Naaaaaails!

My dog decided to debut his arse on my blog

Hai.

Just a quick NOTD featuring one of my most fave colours in my collection (teal/turquoisey-coloured Chamon Nail Pop) and a new addition, L.A. Girl Glitter addict in Nostalgic. I'm not usually one for accent nails but I was desperate to use my new glitter polish and didn't want the removal process to be too much of a biznitch. 

I effing love this mani. Combines one of my fave colours in the whole entire world, as well as glitter. Well done, team.

Rah.

Speck-tacular!!!!!!!1111!1!!

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY

You all know how much I love glitter and sparkle. I adore it. Always have. When I was a kid, I remember finding a string of sequins in my mum’s button container (wut), and being completely and utterly fascinated by it. I fell in love with it tbh. I was a strange kid. Tip of the iceberg, my friends! Anyway, I stole it and still have it to this day.

COOL STORY, BRO.

Anyway.

Flakie polishes have always enthralled me for obvious reasons. Not so POWINYOURFACE as regular glitter, but still pretty as pie (pie can be pretty). When Australis came out with a flakie, I made a beeline to Priceline. Then I fell in love. When I slid its deliciously subtle sparkle onto my nails, I fell deeper. And then when I removed it… <333333333333333. It was a big moment. Why? It wasn’t an absolute bitch to remove. It just came off like regular polish! Yay! 

Sparkly nails - the INCREDIBLE STRESS of removal = happy Ange.

Here are some spectacularly (ha!) shitty close-ups of Speck-tacular. See the multicoloured bits? They make my heart sing.

*sigh*

If you want subtle sparkle on your nails, enjoy jazzing up darker colours (this stuff works best on dark polishes) or think glittery nails are childish (GO TO HELL), this is a must-buy.

GOGOGOGOGOGOGO!

Models Prefer Brush Cleaner - YAY OR NAY?

After hearing oodles of positive reviews and raves on the Napoleon brush cleaner, I knew it had to be mine. Then when I heard it was $40, I decided it wasn’t to be. I mean, I’m all for spending $$$ on good prodz, but spending $40 on a brush cleaner seemed a bit cray to me. NO OFFENCE TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOUGHT IT.

When I was in Priceline a little while ago (I’m always in bloody Priceline), I noticed that Models Prefer had a brush cleaner of their own. And it was on sale. Hooray! Being quite the fan of MP, I thought it was worth a shot. Even if it was shit, spending $10 on a crappy product wasn’t going make me shed any tears. Here it is:

I’ve been using this for a good few weeks and I’ve gotta say, it’s pretty damn good! However, it ain’t perfect.

YAY!

It works. The instructions say to spritz your brush a few times and then wipe the crap off on a tissue. I feel that I need to do this twice in order to get everything off. Not a big deal. As long as it works, right?

The bottle is pretty big. I imagine this’ll last me quite some time. Good.

I feel like it revives my brushes. It seems to get them looking a little fluffier and a little better. Plus, they feel soft afterwards.

It’s cheap. Good for the tight arses and good for the people who don’t want to spend a lot on something to clean their makeup brushes.

NAY!

The smell. I really don’t like it. It’s a mixture of strong alcohol and vanilla. It’s sickly. Gross. Ick. Ew. I have to hold my breath when I spritz it and that's saying a lot because vanilla is one of my fave smells. This shit should come with a nose peg.

All up, I like this stuff. Yeah, it’s not perfect but for $10, it’s good enough. It does what it’s supposed to and that makes it a winner imo.

Anyone else tried the MP brush cleaner? What about the Napoleon one? Any other faves out there?

EMPTIES! HOORAH!

Olay Body Wash with Spa Exfoliating Ribbons (douchey name)

This was okay. ‘Twas refreshing and creamy, but didn’t really exfoliate too well. It did make my skin feel softer though. Still…meh. May repurchase later down the track.

Lush Snow Fairy

Powered through this! It smelt sooooo good and made my bathroom smell like lollies all day long. Plus, the smell lingered on my skin. Yum. Shame it’s LE and exxy. Would repurchase in a heartbeat.

Carmex Moisture Plus

This was a decent balm but the combination of mint, tingle and faux-caramel was odd and unpleasant. This was a freebie from the ABBW and I won’t be buying it on my own.

Nivea Pure & Natural Milk & Honey balm

This ain’t anything spesh so I won’t be buying it again.

Pure Therapy Intensive Moisture Repair Gel

Another freebie from the ABBW. I expected this to hydrate really well, but it didn’t. No better than my normal lotion, really. No to buying this.

