NOTD, food and pretty necklace

Happy humpday (ie Wednesday)! I received a FULL sample of this China Glaze nail polish in my loosebutton subscription last year.  I never tried this nail polish b/c I assumed it was a dark brown colour and didn't feel like wearing a dark colour like this until recently.  I was plesantly surprised to see this nail polish being a dark plum colour with small tiny gold shimmer - gorgeous!! Love love!!! The colour is China Glaze #668 side-saddle

My apologizes, this photo was taken after several days of wear



Can you see the small golden shimmer?! So pretty! :)

(btw, Loose Buttons is one of those monthly subscriptions where you receive samples from various companies.  For more info: www.loosebutton.com  I have stopped my subscription after several months as I have a vast collection of sample makeup/skincare that I need to use up first)

I had a double date the other weekend: went to EDO Restaurant in Toronto to take advantage of the Winterlicious prices/meals.  To be honest with you, I had low expectations of this restaurant as it being a Japanese restaurant.  I hope I don't offend anyone with this comment, but many Japanese restaurants aren't own by Japanese people and chefs aren't usually Japanese...for this reason, the food is just ok/avg/good.  Growing up eating Japanese food daily, I'm quite picky and am rarely impressed with Japanese restaurants, but EDO Restaurant was a plesant surprise :) The chef came and spoke to us after as well - a very nice encounter!

This plate may look quite normal, but it was very good!

I also purchased a necklace from Forever 21 and I love how the colours shine :)

Also, on a side note, lately my eyes are attracted to neutrals: creme, ivory, taupe, muted pinks, corals, peach colours lol I guess I'm becoming more 'girly' (I'm actually quite a tomboy if I let myself go) lol

Have a great week everyone! ^_^

Winter + nail colour + Disneyworld video (my first vid)

Happy Holidays :) I apologize in advance as this post is a bit of a mishmash of stuff :p

Toronto Eaton Centre

I initially saw a girl on the subway with the colour..I had to ask her where she got it.  She said she purchased it at Suzy Shier.  LA Girls: Antique for $5.00

2 coats

 

The boyfriend and I went to Disneyworld and posted a video on youtube, please feel free to take a look.  I will most more vids since I have SO much footage.  I plan on posting a vid on just christmas lights/decorations as well as one about the Epcot theme park.  If you've never been before, I suggest you going in the weeks after the American Thanksgiving and before Xmas. We didn't do as much waiting as we anticipated since it was 'low season'.  Hope you like the video :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foz1gjQ2Rjg

For those Canadian readers, hope you're all having an amazing boxing week! I went shopping two days in a row O_O"....but I assure you the items I purchased were such deals!!! I'm very happy with my purchases.  Happy Shopping and happy holidays :)



Obsessed with nail polish - Essie's summer 2010 Collection

My current obsession: nail polish

I think it's because summer is here which gives me a good excuse to wear somewhat vibrant colours :D I really want to buy those green's from OPI's shrek collection, but I don't think my workplace would appreciate those colours =\

Anyways, I was at Winners the other day and saw that they had Essie's 2010 summer collection!

From left to right: Haute as Hello, Demure Vixen, Miss Matched, and Seche Vite
(the polishes were $6.99 CAD each and top coat was $7.99 CAD)

For the full colours in this collection, visit Essie's website: http://www.essie.com/seasonal2/

Has anyone tried the Seche Vite? I hear the gurus hyping up this product, but my current Revlon top coat seems to be doing a good job. I'll let you know how it compares!

Another thing I'm obsessed with are my silver and gold filled bangles. I wear them every single day :)


What are your current obsessions?

NOTD and Giveaway

Just a quick post on my NOTD: picked this one up from Shoppers when they were having a Revlon sale. It's called Perfect Pink and it's such a cute pink for summer^^ If you're looking for a cool toned pink, this is it! It was a bit streaky so for some nails I had to put on 3 coats. I'm really enjoying this colour! Here are some photos: it's funny how lighting changes the colour of the nailpolish lol

At night - kitchen light on (no flash)

Daytime - by the window (this is more true to colour)

..and Jenny is holding a giveaway - be sure to check it out here!

California Coral NOTD

Went to Shoppers the other day and was browsing their nail polish section and discovered that Essie polishes were on sale for $8.99. I picked myself up a pretty polish in coral: California Coral


I received nothing but compliments on the colour when I wore it this past weekend...well I still have it on now, but I'm contemplating whether or not it's office safe =\ What do you think? Is it office safe?

Olympics 2010 & NOTD

So as you all know the Olympics are being held in Canada this year. Starting last year, The Hudson's Bay Company has been airing this commercial with all the Olympic wear and I saw this one sweater that I have been wanting for the longest time. Every time I visited the Bay, it was sold out. I tried multiple locations - all sold out :(

One day, I got a call from my sister telling me that Zellers actually had some in stock! I ended up in Zellers and picked myself up this sweater and a pair of the mittens that you see everyone wearing on tv :)







The sweater is SUPER warm :) I bought the large size so I can wear it with some leggings and boots. It has CANADA written on the back, pretty simple

The mittens were $10 - proceeds go to support our Olympic athletes. As per Zellers' website, they have raised over $4 million with these mittens!

Are you following the Olympics? I hope you're all enjoying it so far and are able to see what Vancouver, Canada is all about^^


Colour is: Play Fair. It's a cute pink/purple colour^^. I was in a rush and didn't put on a top coat, but it has lasted for several days now - not bad, eh? (btw, I put on 2 coats)

..and...I apologize, I have to post some swatches and reviews.. >_<.. soon to come!