Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 4

It's Disney Princess nails time! (That's a rather long name...haha. ^^") Today's princess nails are inspired by Jasmine!




















Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Create two bright yellow diagonals on the top half of your nail that's closer to the bed. I used Sally Hansen's Lightning. This will be the base of Jasmine's golden necklace.

Step 3: Create two scalloped shapes with a sheer periwinkle that meet in the middle of your nail on the bottom 1/3 of the nail, near the tip. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

Step 4: Apply a sheer layer of turquoise over the layer of periwinkle. I used Sinful Colors' Mint Apple .

[Colorful Tip] It was really hard for me to find a color that matched Jasmine's attire exactly, so I used sheer colors of periwinkle and turquoise to create the color of her clothes. Light blue and turquoise would work together as well. (:

Step 5: Apply an extremely thin layer of gold on the bright yellow. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.
[Colorful Tip] Wipe both sides of the gold nail polish application brush very thoroughly. Then dot a napkin with the tip because nail polish collects at the tip of the brush even if you wipe off the sides a lot. This way, there won't be a huge cluster of gold on one end of the necklace.

Step 6: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

That's it for Princess Jasmine nails!

Jen from frmheadtotoe did a Jasmine make up tutorial video on her YouTube Channel. Check it out! (: I applied her rendition of Jasmine's make up for my Jasmine costume when I went to Disney's D23 Expo this year!Here is the Jasmine costume that Jen wore in the video, and the same costume that I wore to D23. The costume is called the Arabian Princess costume and it's made by Leg Avenue. Here's designer doll version of Jasmine! I have noticed though that the costume names are exactly the same, but the one that I got has the blue sheer cloth underneath the bra piece, but Jen's doesn't. Here is the costume that I got, and here is the one that Jen has.

And with that, here's the designer doll version of Jasmine! (:

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Smile! for [Colorful Trends] Colorblocking: Synchronize and Analogize

Hello smileys! (:

[Reading a previous blog entry that introduces the technique of colorblocking will help understanding this bloggy entry better. Happy reading!]

Colorblocking is very in style right now and we're going to start off with explaining the analogous colored technique on your wardrobe pieces. To review, analogous colors are colors that are similar hues that touch on the color wheel. Today, we'll play with three color combinations:


All right then! Let's get these outfits started! (:

T-shirt - Talbots
Lace Tank Top - Styles For Less
Jacket - from a friend
Corduroy Pants - from a friend

Our first analogous colors outfit includes the colors yellow, yellow green and green. When you wear similar colors, it's important to not look like a solid blob of mish-mesh. Why? It's just not flattering. To make similar colors work together to create a decent outfit means taking different textures and patterns. Here I layered my bright yellow lace tank top with a pastel yellow t-shirt. Both colors are yellow, but they have different textures, and the pastel yellow dulls down the clash of colors on this outfit. I had the tank top peek out from underneath the t-shirt to make it more obvious that I'm wearing yellow.

[Colorful Tip] Having bright lace tank tops peek out from underneath your top really gives the entire outfit a pop of color.

The lighter green utility jacket with the t-shirt really mellows out the darker corduroy pants and the bright lace tank. (:

T-shirt - Anchor Blue

Capris - Styles For Less

Cardigan - Express

Our next outfit includes the colors red-violet, violet and blue violet. This combination was easier because I have a pair of jean capris that's very dark, so in certain angles it looks like it's a very dark shade of blue-violet. This outfit is a lot more relaxing for the Fall time. If it's chilly outside though, I would definitely suggest darker blue jeans. Skinny jeans for me are warmer than jeans because skinny jeans hug your skin more. (:

[Colorful Tip] Pairing pieces with jeans for any outfit is pretty simple, so if you're trying out the analogous technique with your outfits. It's a lot easier to start out with blue jeans and matching it with purples and greens.

Top - Causeway Mall
Lace Tank Top - Styles For Less

Capris - Styles For Less

hand-me-down Jacket - Hollister

This last outfit will have the colors red, red orange and orange. Since this color combination is very bright and congregated in one area, I used white as a neutral color to dull down the outfit with my jacket and my white capris. By using my beige jacket and my white capris, this balances out the brightness with the bright red and bright orange. Again, if it's chilly outside, I'd wear neutral colored long pants.

