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Showing posts with label Bloom. Show all posts
Easter manicure
Happy Easter everyone! I haven't been in the mood for nails or blogging lately and I finally feel like getting back in to it so I'm back today with my Easter mani. The best thing about Easter manis is the excuse to break out the pastels! Not that one really needs any excuse for them haha. I'm pretty happy with how my nails turned out so I think I've got my mojo back!
Here's what I used:
Thumbs: I used 2 coats of Orly Snowcone as my base. For the grass I applied thin stripes of China Glaze Entourage and Nail Star two way nail art pen & brush in Green and created clouds using Cult Nails Tempest and a medium dotting tool. I finished it off by adding butterfly and dragonfly fimo.
Index finger: I used 3 coats of Models Own Speckled Eggs Dove which was a birthday present from my lovely friend Aysh. It's such a great pink and speckled polishes are so darn cute!
Middle finger: I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest and freehanded the carrots using Bloom Bettina I and Kester Black Peach Melba*. For the leaves I used Revlon Parfumerie Lime Basil.
Ring finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Cult Nails Tempest for the polka dots.
Pinky: I used 2 coats of Barry M Gelly and made a decal using bunny design from Bundle Monster plate BM-H10 using Konad Special Polish in white and filled in the ears using Kester Black Lilac and the eye with Cult Nails Nevermore.
I hope you're all having a lovely Easter! What are you all up to this long weekend? I've done nothing but eat so far haha. Thanks for looking as always!
* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
Here's what I used:
Thumbs: I used 2 coats of Orly Snowcone as my base. For the grass I applied thin stripes of China Glaze Entourage and Nail Star two way nail art pen & brush in Green and created clouds using Cult Nails Tempest and a medium dotting tool. I finished it off by adding butterfly and dragonfly fimo.
Index finger: I used 3 coats of Models Own Speckled Eggs Dove which was a birthday present from my lovely friend Aysh. It's such a great pink and speckled polishes are so darn cute!
Middle finger: I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest and freehanded the carrots using Bloom Bettina I and Kester Black Peach Melba*. For the leaves I used Revlon Parfumerie Lime Basil.
Ring finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Cult Nails Tempest for the polka dots.
Pinky: I used 2 coats of Barry M Gelly and made a decal using bunny design from Bundle Monster plate BM-H10 using Konad Special Polish in white and filled in the ears using Kester Black Lilac and the eye with Cult Nails Nevermore.
I hope you're all having a lovely Easter! What are you all up to this long weekend? I've done nothing but eat so far haha. Thanks for looking as always!
* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
July, August and September 2013 hauls!
Happy weekend guys!! Soooo I thought I'd do a haul post since I haven't done one in a while. I haven't been hauling much lately so I have to group them all together haha! Of course it's mainly polish xp
Bloom Miss Connie I
Bloom Cosmetics recently had a 50% off sale so I took the opportunity to grab a few polishes naturally! I bought a few for gifts and bought 2 for myself which included a full size bottle of my HG nude Toni (swatched here!) and the gorgeous Miss Connie I which is a collaboration shade with Miss Connie from Aussie band Sneaky Sound System. I've been trying to build up my blue and green polish stash so I couldn't pass up this stunning bright blue!!
Miss Connie I is a bright pop art blue creme. HOW FREAKING BEAUTIFUL IS IT!!!!!!!! It's super pigmented and dries super glossy. The Bloom brushes are great to use too! Love love LOVE. You can get away with 2 coats however I had to do a thin 3rd coat because I dented my index finger and couldn't bothered to redo it lol. It was hard to capture the shade properly because my camera just wouldn't play nicely so I've had to tweak the colours to make them accurate.
