NOTD: New Year's Eve Mani!

Hello Readers!

This is my last post of 2010, what an interesting year! I completed one calendar year of blogging and started school to get my cosmetology license, whew. I bought countless cosmetics and started to love nail polish (in fact, since May, when I started to get into nail stuff- I've acquired on average, one nail polish a day! Isn't that just nuts?) 

And so I thought I'd end this year with a opalescent glitter mani. This is Hard Candy Break Up. The glitter is thin, semi translucent and hexagonal. There's also micro silver sparkles in the clear base, along with the glitter. The glitter isn't very dense, so I did swatches with three coats and before deciding that it'd look better over a navy creme.

Whoops, somebody forgot to moisturize her acetone dried fingers.
1x Essie First Base, 2x Orly La Playa, 2x Hard Candy Break Up, 1x SpaRitual
Bottom and Top Coat

Couldn't quite get a good picture, but I think it kinda looks like confetti. How festive.

Happy New Year, everyone! Be safe!
-Mimi

Products mentioned were purchased by me for my own use.

Emi Kobayashi wet in white

Emi Kobayashi in white swimsuit.The climax of this set begin from her 7 pic that she dip her self in the sea that make her skin flat with her dress and wet.

Tama Mizuki last post of the year

Hi all.This is the last post of 2010.I wish this is the stunning post that you will say "WOW" when see Tama Mizuki pics in this set okay before celebate the new year tonight we will see Tama Mizuki stunning last post of the year.

Happy New Year!! Welcome 2011!

Public Domain Image.

If the scheduled posting works, this should appear at about 11:45pm when most of the UK will be out getting drunk. I'll be out at a party, my first New Year's out in quite some years. I thought it best to write up this post before any alcohol was consumed.

I'd just like to thank all my readers for being there in 2010. I appreciate each and every hit that registers on my stat counter. I'm still amazed that people actually care what this girl in Lincolnshire has to say about anything. Especially since there are those bloggers living in much larger cities with access to much more recent products (yeah, MAC collections) than I do.

Stat Counter has registered an amazing 250000+ hits for 2010! That's a lot!

I didn't attend any events this year, and I found it wasn't something I missed. They all seem to take place in London so it's always a long trip with a hotel stay. It ends up getting very expensive. I got a few invites, usually only a few days before the actual event. So there would be no way I could get down to London!

2010 saw me very busy with blogging, even though there were some points in the year that I didn't blog so much. I think I've developed some kind of balance with YouTube and blogging now. Basically, if I'm at home I've got my blog posting page open!

Even though I haven't attended any blogging events, I've still met bloggers! When I found out Cosmetichameleon was only 20 miles down the road, we just had to meet up! We've met up a few times now and I think the next plan is a trip over to Nottingham to go and raid MAC.

I expect 2011 will continue in the same way as 2010. Plenty of reviews coming up, photos, swatches and hauls. However, the hauling will be greatly reduced due to the trip over to the US that I'll be having in September! I'll be meeting up with LiAnn of Sparklecrack Central and attending Dragon Con in Atlanta. Something I've always wanted to do. I cannot wait for the shopping!!

I plan to record and upload more and more reviews, along with continuing to post in this blog! I do get asked a lot about doing tutorials, but the truth is that I'm completely uninspired with them these days. I've got a lot to say about products, so I'll be continuing with the reviews!

I hope you all have a very happy 2011!!

Happy New Year and welcome to year 2011

Happy New Year to everyone!
here's the star of our New Year's event here at home, baby boy Ashton!

Been busy here at home and we made our celebration a blast! kicking off with lots of fun and color here at home. We want to welcome 2011 in a new way, here I created a DIY party photo booth and also a time lapse photo docu from 11pm-1am, I combined those 200 plus photos into video.

more photos below of our photo booth



before the big event, we were surprised that our photo was featured in Bandila that evening, thanks to Mr. Julius Babao for sharing our twitpic photos, we laugh so hard when we saw our photos on tv.


here's one photo from my time lapse photo folder

and below are my party photo booth pics!
 

 

 

 

 

 


Happy New Year!!
from the Llanora and Coladilla blogging family :)

2010 Favorites

I'm sure that by now you've read a bunch of lists by other bloggers about the beauty products that they've loved this past year and now it's my turn to clutter up part of the internet with my two cents. These may not be new products or brands, but they were remarkable in some way to me this last year.


Best High End Cosmetics Company
Rock & Republic gets my stamp of approval this year. I was introduced to this brand by Cheri from Blushes on Display late this year. Before MakeupAlley, I had never heard of this brand. I knew they made jeans that looked great on Kim Kardashian but had no idea that they made such lovely makeup. Their packaging is sleek and modern, yet their fancy R&R logo is definitely ornate and really makes for a beautiful product. This year, I tried their lipgloss, pressed powder, shadow and blush and was thrilled with it all. Best of all, they had fantastic sales this year and I was able to buy many products at a fraction the retail value. I spent about $225 but got about 28 products from them- isn't that a steal?

Best Indie Cosmetics Company 

Shiro Cosmetics was a great find late this year. I loved the vivid pigmentation, the themed collections and the price of the shadows. The themes are not only endearing but are accurate to their namesakes. I mean, 'Link' is that perfect green, the exact shade his tunic should be.  I especially like getting sample sized and mini jars from Shiro, since I like dabbling in different colors but not having to commit to a full priced jar. I can't wait to continue to be a customer and hopefully will see more and more complex colors from Caitlin in 2011!

Best Drugstore Brand

Oh Wet'n'Wild, you did so many great things this year. Your Color Icon shadows were superb, your Craze nail polishes were gorgeous. Those limited edition Pixie Palettes were so sought after... now how will you top it in 2011? G. from Nouveau Cheap is a blogger ambassador for WnW and has dropped some juicy hints! I really can't wait to see what affordable products will the shelves this year. Really though, the quality of the products Wet'n'Wild carries really stepped up this year. Who says pigmentation has to be expensive?

Best Nail Polish Brand

This year I really enjoyed the variety of polishes that Color Club has. Perhaps not as widely available or as popular as China Glaze and OPI, however Color Club is near and dear to my heart for creating shades that I truly enjoy wearing. Color Club has everything from electrifying neons to those wonderful holos that have a grip on my heart, to glitters and creams and everything in between. I especially love the formula of these polishes, I've never had an issue with streaking or any application problems. Also, on a side note- their bottles fit really nicely and efficiently in my polish drawers.


Best Limited Edition Makeup Item

When I think about all the LE collections that came out this year, NARS immediately comes to mind. I really liked the duos that they brought out this year- the only problem is deciding which one is my favorite. Rajasthan is the winner, but Melusine gets honorable mention. I loved the complex colors that NARS put forth this year- as far as boring as you can get, yet not tacky or unusable.

Best Limited Edition Polish

Forget the stampede to get MAC Bad Fairy or the murky Chanel Paradoxel, this year what stood out to me was a drugstore polish. Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure was by far my most prized polish of the year. I tip my hat off to Sally Hansen for creating such a great quality flakie. I only wish that the quantity and distribution was better. I never actually saw it ever in person at a store, it was only thanks to the wonderful LPJ that I even got my hands on a bottle. For 2011, I would love to see more drugstore gems like Hidden Treasure... but more readily available please!

I'd like to thank all you readers! Without your interest in reading MakeupWithdrawal, I sure as heck wouldn't have made it through the year blogging. I hope you have a wonderful New Year's Eve (and Day!) as well as a fantastic 2011!

Love,
Mimi