Excited!

Hello!

Holy Goldfish Batman I am excited today! I have a lot to be excited about!

1. I dyed my hair Raspberry!

I thought I had more red than I actually did. I mixed about 2 tablespoons in with about a 1/2 cup of Raspberry Kamikaze over faded red hair (looked like ugly puce!). It's Breast Cancer Awareness month so I don't really mind having pink hair! The turquoise I used about a month ago still lingers in a patch you can see in the second picture.

2. I got Rainbow Connection!

Sorry about the horrible state of my nails. I kinda slapped the polish on so I could get pictures. I was in the mall picking up a couple things when I walked by the head shoppe (a hair salon, not a pot seller!) and saw The Muppets Holiday 2011 Collection! I had heard they were coming out early November, so I was suprised to see them, and knew that I had to scoop up Rainbow Connection NOW! I got the last bottle. It's a lot more pricey than what I normally pay for polish (I buy LA Color or Sinful Colors most of the time) but it was a lemming for me. That's never happened with a polish. It's just so glittery and happy!

3. ♥elycia has an awesome contest going on!

I love the stuff at Mungo Crafts! The hoodies are just adorable. Click here to see the giveaway. My birthday is the day she announces the winner, so hopefully that will give me some luck!

4. My birthday is a week from today!

That's me! I wore a lot of pink but I still got mistaken for a boy (I was pretty much bald until I was 2). I really want to go to Darrell's Restaurant for a peanut butter burger and the best milkshakes in Halifax! I'll also go see the remake of Footloose. I'm very wary as the original is my favorite movie OF ALL TIME. It came out the year I was born, so I've watched it hundreds if not thousands of times. John Lithgow is awesome in it and Kevin Bacon is a total fox. I know it will never live up to the movie I could quote in my sleep, but I will go for a birthday bit of nostalgia.

5. My husband's birthday is on Hallowe'en!

Yep, our birthdays are a week apart. He is 51 weeks older than me. He loves horror movies (wonder why?) so his plan is to see the remake of The Thing. It's his favorite movie, made the year before he was born (it's really eerie, dontcha think?). I watched it for the first time last weekend and all I gotta say is- disgusting. Not scary, yucky. I'm not too keen on puppets and animatronics (might be from growing up in the 80s when EVERYTHING was puppets and stop motion and animatronics), and this is some of the grossest sampling of imagined creatures I have ever seen. I think the new one might scare me more.

I'm off to cook some chicken tornadoes (chicken wrapped in bacon) and maybe rice? Veggies? I got as far as SOMETHING WRAPPED IN BACON! I eat a lot of vegetarian and vegan meals, but chicken and bacon are two foods I feel I will never be able to give up!

That's all for now! Thanks for stopping by!

NOTD: Teal Nail Project

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Today is National Feral Cat Day! Hundreds of thousands of cats are euthanized simply because animal shelters don't have room for them. I watched a documentary last night called Cat City, and they featured a Toronto animal control centre where every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning 60 cats are euthanized. 180 cats murdered every week just because they were picked up by animal control. Luckily in Nova Scotia, our SPCA is 100% no-kill. We also have several independent rescue groups like Bide Awhile who keep cats safe. And my favorite cat group is Pierre's Alley Cat Society. They have worked with the cats living at the dockyards in Halifax by feeding them, providing them shelter and trapping, neutering and releasing. TNR is the most humane way of dealing with our exploding cat population. If every cat could be spayed or neutered, feral cat populations would die out from natural causes, not euthanasia.

So why am I doing a NOTD? The Teal Cat Project decided to raise awareness about National Feral Cat Day by doing the Teal Nail Project. Participants are asked to paint their nails teal and when someone comments on their nails, tell them about National Feral Cat Day! So get out your prettiest teal polish and join me!

My nails are tipped with Rimmel 60 second in 819 Green with Envy, the middle is painted with Del Sol Color-Changing Nail polish in Electrick! (starts pale teal and in sun turns lime green) and the bottom is NYC Long-Wear Nail Enamel in 104 A, a very sheer teal.  All have a shimmery finish. Huzzah for gradient nails! Hopefully I'll get lots of compliments as I work today!

That's all for now. Please support your local no kill shelter! If you're in the market for a cat, never buy from a pet store, always go to your local shelter! Thanks for stopping by!

Ain't nothing gonna break my stride

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So I've tried to stick to a posting schedule. Fascinator Fridays, said a NOTD would appear two days ago. But I'm just going to go with the flow- post when I want, what I want. So you might see a fascinator tomorrow, or a month from now. I'm just going to be flexible, and see where it takes me. But first, I will do a NOTD!

