Cosmetic Cupcake

Happy Easter everyone! I haven't been in the mood for nails or blogging lately and I finally feel like getting back in to it so I'm back today with my Easter mani. The best thing about Easter manis is the excuse to break out the pastels! Not that one really needs any excuse for them haha. I'm pretty happy with how my nails turned out so I think I've got my mojo back!


Here's what I used:


Thumbs: I used 2 coats of Orly Snowcone as my base. For the grass I applied thin stripes of China Glaze Entourage and Nail Star two way nail art pen & brush in Green and created clouds using Cult Nails Tempest and a medium dotting tool. I finished it off by adding butterfly and dragonfly fimo.


Index finger: I used 3 coats of Models Own Speckled Eggs Dove which was a birthday present from my lovely friend Aysh. It's such a great pink and speckled polishes are so darn cute! 

Middle finger: I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest and freehanded the carrots using Bloom Bettina I and Kester Black Peach Melba*. For the leaves I used Revlon Parfumerie Lime Basil.


Ring finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Cult Nails Tempest for the polka dots.

Pinky: I used 2 coats of Barry M Gelly and made a decal using bunny design from Bundle Monster plate BM-H10 using Konad Special Polish in white and filled in the ears using Kester Black Lilac and the eye with Cult Nails Nevermore. 


I hope you're all having a lovely Easter! What are you all up to this long weekend?  I've done nothing but eat so far haha.  Thanks for looking as always!

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.

Hope you're all having a good start to the week! A very quick post to show you an awesome package I came home to when I arrived back from Hong Kong. Lovely Dutch blogger Marte from Girly Addictions spoilt with some awesome European goodies!


Beautiful Catrice holos! I actually picked up some of the Haute Future collection when I was in Rome last year but so happy to have backups of these pretty shades.


I love essence limited editions and these Come to Town Christmas sets are so sweet! They weren't available here in Aus either so super happy to add them to my stash.


Ciate Velvet Manicure set and gorgeous glitters. I don't have many Ciate lacquers as they're kind of pricey here so very excited for these.


p2 fluffy spot polish and Revlon Enchanting and Electric. The swatches I've seen of the fluffy spot polish look really interesting as it's meant to give a snowflake look.


I love a good face mask and these sound so good coming in flavours like macaron, bubblegum and cupcake. Love the metallic packaging too!


Delicious Dutch snacks including my absolute favourite stroopwafels! They disappeared in no time and went so well with the green tea lemon macaroon flavour which smells AMAZING. And who doesn't love Hello Kitty candy too!


Thank you Marte for the amazing package!

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The last week of my belated 4th blogiversary giveaways is late unfortunately as I've been unwell but better late than never!! This week has been absolutely crazy at work which hasn't left much time for anything and as usual I'm so unorganised haha. This last giveaway is a little random but it consists of some of my favourite products!!


One lucky person will win:

Chanel Peridot
OPI Damone Roberts 1968
Face of Australia Screen Siren collection
Face of Australia Glossy Lip Crayon collection - Apple crumble, Raspberry Coulis, Berry Brulee, Peach Parfait and Pie A La Mode
essence color & go polishes - hello marshmallow!, here's my number, crazy fancy love, me & my lover, date in the moonlight, misty rusty and absolutely blue and essence studio caring nail oil
Chapstick All Things Sweet lipkit
Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in Sorbet
Revlon Girly
A huge thank you to Face of Australia for providing the Screen Siren and lip crayon collections for the giveaway!

How to enter:
- simply enter via the Rafflecopter widget thingy below!

Ts & Cs apply:
- open internationally
- must be 18 years and over to enter
- ends 24th August 2014
- winner must respond to notification email within 48 hours

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Happy weekend everyone!! I'm off to Europe for my honeymoon in less than a week (EEEEK!) so I've been holding off on beauty purchases for quite some time so that I can go crazy over there. But as usual I couldn't resist a few things here and there! I can't go past a good sale ;)


Some gorgeous Hello Darling shades! From L-R: Georgeous, Cakefight, Trophy Wife, Sir English, Ballerina La La and Over topcoat.


Models Own had their awesome 50% off sale a while back so I took the opportunity to stock up on polishes for my kit and also pick up some lemmings! There was no way I was going to let such a good sale go even with the crazy shipping fee. I picked up the entire Hypergel collection and some cremes and glitters.



