True Blood + MIA

True Blood has been my latest addiction.
I love it, and it fuels my addiction for all things gory.
I never was a vampire fan, but after getting hooked to true blood, I think I may be forming a slight vamp fixation...
So to honor True Blood, I shall be creating true blood nails. Excited? You should be.
I can't do it this week, because I'm swamped. It's my last year so I got igcse's this year, and it's horrible. I don;t seem to have the time to do my nails!!
Hopefully, I shall do it during the weekend... SO look forward to that!!
I know I have a few posts I've promised and haven't done yet, and that I've been MIA for a while. I've just been super busy. I know that's a pathetic excuse considering the fact that I'm fifteen. I'll bet you're thinking, how busy can a fifteen year old be?
Trust me. You don't want to know.

So, i shall see you soon hopefully.

Shatter.

OPI's Black Shatter Polish.

I wanted it ever since i saw it on the OPI website. Unfortunately, you do not get OPI in India. Fortunately, I went to Paris, and Paris has my love, Sephora.
(I shall be posting a Sephora Haul post later. Gosh, the posts I promise seem to be piling up. One of these days I'm going to have to sit down and finish those drafts I keep saving.)
I bought four Shatter polishes, but I've only tried the black one. I hope the others turn out as addicting and perfect as this one!
Here is what it looks like when applied with a thin top coat -

I've also noticed that the thinner the coat, the more it shatters.

Cherry Blossom Nails

Cherry Blossoms are beautiful, and I love the colours. The combination of pink and white is so feminine, but the black brings in a dash of something spicier.

Here are Cherry Blossom Nails, with just the right amount of glitter to make it pretty-ful.

I started off with a simple white french manicure. Then, using a black polish and a thin brush, i drew on the black branches. Next, with neon pink I drew the flowers and added dashes of white in the center of the flowers to give it more depth. Then, using another clean brush, I mixed the white and pink together on my nail to take away any harsh lines. I finished with a coat of glitter polish (small glitter particles, not the chunky ones.) :)
Don't forget base and top coats!

I am going to attempt creating a Cherry Blossom inspired eye make up look. There will be a lot of pink and white involved, obviously.
Look forward to that for next time!

Feel free to comment with requests/your opinion!

Back!

Hello my lovelies!
Paris was exhausting.
i know what you're thinking - how can a vacation be exhausting?
I'll tell you how - You get sick!
Yes, I was extremely sick for five days. Five terrible days where I thought I was slowly dying by having the blood sucked out of my brain. (Truthfully I just had a 103 fever, but that was my explanation for the splitting headache I had throughout)
Fortunately, I was okay by the sixth day, and managed to gather enough energy to meet a friend of mie that lives in paris. (I met her in my hotel, I still didn't have enough energy to step out) I also went to Disneyland with her and my family the next day, but that's a story for later!
On the seventh day, I finally left the hotel. The second I stepped out onto the paved roads of Paris, I swear I heard birds singing and bells ringing. I went for a short walk to Fauchon and bought some pretty colourful macaroons. (They're so pretty, I don't have the heart to to eat them! But I always eat them anyway) That simple little walk exhausted me, and I spent the rest of the day in my hotel room again. It was starting to resemble a prison cell. (If prison cells had room service with amazing duck foie gras and Hermes shampoo, that is.)

Here is a result of me being bored and having a tube of sunblock lotion -

I'm not sure why I wasted half an hour doing that on my arm.
Oh well.

Paris.

Tonight at 1:30 am, I'm going to be sitting in a plane, staring out an airplane window at clouds like i always do (Clouds are fascinating. They're so fluffy and white and well... cloud-like! Plus, they resemble cotton candy... I love me some cotton candy.) flying across one thirds of this humongously awesome globe on my way to the city of luuurve.
I finally get my hands on a - muahahaha- Sephora! The sad part about Mumbai is that there isn't a Sephora, and I really do love it there.

That isn't even the best part. The best part - Disneyland, yeaaah.
Disneyland has the magical abilities of turning even the most 'mature', (yeah, right. I hate teenagers that act way older than they are. You're, what, 15? 17? Stop acting thirty! Enjoy yourselves, goddamnit. Jump in the kiddie pool! Run in the rain! Ding dong ditch people! Get kicked out of the mall now and then! Soon you're gonna be too old to do all that.) the most stuck-up teenagers into five year olds. I'm a good example of that.
I shall blog about Disney and the rides I went on next week, so look forward to that.
Oh, and I'm going to let you in on a little secret - I'm scared of rollercoasters. When I say scared, I mean absolutely terrified. My goal for my tenth Disney trip (Yes, I'm insane in my love for Disneyland. And YES, I haven't gone on a giant rollercoaster...yet. I chicken out each time.) is to finally face my fear and get on that damned coaster!!
If I do, I shall post a picture of my crazy-screaming-terrified-out-of-my-mind coaster-face.

Comment and tell me if you want specific posts about what I'm up to in Paris!!

And, well... Comment, please! I love seeing those!

Whataaawhaat??

Last night, I dreamt I was flying. And no, not just regular flying - flying around Paris with a smirk on my face and a fist stuck out in front me like superman. But no, I wasn't saving lives. I have my pockets filled with lipsticks and eye pencils, blush and foundation.
My job - SAVE THE UGLIES BY GIVING THEM MAKEOVERS.
No, I'm not kidding. My night consisted of me stuck in a dream where I would swoop in, give someone a makeover in a split second, and swoop out. BEAUTY SAVES THE DAY!!!

...Yeah, I know what you're thinking...And no, i don't need help.

Anyway, If THAT isn't enough to go whataaawhaat?? at, then I don't know what is.


