TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #17

HAULS

CHERRY CULTURE SALES (6 MONTHS AGO :P)

Usually I don't thrust to order from American webstores, because the Italian custom fees and frequently missing packages... But I was totally in love with a polish quite hard to find, and I tried anyway as soon as I've seen the sales. A friend of mine and my cousin added something for them, so this haul pics are not entirely mine.

- Milani - One Coat Glitter collection: I already own 4 of them, but my cousin was crazy for them since I made her this scotch tape mani and her life couldn't keep going without them! :D

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star collection: for my friend Daniela, who has chosen a lovely selection from this lovely collection *_*

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star - Addict: such a wonderful mix of gold and orange and red sparkles into this bottle, charming!

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star - Punk: an amazing bright and deep blue with tons of sparkle and a hint of purple.

- L.A. Girl - Rock Star - Groupie: the opposite of the nail polish above, an amazing bright and deep purple with tons of sparkle and a hint of blue. ;P

- NYX - Girls Nail Polish - Emerald Forest: another purchase for Dany. I already own this polish and I totally love it, it sparkles insanely! :D I' ve already swatched it HERE!

- LASplash - Midnight Rain: finally my lemming!!! Since the first time I've seen it from Alizarine Claws I fell in love with it, but it was always out of stock. As soon as I could... Mine mine mine mine!!! I've already wore it three times and I'll post the swatches very soon! This is my only experience with LASplash nail polishes, do you know this brand better than me? What's the quality of other polishes from this brand? Please, let me know! :)

That's all for this week. See ya! ^__^/

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L.A. Girl - Metallic Olive + Sinful Colors - Call you Later + gradient

I made this mani with the accent nail months ago, but... Here I am, again! Sorry for you! ;P

● L.A. GIRL - METALLIC OLIVE
Since I love greens and olives, so I couldn't leave alone this beauty. It's pretty dark, but you can see the golden  shimmer  quite well. With more light you can also see a subtle green and silver shimmer. Love it!

● SINFUL COLORS - CALL YOU LATER
Another lemming of mine that I finally own and wear with pleasure. It's a clear base with tons and tons of bright green and gold round glitter. Perfect to add life to a boring mani!

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #5

HAULS

An old purchase (july 2011) but the polishes arrived to my place just one month ago. All polishes below are bought by a friend of mine, Angela, who went to US for a trip last summer and we made two online orders together during her stay there. P.S.: Damn! I forgot one polish! Ok, you'll find it the next Sunday. :P

- CHINA GLAZE - ANCHORS AWAY - BELOW DECK

- CHINA GLAZE - ANCHORS AWAY - SEA SPRAY

I bought them from 8ty8beauty. I can't wait to try them, these are my favorite colors for nail polishes: dusty shades for president! è_é/ I'll surely swatch Sea Spray as soon as I can, but after xmas holidays. Below Deck is already in my blog here: my cousin borrowed me her bottle last spring, and I instantly fell in love with this shade and I've ordered a bottle for me. ;)

- NYX - EMERALD FOREST
This one is bought from Cherry Culture. I've already reviewed it here.

- L.A. GIRL - METALLIC OLIVE

Bought this polish on Cherry Culture, too, it's a... Metallic olive! Of course! XD It reminds me very much to Nubar - Verde and Zoya - Edyta, a shade I was searching for. :)

LINKS OF THE WEEK

This time you'll have to put up almost a double list of links: last week my router was broken so I'm listing 2 weeks of blog-links (actually there are 10 days, until 2 days before yesterday :P). Sorry to people who already follow the blogworld by her/himself, but I'm sure people doesn't or has no free time for this will be pleased. Links are too many and I didn't have enough time to comment all of them, sorry, but they are all worthy for me! ^_^

