Manicure Monday: Easter/Spring Inspired Nails

Heeeeeello Monday!  Hope all is well for you. I'm having a magnificent day...even though it's Monday. I know, I know, hard to believe.

This week's manicure is Easter and Spring inspired. I cannot honestly say this is my best work yet, or I am super proud of them, but it is what it is. It is not a total disappointment, but they didn't come out according to what I had planned and expected. I really hate to show you all less than perfect works, but there's no time to re-do them. I do sincerely apologize for that. I might do another set sometime later in the week, if I do, you'll betcha I'll post about it.

Top is Left Hand, Bottom is Right Hand

Left Hand
Thumb - a chick hatched with egg fragments
Index (Pointer) - an Easter egg design (Nicole by OPI Roughles in On What Grounds?)
Middle - meadow with tall green grass, blue skies and white fluffy clouds
Ring - another Easter egg design
Pinkie - yet another Easter egg

Right Hand
Thumb - white bunny
Index (Pointer) - biggo carrot (for the bunny to bunch on)
Middle - basket with eggs
Ring - an Easter egg design
Pinkie - green grass field with Easter eggs scattered about

Remember the mini-haul post from Saturday? I had purchased a nail art express dry drops from Essence. I was rather skeptical about their claims of "drying the nails within seconds". I was able to put this to the real test. The results?... Amazing job! Two thumbs up! It literally took like two seconds after the droplets touched the nails. It was like, drop, touch, wooosh, dried! It was the most amazing thing I've tried. Love. It.

2-thumbs up, if I had more thumbs, they'll all be up!

I highly recommend this to anyone looking for cheap dry drops, fast drying nail drops, anything to speed up the drying of the manicure. It is ONLY $2,99 at Ulta.

I really hope you all enjoyed this post. Will you be doing your nails today?  Do you plan on doing Easter nails?

As always, thank you for your visit and thanks for reading! :)

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Man Crush Monday, K-Pop Idol Edition

INFINITE's Kim Sunggyu - Idol, Singer & Dancer ; 24 Years Old

Okay....I can literally go on for pages and pages with this guy. I don't like to say it because I really don't believe there should be a bias in K-Pop, everyone is different, they all have their own charms, beauty and colors. That should not be compared and be rated. Even though I do not like this whole ultimate bias, I do have to say that of all the idols and Korean artists, old and new, I have this special bond with this Gyu Hamster here. He's often chosen last in attractiveness within his group,h is small eyes are apparently his down fall, his lack of energy, his age... It all does not matter to me. To ME, he is the most gorgeous  person I've ever seen. His eyes give him a mysterious vibe, his smile can seriously light up the room, his passion and love for what he does and his responsibility as a leader and love and care he has for his members. This is not to mention his intelligence and quick wit. He is sexy, manly, cute, adorable, everything rolled into one. This man here...this oppa is (dare I say) my ultimate bias...if there were to be one.

Please do NOT get me wrong. I have a special bond with him does NOT mean I only have him in my heart. With K-Pop, one cannot simply have a heart for one. 2PM, MBLAQ, BEAST, SS501, U-Kiss, CN Blue, BAP, SHINee, Infinite, VIXX, EXO,  BTS, GOT7...first gen idols, second gen idols, rookies and all, I love every single one of them. Because... K-Pop is life.

March iPsy Bag: Destination Beauty Update

Oh my goodness, March kinda just flew by didn't it? I blame it on being sick also...that took away two weeks of mine. But anyways, here we go with March iPsy Bag update. I do apologize that it is a very late update, but it's barely April 2nd...so it 's forgiven??? :D

Last month's iPsy Bag is called Destination Beauty, very Spring and Spring Break related. So here goes...

bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Get Ready
I have never used a bareMinerals lip product before, so going in to use this, I had no reference or expectations. I stated last time that this shade was a little too dark than what I normally wear. However, the shade came out a tad lighter than seen from the tube. It's much more pinkier than expected. The lipstick feels so nice on my lips, long-wearing yet still moisturizing. I haven't worn this lipstick long enough to be able to tell you anything. I will continue to wear this lipstick and do a later post about it From what I've experienced though, I really like it, but I don't know if it's worth $18... There are a few drugstore lipsticks for half that price with similar formula. But more on that later.

Be A Bombshell Eyeshadow Quad in Bora Bora
Can I please get a round of applause for this quad?! The shades are beautiful, the formula amazing, the quality awesome, it's also compact and travel-friendly. It is a quad, with four beautiful shade that can easily give you a smokey eye to a light daytime look and one bright color, perfect for Spring. I don't want to say much about this quad right now because I plan on doing a more in-dept post with swatches on a later post. I will say this though, I really like the texture and formula of these eyeshadows. It's very buttery and soft, easy to pick up on the brush, not as much fall outs and very pigmented. They are priced at $16 from their site, and I would buy another quad...but I'm already..fully stocked.

