tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41224402329654659312024-03-13T20:18:44.408+00:00Konad and Glitter AbusePolish and pretties and plugs.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-80795201628511462002014-07-31T17:20:00.000+01:002014-07-31T17:20:52.737+01:00Oh hai!So I'm definitely not updating this blog anymore, which is a bit of a bummer as I not long redesigned it before abandoning it :( But I am updating <a href="http://bigstompyboot.co.uk/" target="_blank">this blog here</a> -- it has nail polish, as well as things other that aren't nail polish, like SHINY THINGS! GUITARS! GAMING! LIPPIE! STUFF! Give it a follow if you fancy some of that sort of thing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-16366005730187903242012-07-17T15:30:00.000+01:002012-07-17T15:31:23.443+01:00EOTD: I Had A Girl's World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More from the ELF 100 Palette Challenge today, in glorious colour. Thought that I'd be a brave girl today, and really go for colours that I don't wear.</div>
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Blue is a colour that I haven't actually worn since the very early 80s when I had a Girl's World (good god, they still make them).<br />
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The Girl's World came with an horrible rouge and bright pale blue eyeshadow, and I remember slapping in on all over and feeling all grown up and Abba-like, but it looked awful, fucking awful. My mum may have laughed. I don't blame her.</div>
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Today's wonderful colours are all of the ELF palette and are:</div>
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<li>Green <span style="color: #a64d79;">(C7)</span> - good strong green</li>
<li>Orange <span style="color: #a64d79;">(G8)</span> - a face-slapping orange</li>
<li>Lighter Orange <span style="color: #a64d79;">(G3)</span> - weak orange squash</li>
<li>White <span style="color: #a64d79;">(A0)</span> - it's white</li>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Blue (D7)</span> went on over the outer eyelid, crease and outer lower lashline, <span style="color: #a64d79;">green (C7)</span> went on in the inner eyelid and inner lower lashline, and then I slapped a <span style="color: #a64d79;">strong orange (G8)</span> up to the brow bone, blended with some <span style="color: #a64d79;">lighter orange (G3)</span> and finished it off with some <span style="color: #a64d79;">highlighter (A0).</span> Base was Two Faced Shadow Insurance, nowt else.</div>
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Verdict: Well, hello there blue eyeshadow, I'm sorry I ignored you for 30-odd years. Actually, hello colour. Hubby liked it, which is always good as sometimes he comes home at looks at me a bit funny. Will be brave with blue in future.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-71112869060513892182012-07-07T14:11:00.001+01:002012-07-07T14:11:48.023+01:00NOTD: Chromatic Death<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Acquired a bottle of <span style="color: #a64d79;">Nfu.Oh 053</span> some time last year, didn't like it at all for some reason, and it was shoved in a drawer, unworn and unloved, cruelly rejected. </div>
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It quickly settled into the sad polish drawer and made friends with many polishes, it's best mate being <span style="color: #a64d79;">China Glaze Blue Sparrow</span> - a glittery matte blue polish. They hung out together, looking awesome with their bold, glittery blues and rainbow flakies, and plotted a daring escape from the sad polish drawer. </div>
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Plugs of the Day would have been these <span style="color: #a64d79;">Chromatic Death Special Bob Diamond Editions in Barclays Blue</span>, as they went perfectly with the nails. If only they were my plugs. </div>
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But they're not, they're were made for a mate who doesn't want his hairy ears in a nail polish blog, so shall have to make do with the Instgram plugpose pic.
