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So a few weeks after using the Wild Ombre Kit I wanted to tone down the orange slightly and ideally go a bit lighter so I used this Perfect 10 dye kit in Light Ash Blonde. And no, I was not hoping to be as blonde as the photo; I'm not that stupid.
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Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Still orange
May and June favourites
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| Hello Kitty tissue box. Was bidding on this (eBay) and lost by 20p. I was not happy and ended up buying it for £2.99, Waiting for it to come from Hong Kong. Extremely excited :) |
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| June was Frappy Week aka Starbucks' Frappucino Happy Hour Week. I drank about 10 frappes that week. And yeah I drank 3 on the last day. And yeah I felt sick. |
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| I am much more a savoury person than a sweet person - chicken wings over cake anyday but totally loving this chocolate bar. The cookie bit is heaven and the crunchy bit is heaven too. If you like sweet stuff and haven't tried this - where have you been?! Go go go ! |
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| I want this. That's all that is to be said. I'm spending all my time googling for this Alexander McQueen leopard print envelop card holder. It's sold out everywhere. I want this. |
Girls gone wild (ombre)
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| I didn't learn my lesson the first time after having to chop off my hair last time I decided to ombre and I purchased Loreal's Wild Ombre (kit 1). |
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| So I parted my hair and slopped on the mixture making sure to comb it through my hair. I tried hard to make it straight since that was a major problem last time. In regards to the actual product - it is what it is - can't really complain for £6 ish and Asian hair. I wrapped my hair in foil because a) it's just less messy b) the heat supposedly helps the colour develop). |
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| Left it in for about 90 mins (which is waaaaay longer than the instructions say but any Asian knows that this has to be done) and then washed out the day. |
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| The pony was done to show the contrast of colours. It's obviously lighter - and in natural light it's bright like woah. But it's no way near blonde and it is frankly, orange. |
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| Hair is still wet so you can't see that the ends are yellow from the bleach from before. Within a few days the ends snapped straight off and that was about as close to blond that I think I will get. Happy that the 'ombre line' is pretty straight. A million times better than last time that's for sure!!! |
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| My hair was a mess so had to get it cut. The front is horrid (and not ombred at all as I clipped the front bits up when I was dying it). Do you like my dressing gown? lol And can you see my greys?!?!?! Holy moose poo! |
May and June - Nail of the Day
Holy crabsticks!!!!
I was walking past Claire's (formally Claire's Accessories) and there was a massive poster in the window proclaiming that the nail polishes were all £1. I felt very awkward (OLD) when I walked into the crapped and messy store but nothing will keep me away from £1 polishes!!! I've not tried Claire's polishes before but I am not fussy so was happy to pick up a few. Aren't I exciting and brave?! These polishes didn't have an official name or product number (that I can see) so I'm just going to call it as I see it... and please forgive my nasty naked nails; I was really excited to swatch (two coats).
First up we have a leather look polish in black (RRP £4). As you can see from the horrendous swatch, ,it's grainy. That's the best word I can think of. I don't know what sort of leather they were aiming for - a cow's bumhole?! Definitely not Chanel lambskin. It's black and matt and grainy. You wouldn't think it was an in-your-face nail look but a lot of people stopped and asked about my nasty nails. It probably didn't help that I was sporting talons when I decided to wear this look. It's very cool and I swayed back and forth between love and hate. At times I hated the texture; the graininess made me want to puke and sent shivers up my spine, but the 'on trend' look had me waking up at 2am googling for more leather look polishes. Overall? For £1 I am happy enough and glad I got to try it out.
Next we have blue (RRP £2.25). Blue isn't really a colour I like to incorporate into my clothes or nail wardrobe - but I am on a hunt for a dupe of Nails Inc's Baker Street. I've gotten to the point where I've purchased so much crap that I should have splashed out the £11 but that's easy to say in retrospect isn't it. I haven't worn this properly but the swatch impressed me. The first coat was horribly watery and sheer but as you can see the second coat made it beautifully deep and glossy, and true to the bottle colour. As a nail polish it's good - not great but not at all bad - but probably not something I needed for my collection at all.
