OPI: Color to Diner For. Red Screams Christmas!

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Ever since I painted Are We There Yet? on my nails, I'm drawn to the subtle shimmers of it. Hence, I decided to get the other two 'siblings' of it from the Touring America Collection. If you don't already know yet, I've got both Color to Diner For and My Address is "Hollywood" from secretalluree.com for only RM33 each!

Oh! Before I forget, regarding the double coding issue on my previous haul post, Secret Allure had already clarified it here! So, no worries girls, they are selling genuine OPIs!

Color to Diner For is a warm red. So far, the only red I have is Big Apple Red, but that's a bright one. Hence, I consider this a justified addition to my collection. (Justification: checked!) :)

Pretty shimmers!

Red base with gold micro shimmers, perfect combo for Christmas!

Love!

The formula is quite watery. But that doesn't really bother me much.

Opaque in two coats. Without a top coat, it actually looks kinda dull.

Hence, topcoat is a must!

Overall, a good red. Need I say more?

Love,

Charlotte

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Nail Polish? Never Enough! NEVER!!

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Just when I thought that I should stop buying nail polishes, well at least for awhile, I stumbled across this online store that sells branded nail polishes like OPI, Essie, China Glaze etc at a much lower price. Lower? Yes, like seriously, MUCH LOWER! How much lower? RM33 per bottle of OPI! *gasp!* How to resist?! (FYI, OPI are being retailed at RM59 per bottle at most nail salons or authorized stockists.)

The first thing that came to my mind was that the products might be fakes! And what was worse is that there wasn't any note or FAQ stating that their products are genuine. (Well, maybe they did, but I couldn't seem to find it -,-) However, on their site, I found these 'Reviews' and the 'Testimonials' columns with a list of blogs or customers reviewing their shopping experiences. I randomly clicked on a few blogs. The feedbacks are pretty positive and many have recommended them.

I couldn't help it when the devil in my head kept whispering: buy..buy..BUYYYY!!

And I gave in.

Left to Right:

So Many Clowns...So Little Time,

Color to Diner For,

My Address is "Hollywood"

I've 'inspected' all three of them and I found that My Address is "Hollywood" to be a bit different. It has two different codes on the bottom label.

The top code matches the code on the side of the bottle, but I don't know why is there a second code?

Hurms, anyone have any idea?

Other than that, My Address is "Hollywood" along with the two other bottles passed the general 'original OPI' test. Don't know if that's the name for it. But it's just a list of a things to look out to ensure that your bottle of OPI is original.

Anyway, since the items I've ordered are listed under the "Ready Stocks", I received my parcel exactly two days after I placed my order. Logically speaking, I would have expected them to process and get my items shipped out this soon. But I'm still happy when I receive it this soon. If that makes any sense at all -.-.

OMG, after blabbering for so long, I still haven't tell you what store this is! It's Secret Alluree!

www.secretalluree.com

This is my first time buying nail polishes from them. Haven't participated in their spree event yet. Will definitely do so, after confirming that the double coding thingy does not mean a fake OPI. fingers crossed. Pray. Pray.

But for now, all I can say is:

• Great service, they reply my email within 24 hours.
• Great price. RM33 per bottle!!!
• Wide range of brands
• My items were being bubble wrapped tightly
• Efficient

I can't wait but to try them on and this is the first one that I've picked out.

So Many Clowns...So Little Time

I actually lol'ed at the name of this

It is an off white with a hint of pink.

Looks sweet. I would imagine this to be on a bride.

It is work appropriate too.

I've used 3 coats and the whites of my nails are still peeking out. But not that obvious though.

Like most OPIs, the application was easy. Thanks to their Pro-Wide brush.

I wouldn't say I love this color. It's kinda a 50-50 thing for me. Sometimes when I look at it, I think 'Mmm this is nice!', but sometimes I find it to be quite a boring color. Hmm, what do you think?

Love,

Charlotte

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OPI: Are We There Yet?

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Are We There Yet? is one of the many pretty shades from OPI's Touring America Fall 2011 Collection.

