Nail Polish Lottery Club 1-20-2013: Week 2

Hello Hello Hello!

Happy Sunday! :D

I recently joined a group on Facebook called the Nail Polish Lottery. The premise behind it is to go through all your "untried" polishes and use a new one each week. They do a lotto system with random.org to draw new numbers every week and you put on the polish that corresponds with that number. Pretty simple huh? YES! I agree.

So I went through and had 55 untried polishes. I just got a new one the other day in my Ipsy box and I have three more on the way from Zoya. Ooopsieeee ;) I have a problem...at least I admit it. I have 48 polishes I've used so that's not too bad. Baaha.

I came in to the club in week 2, so here are the results. The number for the week was 187. Now I don't have 187 polishes but they said you can add all the numbers together to get your first one. 1+8+7=16! So 16 was -drum~roll- L'Oreal : Brit Invasion. Pictures are with flash and overhead light respectively.

The colour is a brown with gold duo in it. Its a lot prettier in person than the pictures show. I also have a video explaining everything. We are supposed to blog/vlog our results every week. I am going to do both :D

Can't wait to see what this weeks Nail Polish Lottery is!


Nail Polish Lottery Club guidelines link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PJtYOL0VJjvrrfDVgK-3GSnjCcuyRDdj0Gb9IZKMjQA/edit
Nail Polish Lottery Club Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/NailPolishLotteryClub
Nail Polish Lottery Club Twitter hashtag: #nplclub

Music coursing through my veins...

Every once in a while a song (or songs) will hit me so hard I have to listen to it on repeat all day for several days straight. I have two new songs that fit in this category.

First off is Esthero - Black Mermaid. I'm not sure what it is about this song...but it hit me like a lightning bolt between the eyes. The simple guitar in the intro, building to the piano in the chorus, back to the guitar. Then these lyrics punched me in the heart:

And I've spent most of my life deep down inside myself,
I've dreamt about the possibility of someone else,
Who could see the things I've seen and still wait with me,
To the darkness we could fade because we know ourselves

  I didn't know if I wanted to smile or cry...so I did both.

The second song of my day is by Bruno Mars. I love me some Bruno Mars. He was born in Hawai'i, what's not to love? He normally sings catchy boppy songs that make you want to dance and sing. This...is not one of those songs. It is a very reflective song about a now dead relationship. This one hit me hard too...

I guess my heart is on my mind more than I want to admit.

~Robin

Glamour Doll Eyes - January 2013 OTM!

Woo! Newest subscription!

Well....new but kinda not. I first jumped on the Glamour Doll Eyes OTM in November when they were offering 2 months for the price of one. I LUCKED out and jumped on that bad boy like a kitty on a laser pointer. I was so pleased with the two months that I decided I wanted to re-up and go again when the subscriptions reopened in January. I managed to snag a 6 month subscription (YAY!), so I will post them all here as well as on my YouTube channel!

So here is the "opening" video of Flourishing, the January 2013 OTM from Glamour Doll Eyes:

Here are the photos (sorry if they are out of focus, camera phone):

With Flash                         Without Flash

                                              

I used Flourishing on the inner lid, Permanent Address on the outer lid and crease then Dazzle Me for highlight

The colour is perfect. Everything she does is amazing! She describes the shade as a dark green with light green and almost brown duochrome. Safe for eyes, nails and face. I thought it blended well with the brows I put it with. All colours used in the eye pictures are from GDE.

Here is the information about Glamour Doll Eyes and where to find them:

Glamour Doll Eyes Website 

Direct link to the OTM subscription - You can sign up to receive emails when the subscriptions have openings, usually around the 8th of each month.

The Official Glamour Doll Eyes Facebook Page

Time for me to hit the pillow with my face. Goodnight and thanks for reading! :)

~Robin

Zoya Lovely Spring 2013 & Qtica™ in general :D

Helloooooooooooo! I got a couple of wonderful packages in the mail today...one being my Zoya Lovely™ sampler. EEeeeeeeeeeEEeeeeeeeee!

Aren't they yummy??!?!?! The colors from left to right are:

• Piaf™
• GieGie™
• Julie™
• Blu™
• Neely™
• Jacqueline™

I was going to hold off on painting my nails until the weekend. As you can see from my thumb I didn't have a whole lot of wear on my nails yet...even though I painted them on Sunday. I kept looking over at the polishes and thinking.....eeeeeee! I want! Now! So...I did. JULIE it is!

With Flash

Without Flash

The colour is delicious. Ah-May-Zeeeng! The formula on this was very thin, almost runny. Took me one nail to figure out the best way to control it. I did three thin coats on top of a base of Qtica™ Natural Nail Growth Stimulator and Butter™ London Nail Foundation™. I used Zoya Armor™ Topcoat and Qtica™ Half Time Polish Drying Accelerator. I think I finally have a base & topcoat combo that really works for my nails. I used the combo for the first time on Sunday and the manicure stayed five days! Normally I'm chipping after two or three. I didn't really have chipping on this one, just some grow out! I took this picture yesterday:

Zoya Evvie™

I'm going to rave for a few minutes about the Qtica™ Natural Nail Growth Stimulator. This stuff is a miracle potion for my nails. I had the most disgusting little nubby nails on the face of the earth before I started using it. They were also thin as paper and would bend or peel...ugh!