SWATCHES

- Mai Senza Smalto: [b]basic - New York LE - 02 Central Park
- The Trace Face Philes: Nubar - Vogue Vert
- Lacquerdicted: Hits no Olimpo - Apolo
- Nail Art Sakura: Gamax - Greta Garbo Collection
- Parokeets: P2 - various swatches
- The Polished Perfectionist: A-England - Guinevere
- The Beauty Case: TWIN Colour Solar - Silver Glitter to Java
- All You Desire: Misa - Surreal Escape collection
- Mai Senza Smalto: [b]basic - Black Earth
- Alizarine Claws: Ludurana - Aurora bottles and weel
- Witoxicity: Essence - The Dawn is Broken
- Gems in a Bottle: Color CLub - Beyond the Mistletoe collection
- Scrangie: Wet'n'Wild - ColorIcon Ice Baby Glitter collection
- Imperfectly Painted: Misa - Toxic Seduction
- Lacquerdicted: Orly - Emberstone + Orly - Rock it!
- The Hungry Asian: Holiday Set for Sale!
- Also Known As...: BB Couture: Sinfully Polished collection part 1
- Neglelakkmani: Ozotic Pro - 518
- Alexandra RC: Illamasqua - Kink + BB Couture - Diamond Dust
- Fashion Polish: Essence - Hypnotic Poison + Nfu.Oh - 51
- Lucy's Stash: OPI - DS Magic
- Polish Police: Chanel - Spring 2012 Harmonie the Printemps collection
- Also Known As...: Cult Nails - Super Power collection
- Scrangie: Color Club - Beyond the Mistletoe collection
- Have you met Miss Jones?: OPI - Ski Teal we Drop
- The Trace Face Philes: China Glaze - Fireside Glow + Ultamate Holiday
- The Polish Aholic: Tony Moly - GT04 Neptune
- Also Known As...: Finger Paints - Winter Sky
- Let them have Polish: SpaRitual: Running with Wolves
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Deborah Lippmann - Razzle Dazzle
- Fab Fingertips: Butter London - Wallis
- The Polish Aholic: China Glaze - Holiday 2011 Ulta Exclusives collection
- Vampy Varnish: Hits no Olimpo collection
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Cult Nails - Clairvoyant over dark blue base
- Imperfectly Painted: Girly Bits - Sea's the Day collection
- Kiss my Acetone: China Glaze - Emerald Sparkle
- The Polished Perfectionist: Hits no Olimpo: Zeus
- Scrangie: Ozotic Pro - 507
- Gems in a Bottle: Lynnderella - Connect the Dots
- Pictured Tinsel: Orly - Meet me under the Mistletoe
- Sweet Sugar: Zoya - Neeka
NAIL-ARTS
- CucumPear's Onyx Phalanx: Spiky Olivey Thing
- The Manicured Monkey: Black and Purple Striped Mani
- My Polish Stash: Penguins!!!
- The Polish Aholic: Ho-Ho-Ho Santa Nails
- Nails by Kayla Shevonne: Snowflakes Tutorial
- Limited Addiction Nails: Zebra stamping
- Parokeets: Essence - Circuc Circus trend edition
- Nail Stories: Nfu.Oh - 49 + Essence - Matte About You
- Simply Rins: Christmas Twigs
- Another Bottle of Polish: Sponged China Glaze - Holly
- Copy That, Copy Cat: An entire wheel of mas nail arts
- Nailside: Christmas scene
- Un Petit Bonheur: Foil Bahamian Tides
- My Polish Stash: Dark Purple Water Marble
- Simply Rins: Santa Claus nail art
- Emerald Sparkled: Hokusai - The Great Wave inspiration
- Alexandra RC: Epic Jangle!
- The Polished Perfectionist: Green, white & red!
- Copy That, Copy Cat: Lace french + Accent holly
- Copy That, Copy Cat: Tutorial for Denim nail art
- Cosmetic Cupcake: Glittery Snowflake Manicure
- More Nail Polish: Who walked over my Power Thief?
- The Nail Philes: Sally Hansen - Salon Effects - Snow Bunny
NEWS & VARIOUS
- Simply Rins: Winner of a Blog Award in Philippines
- Imperfectly Painted: Best Nail Polishes and Collections 2011
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Vintage dresses photo shoot
- Mai Senza Smalto: How to remove Nail Polish
- Lacquerdicted: Fairwind - SIlk Collection on Schlecker drugstores
- Temptalia: Dior - Garden Party for Spring 2012 preview
- Parokeets: Catrice - Big City Life eyeshadow palettes
- Vampy Varnish: ELF - Beauty Books swatches

FREE TALK
Maya and her pile: an endless love story... Until next spring, at least... :P

The larva in her cocoon -__-

Maya... My dear... What the fuck...?

Hot chocolate by Lindt: food for Gods.

My cousin and I to the empty  mall: this isn't serious at all...

That's all for this week. See ya! ^__^/

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TOTALLY RANDOM SUNDAY #3

HAULS

CULT NAILS - UNICORN PUKE 

It came! It came!!! My baby finally came to me!!! *caress caress* No, you're not drunk, in the pic below there are TWO bottles, but I'm talking just about one, why? Because the second one will be splitted into 2 or 3 smaller bottles for my friends as gift or maybe a future giveaway, I don't know, yet. Numbers of my bottles are 53 and 71 (or 51 and 73? I don't remember XD) of 275 total pieces released. But this means not so much to me, actually: I bought this polish because it's so damned cute!!! *caress caress* I was decided to wait for Clairvoyant (the identical polish on the permanent collection) but I was online exactly when Cult Nails posted on twitter the beginning of the limited sale, and I had received money on my rechargeable credit card right the evening before, so... Why not? *caress caress*

TONY MOLY 

*DROOL* The a-m-a-z-i-n-g Galaxy Collection from the Korean brand Tony Moly. *DROOL AGAIN* My cousin wanted the purple and the grey/glittermulticolor ones, so I made an order for her, adding 3 more polishes for me: the green, the purple again and the copper.  *DROOL EVERYONE* They are a bit expensive, but I really needed for a gift to myself that week. Really.

