Nails ~ Turquoise Gradient

Sooo yesterday I was looking through my polishes.. and I realized I have a lot of this kind of colour:

Revlon Minted, Essie Mint Candy Apple, Essie Turquoise & Caicos, Essie Where's My Chauffeur, Wet n Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint, China Glaze For Audrey, Sephora by OPI Ocean Love Potion, Sally Hansen Insta-dri Mint Sprint

Minty-torquoise-y colour? I actually really like this kind of colour, but I haven't worn it in so long cuz I know how badly it stains my nails.
Still, I decided to do a fun gradient with these and here's how it turned out!

I quite like it xD Although there's not a huge difference between my index, middle and ring fingers, I still think it looks good.

So here's what I used: I started off with this Sally Hansen Maximum Growth base coat because I've had it for a whole and it's like half gone. I thought I'd just use it again. Then I decided to paint some of this nude colour as a base first, so hopefully the turquoise doesn't stain my nails too badly (Wet n Wild megalast in 2% milk) and I topped my nails off with Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat.

Here are the different shades of turquoise I used:

Essie Mint Candy Apple, Wet n Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint, China Glaze For Audrey, Essie Where's My Chauffeur and Sephora by OPI Ocean Love Potion.

I wonder if I have this many shades of other colours in my polish collection? Maybe I'll do the same thing with a different colour next time :P It was fun and I think it turned out quite nicely.
What do you think?

~♔Josephine ♥  

Nails ~ Pink Sparkles

Hello! I'm finally updating >.<
Here's a nail design I did like a week ago.. sadly, it's already chipped off. Oh well, haha.

Same concept as my last nail post.. I just switched out some colours haha.
Here's what I used

Revlon Colorstay Pale Cashmere, Sally Hansen Light Strobe, Sally Hansen Disco Ball

Time to work on the next post :P Cya soon~
~♔Josephine ♥

Nails ~ Mint + Silver & Small polish haul + Jewelry

Hello~ just wanted to pop in here and share my most recent nails and some other stuff :)

I went for the mint+silver trend that's really popular these days >< I know this design looks like something so stereotypical lol like something you'd see on instagram/pintrest etc. but whatever :P I just got Mint Candy Apple really recently and I felt like wearing mint... so yeah, whatever.

Here's the polishes I used

Revlon Silver Dollar, Essie Set in Stones, Essie Mint Candy Apple, Art Deco Silver

I'm really loving Mint Candy Apple. The colour is adorable and I think it goes well with my skin tone :P The polish is really, really thick though. I'm not sure if it's just the bottle I bought, or if the formula is just like that.. but yeah it was hellllla thick. It probably only takes 2 coats to be opaque, but I kept putting more layers on, hoping for it to smooth out... it didn't work really well :x Maybe I should try thinner layers next time, although I find it really hard to control the thickness of the layers especially when I'm doing my right hand, using my left. But yeah, the colour is really cute and I'm loving it so far.

Here's some polishes I bought recently

Essie Sunday Funday, Saturday Disco Fever, Bikini So Teeny and As Gold As It Gets, Superstore, $7.97

I picked up 4 cuz that was the limit at Superstore lol.. plus they were having a no tax event, so yeah.. I sorta went a lil bit crazy xD
Sunday Funday is a cute pink-coral with subtle glitter, Saturday Disco Fever is a bright red-orange, Bikini So Teeny is a light blue with really subtle glitter and As Gold As It Gets is a gold glitter from their Luxeffects line from a few Christmases ago.

Lastly is just a few jewelry pieces I've picked up recently

Infinity bracelet, Icing, $9.75 and Material Girl Gold&Silver stud bracelet, The Bay, $5.99 (sale)

 I just love anything infinity... :P they had some necklaces but I knew if I bought those, I'd never wear them anyway.. and plus they were all pretty tacky looking except one gold, really dainty one.. but I'd never wear that, plus I feel like the gold will rub off really quick anyway.. so no point :/

That's all for now ^^
~♔Josephine ♥

Random past nail art + future hair care purchases (maybe?)

Hello!
Thought I'd post tonight since I'm pretty darn bored, and thought I'd share what's on my nails now... Which led me to unloading pictures from my phone, which led to me unloading a lot of pics of past nail art. I always wanted to do a post dedicated to those nail designs I have on my phone, but didn't take nice pictures of with the big cam. Well, here they are!

