Fall Nail Trends

 Hello!

via Refinery29

   Just popping in to mention an article I found today -- Fall Nail Trends! This might be ridiculous to anyone ever but me, but I'm totally obsessed with doing my nails (and fall, too), so I was weirdly excited to read it. Anyway, here's the article.

 xoxo,
   Zoe

Review: O.P.I. Nail Polishes

  Hello!

  I recently blogged about some new nail polish I purchased: Designer...De Better! and Gone Gonzo from the O.P.I. Muppets collection. Here's what I have to say!

    I've had experience with O.P.I. before, but it wasn't good. Since I'm in love with Katy Perry, getting her nail polish was a must. I had never seen a more perfect color for a newly-nail-obsessed teenage girl as her Teenage Dream! Totally stoked, I bought the whole collection in mini-form, and put on TD right away; only to discover, days later, it was the most difficult nail polish to get off that I have ever tried! I haven't worn it since, nor have I bought anything by O.P.I. I decided to give the brand a second chance.

 
       As with all other nail polish techniques I use, I started with a base coat. Then, Designer...De Better!, followed by two or so layers of Gone Gonzo, finished with a clear coat. The picture above is the finished product.
   Hooray! It's pretty! Maybe 1/8 slutty, but mostly pretty. I was psyched to begin the week in such a glittery way.

  
    WHOA, WHAT?! After the first day, my thumb had chipped and the first two fingers' had completely fallen off. I made sure not to pick at it, even! In a word, I was devastated.
    I paid $16 total for these two nail polishes (my own money, man), only to have to repaint my nails every single day. It was horrendous.

 I decided I won't be purchasing another O.P.I. polish for a long while. I'm incredibly disappointed with the brand.

      Have you had any bad nail polish experiences lately?

 xoxo,
   Zoe
 

 

This & That

   Howdy.

  Welcome to the first-ever installment of This & That. Like other blogs, this post will focus on the this and that of my current going-on's. Unlike other blogs, however, I won't just have one this and one that; rather, I'll have a-a-a-a-l-l-l-l the this-es and a-a-a-a-l-l-l-l the thats. Let's get this informative party started.

  Black Friday Shenanigans

 ...Were quite fun. Among other things, I finally got my Gone Gonzo Muppets nail polish, as well as a new Huffy bicycle (that I can't have until Christmas). Sadly, I'm a very poor bike-rider. But at least I'm not a poor movie-watcher, since we got at least forty of those.

  Shoes, clothes, bags, oh my! 

  As well as a lovely new pair of TOMS, I recently acquired a brand new mini cross-body satchel that fits my camera. Oh my god! Finally! It's really quite cute; but, as well as the Huffy, it was too expensive to have before Christmas. Sigh.

 GetGlue

   MAAAAAAAIIILLLLLL CAAAAALLLLLL! My November stickers came!! I am disappointed, however, because my October ones never did.

 Knitting the Night Away
  That's right! Thanks to this video and this video, I'm a knitter! Well, not technically...it takes a lot longer than I expected, so I still haven't finished my first piece (or decided what it'll be...)

 Giiiiiiirl, did you get yo' nails did?
 No, but  I bought some new nail polish! I've got a really bad habit going on; I blew straight through my $20 in matter of  four minutes. Sigh.

  Driving, Driving in Your Car
    Just like the song I just quoted, Drive with Ryan Gosling had a sad ending. It did, however, make perfect sense after my mom explained it to me and I ignored my dad's incoherent ramblings on the subject. Anyway, I recommend it just for Gosling's softspoken, sweet (SMOKING HOT) character. (I also just saw volume one of Kill Bill and just about died. I NEED THE SECOND VOLUME, STAT!)

  
    I've got a Baby's Lips

 Well, I might eventually. I recently won some Baby Lips (I would never purchase it; Maybelline tests on animals, you know) that I've been dying for.

 
Ceremonials

   Yay! I got my Florence + The Machine deluxe album in the mail!! She was wicked on SNL, naturally.

 

   What've you been up to lately?

 xoxo,

      Zoe