Rimmel - I Love Lasting Finish Nail Polish - 080 Black Cab

This has to be, hands down, one of the worst nail polishes I have ever tried.

The formula has low colour intensity, even for dark colours.
It chips within the day of application.
The brush is hopeless and gives a streaky result.

I cannot emphasize this enough, DON'T BUY THIS GARBAGE!

Get the London look!

Just avoid Rimmel nail polish.

Price: 3/5 ($4.99)
Scent: 0/5 (don't sniff it)
Effectiveness: 0/5

Beyoncé Heat EDT

I din't like this as much as 'Heat Rush'! It comes in a pretty red glass bottle with gold hardware and smells like red flowers and tart current.

It is a moderate sillage scent and lasts for a while. 
When I was using it, it felt like it lasted about an hour.

Fragrantica says:

Top notes:  neroli, peach, magnolia, orchid.
Middle notes: musk, honeysuckle, almond, macaroons.
Base notes: amber, tonka bean, sequoia.

I would guess the notes as: red florals, red currant, musk, woods.
I get NO magnolia. 
This is definitely a afternoon/ night scent and would probably be best in autumn.

Ma's guess: Some sort of flower XD (she liked it though).

Price: 2/5 (rrp $69 for 100mL)
Season: Autum
Weight: Medium
Overall possum liking: 3/5

The Body Shop - Drops Of Youth - Youth Cream

I loved the concentrate from this line, so I thought I would try the cream.

It smells the same as at serum, a fresh green scent.

It it rich and absorbs well, but I must say, I don't feel it worked as well as the serum.
It did leave my skin firmer and more moisturised.

So I would recommend just going for the serum.

Price: 2.5/5($42.95 for 50mL)
Scent: 4/5
Effectiveness: 4/5

Turns Of Fate - Art Documentation

So the horrors of the Lyrica reduction are over and I will wait till I'm on holidays before going down another 25 mg.

So I'm happy and healthy enough, and more trivial things can bug me :p

Whenever I get into a really busy period at University, I get the overwhelming urge to make art.
My studies have nothing to do with art, this is counterproductive.

I'm thinking it is time to invest in a folio. Somewhere I can draw/write/plan out pieces so I can get them out of my head and know they are safe until I have time to return to them.

And while I know most of my work won't be worth much/ survive past my own lifetime (and I doubt it will ever be famous), documentation is important.

Looking at you Till, you better have some documentation.
(I know you don't, and it bugs me. It won't hurt you, but it will hurt your work's future. Perhaps you don't care, but I do.)

This blog documents art I have completed since I started blogging, but save for my oil painting, there is little being recorded before and during the time of creation.

"Mush!"

Perhaps one day someone would like to see my ideas the did and didn't come to fruition...

Then I can focus on my studies with a easier conscious and memory capacity.

Model Co - Lash & Brow - Growth Stimulator

Yep, another brow growing attempt! But this time, I am the guinea pig XD

The instructions are to apply it once nightly for 28 days. 
So here are the before and after shots:

As I used it, I felt my brows looked better and thought they were growing. 
But looking at the photos, I can't see any significant difference.
The benefits I perceived were most likely from the serum lining my eyebrow hair up and making them a little darker/thicker because they had the serum on them.

I liked how the serum was translucent, it make it look like it contained more (as opposed to the Lacura version which was clear).

It had a spicy/clinical smell, which was faint.

I really liked the packaging, a sleek silver bullet with a good weight to it.

But at the end of the day, it didn't work.
You would get the same benefit from buying a (no-doubt cheaper) lash gel.


Price: 2/5 ($24.oo for 7 mL)
Scent: 1/5
Effectiveness: 1/5

Garnier - Olia - Permanent Hair Colour - 7.40 Intense Copper

My bff really liked this brand of hair dye so I thought I would give it a try.

First thing I noticed was the teardrop shaped bottle, kind of cute.

Second, it didn't stink like other hair dye, which is good.

So here is the before:

And the after:

As it washed out, I noticed the runoff was cloudy... perhaps being an emulsion/ oil-based?

Verdict: Love it! But the end result isn't anything you can't get with another permanent dye.

Price: 1/5 (RRP $16.95)

Scent: 3/5

Effectiveness: 5/5

The Body Shop - Colour Crush - Nail Polish - 120 Relish The Moment

Honestly I though the nail polish from The Body Shop would be terrible. Like it was just something to tack onto their inventory to make a quick buck,

I was wrong.

This is fabulous!

The colour intensity is great, one coat gives you the colour you see in the bottle.
Two coats will give you full opacity.

It dries quickly, lasts at least 3 days without chipping (sans top coat), and goes on soooooo smoothly!
The packaging is fairly common but the brush is great (a must for nail polish).

I got this in the advent calendar and if I didn't already have SO many nail polishes, I would buy more colours.

Price: 3/5 ($9.95 for 6.8mL)
Scent: 1/5 (don't sniff it)
Effectiveness: 4/5