I love food.

I recently went out for sushi at togo sushi in Coquitlam Center. I ordered gyoza, not knowing how adorable they would be there.

Omg they look like sea anemones! And they were delicious!

At SFU, me and some friends went for pork buns.

How delicious does that look? Well it was more delicious than that!

And this was today's lunch

It was so healthy and delicious (and 800cal O_o would you guess it?). I'm a sucker for grilled cheese <3

Sorry for the boring post =P

Swatch: Ulta Bam-blue-zled

I never know how to start these posts. So this is three coats. I've found that with Ulta the first coat is really sheer but after that it builds up super quickly. It takes a while to dry however, which is terrible for me because I am not at all patient. Dries shiny, I think it's a sheer jelly (but I have no idea how to categorize these things).

So like I said, this is three coats, no topcoat.

If you stare at it too long, it looks purple

Ignore the messy cuticles, they don't matter til the next post with this polish.

So there it is. Unfortunately unless I'm going to use a matte topcoat it doesn't take to layering all that well. I have a friend who really likes this colour so I'm probably going to pass it on to her. For some reason it didn't dry all the way through, even after 15 hours. I mean, I stopped being as careful when I woke up, y'know, but that doesn't mean it has any right to start squooshing around, right?

Has anybody else had problems with Ulta? Am I doing something wrong?

Versatile Blogger Award - one more!

I found one more worthy for The Versatile Blogger Award. Check her out!

TLDoS#4 Flip Flops

As I mentioned, I hate flip-flops (probably because I dislike feet) but I caved and bought some because they're just easier at the beach. This is also why I put off doing this one for so long. Because I don't like them, I have no idea what to do. But then I found these, and they're alright looking as well as having a back!

Old Navy 2/$10 from the birthday haul!

Of course I knew immediately what was in my collection that looked like this, so I started by painting a base.

Essence Break Through with Walk on Air accent nail from awhile back

Essence Walk on Air with Break Through accent nail =D

I'm really sorry about the mess. I forgot my remover the day I did these (at school lol).

On my right hand (with walk on air), I used RA119 and RA120 to stamp on as similar a design as I could find with Julep Claire and Essence You Belong to Me! Unfortunately, Claire faded out in the middle so I switched to Essence Let's Get Lost. It still didn't really show up lol, but oh well.

This one looks weird, but you can see where it's sorta like the shoe, right? 

On my left, I found RA105 and stamped it on using Essence Black is Back and attempted to use Wet&Wild 454D, which didn't turn out as bad as I thought it might.

The blue turned out the best on this one and the pink didn't show up much. Dang.

After that I freehanded in the silver thong part of a flipflop using my Billie, whose name I lost.

Sorry about the change in lighting!

They didn't look this blurry when I took them =(

So there you have it. Check out everyone else too!

Hannah from Polished Prisms
Victoria from The Manicurator
Alyson from Beads, Nails, Food
Amanda Murphy Mandy's Polish
Sue O'Connor  Creative Nails by Sue 
Katee from A Girl and Her Polish
Charlotte-Louise Charlotte's Nails
Jessica from Nearly Natural Nails
Karine from Karinea0a 
Jen from The Polished Zombie
Jessica from Jessica's Nail Tales
Ashley from One Nail to Another
Pryanka from Nail Sparks
Anna from Polished Cousins
Maribeth from Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite
Kayono (aka Johanna) from Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda Schott  from Counting Down to Bliss
Nichole Mowery from Adventures of the Nail Friends
Stephanie Oblas from A Little Polish
Becky Barnett from Glam Fiend
Elysse Patty from Elyssian Beauty

The birthday haul pt 2

So as soon as I posted that last thing I came home to find a pile of mail!

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaail

Squee! Cute little box!

AquaDaisy Me Too!!

 I am incredibly excited about this because it is going to look fantastic on EVERYTHING.

MY FIRST RAINBOW HONEY

I think I'm going to use it right away.

Squeeeeee

The bottle is HUUUUUGE. I'll never run out of this!

 I'm so glad I ordered minis for the rest of them O_o;

And of course my Julep! Mila and America! + bonus pedi creme sample size

Omg I don't know how I'm going to get to use all these! This is why there is no more buying. I will get through it all first. SO EXCITED. SQUEE. =D

OH! And that envelope? Tickets to Owl City's The Midsummer Station tour (ironically in September). Hells yeah! I'll have to think of a cool nail thing to do for then won't I just ;)

The birthday haul!