[Colorful Tip] Think of neutral colors as background colors. Neutral colors include white, grey, black, ivory, beige and taupe. Another way of identifying neutral colors is to think of greyscale colors. These colors can dull down and make an outfit more casual looking.

I had my bright red lace tank peek through from underneath my coral, red-orange top. Then, since the Fall season is coming around full swing, I added on my Hollister furry hooded beige jacket that had a bright orange quilted pattern on the inside.

[Colorful Tip] Causeway Mall is actually a very cheap and fun way to shop. This online store is a little different from other stores. You actually have to buy two of each thing that you buy, so buying with a friend is very wise. (: In high school, my friends and I all ordered together and bought clothes together and when it was Twin Day at school, we'd talk about dressing up the same!


That's it for this entry. I really hope that this was helpful to you. One of the ways to express yourself is through the way you dress, so don't be afraid to try out new combinations. You might just find a new style that you enjoy. (:

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Smile! for [Colorful Tag] Would You Rather...Beauty Edition

1.) Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lipglosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?
I'd rather lose my palette because, I can just buy another one that has many colors.

2.) Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?
I would rather chop off all my hair because hair grows....but if I was in an animated world (cough, like Disney) I'd rather never be able to cut it again. :9

3.) Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?
Pink seems more natural than coral, even though I dislike the color pink and I rather love coral. Even so, I'd rather have a more natural look than an adventurous one unless I'm dressing up in a costume.

4.) If you had $1000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?
Even though I'm experimenting with makeup now, I'd rather spend it on clothes.

5.) Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner, or eyeliner as lipstick?
I don't like things around my eyes already, so I would have to go with eyeliner as lipstick, and just not eat or pucker for the duration that I have it on. XD Haha.

6.) Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?
Sephora is way more diverse so I'd rather shop there. I do have some MAC products and they're great, but I'm rather fond of having many options.

7.) Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?
One lip color, there's so many costume looks that have colorful eyeshadows! (: You can really change a mood with just your eyes alone.

8.) Would you rather wear winter clothes in summer or summer clothes in winter?
I would rather be cold than warm because I have a tendency to have mini blackouts when it gets too warm for me and it's very uncomfortable. I pretty much wear the same layers of clothes year round anyway besides an extra jacket maybe if it's raining. So my answer shall be summer clothes in winter.

9.) Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?
Bright nails. I love colors, so bright nails please! (:

10.) Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?
I'd rather......hm.........lip product because I can use other things to care for my lips where as my eye products are more used for costume usage. Haha.

11.) Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or a messy bun?
I hate my ears, so I'd really rather have a messy bun because the extra strands can hang down and cover my ears. X3

12.) Would your rather never be able to paint your nails again or never use lipgloss?
My current obsession is nail art, so never use lipgloss! I can use lip balm. :x (trying to find loophole...) Hahaha. (:0

13.) Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or sharpie them in everyday?
Wow...um.....hm.......I'm rather lazy in the morning so I'd rather shave my eyebrows off. Sharpie is pretty toxic too, so that sounds like a pretty depressing routine.

14.) Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?
Again, because I currently have an obsession with nail art at the moment, I would say that I'd live without make up. Although, to be completely honest, in the long run, I'd rather live without nail polish because I love dressing up in costumes for events. (:

That's it for this tag game. I tag you all!


Jen from frmheadtotoe did a tag video of these questions on her YouTube channel. Check it out! (:

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 3

It's Disney Princess nails time and this week is week 3! Today's princess nails are inspired by Rapunzel from the movie Tangled!

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Apply a dark purple on 1/3 of your nail from the bed. I used Orly's Purple Velvet.

[Colorful Tip] Orly's Purple Velvet comes out matte, for other uses to get a glossy image, use a clear coat afterwards.

Step 3: Using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), draw vertical pink lines on the purple stripe you've drawn, so that it alternates purple-pink-purple-pink. I used Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink. This pattern will represent Rapunzel's sleeves.

Step 4: Apply lavender or periwinkle to then fill in the rest of your nail. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

Step 5: Using a dotting tool (I used a sewing pin), draw two vertical light pink lines down the lavender/periwinkle part of your nail that separates it to about three equal parts. I used Wet n Wild's Tickled Pink.

