Life can have its disappointments - like this set of nails. Newspaper nails were a trend around 2012 and though they were on my list of things to try when I first started doing nail art and blogging, there was always something more interesting to try and now eight years later, in our month of "Experimentation" it felt like the perfect time to attempt. As you can see, this did not turn out like I had hoped and though I have my theories as to why, I don't love the results even at their best to try again...
There are more and more brands jumping onto the marketability of Lunar New Year packaging with effort and innovation ranging from putting the SAME product in a RED box to a truly limited edition piece that you would both want to display and use because the inside is just as beautiful as the outside. The Sulwhasoo ShineClassic Multi Powder (aka blush) is quite obviously, the latter and I wish I had started collecting earlier, but then again I was still a student in 2003 when the ShineClassic compacts were first released and probably had other things to spend my money on like books and tuition! Even now, I know each of these compacts is an indulgence, but I truly feel like I am purchasing a piece of art so I think going forward, I will grab one every year and somehow find a way to display it!
Oh my my, TWO manicures in one week?! I can't believe I used to paint them 3-4x per week! This is when using a peel-off base coat is super helpful because one of the worst things I despise about the whole nail art thing is taking off polish. There is something about that step this I truly hate, whether it'd be the cotton balls, the rubbing, the waste I am creating so because I used a peel-off base coat for my Bubble Nails, I popped them off right away and applied this beauty of a blue from Bio Sculpture!
At the end of 2018, The Creme Shop launched a most exciting collaboration with the Queen of Sanrio herself - Hello Kitty! I went a little crazy with my order in October 2018 because I thought it was a Holiday collection, but now I see that not only does The Creme Shop still have the masks, but now have even MORE Hello Kitty masks! I have yet to finish what I purchased, but the masks are so cute that I had to share this one for #LunarJanuary!
Folks, welcome to "Bubble Nails"! It has been a long time since I have tried anything with gel polish let alone a fancy new nail art trend so yay for this month's #CBBxManiMonday theme of "Experimentation"!
This is what I love about #NaBloPoMo - sharing something completely unrelated to my usual content that is a huge part of my life and that is Netflix! I never thought the day would come when Canada would finally have access to some truly decent shows and now I often don't know where to begin so I have grudgingly accepted that Netflix recommendations CAN be quite useful. Like many of you, I watch a lot of Netflix, but wanted to share what I have been watching over the past month!
1. The Witcher
Ok yes, you get to see a fair amount of Henry Cavill in the buff and while I've liked the guy since seeing him in The Tudors and more recently in Mission Impossible (unfortunately wasn't a fan of him in Superman), I really enjoyed his performance playing Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher. I am familiar with the video game, but didn't know it was based on a series of books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. While some of you might not be into the whole lore of magic, monsters, potions and witches, I found each episode (with the exception of one) entertaining especially because there is always a monster of sorts in each. There is even a dragon and a genie!
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