Ode to OPI

I just painted my nails with Linkin Park After Dark, the polish I was dishing about in the previous post. It’s honestly beautiful, the stark colour in the bottle doesn’t do it justice. On the nail, it’s a deep plum colour that is absolutely amazing! It’s just the colour I was searching for – an eggplant, almost-but-not-too-black! I’m really happy with this, but I have to remind myself NOT to be too OCD about small imperfections on the nail. I topped it off with my Essie Super Duper Topcoat, and I’ll let you know how it looks in a week!

Black Shatter

Upon scouring the Internet for new OPI shades, I came across the new Katy Perry collection along with a collaboration with Serena Williams. The Katy Perry collection is quite tiny, with four colourful, sparkly shades and the Serena Williams collab sports only one nail polish (no pun intended). However! Most interesting out of these is the new crackling nail polish Black Shatter, a top coat which cracks upon application. It’s quite interesting, and apparently sold out in many locations. I don’t know if i’m a fan though, it seems like the luck of the draw for it to turn out perfectly. What do you think?

Colour Me Pretty

I’m dishing on my latest beauty purchase – a gorgeous mahogany, plum-but-almost-black colour from OPI. I’ve heard that it’s quite a fan fave, so many of you nail polish diehards may have heard of the name: Linkin Park After Dark. I absolutely lovelovelove their nail polish names, so creative and catchy. Wow, the people who create them must be uber talented, how I wish I bore that kind of gift! Other colours I have from OPI are A Good Man-Darin is Hard to Find, a bright, popping orange colour from the Hong Kong collection, and Rumples-a-Wiggin’ from the Shrek collection, a pretty pastel Lavender.

It’s a beautiful vampy colour that isn’t too black, steering clear of that sometimes excessive punk look. So classy, a definite winter must have!

Stress Week

Enter exam week: feelings of regret, remorse and anxiety take their turn as one realizes that they are, for lack of a better word, screwed. This person being me, that is. I’m panicking and begin the questioning of my previous behaviour in this semester: that in this case, can only summarize in one word – laziness! Reading a whole French novel in less than three days whilst  all your classmates have been finished for a while = not good. Especially when this French novel has zero plot and is painfully boring.

So, in honour of this meticulously neverending week, I’ve compiled a playlist. Enjoy!

I Can’t Lie – Maroon 5

Dry Your Eyes – The Streets

Naive – The Kooks

Good Life – One Republic

Misery (Acoustic Version) – Maroon 5

For The First Time – The Script

Stadium Love – Metric

Marry You – Bruno Mars

Trouble – Lenka

Love You More – JLS

Hello – Martin Solvieg ft. Dragonette

iPad

I’ve finally updated my iPad! Found the WordPress app for it, but unfortunately it disappointed me, with only a “bad URL” message greeting me every time I opened it. I’m thinking of adding another blog to my collections, a more personal one with my own thoughts. I already have a blogspot one, but I’m really liking the wordpress blogs a lot more. Crossing over to the dark side, as you can see!

Well, so far I’m really loving this iPad. It’s got a beautiful interface and gorgeous display. The speed is exceptionally fast and I’ve already updated all my iPod's music onto it.

I also love the spacious keyboard on the iPad. It’s so easy to type on, and usually I am very wary of touch screen keyboards. The only thing that gets on my nerves is the autocorrect, correcting my words when I don’t want it to and vice versa.

As for the care of my iPad, I have placed an order for the dodocase in green. So excited for it to come, should be here by Saturday and I’ll post a review and pictures as well.

Silly Band Craze

 

Whoever said the silly band craze was on its way out did not see Marc by Marc Jacobs‘ newest release. The designer takes the childish rubber bracelets to a whole new level: five multicoloured rubber bracelets with a cutesy gold charm as a finishing touch. How could anyone resist?

I was lucky enough to receive a set of these swanky bracelets for Christmas. I'll be accessorizing them with my silver bracelets.