Nail Polish Haul & Lunch with Catherine

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you will probably have already saw that I did some nail polish hauling because I was running out of my Seche Vite Top Coat. I ordered from Transdesign and since shipping is around $10, of course it would be better to order more to make that $10 worth it! :) How could I resist?

(From left to right)
China Glaze: Preppy Pink, Re-fresh Mint, Peachykeen, High Hopes
Essie: Pop Art Pink, Van D'Go, Lilacism

I got 4 China Glaze and 3 Essie polishes. All of them are creme finishes except for one of the China Glaze. I'm usually not a creme polish kind of gal because I love my sparkle and bling, but I don't know what has gotten into me! I think it is probably because most brands are coming out with creme pastel polishes since they are really in this season. In the picture, the colors for the China Glaze polishes came out darker, and they actually look lighter and creamier in real life. The Essie polishes, on the other hand, came out pretty true to life.

I've only tried Van D'Go, Lilacism, and Preppy Pink so far. I absolutely love love love the Essie colors that I picked out. I didn't take a picture for all of them sadly, but I will when I re-wear any of the colors.

In this pic, I am wearing Essie's Lilacism. I was skeptical at first to get it because I thought it wouldn't look good on me. However, I actually really like how it looks on my nails, and it makes me just want to look at them all the time. The formula is as usual quite streaky with one coat, so I did about 2-3 coats with a minute drying time between each coat.

I really want more creme polishes now, but I really shouldn't be buying anymore since I have enough polish to last me a lifetime. What to do, what to do?!

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In other news, I met up with the lovely Catherine of StrawberryMochi on Thursday afternoon for lunch. We go to the same school but it took us awhile to meet up with each other since we are busy bees! I am glad we met though before she graduated. She is so sweet and we had such a wonderful time talking. Hopefully, we will get to meet up again soon and bond some more :) I hope you love your birthday gift girl! ^_^

I am trying hard to update as much as I can with school and my moving situation back home. For those of you who don't know, my parent's and I are moving to a different house so it's been a little stressful since I am not home to help them. Every time I go back to LA, I don't have time to do anything but pack and unpack. I am in dire need of a hair cut, but I haven't even had the time to go do that. Weekends just seem to fly back so fast! So please bare with me!