Illamasqua Raindrops has been on my wishlist ever since I saw swatches of it and I finally picked it up along with Destiny as a birthday pressie to myself! I had Myer vouchers so I only paid $14.50 for them both!


I picked up Revlon Parfumerie shades in Autumn Spice and Lime Basil when Priceline had their last 40% off sale (swatched here) and of course I couldn't go past the Ulta 3 speckled egg collection (swatched here) for Easter.


Chevron nail art is so cute but it's such a hassle with scotch tape I hardly ever do it. I thought I'd try out some Nail Vinyls to make it easier and they are definitely worth the price! I also bought some mini chevron, heart and straight vinyls too.


Bundle Monster had a 20% off sale so I took the chance to add the 2012, 2013 and Holiday plates to my stamping plate collection. It was also time to update my plate storage so I also bought 2 of their pink organisers which are fantastic - I should have upgraded my storage ages ago!!


I had to stock up on my HG makeup remover Clinique Take the Day Off Makeup Remover so I took advantage of the Clinique Valentines Day offer and scored myself a free Chubby Stick in Two Ton Tomato with my order woot!


I hope you liked seeing my recent hauls!! What have you hauled lately?

There is something I find so so cool about scented nail polish. I love pretty much any makeup product that has a scent to it especially when it's sweet! So when polish is scented it makes a pretty awesome combination. I have a few of the scented polishes from Color Club which I love so I couldn't resist treating myself to 2 of the new Revlon Parfumerie™ Scented Nail Enamels during the recent 40% off sale at Priceline. The bottles are really different from the usual Revlon bottles and are shaped like perfume bottles with round tops. They are SO adorable!! Let me tell you it was darn hard deciding which ones to get and I ummmmed and ahhhhed for about 20mins before finally settling on Lime Basil and Autumn Spice.


What they say:

"A whole new way to experience colour. Vibrant, shiny shades go on smoothly for flawless colour and then dry to light, irresistible fragrances. In 24 scented colours and three beautiful fragrance note collections: Fruits & Florals, Sweets & Spices and Freshes."

Lime Basil is a bright jade green creme that's slightly more yellow in person than my swatches show. When dry it smells sort of like lemonade or an Icy Pole (a popsicle/ice lolly for those playing overseas!) and is sweet and refreshing. I didn't swatch with a base coat and it stained pretty badly so make sure you use a base coat! 2 coats is pictured.


Autumn Spice is a bronze-y copper shimmer. My pics don't capture the gorgeous shimmer unfortunately! It just screams Autumn and the scent is gingerbread or some other type of spice. It smells good enough to eat! 2 coats is pictured.



Overall: Cute bottles, cute scents and cute shades = I need more in my collection! Which means you guys need them too! The formula is thin but super easy to work with and the brush is firm but flexible. I thought the round top cap would be hard to use but it's surprisingly easy to hold and use. The scent is pretty strong when dry and I really enjoyed the scents of Lime Basil and Autumn Spice and kept sniffing my fingers when I wore them xp

Details: The Revlon Parfumerie™ Scented Nail Enamels are available from Myer, Target, Kmart, Priceline and selected pharmacies for $15.95.


What do you think? Have you tried out the Revlon Parfumerie™ range yet? Thanks for looking as always!

Happy weekend guys!! Soooo I thought I'd do a haul post since I haven't done one in a while. I haven't been hauling much lately so I have to group them all together haha! Of course it's mainly polish xp

More after the jump!

I absolutely LOVE my Revlon Lip Butters so I was sooooooo excited when I spotted their new Pacific Coast collection by Gucci Westman in store which includes four gorgeous new Lip Butter shades - Wild Watermelon, Juicy Papaya, Pink Lemonade and Sorbet!!! Of course I wanted them all but even with the Chemist Warehouse 50% off sale I still limited myself to just one xp I'm trying to be good! Juicy Papaya and Pink Lemonade are rather sheer so I ended up purchasing the gorgeous Sorbet.

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The Lip Butters are packaged in the cute ColorBurst quilted design with a coloured case and clear top insert making it easy to see the shades. I love seeing my colourful collection in my lippie stash!!


If you've been reading my blog for a while you know I love the whole lipstick/lip balm formula which is why I adore these! The formula feels like a lip balm but packs some colour and are really moisturising as they contain mango, shea and coconut butter.