[Colorful Tip] Many art enthusiasts use toothpicks and bobby pins to apply details to their nail art designs, but I have found an even smaller tool to apply details, a sewing pin! Sewing pins would be for very, important, but tiny details that are very difficult to apply onto the nail. When using a sewing pin, make sure the very tip of the pin is dipped in polish and lightly draw on the top of the polish layer. If you press too hard, it will cut through the nail polish layer underneath and that isn't flattering. Be careful and don't poke yourself!

Step 6: Using the same dotting tool and color, carefully draw two X's between the light pink vertical lines. These X's are the criss-crossing ribbons that are on Rapunzel's dress

Step 7: Again, using the same dotting tool and color, carefully draw an infinite sign above the two X's. This will be a bow! (:

Step 8: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

[Colorful Tip] For the rest of my nails, I just applied my La Vie's Dolores on them, so that only my thumb was the detailed nail. It's a pastel purpley color. I couldn't find their website nor a website that carried their nail polish, but I had purchased it in a local nail salon for $3.

Here's a close-up on the finished design!

That's it for Rapunzel inspired nails! I hope that maybe after wearing these nails, you'll be able to "at last..see the light"! (; By the way, here's designer doll Rapunzel!

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Smile! for [Colorful Trends] Colorblocking: Intro

Welcome to Colorful Trends! (:

This is where we go over trends and discover how to incorporate them into our outfits to express ourselves! Each trend is going to have an intro and then entries afterwards that go over them, but don't worry! If you miss the introduction, I will include all the parts in the Colorful Links section below. Are you ready? Let's get started! (:

Our very first trend that we're going to go over is colorblocking. Colorblocking is a technique that brings the colors on the color wheel into your environment. This technique isn't only used in fashion. It's also used to paint walls, interior design purposes and even scrapbooking!

To explain colorblocking, I'm going to use the color wheel to help explain the color combinations. There are three main colorblocking combinations used in fashion. And they aaaare (drumroll....)


Analogous colors are colors that are similar hues that touch on the color wheel. For example, referring to the color wheel above, red-violet, violet and blue-violet would be analogous colors.

Complementary colors are across from each other on the color wheel. For example, if yes was blue, no would be orange. They're on the opposite sides from each other.

Triadic colors are three evenly spaced colors on the color wheel. For example, red, yellow and blue would be triadic colors. Green, orange and purple are also triadic colors.

[Colorful Tip] Red, yellow and blue are primary colors, while green, orange and purple are secondary colors! (: Some knowledge for yah!

Now that you're informed about the three main colorblocking combinations, I'll update entries about each one, and providing examples of each one with examples from my closet. Hopefully, I'll be able to find good enough examples because my wallet glares at me quite often, so I may not be able to find all the colors. But I'll try my best! (:

Hope you learned something from this entry. That's it for now! Stay tuned as we step into the world of colorblocking soon! (:

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Colorblocking: Synchronize and Analogize (Analogous Colors)

Smile! for COD #4

Yesterday morning, the roads were all foggy! Last night was pretty chilly too, so I figured since today I'm going to be out all day it wouldn't hurt to layer up! (Neither would it hurt to throw on a scarf.)

Striped Two Layer Top - Papaya

Cardigan - Express
Skinny Jeans - Styles For Less
Scarf - Styles For Less

I'm pairing this outfit with my grey Converse today. [Sidenote] My feet are so small that I had to buy a kid's size 3. Oh wells! At least they were cheaper!

[Colorful Tip]
Express is expensive for their regular retail prices, but rightly so because their quality is really nice. Also if you don't mind looking through their Clearance section, there's some pretty good deals there. I bought this purple Cardigan for $23.99 and it was originally $50, so I'm not complaining. Express is also having their semi-annual Clearance sale right now. I think it's worth looking into. I will also add a helpful link in the Colorful Links section if you like what you see. (;

[Colorful Tip]
Papaya has very affordable, stylish clothing. Many clothing pieces in my closet from there. Even better is when they have things on sale. (; Happy shopping!

Stay warm!

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 2

It's week 2 of Disney Princess nails! Today's princess nails are based off of Snow White! (:



















Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Apply a navy blue on 2/3 of your nail from the bed. I used Sation's Midnight Blue.