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No, not spark plugs or those handy little electricity interface devices that go in the wall -- plugs for those of you who like wearing big things in your ears.</div>
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Anyway, our little custom plug company is having a little giveaway where you can win a pair of plugs from our range from size 3mm up to 30mm. </div>
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<a href="http://lovelyplugly.com/giveaway" target="_blank">Here's a linky</a>, good luck :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-7222459055678159082012-07-02T19:59:00.000+01:002012-07-07T14:18:22.427+01:00EOTD: Miami Sound Machine Song IN MY HEAD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Doctor Beat. In head. For five days. Doing my nut in.</div>
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This is due to the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Madd Style Dirty Beats</span> eyeshadow that I wore several days ago. It was cute to begin with, "oh, this eyeshadow has put an annoying song in my head, it'll go away soon" but it hasn't. I've even tried my mate's German Industrial music trick but that didn't work.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Fyrinnae Pumpkinfire</span> - Black with glittery sparks of orange. </li>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Dirty Beats</span> on two thirds of lid and outer lower lashline, <span style="color: #a64d79;">Pumpkinfire </span>on outer third of lid and crease. Some random orangey shade went on upto the brow bone and it was all finished off with highlighter, eyeliner and mascara. </div>
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Swatch up right shows off colours and sparkle -- <span style="color: #a64d79;">Dirty Beats</span> on left, <span style="color: #a64d79;">Pumpkinfire </span>in middle and the random orangey shade on the right.</div>
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It looked fab and all that, but sadly the chorus of Doctor Beat remains in my head, like some horrible form of repetitive torture. Might have to dig out the twee 80s Bee Gees songs.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-9964356171637626692012-07-01T20:44:00.000+01:002012-07-01T20:44:25.100+01:00NOTD: A Damn Good Seeing-To<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Got the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Model's Own Beetlejuice</span> polishes aaaaaaages ago and left them in a drawer, all alone and unloved. Thought that it was time to give them a damn good seeing-to, what with being on a duochrome thing at the mo. </div>
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Grabbed the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Pinky Brown</span> at random, looked at it, pulled a bit of a face and layered it on over a plain black polish. Fingle waggling commenced -- hmmm, yes, this is acceptable :)<br />
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Looks a lot like Orly Space Cadet actually, swatched <a href="http://konadabuse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/guitar-hero-metallica-killed-my-nails.html" target="_blank">here</a> (phone-cam pic, OMG you can see my thumb). It's not a dead on dupe as it's more reddy than purpley, but pretty close with that resplendent gold duochrome.</div>
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Stamped over the beautifuly, shimmering colour with some black bendy lines from <span style="color: #a64d79;">Bundlemonster plate BM201</span>, then went over that with some gold stars off a fauxnad plate.</div>
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Plugs of the Day were these test-subject Supernova Remnants that matched up with this nail job quite nicely, outfit of the day was black, as it is every day.</div>
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Keeping this Pinky Brown for further damn good seeing-tos, it's quite nice, innit.</div>
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Today's pigments come from <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/MaddStyle" target="_blank">Madd Style Cosmetics</a> and are: </div>
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Usual base of Two Faced Shadow Insurance and Pixie Epoxy, then <span style="color: #a64d79;">Strange Potion</span> all over up to brow bone, <span style="color: #a64d79;">Dirty Beatz</span> on outer lid and crease and some random pinkish highlighter to finish it off. </div>
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Really have got a crush on the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Strange Potion</span>, very strange as it's not a colour that I would have worn in a million years.<br />
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Quite like it with the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Dirty Beatz</span> as well, but reckon there's something out there that would go with it perfectly. Suppose I'll have to test <i>more</i> eye shadows out to find the perfect match #ohwhatashame. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-13521687483130978952012-06-28T00:34:00.000+01:002012-06-28T00:34:17.284+01:00If You Like It Then You Shoulda Put a Fish On It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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First coat was <span style="color: #a64d79;">La Femme Blue Cream</span> (<a href="http://konadabuse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/80s-bleached-jeans.html" target="_blank">swatched here</a>) which is a nice enough pale blue. Good pigmentation, shame about the formula but it is dirt cheap.</div>
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Second coat was <span style="color: #a64d79;">Laura Paige 64 Limited Edition</span>, a shimmering blue with iridescent sparkles. Looks lovely in the bottle but is impossibly sheer when worn on it's own. It would be badass over black. Not so good over the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Blue Cream</span>, though, the iridescent sparkle didn't show up :(</div>
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Then I put a fish on it. Not sure why.</div>
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It's OK and all that, but there's something about it that I'm just not sure about. Did mattify it to see if there was any improvement but it just ended up looking like that old lino you get in 80s hospitals, all pale blue with little twinkles that seem out of place.</div>
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Plugs of the day were glittery blue thingies, very cheap but very cheerful. Prefer these to the polish job.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-49893568279509515462012-06-24T00:25:00.000+01:002012-06-24T00:25:04.690+01:00EOTD: O Green World<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Was going to do a green and plum thing today but didn't have a good enough plum :( Must sort that out. Went for a green and black glittery thang instead and used:</div>
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Hifi Cosmetics Damned Soul</span> - Black base with green and holographic glitter, oh my. </li>
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Been trying to track down my dad's old Dodge van to use as a new studio. Found out that it got scrapped in 1999 :(
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Have noticed that when I don't watch England play they win. Spent the England game photoshopping plugs onto various celebrities to see who looked the best. Gregg Wallace won, as did England.<br />
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There was sun, real sun, this week, it was amazing. The dog was most pleased.