I'm tired of waiting for mail and so are you. Here's the post that was supposed to be put up last week~

I walked around all week collecting various presents from corporations. I also got a couple nice things from awesome people, the nicest one being a weekend away with Branden at the Hampton Inn and Suites.

Came with a huuuuge fluffy cloud bed

The bed was very comfortable, in fact, the whole room was. We were on the ground floor so we had to keep our curtains pulled closed unfortunately but that was the only thing really. I forgot to take pictures of the breakfast that was included, but they had a Belgian waffle maker and we shared one because it was huuuuuuge. We had time to swim in the pool a bit too, before heading back ^^

China Glaze Smoke and Ashes

 Ulta was just across the street so of course I dropped in. I got a new quick dry topcoat (Ulta X-dry) and the CG on clearance. Lucky me!

We also stopped in Ross and I'm so glad I did, because I found a pair of teal Converse for $25. I'm never buying them full price again =D (or high tops apparently =P)

Teal converse! The colour didn't catch well, it's much brighter and bluish.

When I got back home, the hunt began~!

I went into Sephora on Tuesday

 I picked up my free lip balm beauty insider birthday gift! These are really nice, and I'll probably buy them full size when they run out. The best part is I've never actually spent any money in Sephora haha!

I hate flipflops

But I know I need something for the beach, where I plan to be A LOT this summer and these were quite nice and had a back-strap. I only wanted the blue ones but it was either one for $13 or 2 for $10. New shoes for mee =D (These are also coming up in my next nail post - can you guess why?)

The Body Shop Spiced Vanilla Body Butter

 I was passing by the Body Shop and apparently they've found a bunch of old Christmas stock that they've put up for really cheap. This full size body butter was $5! Holy crap! And it smells so good. I also managed to get my free birthday love your body card so next time I want anything from there (probably for Christmas!) I'll have a discount. Whoo!

On that same trip, I went into the new Dollar Store opened in the local mall and found sunglasses! I'm not gonna spend $250+ on prescription ones so I figured why not.

They were $1! How could I go wrong?

Ignoring the gratuitous boob shot, they (the glasses!!) look pretty good eh? =D

I also stopped by Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory in the other mall and picked up my free birthday chocolate bar.

These are sooo good, perfect for those horrible down days =)

My July Bombshell box from Julep (remember, sign up for your first 1 cent box with discount code PENNY at checkout!) was sitting on my counter when I got home. EVERYTHING IS SO SPARKLY.

Wrapped up pretty with a triplicate of Fireballs!

 Hurrah American candy! Too bad I don't like spicy =P Who wants one?

There will be swatches soon enough, don't even worry about it.

My add-ons (Mila and America the Beautiful) still haven't arrived. I was hoping they would so I could post this with them but oh well.

I'm also waiting on is my single $20 *cringe* Rainbow Honey.

20% Cooler

Since then, Rainbow Honey gained a 5000 strong following on Facebook and so offered a coupon code for free domestic shipping or half price international shipping SO I ordered the 8 minis. I'mma have lots of Rainbow Honey!! =D

Last but not least, AquaDaisy Me Too (a Lynderrella Connect The Dots dupe!)

AquaDaisy Me Too

Hopefully these live up to that awful price tag. You'll be sure I'll be trying them soon!

LASTER BUT NOT LEASTEST, Owl City is coming to the Commodore Ballroom and I have tickets! (for September lols). An excellent use of my birthday moneys no? ^^

I don't know what this award is called! =D

Oh my! I'm so honoured! I can't believe I have two already. This is from the amazing Beauty Ninja (look at that name! How could she not be awesome?)

 According to BeautyNinja, "Basically this award means for being natural and putting enjoyment before competitiveness."

Here are the rules:

Add the photo of this award

Link back to the person who nominated you

Nominate 10 Bloggers

Tell me what makes you hooked on following a blog
I am attracted to colourful and eye-catching nail art, flamboyant personalities and bold opinions. I like anything that can teach me something new, and make me see something (usually fashion) in a way I didn't think of before. Like our BeautyNinja, I also appreciate someone who takes a bit of time to appreciate her commenters.

Now for the blogs I'm passing this award on to:

1. Karinea0a
2. Frugal Polish
3. Kelsie's Nail Files
4. Polish All The Nails
5. I Like My Polish Black Just Like My Metal
6. Miranda's Makeup & More
7. Spektor's Nails
8. Polished Prisms
9. Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarder's Unite!
10. Annabelle's Makeup

 There are so many amazing blogs I follow now so choosing was really hard! Thanks again to BeautyNinja!