[Sidenote] I couldn't find Sation's main website, but I did find a cheap website for Sation nail polish that I will include in the Colorful Links section.

Step 3: Using a bright yellow, draw two diagonals painted from the rest of the 1/3 of your nail, and then color the rest in. I used Sally Hansen's Lightning. This is going to be the skirt part of Snow White's dress.

Step 4: Use a lavender or periwinkle to then draw two half ovals on the opposite ends of the navy blue. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury. This will be the puffy sleeves of Snow White's dress.

Step 5: Using a dotting tool (I used a bobby pin), draw two vertical red lines on each of the puffy sleeves.

Step 6: Using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), carefully draw two triangles in the middle of where the yellow diagonals meet with the navy blue. I used Confetti's The Red Carpet. This is Snow White's red bow that she usually wears on her ebony hair.

Step 7: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

[Colorful Tip] For the rest of my nails, I just applied my Sally Hansen's Lightning on them, so that only my thumb was the detailed nail. You can try other designs that are Snow White themed as well though! Maybe an apple on a yellow background for one of them? In any case, here's where you may use your creativity to make your nails fit for a princess!

Hope you enjoyed this nail tutorial! Be careful of those poisoned apples! Here is the designer's doll version of Snow White.

She reminds me of little red riding hood for some reason. Haha.

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Penguin Nails

The other day was my little sister's birthday and to celebrate, we watched Happy Feet. It's such a cute and inspirational movie, as well as musically fun. This was the inspiration that started this nail tutorial.


Here are the steps that I used to achieve this nail art.

[Sidenote] I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury for the penguin's body, but you can use other colors too. I, personally, would use pastel colors long as the body of the penguin doesn't clash with the orange beak, it's fine!

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Apply the color that you want for the penguin's body. I used Essie's Lapiz of Luxury.

Step 3: Use white and use your nail as a guide to paint the penguin's white face/belly. You'll be slowly drawing half an oval on your nail. I used Confetti's White Knights.

Step 4: By using the dotting tool (I used a toothpick), use black to dot in the eyes. I used Confetti's Black Tie.

Step 5: By using a bigger dotting tool (I used a bobby pin), use orange to dot in the penguin's feet. I used Revlon's Peachy.

Step 6: By using the same dotting tool (bobby pin), use orange to carefully create a small horizontal oval in between the eyes. This will be the penguin's beak. I used Revlon's Peachy.

Step 7: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

Then you're done! Ready to have your own little happy penguin on your nails. (:





















That's it for this tutorial!

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Smile! for [Colorful Links] Halloween Edition

Halloween is coming up! The holiday of candy collecting and colorful costumes! Even if there are multiple costume boutiques that open for this fun event, there are many websites you can go to save money. Here are some of the places I've stumbled across and I like to go to look around for costumes.

1.Yandy
Corsets, lace and frills! Oh my! Yandy is more often thought of for their lingerie section, but their selections also include shoes, wigs, stockings, clubbing dresses and of course...costumes!

Since Halloween is in season, Yandy also made many videos to show their wide selection of costumes. It's like your own personal runway! Right now for Yandy there is an event that goes up to 75% off for costumes. Some even go for below $20!

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3. Discount Women's Dress Shoes (DWD Shoes)
Usually people turn to them for cheap dress shoes, like their name promises, but what many don't know is their selection for clothing and the highlight for today, costumes!

[Sidenote] I found an even cheaper Belle costume on this website. If this information seems very random to you, please read a previous blog entry that I had written about Disney Princess Nails.

Even if the costume selection for DWD is smaller than other stores, their Leg Avenue costumes, which can go up to $60 in pricing, go for considerably cheaper. Check it out! (:

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4. Facebook Boutiques
There are plenty of Facebook online shops now. Some of my friends own one as well and it isn't hard to understand why since Facebook is such a big part of our lives today.

For example, this year's Halloween costume for me is from a boutique called Jessie Shops. Her shop is an example of one of the places that sells the Leg Avenue designs for $60, but that isn't the focus for why I'm sharing her shop. In her Halloween album, Jessie Shops also has olden Chinese amazingly detailed outfits with updated, cheaper prices. Check out her store! (:

[Sidenote] I'm actually going to meet up with her today to get my costume! ^^ Haha, crossing my fingers on the fit!