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Alan Johnson's stripey patterned shirt literally broke the laptop, permanently rendering the screen all blotchy and green. Knew there was a reason why I shouldn't watch This Week.</div>
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Might get a pizza, you know.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-12870638603411338502012-06-22T00:17:00.000+01:002012-06-23T01:24:12.024+01:00NOTD: Dragonforce<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Today we shall continue yesterday's adventures in colour clashing and untrieds, where the <span style="color: #a64d79;">China Glaze Watermelon Rind</span> has been Konaded and then ruined to bits by silly hands and a Sony Ericsson mobile phone ... </div>
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That there on the right is yesterdays wonderful tealy-green covered in another untried, a Konading and some other stuff. The untried here is <span style="color: #a64d79;">Urban Decay Bruise</span> - a shimmering green on a reddish plum base. I don't like this polish at all, it's gone on a test nail and I've looked at it and gone D: but it does work nicely over a lighter green base. It goes into an almost duochrome of green and purple, it's pretty meow.</div>
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The nails were Konaded using a scaley pattern from <a href="http://www.magnonails.de/shop/Nail-Stamping/Stamping-Schablonen/XL-Schablone/XL-Stamping-Schablone-D.html" target="_blank">Magnonails Big Plate D</a> and topcoated with a franken that, if memory serves, contained a Pearl-Ex colour and Chromaflair or a Konfusion pigment -- it was made ages ago and I'm a bit gutted that I can't remember exactly what went in it :(</div>
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Came out nicely and am a bit loved-up with the whole look. It varies from a deep emerald-green to teal to blue to purple and it's like a an awesome dragon of colour. The whole look was accompanied by a biomechanical dragon-claw ring and I went off on a new adventure of not trashing my nails.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-63039115072336067562012-06-21T00:06:00.001+01:002012-06-23T01:24:48.577+01:00NOTD: Quickest Trash-job EVAH<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Thought I'd go through an adventure of clashing colours and untrieds today, an adventure of <span style="color: #a64d79;">China Glaze Watermelon Rind</span>. </div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Watermelon Rind</span> is a gorgeous glass-flecked tealy-green and it went on like a dream. Three coats did the job nicely and it was deemed as, "ooh, nice". It does look like the type to stain though, and I put two coats of base coat on, because it's taken me yonks to get the nails unstained again.</div>
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I can't go on about the longetivity of the polish as it got all ruined and divoty about five minutes after I'd finished top-coating the resplendent Konad-job. By picking up a phone. Didn't even get photos of it, this must be my record time for nail trashing ever and it kinda put a dampner on the whole clashing colour and untrieds adventure thing.<br />
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For a while, anyway, have since done a triumphant fix that's gone on the Instagram (with some mental filtering & contrasting). Shall do a post about it tomorrow because most of this post was written before the triumphant fix and I can't be arsed to rewrite it all right now :)<br />
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Plugs of the Day weren't plugs at all, they were rather hawt spirals worn though the horrible eBay silicone tunnels, and the hair wasn't quite as <b style="color: magenta;">HELLO I AM PINK</b> today, so it wasn't all bad.<br />
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Had a hair incident today with the hair dye and my pastel pink hair is now considerably brighter than it should be at the ends. I feel too old for bright hair and want my pastel old lady hair back. Wearing a hat. </div>
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Thought that I'd make the best of a bad situation and did my eyes to match using a combo of shadows from Fyrinnae and the ELF 100 colour palette:</div>
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Chaotic Evil was applied all over the lid and lower lashline over a base of Two-Faced Shadow Insurance and Pixie Epoxy. The dark plum went on corner, crease and outer lashline, shimmery pink went up to the brow bone and the matt white was used in the corner of the inner lid and around the duct and as a highlighter.</div>
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Found some unopened MUA Liquid Eyeliner, gave that a go and found it smooth to apply and well-pigmented, good show MUA. Not sure which mascara was worn but it probably came from Boots or Superdrug.</div>
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Don't know why the plum comes out a bit orange in the photos -- it's a bit darker and richer than it looks. The Chaotic Evil doesn't look as sparkly either, so I've done a swatch on the left there - Chaotic Evil on the left, dark plum middle, shimmery pink right.<br />
