Cosmetic Cupcake

Hi ladies! Last month I received some lovely packages from 2 of my awesome blogger friends and it's about time I shared them with you! The first package was a wonderful (and very naughty!) surprise birthday package from my gorgeous British pal Aysh!! ♥


Not only did Aysh include a very sweet card and 2 packs of delicious Hotel Chocolat choccies (polished off very quickly by my family!) but yes you see right - she gifted me the amazing MAX Factor Fantasy Fire and also Meteorite!!!! *faints*


The 2nd package was from lovely Monika who sent me an awesome New Year/Chinese New Year package from sunny Singapore!


Nail polish!!!! Some fabulous polishes from Sasatinnie, Canmake, Etude House, Flormar, Disney Villians and my first Paul & Joe! Eeeeek! The Paul & Joe polish is from their Meow! collection and is sooooooo pretty. I had to use it the night I received Moni's package! I still haven't posted swatches though doh. Also a pretty purple Za lipstick and a Konad plate. It was all wrapped so nicely too =)


Moni also included some great skincare for me! The masks are too cute to use lol.


Thank you both SO MUCH for your wonderful packages =) It really brightened my month!

So I am kind of obsessed with Cadbury Creme Eggs. They just taste so darn good and come Easter time I head straight for the store to get my yearly fix! Now that I'm older and wiser slightly more health conscious I limit myself to one bag of creme eggs only. As you know, I love doing themed/inspired/festive manicures and I have wanted to do a manicure inspired by my favourite Easter eggs since I started my blog. The problem was I always ate them all before I could do my mani! This year I restrained myself so here is my Cadbury Creme Egg manicure for you all!

Apologies in advance for the picture spam. I couldn't resist - I really enjoyed this mani! It might be a bit much for some but hey nail art to me should be FUN!



I used 2 coats of Models Own Pure Purple (a gorgeous dark purple creme gifted to me from Christina!) onto half of each nail. I alternated the positioning of the purple on each nail and then filled in the rest of each nail with OPI Red My Fortune Cookie using a nail art brush. I then used Kiss nail art paint striper in white to freehand a vertical line where the 2 colours met.

For the splatter/yolk, I dropped a large blob (such a technical word HAHA) of China Glaze Happy Go Lucky onto the middle of each nail and dragged it out quickly using a small dotting tool. I then added some random dots with the dotting tool around the splat.


Pure Purple is such a gorgeous shade however it's a blurple so it was ridiculously hard trying to capture the colour properly. It's a dark purple but isn't as dark as it looks in my pics.





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What do you think? Does it remind you of Creme Eggs?

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Just a quick post for you today! I received 2 wonderful packages this week and I just have to share them with you as I didn't haul anything in April!! Great for my wallet haha.


The 1st package I have to show you is an Easter package from my wonderful friend Christina who I do regular swaps with. She recently returned from Vienna and she included lots of goodies from there for me!! It arrived yesterday when it was most needed and it brightened my day up so much =D I love EVERYTHING! Thank you for your generosity to me my friend ♥ I may or may not have shed a tear when I opened the package (it was a tough day ok!) x)


From L - R: Nfu Oh 63, 54 and Flower oil in orange. I just about fainted when I saw these!! I now have a little family of Nfu Oh's!!!


From L - R: Golden Rose 112 and 120 and Catherine Arley 674. More holos!!!! I'm wearing the Catherine Arley right now and it's stunning!


From L - R: Tommy G nailquake in 2, Beauty Line 345, 327 and Clarity 468. Another crackle yay! The Clarity glitter looks so cool.


Miss Julie polishes in 32, 48 and 8. These are so cute!


Essence nail art goodies!!!! My favourite! Christina sent me a blue glitter mix last time and this pink one is just as pretty and I can't wait to use it. Plus a stamping plate!


Isn't this the cutest Hello Kitty makeup bag?!! It's sectioned into 2 as well which is perfect =) H & M Disney raspberry lipgloss, Honey lip balm, Erre Due eyeshadow palette and handmade Viennese items. And of course scrumptious chocolates!!


The 2nd package I received today is from my sister's friend Christine who blogs over at starry eyed beauty *. She very very kindly helped me purchase the Urban Decay Naked palette!!!! EEEK!! I cannot thank you enough for hunting it down for me Christine!! Lemming fulfilled and I am literally dying with excitement to play with it xD

SWOON

I saw these spin pins on some blogs and Christine also helped me purchase some too as we don't have them here in Aus. My hair is really thick and it's hard to put up into a bun so I'll try anything!


Thank you to both ladies for brightening my week with your sweet packages!! You guys are absolutely awesome =D

What care packages have you received this week? Thanks for looking!

