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My Big Birthday Giveaway!
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!
Thank you for entering!
Today marks the 1 year birthday of my blog. YIPPEEE!! Time has flown by so quickly and I cannot believe I’ve reached this milestone already! It only feels like yesterday that I decided to start blogging as I enjoyed reading other blogs so much. I absolutely love blogging and it's been so much fun sharing my manis, hauls and food adventures with all of you! It’s been wonderful “meeting” so many lovely ladies who also share my love of nail polish and beauty. Thank you all so much for following, commenting and for the wonderful support over the last year, I am humbled and truly appreciate it!
My birthday is in March so to celebrate both birthdays I am having a Birthday Giveaway as a way to say thank you to all my wonderful readers! This time there will be TWO lucky winners!
1st prize - one lucky winner will receive:
BYS Adventures of Alice,
BYS Down the Rabbit Hole,
BYS UV polish in pink and
BYS cracking polish in mauve
Ozotic Pro Holographic in 608 and
Ozotic Pro Glitter in 201
NYC Color magenta,
NYC Color berry fuchsia and
NYC Color aubergine
Runner Up prize:
This prize has been VERY generously sponsored by my dear friend Christina from Cels blog!! =D Christina creates stunning Japanese style nail art, decoden and kawaii deco items which she sells in her Etsy store Cels deconails. She has very kindly custom made TWO amazing nail polish rings for me to give away to one lucky winner!
Make sure to check out Christina's Etsy Store for more wonderful handmade items - she makes other nail polish rings, Japanese nail art items and also iPhone cases and deco items. She will also happily custom make items too so don't hesitate to ask her! I covet every item she makes xD I cannot thank you enough for donating this wonderful prize Christina!!! I love these rings so much I am very tempted to keep these for myself instead of giving away haha. Don’t worry I won’t do that though!
Here's how to enter:
1. You must be a public follower via Google Friends Connect. If you are already very kindly following me, THANK YOU! Please ensure you leave your Google Friends Connect name so that I can easily identify you. Unfortunately I cannot enter you if I cannot find you. Please also leave your email address so I can contact you if you win! (Mandatory - 1 entry)
For additional entries (and there are MANY this time!):
2. Post about my “Big Birthday Giveaway" on your blog – either in a separate post or on a sidebar with the first photo from this post. (2 entries)
3. Tweet about my giveaway once. (1 entry) Please tweet:
I'm entering @cosmeticcupcake Big Birthday Giveaway to win Ozotic Pro, BYS, GCOCL, Lush, jewellery and more! http://bit.ly/gB4ir0
4. Like Cels deconails Facebook page. If you already "like" her page that certainly counts! (1 entry).
5. Stop by Christina's Etsy store Cels deconails and check out her wonderful creations! Favourite the item you like most and let me know what you chose. (1 entry)
6. Add Cels deconails to your Etsy favourites. (1 entry)
7. Make a purchase from Cels deconails between now and the end of my giveaway. Please let me know your Etsy username and what you purchased to qualify. (4 entries)
8. Readers who comment on my blog regularly will receive one extra entry to show my appreciation. I truly appreciate your feedback and that you guys take the time out to comment and read my blog =)
Please fill out the form below with all your entries once to enter! Please do not submit your details in the comments of this post - I will NOT count these.
Giveaway is open internationally and will close on March 6th at 8pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Good luck!
Revlon Cherries in the Snow NOTD
Today's NOTD is actually from VERY late last night =p I've been lending some of my polishes to the girls from work and one of them lent me Revlon Cherries in the Snow to try in return.
Revlon Cherries in the Snow is a red creme that doesn't actually remind me of cherries.. the colour is more like a red apple or something. I suck at describing things sorry! I haven't used Revlon polishes in a LONG long time and I think I know why. I found it a little difficult to use the brush and had to do quite a bit of cleanup. It also chipped a lot after just a couple of hours of wear even with Seche Vite. On the plus side it only needed 1 coat which is always a big plus in my book! Below is 1 coat without topcoat. I had difficulty capturing the proper redness of this colour unfortunately.
I then decided to be very literal and konad cherries and snowflakes! I used Konad Special Polish in White to konad cherries using GCOCL plate B01 and snowflakes using Konad plate m59 on alternate fingers. Topped it all off with Seche Vite.
Hope you like it! Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here!
Revlon Cherries in the Snow is a red creme that doesn't actually remind me of cherries.. the colour is more like a red apple or something. I suck at describing things sorry! I haven't used Revlon polishes in a LONG long time and I think I know why. I found it a little difficult to use the brush and had to do quite a bit of cleanup. It also chipped a lot after just a couple of hours of wear even with Seche Vite. On the plus side it only needed 1 coat which is always a big plus in my book! Below is 1 coat without topcoat. I had difficulty capturing the proper redness of this colour unfortunately.