For some reasons, I'm very into coral shades these days and I love how this looks on my nails! It's very subtle and gentle, not too orangey. I'll describe it as a corally-salmoney-peachy-melon color.

Besides that, I love the golden shimmers in it! Sad that it'll only shows up under sunlight. For those who love the shimmers as much as I do, try finishing this with a translucent based shimmer nail polish.

Application was a bliss, like butter melting on your nails! I've done two coats and as you can see, the whites on my nails are still quite visible. So, if you're really particular, you should go for three.

Heart skips a beat!

Love,

Charlotte

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Urban Decay NAKED 2 Palette?!!!

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OMG girls!! UD's Naked 2 is coming to town!

Source: lipglossiping.com

Do visit that site for more pictures and swatches

I'm a big fan of UD's NAKED palette! I've recommended this to so many of my friends, even newbies who were new to make up loved this! Was seriously damn excited when I heard of the rumours! And now that the rumours are true, I'm even more excited!!!! *gasping for air*

I like the tin packaging compared to the old velvety packaging that NAKED has. Hate that it now has dust all over and I'm getting so lazy to clean it every now and then.

The only thing that puts me off is that UD is still reusing shades from other palettes. I know that this is no news, but I still find it quite annoying. I spot Half Baked from NAKED and Blackout from their 15th anniversary collection. Seriously, UD! You need to kick off that pesky habit of yours!! Blehhhh..

Hmm, I wonder if Sephora Malaysia is going to bring this in. I hope they do! Cause this is going to be the best Christmas present this year! (yes, I do get presents for myself every now and then :P)

I want it! I want it!! Aaahhhhhhh...

Hugs,

Charlotte

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NARS: Night Series Nail Polishes!

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Can't wait to try on these nail polishes after I got them from kissandmakeupny.com!! So here are the swatches:

Night Flight is a shimmery dark blue. It looks almost like a black base with very fine blue shimmers scatter all over. Beautiful!

It's like I'm having Sapphires on my nails! *hearts*

The formula is great! Since I always prefer doing thinner coats, I need two for it to look perfect.

Definitely going to be one of my favourite nail polishes! I know I know, I've said the same to many of my other nail polishes, but this, I really really like! Really!!

Okay, move on to the second Night Series Nail Polish that I own, Night Rider.

Night Rider has a jelly formula to it. It is a light pinkish purple, something like a lilac.

As you can see, Night Rider is quite sheer. I've done two coats, but it'll definitely look better with an extra coat. I was just too lazy :P

I always finish my nail application with a topcoat. But for you lazybums out there, I must stress that both Night Flight and Night Rider need topcoats to acquire that fresh-looking-nail-salon-finish! It's a must!! Kappish?

NARS Night Series Collection have four different shades: Night Flight, Night Rider, Night Breeder and Night Porter. I've seen swatches of all of them and they are really amazing. Not to mention that these are limited edition! So grab them while they are still available!!

Blows kisses,

Charlotte

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Ever heard of Heel Condoms?

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Hey girls, what comes to your mind first when you heard of 'Heel Condoms'?

In my case, I thought it to be something like a shoe/heel protector. Since condom is some sort of a protective thingy. Lol! I imagined it to be like a raincoat for your shoes to prevent them from getting wet and dirty during rainy days or while you're walking at a muddy place. Something like this:

But I was wrong! It is actually something much more sophisticated than it sounds! It is able to transform the pair of plain simple heels that you own into something as pretty as this!

Source: theheelcondoms.com

Interested? Visit www.theheelcondoms.com!

Pretty pretty pretty!!

You've gotta give a thumbs up to Miss Sandrysabel Ortiz for this brilliant idea! Come to think of it, you don't only get to 'dress up' your heels, it actually does saves space; it's like you get to own 10 pairs of heels without having 10 shoeboxes stacking up, if that makes any sense (?).

Will I buy it? Yes and no. Yes, if I've finally found a perfect and comfortable pair of plain heels which I can't live without! No, cause the price of these condoms (LOL) are not cheap; with that money, you can buy another pair of heels! But do check on their website often, if these beauties are on sale, I'd say it's quite a good deal. And the good thing is, they do ship to Malaysia :)

What's your verdict? Take it or leave it?