I was searching the local drugstore flyers for any sales on nail polish. It just so happened the brand I buy most was on sale at Lawton's. So off I went to stock up!

 This is L.A. Girl Professional Salon Lacquer in Copper. A nice fall colour with a micro-glitter finish. My nails look horrible because I did a rush job fixing them after losing a couple nails to the horrors of shelving books. I can wear nail polish for days and have it last, but a few hours of man handling books, dvds and cds and it is chipped. I never fault any nail polish for chipping. I'm really hard on it, so I never have huge expectations. I used a Sinful Colours base coat and a L.A. Colors Voltage, a clear polish, as a topcoat.

Please excuse my awful, stubby toes!

This is L.A. Colors Color Craze in Wired. I was expecting a blue closer to navy, but I'm happy with the shade. I've had highlighter orange toenails for ages (L. A. Colors Shock ), so this is a nice change.

I have two other new polishes to show, but I won't promise any date that it will be posted on! 

Til next time, thanks for stopping by!

P.S. UK, Canadian and Australian readers will probably agree, typing the word "color" is so hard! It needs to be COLOUR!

NOTD and beauty haul

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Today's post is all about pink! It's the Labour Day weekend here in Canada, and most stores are closed today. It's one of the few days a year you see the Walmart parking lot completely empty. It's one of my few days off, so of course I had to seek out one of the few stores still open and see what I could find. Shopping does not stop for holidays! I went to Lawton's, and checked out the clearance beauty stuff. I always find something good there!

 

These false lashes were $6.99, and I got them for $1.99.

 

They have pretty rainbow sequins!

I couldn't just buy 1 pair!

 

They're still a little showy, but I think I could wear them more often than the other pair!

 

I need some serious hair therapy after bleaching and dying it so much. This will hopefully make it soft and shiny!

Another hair mask- this one only stays in for a minute, but it's like a hot oil treatment. Both were just .99 cents!

This was what I came to Lawton's for. I've been searching for NYX's Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk. I watch vintageortacky's makeup tutorials and she is always using it! NYX is only sold in Lawton's stores in Nova Scotia, and this is the first time Milk was not sold out! The last Lawton's I went to only had Cottage Cheese, which I wasn't sure was the right shade. But I finally have it!

The store had new displays up for their fall makeup and nail collections. I was drawn to the Wet n' Wild display of nail polishes, their new On the Prowl collection. When I saw Correction Tape, I had a brilliant idea. Cupcakes and sprinkles!

 I was inspired by Deborah Lippman's Candy Shop, which is bubble gum pink with multicoloured glitter. I happened to have just the right shade already for the base.

 

This is Sally Hansen's Truth. I couldn't tell you how old this polish is. I just know it's past its prime. Very streaky and gloppy. I'll be on the lookout for a new bottle to replace it, likely by another brand. Any suggestions on a good bubble gum pink?

This is Correction Tape. Apparently it's very close to Party of Five Glitters, also by Wet n' Wild. Pink, turquoise, gold and black glitter. I love it! Do you think it's a close enough match to Candy Shop?

I also went out Saturday to pick up a few things. Hard Candy is my new favorite makeup brand!

This is a pretty good face primer- smooths everything out.

 

I had been on the lookout for a felt tip eyeliner. I hadn't found anything, until I looked at Hard Candy. I bought Nautical first, since Little Black Dress was sold out. I went to another store to look for it- sold out there, too. They must have had a restock this week, because I was able to get one! I was a little unsure if Little Black Dress would be a jet black, since Nautical was not as vibrant as I expected. But I was pleasantly surprised! Nice jet black. Now to perfect my left eye (I can get a straight line and perfect wing on my right eye, but I always mess up my left).

This was so hard to photograph! The shiny packaging made it impossible to get a good shot. It is Glow all the way in doll face. It's a nice subtle highlighter that I've used on my cheekbones and browbones. It's a very pale pink, and it blends very well.

This is Plumping Serum volumizing lip gloss- no shade name. It's very pale pink, and has a bit of a menthol or something to make your lips tingle. I'll use it over lipstick, on its own it's too pale.

And finally, a blush that was a bit messy when I bought it. The package must have got bumped, and a bit of the powder broke off and went everywhere. Still a great blush, though. It's called living doll, and it's light enough for my paleness. 

This entire haul over two days was...wait for it... less than $40! That's a SHUT THE FRONT DOOR kinda deal! Well, that's all for now, thanks for stopping by!