I then decided to be very literal and konad cherries and snowflakes! I used Konad Special Polish in White to konad cherries using GCOCL plate B01 and snowflakes using Konad plate m59 on alternate fingers. Topped it all off with Seche Vite.
Hope you like it! Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here!
Color Club Hello Kitty manicure
Today's NOTD is a bright and playful Hello Kitty manicure in honour of my boyfriend's adorable 2 year old niece =) My bf's brother and sister in-law live in HK at the moment but they are back home in Sydney for a visit and I get to play with his niece tomorrow!! YAY!! Fun times to be had as long as she is not in a cheeky and terrible mood lol. For this mani I used Color Club She's Sooo Glam and Poptastic from my recent Color Club haul.
She's Soooo Glam is a gorgeous Barbie pink creme polish from the Rebel Debutante collection. I've been looking for a Barbie pink for so long and I've finally found it! Application however wasn't the best and below is 3 coats. The 1st 2 coats are full of streaks and bald spots! I probably could have used 4 coats but I hate the feeling of thick polish so I stopped at 3. I love the colour so it's worth the pain! It dried quickly and to a nice glossy finish too.
I used Poptastic from the Poptastic collection on my accent fingers. It's a neon pink polish and it's so bright and cheerful!! My pic doesn't capture the true neon quality of this polish though unfortunately. Application on this was MUCH better than She's Sooo Glam - it applied smoothly and evenly and below is 3 coats to ensure no VNL.
I then used China Glaze Admire to stamp full dots nail design from Bundle Monster plate BM 19. On my accent fingers I used Konad Special Polish in white to stamp Hello Kitty design from GCOCL plate A02. Then covered it all in a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and topped it all off with Nailene Acrylic Strong topcoat!
Here are some food piccies from dinner a few nights ago at Ikea. I absolutely LOVE Ikea and have ever since I was little - I could literally spend hours there =p The food there is cheap, cheerful and tasty even though you eat cafeteria style but that's all part of the fun.
The boy and I had a plate of Gravad Lax (salmon with dill and mustard sauce) each:
I had Swedish meatballs and chips. These are really yummy!
And the boy had stuffed salmon with chive cake:
All for under $30!! No trip to Ikea is complete without visiting the Swedish Food Market full of Swedish food goodies. I normally go crazy and get Daim chocolate (some of the best chocolate in the world!), pear cider, and soft serves amongst other things! But all I got was Lingonberry and blueberry cordial. These are delicioius and you can really taste the difference between these and supermarket brand ones.
Thanks for looking!!
She's Soooo Glam is a gorgeous Barbie pink creme polish from the Rebel Debutante collection. I've been looking for a Barbie pink for so long and I've finally found it! Application however wasn't the best and below is 3 coats. The 1st 2 coats are full of streaks and bald spots! I probably could have used 4 coats but I hate the feeling of thick polish so I stopped at 3. I love the colour so it's worth the pain! It dried quickly and to a nice glossy finish too.
I used Poptastic from the Poptastic collection on my accent fingers. It's a neon pink polish and it's so bright and cheerful!! My pic doesn't capture the true neon quality of this polish though unfortunately. Application on this was MUCH better than She's Sooo Glam - it applied smoothly and evenly and below is 3 coats to ensure no VNL.
I then used China Glaze Admire to stamp full dots nail design from Bundle Monster plate BM 19. On my accent fingers I used Konad Special Polish in white to stamp Hello Kitty design from GCOCL plate A02. Then covered it all in a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust and topped it all off with Nailene Acrylic Strong topcoat!
Here are some food piccies from dinner a few nights ago at Ikea. I absolutely LOVE Ikea and have ever since I was little - I could literally spend hours there =p The food there is cheap, cheerful and tasty even though you eat cafeteria style but that's all part of the fun.
The boy and I had a plate of Gravad Lax (salmon with dill and mustard sauce) each:
I had Swedish meatballs and chips. These are really yummy!
And the boy had stuffed salmon with chive cake:
All for under $30!! No trip to Ikea is complete without visiting the Swedish Food Market full of Swedish food goodies. I normally go crazy and get Daim chocolate (some of the best chocolate in the world!), pear cider, and soft serves amongst other things! But all I got was Lingonberry and blueberry cordial. These are delicioius and you can really taste the difference between these and supermarket brand ones.
Thanks for looking!!
50 followers giveaway - win Hello Kitty GCOCL plate A02!!!
GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!
Thank you so much to all my wonderful followers, I am so excited and grateful to have each and every one of you! Your wonderful comments and thoughts are very much appreciated =) I started this blog to help me relax and to keep me sane through fulltime work and study and it's been wonderful sharing it with all of you. I’d like to show my appreciation by having a little giveaway featuring a few of my favourite products, some which I’ve featured on my blog.
What one lucky winner will get:
GCOCL A02 plate with Hello Kitty!
BYS Cracked Nail Polish kit in pink and black
Ulta 3 polishes in Watermelon, Lollypop lilac and Sizzling red
Pink Fin nail art sticker
Aveeno Intense Relief Hand Cream and
Super lipgloss in Super Strawberry
Here’s how to enter:
1. You must become a public follower via Google Friends Connect. I should be able to track you – please let me know your Google Friends connect nickname. (Mandatory - 1 entry)
*For the lovely ladies already following my blog you will receive 1 extra entry!
For additional entries:
2. Post about my giveaway on your blog with the 1st giveaway photo from this post. (1 entry)
3. Add me to your blogroll. (1 entry)
Please leave ONE comment to this post including: your name/Google Friends Connect name, e-mail and the links to your entries from the above list such as your blog address and link to your blog entry about the giveaway.
Giveaway is open internationally and will close at 8pm on July 1st 2010 Australian EST.
I will be checking entries carefully to make it fun and fair for everyone =)
Good luck!! And thankyou as always for stopping by!
Essie Baby Cakes floral NOTD + my favourite Vietnamese food
Here I am procrastinating again by blogging =p This is a NOTD I did a few days ago but am still wearing using one of the Essie polishes from my mega nail haul 2 weeks ago.
Essie Baby Cakes is a very pretty, light lavender colour with shimmer. I found the 1st coat streaky while 2 coats is opaque, but 3 coats is needed for a perfect finish.
I then added flowers from GCOCL F01 plate using Konad Violet pearl topped with a thick coat of Seche Vite.
GCOCL plate FO1
I haven’t posted many food adventures lately as I haven’t been eating out that much lately. But earlier in the week I went for some Vietnamese food at 2 of my favourite places. Pho Anh in Bankstown is a fast food noodle restaurant specialising in delicious Vietnamese noodle soups. You go to your table; order your noodles as you sit down and the noodles come to the table within 3 minutes. Literally!
Pho tai (Rare beef noodle soup)
They do one of the best Pho as the broth is just SO DAMN GOOD. The secret ingredient is dried sandworm apparently ;) I usually order a small pho tai and if I’m extra hungry extra meatballs to go with it. It's great all year round but it's especially nice on a cold winter day, it just warms you right up!
One of my other favourite Vietnamese restaurants is Bau Truong in Cabramatta. It’s tasty, relatively cheap, and is always reliable. I love the bánh xèo (Vietnamese pancake) which is a savoury pancake filled with fatty pork, prawn (shrimp) and bean sprouts which you dip in nuoc nam sauce. It’s nice and crispy on the outside and then you get all the wonderful textures inside.
Bánh xèo (Vietnamese pancake)
I can’t remember the exact name of the dish that the boy had, but essentially it was prawn crackers topped with rice noodles and grilled beef and lots of herbs. Very yummy!!
Thanks for looking! =)
Essie Baby Cakes is a very pretty, light lavender colour with shimmer. I found the 1st coat streaky while 2 coats is opaque, but 3 coats is needed for a perfect finish.
I then added flowers from GCOCL F01 plate using Konad Violet pearl topped with a thick coat of Seche Vite.
I haven’t posted many food adventures lately as I haven’t been eating out that much lately. But earlier in the week I went for some Vietnamese food at 2 of my favourite places. Pho Anh in Bankstown is a fast food noodle restaurant specialising in delicious Vietnamese noodle soups. You go to your table; order your noodles as you sit down and the noodles come to the table within 3 minutes. Literally!
They do one of the best Pho as the broth is just SO DAMN GOOD. The secret ingredient is dried sandworm apparently ;) I usually order a small pho tai and if I’m extra hungry extra meatballs to go with it. It's great all year round but it's especially nice on a cold winter day, it just warms you right up!
One of my other favourite Vietnamese restaurants is Bau Truong in Cabramatta. It’s tasty, relatively cheap, and is always reliable. I love the bánh xèo (Vietnamese pancake) which is a savoury pancake filled with fatty pork, prawn (shrimp) and bean sprouts which you dip in nuoc nam sauce. It’s nice and crispy on the outside and then you get all the wonderful textures inside.