Hope all of these sites helped you out! Happy shopping! (:


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Smile! for COD #3

Even though fall is here, that doesn't mean very much on the west coast. Today the highest temperature was about 99 degrees Fahrenheit where I am and I've had a few friends tell me that it burned about 104 degrees Fahrenheit where they were. With that weather report in mind, I decided to be very aware of the predicted hateful heat and put this outfit on.

Ruffly Leopard Print Tank - Styles for Less
Skinny Jeans - from a friend's Facebook closet sale
Sara Buchanan Heels - Kohl's

Here's a close up of my heels. I had my Confetti The Red Carpet colored toesies give the outfit a pop of color.

[Colorful Tip]
Kohl's is quite pricey most of the time, but when they have sales I think it's worth looking into. The heels that I'm wearing today were on sale and were about $20-$30. Since finding shoes that are my size and actually look decent on me is quite difficult, (and considering I would like to expand my footwear options to add casual heels) I bought them.

Anyways, that's it for this COD! I hope that you're not caught in the weather's mood swings.

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Disney Princess: Week 1

Hello everyone! How was your weekend? I absolutely LOVE Disney. (: The colors, the imagination and the extremely detail oriented designs are just so amazing.

Today I'm introducing that's been on my mind for a few weeks now. The idea came to be because a friend is determined to buy the Disney Princess Designer Doll collection. The collection was introduced at this year's Disney Expo in Anaheim, California, and I must admit, the designers did put a very modern fashion twist to the classic Disney princesses. Take a look for yourself!

(From left to right: Rapunzel from Tangled, Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Snow White from Snow White, Pocahontas from Pocahontas, Jasmine from Aladdin, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Mulan from Mulan, Cinderella from Cinderella, Tiana from The Princess and the Frog)

Anyways, enough of the introduction..I did some designs for nail art based on these Disney princesses. (: Every week, I will introduce a new nail tutorial based off another princess and maybe even a few other Disney characters. This week I shall be introducing my nail art design version oooof.......

Belle from Beauty and the Beast and here it is! Here are the steps that I used to achieve this nail art.

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Using a pastel yellow, draw three fat vertical lines. I used Revlon's Sunshine Sparkle. This is going to be the ruffly yellow dress on your nails and it should create a scalloped design.

Step 3: Using a more brighter yellow, draw three U-shapes across your nails. I used Sally Hansen's Lightning. This is going to be the brighter yellow ribbon that's near the bottom of Belle's dress.

Step 4: By using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), dot three golden dots at the tip of where your U-shapes meet. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.

Step 5: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

All done! (: This nail design would go nice with a Belle Halloween costume. Hope you find your prince, princesses! (;

If you're curious how the Belle designer doll looks, here it is!

She's rather poofy isn't she? Haha. (:

Coinky-dinkly, Jen from frmheadtotoe did a make up tutorial for Belle a few days ago. (: She's such an inspiration! I will add her information in the Colorful Links section below. Even though she got the costume for free, I tried my best to find the cheapest website that had the Belle costume for you all if you wish to be Belle this Halloween or maybe even for a convention. Hope it helps!

[Colorful Tip] Many of Yandy's costumes are under $30 on their website under the Clearance section. Go check it out and maybe you'll find the Halloween costume you'll wear this year. Happy browsing!

That's it for this tutorial!

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Smile! for [Nail Tutorial] Leopard Nails

Hello smileys! In a previous post, I mentioned wanting to try out leopard nails and I finally did today!

I'm not sure why, but instead of leopards, they look like golden Dalmatians to me. Or...baby leopards! Hahaha! :9 Here are the steps that I used to achieve this nail art.

Step 1: Apply a base coat. If you don't own base coat, then use clear polish because it's better than nothing.

Step 2: Put a piece of tape across your nails and firmly check that they're secure. Apply 3 coats of a beige or light tan color. I used NYC's Mulberry Street. (very left)

Step 3: By using a dotting tool (I used a toothpick), dot several dots of gold or brown. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.

Step 4: By using the dotting tool again, use black to draw little c's around the dots of gold/brown. I used Confetti's Black Tie.

Step 5 (optional): Apply a very thin coat of sparkle. I used Revlon's Gold Coin.

