Holographic Nails!

My friend Sarah (WildEdgyNails) lent me her new NFU Oh Holographic nail polish and she let me try it out. I really like the idea of Holographic nail polish and I wanted to order the whole set of holos by either NFU Oh or Color Club but I didn't want to shell out around $80 so I never bought any. But maybe I will reconsider it!

This is the silver holo polish

OPI - Liquid Sand

The new line from OPI just came out and it is a Mariah Carey line featuring a new type of polish called "Liquid Sand." My friend Sarah (WildEdgyNails) lent me one of her colors from the line called "Can't Let Go" and I tested it out.

It is a purple polish with lots of sparkles inside and a sandy, grainy texture. The idea is that you don't put any top coat over it in order to conserve its matte, textured look.
It wasn't too hard to apply. You just put your base coat and then apply 2 coats of the nail polish. I kept in mind that my friend Sarah expressed disappointment with the brush, but I did not find it bothered me so much. It seemed to feel a bit wider than the regular OPI polish brushes but it might just be the thickness of the nail polish making me think so.
Overall, I was not blown away by this nail polish at all. It is dull looking and not really the most appealing color. The texture on your nails is not pleasant. It feels like sandpaper and it is not a natural feeling to be wearing around all day.
I am not interested in buying any of these for myself. I am glad that I was able to try it without buying it!

REVIEW OF COLOR CLUB - BACKSTAGE PASS

Hi guys! I haven't been posting in a while because I was trying out my new set of Color Club nail polishes that I received for my birthday and I wanted to blog about them. The set is called "Backstage Pass" and it is a nice set of sparkle polishes.

The colors in the set from left to right are: Take The Stage, Wish Upon A Rock Star, Backstage Pass, Platinum Record, It's A Hit, and Fame + Fortune

I really like these sparkles and the great thing about most of them is that you can either use a bit of them for an added sparkle effect over another polish or you can put a few coats on its own and the sparkles cover pretty well to become a color.
 

I took another set without the nails polish bottles because I couldn't resist how cool it looked!

The first one I tried is Fame and Fortune. It is an opaque pinkish red color with sparkles that look like shards of glass. I did 2 coats and wore it on its own. I am not so fond of it because I like the sparkles but it's a shame that is was in a colored polish. The application is a bit difficult as well because it's hard to make it look good on its own. Maybe it would be better over another color.

The next one is Backstage pass over black. It is large purple and silver hexagon shaped sparkles in a clear polish. I like it a lot because it's so different from anything I've seen before.

Then is Platinum Record. I painted over a black base and I wore it for New Years. It is large and small silver sparkles in a clear polish and I think it is probably my favorite of the set because it is the perfect accent for anything.

Fourth is Wish Upon A Rock Star over a dark blue base. It is a beautiful multi color sparkle with large purple sparkles as well in a clear polish. I really like it a lot and it is a nice party sparkle polish.

Then is Take The Stage. This is 2 coats on it's own. I really love this color. It is such a nice gold sparkle in a clear polish. With 1 coat you can use it as an accent over another colored nail polish but with 2 or 3 coats it becomes a color of it's own. I recently bought The OPI James Bond Nail Polish Collection and "Goldeneye" was a very nice gold sparkle but it is a more warm gold. Take The Stage looks closer to a real gold.

And finally there is It's a Hit which I painted over a purple base. It is a purple hexagonal sparkle in a clear polish. I was not too excited about this one because it is almost the same thing as Backstage Pass but this one is all purple sparkles whereas the other one is purples and silver. It's a nice sparkle though but it wasn't the first one I wanted to try! It was the last!



Well there you have it! In my opinion, this is a great set and a must have for nail polish lovers because it is always handy to have a good set of sparkles to work with as accents for colors. I am very impressed with these polishes because in the past I have bought some and they don't have enough sparkles in them so when you paint your nails you only get one or two on your nail!!! But this one has the right amount of sparkles in it. Color Club knows their stuff when it comes to sparkle polishes!

James Bond OPI Collection

I got my James Bond OPI nail polish set and wanted to show it

From left to right...
Goldeneye, The Spy Who Loved Me, Die Another Day, Casino Royale, You Only Live Twice, Skyfall, The World Is Not Enough, Live And Let Die, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Living Daylights, Tomorrow Never Dies, Moonraker

I will be experimenting with these in the future!!!

