Nubar Giveaway!

Hey guys - long time no post, huh? Sorry, I managed to get myself a nasty case of 'a little bit of strep throat, little bit of bronchitis, little bit of laryngitis' (as my doctor put it!) so I was out of commission and lying in bed all day. Seriously. I was going crazy.

Anyways, thanks to that, no new swatch for you - but here's a super sweet giveaway over @ Sonidlo's Nail Polishes!

The only mandatory way to enter is to be a public follower of the blog, but there's extra ways for entries too :)

Good luck, everyone!

-Melanie

Fake Nails : Classy Black & White

Hi guys! This time I have a set of fake nails I made for my friend Katrina's birthday. I was kinda sad to let them go, I really like these, haha.

Here they are! Using Sinful Color in Black on Black, and Maybelline Salon Expert in Eternal Snow, I wanted them to be sorta classy looking (so really, no BAM POP kinda colours).

I used a Kiss striper for the black polka dots & black cross hatches. I also used silver rhinestones to make it nicer ^^ The larger ones (so the big circles & the squares) are from Sally's Beauty Supply, and I got them for around $6. Pretty pricey, since there were only 60 rhinestones.The smaller, more used circles are from Ebay! Hooray! I got mine from a seller named Ms.Agent. Prices were extreeeeemely cheap, though we did face some shipping difficulties. I didn't receive it for a month, so I messaged her - she resent it and I got it within a week! Yayface!

What do you think of them?

-Melanie

Sally Hansen HD: DVD over Sinful Colours: Black On Black

Look at me! Posting two days in a row ^_^

It makes it easier for me to post more frequently if I write about other products I use (I paint my nails every week...)

Anyways, I tried Sally Hansen DVD from the HD collection before on it's own, and that was a disaster. Not opaque, took forever to dry, and it just drove me insane - but the colour WAS SO PRETTY.

So, thanks to seeing a post @ Beauty by Kayla Shevonne, I decided to layer it over black.

This is base coat + two coats of Sinful Color's Black On Black + one coat of Sally Hansen DVD + Seche Vite.

Picture time!

OOOH! LOOK HOW PRETTY IT IS! <3

And you see that gap? Cleaaaaan cuticles, baby! Awwe yeah, first time cleaning it like that - it was a pain in the butt, haha - and my nails look so tiny!

I also bought a bottle of Laser from the HD collection, so I'll have to try this out soon as well! :3

Byeee!

-Melanie

Something Irrelevant: Moisturizer: Aveeno Clear Complexion Daily Moisturizer Review

Hi guys! So I've been meaning to post this review (and by meaning to, I mean like, a few weeks ago. Even before I left for my trip), but with my Japanese student Nozomi, I was super busy. She was only here for a few days but we became bestfriends! Oh, I'm so sad she's gone now :(

Here's a quick pic of me & her in Dairy Queen, haha.

She's on the right - AND ISN'T SHE ADORABLE?!

Ahem, anyways...onto the review!

So I decided that since I have pretty bad acne, I wanted to try out this moisturizer. I picked it up at Target when I was down in the States, for around $15, I think. It seemed pretty good at the time, the bottle says not to use it more than 3 times a day I think? I used it twice, once in the morning, and once before bed.

MOISTURIZER: This was actually a pretty good moisturizer -  it absorbed into my skin fairly quickly and didn't add any greasiness or too much shine. My face felt nice and soft all day.

ACNE: I honestly do feel that this cleared up my skin a bit - just a bit. My acne is more of those stupid little bumps on your forehead that aren't really pimples, they just make you look... not very smooth :/

PROBLEM: I do have one, MAJOR problem with this - I think I used it too much, to the point where it irritated my skin AND MY FACE ITCHED LIKE NO OTHER. Currently the bottle is just sitting in my cupboard, never to be used again.

WORTH IT: This product might work for you, but it definitely did not work for me. Sure my face cleared up a bit, but this product ended up driving me mad. I wouldn't repurchase.

I'll have a nail polish post up... maybe tomorrow? Sometime this week, I swear!

Oh! And I bought some really great stuff that I'll be posting up.

Cheerio,

-Melanie