Yeah, I know I was supposed to do things yesterday but I was so busy… and then this raccoon came- (LOL the episode of Friends where Joey can’t lie kills me every time). I did plan on posting this last night, but I made the mistake of going to Costco. And hour and a half later and four hundred dollars down we finally escaped. Then another hour to get home. So by the time I finally walked through the door, blogging wasn’t as much on my mind as vegetating. And veg out I did. Here’s part two of my unloved [...]
What’s going on everyone? I’m concerned. Concerned and dismayed at the lack of love for green right now. I know, I know – you US gals are in your “fall” period where halloweenie colours are all the rage, but I still don’t think I can overlook this. You see, I’ve had a word with some of my green polishes in my Helmer (over tea, as one does) and they honestly feel neglected and left out. Especially at this time of year. So today, I’ve decided to raise a toast to my favourite green nail polish shades. But not the more [...]
Firstly, I just want to say thank you to all of you for your wonderful supportive comments and well wishes on my last post. I’m so grateful for all of you, and I’m going to do my absolute best to make sure that my polishes and makeup are available worldwide. I’ll keep you all updated on my progress via Pretty Random, but you can also follow Pretty Serious on Twitter or Facebook. For Bottle Spam Sunday today, I thought I’d fish back through my twitter for some discontinued goodies. Enjoy! Covergirl Crackles in Smashed Pumpkin, Electric Shock & Fire Crackle [...]
Okay, who am I kidding. This is a HUGE announcement! Those of you that follow me on twitter may have noticed me alluding to some sort of secret project. Now that the t’s are crossed and the i’s dotted, I can finally FINALLY spill the beans. I gotta tell you… this has been SO HARD to keep secret! Remember a few months back I wrote a post about realising how awesome you all are and reaching your potential? One of the things that I wanted to do was start my own nail polish line. AND GUESS WHAT? My brainchild, my [...]
I own an iPhone and an iPad. I am saddened by the passing of Steve Jobs much in the same way that I’m saddened when anyone dies. I’m not enough of an apple fanatic to be devastated, but I’m also not anti apple enough to be unaffected. Steve Jobs was if anything else, a highly effective business man who had a vision and knew how to make others see what he saw. I guess the greatest thing to be taken from his short life is the fact that he spent it doing what he loved to do, which in itself [...]
SSP makes a triumphant return! I know it’s technically Sunday, but I’m sure it’s still Saturday somewhere in the world, and considering that Monday is a public holiday here in Sydney this still counts as a Saturday of sorts. Enough of my excuses though, here’s some pretty pictures. YES! I actually did new swatches! Hurrah! Essence All Access, Misa Spinning Out Of Control Dreams Glamtastic, BYS Blue Hawaii Revlon No Shrinking Violet, Sally Hansen Jealous Frost Ulta3 Pacific Fever, Loreal 732 P2 Viibrant Green, Revlon Carbonite Maybelline Night Affair, Milani Silver Dazzle Any of you ever owned a Siamese cat? [...]
Oh man, what is it, Friday? And this is my first actual post of the week? Blogger fail. Clearly this is not elite bloggery. Considering I’m such a shitty blogger, it’s a good thing that I didn’t end up taking up a spot on the ABBW, co-organised by the lovely Jacie from You’ve Got Nail, who totally didn’t accidentally buy a vajazzle. I’ve had an awesome week. Apart from IMATS, I got to see Motley Crue rock the roof off the Sydney Entertainment Centre (with Poison’s Bret Michaels as support), and I also celebrated my eight year anniversary with my [...]
I don’t usually blog PR shit, but today I’m so asdjkhasdgfdygtf excited that I am blogging PR shit. I THINK MY BRAIN IS LEAKING FROM MY EAR OMG OMG I just saw this over at Mon Coin a Moua. I’m hyperventilating. MODELS OWN BEETLEJUICE COLLECTION! image from British Beauty Blogger These hit the pavement in November and I hope they have cool names otherwise I will be renaming them myself. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? YES YES OF COURSE YOU ARE. Seriously you guys, I think I’m dying over here. *fans self*
Evening ladies (and gents… let’s not be sexist here). I’ve been thinking a fair bit about something lately and I feel like I need to share it with you all. I’ve been making a lot of changes in my life over the last few months. I’m finally learning to drive at twenty eight years old. I’m seeing a chiropractor regularly to correct ten years worth of damage to my back. I’m even working hard to lose the extra pounds I have gained ever since moving in with my boyfriend nearly eight years ago. These sorts of changes are good. Positive. [...]
Hey gorgeous thangs! It’s been a while. I’ve managed to find an hour or so tonight while my boyfriend is finishing up Gears of War 3 (it’s pretty epic) so I thought I’d throw together a bottle spam post. By the way, totally unrelated, but Caramel Cookie McFlurries kick all kinds of ass. China Glaze Crimson, It’s Alive, Near Dark, Haunting Zoya Yara, Neeka, Jem, Anja, Cynthia Nury 036, 026, 040. I found these hiding away in an Ice store (horrid clothing chain) at 3 for $5. Guppy 8, 16, 1, 14, 13 Revlon Laser Lavender, China Glaze Cat’s Eye, [...]
Hey guys! I’m so sorry about this, and I know my Haiku comp ended about seven years ago so my apologies for announcing the winner so late. I want to thank all of you for your amazing entries that made me laugh and cry, but mostly laugh. As I explained earlier, in the interest of fairness seeing as I had some friends enter the comp, I had my impartial boyfriend judge them after I took all the haikus and listed then without the posters name in a giant word document. After some careful consideration and a few disqualifications for some [...]
And wetness is the essence… of beauty! I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself. I can’t be the only one that thinks of Zoolander when I see Essence polishes. Especially blue ones like the beauties I have to show you you today! Oh man, I need to watch this again soon! I had forgotten how funny this movie was until I started searching for this gif on tumblr. If you haven’t seen it, trust me – it’s hilarious. You neeed to watch it! But enough Zoolander, let’s talk about these awesome Essence Colour & Go polishes. I absolutely ADORE this line, [...]