Lastly we have...a nude with bits in it. I can't describe it but I love it. I wore this to a wedding and it was a perfect mix of lady like with an edge. The 'bits' are not glittery at all which for someone my age (OMG have I reached that age where I can say that?!) is great. RRP is only £2.50 and after using it I would be happy to pay the full price. This polish was definitely the bet out of the bunch and worth the trip into Claire's.
The above two Leighton Denny polishes were gifted to me by my lovely buddy N (same N who gave me a shit load of BB creams which I posted about maybe 1-2 years ago!)). I got loads more of Leighton Denny goodies from her but there's only so many hours in a day to paint my nails lol
As I've said earlier, I am not fussy about nail polish - as long as I like the colour I'm happy - but OMG I have to say that Leighton Denny's polishes are on point. Colour-wise, love the two colours above but that's not what I am head over heels about. I am in love with the formula. I think these retail around the £11 price point which is the same as Nails Inc and Ciate but that's where the similarities end. Nails Inc chips like a bitch and Ciate is not as opaque after 2 coats that I would expect for the price. But LD? Wow wow wow. As soon as I painted my first nail my heart was doing back flips. It's thick but not gloopy. It's smooth and opaque. And it dries super duper fast. This is a lady's polish - all glossy and grown up. Just Perfect (a gorgeous pinky peachy apricot?) got me so many compliments. I wore it for about 2 weeks (I did have to touch up but 2 weeks?!) because I didn't want to take it off. I am in a horrible dilemma now (hash tag firstworldproblems) - the bottle of Just Perfect is a tiny 4.6ml (the full size zero gravity is 12ml) - do I seriously purchase a full sized? How could I not?
Ahoy there blog readers!
Woah it's been a long time - how is everyone doing? Apologies apologies - I've lost my blogging mojo. I haven't really found it but I'm suppose to be doing something and so I've decided to procrastinate and blog. Makes sense to me!
Let's just keep it simple and talk nail polish. I love nail polish. I remember being in primary school and Mrs Flowers' saying to my mum that I had prostitute nails (my fav at the time were baby blue with rainbow glitter and a neon orange). Anyways, just wanted to share my nail of the days for May and June.
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| [Above - Claire's polishes] |
I was walking past Claire's (formally Claire's Accessories) and there was a massive poster in the window proclaiming that the nail polishes were all £1. I felt very awkward (OLD) when I walked into the crapped and messy store but nothing will keep me away from £1 polishes!!! I've not tried Claire's polishes before but I am not fussy so was happy to pick up a few. Aren't I exciting and brave?! These polishes didn't have an official name or product number (that I can see) so I'm just going to call it as I see it... and please forgive my nasty naked nails; I was really excited to swatch (two coats).
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| [Above - nasty swatches ;)] |
Next we have blue (RRP £2.25). Blue isn't really a colour I like to incorporate into my clothes or nail wardrobe - but I am on a hunt for a dupe of Nails Inc's Baker Street. I've gotten to the point where I've purchased so much crap that I should have splashed out the £11 but that's easy to say in retrospect isn't it. I haven't worn this properly but the swatch impressed me. The first coat was horribly watery and sheer but as you can see the second coat made it beautifully deep and glossy, and true to the bottle colour. As a nail polish it's good - not great but not at all bad - but probably not something I needed for my collection at all.
Lastly we have...a nude with bits in it. I can't describe it but I love it. I wore this to a wedding and it was a perfect mix of lady like with an edge. The 'bits' are not glittery at all which for someone my age (OMG have I reached that age where I can say that?!) is great. RRP is only £2.50 and after using it I would be happy to pay the full price. This polish was definitely the bet out of the bunch and worth the trip into Claire's.