Close up:
Details: Bloom Miss Connie I is available from www.bloomcosmetics.com for $19.95. If you love blue polishes I suggest you get Miss Connie I NOW. Thanks for looking as always! =)
Miss Connie I is a bright pop art blue creme. HOW FREAKING BEAUTIFUL IS IT!!!!!!!! It's super pigmented and dries super glossy. The Bloom brushes are great to use too! Love love LOVE. You can get away with 2 coats however I had to do a thin 3rd coat because I dented my index finger and couldn't bothered to redo it lol. It was hard to capture the shade properly because my camera just wouldn't play nicely so I've had to tweak the colours to make them accurate.
Close up:
Details: Bloom Miss Connie I is available from www.bloomcosmetics.com for $19.95. If you love blue polishes I suggest you get Miss Connie I NOW. Thanks for looking as always! =)
Burger nails!
Besides nail polish and makeup my other love is food. And what better way than to put both loves together for food nails! Seriously I don't think there is any better combo ;) This mani is inspired by the burger nails by The Illustrated Nail. I love their nail art and when I saw the pic of this mani I had to try it out myself!!
Unfortunately I don't have the right "burger" shade in my stash which means I'll have to buy more polish clearly haha! xp
I used 2 coats of OPI Van Gogh* as my base for the bun. For the tomato I used Nail Star 2 way nail art pen & brush in red and for the lettuce I used the green. For the meat pattie I used Ulta 3 Chocolate Cake and I used a small nail art brush to draw the cheese using Bloom Emily Green Ochre*. Lastly I used the Models Own nail art pen in white for the sesame seeds.
Food inspired nails are always so much fun!! Any recommendations for other food manis? Thanks for looking as always!!
Unfortunately I don't have the right "burger" shade in my stash which means I'll have to buy more polish clearly haha! xp
I used 2 coats of OPI Van Gogh* as my base for the bun. For the tomato I used Nail Star 2 way nail art pen & brush in red and for the lettuce I used the green. For the meat pattie I used Ulta 3 Chocolate Cake and I used a small nail art brush to draw the cheese using Bloom Emily Green Ochre*. Lastly I used the Models Own nail art pen in white for the sesame seeds.
Food inspired nails are always so much fun!! Any recommendations for other food manis? Thanks for looking as always!!
* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
Black and nude filigree manicure
I saw this fabulous NOTD on instagram last week by the super duper talented Deniz and I just had to do my own version. She is so freaking talented and I love seeing her beautiful manis! Her stamped manis especially are just amazing. I didn't feel like coral so I went with my favourite nude creme for accents. I don't know if the design really looks like filigree but hey that's what I'm going with!
I used 2 coats of Glitter Gal Serpent Black* on my index, middle and pinky. On my thumb and ring finger I used 2 coats of Bloom Toni* and stamped filigree-looking design from Bundle Monster plate BM-214 using Konad Special stamping polish in black. I then added some small black studs. I had to stamp the design twice because I messed up the 1st time!
Bloom Toni has to be my absolute favourite nude creme and it's so typical that it's a LE product and it's only a mini size!! Toni is my mannequin nails shade and I love just how elegant it is.
I hope you've all been well! Can you believe it's September already???! Only 3 months until Christmas.. scary! Thanks for looking as always =)
* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
I used 2 coats of Glitter Gal Serpent Black* on my index, middle and pinky. On my thumb and ring finger I used 2 coats of Bloom Toni* and stamped filigree-looking design from Bundle Monster plate BM-214 using Konad Special stamping polish in black. I then added some small black studs. I had to stamp the design twice because I messed up the 1st time!
Bloom Toni has to be my absolute favourite nude creme and it's so typical that it's a LE product and it's only a mini size!! Toni is my mannequin nails shade and I love just how elegant it is.
I hope you've all been well! Can you believe it's September already???! Only 3 months until Christmas.. scary! Thanks for looking as always =)
* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
Bloom Sparkle Top Coat in Silver swatches and review
Hi ladies! Today I have some quick swatches for you from awesome Aussie brand Bloom cosmetics. They recently released four new Top Coat polishes to their range which consist of two glitter and two crackle polishes. I have the Sparkle Top Coat in Silver for you and also Flamingo Sands I.