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Picked up some of this Barry M Mock Croc stuff over the weekend and thought that it might look nice. With something. Fancied some glitter but didn't because I'm already perma-covered with it, and couldn't be arsed with the removal.</div>
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Plan B was pink, and it's one from the chemist - Laura Paige 26 Limited Edition (orginally swatched <a href="http://konadabuse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/hello-kitty-skull-crossbones.html" target="_blank">here</a>). Put two coats of this on, horribly application, then slapped some of the Barry M Mock Croc stuff over it to hide the rubbishness. It came out ... interestingly with the little finger looking the best out of the lot.</div>
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Wasn't too keen on this combo at all, but it did have promise. Attempted a fix with some fine silver glitter and <i>that </i>looked a bit nicer, then chucked some ELF matte top coat over it. Much better. Quite like it now, but won't be mega-disappointed when it chips. </div>
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Plugs of the Day were abstract orchid ones because I seem to lack a good amount of pink things to stick in my ears. Remedying this.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-67721316572233042442012-06-18T00:23:00.000+01:002012-06-23T01:26:21.348+01:00The Return of the ELF Palette Challenge<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Some more <span style="color: #a64d79;">Mid Blurple</span> was blended in with the crease up to the brow then some <span style="color: #a64d79;">J1 Light Silver</span> was used as a highlighter.</div>
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Lashings of mascara went on after that, and lots of black eyeliner because these purpley blues and silvers seriously gave me some zombie eyes. Scary.</div>
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The blurple nails are still going, and I didn't want to be sporting blurple eyes three days on the trot so went for some brown.</div>
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Yes brown. I really, really like brown eyeshadow. And gold, for that matter. Can't stand either of them on my nails but I'm quite happy to get the old brown and gold eyeshadows and slap them on like a bastard.</div>
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Selected brown and gold eyeshadows were both from Fyrinnae and were:</div>
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Newcastle </span>- a shimmertastic gold that looks almost olive at some angles. </li>
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Usual base (Two Faced Shadow Insurance and Pixie Epoxy) with lots of <span style="color: #a64d79;">Steampunk </span>being applied over the entire lid, crease and outer lower lashline, with the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Newcastle </span>blending things up to the brow bone and inner lower lashline. </div>
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Both of them are fantastic colours but I'm not really sure about the Newcastle <i>with </i>the Steampunk, should have gone for a warmer, pinkier gold really but I don't seem to have one.</div>
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Plugs of the day were my 8mm lucky plugs worn through those cheap silicone tunnels off eBay to give them an extra lease of life as they're way too small. Would normally wear these Stevenage FC are playing but it's off season and luck is always nice. Plus I haven't got anything that matches ...</div>
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Would like to finish off by saying, if someone said to me tomorrow, "oi, you've got to marry an eyeshadow" I would pick Steampunk, it's fucking amazing <3</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-70701739069545700062012-06-16T00:32:00.001+01:002012-06-17T00:09:17.416+01:00Radiohead at Glastonbury '97 on BBC Four NOW<div style="text-align: justify;">
Tis an awesome set, you should watch it.<br />
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I quite possibly have the most boring <a href="http://followgram.me/lovelyplugly" target="_blank">Instagram </a>in the world, but I'm posting stuff as it will break up the content a bit, I've done a stylesheet for it and I fancy a ride on a bandwagon :)<br />
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This is what England vs Sweden looked like on BBC Player. Naturally, it was once of those rare and interesting England games with goals and an English win. That we missed. Sigh. Should really get round to sorting out an aerial.
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It's been raining pretty solidly this week, even the dog's fed up with it. He just sits about these days, looking wistfully at the window but he's SOL.<br />
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Our studio developed a leak and flooded this week which was a pain in the arse, but at least this little pond skater fella got a new home.
