So glitterflakes, its about that time where I make a post and apologise for not updating...
But I have AMAZING NEWS!
So we all know I have an obsession with anything glittery because lets face it, I am a magpie when it comes to shiny things. So you can imagine what I'm like with glitter.
And we all know that I love Katy Perry. K-Pez is love, I'm currently listening to the TGIF remix on repeat as I type. I was the geek who was awake a hour before Katy Perry tickets were released and abusing the refresh button 5 minutes before to ensure standing tickets for a group of us to go (in fancy dress of course) in October. I also dressed up as a Candyfornia queen last hallowe'en complete with multicolored twizzler crown, which was sealed with a glitter laced varnish and really motherbluffin heavy on your head... but it was worth it!
So when Katy Perry and OPI announced the California Gurls line, I ran after college to the local Sallys and bought one of every color. This was of course after nearly dying inside when I could only spy the mini sets and was holding it in my hand thinking, should I get this? The girl then politely informed me the full set bottles were beside the tillpoints and I genuinely don't think they had seen anybody set down a set and zoom to the tills as fast in their life.
So the colors were:
Not Like The Movies: a gorgeous grey, pearlescent polish that both looked romantic, with the pearl sheen giving off beautiful peacock tones.
The One That Got Away: a berry pinky red with micro glitter flakes to give a more glossy shine.
Last Friday Night: a pale wash blue with glitter.
Teenage Dream: Baby pink with craploads of glitter, larger holographic glitter and for a change, more glitter!
I won't lie, Last Friday Night kinda disappointed me. I think it was supposed to have the same effect as Teenage Dream does, but the blue wash is the most dominant feature of the polish. Even to use more coats of the polish, you can still see your nail underneath, so it just means that to use it, I'd need a color underneath it (handy when you live in a room beside Neverland Nails). The One That Got Away is a funky one for a night out, but I haven't really got to use it yet so I don't have a lot to say about it yet. I love love love Not Like The Movies because its a charmeleon polish, it can look like a romantic dove-grey color and then manipulate it with the lighting in the room to give the right sheen for you. However, the star of the show for me is Teenage Dream. Two coats of this baby and your nails are completely saturated in glitter. Perfect for me. This polish also is the perfect color as a 'nude' pink. I use the word 'nude' very loosely as it is more my skintone than a traditional 'nude'. My workplace doesn't appreciate bright nail colors and I was able to wear this for 3 weeks running. It blends in whilst still saying, 'BAM! Look at me, I'm really glittery!'
Now as I type this post, I'm sitting in Spain on my holidays. Dad has gone out for the morning, I was supposed to go with him but due to the heat in the apartment, I only got around 2 hours sleep and requested to stay behind and sleep for another few hours. Now, I was walking around the Estapona port market on Sunday (yesterday) and my shoulders had gotten some sun and the extremely hot day just cooked my sunscreened shoulders to a crisp, so I am sitting indoors with the windows open and will head down to the pool later and go for a cooldown (with a tshirt covering my still pink shoulders). So heres a tip when you go on holiday - you can get burnt through your clothes so if you remotely think it will be burnt, protect yourself!!!
So I arrived on Wednesday and I had already informed my poor dad that I was taking him to a makeup store that I don't have back at home. Sephora. I'd only ever heard of Sephora's and leaped at the chance to visit it. However, I bargained with myself, if you can get it back home then don't buy it. So as I stepped into the store, I heard the little voice in my head screaming as I looked at the makeup. The voice also screamed as I picked up a lovely MakeUp Forever buttercup yellow eyeliner, "Not at that price you don't!!!" The euro exchange to my stirling pound is a pound for a euro, and the eyeliner cost over 20 euro. So I glumly set it back and then I saw it.
The Too-Faced stand is something I look at back home as well, after becoming a huge fan of their 'Glitter Glue' eye primer. You can click here to see my video review of it. I looked at their loose glitters, which are expensive but pretty. Beside it was a range of glitter eyeliners I hadn't seen before and there she sat in her tester glory. The Two-Faced Starry-Eyed liquid eyeliner in Mad Mad Love. I instantly loved it because it was called Starry-Eyed and I thought of my favourite Ellie Goulding song 'Starry Eyed'. But Mad Mad Love was the exact match to Teenage Dream! I felt my hand creep to my wallet and the rest was history...
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So I've been home for over a week and I've worn the eyeliner into work once. I got a lot of compliments about how pretty and subtle it was, as it was glittery without being very 'in-your-face' and because it was quite pale, it helped show up the little tan I had earned whilst making my 'lets-look-more-awake' makeup a bit less boring and a bit more Jordana :)
I failed to mention previously about the brush I purchased in Sephora too - it reminds me of a eyeshadow sponge applicator tip but instead of it being sponge, its silicone… whats this for I hear you say… its for glitter! I know, genius! Plus, it was only 9 euro - total bargain for something I'll be using time and time again!
Also, I hit up the duty free on the way home and purchased MAC 'Lucky Green' and the limited edition Wonder Woman line of loose pigments by MAC in 'Marine Ultra' - just because it was pretty :D
Until next time Glitterflakes :)