Err... almost. A few notes before we begin.. :p
This post is a little photo-heavier than my usual posts.. juss sayin'
I apologize for crappy picture quality in advance... it was a really big switch from a 3GS to a 5... xD
I might not remember every polish I've used for these nail designs, so don't blame me if I can't name them all...

Alrighty, here we go!

OPI Dulce de Leche w/ some random off brand from night market one on top + nail stickers

 The first ever time I tried a gradient!! It turned out pretty messy, lol. And I decided it was a good idea to take a pic before I cleaned up around the nails... yeah...

Essie e-nuf is e-nuf w/ glitter polishes... all off brands

Woo! Super glitter! Second time doing gradient.. I used like a million glitter polishes, lol

Essie Jamaica me crazy, Sinful Colors Frenzy, off brand Korean glitter

Guess I was really diggin' the gradients.. hahaha

Pretty sure this was Essie Jamaica me crazy again... + OPI Servin' Up Sparkle + other off brand sparkle/glitter polishes

OPI Pearl of Wisdom, OPI Last Friday Night + prob more random other sparkle polishes...

 Surprise, surprise! Another gradient hahahahaha

OPI Cuckoo for this Color + random metallic one from Daiso + loose glitter

 Sorry, bad picture... but it's the only one I have! xD

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Raisin' the Bar + glitter PAINFULLY EXTRACTED from OPI Servin' Up Sparkle LOL

 This one's really pretty :3 but it was hella tedious to do. This was around the time I started experimenting on/trying out more drugstore polishes... found out there really isn't much of a quality-difference between brands like OPI, Essie and some cheaper drugstore brands..

Rimmel Hard Metal + dotting tool + Revlon Silver Dollar

OPI Chapel of Love

 Yup... this is just a swatch on the nails, I guess lol. Love the colour.

China Glaze For Audrey (my first and STILL my only CG polish) + lose glitter + rhinestone

My take on the "cloud" nail trend.. a yearish ago :) Joe Fresh Hula, Essie To Buy or Not to Buy, Jessica Bikini Blue

 I'm quite fond of this cloud design too...  I've said to myself that I'd do it again some time... but I still haven't... maybe this summer, lol.

Essie To Buy or Not to Buy + lose glitter, individually placed

 This is probably when I started my blog last year... hahaha anyway... next~

Sinful Colors You Just Wait + Essie Eternal Optimist + Essie Beyond Cozy

 My nails from a few weeks ago.. forgot (too lazy..) to take pics of... but I got them on my phone lol so yay! I quite like the design, but the base colour looked soooo weird to me.. that's what inspired the design btw lol I couldn't stand how weird that one colour looked on my nails...

Finally... we have this picture of what's on my nails now :)

Wet n Wild Wild Shine Blazed

 This colour looked a lot more... rosey pink in the bottle. On the nails, it's actually quite bright and eye catching. I'm falling in love with these brighter polishes all over again :)

Moving on...
I also wanted to talk about some hair products I've been scoping out recently.

1) Jason Tea Tree Shampoo+conditioner - spotted at London Drugs

I have problems with an itchy scalp.. and after trying Pantene, Dove and Organix, I finally went for the Head and Shoulders. It did a great job controlling the itch on my scalp.. but I could feel it drying out my hair soooo bad. I decided to try the Live Clean Fresh Water line. I decided on it cuz I heard that parabens & all that bad stuff in shampoos can irritate sensitive scalps.. so I thought the paraben & whatever whatever-free Live Clean brand would help. The first time I tried it, it felt pretty good, and the itch didn't come back. But after a few more washes, that itchy scalp was returning. After I finish the bottles of Live Clean I have right now, I'm pretty sure I'll try this Jason line. Hopefully it works...

2) Macadamia deep repair masque - also spotted at London Drugs.. on a diff day

 I've heard sooooo much about this masque, but I've only seen it in person twice. Once at Shoppers' and it was in a big tub selling for $32. I felt way too cheap that day to drop 30+ on a hair mask, so I passed on it. I returned maybe a few days later, and all of them were sold out. Of course. It's a popular product. I've heard so many YouTubers recommend it, so I really wanna try this for myself. My hair is always a frizzy, hay-like mess.. ESPECIALLY after I shower and I let it air dry... It's not much better if I blow dry it.. unless I use a comb and legit straighten it with the blow drier.. ANYWHO. It's the first time I've seen this mask in a smaller tube, and it's only $15ish. Maybe if I see this again, I'll pick it up. If I'm not feeling like a total cheapo lol. It's better than paying 30+ for a product that I may or may not like.