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New business cards turned up this week, did my nails to match :3</div>
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Would have been maybe a tiny bit more interesting if Prince Phillip hadn't blown us all out on Thursday, wanted a picture of him THROWING THE HORNS \m/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-37050816903764691642012-06-15T00:38:00.000+01:002012-06-23T01:27:43.045+01:00Madd Eyed Screamer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqt6GhO54i6uoj1YE6GhWgLxWcTGXk9r9jV2L1Efn9-RLzFHlXmrWvd2bXXfvNgwR4h2xcIrXm-UzHiUX-oLq6OEZfUR0aOy7oHevCHSe836nhH3N9U2wWAFB4GKNOnT_9achnDi-pYT3S/s1600/madd-glitter-and-doom-tarasula-xray-spex.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="250" width="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqt6GhO54i6uoj1YE6GhWgLxWcTGXk9r9jV2L1Efn9-RLzFHlXmrWvd2bXXfvNgwR4h2xcIrXm-UzHiUX-oLq6OEZfUR0aOy7oHevCHSe836nhH3N9U2wWAFB4GKNOnT_9achnDi-pYT3S/s400/madd-glitter-and-doom-tarasula-xray-spex.jpg" /></a>
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Exclusively using <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/MaddStyle" target="_blank">Madd Style's</a> glittery gorgeousness today. </div>
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<li><span style="color: #a64d79;">Taransula</span> (black with green and pink glitter) - outer lid and crease.</li>
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Didn't go with anything on the water-line because it puts about 10 years on me as well which isn't a good thing. But it looks better in the photos -- do I go for better looking photos or squinty eyes like <a href="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01157/wife-380_1157232a.jpg" target="_blank">Chris Skudder</a> (sports reporter on Sky News. <i>Awful </i>squinter.)?<br />
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Did put some Xray Spex on the lashline as it makes my eyes look a bit more awake (hahahaha), and maybe even distracts a wee bit from the dark shadows under the eyes. I hope.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-92020015330299334692012-06-14T02:04:00.001+01:002012-06-23T01:28:43.270+01:00And Now A Lack of Sleep<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Can't sleep at all at the mo, so thought that I'd play around with the design of the blog and do my nails at the same time. Quite surprised the nails didn't get wrecked, what with the frustration of dealing with the possessed trackpad on the laptop and mindlessly grabbing cups of tea.</div>
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Wearing OPI Ink Suede today because it goes with me new plugs. Came out a bit blue in the pics because my newer, lovely camera that I deeply love and adore doesn't like purple all that much. There's a more accurate swatch <a href="http://konadabuse.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/brett-andersons-slightly-annoying-voice.html" target="_blank">here</a> if that tickles yer fancy.</div>
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The Ink didn't go on terribly well because it's been sitting around for a year and was a bit goopy so the Konad stuff got dusted off and I made a mess.<br />
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Went over the nails with black special polish and plate BM201, decided it was a bit boring and wanted flowers as well, and went for the dangly flowery things on GCOCL plate K03. Boring old top coat that came from the pound shop finished it off nicely.<br />
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Be a shame to ruin it tomorrow.<br />
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So I got some time today to do a quick pink and red EOTD that made me happy face, so I'm posting it.<br />
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Inner lid and lower lashline:<i> <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/maddstyle" target="_blank">Madd Style</a> Strange Potion - a blooming gorgeous shimmergasm of peach pink.</i><br />
Crease, outer lid: <i><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/hificosmetics" target="_blank">Hi-Fi Cosmetics</a> A Vampire Scorned - shiny spectacular brick red.</i><br />
Brow Bone: <i>pale pink highlighter from that massive ELF pallette. </i><br />
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Usual base of Two Faced Shadow Insurance and Pixie Epoxy. Did chuck some glitter on there as well but it looked rubbish TBH. Now it just looks scary, but a nice scary. <br />
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Have to say that I really miss blogging but I'm not getting any time at all since proper starting up <a href="http://lovelyplugly.com/" target="_blank">Lovely Plugly</a> (we're a business now, got a company cheque book and everyfink), no time for nails (but they're knackered at the moment anyway), no time for blog stuff, certainly no time for Assassin's Creed: Revelations which has been in my 360 since March or thereabouts. <br />
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I will be posting pretty pictures of nails and EOTDs on the <a href="http://followgram.me/lovelyplugly" target="_blank">Lovely Plugly Instagram</a> (not really a pimpage thing, well, maybe, it does have <i>some </i>pics of plugs on it, but mainly its glitter and cats and macro shots of flowers). Would do a seperate account but I can't be arsed with faffing about with multiple accounts anymore and, as I am no longer in the fabulous world of computery disaster management, I don't really have to have multiple accounts anymore. Result :)<br />
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Thought I would revist the 80s by bleaching the very life out of my hair (and the Crazy Colour Fire) and it went a bit wrong (sort of). It's not that it went completely wrong, per se, it just wasn't what I was anticipating -- I was hoping for a lovely, uniform blonde with no silly colours in, but it's now white blonde with pink and peach streaks. Observe.<br />
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I loves it, I do, sorta (still wearing a hat) and, as an added bonus, it gave me a chance to restart the ELF Challenge as I fancied eyes that matched the hair. Didn't have spreadsheet available, so no idea whether I've used these.<br />
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Applied the usual base of Two Faced Shadow Insurance, then slapped on some of the A3
(yellowy) over the lid. Some F5 (purpley brown) went over crease and
outer eyelid, bit of E1 over the F5 up to the browbone, then some more
A3 as a highlighter.<br />
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Colours look rubbish on the photo, but they were
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-76045052370513824682012-04-07T19:35:00.000+01:002012-04-07T19:35:36.117+01:00My Creme Egg Was StolenAnd I was looking forward to that all day after a hard day's coding.<br />
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Sigh.<br />
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Anyway, I've had a chance to do somthing with my nails as they're in a right state and need colour and care and attention instead of the horrible, horrible treatment I've been giving them.
