New York Summer Haul 2014

I was in NY for nearly two months. I don't usually go over in the summer time because of the price of the plane tickets but I went over to look after my grandparents. I did some shopping, of course, so here's a haul for you! Lots of pictures ahead! Let's start with the polish.

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Enchanted Polish December 2013, January 2014, February 2014,

May 2014, June 2014 and July 2014.

Enchanted Polish Octopus's Garden, Once Upon A Cloud and Mercy

Island Girl Tropical Paradise, Marc Jacobs Oui! 

and Elianto Red Gossip (which is a Malaysian brand)

Paint Box Polish Abigail Leigh, Elevation Polish SBP Red Sea

and some dotting tools from ebay.

Wet n Wild Palettes

Jack Black Shea Butter lip balm, Wet n Wild Balm Stain in Rico Mauve,

L'Oreal Voluminous Miss Manga mascara, Milani Lip Intense in Red Extreme,

Physician's Formula mascara and Milani Lip Intense in Pink Rave.

Hourglass minis from a Sephora perk.

Elizabeth and James Nirvana Black and DKNY MYNY

New York necklace from Kris Nations.

Juicy Couture snowflake charms, Bunny Paige mini paved volcano heart

on a Spiffing Jewelry chain and a long circle chain from TJ Maxx.

I got this chain mostly to match my Betsey Johnson watch haha

Kate Spade bow earrings,Silver Forest Earrings, 

Fossil Key and Heart Earrings and earrings from a little store in New Paltz.  

Fossil Georgia watch

Halloween headband and earrings from Kohls

Nail stickers from Five Below

Oscar de la Renta sunglasses from TJ Maxx

Seltzer Goods cosmetic bag

Hayden Harnett Conrad bag

Rebecca Minkoff hologram Mini MAC

Rebecca Minkoff Mini MAC from an amazing group of ladies!! ♥

Malaysia coin purse from a friend and a cute bulldog key chain

Squishable Corgi and Grumpy Cat. 

Grumpy Cat looks like he thinks the corgi is awful hahaha

Funko POP Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead and a cross stitch that Jen 

from Jen's Nail Files made for me.

Despicable Me Duck Tape and Magnets 

from Five Below.

All of the following mugs are from Starbucks.

I have an issue.

Kuala Lumpur mug from a friend and Boston mug from my sister.

Kuala Lumpur mug from a friend and Boston mug from my sister.

Boston and Cambridge mugs from my sister.

Arizona mug from my BFF and I purchased the Canada mug.

Washington DC and The Hamptons mugs from my sister.

Washington DC and The Hamptons mugs from my sister.

Starbucks Mermaid Tail mug from my sister and Mermaid Eye

I purchased at the airport to get an hour of internet for free.

Hawaii mugs from a friend.

L&M Studio bud vase and travel tumbler that I'll just use at home.

Yes, I did bring ALL those mugs back with me in one trip. I did have to pay for another suitcase for the flight back in order to bring them all but whatever :) Some of the stuff here (such as the snowflake charms) are things that have been at my mom's house for a long time and I only got when I arrived there in July. I'm sure there are things that I've put away already that I've forgotten about but this is enough to prove that I have a shopping problem hahaha

Rebel Rainbow Fish Blue - Owen is here!

This weekend's collaboration is a kind of spontaneous because my friend Jacki at Adventures in Acetone (go like her Facebook page as well!) had a baby boy on Monday, July 16th! We're welcoming Owen James by painting our nails blue. Because how else would we welcome him? Surely he's going to appreciate this when he's a teenager (yeah, right haha)!!!!! CONGRATS to Jacki, Wes and Hailey (who is going to be a great older sister!)

I've used L'Oreal Rebel Blue with NailVenturous Rainbow Fish gradient tips. When I showed Gary he said "why did you only do the tips and not the whole nail?" And I said that I wanted to be able to see the shimmer in the blue (although it's not very apparent, not sure why, maybe it's the 3 coats of top coat). Gary responded with: "so, is it gradient because you messed it up and went further down than you wanted to?" HOW DARE HE! Of course I did it on purpose and didn't mess it up. I'm awesome like that. *rolls eyes* Anyway, this took many days to capture on camera since we've had nothing but miserable weather here for a week and hardly any sun. This is day three of the mani and it's holding up well on my left hand but not looking too great on my right hand. I think this is mostly because a few of my nails are damaged and peeling.

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L'Oreal polishes can be purchased at Boots and Superdrug (and I'm sure a few other places as well). NailVenturous is another indie brand. Amy has decided she won't be selling publicly any more so, therefore, they're really really difficult to get a hold of. But go like her Facebook page in case she decides to open shop again.