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| [Above - Leighton Denny in Just Perfect] |
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| [Above - Leighton Denny in Zero Gravity] |
As I've said earlier, I am not fussy about nail polish - as long as I like the colour I'm happy - but OMG I have to say that Leighton Denny's polishes are on point. Colour-wise, love the two colours above but that's not what I am head over heels about. I am in love with the formula. I think these retail around the £11 price point which is the same as Nails Inc and Ciate but that's where the similarities end. Nails Inc chips like a bitch and Ciate is not as opaque after 2 coats that I would expect for the price. But LD? Wow wow wow. As soon as I painted my first nail my heart was doing back flips. It's thick but not gloopy. It's smooth and opaque. And it dries super duper fast. This is a lady's polish - all glossy and grown up. Just Perfect (a gorgeous pinky peachy apricot?) got me so many compliments. I wore it for about 2 weeks (I did have to touch up but 2 weeks?!) because I didn't want to take it off. I am in a horrible dilemma now (hash tag firstworldproblems) - the bottle of Just Perfect is a tiny 4.6ml (the full size zero gravity is 12ml) - do I seriously purchase a full sized? How could I not?
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| [Above - LA Colors in Pink Bubbles] |
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| [Above - LA Colors in Summertime] |
Back to Earth now. My Cinderella moment has come to an end and the coach is now a pumpkin again. Went out with Cee and ended up in Beauty Base (despite me begging her not to let me go inside). I said I was there to repurchase my fav shade Moody Red but I ended up with 4 polishes (at 99p each dude come on!!!).
First one I tried out last week was Pink Bubbles and I love it. The picture does it absolutely no justice at all - this is a young and bright pink, almost neon, but not as neon as Lightning (Cee finds it funny that I know the names of polishes but these are my babies and parents remember their babies names). Pink bubbles got a lot of attention and compliments from random strangers but I think the fact that my nails were in a really good shape contributed to that. This is definitely one of my favs.
The polish I am wearing right now was chosen by Cee and it's Summertime (bit of a slap in the face considering it's raining as I type) - its a pretty bubble gum pink; very similar to Rimmel's Urban Princess and ELF's bubble gum. I'm really glad with this purchase because the two aforementioned polishes are getting dry and gloopy so I found this at just the right time. My nails were getting so long that I couldn't do stuff (put in my contact lenses, type, open bottles or jars) so I had to cut them. Even though I like my nails long, shorter nails allow me to wear brighter colours and one of the other colours waiting to be tested out is a neon green so I look forward to sharing that with you all soon.
Wishing everyone a great week xoxox
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Kpop Challenge
Hello and a Happy Songkran (Thai new year) to you :)
Here with my answers to one of the many Kpop Challenges floating around the Internet. It's suppose to be one of those 15 day tags but I'm going to try and keep it shortish in one post.
I don't imagine I have any kpop fangirl readers but if you're interested in checking out the people/groups/songs google/YouTube are your best friends :)
Please remember that these answers are based on my very limited knowledge of kpop!
1. What got you into kpop? And 2. Your first kpop song?
This very blog charts day 1 of my kpop journey. The MV for Big Bang and 2ne1's Lollipop was on youtube's most watched homepage. I saw yellow people and bright colours and clicked on it and bam! I was addicted. Well, not quite. In the recommended videos was another MV, Taeyang's Where U at? I watched that and I was addicted. Loved the song and loved the singer. That discovery was also excitedly shared on this blog about 2-3 years ago! I got a bit obsessed with Taeyang but then I lost interest.....for a while...
3. Fav Kpop male group
Big Bang. Love that they're a bit less cookie cutter than the other kpop boybands. Love their sound and of course I love Taeyang!
4. Fav kpop female group
I'm going to have to say 2ne1, just cos I'm not really a major fan of any girl group. 2ne1 are with the same company as big bang and are often thought of as the girl version of big bang.
5. Fav kpop solo artist
Ok this challenge is going to lack variety but stick with what you love right?! Lol When Taeyang is not jiggling around with big bang he also does solo stuff and I love him as a solo artist. He's right up my street musically (and the toplessness) with his r'n'b swag. Yeah I said swag.
6. Top 5 favourite Kpop songs
In no particular order-
Taeyang - where u at
Jay Park - Star
Jay Park - Appetizer
Big bang - bad boy
Nu'est - Hello
[Edit: I can't believe I forgot, ultimate fav kpop song is SHINee's Ring Ding Ding!!! Epically embarrassing but I luuuurve it!]
7. Top 5 favourite kpop music videos
In no particular order:
Taeyang - where u at and prayer
G Dragon - one of a kind
B.A.P - one shot
GLAM - I like that
For me, a great vid needs to have at least one of the following: beautiful people; naked people; amazing styling; bright colours (no flashing is preferable) or a wicked dance scene.
