Nail of the Day : Julie G "You-Niverse"

Today's nail of the day is on this gorgeous green-gold duo-chrome nail polish from JulieG. It is a very unique colour that you don't really see everyday.

This nail polish if from the "JulieG Nail Colour 2013" Collection and retails for $3.99

In the packaging, the polish looks like an antique gold with teal/green shimmer duo-chrome, but the teal part can only be really seen in the bottle.

This is one of those colours that it is a certain colour in different angles. In some angles it looks like a teal green metallic. In a different angle, it looks like an antique gold with green shimmer. In some ways it looks like a mix of gold green colour with the same colour of glitter. It is just so much fun to look at and very unique on the nails as well.

In these picture swatches, I have applied only 2 coats of the polish and it is with no top coat. It has a good shine to it so if you only apply top coat so the nails looks shiny, you may get away with it with this particular polish.

It goes on the nails very smoothly and it is a thin formula but it is opaque with just two coats. The wear time is pretty good too. For me, it lasts for 4-5 days until it starts to chip.

Overall, I really like this polish and it is specially appropriate for fall in my opinion. I am actually very impressed by the JulieG nail polishes. I have a bunch of them and plan on to review them all for you guys. I already have reviewed another one which you can check it out here.

Have you tried any of the JulieG nail polishes? What are your thoughts on it?

Love, Dina

Photos of the Month : October 2013

Hello everyone. I hope you all have had a good week so far.

Today I am going to share with you some of the pictures I took during the month of October!

Toronto looks so beautiful during the fall season. Well, it looks beautiful all year around but it is a lot more special to me during fall since the -whole leaves changing colour- is my favourite thing ever.

Pumpkin season!! I love it when stores get festive and decorate for special holidays. Well, I'm not sure if Halloween counts as a holiday or not but I sure do enjoy the whole excitement that comes with it.

Everything is colourful and a lot more fun, at least for me it is!! I just try to bring out the best and positive in everything. Even though with fall coming it means less sun, cold weather and jackets and wind but I look at the bright side and cheer myself up with enjoying the nature as it changes and gets ready for winter.

I take pictures to capture the good details that fall brings. Like how colourful the nature gets...green mixed with orange, yellow, and red.

I prove to you that fall is just as beautiful as any other season by taking these pictures and sharing them with you, but I am sure you guys know it already! :)

Here are some semi-creepy pictures for you all. I actually edited the below picture in the right to make it more creepy. It does creep me out a little. haha

October was a really fun month for me. I really enjoyed taking these pictures and I hope you guys enjoyed seeing them as well.

Have an amazing November !!

Love, Dina

BH Cosmetics Galaxy Chic Baked Eyeshadow 18 Colour Palette - Review & Swatches

Hello everyone. Happy first of November!

About less than a month ago, I saw a video from xsparkage on YouTube about this palette and when Leesha was talking about it on her video, all I could think about was how amazing it looked and how I could not wait to get my hands on it!!

18 baked eyeshadows with galaxy themed designs and names. All shimmery goodness which is right up my ally. I love shimmery eyeshadows and this could not get any better for me.

The palette comes with a pretty good sized mirror, and it is very light weight so I actually think this is perfect for travelling if you are a coloured eyeshadow user for an everyday basis. haha.. I laughed at this long sentence for a good 5 seconds and I am just going to leave it so you guys can laugh at it too..maybe!!

Baked eyeshadows are very different from the regular eyeshadows. Baked eyeshadows are usually softer and most of the time are shimmery. They can be used wet to intensify the colour which you cannot do with regular eyeshadow.

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Sun : warm gold shimmer with pink/red veining

Jupiter : medium pink shimmer

The swatches below, left is Sun which all the colours blended together, it swatched to a warm, orange gold colour. I think between a creamsicle colour and rose gold sort of. In the right side, we have Jupiter which swatches to a medium pink shade with a bit of gold undertone to it. 

Sun, Jupiter

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Prometheus : burgundy/ red with icy white veining

Aphrodite : Burgundy/ red wine shimmer

The swatches below, on the left is Prometheus which all the colours blended, it comes off as light pink/lilac with sort of red undertone. As for Aphrodite, the swatch is a deep red wine colour with some pink undertone. This one is not as shimmery as the other ones.

Prometheus, Aphrodite

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Milky Way :  pink, lilac/ lavender shimmer with some icy white veining

Cosmic : lilac/ lavender shimmer

The below swatches, Milky Way when all the colours blended, it comes off as a lavender shimmer with icy white undertone. As for Cosmic, this one swatches to a light lilac shimmer.

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Saturn : gold with orange/pink veining

Venus : True bright fire orange shimmer

The swatches below, Saturn when all the colours blended, it swatches to a warm light pink gold with some orange undertone. As for Venus, it swatches to a bright orange shimmer. 

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Meteor : icy white with light baby blue veining

Comet : light aqua shimmer

Meteor when all the colours blended together, it swatches to a light baby blue shimmer with icy white undertone. As for Comet, it swatches to a beautiful light aqua shimmer.

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Earth : icy white with medium blue veining

Neptune : medium-dark blue shimmer

Earth when all the colours blended together, swatches to a sky blue shimmer. As for Neptune, it swatches to a medium-dark blue shimmer.

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Mercury : bronze with white veining

Mars : bronze/ copper shimmer with some red undertone

Mercury swatches to a light shimmery brown/ silver sort of colour. Mars swatches to a coppery bronze shimmer with a bit of red undertone.

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Asteroid : dark brown/ bronze with blue veining

Uranus : icy baby blue shimmer

Asteroid when all the colours blended together, it swatches to a dark silver/ taupe unique colour with some blue undertone. As for Uranus, it swatches to an icy baby blue intense shimmer. 

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Moon : white/ blue with bronze veining

Eclipse : deep silver/ eggplant shimmer.

Moon swatches to a purple/ blue with some taupe undertone. Eclipse swatches to a medium eggplant colour with silver shimmer throughout it.

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All the swatches are as pigmented as the actual eyeshadows look in the pan but because of the lighting, it made them look a little softer than what they actually are. Just to keep that in mind. These eyeshadows are very pigmented and it is very easy to get the desired colour pigmentation. There is no need to keep on packing the colour for them to show up or anything.

This palette retails for originally 22.95 on the BH Cosmetics website! but right now it is 35% off which brings the price down to $14.95 which is a really good deal.

Overall, I am absolutely in love with this palette. I love to use different colours of eyeshadows everyday instead of sticking to a neutral shade. That is why I could justify buying this palette and getting the use out of it which I sure am going to.

I think the whole concept of galaxy themed eyeshadows makes this palette a whole lot more fun and very unique. The colours had no fall out on me and lasted all day when used with eyeshadow primer. The shadows go on smooth and blend well and also it is very easy to remove with eye makeup remover. This is actually my first time using a BH Cosmetic product and I am very pleased with it and I do recommend it.

Have you tried this palette? What are your thoughts on it?

Love, Dina