Recent Buys

Blog post of my recent buys this time!

Post-Xmas shopping at Parra and Livo:

Simple white tunic blouse from CottonOn. Had to get size M because there was no S left. $10


Cute lacey Elwood skirt from City Beach. $29


Lovisa necklace. Adorable and I'm glad I nabbed it since it was so cheap


Pins with rose motif from Equip. Kinda regretting this purchase since the pins with unrounded ends hurt when I put them in my hair! I think I was getting a little too rose-obsessed that day...


Nail polish from Sportsgirl. Top: Lace (a lilac, pale lavender sort of colour) bought at Liverpool $7.95, bottom: Bikini Babe (clear) bought at Parra $3.64.


Such a cute colour that I'll be whereing for a while this summer! Lace with (imperfect) white polka dots on my nails. I suck at applying nail polish as you can see... Still working on that ><


Shirt from CottonOn that I bought at Liverpool. $10

Pre-Xmas purchases:

Saw this during my shift in Fairfield. Adorable, so I bought it. $10


Khaki skirt from Chicabooti, Galleries Victoria, $8-ish. One of my purchases when my friends and I went shopping in the City and at Birkenhead Point the Saturday before Christmas. Was surprised by how good the discounts were there, but was also disappointed that there weren't too many shops. I also nabbed a pair of Levi black skinny jeans for $50!


My brother bought this for me when he was in Melbourne. I don't look good in t-shirts because my body shape is weirdly proportioned but I was surprised when I tried this on because it looked half decent on me. Cute design and great quality by the Japanese T-shirt store Aoi. $40 (Check out their site: http://www.aoi-t.com/news/ or store if you're in Melbourne!)

I like my sales ♪

Simple Nails #1

I've been bored out of my wits today. But really, I should be doing something productive like studying, assignment-ing or at least brushing up on my Japanese or French skills :P

But no, I do my favourite thing - procrastination!

Today, I decided to make my nails a little bit presentable - resulting in me using what little I know about nails.

I'll spare you the mundane details, but I just used the materials below (ignore the make-shift 'background' I needed some piece of paper that was going to be chucked away so I would'nt get polish on the table!):




I used Cutex polish, the colour being "French Rose" and a Konad set which my lovely friends (yes, another freebie xD) got for my birthday.



^Just something simple. White stars using the Konad nail stamp set on clear-nails. I could'nt be bothered doing something extravagant (but then again, I'm not at the skill level to do so :P)

What do I think about Konad? I think that these affordable (though a little pricey over here because it's 'imported') are easy to use to create really cute decorations on nails (and even on mobile phones and other surfaces!). But the basic set is just what it is - basic. You have to buy other 'add-ons' including other 'special' nail polishes in different colours and more stamp plates to build a collection.

(Minus the actual stamp and swipe thingo) I only have four colours of the special polish used: red, blue, pink and white and three plates. The good thing however, is that you can mix colours (most obviously white and, say red for a pastel pink for example. Now I wonder why I bought the pink lol...) to create other colours.

I think I'll be looking to buy the yellow and green polishes and more plates in the future to add to my small collection and make cuter decorations (strawberries anyone? Stars should be yellow too btw~). /sigh I think the money will add up in th end - but once again, it's not that much, its just because I'm a cheapo!

I've been eyeing pastel coloured nail polishes. I hope they become popular in Australia soon, so I won't have to buy them online! Acrylic nails seems nice too... Though I don't have the courage to try them and they look very inconvenient.

Which reminds me.... I still have a set of butterfly nail stickers my friend got for me in America. I shall have to use them soon ♥