Oh, and also, my dog thinks he's a 'gator -

MIA? Sorry.

Okay, i know I haven't exactly been blogging much lately.
I have my reasons for that!
a) It's summer. I really do nothing in summer besides hang around doing absolutely nothing productive. Not much to blog about there, hmm?
b) While writing a, I completely forgot what b was.
c) I seem to be in a whole other world lately. It's nice out here, all rain and sunlight and butterflies and monopoly and flowers and movies and tons and tons and tons of makeup.
Just so you know that I am not completely useless, I shall inform you that I have been writing blog posts. It's just that when I read them over, I find them much too offensive to post. Somehow I end up criticizing (it took me five tries to get that word right. After the fourth try STILL having a red squiggly line underneath, I gave up and googled it. Who knew it was spelt with a 'c' and not an 's' in the middle? Interesting.) someone or the other. Desperately not wanting to offend someone - as I'm trying this positive (shitty) outlook on life where I'm nice all the time to every-effing-one - I just gave up.
This be-nice thingy is probably the worst decision of my life. Do you have any idea how hard it is? I've lasted quite a while, surprisingly.
Although I must warn you - stay away from me when I'm PMSing. All my pushed down bitchiness seems to bubble over. I once threw a shoe at someone when in PMS rage. (Fortunately she was better at ducking than I was at aiming.)

Oh, and also. This blog post is dedicated to Nayonica, because she's the biggest follower I've had, and I love her support. Thank you Nayonica!

Monarch Butterfly Inspired Eyes

Monarch Butterflies are beautiful, and so is this look, inspired by the pattern and colours of it's wing.

Created using MAC products. Let me know if you want to know which ones, and I will include their names in an update.
Amy was present int he creation of this look, and deserves some credit for her tips ;)

Feel free to comment!

Rainbows! #2

Three days have passed, and the sky is still devoid of rainbows.

I desperately want to glimpse one. Hopefully it will bring colour to this dull, boring summer.
One thing I've noticed, is that despite how down your mood can be, a rainbow always puts a smile to your face. Maybe it's all the different colours. Maybe it's simply the thought of two different elements of nature that cause a beautiful spectrum of light to appear out of nowhere, in the sky. Maybe it's the thought of the mysterious pot of gold that is supposedly at the end of the rainbow ;)
Did you know that it is impossible to reach the end of a rainbow? A rainbow is just an optical effect, so you can never really find the location of the end of one. Interesting, huh?
That's one of the reasons why I love rainbows. They're so breathtaking, and I love the mystery that lingers around those bands of colour splayed across the sky. A rainbow never looks the same to anyone - it always appears different! No matter how often you see one, when you have the good fortune of stumbling across the sight of one in the sky, you're still mesmerized.

So once again, I created my own rainbows!

Here is a closeup, in case you'd like to observe my magical (I wish) nail art skills ;)

I hope these rainbows brightened your day, like they brightened mine.

Feel free to comment!

Rainbows!

You know what's always fun?
Rainbows!

Since it's raining and everything, I expected a rainbow to pop up out of the sky.
...But nope.
NO RAINBOWS.
I mean, the second it starts raining, the sun goes and hides. What's the damned fun in rain, if there aren't any rainbows?!
Afte days of staring out the window hoping to glimpse a rainbow, while my mind was screaming "DAMNED SKY! Start pooping rainbows already!", I finally gave up.

Instead, I decided to make my own rainbow.
So I called up Amy (In case you don't remember her - diligent Zara worshipper... Remember her now? Good.) And made her come to my house as quick as she could, because we needed to make rainbows.
(The quickest she could come was Friday. So I sat on my ass for two days deprived of my rainbow. Yes, she's EVIL.)
Here is Amy and me -

(I'm on the left, she's on the right. Bad lighting, yes, I know. But this was the only picture I could find of us where I wasn't baring my teeth and growling. I tend to do that a lot.)

So, anyway. She didn't know what i was talking about with creating a rainbow...
But when she got over, I told her... And she was as psyched about it as me... (Thank you, God, for giving me a friend who is as make up obsessed as I am) So we conjured up our very own rainbows!

Rainbow eyes!

Here is a close up of my eye -

And here is Amy's eye -

Don't we look rainbow-licious?

A shot of my eyes closed -

I'll tell you the products used, in case you want to recreate the look yourself. It's perfect to do just for fun - It's not wearable though! Unless you like dramatic eyes... Then go ahead :)

EYES
1. MAC's Hepcat
2. MAC's Chrome Yellow
3. MAC's Humid
4. Too Faced Natural Eye Palette - Silk Teddy
5. Too Faced Natural Eye Palette - Heaven
6. Too Faced Natural Eue Palette - Velvet Revolver
7. Lakme 'Peacock' Quad - the blue
8. Lakme 'Peacock' Quad - the green
9. Maybelline's 'Seashore Frosts' Quad - the blue
10. Maybelline's 'Seashore Frosts' Quad - the green
11. Maybelline's 'Seashore Frosts' Quad - the lilac
12. Any black pencil liner (for the water line and upper lash line)
13. MAC's Fluidline eye liner gel (used on the upper lid) in BlackTrack
14. Estée Lauder's Double Wear Zero-Smudge Lengthening Mascara in Black

LIPS
1. MAC's Cremesheen Lipstick in Speak Louder
2. Any clear lipgloss. I used Maybelline's Water Shine Lipgloss

In the picture, I'm not wearing blush. But with this look, I'd wear - MAC's powder blush in Melba, or any other light shade, simply because the eyes and lips are dramatic, so I'd go with a light blush.

Feel free to comment!