Orly Space Cadet

Oh my! Oh my!
What a polish!

I just couldn't wait to try it on....
What an amazing and unique shade!

Reminds me a certain type of beetle, that when hit by sunlight, shows different metallic shades...just gorgeous!

green, purple and golden shimmer

For sure my polish this weekend!

(and already thinking of getting a back up)

This is my second Orly bottle and again the formula goes on the runny side, but 3 coats get the job done and dries up quick and completely opaque.

How do you like it?

Besos,

Brenda

Pakketje! Pakketje!

Mr. Postman is spoiling me this week!
I got a package from USA today.

I ordered at NailEtc.com 3 polishes I wanted for a while.
My friends gave me on my birthday a very generous envelope with money (it's dutch thing giving money as present).
They know how crazy I'm about polishes and make up, so they gave me the option to buy whatever I want...(I have the best friends ever!)

This time I picked:

China Glaze Millenium

I was in need of a silver khrome polish, since lately I'm into Konad (well Bundle Monster, I only own one Konad plate) I saw in many blogs that khromes are good for Konading and between my white, black, orange, green and yellow Konad polishes I was getting a bit bored.

OPI Designer Series Extravaganza

My first DS bottle, I've been looking like crazy for DS Desire, but haven't been lucky...this one is a gorgeous holographic fuschia with shimmer...

Orly Space Cadet

this polish really blew my mind away...there is no way to explain exactly which color is, but you have shades of green and purple with bit of golden/bronze shimmer, it's just amazing.
Never seen a polish like that before, and for sure will get at least one more color from the same collection.

Depending on the light conditions you get a different shade from this bottle, can't wait to try it on...


How do you like my picks?

Besos,

Brenda

You don't know Jacques Suede + Konad

Finally I got in the mail my bottle of OPI You don't know Jacques Suede version.
It's the first of that finish I own and I'm in love.
It needed only one coat to be completely opaque and dried very quick.

The downside of Suede finishes as well as Matte is that they get "shinny" quite fast.
You cannot use lotions and they wear off quicker than regular finish.

This polish is different from the regular version of You don't know Jacques, it's a golden brown tone with a gorgeous shimmer, beautiful in suede finish as with topcoat on.

I wanted to make this mani a bit more fancy and I decided to do some konad on it

I love how it looks like black lace over a piece of golden fabric...

I used:
Nail Tek Foundation II as Base Coat
You don't know Jacques Suede as Base Color
Konad Stamping Polish in Black pearl ( the flash makes it look blue)
Bundle Monster Plate nr. 20
Seche Vite as Topcoat

Besos,

Brenda

Konad-licious HUGE Give Away!!!!

Konad-licious is hosting an amazing 1,000 subbies give away

Lots of gorgeous polishes, Minx nails, Facial Mask, make up, nail tools, a Konad Plate, Lashes and Chocolate....
what else a girl could possibly need?

You can enter here:

http://konadlicious.blogspot.com/2011/01/konadlicious-huge-1000-follower.html

Good luck everyone!!!

Besos,

Brenda

Hey Mr. Postman...

I'm pretty sure you love finding packages as much as I do!

I received 2 today, so double fun!!!!

The first one is from ELF Cosmetics UK

My order consisted of:

Lip Stain in Mysterious (pinkish nude color)
Nail Polish in Metal Madness (gunmetal with tiny specs)
Angled contour brush (wanted the stippling brush, but they were out)
Pressed Powder in Almond (run out of mine a while ago)

They had a special offer on the Facebook fan page, so I got free shipping and the new Make Up Mist and Set for free when ordering 10 sterling pounds or more (excl. shipping costs).

The second package was local, I ordered at Boozyshop.
Since I couldn't find the stippling brush from ELF and mine is asking for early retirement (is shedding like hell) I decided to purchase my first Sigma brush.

I wanted the Flat Top Kabuki but they only had the Round Top Kabuki, so I'm very curious how good it is, for sure is soooooft! (L)

Also I got a Burt's Bees Lemon Butter Cuticle Cream...

I' really going nutts...my cuticles are so dry that I don't know what to do anymore!!!
Read good reviews on this one...fingers crossed!!


Can't wait to try all the goodies!!!

Which have you tried or want to try too?

Besos,

Brenda

Girly Addictions blog Give-Away Gosh Polishes!!!!

Martje is hosting a new give-away of Gosh Holographic and Gosh Fix Base as prizes!

You can enter here!

http://girly-addictions.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-give-away-gosh-holobase-coat.html

Good luck everyone!

Brenda

How to lose a guy in 10 Makeup Mistakes

I just saw this video in Marlena's Youtube channel MakeupGeekTV and I had to share it with you!

Which is your make up mistake?
Mine the eyebrows...i barely have them so they always look "fake" no matter what I use...
well...no one is perfect, right?
hahahahaha
Enjoy!

Besos,

Brenda

Early Birthday Present...

I had a loooooooooooooooooooong day at work...

Finally made it home and a mistery box was waiting for me...

When I read who was the sender...I knew I will have a warm cozy moment opening it and I know this is going to be more a personal than a beauty related post...

In one week is my birthday! I'm turning 28 (getting closer to the scary 30's LOL)

The package came from special people...

My dutch family, the one who brought me to Holland in september 2007...

I was a nanny for 3 years and not a common one.

I was a nanny for 9 special and beautiful kids...

Furry and feathery ones...

Yes! I was a pet nanny!

(told you! not a common one!)

I was 25 years old and my first time out of my country.

They were looking for an animal crazy person...

and they found me!
(how to resist this crazy bunch?!)

They opened for me the doors of their home and shared with me the fun and love of living in a never boring - never hair free house

I spent 3 years taking care of this beautiful souls...
each of them, with a special thing that makes them just unforgettable to me...

Elvis

those cheeky eyes say it all...

Takka

a sweet old soul

 

Houston

love translated in hair and drool

Spock

our handsome explorer

Spence

oh Spencie...the cat I will marry...my baby boy...those blue eyes got me at hello..

 

Pookie

our fighter, i think he is going for 17 years ( he has made a pact with the devil and for sure will go to my funeral...)

Sophie

little diva, came to Holland in first class from L.A.

Macy

stray girl, who came once in the house...and never left again...

 

Summer

(this is an old photo, she is now a grown girl, full of energy)

and the proud parents of this cool bunch
Karine and Hajo

(this is when they took me ice skating for the first time in my life)

As the note included stated, all of them, including the 9 furry kids chipped in.

All my so loved (and missed) critters broke their piggy banks to send me all this goodies I'm gonna share with you...

I'm spoiled, because they know what I like and they got it for me (L)

TRESsemme Heat Tamer Spray

can't wait to try it....read great reviews on it

KISS French Manicure Kit

KISS Nail Artist Kit

Dead Sea Spa Day Cream

Keune Hair Wax

John Frieda's Frizz Easy serum

And Nicole by OPI 2 lacquer pack!!!...

My first Nicole polishes ever....

I'm gonna enjoy so much trying all this nice things you got me.

And remembering all those good times we spent all together...

Thank you guys and Miss you lots!

Besos,

Brenda




ps...thinking also of the other critters of the old neighborhood....Max, Diesel, Prada, Chesto...
miss them all too

here I'm with Max