Love,

Charlotte

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Haul and kissandmakeupNY.com Shopping Experience!!

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KissandmakeupNY.com is a New York based online retail store and it provides a wide range of brands such as NARS, Smashbox, Beauty Blender, Kiehl's, Laura Mercier, Butter LONDON et cetera.

There are two shipping options available: with or without insurance, which are USD14.95 and USD9.95 respectively. Both shipping methods are flat shipping rates.

Frankly speaking, I was more than relieved when this parcel arrived at my doorstep. Reason being when I went to google this online retail store up, there were quite a handful of negative reviews, some even said that they waited bout 50days and still didn't receive their items. In the end, they have to dispute their charges with Paypal. However, these negative reviews were quite backdated. So, I narrowed down my search and the recent reviews turned out to be fairly acceptable. I even emailed them personally to enquire about their shipping policies and I received their replies within 24 hours. Having gone through all that, I figured it'll be alright to place my order. Upon placing my order, I wrote an extra note saying that I wished to have my items bubble-wrapped.

Two days later I received an email stating that my items have been shipped and about ten days after that the parcel has arrived safely. And my items were being wrapped properly just as I've requested. It is always nice to know that the seller take your requests seriously, even though it is something as minor as that :)

The only downside is that they do not accept any returns or exchanges. The sales are final. That is also why I requested my items to be bubble-wrapped, just in case the items were to break during delivery or whatnot.

So, enough of my shopping experience. Time to see what's inside the parcel:

*gasp* excited!!

• Beauty Blender's Blender Sponge and Cleanser Kit
• Laura Mercier's Tightline Cake Eye Liner
• NARS Nail Polish in Galion, Night Flight and Night Rider
• NARS Bronzing Powder in Laguna
• NARS The Multiple in Orgasm

Jealous not? :P

Love,

Charlotte

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[Review] butter LONDON: The Old Bill

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This is not my first bottle of Butter LONDON nail lacquer but since this is the my first BL post, I shall give a brief overview of what I think of this brand. BL was found back in 2005. Despite being new to the nail industry, it has become the all time favourite nail polish brand for most beauty bloggers. Besides having a wide range of crazy colours, it is also known for its 3 free formula: free of DBP (Dibutyl Phthalate), Formaldehyde and Toluene also known as the big three toxic chemicals. I shall do a separate blog post on this issue.

Unlike the normal nail polishes, BL's packaging is squarish which makes it easy to be identified.

The picture shown below is the new packaging. The old packaging has the brush attached to the square top. I can imagine the hassle applying nail polish with that bulky squarish holder, thank god they changed the packaging :)

I don't like the brush, it is small and I find it quite hard to apply. I prefer brushes like OPIs' which is able to give an even coverage with just 3 strokes.

This is the main reason why I don't own much BL nail polishes. Will only buy them if I really like the colour and I can't find any similar ones from OPI or China Glaze.

I love this color.

BL describes The Old Bill as Burnished Copper with a beautiful antique patina.

Irl, this color looks more like a rose gold to me which is not quite the same as the one shown in the picture. It has a pink undertone to it.

The application was quite messy. Like most metallic shades, it is very streaky but not too bad.

Two coats and you're good to go!

I consider this to be a neutral shade. Hence, it compliments any skintone.

The shimmery finish makes it extra special.

Love this!

Cheers,

Charlotte

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[Review] Urban Decay: 15-year Anniversary Eyeshadow Collection

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This might not be news to most of you girls, some might even hug it to sleep every night already! But I'm so excited about this palette I just have to share it with you people! :)

The moment I found out that UD is releasing this palette to celebrate their 15th year anniversary, I knew I have to get my hands on this. Especially after knowing that the shades in this palette are completely brand new! If you don't already know yet, UD has this pesky habit of reusing their existing eyeshadows in different palettes.