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Started off with a base off Opi Ink Suede, then some Max Factor Fantasy Fire, then some NYX purple glitter stuff, more Fantasy Fire, more glitter, cup of tea then put a little decal of a butterfly and flower on. Top-coat on, bish-bosh, I am now going to kill the bastard who stole my Creme Egg with my pretty, pretty nails.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-5911148161200641272012-02-16T20:55:00.002+00:002012-02-16T20:55:40.810+00:00Boo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-45795083518134375862011-10-28T15:20:00.000+01:002011-10-28T15:20:20.034+01:00EOTD: ELF Challenge: Pink Fr-eye-day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We are having a<span style="color: #a64d79;"> Pink Friday</span> today which called for some pink eyes. Couldn't do nails as it wouldn't have worked with the title of this post, and I'm still enjoying rocking the <span style="color: #a64d79;">Claire's Accessories Mystery Metallic Purple.</span></div>
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Never a great fan of pinky-pink eyes as they make me look really, really ill, which kinda defeats the point of wearing make-up in the first place. I want to get away from teh ills, not look at the bastards.
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Half-asleep in this picture. TBH, I was half-asleep when I put it all on, and I'm still half-asleep now.</div><br />
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Started off with the usual <span style="color: #a64d79;">Two-Faced Shadow Insurance</span> (which I use, like, all the time so I'm not sure why it's being mentioned in every post) and a base of <span style="color: #a64d79;">NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk</span> over the lid, crease and lower lash-line.</div>
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Eyeshadow <span style="color: #a64d79;">H0 (pale peachy pink)</span> was applied all over and around the duct (didn't show up much, though), <span style="color: #a64d79;">E1 (pink)</span> went onto the centre of lid, crease and lower lash-line and <span style="color: #a64d79;">F2 (purpley-pink)</span> went onto the outer lid, crease and lower lash-line. As mentioned earlier, this pinky-pink look makes me look really ill, so I went over the crease with some <span style="color: #a64d79;">F1 (purple)</span> and it looked a bit better. I expect to ruin/improve this look a bit later on by having a snooze and smearing it all over the place. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122440232965465931.post-71227045386135494092011-10-27T14:42:00.000+01:002011-10-27T14:42:16.082+01:00EOTD: ELF Challenge: Playing With Purple<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh sod it, lets do me eyes to match my nails (and shirt) then take photos of it and include it as part of the ELF 100 Colour Palette Challenge. Yeah, content, baby.<br />
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Shall be using colours<span style="color: #a64d79;"> B6 (goldy-brown)</span>, <span style="color: #a64d79;">F0 (lilac)</span> and<span style="color: #a64d79;"> F3 (mid-purple)</span> for this (click on pic on left for bigger colour reference dooberry).<br />
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Bit messy but I do like this</div><br />
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Started off with some of the lovely Two-Face Shadow Insurance primer and a base of NYX Jumbo Stick in Milk. <span style="color: #a64d79;">B6 (goldy-brown)</span> was applied in the inner eyelid, then <span style="color: #a64d79;">F0 (lilac)</span> got patted onto the centre of the eyelid. <span style="color: #a64d79;">F3 (mid-purple)</span> went onto the outer lid and crease, and was blended in with the<span style="color: #a64d79;"> B6 (goldy-brown) </span>with some more <span style="color: #a64d79;">F0 (lilac)</span>. Could have done a better job of the blending really, looks a bit messy but it was early. I'm not an early person.<br />
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This is a colour-combo that normally wouldn't have been worn but will be again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0