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[May. 9th, 2012|11:53 am] |
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| | Steeleye Span- Sir James the Rose | ] |
MY SKOLL IS SHIPPING! MY SKOLL IS SHIPPING!!! @o@ |
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| *waves to the previous entry* |
[May. 8th, 2012|01:06 am] |
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| | Steeleye Span- To Know Him is to Love Him | ] |
We're playing Steeleye Span songs. Dad suggested 'To know, know, know him'. It makes me play in my head, in slow motion, the scene in 'As Meat Loves Salt' where Sir George's men come. *sigh* How depressing. >_<
I liked that song, too..! Damn you, Christopher Ferris! |
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| As Meat Loves Salt |
[Apr. 15th, 2012|09:33 pm] |
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I just finished reading 'As Meat Loves Salt' by Maria McCann. It's an awful, terrible story that leaves me feeling empty and sad. But I'd probably still recommend it. |
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| Seifer's face. :P |
[Apr. 13th, 2012|06:41 pm] |
SO I was playing NU'EST's FACE on Audiosurf, and it got the the point where Baekho says "stupid gwaenchanni" (sorry for my awful romanised Korean. :P) and suddenly Seifer (KH version, because that's how I roll) popped into my head. Squee.
I wonder if any more decent Seifer x Hayner fanfiction has been written... |
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| Nail Polish 30 Day Challenge! Day 31- Re-create Your Favourite Challenge |
[Apr. 9th, 2012|05:54 pm] |
Day 31- Re-create Your Favourite Challenge
Oh, it was always going to be Day 13- Animal Print..!
These nails were inspired by these leggings which I bought last night from bathingcat/Funky Little Shop for my birthday..! I've had my eye on this eBay store for a while so I'm really excited! ^_^ (I have a few more pairs on order, too!)
I started with a base coat of Barry M Matt White, then sponged on Claire's CM148 (Fash Yellow).
I then filled in the rest with a sponged coat or two of StarGazer 106, overlapping the yellow in places.
After this, I sponged a few tiny patches of NYC Water Street Blue and finished off with blue dots on the yellow parts of the nail.
I painted leopard print spots on the yellow parts of the nail and tiger stripes on the purple parts using Nail Star Pen & Brush Set Black.
Finally, I smoothed it all out with a top coat! Above are pics of the left hand, below are pictures of the right.
So, it's complete! :DDDDD (yes, a 5 D smile!) Day 1 was the 27th of Feb, so it took 42 days in total! With work and two short holidays taken into consideration during that time, I think that's pretty good! :)
I think I will split the extra free time I will have from not doing this challenge any more between hair practise (especially various braided designs), makeup and exercise, with possibly a tad more reading/writing/gaming as well. :D I'm also looking forward to not having to follow themes with my nail art, when I am able to do it, even though the themes have been really fun to do. |
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| Nail Polish 30 Day Challenge! Day 30- Inspired by a Tutorial |
[Apr. 7th, 2012|12:01 pm] |
Day 30- Inspired by a Tutorial
As I have work the next two days, I wanted to choose a really simple tutorial so I could do it this morning and wipe it off before work. :P I chose this one from Takotaly on YouTube!
Takotaly describes these as flowers, but I was aiming more for a heart pattern. ^^
What I used:
Rimmel Urban Princess
Rimmel Tangerine Queen
Claire's CM148 (Fash Yellow?)
Rimmel Double Decker Red
Mavala Rose Dust
China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway
NYC Water Street Blue
Here is the tutorial:
Just the final challenge on Monday and then I'm done!!! :D (And yeah, I think I'm probably re-visiting animal print. :P I'll do it differently, though. |
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| Nail Polish 30 Day Challenge! Day 29- Inspired by the Supernatural |
[Apr. 6th, 2012|09:49 pm] |
Day 29- Inspired by the Supernatural
Today's nails are, appropriately, inspired by angels. Probably (fallen or dark angels included :P) my favourite of the supernatural beings. :) I also wanted to do a shiny white base as I remember maintaining nail polish like this for a whole week while away on holiday and always wanted to revisit the look! ^^
What I used. (I find it funny that this Konad shade is called 'Gray Pearl' and it isn't really remotely grey. XD)
Right hand~. ^^
Left hand. More detail shots of the left hand are below. :)
This pearl (and several of the others) was actually pale peachy-pink, but it decided to lose its colour when the top coat went on. :P |
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| Nail Polish 30 Day Challenge! Day 27- Inspired by Artwork |
[Apr. 4th, 2012|11:52 pm] |
Day 27- Inspired by Artwork
Inspired by Thomas Woodruff's Beastie Variations- Sanguinic.
To organise my inspiration I took the samples I wanted to use and arranged them:
Right hand, flash.
Right hand, natural light.
Left thumb, WIP.
Left hand, natural light.
Left hand, flash.
Everything was hand-painted with acrylic paints (took me hoooours), except for a bit of OPI Curry Up Don't Be Late for the gold accents, and of course top and bottom coats (Chine Glaze). Here is the aftermath:
My lenses arrived today! Obviously I will be making a video etc., but here's a quick preview!:
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