- Tony Moly - GT04 - Neptune - some medium round bright green glitters and tons of gold microglitters in a dark base
- Tony Moly - GT05 - Jupiter - few medium round duochrome glitters that go from turquoise to green and tons of purple and orange microglitters in a dark base
- Tony Moly - GT03 - Mars - a lot of medium round bronze glitters and tons of orange and blue microglitters in a dark base
- Tony Moly - GT02 - Earth - a lot of colours (especially red and blue) for these microglitters in a dark grey base
Are they fabulous as they look like in the pics? Shit, yes! They has just 2 weak points: the smell and the roughness on the surface when dry, so wear a mask and be generous with your top coat, then the world will smile at you again.

[B]BASIC LEs: NEW YORK & EARTH LIFE STYLE
I'm a big fan of [b]basic polishes, because they are cheap, I can find them on Schlecker stores (there are 6 or 7 of these drugstores in a 5 kilometers radius from my place), they are pretty, small, few are not bad and few are amazing, so I buy one of them with the change I have in my pocket anytime I go there for my regular shopping for my house, aaaaaand... You should to know it: I'm collecting a consistent ammount of bottles and other tools for my next giveaway. For now there are: one bottle of remover, one box of pads remover, 2 files, stickers, top coat fast dry, and a dozen of nail polishes... I really hope you'll like the price! *^__^*

NEW YORK limited edition - Ref. 5770 - 01 Central Park + 02 - Metropolitan
Julep-bottle-style for these classic but still lovely fall colors. €1 for 9 ml each. Medium quality.

EARTH LIFE STYLE lim. ed. - Ref. 5663 - 01 - Black Earth + 02 - Red Earth + 03 - Green Earth
€1,50 each and AMAZING quality: just one coat and great application! This collection is perfection, a lot better than other famous and prestigious high-level brands. A friend of mine pointed up to me that this collection is probably inspired/copied from Chanel - Les Khakis, but... Actually... I think this is better than Chanel LE, and, no, I'm not paid from anyone to say it, and, no, I'm sure about what I'm talking about, and I believe in it. Totally. Long life to [b]basic. If you can find these collection, make a favour to yourself and buy all of them, I'll take the responsability for this advice, but I'm sure you won't do a bad purchase!

CUSTOMIZED LIP PALETTES!

When a friend of mine went to USA for a trip, I asked to her for 2 lip palettes, but it happened a little chain of misfortunes, and one of them came damaged (2 glosses were all around) and the other was simply a mistake and CherryCulture sent the fair of the pink instead of cool browns (thank you Cherry Culture! Ti venisse uno scagotto! XD). Soooo... I customized them! Yay!
How to do this? A candle. A knife. A spoon. Paper towel as if were raining. Steady hand (if it's possible). Patience. And search on youtube words "lip palette customize how to" or "lip palette diy" or something like this. Good luck! ;D

- SONIA KASHUK - Lip Gloss Quad - Natural Nudes *customized 2 of 4*

On the right you can see the original Kashuk shades; on the left there are 2 lipsticks of mine, that perfectly match with the glosses. I made this palette to carry it around with me.

- L.A. GIRL - Lip Palette - Fall in Love *customized 4of 6*

Pink is my kryptonite, so I thrown away 4 glosses of 6 and I preferred to dissolve 4 of my other lipsticks: a [b]basic 5511-23, the Kiko Mat Lipstick 209 mauve beige, then the Kiko Smart Lipstick 13 marrone cappuccino, and my lovely Shiseido Perfect Rouge in RD613 Mystery. Last 2 shades were already in the palette. This palette will stay at home, because the dust can go easily inside. P.S. very good brush included!

LINKS OF THE WEEK:

A little sorry to bloggers who are mentioned below and who aren't, too: sorry sorry sorry because I didn't comment on your blogs for 2 weeks, but recently I have my usual blogs "walk" in the middle of the night, when I'm already lying in my bed, so I can click on mouse buttons but I can't type comments, but I'm always following you! Kisses!!! And sorry but this week I didn't comment my links, neither, sorry again! >_<