Pacifica Body Butter in Indian Coconut Nectar
This body butter kinda sneakily grew on me. I'm not so much in love with the formula as I am in love with the scent. My gosh...the scent is like "music to your nose". Hahaha. I've been using this body butter either right after exiting the shower or right before bed. I usually don't put on lotion during the day time, unless it's in the middle of summer or my skin really, really needs it...and it shows. It is doing a fine job keeping my skin super moisturized. It is fast absorbent and doesn't leave my skin greasy or sticky, which is a HUGE no-no for me. It also doesn't feel heavy on my skin, like most body butter does. Like I said, I have nothing but good things to say about this body butter; I'd definitely purchase another bottle once I use this one up. I see it sold at Target...I wanna say Walmart too, but I'm not entirely sure, but Target is 100%. If you're looking for an (above) average body butter and/or crazy about smelling super nice, then I recommend this Indian Coconut Nectar body butter to you.

Nicole by OPI Roughles in On What Grounds?
Unfortunately I have not gotten around to use this polish yet. So I am unable to give you an in-depth review and opinion besides the fact I really, truly love this shade. I also like the fact that it is textured, very different from my other polishes. I will indeed get around to this very soon, so please look forward to a Manicure Monday post soon.

And that concludes the updates for March iPsy Bag. Hope you enjoyed it. I will definitely do a more in-depth post regarding the bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie and Be A Bombshell Eyeshadow Quad, so look out for that.

Thank you for visiting and thanks for reading. :)

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Woman Crush Wednesday, Korean Edition

NS Yoon-G - Singer ; 25 Years Old 

**I have been obsessing over her lately...you can probably tell from yesterday's post.**

March iPsy Bag: Destination Beauty

Hello, hello there! I am feeling much, much better today. I can breathe through my nose!! Thank goodness. To further make my day better, my March iPsy bag came in the mail. Gahhhh! Loving what I see already. This month's theme is Spring/Spring Break related, called Destination Beauty. Love it!

In this month's bag:
bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Get Ready (Deluxe Sample)
Nicole by OPI Roughles in On What Grounds? (Full Size)
Be A Bombshell Eyeshadow Quad in Bora Bora (Full Size)
Pacifica Body Butter in Indian Coconut Nectar (Full Size)

I first heard about Be A Bombshell from iPsy when it was included in one of my bag early on. I forget what exactly what that fateful first product was, but I remembered I loved it. Within the 28 iPsy bags I have received, I know own about five or six Be A Bombshell products. I can honestly say that this brand has never disappointed me, whether it's blush, liquid eyeliner or even lip gloss. That's saying a lot. My heart literally skipped a beat when I saw the Bora Bora Quad. I really hope the quality is as great as how beautiful it looks. Cannot wait to try them. 

bareMinerals has a special place in my heart, it was the first brand of make up I was ever gifted. It was looong ago, but I still have them, for the sake of the memories. Since then, I have bought and own a couple of their products. I don't really use them as much anymore, mainly cause I keep forgetting about them. But ya know what? Natural face is the Spring trend, I think I'll pull them out and use them again. Perfect! As for their lip products, I have never tried them out even though I've heard good things about them. I'm actually excited to use this cute sample. The shade is a little dark from what I usually wear, but it'll fun.

Love nail polishes! I will take any nail polish iPsy will throw at me, whether new brands or brands I already adore to pieces. Thank goodness they chose to throw at me Nicole By OPI this time. I'm getting mixed reviews about this Roughles (Ruffles) though, but nothing beats trying it out for yourself. I'm all about experimenting and I've been obsessing over textures lately. Plus, the color is G.O.R.G.eous, definitely perfect for Spring. Win-Win-Win situation if you ask me.

Pacifica, I can't say I am deeply in love with this brand, but I don't hate it. It's just another body butter to me, nothing special to rave over. I really love the scents though, this Indian Coconut Nectar especially smells sooo much like summer. Like, I just wanna grab my swimsuit and dive into the pool already. I guess I can put this to good use once the weather starts warming up a bit more and it's officially swimming season. Soaking in chlorine all day really calls for deep moisturization.

I finally did a iPsy bag update post for last month! I remembered. Like last month, I will do an update for this month also, so be on the lookout.

As always, thank you for stopping by the blog and thanks for reading. :)