8. Catchiest kpop song
Erm, Psy's Gamgnam style?! Lol Big Bang's fantastic baby and SHINee's ring ding dong.
9. Ultimate male bias
Taeyang. His only flaw is his height. And he's taller than me so that's fine! Ok he's a bit young but they're all babies in kpop land! He's talented and handsome and he doesn't seem like a douche.
10. Ultimate female bias
Ooooooooo. Hhhhhhmmmmm I guess Park Bom from 2ne1. I find her kinda fascinating. And she's shipped with my 2nd bigbang bias TOP so I was crazily obsessed for a while. Her plastic face and long legs are just wow. And whenever I'm tempted to add an extra shovel of eye make up I think of her. And she can sing.
11. Best Male Dancer
Taeyang. I swear to god! When I went to the big bang concert with my friend who knows absolutely nothing about kpop she chose him as her bias and now refers to him as 'the little dancer'. Boy can move. And apart from gyrating he can actually properly dance.
12. Best female dancer
I don't know! I've seen a lot of good dancers but don't know their names. The girls from SNSD are really good dancers in my opinion but I can't pick one. And their choreography is always really good so YouTube SNSD MV and you won't be disappointed.
13. Best Male vocalist.
Now this is a hard one. Because there
are many great vocalists. I think the level of talent in kpop shocked me when I started getting into it. They are not just a bunch of pretty boys. And even the cheesy novelty groups are...ok. Anyway! Erm...Taeyang! Lol I really like his voice. He is not the best vocalist for sure, but he's my best vocalist. Aaaaaw :) lol listen to his English covers of please don't judge me, and I miss you.
14. Best female vocalist
One month ago I would have struggled. But without a doubt the best female vocalist is Lee Hi. She's only 16 but her voice is amazing. And shocking. Does not sound like a voice like that could come out of someone so young, or from a kpop idol! Listen to Special, or to her cover of pussycat dolls Sway. Breath taking.
15. Best male rapper
Ooooh. I like a lot of rappers. What do we base this on? I can't pick one so I'm going to name a few. Sorry for cheating! TOP is a good rapper (mainly because of his sexy voice) but he definitely isn't the best, especially these days since he spends more time posing than rapping. G Dragon? Love his flow and his words. Bang and Zelo from B.A.P (listen to warrior) - they are newer versions of GD&TOP (listen to knock out). And i think a lot of people will be like wtf?! But I really
like Jay Park. Listen to Appetizer and tell me he can't rap.
16. Best female rapper
Obvious choice - CL from 2ne1. Tbh I'm not blown away when I hear her rap but I respect that she is actually a rapper and she is good no doubt.
17. Best Male leader
G Dragon. Despite not being the oldest member of the group (big bang) and despite his scandals I think he an inhuman level of skill, passion and drive. G by name G by nature!
18. Best female leader.
I'll be honest, don't know and don't care. I think it's harder to lead a girl group cos it's just take off your clothes and wiggle. There's not much room to prove yourself tbh. Sorry girl power!
Here with my answers to one of the many Kpop Challenges floating around the Internet. It's suppose to be one of those 15 day tags but I'm going to try and keep it shortish in one post.
I don't imagine I have any kpop fangirl readers but if you're interested in checking out the people/groups/songs google/YouTube are your best friends :)
Please remember that these answers are based on my very limited knowledge of kpop!
1. What got you into kpop? And 2. Your first kpop song?
This very blog charts day 1 of my kpop journey. The MV for Big Bang and 2ne1's Lollipop was on youtube's most watched homepage. I saw yellow people and bright colours and clicked on it and bam! I was addicted. Well, not quite. In the recommended videos was another MV, Taeyang's Where U at? I watched that and I was addicted. Loved the song and loved the singer. That discovery was also excitedly shared on this blog about 2-3 years ago! I got a bit obsessed with Taeyang but then I lost interest.....for a while...
3. Fav Kpop male group
Big Bang. Love that they're a bit less cookie cutter than the other kpop boybands. Love their sound and of course I love Taeyang!
