July Beauty Haul

I guess a sudden VANITY urge came over me this month that is why MOST of my purchases lately had one common theme: Beauty.

Nail Art Tutorial: Piglet

My take on the Piglet Nail Art.

I was browsing thru Instagram, (or was it Google) for Piglet photos because I wanted to do a rubber stamp for him and came across this photo and just fell in love with it: 

(Ah, yes, it was Google. Now I remember.)

So I decided to recreate it and now I am sharing it with you.

September: Nail Polish Haul

Hi guys! Just showing you my newest stash of nail polish.

Now that my nails are a stronger after the month long rest, I think it's time to wear them out again. Haha.

L.A. Colors

PhP90 each; SM Department Store

In basic hues: White, Black, and a top coat. Just re-stocking my stash. My Cutex black polish dried out on me. I forgot to seal the cap tightly kase. I only actually needed the black polish but ended up buying a white one and a top coat too. Ugh for impulsiveness. :-/

Random Mix: 
      Pink hues from Nature Republic
      Metallic Silver from Jocarste
      "Kaleidoscope" Polish from Bobbie

Nature Republic - PhP55; NR Kiosk, The Landmark
Jocarste - PhP39; The Landmark
Bobbie Kaleidoscope Polish - PhP72; SM Department Store

Nature Republic
This is actually my FIRST time to deliberately buy pink hues. I do have pink nail polishes at home but they're all included in a nail polish set or package or something. Haha, I am not fond of the color pink BUT while browsing through nail art ideas from Instagram, I came accross this really cute nail art design of Piglet and decided to do it for myself. (Watch out for the tutorial that will also be posted here soon.) Then it hit me. The pink shades in my stash did not exactly fit piglet's hue.. hence the purchase.

Btw, I was able to purchase the polishes for PhP49.50 since Landmark was having a mall wide sale. That's 10% discount on selected items. :)

Jocarste
Another re-stock since the metallic silver I have is running low. I love using the metallic silver polish on my toe nails. They seem more elegant and seem to make the skin on my foot whiter. Haha. Try it out for yourself! :))


Bobbie
Random interesting nail polish caught my attention. The packaging says it changes hues when exposed to different temperatures. Looking forward to trying this one. :)

Aaaaand last but definitely not the least...

Seche Vite

Seche Vite - PhP375; SMX Trade Fair

I had to go extra lengths just to acquire this nail polish right here. Haha. Mom and I went to MOA just for the sole purpose of going to the International Beauty, Health, and Wellness fair because the exclusive distributor of Seche in the Philippines was having a booth there. Their store is in Divisoria. I'd rather MOA than Divi. :)) More on this on a separate blog post. ^_^

Eeeep! Can't wait to try them all! :P

Nature Republic

Going to Korea has influenced me a lot especially in the personal "beauty regimen" scene. The country is known for their, uhm, narcissistic products (if I may say). Haha. 

Ever since I got back from Korea, I stocked my then-empty bathroom shelves with fragrant shampoos, shower gels, body wash, bath soap, loofah scrubs, and the likes. My (also) then-empty dresser is now filled with bottles of body lotion, make up palettes and a few bb cream tubes. And I've a got a whole crate full of... NAIL POLISH!

Ubos pera, anoberrrr. 

Haha, anyway, my go-to Korean shop before was Elianto (for beauty products but mostly for Nail Polish) but then, for some reason, I could not find any of their shops anymore. So, I switched to Etude House. Drawback though is that most of their products are costly. Kulang na sa budget mga 'teh. 

The other day, after my dinner out with the Admin team, we passed by...

Nature Republic is located at the 4F Mega Atrium, SM Megamall