Bloom Sparkle Top Coat in Silver contains large silver holographic hex glitters and small round glitters suspended in a clear base. The holographic glitters look fantastic and they slide onto the nail easily. It dries to a glossy finish (although the last pic looks matte for some reason!) and dry time was reasonable. 2 coats is pictured.
Bloom Sparkle Top Coat in Silver contains large silver holographic hex glitters and small round glitters suspended in a clear base. The holographic glitters look fantastic and they slide onto the nail easily. It dries to a glossy finish (although the last pic looks matte for some reason!) and dry time was reasonable. 2 coats is pictured.
Konad lace manicure
Hi ladies! Today I have a konad lace manicure that I've been wanting to try for AAAAAAAGES and I finally got around to doing it yesterday. I saw this mani on Beautopia a while back and knew I had to try it for myself! I am LOVING rocking this mani and I don't want to take it off x)
I used 2 coats of Bloom Toni* (fully swatched here) and then konaded floral design from Konad plate m71 and fishnet design from Konad plate m57 using Konad Special polish in black. Can I just say that stamping with black is a MASSIVE PAIN IN THE FREAKING BUTT. The clean up is terrible!! I would use it more often to stamp if it wasn't for this. The black just gets everywhere on the stamper and scraper and I spent forever cleaning up my cuticles. But I think it was worth it in the end at least!
Beautopia stamped the fishnet design first and then the floral design which I should have done so the floral would stand out more. Oh well!
I stuffed my thumb up =(
Unfortunately most of my nail art for the near future will probably be more on the conservative side. I'm currently filling in for a position at work that needs a more toned down look as it requires going to some "serious" meetings etc! Work want me to apply for the position on a permanent basis in the coming months and while I'm learning the role I want a more tame look. If I do go for the job eventually and get it then I'll go crazy again haha! So expect more konad and demure and less glitter and brights sadly.
What do you think? Thanks for looking as always!
* Product sent to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
I used 2 coats of Bloom Toni* (fully swatched here) and then konaded floral design from Konad plate m71 and fishnet design from Konad plate m57 using Konad Special polish in black. Can I just say that stamping with black is a MASSIVE PAIN IN THE FREAKING BUTT. The clean up is terrible!! I would use it more often to stamp if it wasn't for this. The black just gets everywhere on the stamper and scraper and I spent forever cleaning up my cuticles. But I think it was worth it in the end at least!
Beautopia stamped the fishnet design first and then the floral design which I should have done so the floral would stand out more. Oh well!
Unfortunately most of my nail art for the near future will probably be more on the conservative side. I'm currently filling in for a position at work that needs a more toned down look as it requires going to some "serious" meetings etc! Work want me to apply for the position on a permanent basis in the coming months and while I'm learning the role I want a more tame look. If I do go for the job eventually and get it then I'll go crazy again haha! So expect more konad and demure and less glitter and brights sadly.
What do you think? Thanks for looking as always!
* Product sent to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
Bloom Classic mini nail polish collection swatches and review
Hi ladies!! How have you all been? I hope you're all in a festive mood and getting ready for a well deserved break (for those who aren't working!). Today I have for you some quick swatches and my review of a lovely mini Christmas nail polish set from Bloom - the Classic mini nail polish collection.
What they say:
"Four classic must-have mini Nail Polish shades in our famous high-shine, chip resistant formula. Contains: Millie, Kim, Edie and Toni."
Millie is a beautiful vampy dark wine jelly. I adore jelly polishes as you might know! I love the colour of Millie but I found application somewhat difficult so please excuse the crappy application and the weird lump on my middle finger. I think it might be the brush for my bottle that made application difficult..? I'm not sure but the formula was OK and like other jellies dried to an amazing shine. You can see my reflection in my nails! 2 coats is pictured.
Close up:
What they say:
Millie is a beautiful vampy dark wine jelly. I adore jelly polishes as you might know! I love the colour of Millie but I found application somewhat difficult so please excuse the crappy application and the weird lump on my middle finger. I think it might be the brush for my bottle that made application difficult..? I'm not sure but the formula was OK and like other jellies dried to an amazing shine. You can see my reflection in my nails! 2 coats is pictured.