I can’t remember the exact name of the dish that the boy had, but essentially it was prawn crackers topped with rice noodles and grilled beef and lots of herbs. Very yummy!!
Thanks for looking! =)
Orly Once Upon A Time NOTD fail
Hello ladies!!
How has everyone’s week been? I am mightily relieved because I have completed and submitted 2 assignments this week! YAY!! So I thought I would celebrate by trying out 2 new polishes I purchased from Orly’s Once Upon A Time collection. Click the pic below to see the colours and fashion inspirations for the collection.
I saw these a while back and fell in love with each and every colour. The colours are absolutely gorgeous and the names are wonderful – Think Prince Charming, Enchanted Forest etc. They also come with a charm to correspond with the colour name, how awesome is that! Plus I love fairytales and when I see the colours I think Snow White I only purchased Happily Ever After and Mirror Mirror even though I wanted the whole collection which is unusual for me but I just love this collection. However I had self crontol and only purchased 2 =(
Orly Happily Ever After is described as a "deep berry creme" and is my current favourite! It's a dark berry colour with little flecks of purple and blue shimmer which is just gorgeous. The shimmer is subtle but in direct light it just pops. It was very smooth to apply and was opaque in 2 coats.
Orly Mirror Mirror (accent nail above) is described as a "creamy grey neutral". In real life it's a light grey colour and is a nice grey to add to my collection as my 1st grey polish. It was a little streaky on the 1st coat but the 2nd coat smoothed it right out. I was wary of Mirror Mirror after reading reviews but I didn't experience any lumps or bumps. I'm trying really hard to fight the urge to buy the other colours but I think I may give in soon!
Here's a close-up of Happily Ever After so you can see the flecks of shimmer:
Geez this pic makes my finger look really wrinkly!! I did just get out of a long shower though o_O
Now we come to the fail part of this NOTD. I wanted to do a fairytale manicure and konad the stars design using China Glaze Passion and GCOCL plate K05. For some reason it just would not behave and it refused to pick up the stars so I swtiched to the heart design on GCOCL plate A01 because happily ever after means eternal love etc etc. Because I haven't used plate A01 before I had to peel the plastic film off and I cut myself on the edge of the plate!!! F@#$ it was sharp! And it wasn't even the corner of the plate! The moral of my pain is to please be careful when peeling the plastic off your new plates.
Then to top it off I just could not get the placement right and smudged a few nails. Oh well, here is my attempt below and please excuse the bandaid on my rude finger!
Fairytale manicure
Lastly I'll leave you with today's afternoon tea which happens to be one of my favourite foods - pacific oysters - which my fab mum thoughtfully brought home as I'd been busy finishing my assignment!
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How has everyone’s week been? I am mightily relieved because I have completed and submitted 2 assignments this week! YAY!! So I thought I would celebrate by trying out 2 new polishes I purchased from Orly’s Once Upon A Time collection. Click the pic below to see the colours and fashion inspirations for the collection.
I saw these a while back and fell in love with each and every colour. The colours are absolutely gorgeous and the names are wonderful – Think Prince Charming, Enchanted Forest etc. They also come with a charm to correspond with the colour name, how awesome is that! Plus I love fairytales and when I see the colours I think Snow White I only purchased Happily Ever After and Mirror Mirror even though I wanted the whole collection which is unusual for me but I just love this collection. However I had self crontol and only purchased 2 =(
Orly Happily Ever After is described as a "deep berry creme" and is my current favourite! It's a dark berry colour with little flecks of purple and blue shimmer which is just gorgeous. The shimmer is subtle but in direct light it just pops. It was very smooth to apply and was opaque in 2 coats.
Orly Mirror Mirror (accent nail above) is described as a "creamy grey neutral". In real life it's a light grey colour and is a nice grey to add to my collection as my 1st grey polish. It was a little streaky on the 1st coat but the 2nd coat smoothed it right out. I was wary of Mirror Mirror after reading reviews but I didn't experience any lumps or bumps. I'm trying really hard to fight the urge to buy the other colours but I think I may give in soon!
Here's a close-up of Happily Ever After so you can see the flecks of shimmer:
Now we come to the fail part of this NOTD. I wanted to do a fairytale manicure and konad the stars design using China Glaze Passion and GCOCL plate K05. For some reason it just would not behave and it refused to pick up the stars so I swtiched to the heart design on GCOCL plate A01 because happily ever after means eternal love etc etc. Because I haven't used plate A01 before I had to peel the plastic film off and I cut myself on the edge of the plate!!! F@#$ it was sharp! And it wasn't even the corner of the plate! The moral of my pain is to please be careful when peeling the plastic off your new plates.
