Cosmetic Cupcake

So today I am another year older! And hopefully wiser but I highly doubt it lol. Now I had intended this to be an ice-cream manicure however everyone said my mani reminded them of cupcakes and NOT ice-cream so I guess it's turned into a cupcake mani!


Here's what I used:


Pinky: I used 2 coats of Barry M Strawberry Ice-cream as my base and Canmake 101 for the chocolate icing. For the sprinkles I used OPI Alpine Snow.

Ring finger: I used 2 coats of Barry M Berry Ice-Cream and OPI Alpine Snow for the icing. For the sprinkles I used China Glaze Happy Go Lucky and Empowerment.

Middle finger: For the base I used China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint and Canmake 101 for the chocolate icing. For the sprinkles I used OPI Alpine Snow and China Glaze Sugar High.

Index finger: I used 2 coats of Color Club Who Are You Wearing? for the base and China Glaze Sugar High for the icing. Sprinkles were China Glaze Happy Go Lucky and Flyin' High.

Thumb: I used 1 coat of NYC Color snazzle and 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday.


I had to break out Deborah Lippmann's Happy Birthday of course! It's so awesome x)




Gosh I am really loving rocking this mani! I need to practice my drips but oh well. Expect more drippy/ice-cream manis in every different colour in the future LOL.


My gifts from the family and D! The parents gave me an agnès b makeup set and a red packet (ie. cash woot!) and D and my sis gifted me a nail course from Nail Boutique Le M that I've been wanting to do for AGES!!!!!! Yay! D also gave me OPI DS Magic and Extravagance, yummy Adora truffles and a cute Rilakkuma =) My yummyt birthday cake is below!


I hope you all had a lovely day! Thanks for looking and don't forget to enter my 2nd birthday giveaway here!

Hi ladies! Tomorrow is my 25th birthday (OMG!) and I want to show you my manicure that I spent most of my night doing instead of doing pre-coursework for my training day on Thursday =p This post will be light on words as I must get to bed!


I tried to incorporate birthday things that I love! Glitter, cake, sweets, icecream and flowers amongst many other things =)


Here's what I used:

Pinky: I applied 2 coats of OPI What's with the Cattitude? and added icecream nail stickers I got from HK and 1 coat of Essence Glitter topcoat.

Ring fingers: I applied 1 coat of NYC Color Snazzle and 2 coats of Milani Jewel FX in Silver.

Middle fingers: I applied 2 coats of American Apparel Office (I love this colour! Thanks Alice!) and added cake and candy nail stickers also from HK. I then applied some half pearls and silver rhinestones. The design on my right hand is slightly different.

Index fingers: 2 coats of China Glaze Empowerment and floral nail sticker.

Thumb: 2 coats of Illamasqua Wink. I then konaded the present design from fauxnad plate b34 using Konad Special polish in white and added a purple clay bow. The design is upside down doh!



The boy came by late tonight to give me my birthday gift early! He told me he had a "cake" for me and pulled this out:


Eeeeeeek how adorable is it! You should have seen the huge grin on my face when I saw it lol. He always makes such a huge effort to surprise me and he's so thoughtful and creative with his gifts! He definitely puts me to shame when it comes to gift giving xD He takes my blog so seriously and he knows my love of cupcakes haha. The cupcake liner even matched the Tiffany blue!


I love charms and I've been lemming this particular cupcake one for aaaaaages but I can never justify the price. Actually I can never justify the price of Tiffany jewellery (especially here in Aus) but anyway it's now mine!!


Rilakkuma has a little suction thingy at the back so he's going on my mirror =)


Thanks for looking as always!

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!

Thank you for entering!

Winner will be announced shortly


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 Through the Looking Glass,
BYS Adventures of Alice,
BYS Down the Rabbit Hole,
BYS UV polish in pink and
BYS cracking polish in mauve
Ozotic Pro Multi-chrome in 502,
Ozotic Pro Holographic in 608 and
Ozotic Pro Glitter in 201
NYC Color lemon,
NYC Color magenta,
NYC Color berry fuchsia and
NYC Color aubergine
Some goodies I love which I purchased from Hong Kong with this giveaway in mind! Beauty World gradient kit in blue and EOS lipbalm in honeysuckle. Check out my manicures using the purple gradient kit and pink gradient kits for what to expect. The EOS lipbalms are one of my favourites and I so wish they sold them here in Aus!

17 GCOCL nail stamping plates (A01 – K05) which includes the awesome Hello Kitty plate A02 plus a generic stamper and scraper.

A brand new tub of the very awesome LUSH Lemony Flutter cuticle butter.

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!

This golden sparkly ring is made with OPI Extra-va-vaganza from the Burlesque collection and a sweet pearly heart in a size 9 or L.

This glittery red ring is made with a silver base using TiNS the Mars and the size is adjustable. Christina's nail polish rings look fabulous and are beautifully made. They add the finishing touch to any outfit!

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:
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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

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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!