Weekend Roundup (26.10.2013)
POSTED ON: Saturday, October 26, 2013 @ 8:54 PM | 0 comments
1. #PolishTogether
Been really busy the whole week preparing for our Strategy module's case study presentation on Starbucks. Thank goodness that's over now, and time to focus on my other group projects.
So a very late post on last Sunday's #PolishTogether Birthstone Series hosted by @perpetualfunk. The theme was OPAL, and we were to paint our nails with flakies or glitter polish. Funny how she described Opal as a gem who couldn't make up its mind.
Here's my mani for the event. Two coats of Blue Is Beautiful by KPT without topcoat, my first thermal polish from them, purchased from the BeautySoFly website. Since Singapore is so terribly warm, my nails remained in this translucent greyish colour for most of the time.
Been really busy the whole week preparing for our Strategy module's case study presentation on Starbucks. Thank goodness that's over now, and time to focus on my other group projects.
So a very late post on last Sunday's #PolishTogether Birthstone Series hosted by @perpetualfunk. The theme was OPAL, and we were to paint our nails with flakies or glitter polish. Funny how she described Opal as a gem who couldn't make up its mind.
Here's my mani for the event. Two coats of Blue Is Beautiful by KPT without topcoat, my first thermal polish from them, purchased from the BeautySoFly website. Since Singapore is so terribly warm, my nails remained in this translucent greyish colour for most of the time.
And this is in an airconditioned room, I'm guessing the temperature is around 23 deg?
A more opaque greyish blue with the blue and silver glitters more distinct.
Was never able to get my nails cold enough for the polish to turn really sapphire blue (as pictured on the BSF website). So that was kind of disappointing for me. I'm considering having a contrasting colour polish under this thermal polish next, since its translucent most of the time. Maybe pink? Maybe purple? Should be fun watching the colours change~
And the last photo here has nothing to do with the #PolishTogether event, but I'm excited because this is my first essie polish! Blanc. A pure white creme polish. Great as a base colour for colourful nail arts. The formula is great so I can see why I have friends who swears by the essie brand, but I still prefer OPI's large fan brushes.
2. Friends are like diamonds
Friends are like diamonds, and diamonds are forever.
The start of the week was a really horrible horrible one. Won't go into the details why but I'm thankful for the few friends I have who will always be there no matter what. The number of close friends I have a so few I can probably count them on one hand. But I suppose I am thankful for these few people in my life.
Here's a screenshot of what a friend sent me when I was depressed.
Thanks guys. (:
3. BBM
Andriod and iPhone users can finally download BlackBerry's BBM service!
BlackBerry reported that over 10 million people have downloaded its cross-platform mobile application in the first 24 hours since its release, and topped the Apple app store's free apps list in over 75 countries. Some very excited and anticipatory BBM fans there and I'm one of them! Here's my BBM pin below!
4. Second Hand Polish Sale
As mentioned a few times in previous posts, I'll be going to Stockholm, Sweden for exchange from January to June 2014. While on exchange, I'll definitely need to spend lots of money. Air fares, accommodation, transport, groceries, daily necessities, food etc. Most of which I don't even pay for on my own when I'm here in Singapore. And since living in Europe is more costly as compared to living in Singapore, I would need lots of money, which is kind of a worry as I don't have a lot of savings to spend. My daddy did agree to help out with my expenses overseas but I don't want to spend too much of my daddy's hard earned money either.
Hence, I've thought long and hard and pondered over this idea for days and days. I'll be posting up my collection of nail polish for sale to raise money for my exchange trip next year. They have been used a few times, but all still in great condition. I will include their prices as well, but feel free to contact me and negotiate for a better price if you're sincerely interested in purchasing them or if you're buying quite a few bottles at one go.
Really upset to be letting go of all my beauties but it's the best way I could think of to earn money in the shortest time and most convenient way possible. Work wasn't a good option since I still had to concentrate on schoolwork. I can't bring all my polishes overseas either so they would be left lonely at home too. ):
So please support me and don't hesitate to purchase one if it catches your eye.
Details will be up on the blog in the same post as the sales post. I thank you all in advance for helping me out.
Halloween's just around the corner. Happy Halloween everyone!
Love,
Lorraine