OPI Euro Centrale Collection

Coming February 2013, the new OPI Line for spring "Euro Centrale"

Shade Names (from top to bottom, left to right): Suzi's Hungary AGAIN!, OY-Another Polish Joke!, Vant to Bite My Neck?, A Woman's Prague-ative, I Saw...You Saw...We Saw...Warsaw, My Paprika Is Hotter Than Yours!, Can't Find My Czechbook, Polka.com, Hands Off My Kielbasa, OPI...Eurso Euro, My Vampire is Buff, You're Such A BudaPest

Seems interesting!!!

OPI Skyfall Collection

With the new James Bond movie coming, OPI has released a new Skyfall 007 Collection featuring 12 nail polishes inspired by the movies.

Some of them look pretty nice!!!

Anna Dello Russo Collection coming to H&M

October 4th an accessories collection is coming to select H&M stores.... wish I could get my hands on some pieces but that is a Thursday and I work that day and also it is only at the store downtown, not the one close to me.... ughh!!! I missed the Versace collection last year too :(

Collections Updates

For those of you have been keeping up with my collections posts...
I have been hunting down the last couple of cds that I needed to complete my collections. I have been searching eBay and Amazon for weeks, try to locate these cds. They are all very rare because they are out of print. I know I could simply burn my own from the mp3s I have on my computer but I really want the real thing... and now my collection is practically complete.

Here are my updated cd collections

Prince

 

 The Time

Sheila E

(From Left To Right)
Vanity 6
Apollonia 6
The Family
Mazarati
Jill Jones

 

All of these artists are protoges of Prince and he has written most of the music performed on these cds. They were all a great effort to branch out his different styles and ideas of music.

New H&M Spring

Omg this new collection looks so great... maybe I will get a few things.

My Collections - Part 6 - Gerard Butler

The last installment in my Collections series! Gerard Butler!

I became interested in him when I saw the movie "The Phantom of the Opera" in 2004. I really loved the Phantom and the whole movie was great, the songs were great and so catchy and I love musicals so it was great. It was so romantic and even though the Phantom is supposed to be ugly they chose Gerard Butler to play the role and he is so attractive that I couldn't help but think throughout the whole movie that the Phantom was so hot and mysterious and I was just really into him, he was so sensitive and his singing was sensual. I got really into the Phantom scene and loved everything about it.

I also loved Gerard Butler and saw the next movies he would be in. Since he was in The Phantom of the Opera his career has really taken off and he has played in so many more movies, even big movies like 300, P.S. I Love You & How to Train Your Dragon. Before Phantom he was in lots of movies too but more obscure ones that you had never really heard of.

I think it's great that his career has taken off like that. He is a very good actor and very versatile. He is great at doing scary movies and especially action movies because he has a toned muscular body. Yet, he is also perfect for romantic movies because he is great at playing the hopeless romantic type. It is funny how someone could be so good at playing such extremes, but he seems to pull it off effortlessly.

I will see any movie he is in that comes into theaters because I am confident that it will be a good movie if he is in it.

My collection (If you could even call it a collection because it is pretty pathetic) is small and I only really have movies of his... and not very many even at that.... need to work on it!

My Collections - Part 5 - Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai is a band from the UK that have been around since 1992.

I became a fan of them in 2001 when I first heard the song "Little L" on a dance music show one day... I was instantly hooked on the song and I played it on repeat for days. I had never felt that way about a song before. The next month on the dance music show they played Jamiroquai's next single "You Give Me Something" and I immediately loved that one as well. I then know that I needed more. I was only 13 years old at that time and didn't really know too much about music. I never bought CDs or anything but I wanted to try to buy Jamiroquai's cd. I went to the mall with my mom and we looked for it at the CD store and then asked the guy who works there if he knew where it was. He found it for me and I bought it and I was so happy. I played and played the CD over and over again and I loved it so much. The guy who had helped me at the store had shown me another Cd of Jamiroquai when I was there and I didn't don't Jamiroquai had more than one CD but I knew that I wanted all of their CDs. I went back the the store eventually and bought the other CD that they had. I figured out that they had 5 cds so I was determined to track down the other 3.

I eventually got them all and some singles too but since they were a UK based band they were not very popular in Canada or the US so much and finding their things was hard and I was always frustrated because no one knew who they were and it was annoying to love something so much and not really be able to share it with anyone.