Then to top it off I just could not get the placement right and smudged a few nails. Oh well, here is my attempt below and please excuse the bandaid on my rude finger!
Lastly I'll leave you with today's afternoon tea which happens to be one of my favourite foods - pacific oysters - which my fab mum thoughtfully brought home as I'd been busy finishing my assignment!
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GCOCL plates Part II
Hey guys! I hope everyone is doing well and looking forward to the long weekend ahead - 4 days no work YAY! Except I won't have much time for play as I'm trying to finish 2 assignments =(
So here is Part II of my GCOCL plates as promised. Please note that there are different versions of these plates and therefore plate numbers will differ from the ones shown in this post and previously. Please check with sellers if you are after particular plates.
Plate E01:
E01 contains 7 assorted flower designs; full nail design similar to Konad plate m25 and California design similar to Konad plate 28.
GCOCL E01 plate
Plate F01:
Plate F01 contains assorted flower designs - of which 3 are similar to Konad plates m2, m5 and m6.
GCOCL F01 plate
Plate K01:
K01 contains assorted flowers and a dolphin design similar to Konad plate m27.
GCOCL K01 plate
Plate K02:
K02 contains assorted flower designs (again!) and a large butterly similar to Konad plate m20.
GCOCL K02 plate
Plate K03:
K03 contains 9 different flower designs. Dejavu anyone??!!
GCOCL K03 plate
Plate K05:
K05 contains a lady beetle; a seal with ball; a crab (?); stars similar to Konad plate m14 and roses similar to Konad plate m25.
GCOCL plate K05
I hope this has been useful!
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So here is Part II of my GCOCL plates as promised. Please note that there are different versions of these plates and therefore plate numbers will differ from the ones shown in this post and previously. Please check with sellers if you are after particular plates.
Plate E01:
E01 contains 7 assorted flower designs; full nail design similar to Konad plate m25 and California design similar to Konad plate 28.
Plate F01:
Plate F01 contains assorted flower designs - of which 3 are similar to Konad plates m2, m5 and m6.
Plate K01:
K01 contains assorted flowers and a dolphin design similar to Konad plate m27.
Plate K02:
K02 contains assorted flower designs (again!) and a large butterly similar to Konad plate m20.
Plate K03:
K03 contains 9 different flower designs. Dejavu anyone??!!
Plate K05:
K05 contains a lady beetle; a seal with ball; a crab (?); stars similar to Konad plate m14 and roses similar to Konad plate m25.
I hope this has been useful!
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GCOCL plates Part I
I promised you guys details of GCOCL plates that I hauled last week and here is Part I. I believe there are about 17 GCOCL plates all together. I've quickly compared a few similar designs to Konad plates to show similarities.
Plate A01:
This plate contains 8 flowers and a heart image with stars.
GCOCL plate A01
Plate A02 (Hello Kitty plate):
As featured in my last NOTD! This plate contains Hello Kitty; grapes; cat; 4 leaf clover; butterfly; and flowers. The 4 leaf clover and grapes are very similar to Konad plates m22 and m37.
GCOCL plate A02
Plate B01:
This plate contains a mermaid (similar to Konad plate m34); a zodiac crab (?) and assorted flowers.
GCOCL plate B01
Plate B02:
B02 contains a cherry; a frog; a bee (or other insect); feet, and flowers.
GCOCL plate B02
Plate C01:
C01 contains an assortment of flowers and a cloud design similar to Konad plate m7.
GCOCL plate C01
Plate D01:
D01 contains 2 heart designs and an assortment of different sized flowers.
GCOCL plate D01
Plate D02:
D02 contains a full finger design with bubbles; flowers and a butterfly design similar to Konad plate m39.
GCOCL plate D02
Part II coming up in the next few days!
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Plate A01:
This plate contains 8 flowers and a heart image with stars.
Plate A02 (Hello Kitty plate):
As featured in my last NOTD! This plate contains Hello Kitty; grapes; cat; 4 leaf clover; butterfly; and flowers. The 4 leaf clover and grapes are very similar to Konad plates m22 and m37.
Plate B01:
This plate contains a mermaid (similar to Konad plate m34); a zodiac crab (?) and assorted flowers.
Plate B02:
B02 contains a cherry; a frog; a bee (or other insect); feet, and flowers.
Plate C01:
C01 contains an assortment of flowers and a cloud design similar to Konad plate m7.
Plate D01:
D01 contains 2 heart designs and an assortment of different sized flowers.
Plate D02:
D02 contains a full finger design with bubbles; flowers and a butterfly design similar to Konad plate m39.
Part II coming up in the next few days!
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