*phew* that's it for now! Til next time :)

~♔Josephine ♥

Nails~ Light Pink, Hearts & Glitter

Hihi! Long time no nail update... either <__> I'm sorry :p

Argh... it's been a while, but I update with some not-so-nice pics.. lol. My nails were pretty grown out when I took these pics... sorry <.< At least I got pics! xD

 I sorta got this idea from some nail inspiration I got off Instagram... I'll post a screen cap I took with my phone later :p

Edit: Here it is! My inspiration~

These little hearts are so cute! And they're actually pretty easy to do.. pretty sure I learned how to do them from cutepolish.. or some other YouTube video.
Not gonna go into too much detail~ here are the polishes I used (and dotting tools... even tho I forgot to include them in the pic)

Essie Fill the Gap, Sephora by OPI I Gotta Blush on You, Sally Hansen White On, Revlon Silver Dollar, Art Deco striper Ice Breaker, Sally Hansen Insta-dry

~♔Josephine ♥

Quick Update ~ Recent Purchases

Hi :) I haven't been doing a lot of shopping... so there's nothing really to update about lol :x But here's just a few things I've bought over the last little while..

First are these booties! I finally, finally have a pair! After hunting for so damn long for a pair of short, flat booties with some sort of grip on the bottom, I just settled on these. They don't really have a great suitable-for-snow grip on the bottom, but they're good enough for me to wear on rainy/cold days ^^ I'm just so glad I finally have a pair of booties that I can just slide on :D Instead of having to lace up my black bootie wedges and/or zip up my tall boots, I can just wear these! So so so happy :) Plus they're flat so I won't be super crazy tall when I hang out with my friends LOL! I don't want to look like a super giant beside them all the time... :p
I got them at The Bay on super sale! I love the sales that go on after new years/the holidays are over... There's always some awesome deals cuz the shops are trying to clear out their inventory :D Anyway they were already on sale for ~$110, (they were originally $150 or $135 or something like that..) and then there was another 40% off of that price so they came to around ~$75 (after tax) :D

Arturo Chiang Averly, $65.69, The Bay (sale)

Arturo Chiang Averly, $65.69, The Bay (sale)

 The pictures of the booties look a tad bit wonky cuz I took the pictures downstairs, where the lighting is super yellow, compared to super white like in my room, and I tried to fix the lighting a bit in ps, but they still don't look that great lol. Also if the boots look dirty.. I'm sorry I already wore them 3x xD I cleaned them off a bit before taking the pictures though.. so it's not that bad :p

Anyway I also bought a few polishes over the last little while.

Revlon Elegant, Heavenly, Whimsical & L.A. Colors Art Deco striper polish in a glittery silver colour

 The two on the left were from Walmart. I forgot how much exactly I paid for them but they were around $4. I never buy Revlon unless they're under $4 lol :x Whimsical I got from Superstore cuz they lowered the prices or... they were having a sale, I'm not too sure lol. But it was under $4 too. The Art Deco striper is also from Superstore. It was under $2... I think it was $1.97 xD
I think Heavenly was part of a new collection Revlon just released... probably limited edition? It's just so pretty I couldn't pass on it :) It has little round glitters and little square glitters so I'm sure it'll be super pretty on top of a lot of colours.

That's all for now >.< Yeah, super tiny post I know... but I can't help it that I haven't been shopping much xD It's very good for me and my wallet :) Until next time I have stuff to post~ peace!


~♔Josephine ♥

Nails ~ Taupe & Silver w/ Sparkles

Hihi :) Here's my most recent mani~
It's already December so I totally gotta do some Christmas nails!! Gonna try to fit in as many Christmas manis as I can this year LOL :p

Anyway, here's my mani :3 I did this taupe colour with a silver accent nail all with sparkle gradients ^^

And here are the polishes I used c:

Sally Hansen Maximum Growth, Revlon Colorstay Stormy Night, Revlon Silver Dollar, OPI Servin' Up Sparkle, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

 Ooooh crap! I forgot, but I also added some of those little sparkles in the small glass jar I have too.. They're not pictured, my bad :p

That's all for now! Coming up is a recent purchases post ^^ Stay tuned~
 ~♔Josephine ♥