SWATCHES
- Nail Art Sakura: [b]basic - New York limited edition
- Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup: Model's Own - Golden Green VS Chemistry - 519
- Vampy Varnish: Ozotic - 507
- Scrangie: Zoya Color Box Gift Set for Holiday 2011
- Lacquerdicted: Essence - Circus Circus limited edition
- My Lucid Bubble: Deborah Lippmann - The Edge of Glory
- Lucy's Stash: Barielle - Elle's Spell
- Alexandra RC: Kleancolor - Holo Chrome
- Scrangie: Essie Luxeffects comparisons
- Das Experiment: IsaDora - Blue Sky + Wet'n'WIld - Kaleidoscope
- Vampy Varnish: Cult Nails - Super Powers collection
- Nailin' It: IsaDora - Black Galaxy
- Smalto Italiano: Revlon - Emerald City
- Vampy Varnish: Zoya - Feel collection
- Have you met Miss Jones?: China Glaze - Jolly Holly
- The Trace Face Philes: Hits - Lambada
NAIL-ARTS
- Nailside: Art Deco Chevrons
- Nails by Kayla Shevonne: Retro Polka Dots
- Pee Before Polish: Water Marble: first time!
- Copy that, copy cat: One Piece flags
- Les Ongles d'Amély: Galactic Decals
- Nail Art Sakura: Schtroumpfs Decals
- Beautylish: All about Owl Nails
- Wacky Laki: French with Spin
- Simply Rins: Snowman Parade
- The Polished Perfectionist: Red, White & Blue
- My Simple Little Pleasures: Newspaper nails: QR Codes
VARIOUS
- Ere K.'s Beauty Shelf: Neve Cosmetics - Zen eyeshadow
- Mai Senza Smalto: Nails in ADs november
- Temptalia: Urban Decay - Naked 1 VS Naked 2
- NailXchange: Nail polish spill on a laptop! D:

FREE TALK
Last 2 weeks were not so good for me, because my health problems have had a relapse, and I don't feel so good, so I had to rest and stay to home. No panic, my therapy is going well, and I should expect few fallout, yet, but they less painful and last for less than before, so I have to be glad for this, even I'm a little' disconsolated because I was hoping to finally find a job again within 2 months, and I have to wait a bit more. On the other hand I have seen many great movies during my rest.
EDDIE REDMAYNE MOVIES
First of all, I've seen few movies with one of my favorite actors: Eddie Redmayne. Oh, Eddie. Oh, oh, oh, Eddie. He's still pretty young but he has talent... No no, let's rewind: talent is just for lucky people who has a gift but doesn't know what to do with it, necessarily: Eddie has talent but he absolutely knows what he's doing, this is rare, even for the most of "great" actors we usually adore and we usually overestimate. But I'm not good to explain myself properly when I'm talking about things I appreciate in a complex way, so... In my macaronic English I can say that this guy can use his talent with great awareness and he's damned good about choosing scripts, so... What the hell, let's go on: this is what I've seen this week:
- LIKE MINDS: a thriller with an amazing (as always)  Toni Collette, and Tom Sturridge, too. Disturbing but not as much disturbing as the director could have if he wanted. Great choice, director. I can't say it better.
- ELIZABETH - THE GOLDEN AGE: I think I was the last person in the world who had not seen this movie, yet, sorry. Aestethically perfect, in a good way, even not so historically realistic in my humble opinion. Also too luxurious, in my humble opinion again.
- THE YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF: an indie on-the-road movie with William Hurt and Kristen Stewart (this is the first time I see her acting). A simple story but told in a delicate prospective. Step by step, without the need to overload facts. Appreciated a lot. Very good movie.
- POWDER BLUE: what a cast!!! Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Eddie (of course) and Jessica Biel, even Lisa Kudrow. A drama with 4 stories of 4 people so different to each other, so desperate in a so different way. This movie reminds me to Wong Kar Wai style when he filmed slices of lives as Chung King Express. Another great movie I advice, my favorite from what I've seen with Eddie until now.
- GLORIOUS 39: another thriller based on Keyes family during the Second World War, a very traditional British house and their adopted child Anne, called Glorious from his "brother". Another great motion picture.
Eddie has acted in other production for theatre and tv, of course, maybe I'll speak a bit again in the future about what I've already seen in the past, if you glad. :)
MISFITS 3rd SEASON
Just a few words for who already know this British grotesque tv series: Misfits first season was a big surprise for me, something totally new; the second one was still very valuable, then... The thrauma. Robert Sheehan leaves the series to filming 2/3 movies, and Nathan Young with him, of course. Big big thrauma. But, I made a deep breath and I tried to think that a great series is not based only on one single great thing, otherwise it isn't a real great series. So, what I'm thinking about the 3rd series? Misfits is still a good series, but no more great. I think they did a mistake, a terrible mistake: try to introduct a character similar to Nathan, but, come on, how it's possible to replace someone like Nathan??? NO WAY! They would have had to create a totally different chara, to avoid comparisons. Because, let's be honest: comparisons with Nathan is lost in the beginning. This is my opinion.

That's all for this week.

These weekly posts are huge, but I hope you join them ayway! ^__^

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