After their album release in 2001 I was so pumped to hear their next album and waited patiently to see what would be next. I would chat on forums with other fans and everything but after a couple of years with no mention of a new album any time soon I unfortunately had to lose a lot of my interest in them. As well as that, other things were going on in my life then and I was discovering other artists as well (Like Prince, ha ha)

I just could not understand how artists like Britney Spears and so on could release albums every year or 2 and here Jamiroquai could go over 3 years with nothing. So my hope was kind of lost and I moved on. Jamiroquai eventually ended up releasing their next album in 2005 and of course since I will forever be a fan even if I am not head over heels for them, I went out to the store and bought it right away and loved it. After that release though, I was not the hardcore fan I used to be so I wasn't biting my fingernails waiting for their next release. The release after that came in 2010 and I bought it at well and love it. Who knows what's in store for those guys now. I will always support what they do and have a place for them in my heart no matter what.

Now there's a funny story about how I got most of my Jamiroquai collection... I originally only had their 5 (at the time) studio albums and 3 singles that I was lucky enough to find in some stores... pretty small collection. I mean, I would trade mp3 cds through the mail with people a lot all the time but these were not official cds or anything really. So I always had cd packages coming through the mail here and there. Then one day a little after Christmas time, I get a huge package in the mail and I am so confused because I wasn't expecting anything to come. I open the package and it is a shoe box full of CDs. I am shocked! I couldn't beleive my eyes. It was a whole collection of Jamiroquai CDs and I didn't know why someone had sent them to me or even WHO had sent them to me because there was no note or anything written anywhere. All I know is that I was very happy and thankful.

I had a Jamiroquai fan website up and running that I managed at that time. I wrote on the site about what had happened and thanked whoever it had been out there. A while later I ended up getting an e-mail from a guy in Australia saying it was him who had sent it to me. He had said that he wasn't so much of a fan any more and had all of the songs in mp3 so he didn't want the CDs anymore and thought I would like them. Even till this day it still seems so surreal to just have a package like that come to my door.

These are the albums.

These are the singles.

Sealed Limited Edition Cassette tape of the album.

My VHS & DVD

So there it is, I finally get to share my Jamiroquai story. It feels good to just get this out there. If someone out there knows of Jamiroquai and is reading this then you have made my day.

My Collections - Part 4 - Johnny Depp

Part 4 of my collections series is Johnny Depp.

I became a fan of Johnny Depp when I saw the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" for the first time one day with my aunt in 2004 when it came out in theaters. I was so intrigued by his good looks that I became obsessed with him and made it a goal to try to collect all of his movies. It was hard because I was only a kid in high school and didn't really have too much money but I tried my best.

I would even go as far as buying a magazine if it had a tiny picture of him in it somewhere. Johnny was my life for a while and I could not get enough of him. I shared my obsession with a friend I had and she ended up becoming obsessed with him along with me but I wasn't happy about that because I felt like she was copying me by liking everything I liked so she could seem cool. I don't like people like that who don't think for themselves and just go along with the crowd. I am a free thinker and I don't let myself become influenced by what other people are doing and I don't just simply go along with the crowd.

I liked Johnny Depp for a while but the thing with that girl made me want to stop liking him a little bit. I have not really stopped liking him now, I still admire his work but I am not head over heels obsessed with him anymore like I used to be.

Here is my Johnny Depp collection.


These are my movies. Mostly DVD, a few old VHS. Not quite every single Johnny Depp movie it is a lot of them. I also have "Public Enemies" but I forgot to put it in the picture.

These are my magazines. Years ago I would go to the magazine stand every week and search for any magazine with any picture of Johnny Depp in it and I would buy it.

My Jack Sparrow Shirt. I got it at a thrift store but I have never really wore it lol.

This is a Pirates of the Caribbean key ornament that a girl who was my friend in high school got for me as a souvenir when she went on a trip to Disney World.

This is my 18" talking Jack Sparrow Doll & small Jack Sparrow figurine.

This is my 18" talking Willy Wonka Doll

I have other Johnny Depp things around somewhere but I can't get them out to photograph them. I have a Jack Sparrow poster and a Large Promotional "Secret Window" poster that I got from a DVD store. I have a Jack sparrow PEZ dispenser & Jack Sparrow lip balm. And I have small Willy Wonka figurines... maybe I will get a chance to photograph these things eventually when I get a chance to take them out.

My Collections - Part 3 - Michael Jackson

This is the third part in my collections series, Michael Jackson.

I am sad to say that I wasn't really a fan of MJ until he died. I had always known of him and admired him but never really took the time to appreciate his work until it was too late. Before that I remember my dad playing his records at home, songs like "Billie Jean" and "I Wanna Rock With You" all the time. And of course when I was in high school my friend and I would joke around going "a hee hee hee" and "a hoo hoo hoo" in Michael Jackson voices. Also people would call me Michael Jackson here and there because my skin is pale white lol!

