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Please let me know if the following has happened to you:
So I was looking on StatCounter, and I noticed that my old NYX In Europe Rant post from last November has had quite a lot of hits this week. So I went to look at that post, as you do, and I noticed that it had 0 comments.. there were at least 30 on it before. I looked through more of my posts... 0 comments... As it transpires, ALL of my posts dated 1st February 2010 and before that have NO COMMENTS.
I'd just like to clarify that I don't blog for comments, before anyone accuses me of that. But I'm sure you can understand how annoyed I am - we work really hard on our blogs and I for one feel really special if I write a post and it becomes quite a popular one, such as my Konad Q&A for example which had big responses and now it's just all gone!
Honestly, I am so pissed off at Blogger right now. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone know what might have caused it?
Hellooo :) I've got something awesome to tell you but I'm gonna wait until I know a bit more about it first - I should be getting a letter in the post regarding it tomorrow or Thursday so I promise I'll tell you soon! As for today, just got an EOTD for you.
Kryolan Eyeshadow Base, 17 eyeshadow in Funfair, Urban Decay eyeshadows in Last Call, Smog, Sin and Flipside, MAC Satin Taupe eyeshadow, The She Space First Class Con, Maybelline Line Definer, GOSH Velvet Touch eyeliners in Black Ink and Blue Lagoon, MaxFactor Lash Extension Effect mascara, Anastasia brow pencil (not that you can see my brows..)
Hope you like! I haven't worn colour in my waterline for ages, I may well start doing so more often. :)
Good morning lovelies. I've decided to make Free Love Fridays a fortnightly thing, so don't panic, there'll be one next week :)
These have been a lawwwng time coming. Well only a week or two, it just felt like forever but I wanted to post them all up at once so had to wait until I'd done a Konad design with all of them. There's definitely a bit of a butterflies theme going on here, in case you can't tell I'm loving butterflies and accent nails at the moment ;P So let's go!
Lemon Fizz
This is hands down the boldest one I did. After I finished, I thought it REALLY reminded me of the old MAC Style Warriors collection.. with the yellow and purple and animal print, hehe. So this is China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Barry M Bright Purple 303, and Konad plate M78.
Re-Fresh Mint
This one's kinda cute, huh? This is China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint, and the grassy kinda design at the bottom of the nails is from M77 and I think the little butterfly on my thumb and ring finger is from M50. The stamping was done with an unnamed green polish from a brand called Vital - only cost 99p, I'm not sure where it's available but I randomly grabbed it from a place at the Stratford Centre specialising in afro hair products, haha. Anyway, I digress, next one!
Sugar High
Loving this colour sooo much! Not much else to say here - China Glaze Sugar High, stamping with China Glaze Something Sweet and plate M59.
Something Sweet
Wasn't overly keen on this one 'cause that dots design is SO HARD to get straight and even. China Glaze Something Sweet, dots were stamped with Color Club Alabaster and M60, butterflies were stamped with China Glaze Sugar High and M50.
Peachy Keen
I love this colour so much more than I thought I did. It was the one I was most excited about getting when I ordered them, but when I swatched it I didn't love it. I've totally been converted, though! China Glaze Peachy Keen, and the multi-stamped flowers I think are on plate M60, with Barry M Coral 296.
Light As Air
Last but certainly not least, this was probably my favourite one of the lot. Even if only because it took so bloody long! The two different sized butterflies are on plate M78. They were stamped multiple times over China Glaze Light As Air with Color Club Alabaster and GOSH Wild Lilac. I really, really liked this one and wore it for a whole three days *gasp*!
So, I hope you like them all. Let me know what you think :) xo
If you missed my China Glaze Up & Away Dupe Hunt post, check it out here!
After almost a solid week of getting nothing in the post (depressing, I know), the postman brought two lovely things yesterday! I knew that one was my contest prizes from Lady Gray, check those out:
Really looking forward to using these, particularly the Nails Inc polish as I've NEVER had a Nails Inc one before (none of the colours ever really appeal to me when they do those magazine freebies and stuff, but Charlie picked a fabulous colour here!), and the Lemon Soufflé body scrub 'cause I've tried a few of the N-Spa scrubs before but not this one. Thanks again Charlie :D
I had no idea what the second package was, and I was all excited 'cause it was just addressed to 'Leanne' rather than my full name. Turns out, it was a present from Sarah (of I Heart Cosmetics fame) to say thank you for helping her out with her blog layout! Dawww :)
The gorgeous glittery Thank You card is in pride of place on top of my computer, and soon will join all other makeup/blog friend related bits and pieces on my noticeboard ;D hehe. The little makeup brushes are lovely and soft and have just made travel soo much easier for me since I don't have any small brushes and am always lugging my long handled ones back and forth when I stay at Colin's. I'll be staying there this weekend, so I can make good use of them :D in fact I may even leave them at his house for even MORE convenience! Haha. Also included were two 'Sparkle and Fade' nail polishes from Urban Outfitters - yknow, for someone who calls herself a nail polish addict I'd never heard of these before (mind you, Urban Outfitters isn't really my thing) - Sparkle and Fade seems like a strange name for creme polishes, am I right? But I must say, I'm pretty much in love - I have found what is probably the closest I will ever get to mannequin hands!
I can't find a shade name or number on the bottle so I'm afraid I can't tell you what it is! :(
Thanks sooo much again and big hugs to Charlie and Sarah for brightening up my day with lovely things :D I was really under the weather yesterday so these perked me right up. Thanks ladies! :D
What have you received in the post lately?
P.S. Yes Photoshop is fixed, let the blogging commence! :D
I've got a fair bit to blog about, including a little nail art competition I have planned (prizes aren't amazing or expensive so please don't get too excited, remember I am unemployed at the moment!) - but ugghh. My operating system is Windows Vista, right, and I was getting sooo many BSODs on this horrible thing that I decided to just say 'sod it' and reinstall Windows.
The good news is, not so many blue screens. The bad news is, for some STUPID reason I can't seem to get my Photoshop CS2 to install. Don't try and suggest free alternative image editors, I am seriously picky and won't use anything but Photoshop. Hopefully my dad can come and fix it for me, but until then I can't sort any of my pictures out >__<
For now I'll just show you an EOTD I already had uploaded to Photobucket. I did want to save this for another occasion but you know I hate to leave you guys a post without a picture! Hope you like it, and hope to be back with you soon! xo
UDPP in Sin was my primer here. I took a soft, fluffy blending brush (similar to MAC's 224) with a tiny bit of Fyrinnae's Love Potion eyeshadow and blended this really lightly through my crease area which would eventually serve as a gradation between my natural skin colour and my darker crease colour, which was MAC Cranberry. I applied this with a smaller crease brush, still working lightly with not much pressure. Once I was satisfied with the colour I went back over it with what was left on the brush I used for Love Potion to blend it out a little bit more. Oh, I also think I used a touch of MAC Antiqued eyeshadow to darken up the very outer corner. Then I applied the lid colour, MAC Grand Entrace, and also applied this to the inner part of my lower lashline (and Cranberry on the outer part). Uhhmm... Theeen I applied my brow highlight which was The She Space's First Class Con, then plain old boring liquid liner on the top and pencil in the waterline. I used MaxFactor's new Lash Extension Effect mascara, which I'm actually liking quite a lot! Then I Gave my eyebrows a very half-arsed brush into place ;P
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