Reason why I'm only posting this up now is because I couldn't buy this baby in Australia. Have to beg my sister to get it for me from Sephora Malaysia. So a BIG hug and thanks to my sister and my dad of course, for driving her there just to get this for me.*HUGGSS* And I was so happy to find it sitting prettily on my table the moment I reach home (Yes, I'm back in Malaysia now, for holidays!)

OK, enough of grandmother story from me, back to the palette, shall we?

Now, take a deep breath! This post is gonna be a picture heavy post!

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The packaging is so dam bloody pretty!! Elegant, classy and girly!!

Love the bejeweled UD initials on the cover

*gasp* the detailed design on the side PWEEETEE!

The eyeshadow palette is placed inside this velvety box which is quite similar to the box frame thingy from the UD NAKED Palette. But the difference being, the NAKED one's is not as solid as this. So, please don't throw this away, you can re-use it! I use it to store the accessories and jeweleries that I often wear. Though I don't have a vanity table at home, but this will definitely look pretty sitting on one. However, the thought that it will collect dusts kinda bothers me. If I'm lazy to clean it, I'll prolly just dispose it.

The back cover of the packaging. Don't really need this, since the names of the eyeshadows are already labelled inside the palette.

The top cover of the palette has a mirror. Mine looks blurry because I haven't peel off the protective layer thingy yet.

And Tadah!

15 brand new colors! As you can see most of them are frosty and shimmery!

Perfect for the holiday season!

There is also a secret compartment in this palette. Sneaky UD!

Simply use the tip of your nails to pick up this layer.

And you'll get another velvety frame like thingy.

I find this to be quite pointless actually, not very sure of the purpose of having this secret compartment. If you were to seperate the palette from this layer, the palette will be left unprotected as the top cover will not be able to lock the palette tightly.

I don't know if this make any sense to you (?). Lawls.

Now, move on to the swatches!

Fyi, this my first time posting up eyeshadow swatches, sorry if its not perfect.

[L-R]: Half Truth, Blackout, Ace, M.I.A., Deeper

Half Truth

It's metalic purple irl, the picture doesn't do this colour justice. It is a pretty purple with a hint of grey, and a smokey shimmery effect.

Blackout

Matte, dark black.

Ace

Ace alone looks like a smokey black. But swatching it beside Blackout, it looks more like a grey with slight shimmers.

M.I.A.

The finish is the same as Ace, but instead of black/grey, it is a dark brown.

Deeper

Dark coppery brown. Or rather bronze with gold shimmers.

[L-R]: Chase, Flow, Vanilla, Midnight 15, Midnight Rodeo

I think this is the worst set of swatches out of all three. Sorreehhh!!

Chase

A lighter version of Deeper

Flow

Peach with gold shimmers.

Vanilla

Champagne gold with shimmers.

Midnight 15

Champagne silver with shimmers. Flow, Vanilla and Midnight 15 will look really pretty on the inner eyelids or the tear duct area. Brighten up the eyes instantly!

Midnight Rodeo

Dark brown with heavy glitters. Do expect a lot of fall outs while applying. Reminds me of Sidecar from the NAKED palette.

[L-R]: Deep End, Evidence, Omen, Junkshow, Tainted

Deep End

Shimmery teal/turquoise.

Evidence

Dark royal blue with slight shimmers.

Omen

Lilac with silver shimmers.

Junkshow

It looks more like a hot pink rather than red irl. Least favourite colour in the palette! Not a wearable colour in my opinion.

Tainted

Soft pink with gold shimmers.

Note: Swatches are done without eyeshadow primer.

Pros

• Like the other UD eyeshadows, they are all really pigmented!
• A great deal! I paid RM180 for this palette which then narrows down to RM12 per colour!
• The colours are pretty wearable for creating an everyday look (except Junkshow of course!)
• Exquisite packaging. Instantly add a hint of elegance to your vanity table :)
• It is available in Sephora Malaysia! But I'm not sure if it is sold out already or if they are going to stock it up.

Cons

• The only bad thing: you will have finger prints printing all over your palette. That really annoys me. I have to wipe it almost after every time I touched it. Ish!

Overall, a great palette! So, whatcha waiting for? BUY BUY BUY!! :D

Love,

Charlotte

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