Close up:
Pink for October 2011 giveaway!
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!
Thank you for entering!
Today I'm kicking off my annual Pink for October giveaway to help spread the word about Breast Cancer Awareness month!! I would have had it up and running sooner but unfortunately things got in the way doh. Just like last year, my giveaway features all pink products with a little Hello Kitty thrown in for you too!
One lucky winner will receive the following:
Here's how to enter!
*Please be a public follower of Cosmetic Cupcake via Google Friends Connect. (3 entries)
* Post about my Pink for October giveaway on your blog – either in a separate post or on a sidebar with the first photo from this post. (2 entries)
* Tweet about my Pink for October giveaway with a link to this post - don't forget to @cosmeticcupcake! (1 entry)
Giveaway is open internationally and will close on October 31st at 10pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Please fill out the form below with all your entries once to enter!
Good luck!
Review: Bloom Boost lip balms
Hi ladies! How have you all been? I hope you're all having a lovely weekend =) I've mentioned before that I LOVE fruity lip balms so of course I was super excited to hear about the recent collaboration between Aussie brands Bloom cosmetics and Boost Juice in the form of six mouth watering lip balms! I love Boost Juice and in summer I often get one at least three times a week! There's nothing better than a fruity smoothie!
What they say:
"Give your lips a Boost with six mouth-watering new Bloom Lip Balms packed full of Boost flavour! We’ve taken your favourite Boost Juice smoothies and combined them in the beauty blender with soothing beeswax, nourishing jojoba seed oil and moisturising vitamin E. These naturally flavoured lip balms are almost good enough to eat!"
They come in six yummy smelling flavours - Strawberry Squeeze, Watermelon Crush*, Berry Bang, Mango Tango*, Banana Buzz* and Tropical Storm*. The balms are all natural containing soothing beeswax, nourishing jojoba seed oil and moisturising vitamin E. I was very kindly sent four to review by the PR company and I bought the other 2 myself as I enjoy them so much!
The packaging of these balms is a little different from your average lip balm as they come in a flat oval tube. Each tube is coloured the same as the lip balm colour and they feel nice and sturdy.
Overall: A great lip balm that's become a staple in my handbag! They smell yummy and fruity and feel moisturising. They smell just like their corresponding Boost Juice smoothie so they're good enough to eat! They don't taste fruity though unfortunately xp I like the unusual shape as they fit nicely into my pocket to reapply while I'm at work and most importantly they are priced quite reasonably and don't break the bank. My favourite is Berry Bang and Mango Tango as those are my favourite smoothies!
Details: Bloom Boost lipbalms are available now from bloomcosmetics.com, Myer and David Jones stores nationally and selected Boost Juice Bars for $6.95.
Have you tried the Bloom Boost lip balms? Which is your favourite?
Thanks for looking as always!! =)
* Product(s) sent to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
What they say:
They come in six yummy smelling flavours - Strawberry Squeeze, Watermelon Crush*, Berry Bang, Mango Tango*, Banana Buzz* and Tropical Storm*. The balms are all natural containing soothing beeswax, nourishing jojoba seed oil and moisturising vitamin E. I was very kindly sent four to review by the PR company and I bought the other 2 myself as I enjoy them so much!
The packaging of these balms is a little different from your average lip balm as they come in a flat oval tube. Each tube is coloured the same as the lip balm colour and they feel nice and sturdy.
Overall: A great lip balm that's become a staple in my handbag! They smell yummy and fruity and feel moisturising. They smell just like their corresponding Boost Juice smoothie so they're good enough to eat! They don't taste fruity though unfortunately xp I like the unusual shape as they fit nicely into my pocket to reapply while I'm at work and most importantly they are priced quite reasonably and don't break the bank. My favourite is Berry Bang and Mango Tango as those are my favourite smoothies!