Nails ~ Metallic Pink & Sparkles

Wuddup wuddup!!! Hahahha... I've taken a break from nail polish for a while.. I was too lazy and I just wanted to give my nails a break >.< But once I decided to do this mani, I realized how much I missed nail polish DD: I really like how my nails look when they're painted LOL even when my nails are a bit shorter ^o^ ...or maybe I just hate how nasty my bare nails look = = Ugh. So disgusting.
ANYWAY
Ummm what else what elseee~
Oh. Ummmm well as usual.. it's been a while since I've done this mani.. It's been a good 5ish days? Almost a week I believe.. And I was just too lazy to take pictures of it during the first few days when my nails hadn't grown out so much yet LOL Sorry.. Well at least I did it :x!!
Ohoh and also, sorry for the crooked/semi-unfocused picture.. I usually take pictures of them myself, but it's just too hard and time consuming to set up the whole thing to photograph both my hands.. and for this mani I wanted to show both hands.. So I got my lil bro to photograph em for me. It took him SOOO many times to get it focused... (it's focused enough, k -_-) I have no idea why! I mean he already knows how to use my camera :c Sigh. Oh well. I can't complain since I'm asking him to do a favor for me lol.

I'm actually pretty in love with this mani... I LOVE how the sparkly polish looks against the dark red one.. and I was just experimenting but it turned out to be such a perfect match.
I can't seem to capture just how nice it looks on camera though.. I blame the lighting in my room. It washes everything out :/ I had to PS these pics to sorta give the picture some REAL colour. But I do think the base colour (Revlon Colorstay in Enrapture) is a lot darker than in this picture though... Keep in mind the picture was taken with indoor lighting+flash + I PS'd it so the colour would show up better.

Sally Hansen Maximum Growth, Revlon Colorstay Brilliant Strength in Enrapture, Wet n Wild Megalast in Under My Spell, Revlon in Sparkling, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri (aaaaand these little nail deco sparkles that I loooove)

Oh~ I took a picture with my phone and Instagram'd it during the.. second day? I think... :p
So here's another look at them :p They're a lot fresher in this pic loool

Pretty sure this one's taken w/ natural lighting..

If you're interested, my Instagram is josephinesoo (I know, so surprising+creative right? xD) Check it out/follow me if you want. Thanks!

Anyway that's all for now :D Upcoming is another recent purchases post... ^^

~♔Josephine ♥

Just a few purchases~

Ah yeah.. I haven't been shopping A LOT these days.. unlike my crazy summer shopping.. hahaha.. but I did pick up a few things recently and just wanted to share c:
I picked up all these polishes from Walmart.. a week ago? Maybe even more than a week ago.. x__x
My nails are naked and gross right now.. so I don't really feel like painting them.. but that doesn't stop me from buying polish! Lol especially when it's cheap.. which it always is at Walmart... Darn you Walmart... you make me crazy T.T

Anyway~ Here are the colours I got

Wet n Wild megalast in 2% Milk, Haze of Love, Under Your Spell & Disturbia ($2.97/each)-- Revlon Colorstay in Stormy Night (I can't rmb the price and I threw away the receipt.. but it was around $5)

Besides the nude... all the colours are pretty fall appropriate, right? xD I love Under Your Spell.. I haven't worn any of these yet.. but I'm really excited to try the darker colours.. I don't have colours like these and when I'm feeling not as lazy.. I'll definitely try some of these out :p

 The second and last thing (..lol) that I got is this top! It's so cute right?! I got it for like $20 on Thursday cuz it was on sale :D I freaking love the Bay.. hahaha ^^ It is sheer, so I'll have to wear a tank under.. (which btw I bought like 3 tanks from H&M on Thursday.. but they're not interesting so I didn't take pics of them lol)

Vero Moda Navy Blue Sheer Blouse - $19.59, The Bay

I love the cute beading detail on the collar ^^ Suuuper cute! I think this is my first chiffon-y sheer top... But seriously, I have GOT to stop buying navy blue clothes... particularly tops.. I HAVE SO MANY... but I can't help it... for some reason I just seem to bump into them.. and they just happen to be on sale... so I just buy it ;o; SIGH~

OOOH and here's one more thing I want to share ^^

It's my candle collection!!! Man.. I've only started buying candles like.. two months ago? But I've already got this many... It's an addiction alright... But the coupons they give you at Bath and Body Works SERIOUSLY gets you going back there soooo often... I know I'm gonna be back there to buy more soon.. cuz they have their 2/$25 sale going on for the 3-wick candles.. PLUS I have coupons that give me $10 off when I purchase $30 or more worth of stuff.. so it's sooooo worth it xD

Well, that's all c: I have a pretty packed weekend (for my standards...>.>) coming up ahead.. maybe I'll be able to pick up more stuff when we go downtown tomorrow haha c:
Bye~

~♔Josephine ♥

Nails ~ Purple Chevron & Royal Blue+Black

Just some nails from the past few weeks.

