most skin tones~! c:

2. After applying the gray, you want to start adding your gems. To do this, dip your toothpick into a little bit of top coat. This is just so that the gems will stick to the toothpick so don't add too much! Then, pick up a single gem with your toothpick and place it on your nails in the desired fashion. I recommend doing one hand at a time so that the polish doesn't set too fast so that the gem application is easier. If your nail polish does dry before you have applied all of the gems, just use a nice top coat for the rest of them. Place it only where you need the new gems if possible (to not make your nails too thick). 

I like to start in an X-pattern first and then branch out. For this, I mean that you put the gem first in the middle. Then one down to the left, right, then up to the left, and right. I find that this gives more evenly spaced gems in the end. From this, just continue to add gems in order to completely dot your nail. 

3. Then you're done! Add some top coat to seal in the gems and you're done!

When adding the gems, try to be careful with where you apply them to your nails. If you misplace it, it is normally easy to just nudge it over to the correct spot. HOWEVER, if the nail polish is too wet or thick, it may actually cause drag lines that are quite noticable, so be careful of that. Just like when you apply false eyelashes, you want to wait for the glue to be tacky, you want to wait until your nails are about 75% dry before applying the gems. c: Or at least, that's what I like~ So that's just basically you apply the two coats, then by the time you're done with the second coat on the pinky, it should be fine to do your thumb, then index finger~ 

Here are the supplies that I used:

Left to right: 

   Revlon 310 Timeless

   Sally Hansen Hard as Nails UV Top Coat 

                (I don't actually like this top coat for 3D nails because it bubbles a lot so be careful. :< )

   Gem wheel ( I got mine on ebay for ~$1.25 They aren't that expensive~ <3 )

   Toothpicks

   Base coat (if desired)

You can switch up the look by using different colored gems or polish~! :'D

Just can't beat the feeling of 3D nails~

ALSO. I really love like doing a french tip nail (with any color) and applying the gems right above/ along the line of the french tip. Super chio~ So I would totally invest in one of these if you ever want to~ You could also use glitter liners too! Jazz it up~ Sometimes you really need that relaxing nail me time in this big ole busy world. :(

Sheepy out~ <3

PS. Freaking love the new Teen Top - Rocking and G-Dragon's Coup D'etat! <3333

Just throwing that out there. ;D

And Seungri's new song.... 

Big Bang. ilu ;u;

NOTD - L'oreal 105: Club Prive

Rite Aid Haul!

Oh why hey thur :p Didn't see you come in~ >.>

Well today I have for you.....more hauling! Wahhhh~ :D This one is more special because I never, NEVER go to drug stores. If I need something, I go to our school's bookstore, Target, Walmart, Giant Eagle, and the Mall.... or online shopping ;D It's just that I'm still a little timid towards driving to its easier for me to drive where I go most often, or these places my friends will bring me more likely. So yea, I was dropping something off at the post office (I walk there, maybe 30min away from where I live), and I noticed that there was a Rite Aid next to it! OMG YAY~! Since I had walked so long in this super hot weather (like 2 weeks ago lol) to the post office, I figured I'd buy myself something to hydrate myself at Rite Aid, but ended up buying more... ;D I even got myself a points card, teehee~

On to the haul~! c:<3

Yea. I didn't go too crazy right! Well, if you didn't know, in America, Wet n Wild only seems to be sold drug stores... so I have never tried it before... -_- but it gets a lot hype on Youtube, so I thought I'd try it out. There was also a buy one, get one half off sale for it as well. ;D

First, I bought some more lip balms. I'm like addicted to buying those. Actually, yesterday, I picked up the new Neutrogena Naturals one along with the facial cleanser... >< Not bad. But nothing to rave about yet. The cleanser is pretty nice though, but I don't know why I'm talking about that... Anyways, yea. I bought another one from EOS: Sweet Mint (~$3.50 USD). I really liked the Summer Fruits one, so I decided to get another flavor... why? Because I felt it ok. ;p I also bought another one of the Maybelline's Baby Lips in 25, Pink Punch (~$3.00 USD). Again, I have the peach one, and I really like (OMG it smells so good) so I wanted to try more of them. The color payoff for these is nothing special though. The peach one just makes your lips a little shiny because of the gold glitters. The formula is really hydrating as well. Much more so than the EOS ones, but not as much as the Burt's Bees ones, imo.

 (Wet n Wild: Walking on Eggshells)

(Wet n Wild: Don't steal my Thunder) 

Next are some eye shadow trios from Wet n Wild ($2.99 USD). The Walking on Eggshells one is super hyped about on Youtube and now I know why! The colors, especially the crease color, are so nice! They are really nicely pigmented, the color payoff isn't half bad, and they're really soft. I just fell in love with them because they're so good for their price! These pictures are pretty true to color.