Details: Bloom Boost lipbalms are available now from bloomcosmetics.com, Myer and David Jones stores nationally and selected Boost Juice Bars for $6.95.
Have you tried the Bloom Boost lip balms? Which is your favourite?
Thanks for looking as always!! =)
* Product(s) sent to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.
BYS cracked black rainbow NOTD - updated
I finally picked up BYS cracked polish in black last week! I've been dying to try it since I saw it on a few other blogs but I haven't had a chance to go into Gloss cosmetics. I bought the cracked black polish only so I decided to try it on top of different base colours to see what would turn out the best. I broke my nail on my left index finger so please excuse the unevenness of my nails =(
EDIT: I forgot to add a picture of the polish! Here it is:
I used the following colours as base coat for my left hand (thumb to pinky):
I then applied a thin coat of BYS cracked black:
Base colours for right hand (pinky to thumb):
With thin coat of BYS cracked black:
The cracking took a couple of minutes to reach it's full effect and the key I think is to apply it as the base colour is drying. You can see that the ring finger and pinky of my right hand directly above didn't really "crack" much as I applied it quite some time after the base polish was dry.
I think this polish is so COOL! It's a quick and simple way of doing nail art however it may not be to everyone's liking. I wore it to work yesterday and 2 colleagues and at least 2 patients said to me I needed to change my polish because it was cracking! LOL. I had to patiently explain that it was designed like that.
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Thanks for looking =)
EDIT: I forgot to add a picture of the polish! Here it is:
I used the following colours as base coat for my left hand (thumb to pinky):
I then applied a thin coat of BYS cracked black:
Base colours for right hand (pinky to thumb):
With thin coat of BYS cracked black:
The cracking took a couple of minutes to reach it's full effect and the key I think is to apply it as the base colour is drying. You can see that the ring finger and pinky of my right hand directly above didn't really "crack" much as I applied it quite some time after the base polish was dry.
I think this polish is so COOL! It's a quick and simple way of doing nail art however it may not be to everyone's liking. I wore it to work yesterday and 2 colleagues and at least 2 patients said to me I needed to change my polish because it was cracking! LOL. I had to patiently explain that it was designed like that.
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Thanks for looking =)
Bloom pink bow NOTD
Hello! How has everyone's week been?
For today's NOTD I decided to use Bloom Kylie - the 2nd polish I got from the Bloom trade in (see my previous post)
Kylie is described as “A zesty shade of lipstick pink that takes it up a notch with its shimmery finish”. The colour is a nice bright shade of pink however I don’t think it really goes with my skin tone.
Above is 2 coats topped with Seche Vite. The 1st coat was very streaky and had bald spots galore but a thick 2nd coat fixed it.
I then decided to do some konading so I went with the French tip bows from plate m56 with Konad special polish in white and silver diamantes.
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For today's NOTD I decided to use Bloom Kylie - the 2nd polish I got from the Bloom trade in (see my previous post)
Kylie is described as “A zesty shade of lipstick pink that takes it up a notch with its shimmery finish”. The colour is a nice bright shade of pink however I don’t think it really goes with my skin tone.
Above is 2 coats topped with Seche Vite. The 1st coat was very streaky and had bald spots galore but a thick 2nd coat fixed it.
I then decided to do some konading so I went with the French tip bows from plate m56 with Konad special polish in white and silver diamantes.
Thanks for looking! If you enjoy reading my blog please follow me!
Bloom-ing great polish!
Hi ladies!
Late last night, my mum came rushing into my room to tell me about an ad she saw in the free MX newspaper which is handed out at the city train stations. It turns out that Aussie brand Bloom Cosmetics is giving away a FREE nail polish when you trade in any polish for today only at Myer Sydney City!! So this morning my sis and I treked out to the city to do some shopping.
The offer:
You can trade in any old crumby polish and you can pick any shade you like from their extensive range of 80+ polishes! How awesome is that?? I traded in a near new Rimmel polish which I didn't like the colour of and my sis traded in a dodgy Korean brand glitter polish and we got Bloom Ava and Kylie in exchange.