 I decided to try out the whole Chevron nail trend. Too lazy to do it on all of my fingers lol.

 I used Wet n Wild's On a Trip and Revlon's Silver Dollar.


Here's what's on my nails now :D I love love love this royal blue colour. I bought this polish a while ago, but I'm finally wearing it ^^ I got it at Shoppers.. It was buy one get one free, $3 each :D

I used Sally Hansen's Blue It and Sinful Color's Secret Admirer. I topped it off with some of these sparkly things :p
That's all c:
~♔Josephine ♥

Toothpaste Nails! + Special Guest!!

Weeee! I did these toothpaste nails a while ago... so they're not in the best condition... (you can already see some of the nail that grew out.. xD)
I kept pushing back photographing them cuz I wanted to do so in the sunlight.. and everytime I would remember, the sun would already be set... But finally! Here we go c:

I didn't really notice they look like toothpaste.. until my older bro said so xD I thought that was such a funny name, even though he meant for it to be offensive (psh...) So that's the name of these!! Hehe.. Of course you could always replace the turquoise/mint  colour scheme for other others.. I was actually inspired by a picture I found online, and in that picture, they used pink colours instead. I just happened to be feeling turquoise-y that day.
Btw.. You have NO IDEA how long it took for me to take that picture^ I tried soooo many times to get the focus right.. but that's the best I could do... It's still not perfect.. or the exact way I would want it to be... (and the original picture was totally not centred...) but I really couldn't get it better than that u__u" So frustrating.. I wonder how I did it so easily for my rose nails the other time... Anyway, with the help of some cropping in PS, it is now presentable :p

Here's just another view...

And here's the polishes I used~ From the first coat to the last..

Essie Fill the Gap, Essie Turquoise and Caicos, Revlon Minted, Sally Hansen White On & Seche Vite Top Coat

*Drumroll* And here's my special guest!! xD His name's Allie.. or Ali if you like haha. He's modelling the hat I bought yesterday at Aritzia xD

Ivory & Black Fedora - $19.99 (sale), Aritzia

Anyway that's all for now! Bye bye! Say bye to Ali too :p
~♔Josephine ♥

Nails ~ Blue/Purple & Polka Dots

 Just a quick nail update... These were done a few days ago and they've started to chip a little bit so they're not in the best condition :p I know it's nothing complicated or intricate, but I was lazy and I needed something on my nails, haha.

Essie's Fill the Gap, Essie Lapis of Luxury, Revlon Blue Lagoon, random white one I got from the Face Shop a few years ago, there's no English name, just some Korean, Seche Vite top coat, dotting tools.

Lapis of Luxury took 3 coast to be opaque, so it was pretty smooth. It's my first time using it on my own nails since I've applied it to Cindy's nails before. Blue Lagoon doesn't have a very smooth finish.. The glitter ends up looking a bit chunky. Not sure if I got unlucky with the bottle, or it's just like that. The formula was pretty good for a light coloured and glittery polish - it took about 3-4 coats too. It's not horrible, but it looks better after applying a top coat.

~♔Josephine ♥

Nails ~ Pale Pink & Roses

I just did these last night!!

Revlon Colorstay in Pale Cashmere - I LOVE THIS COLOUR!!

I was watching some cutepolish videos yesterday, and this was one of her tutorials. I saw it here and there a few times and decided to give it a try myself. I am quite pleased with them.. but they took me a while to do :p

Here are some more pictures - only my left hand though cuz that's the nicer one :p Plus it's easier to take pictures of it...

These took a total of 4 coats of Pale Cashmere x__x Light colours like this are almost always difficult... This one was definitely no exception. I got this polish a few days ago at Walmart because they were on sale.. or was it just rolledback or whatever? I'm not too sure, but it was under $5 where as normally, drug stores sell them for like 8 or 9 x_x. I heard the Revlon Colorstay formula is really good, so I've been wanting to try it for a while.. So yay!
Oh yeah~ And here are all the other tools and polishes I used.

Sinful Color - Envy, Essie - e-nuf is enuf, OPI - Italian Love Affair, Revlon Colorstay - Pale Cashmere

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 I also used Essie fill the gap! base coat, Seche Vite top coat and dotting tools to create the roses.
After I took these pictures, I applied another few coats of Revlon top coat just to prolong my mani's life :p Til next time!
~Josephine