Sorbet is a gorgeous bright cool toned fuchsia pink and gives a sheer to medium coverage that's buildable. I'm always drawn to shades like this especially for the warmer months and it's very quickly become my favourite shade!! I think I've worn it everyday since I bought it haha. Lip Butters don't tend to last all that long on me but I get about 3hours wear from Sorbet and it leaves a slight stain.


Swatch:


Details: Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butters are available from Kmart, Target, Myer and pharmacies for $21.95 but are 50% off at Chemist Warehouse until tomorrow so hop to it!!

What are your fave Lip Butter shades? Thanks for looking as always! =)

Soooooo I've kind of been doing a bit of hauling over the last month and a bit Xp I was relatively good on my spending ban for most of the year but I treated myself to a few things at Christmas hehe. The temptation for Christmas and LE collections was just too much! I also received some awesome gifts too yay! The majority of my haul was nail polish (of course) and in about 1 month I bought about 6months worth of products HAHA. FAIL. Here we go!


HARE POLISHES!!!!! *squeal* I lusted after The First collection for SOOOOOOOOO long and when Nikole reformulated them I knew I had to get my hands on them! They are so gorgeous. I also picked up 2 from The Finders Keepers colleciton. There was a little mix up with my order and my polishes were accidentally sent to Mich from The Polish Well but she very kindly sent them on to me and also included a bottle of her franken Sloth for me too which was so sweet! Thank you Mich again =D

I finally got my hands on Revlon Whimsical this week thanks to my US enabler Tammie! She helped me get a few lemmings once again and she very kindly helped me hunt this lovely polish down too. Whimsical is a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's magical Glitter in the Air which I own already but I don't like to use it often because it's so precious haha. I received the package yesterday and had to use it straight away!


I layered two coats of Whimsical over two coats of China Glaze Sea Spray. Whimsical is pretty sheer but I wanted a subtle effect so I only applied 2 coats. Love this combo!


Close up:



Thanks for looking as always =)

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Today I'm kicking off my 2nd Birthday Giveaway!! Cosmetic Cupcake turned 2 years old in February and it's less than a week until my birthday so what better way to celebrate but with a little giveaway! I purchased some fun items when I was in HK and there are also 2 items kindly sponsored by Cel's deconails! Thank you for all your support and love over the last 2 years. It's been so much fun! I would LOVE to hear what posts you've enjoyed; what you'd love to see more of/less of and any suggestions you may have, so I've included that in the entry form. Please let me know!

One lucky winner will receive:


3 Revlon Lipburst Lip Butters! In Macaroon, Pink Truffle and Peach Parfait. These are only released in Australia in April!

3 Revlon glitter polishes in Facets of Fuschia, Starry Pink and Blue Mosaic.

A large stamping image plate (template A) and a set of dotting tools.

BK Diamond Duet in 20 (fully swatched here) and Sasatinnie FCGL002 (fully swatched here).

EOS hand lotion in Berry Blossom.

And lastly 2 stunning pieces from Cel's Deconails Alice in Wonderland series!! My very very generous and talented friend Christina has kindly allowed me to giveaway her blue Alice in Wonderland pendant and White Rabbit ring. I showed you some pieces that she gifted me in our last swap and here's your chance to own 2 yourself! If you can't wait to see if you're the lucky winner, head on over to her Etsy store to check out her handmade jewellery, nail art and deco items =) Thank you for donating these pieces Christina!!!!


Here's how to enter!

*Please be a public follower of Cosmetic Cupcake via Google Friends Connect. (3 entries)

* Please let me know what you would love to see on Cosmetic Cupcake! What posts have you enjoyed? What would you love to see more of? Less of?

For additional entries:

* Post about my 2nd birthday giveaway on your blog – either in a separate post or on a sidebar with the first photo from this post. (2 entries)

* Tweet about my 2nd birthday giveaway with a link to this post - don't forget to @cosmeticcupcake! (1 entry)

Details:
Giveaway is open internationally and will close on March 31st at 10pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Please fill out the form below with all your entries once to enter! Please do not enter your details in the comments as I won't count these.

Edit: Please check your details before submitting them. I will not run around changing details because you have submitted the wrong email or links.

Good luck!