Nublets! This is from October.

I started using the Qtica™ stuff at the beginning of November. I saw it on their site, Mom was doing an order, so I thought what the hell and got the small bottle. Mom said I should document the growth of my nails using the stuff...so I sent her this picture. 11/27 was about a week or so in to using it.

Middle & ring finger of left hand

As you can see there is quite a bit of growth after a little over a week! I use the stuff as a base coat every time I paint my nails. The website says you will see about 1/4 inch growth in 2 weeks. Uhm....yea! I sent a picture of my nails sans-polish to Mom tonight...

This is my left hand again

So about a month and a half of using the stuff and BAZOW! My ring finger grows like a maniac! I'm not sure why haha. This is the first time I can ever remember my nails being this long and not breaking, peeling, chipping, ripping, etc. I used to wear my nails about this length as ACRYLICS! I am so glad I decided to take them off and start doing my own nails. I actually enjoy painting them now...and I get more on my nail than my fingers!

So...I shall end this post now. Its now about 11:05 pm and I have meetings from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm again tomorrow. Can't wait for the weekend!

♥Robin

**Disclaimer** I was not paid for any of this post. I purchased all these items with my own money. These are my honest opinions and ideas. :) The end.

Beautiful day = great music + cute shoes

Good morning to all your faces!

Today has been a good day so far, and its only 9:08 am!

Started out with one of my favourite songs coming on the radio...which shocked the hellz out of me quite frankly. Didn't think mainstream radio would ever pick up on the awesomeness that is Macklemore's "Thrift Shop." NSFW or kiddo ears ;D

Danced to that as I put on my eye shadow this morning. GREAT way to start the day!

On to another thing that is making my day wonderful. Got my new Sole Society shoes last night! YAY!

These are the shoes I ordered {here}. I have to say...I'm loving them. The mint green is super yummy. Makes me even happier spring is coming! I have them on today and they are very comfortable. I wear a size 10 shoe so its sometimes difficult for me to find things that fit my foot properly. I also broke my right foot in the fall of last year so that's an issue I have to deal with too. The whole...shape...of my foot changed after that. Weirdness huh?

 As you can see...my cat Woobie approves of the shoes. This is important. Pootie approves of them as well...found a sparkle ball in one of them this morning before work.

Influenster sent out a lovely little $25 off code in the box this month - and we can share it with friends. The code is INFLUENSTER25 and expires on 1/31/13. That was kind of fun to type! There are tons of cute shoes in all kinds of styles on there. I'm just happy they have size 10 flats! Right up my alley ♥

I love the colour on these too. They are kind of a neutral but kind of not. Just a little punch of colour to brighten up the day.

All in all, I like them so far! Of course this is one day in...but so far so good. :D

~Robin

Goody Quickstyle Brush = ♥

I do have to say the #Quickstyle brush from the @influenster #HolidayVoxBox has made drying my hair easier in the morning. It's cut at least 10 minutes off my morning routine. Not to mention it gets my hair super straight!

Sooo...I'm off vacation now...

Back at work. Whee? Decided to take the opportunity to try the Quaker® Real Medley that was sent to me in my Influenster Holiday 2012 VoxBox. The product was sent to me for review and I was not paid by either company for my opinions on this.

Now...normally.....oatmeal yuck. YUCK! Its like wallpaper paste or some goopy soup. I can never seem to get the right amount of water in it. Normally food textures don't bother me...but for some reason oatmeal texture ALWAYS bothered me. I can eat poi but not oatmeal, go figure.

That being said, I decided to give this stuff a shot anyway. It was the cherry and pistachio flavour, two things I love love love. I have to say it wasn't bad. I ate it all. I wanted more. That's saying a lot actually.

Now...I still didn't get the right amount of water in it. I put too much. I didn't measure I just kind of put the water in. We are lucky enough to have one of those water coolers at work that also has a SCALDING HOT spigot, so its pretty easy making breakfast cereals with it. I was just talking and not paying attention (story of my life.)


 As you can see, I got it kind of soupy...but not TOO bad. You can also see the huge chunk of pistachio in there as well as almonds. There were also cherry chunks in there and you could tell they were real dried cherries not some gummy fruit version of a cherry. This made me a happy camper. I am not a fan of the fakey fruit flavour.

I really liked this stuff. I would probably buy it if you could get it as packets in a box rather than $1.79 for each cup full. Granted, $1.79 is cheaper than breakfast at McDs but still...you can get a whole box of oatmeal from the store for around $2-$3 and there are what, 10 packets in there? I'd probably purchase this again if I had a coupon or it was on super sale...but it won't be a regular purchase if it is always at full price. That's just a little big for my budget.

The flavour on this was grade A. I did like the mixture of multigrain in the cereal as well. The fruit and nut combo was perfect. They sent me the one flavour out of the four I see listed on the website that I would actually eat. Thumbs up for luck there! I enjoyed this little cup of oatmeal. Did it convert me in to an all time oatmeal lover? No...but it did make me a Cherry Pistachio Real Medleys fan.

~Robin