wishlist wednesday

hello fellow bloggers :) this week i want..

• this lovely little bolero from h&m. i actually have no idea what a bolero is, i'm just taking h&m's word for it. it's £19.99 on the website, down from £34.99 so you could call it a bit of a bargain! i'm obviously not sure what it looks like in real life, but i'm imagining it making a beach outfit just that little bit more special, or being thrown on over an LBD and worn with matching heels maybe? i don't know, i just know i want it!

• the shorts are £14.99, also from h&m. they don't look all that nice in this photo, but if you click this it should take you to a page of shorts and they're on the far right. they come in kind of a navy blue too, i think i want both of them. so cute!

• i've never heard of a trapeze jacket before, but i really want one! this one is £70 so it's unlikely i'll end up getting it, but i'm keeping my eye out for a cheaper copycat version.

this is the link to it.

• lip pencils are growing on me, thanks to the posts on mouldy fruit. i really, really want to try a nars velvet matte lip pencil. i'm not sure in what colour, i think i need to hunt down a nars counter and see them in real life to pick a colour.

that's it for now:)! so i'm going to mess around on blogs for a bit, then hide the laptop and get craking with some revision :(

o.p.i lites to dark

MY FAVOURITE O.P.I POLISH EVER. lincoln park after dark. i think it's safe to say i'm in love.

it's special without a top-coat, but with top-coat it's just amazing! i love how people will look at it from afar and think it's black, then the light will catch it a certain way and they'll be like "oh, it's purple?" i don't have any problems with this nail varnish, it's so perfect. perfect perfect perfect. PERFECT.

o.p.i lites to dark

next up, meet me on the star ferry. in the pack, it looks like a purple version of princess rule! (the exclamation mark is part of the name, i'm not overly excited). it's actually really deceptive, meet me on the star very is the purple version of what i wanted princess rule! to be.

in real life, it's actually much nicer. it took three coats but it applied fairly well and didn't take that long to dry. not my favourite out of the set, but still nice.

wishlist wednesday

• i'd like for all the bad stuff happening in Libya & Japan etc. to end.
• so many more dvds! i already have more than 100 just on one shelf, never mind the rest of the dvds in my house..plus i have a list of about 50 on my phone that i add to whenever i think of a new film :') atm i really need to buy all three pirates of the caribbean films, dead poets society and when harry met sally.
• JOHNNY DEPP. he's old enough to be my father but there really is just something about him, and i think he's one of the best actors ever.

• so much more time! the amount of work i seem to have at the moment, i'd like a few more hours per day. i think two should do it :).
• i really want to invest in some nars and mac stuff. i'm usually strictly a high-street make-up brand girl, but there's something about expensive make-up :)

o.p.i lites to dark

next up, princess rule! it looks like teenage dream in the bottle, only less glittery. in actual fact, it's a sheer polish. basically a sheer, clear holographic nail varnish with a hint of pink. i was initially annoyed because it wasn't what i expected, but then it grew on me. it's a nice twist on clear polishes and i think it may make a nice addition over the top of some other nail varnishes. i'll get back to you when i've tried it out :).

try as i might, i just couldn't capture the perfect glitteryness (made up words ftw) of it. application of this was much better; two coats and they dried brilliantly. i didn't use a base or top coat. it's experiences like this that make me think o.p.i are a complete hit and miss brand. still can't help loving them though, which annoys me, then makes me annoyed at o.p.i for making me love them. it's an endless cycle.

o.p.i lites to dark

i've come to a decision. i like o.p.i, i really do. but i don't like paying full price for their products when they're so incredibly over-priced. so, from now on, i'm going to stick to mini-sets. i never use a whole nail varnish anyway, so what's the point of buying a full sized bottle? o.p.i lites to darks includes 4 colours: sweet heart, princess rule!, meet me on the star ferry and lincoln park after dark.

today, i'll review sweet heart. o.p.i describe it as "the sweetest, softest pale pink" & i'd agree with that statement.

that gives a pretty accurate idea of the colour. it really is so pretty.

there is a huge downside. to get a finish like the picture, i used a base coat followed by FOUR coats of sweet heart. four. if i had the full sized bottle, i probably wouldn't complain. but considering i have the mini bottle and o.p.i bottles run out pretty quickly, i will complain. seriously, four coats. however, i am a sucker for their shade-names so will continue to buy o.p.i and put up with all their downsides (and there are oh so many of them).

notd :)

if you read company magazine, you may know that barry m was voted best nail polish in their beauty awards. over-all, i think this was about right. the only thing i dislike about barry m polishes are the names - so unimaginative! o.p.i came second, and i suppose that was because of people like me who like brands that have good advertisements and campaigns haha.

you may have noticed by now that i adore blue nail varnishes; and this lovely colour may be my favourite ever barry m nail polish. it's called "cyan blue", seriously..is that all they could come up with?! i suppose that doesn't really matter when you get such a nice colour for such a good price with one of the best applications ever. two coats, no base or top coat used, left no streaks and lasted two days on me (this is brilliant because i scratch a lot..i imagine it could last upwards of 4 days on most people).