Hi ladies! How is everyone enjoying their weekend? I hope it's been a fun weekend for you all! I've been busy trying to organise loads of things these last few days and I have a very hectic few weeks/months coming up!! My house renovations are nearly finished and my family and I will be moving back home in around a month. This wouldn't be such a huge problem but I hate moving with a passion! Plus, uni is on me once again and this subject looks HARD and coupled with full time work means I won't be able to post as much for the next 2 months or so =( But don't worry, I'll try and squeeze in a post here and there until all the madness is over ;)

I am a little late unfortunately in posting my last swap which I completed with the very sweet Monika from Penguin Puranki . The package took a little while getting to me but it was SO worth the wait! The package really cheered me up when I most needed when it arrived mid last week, thank you for making my week Monika =)


Monika sent me some FANTASTIC Swiss goodies to play with!! Here are some piccies of the fantastic polishes she sent my way!


From L - R:
MNY polishes in 749, 657 and 109A. Monika tells me that MNY polishes are only available in Germany, Austria and Switzerland so how lucky am I that she grabbed some for me! =D The blue looks sooooo awesome!


From L - R:
Essence Nail Art Twins in Carrie and Clyde, Essence Multi Dimension 3 in 1 polish in The One and Only and Essence Colour & Go polish in Check Me Out. More Essence polishes to add to my collection yay!


From L - R:
H & M Hello Kitty polish in Cool Summer, Claire's 3 in 1 Mixable polish and Nivea Calcium Power polish in Currant. I nearly died when I saw the H & M Hello Kitty!!! The Claire's 3 in 1 Mixable looks so interesting and am wondering how to use it properly.. does anyone have one and can share how to use it?? I also never knew Nivea made nail polishes but apparently they do in Europe! Monika did a great review of the colour Candyfloss here.


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Essence Eclipse lipglosses in Lunch at Cullen's, Ready to be Bitten and Undead?. Monika very kindly hunted these down for me, thank you so much for fulfilling my lemming for them!!



Monika also very kindly included some extras for me! These included I am papaya and guava hand creme, Essence French Glam stickers and sweet cherry nail file. The hand creme is made in Switzerland and it smells absolutely DIVINE. It's papaya and guava scent (guava is my favourite fuit) and I could literally eat the tube, it just smells sooooooo darn good. The cherry nail file smells pretty yummy too =p



She also included a tin of Lindt chocolate, YAY!! I love Lindt and the tin is just too cute =) Plus it's extra special because it came all the way from Switzerland! Haha I'm a bit lame like that =p

Thank you so much for this fantastic swap Monika! Please check out her blog Penguin Puranki and show her some support! She does great reviews on Japanese products and also does some lovely gel nail designs.

Thanks for looking!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter long weekend! Yesterday the boy and I were in the north shore area so we took the opportunity to visit Chatswood and have lunch and do some shopping. We had a quick lunch at one of the Chinese restaurants and headed to Westfield to do some quick browsing. I haven't been to Chatswood in ages and boy has it changed! Alot of new shops have opened up including one of my favourites Cupcakes on Pitt which I discovered in Westfield.

I absolutely love love LOVE cupcakes and I haven't had one in well over 2-3months, since before I started my blog! I can't believe this is only my 1st post about cupcakes! But I just haven't had time to bake any or cart any home so I greedily jumped at the opportunity to get some yesterday.


The size of their cupcakes were alot bigger a few years ago but they still hit the spot even though they're gone in 2 mouthfuls. They're visually pleasing and come in an assortment of flavours like peppermint; rocky road; lemon meringue; cheesecake and they put out seasonal ones too for Easter and Xmas etc. I've found on occasions when buying from the Pitt St store in the city that the cupcakes can be a bit hit and miss sometimes as they can be a bit dry, but these ones were lovely and moist. I got 6 cupcakes and I'll let the pics speak for themselves =)


Continuing with the sugarfest, I've wanted to try San Churro in Westfield many times as it's on the same level as Kam Fook Chinese restaurant where we like to go for yumcha given the chance (which isn't often).


I LOVE churros but I've found them difficult to find in Sydney just as a snack. Some Spanish restaurants have them on the dessert menu but they aren't always available plus after Tapas it's hard to fit anything else in! There used to be a little churros place on top of Market City but they closed down not long after opening =(

Fondue for Two
We got the Fondue for Two to share and it did not dissapoint! It came with 6 mini churros; little bowls of strawberries, bananas, caramel popcorn and chopped peanuts; 2 brownies; pretzels and marshmallows with a pot of melted chocolate to cover everything in. San Churro reminded me alot of Max Brenner but with a Spanish twist. And I just discovered on their website that they have a store in Glebe!

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Just a very short post today as I'm madly trying to finish off 2 assignments due next week!

I want to wish everyone a wonderful and safe Easter holiday! Hope you're all having fun and not doing assignments! =)

My Lindt Easter bunny from the boy!
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