Cosmetic Cupcake 2.0!
Cosmetic Cupcake has had a makeover!!! I cannot tell you how unbelievably excited I am. It's been months of organising and designing by the hubby with quite a few delays but it is finally live!!
Just a few new features I want to point out:
Updated social media links with my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, RSS etc so it's easier to get in touch and stay up to date with my ramblings.
At the bottom of the page are some suggested posts for nail art, reviews and lifestyle and my most popular posts too. I've been blogging for 3 years now and it's a lot of posts to go through!
And a nifty little "scroll to top" button the hubby wanted the blog to have! I must say it is very very handy!!
It's all rather new so there's bound to be missing links and hiccups so bear with me and please let me know in the comments below if you find anything strange. There's still a few things that will be tweaked and updated over the new few months until it's finally the way I want it.
A huge thank you to the hubby for all his hard work!! There's no way I'd be able to get my blog looking like this sine I'm such a HTML noob lol. I hope you all like the new design as much as I do =)
Just a few new features I want to point out:
Updated social media links with my Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, RSS etc so it's easier to get in touch and stay up to date with my ramblings.
At the bottom of the page are some suggested posts for nail art, reviews and lifestyle and my most popular posts too. I've been blogging for 3 years now and it's a lot of posts to go through!
And a nifty little "scroll to top" button the hubby wanted the blog to have! I must say it is very very handy!!
It's all rather new so there's bound to be missing links and hiccups so bear with me and please let me know in the comments below if you find anything strange. There's still a few things that will be tweaked and updated over the new few months until it's finally the way I want it.
A huge thank you to the hubby for all his hard work!! There's no way I'd be able to get my blog looking like this sine I'm such a HTML noob lol. I hope you all like the new design as much as I do =)
Shimmer Polish swatches and review: Karen, Amy, Jennifer, Irene and Erica
Today I have my swatches and review of some beautiful glitter polishes from Shimmer Polish! You all know I ADORE glitters so when Cindy got in touch offering to send me some polishes of course I couldn't say no. The polishes are gorgeous so I couldn't resist posting quite a few pics so be warned this post is PIC HEAVY.
May/June 2013 hauls
Helloooooo! I thought I'd share my hauls for May and June with you all. I wasn't really been able to haul much in recent months due to my wedding but now I can do some hauling again yaaaaaaay =D I hauled mainly polish (what else seriously?!) of course!
China Glaze + pastels = MAJOR LEMMING so of course I had to get the Avant Garden Blooming Brights and Pastel Petals collections!! I love China Glaze pastels and these are just perfect.
I couldn't go past the gorgeous glitters and cremes in the Cult Nails Dance All Night collection and picked it up in the preorder sale and received a Wax That top coat free. I also picked up Nevermore which I've been wanting to get for ages and also Happy Ending as it was on sale hehe. I realised that I haven't purchased any Cult Nail polishes in 2 years!
I love the look of black and white glitters but hadn't added any to my stash yet so I picked up this cheap as chips glitter set from Models Prefer.
I've been stalking every Chemist Warehouse store near me and at work for sooooooooooooo long now for the W7 Sprinkles polishes and I FINALLY found them! Well I found 2 - Mosaic and Lava Flow - so I'm still on the hunt for Salt n Pepper. I have no idea why they're so hard to find!
A Pro Nail haul! I picked up China Glaze Texture Bump & Ground in May when I picked up the Avant Garden collections and then Color Club Almost Famous and OPI The Impossible when I went last week with Anita and Ange.
I love the white striper from the Kiss nail artist paint & stencil kit (you can read my full review of it here) and I've been needing another one but it's been so hard to find! I finally found it at Big W and on sale too woot.
I've been getting facials from Ella Rouge for the last few months and my beauty therapist recommended the HydroPeptide Anti-Wrinkle Dark Circle Concentrate. I've been on the hunt for a new eye cream and they had a 20% off sale so I decided to try it out. I haven't used it just yet as I'm finishing my Kiehl's one!