Then when MJ died on June 25th 2009 I remember I was at work that evening and my coworker had just been on break and I guess he was listening to the news or something because he came up to me all of a sudden and goes... "did you hear?" and I said no, what... and he says that Michael Jackson is dead. I was very doubtful... I said no it wasn't true... but I was shocked the rest of my shift at work and then the next day it was all over the news of course and it was just so surreal. For about a week all I could think about was the loss of MJ and I felt sad and shocked even though I had never even met him or anything, it just seemed like a dream.

From then on I bought a few MJ things here and there but nothing too big. MJ will always be in my heart.


This is my MJ button pin and sparkle glove. I got the pin at at table at the flea market that sells all Michael Jackson things... I knew I had to have one. They had quite a few but my mom told me I should get this one because he looks so happy and he's smiling. And he wasn't so happy looking in the other pictures. The glove was made by my mom. On the 1 year anniversary of MJ's death, my parents and my boyfriend and I went to a club. My mom and I dressed in matching outfits of jeans and MJ tshirts and she made us these sparkly gloves to wear.

Music & Movies
My Off The Wall record album that I got at the thrift store one day. It's a shame I don't have a record player or I would play it and buy more records too.
Then there is the This Is It DVD. I saw This Is It in theaters with my mom when it came out... such a wonderful film. There was even an MJ impersonator who was dancing around before the movie started.
The next one is a dvd set of Michael Jackson's music videos. My boyfriend bought it for me as a gift for my birthday last year.
And then there is the "Michael" CD which is songs that they made from pieces he did in the studio before he died. I think the album is great.

My magazines that my boyfriend bought me right when MJ died

My shirts. The first one I got at the flea market right when MJ died... I have worn it sooo many times. The second one I found at the thrift store one day and grabbed it.

My collectible action figures... my boyfriend surprised me with these one by one last year... he kept coming home with a new one every week and I was like omg how many of these do they make!!!

And Then of course I showed this before but this is my MJ plaque, again it is a gift from my boyfriend.

My Collections - Part 2 - Lady GaGa

Part 2 of my collections series... Lady GaGa.

I have quite a bit of Lady GaGa things. Not quite as many as my Prince things but it is still a lot. Lady GaGa things are easily found everywhere and are not such a hard search to find. I buy almost all the Lady GaGa things I see because I can't resist.

I became a GaGa fan around summer 2008. I went camping that summer and we brought the radio. "Just Dance" kept playing... it was an okay song, didn't really fall for it or anything but I downloaded it. Where I was working at the time, it played on the radio and a guy i worked with told me how he was in love with her and he went to her show that week and she jumped into the audience onto him and other people.... it got me thinking about her. Other friends started talking about her so I was looking her up on the internet a lot and I watched the video for Just Dance and was like "cool". On youtube there was a video saying that her next single would be Poker Face so I heard poker face and went 'HOLY CRAP I LOVE THIS SONG' and then downloaded the whole album... kept up following her since... and the rest is history.

Here is my Lady GaGa collection


These are my many magazines. She is always all over magazine covers and I can never pass up buying them when I see them at the store.

This is my copy of V magazine... I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this at the magazine store. They usually don't sell it in Canada I think.

2011 Calendar. I wanted the 2012 one but I waited too long to buy it and then they ran out at the store :(

Hair Bow, Homemade Fame Glasses, and imitation Versace Glasses

CDs & DVDs

Shirts! I love wearing GaGa shirts in the summer and a lot of people that know me know that! I can be spotted in lots of photos wearing my different shirts here and there. They are nice and comfortable, so why not!
The first one I ordered on Lady GaGa's website but it is way too big on me because I didn't know which size was right. The second one I got at H&M. The third one I bought downtown at a street fair.

... more shirts...The first one I got at the 2nd Monster Ball that I went to from a guy selling them outside, the second one I got at HMV but it is too tight, the third one I got at The Fame Ball from a guy selling them outside.

... and more shirts! The first one I got at the downtown street fair (I have the exact same one in pink too but I forgot to put it out for the photo) and the second shirt my boyfriend got me as a christmas gift from HMV.

This is my homemade Born This Way jacket that I was inspired to make after seeing GaGa's BTW jacket. I knew I had to have one. Getting the right materials was very challenging but I eventually figured it out. I have not worn it out yet though because I am afraid it will get ruined... oh well!

And so concludes my GaGa collection... but there will definitely be more in the future!