Ava is a gorgeous mulberry creme while Kylie is a lovely pink shimmer. I haven't tried Bloom polishes before however I've walked past them many times and admired the colours so I was very excited to try the polishes.
I decided to do my NOTD using just Ava. The colour is very pigmented however I found the formula a little thick, but still easy to apply. The pic below is 2 coats with a coat of Seche Vite. It was *@$%ing hard and darn near impossible for me to capture the true colour of Ava properly so here is the photo that is most similar. I even asked my sis to take photos with her SLR but it still didn't capture the colour properly. NOT HAPPY!
My sis and I are going to the Kelly Clarkson concert tonight and I really wanted to do a "All I Ever Wanted" inspired manicure however I don't have the right colours for it! Doh. Which means I need to expand my polish collection ;) I am super duper excited about the concert tonight, I am unashamed to say I am a lover of pop and Kelly ROCKS!! This will be the 3rd time I've seen her in concert actually =p
We also stopped by Lush and we got ambushed by the lovely sales assistants! They spent at least 15mins showing us different cleansers, scrubs and moisturisers for our skin and what would work best for us. Their enthusiasm was a little overwhelming for 10am in the morning actually! But they were so lovely and helpful =)
I ended up purchasing the Lemony Flutter Cuticle butter which I've been lemming for quite some time but put off since i still had others. It smells sooooooooo divine. I still love my Essie Apricot cuticle oil however on the go it's not very convenient for obvious reasons. I plan on dividing the cuticle butter into little tubs so I can have some to use at work, put one in my makeup bag etc.
The Bloom free polish offer is available for one day only on Saturday 17 April 2010.
Late last night, my mum came rushing into my room to tell me about an ad she saw in the free MX newspaper which is handed out at the city train stations. It turns out that Aussie brand Bloom Cosmetics is giving away a FREE nail polish when you trade in any polish for today only at Myer Sydney City!! So this morning my sis and I treked out to the city to do some shopping.
The offer:
You can trade in any old crumby polish and you can pick any shade you like from their extensive range of 80+ polishes! How awesome is that?? I traded in a near new Rimmel polish which I didn't like the colour of and my sis traded in a dodgy Korean brand glitter polish and we got Bloom Ava and Kylie in exchange.
Ava is a gorgeous mulberry creme while Kylie is a lovely pink shimmer. I haven't tried Bloom polishes before however I've walked past them many times and admired the colours so I was very excited to try the polishes.
I decided to do my NOTD using just Ava. The colour is very pigmented however I found the formula a little thick, but still easy to apply. The pic below is 2 coats with a coat of Seche Vite. It was *@$%ing hard and darn near impossible for me to capture the true colour of Ava properly so here is the photo that is most similar. I even asked my sis to take photos with her SLR but it still didn't capture the colour properly. NOT HAPPY!
My sis and I are going to the Kelly Clarkson concert tonight and I really wanted to do a "All I Ever Wanted" inspired manicure however I don't have the right colours for it! Doh. Which means I need to expand my polish collection ;) I am super duper excited about the concert tonight, I am unashamed to say I am a lover of pop and Kelly ROCKS!! This will be the 3rd time I've seen her in concert actually =p
We also stopped by Lush and we got ambushed by the lovely sales assistants! They spent at least 15mins showing us different cleansers, scrubs and moisturisers for our skin and what would work best for us. Their enthusiasm was a little overwhelming for 10am in the morning actually! But they were so lovely and helpful =)
I ended up purchasing the Lemony Flutter Cuticle butter which I've been lemming for quite some time but put off since i still had others. It smells sooooooooo divine. I still love my Essie Apricot cuticle oil however on the go it's not very convenient for obvious reasons. I plan on dividing the cuticle butter into little tubs so I can have some to use at work, put one in my makeup bag etc.
The Bloom free polish offer is available for one day only on Saturday 17 April 2010.
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