4. Fav kpop female group
I'm going to have to say 2ne1, just cos I'm not really a major fan of any girl group. 2ne1 are with the same company as big bang and are often thought of as the girl version of big bang.
5. Fav kpop solo artist
Ok this challenge is going to lack variety but stick with what you love right?! Lol When Taeyang is not jiggling around with big bang he also does solo stuff and I love him as a solo artist. He's right up my street musically (and the toplessness) with his r'n'b swag. Yeah I said swag.
6. Top 5 favourite Kpop songs
In no particular order-
Taeyang - where u at
Jay Park - Star
Jay Park - Appetizer
Big bang - bad boy
Nu'est - Hello
[Edit: I can't believe I forgot, ultimate fav kpop song is SHINee's Ring Ding Ding!!! Epically embarrassing but I luuuurve it!]
7. Top 5 favourite kpop music videos
In no particular order:
Taeyang - where u at and prayer
G Dragon - one of a kind
B.A.P - one shot
GLAM - I like that
For me, a great vid needs to have at least one of the following: beautiful people; naked people; amazing styling; bright colours (no flashing is preferable) or a wicked dance scene.
8. Catchiest kpop song
Erm, Psy's Gamgnam style?! Lol Big Bang's fantastic baby and SHINee's ring ding dong.
9. Ultimate male bias
Taeyang. His only flaw is his height. And he's taller than me so that's fine! Ok he's a bit young but they're all babies in kpop land! He's talented and handsome and he doesn't seem like a douche.
10. Ultimate female bias
Ooooooooo. Hhhhhhmmmmm I guess Park Bom from 2ne1. I find her kinda fascinating. And she's shipped with my 2nd bigbang bias TOP so I was crazily obsessed for a while. Her plastic face and long legs are just wow. And whenever I'm tempted to add an extra shovel of eye make up I think of her. And she can sing.
11. Best Male Dancer
Taeyang. I swear to god! When I went to the big bang concert with my friend who knows absolutely nothing about kpop she chose him as her bias and now refers to him as 'the little dancer'. Boy can move. And apart from gyrating he can actually properly dance.
12. Best female dancer
I don't know! I've seen a lot of good dancers but don't know their names. The girls from SNSD are really good dancers in my opinion but I can't pick one. And their choreography is always really good so YouTube SNSD MV and you won't be disappointed.
13. Best Male vocalist.
Now this is a hard one. Because there
are many great vocalists. I think the level of talent in kpop shocked me when I started getting into it. They are not just a bunch of pretty boys. And even the cheesy novelty groups are...ok. Anyway! Erm...Taeyang! Lol I really like his voice. He is not the best vocalist for sure, but he's my best vocalist. Aaaaaw :) lol listen to his English covers of please don't judge me, and I miss you.
14. Best female vocalist
One month ago I would have struggled. But without a doubt the best female vocalist is Lee Hi. She's only 16 but her voice is amazing. And shocking. Does not sound like a voice like that could come out of someone so young, or from a kpop idol! Listen to Special, or to her cover of pussycat dolls Sway. Breath taking.
15. Best male rapper
Ooooh. I like a lot of rappers. What do we base this on? I can't pick one so I'm going to name a few. Sorry for cheating! TOP is a good rapper (mainly because of his sexy voice) but he definitely isn't the best, especially these days since he spends more time posing than rapping. G Dragon? Love his flow and his words. Bang and Zelo from B.A.P (listen to warrior) - they are newer versions of GD&TOP (listen to knock out). And i think a lot of people will be like wtf?! But I really
like Jay Park. Listen to Appetizer and tell me he can't rap.
16. Best female rapper
Obvious choice - CL from 2ne1. Tbh I'm not blown away when I hear her rap but I respect that she is actually a rapper and she is good no doubt.
17. Best Male leader
G Dragon. Despite not being the oldest member of the group (big bang) and despite his scandals I think he an inhuman level of skill, passion and drive. G by name G by nature!
18. Best female leader.
I'll be honest, don't know and don't care. I think it's harder to lead a girl group cos it's just take off your clothes and wiggle. There's not much room to prove yourself tbh. Sorry girl power!
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