Step 6: Apply a top coat to your nails. If you don't own top coat, then use a clear polish. This seals all the nail polish in and keeps it lasting longer.

Then you're done! Ready to go out and prowl the city! (;


















Hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I'm really considering making a YouTube video since this doesn't catch the actual process in the best way. I'm also considering trying out gradient nails. It seems very simple and classy, and after watching Jen from fromheadtotoe's tutorial, it's become a part of my to do list.

gradient nails by fromheadtotoe

This nail art was inspired off of two of my favorite leopard nails that I found on YouTube.

leopard nails by cutepolish

leopard nails by IHaveACupcake at 1:25

For more of these ladies' nail art, I'll link their information in the Colorful Links section below. That's it for this entry! (:

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Smile! for [Nail Polish] Walmart Haul and Review

Happy Friday! How are you all? I went to Walmart yesterday and picked up a few things as well as doing researching for the pricing of nail polish. This is what I picked up!


[Haul]

The total for these two things was $5.71, which I thought wasn't bad.

I've been very eager and looking around for glow in the dark nail polish and when I saw that this one was $2.98, I have to say I was quite excited. On the back of the Salon Perfect bottle they even suggest to "Shake Gently" and "Apply "2-3 coats." Even though the nail polish container looks like bad packaging, there's still an average amount of nail polish within the bottle, so no worries there, although I do wish that the packaging design wasn't so wasteful.

[Colorful Tip] As it turns out, there's a shelf at Walmart of NYC polish that's 93 cents. It was quite clear to me that there were many people to took advantage of this cheap pricing considering there were only 4 bottles left on that part of the shelf.

[Review]

For the cotton pads. They were very soft, but they also come apart quite easily when they're dry. On the other hand, since they were $2.27 for 160 pads, I'd be willing to go back and buy more when I run out, but ideally, I'd like to try some more brands to see which one is more worth while.

For the glow-in-the-dark nail polish, I discovered ups and downs with it because the friendly suggestion on the back of the bottle "Apply 2-3 coats" is a definite understatement. Even with 3 coats, I couldn't see the nail polish very well. Normally when I apply nail polish I wipe the application brush on the inside on both sides, but with this nail polish I had to apply about 8 coats while wiping the brush on one side to give my nails a very heavy coat. And even through all that effort, couldn't get my camera to pick up the glow-in-the-dark effect. Sad. ;^;

[Sidenote] I apologize for the my nails' appearance, they're horrendous because when I cut my nails the other day, I cut them rather shorter than I wanted to. Not going to multi-task when I do that next time. So much for cutting nails and watching How I Met Your Mother at the same time.........

On the bright side, the polish during the day time doesn't give your nails a very strange color, it's a very light, nail-toned color with the small tint of pastel green in some angles. In other angles, it just looks like you just applied clear polish on.





Ideally, this is the polish I'd like to find. (: Isn't it cool?











That's it for this haul and review post! Hope it was informative in some way!

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Smile! for COD #2

Fall is here! Which means a changing in weather as well as wardrobe pieces, but layering up your clothing, doesn't mean that it has to make yourself look like a human clothing snowball. Today is the first day of the fall season where it's rained the whole day, so here's the outfit I wore today that didn't make me non-human-clothing-snowball-y and at the same time, quite snuggly buggly.

Purple Cowl Neck Halter Top - from a friend's Facebook closet sale
Denim Jacket - from a Taiwanese store
Faux Leather Jacket - Forever 21 similar here
Skinny Jeans - Styles for Less
Shoes - Styles for Less

Here's a close up of my boots.

[Colorful Tip]
Styles for Less has the cheapest skinnies that I have yet to come across. Here is their online selection for skinnies. Most of my skinnies are from there and when you get a VIP card, it's 10% off every single purchase for the year, which I find very worth while, since I live very close to one. You only pay $5 for the card and then its 10% off every purchase for the whole year and 20% off the purchase you make on the week of your birthday! Click here and scroll to the very bottom for full details.

If the weather lightens up, I can even take off the leather jacket and wear it like this! Yay for rolling up the sleeves! (;

Even if I don't expect the weather to lighten up, it's not a bad idea to be prepared for it. Besides, layering jackets don't always have to look poofy. The whole thing can have a very chic, comfy look to it!

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