NOTW's and Ze Collective Haul

Heya to all the sweet people out there!

Finally, I'm free for a few days before I have another exam.

How was the lab exam? It was better than the last one. At least I didn't cry this time :p

Hopefully I'll pass. Got my fingers crossed. Even picked up a lucky 5 centavo coin out in the rain :p

Pretty much my days have been

So yes, here we are, finally, a semi-decent post :p

First up let's have the NOTW's :3

OPI DS Coronation - Honestly, this made me feel like Lady Gaga. It has a subtle holo effect that I was quite pleased with and I'm only sad that my Mac's cam didn't pick up on its entire awesomeness

OPI Tutti Frutti Tonga. Supposedly, this was going to be my fieldwork nails buuuut idk. Guess I just neglected it? :p But because exam time was rolling around I thought I could get away with this color (and I did, hah :p) This is what I have on for the week but I might change it up as the week goes (like design over it or something). It's a pretty light pink with hints of peach to it. At first I thought it wouldn't be all that awesome on me, but the longer I have it on, the more in love I get with its simplicity.

And now for the haul.

Remember the "not really" part? Haha. Here's the explanation

Meh you know what a sphyg looks like :p Also got a goniometer. Just forgot to take a pic. Spent 900php for the stet+sphyg set and 150php on the gonio. I only really had to get the gonio buuuuut thought I'd get everything I thought I needed at Bambang just to save myself some trouble in the future. I really wish we had better goniometers around though. I'm not really feeling the stock of what we have =\

Now for the real haul stuff!

My first one is from

Olevia's Treasure Trove.

I forgot which blogger on TC blogged about this but after reading through her post I was immediately interested with what the site just had to offer. It was all great.... but there was some trouble with the whole payment thing. I chose paypal but apparently, something wasn't cleared yet, blah, blah, and there was some delay because at the time, I just didn't have time for g-cash. It was all okay and the prices really are pretty good. I guess it's about finding little gems that work for you. So, without further ado, here's what I got from there

A simple bangle, 40php, figured it'd be a nice piece that'd be good for layering.

Gorgeous pair of earrings, 70php. They look classy and cute. This was the one I fell in love with first :)

Pretty chained isuckatdescribingthings earrings. Haha. I thought these were cute too. I was a little hesitant at getting them because they're much more huge than what I'm used to but they're gorgeous on :) Very happy with it and it's only 50php! This'd at least be 100-150php at stores, don't you think?

My rating of the store? 3.5 out of 5. You can get things at a good price but the trouble kind of put me off a little and I wish there was a bigger selection :p But it's not bad especially if you need pressies and don't want to bust your wallet up.

Next up!

NailArt Outlet

Found the store through my friend on facebook. Didn't think much of it but after getting the idea of browsing through, I decided to pick up a few things.

2 image plates and 2 nail paints. I think the image plates were 100 each and the nail paints were 80php :)

Package came in on time, no difficulties transacting, really. I rate the store 4. Why? No complaints really, but it's not exactly fantastic either, y'know? My 5 standard is still MdE but I'll shut up now because I know you're all sick of hearing that :p

Last but not the least is My Online Shop.

It's a shop on multiply that I found and I thought the stuff was cute so I thought I'd give it a whirl :) And here's what I got :D

Dotting tool - 70php. I don't have toothpicks on hand at home and it'll add up in the future so I thought of investing in a dotting tool :) It'd be really helpful with designing!

NAIL DECALS! They were 50php each (just a little over a dollar in US) so all in all I go 4 for 200php :) (yeah, aren't you jealous of my mad math skillz? Lol). The last one's a kiss mark btw in case it doesn't make sense :)) Can't wait for a good time to use this! I'm kind of anxious about them but hey, I gotta learn some time, right?

I also got a freebie buuuuut I'm on the fence about using it because

• I've never tried anything Avon
• It looks kind of toy-ish to me that it makes me wonder about the quality of the actual product
• Personal things. Yes I have a bias but I won't tell you unless we're close :p It's nothing big really :))

Store rating? 3.5 out of 5. There was some trouble with one thing not being in stock and having to wait, then I was promised it'd come Wednesday or Thursday but it came Saturday. It's the supplier's fault but I wish the stock status on the products were updated and all.

So there's that. All in all I'm pretty pleased. Can't wait to play! For now, my alarm's going off, meaning I have to get ready for school :)

What do you think of what I got? (Personally, the comic book-ish nail decals are genius to me)

Have you been haulin' lately?

'Til then,

Love muchness,

Ciao!