Hope you liked seeing my hauls for May and June! Thanks for looking as always =)
China Glaze + pastels = MAJOR LEMMING so of course I had to get the Avant Garden Blooming Brights and Pastel Petals collections!! I love China Glaze pastels and these are just perfect.
I couldn't go past the gorgeous glitters and cremes in the Cult Nails Dance All Night collection and picked it up in the preorder sale and received a Wax That top coat free. I also picked up Nevermore which I've been wanting to get for ages and also Happy Ending as it was on sale hehe. I realised that I haven't purchased any Cult Nail polishes in 2 years!
I love the look of black and white glitters but hadn't added any to my stash yet so I picked up this cheap as chips glitter set from Models Prefer.
I've been stalking every Chemist Warehouse store near me and at work for sooooooooooooo long now for the W7 Sprinkles polishes and I FINALLY found them! Well I found 2 - Mosaic and Lava Flow - so I'm still on the hunt for Salt n Pepper. I have no idea why they're so hard to find!
A Pro Nail haul! I picked up China Glaze Texture Bump & Ground in May when I picked up the Avant Garden collections and then Color Club Almost Famous and OPI The Impossible when I went last week with Anita and Ange.
I love the white striper from the Kiss nail artist paint & stencil kit (you can read my full review of it here) and I've been needing another one but it's been so hard to find! I finally found it at Big W and on sale too woot.
I've been getting facials from Ella Rouge for the last few months and my beauty therapist recommended the HydroPeptide Anti-Wrinkle Dark Circle Concentrate. I've been on the hunt for a new eye cream and they had a 20% off sale so I decided to try it out. I haven't used it just yet as I'm finishing my Kiehl's one!
Hope you liked seeing my hauls for May and June! Thanks for looking as always =)
Purple dots and hearts manicure
So clearly I am sooooo imaginative when it comes to post titles - NOT! I’ve been wanting to try out a gorgeous purple glitter I received from Scandal Cosmetics but didn’t want the hassle of glitter removal so I used it in a purple skittles mani. Unfortunately I didn’t realise until after I’d taken all my photos and removed my mani that I had filed my ring finger nail ridiculously crooked so my mani looks weird =S
What I used:
Pinky: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base. I did a glitter gradient using Scandal Cosmetics Heart lacquer in 47 Silver Holic* and Essie Set in Stone.
Ring finger: I used 1 coat of Scandal Blackline in 5804 Modern Black* and stamped dots using China Glaze Harmony.
Middle finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base and 2 coats of Scandal Cosmetics Heart lacquer in 63 Purple Dia. Purple Dia contains large silver hex glitter and smaller silver glitter in a medium purple base. I love it layered over Tart-y to the Party!
Index finger: I used 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow and added a heart rhinestone from their stone set*.
Thumb: 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base and I stamped dots using China Glaze Millenium.
The stone set contains a great mix of shades and sizes of rhinestones - there’s hearts (my fave!), teardrops, stars and ovals. I have other rhinestone sets and they don’t come with as much variety.
Details: Scandal Heart nail lacquers are available from Scandal Cosmetics online store for $4, Blackline lacquers are available for $5.50 and the stone set is $6.
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.
What I used:
Pinky: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base. I did a glitter gradient using Scandal Cosmetics Heart lacquer in 47 Silver Holic* and Essie Set in Stone.
Ring finger: I used 1 coat of Scandal Blackline in 5804 Modern Black* and stamped dots using China Glaze Harmony.
Middle finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base and 2 coats of Scandal Cosmetics Heart lacquer in 63 Purple Dia. Purple Dia contains large silver hex glitter and smaller silver glitter in a medium purple base. I love it layered over Tart-y to the Party!
Index finger: I used 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow and added a heart rhinestone from their stone set*.
Thumb: 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base and I stamped dots using China Glaze Millenium.
The stone set contains a great mix of shades and sizes of rhinestones - there’s hearts (my fave!), teardrops, stars and ovals. I have other rhinestone sets and they don’t come with as much variety.
Details: Scandal Heart nail lacquers are available from Scandal Cosmetics online store for $4, Blackline lacquers are available for $5.50 and the stone set is $6.
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.
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