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Girly thread vs. r*N*r's nang nails!!!

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Samadhi- that's awesome! What a fun party. And I love my GHD!

Ocean- your hair is adorable! I embraced my short hair for many many years. I really miss it sometimes. And remember, it does grow back.

N3oph7e- After becoming an Ani Difranco addict, I wanted to shave my head too! I came fairly close. At one point, my hair was only 1.5-2" long. it was rather...butch.

PI- if your nails are still in rough shape, check out Nailtiques or Gelous.

Okay, the rest is ridiculously pic heavy, so...
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So, some girly stuff: I bought my most expensive polish to date, OPI's Designer Series Glow. $12.50...eep! It's peeeerrrtty, though!
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I have been fiending for an even more expensive polish, Rescue Beauty Lounge's No More War-
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I love the 'pea soup' quality of this color. It's $18, though sans shipping.

So, I thought I came up with a great X-mas gift idea- nail polish. Duh, I'm obsessed. So, I have some girlfriends who are international travellers. One has been to China, so I bought some polishes (Jade is the New Black and A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find) from OPI's Hong Kong Collection for her. For my other friend, I picked up Eiffel for this Color from OPI's La Collection de France, because she just came back France. I also then headed over to Zoya's site and picked up some polishes for them. Zoya's nail polishes are all girl's names, so I picked up some fun ones.

And I just read CotB's post about Etsy's gift finder using someone's Facebook profile. Awesome idea!!!!

Oh, and I just bought some more new nail polishes today-
China Glaze Lubu Heels- black with red shimmer
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China Glaze Ruby Pumps- red jelly with red glitter
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China Glaze Jolly Holly- shimmering evergreen (it's pretty amazing)
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I got lots of compliments on my latest lip shade- Milani HD Advanced lipcolor Vivacious Fuschia (uh, i thought this was cheapie CVS crap- it was $10!). It's psychotically bright fuschia (for me), but it's winter and time for some berry brights against my pale skin. It wore well. I need to try it with the new Cargo Reverse Lipliner I just bought (also good on the waterline), and this clear wax lipliner I got from Maybelline.

Ooh, one more last nail polish thingy- I switched top coats from Seche Vite to Sally Hansen's Insta-dri (it's in the transparent red bottle). the Seche Vite was causing shrinkage on my tips. The SH is working pretty well so far.


Okay, I'm done!!!!!!

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^^ Going back for more? I hope it works out better this time. Or are you just going to leave it on and not try to take it off yourself? I don't get why it was such a hassle last time, it should've been fine to take it off yourself, right?
What colour are you geting this time?
So many questions! Rah! =D


poopie, I love ALL those polishes you posted! Very nice taste m'dear :)
 
Samadhi, I've seen coin-operated GHD's in quite a few establishments now. They are super convenient, but I can't help but get a bit icked by the whole "sharing" idea.. I'd hate to use one and get nits or something horrible!

In my beauty news, I just had a Keratin Treatment done to my hair. I went to La Sainte in Brisbane city (for the locals) as they had an incredible deal. I bought my treatment for $30, and they usually charge $250 and upwards depending on the curliness and length of one's hair. 8o

The treatment itself was pretty straight-forward. They wash your hair with the Keratin shampoo (twice) then apply the Keratin relaxer. It's combed through, then blow-dried and then straightened to steam out any excess product and to make the treatment "cook in" a little bit.

I have to wait 48 hours to wash my hair, and then I'm only meant to use SLS free products - which thankfully I already do! They had the Global Keratin branded shampoo and conditioner for sale at roughly $40 a bottle, which is what they recommend you use, but I'm going to see how I fare with my own SLS and paraben free products.

It should last for three months or so, and will hopefully mean I lose most (if not all) of my frizz and any 'unruliness' in my hair and won't need to pull out the GHD for a while! Looking forward to doing an "after" video for my new YouTube channel. ;)
 
^ The salon removal is super easy, and your nails will turn out just fine :)

Poopie, I also purchased the China Glaze polish in Lubu Heels and I started painting my nails with it earlier this week but the red glitter wasn't as prominent as it looked in the bottle, to me it looked like I had just painted my nails black. So I took it off and did the Bring on the Bling I posted a picture of.
 
CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT said:
I'd hate to use one and get nits or something horrible!
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Nits?! Do they still exist?? :D
I seriously haven't heard that word since I was about 8 years old haha. What are nits, even?

C0TB I absolutely adore that colour nail polish you posted. What's the name of that shade?
 
^ Lice only survive on hair, actually, and are only transmitted from hair follicle to hair follicle (and *very* occasionally bedding and clothing), so the chances of getting anything like that from a super-heated teflon coated piece of metal are, i'd say, pretty slim.

A friend of mine contracted nits from a client a while ago, and during the course of her treatment researched the hell out of it. I spun out; i had lice when i was 8 and it went through the school, but like you, i'd not heard of it since i was a kid! Getting them as an adult is far worse, too - the bites cause an infection on your scalp and made her quite sick, poor thing. She was mortified when it was diagnosed, but she treated it straight away and it was fine.
 
That's right, PI - lice are the hatched 'nits'. Nits are harder to budge, and survive longer away from human hair - i've actually heard a theory that people use hair straighteners to 'pop' nits every day after treatment for head lice and nits. The heated plates are no place for eggs to hang out. ;) You were lucky that none of them hatched - if you had itchy hair, some may have, as the itch is the result of the bite/sucking of blood of the lice. Stupid parasites.
 
^I've seen stuff like that, they have it for regular paint. My mom used to use it on TONS of stuff haha she was a little obsessed with it. Its awesome that they have it as a nail polish now :)
 
^ actually they've had it for awhile. it used to be called "Crackle" (which is funny since the girl slipped and said it on the video). i'll have to check who made it though...

EDIT: CoverGirl :)

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n3ophy7e said:
C0TB I absolutely adore that colour nail polish you posted. What's the name of that shade?
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It's called "Rain" - it's by one of my favourite brands, Eyeko (they do manga style makeup, they're amazing!). If you're thinking of ordering, use my code (E7993) for a free gift. ;)

Samadhi said:
..the chances of getting anything like that from a super-heated teflon coated piece of metal are, i'd say, pretty slim.
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Ah, I see. I didn't know that. I had the joy of re-experiencing nits and lice when the children in my life caught them a year or two back. So. Much. Washing. :|
 
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