Durra Rose Water

Love this stuff. Cheap (under $3!) and effective. Will repurchase.

L’Oreal Studio Professional Anti-Shine Mattifying Primer

So ridiculousy exxy for a ‘drugstore’ prod. It didn’t do much for me so I won’t be buying it again.

Neutrogena Oil-Free Eye Makeup Remover

Liked this. Will repurchase later down the track. Probably.

BONUS ROUND! 

i.e. shit that should’ve been chucked out a looong time ago

I clean out my makeup pretty often so I have no idea how these managed to slip by. Anyway, here’s some old shit that I’m gonna be chucking:

St Ives Mineral Clay Firming Mask

This isn’t that old but it’s def past its use-by date. I won’t be repurchasing as it doesn’t do much for me. Out you go!

2 x CG Smoothers liners in Indigo and Violet

God, these are old. Not even made anymore. Ta ta!

Jordana Kohl Kajal Liner in Sapphire

Probably the oldest of the bunch. Adios!

Revlon Pearlised liner in Teal Flash

OLD AS TIME. Pretty but yeah, old. See ya!

BYS glitter mascara

Old and shit. Laterz.

Limited Edition Australis goodies

I’m a big fan of Australis. Big fan! It’s definitely my fave Aussie brand. By far. Anyway, I wanted to show you a few Limited Edition goodies that I got sent a little while ago. Let’s start with the nail polishes:

Vampy and Flip Flops

ZOMG. The colours themselves are pretty, but what makes them EPIC is the fact that they have glitter in them. GLITTER! We all know my feelings on glitter. Now, these were a bitch to properly capture on camera so my pics are extra wonky. In fact, they're terrible. Sorry.

w/ flash

See how the glitter appears kinda flake-like when you look really, really close? Preeeetty.

Like always, the formula of these is great. Smooth, even and glossy. I’ve got a bunch of Australis polishes in my collection so it’s pretty safe to say that I’m a fan.

Now to the lippies! Here they are:

hustle (lighter IRL) and hula

Nice, yes?

Now, I’m not a big lippie fan but I can def appreciate these. Again, great formula. Smooth and pigmented. That being said, I do find that I need to exfoliate my lips and get them super hydrated before wearing hustle. No biggie for me, but if you have really dry lips, you may want to give it a pass. Here’s a bad phone pic of me (I'm a narcissist) wearing hustle, a colour that weirded me out when I first saw it, but then promptly fell for. It's a light coral nude:

What a goose

Hope you enjoyed! :)

FYI: These babies are available 'til July. The polishes cost $7.95 and the lippies are $12.95.

P.S. I was sent all these prodz by PR but I actually bought Flip Flops a week or so ago on my own, so now I have two. MUHAHAHAHA. Greedy.

Newfound love! Revlon nail polish

You may remember that I went to a big Revlon sale a little while ago. A couple of the things I picked up really sucked (I’m looking at you, Beyond Natural Cream to Powder shadows), but the nail polishes I bagged are amazing. Totes exceeded my expectations! Yay.

Here are most of the polishes I picked up at the sale (the other one was given to my mum):

Top 2 are Rock Star and Gold Coin

Bottom 3 are Fierce, Girly and Princess

Reasons why they’re awesome:

1. They’re stupid-pigmented. In some cases (Fierce and Princess), you only need one coat to get complete nail coverage and a great punch of colour. Ridonk.

2. They have a fab formula. Smooth! Even! Just perfect, really. Their formula is definitely on par with exxy brands like OPI, Orly and Essie. In some cases, even better. Honestly. They just glide on so perfectly. /gush

3. They have nice colours. And a great range of finishes. Glitter, shimmer, matte, suede and crème. Good times.

Here are some glittery swatches for the sake of showing you some glittery swatches. Please excuse the shoddy and rushed paint job. And the state of my hands. And the bad photography. 

Pretty? Pretty.

In all honesty, I never ever bother checking out Revlon’s polishes when I head to Priceline. Sure, my eye may veer slightly when I catch a glimpse of something glittery (ILOVEGLITTERRRRRRR), but I don’t really bother checking out the stand too much. I can safely say that the next time Revlon stuff is on sale, I will be making a beeline to their nail polishes. LIKE I NEED MORE. *sigh* Oh well.

In short, Revlon polishes are good. I like them. A lot. Go check them out.

The end.

P.S. I just Googled ‘Revlon glitter polish’. OMG. This is the beginning of something beautiful…