Some swatches:

(left to right: Walking on Eggshells: Eyelid, Crease, Browbone

Don't Steal my Thunder: Eyelid, Crease, Browbone)

I don't know if you can tell from my crappy picture (yup, still taking all my pictures on my IPhone.... ;D), but these colors in the Walking on Eggshells trios are a nice satin texture. It makes them look so pretty! I prefer satin because it's easier to use than matte colors but not as bling bling as glitter shadows. This trio would be perfect for your on the go natural eye. Now, the Don't Steal my Thunder trio isn't half bad either, and I imagine it'd be perfect for smoky eyes~! So excited for them! I was playing with them all day. The only bad thing about this trio is that in the pan, the crease color looks like it would have glitters in it, but they really don't transfer at all. :( Actually, the color looks a little matte swatched as well? How...? D:

(top to bottom: 467 Night Prowl, 464 Rain Check, 469 Hallucinate)

Finally! I picked up some nail polishes from Wet n Wild ($0.99 USD) as well, just to try them out, since the colors were all so pretty! I've already swatched these and they go on really smoothly. The bottom one is my favorite. It's a really nice iridescent color that adds that little extra sparkle to any nail! I really like how the glitters are pretty small, so they just blend into the shine of the polish. The other two nail polishes are super pretty as well. The first is a hot pink/ magenta glitter in a really dark purple nail polish. It's super pretty on the nails! That color is more of a fall/ winter color, though, so I haven't actually worn it on my nails yet. For the middle one, it's a pale greyish blue base color with a purple thinge if you look at it in the right angle (you can't really see it in the picture :( ) It's the PERFECT fall color in my honest opinion! I love it! LIKE SERIOUSLY GAIIS <3333 Lasting power isn't half bad either! These are actually super good for their price! Especially since they were on sale as well! They get my stamp of approval! <3

Welp. That's all for now! I got some Rite Aids points for this (WOW! o: ) so I'll be sure to haul more soon~

Watch out for nail tutorials~ <3

Sheepy out~ <3

Nail Polish Haul

A yo~!

How ya'll doing! It feels like it's been such a long time since I update my blog, but it hasn't really been.... 

I don't know, maybe its just me... But let's get to my haul! As you all know, I love to haul. LOL. I can't stop spending money.... someone help me.... T_____T At least I know how to get the most bang for my buck~ c:<3

(left to right: 355 Mad About Mango, 300 Cotton Candy, 320 Ocean Breeze)

 The first three are from the Revlon Scented nail polish line (~$5.00 USD, Walmart) . OMG you guys! I'm SO OBSESSED with these new scented nail polishes! They are... DA BOMB. I don't know, but I think it's just so much fun to have scented nail polish! Of course the smell goes away after maybe 3-4 hand washes or after you shower, but it is really appealing to me. Also, I really like Mad About Mango. In the bottle, the color looks more pinkish coral in person, but on the nail it is a lot more orange. It smells really fruity too, more like peaches than mango in my opinion. The ocean breeze has a really cool iradescent green effect I really like, but the smell is more like old lady... you'll know if you have the polish... I haven't tried Cotton Candy yet, but it's a nice dim pink. Application wise, they are just like normal drug store types. Nothing exceptional. Maybe a little lower than OPI nail polishes in my opinion. The Ocean Breeze applied better than the pink as well.

These next three are from a set: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails French Manicure Kit (~$5.00 USD, Target) . I really mostly bought this just to get the white and top coat at the same time... LOL. It came with some manicure guides as well, but I don't normally use those, I freehand it. ;) The top coat isn't half bad as well. The white will need 2 coats to be opaque. :/ And the pink doesn't really transfer to the nails but whatever, it was just a bonus anyways.

(left to right: 1106 Cinderella, 842 Out of this World)

Next, we have two colors from Sinful Colors (~$2.00 USD, Walmart). Truthfully, this summer, I really wanted to get a really nice silver color and a really nice light, pastel blue. I just think that they'd be perfect for summer! Now is kinda the transition to fall, but whatever. In my heart its still summer! :x Now because these nail polishes are on the cheaper side, their nail polishes can be either a hit or miss. The silver one, Out of this World, it wasn't really a silver color... it's was SUPER light, closer to white than the gray I was hoping for... but it was still really nice when I put a glitter top coat on top! It goes on really nice and smooth, though. The last power wasn't half bad as well. I haven't tried the Cinderella one either, but from the bottle you can see these tiny glitters in it. Pretty! c: I don't know if you guys know the brand China Glaze? I fell like they have similar bottles, so Sinful Colors always reminds me of it. China Glaze is a bit more expensive though (super expensive in Singapore.... -_-) and let me tell you, the nail polish is crap. Total crap. Even new, it comes out super thick and its hard to get a good, even coat. Lameeeeee :/

(left to right: Pure Purple, 583 Hot Pink)

Ok! Last two! The first one, some of you may recognize, is from Forever 21 ($2.80). The picture makes it look more purple, but the color has more of a pink tone. The pink really shows when you put it on your nails as well. I couldn't find the name on the bottle so I had to look it up on their website.... so I was nice and linked it off for you... but....this nail polish, really sucks.... -_- The lasting power is sheer crap. It was chipping by the next day..... wtf.... but to be fair, I was lazy and didn't put on a top coat... but still.... :/ The application is pretty smooth though. The second one is from Milani ($3.99 USD). It's a really pretty silver and pink chunky glitter. You don't get the best glitter to nail polish ratio, but it's still pretty nice as an accent. You can see some nails that I did using this polish here:

I know I spelled Julep wrong... but don't judge.... ><

Classy nails, though, no? ;)

Thanks for reading!

Sheepy out~ <3