After Part 1, where I stained my nails (For Science!) to work out how best to prevent staining, the obvious next step was to figure out stain removal! I worked out in Part 1 that the teal colour is CI 77288, which is chromium(III) oxide. Here are my nails again – argh! I had to live with this for two …
I’ve always heard that teal polishes stain nails really bad, but I never really appreciated it until I wore the gorgeous Orly Teal Unreal and ended up with weird patchy stains on my nails, which you may have seen me post on Instagram: Naturally this weird observation made me want to investigate further! First up, here’s the breakdown of what …
I’ve been trying out some more Mary Kay products recently. The latest are their lipsticks. I was sent lippies from two different ranges, the new True Dimensions lipsticks in Firecracker and Pink Chérie, and the classic Creme lipsticks in Really Red, Sunny Citrus and Whisper. I really like the True Dimensions lipsticks, which were launched in Australia in August. They’re …
Essence’s newest trend collection is Me & My Ice Cream, a pastel themed collection, perfect for Spring! It’s supposed to be out October, but stands have been popping up in Priceline stores already. First off, this collection contains a cream blush, Ice Bomb ($4.95). It’s a shimmery peachy coral colour – very pretty and flattering on me. The dome of …
This is the final installment of my Spa & Beauty Expo posts! After my haul and expo experience posts, this one’s all about the nails 🙂 The Spa and Beauty Expo was more nail-centric than I anticipated, since I barely saw three polish brands at IMATS last year. There was a celebration of nail technology, old and new, with most …
I posted my haul yesterday, but the point of an expo isn’t hauling, its everything else! So onto my round-up of the Spa & Beauty Expo, with everything except nails (that’s tomorrow’s post!). I battled the expo with a bunch of Sydney beauty and nail bloggers – Jen (The Nail Polish Project), Rose (Every Little Polish), Michaela (Lather Rinse Repeat, …
Orly’s latest limited edition collection Surreal is already out in the US and was on sale at the Spa and Beauty Expo over the weekend. The collection contains 6 polishes, with an emphasis on ethereal and electric colours. The shades are very daring for an Orly collection – possibly their most avant garde collection to date! The idea is “Alice …
Hair is very important – it’s an easy body part to change, and can dramatically alter your appearance, but if you wake up with bad hair, your day is automatically terrible. Luckily, it’s also very interesting, scientifically speaking, since we throw a lot of chemicals at it every day. Today’s post will be on electrostatic forces though – tiny changes …