When I was in high school, around year 10, I started branching out from my trusty Bonne Bell Lipsmackers collection (call me, Strawberry-Kiwi!) and trying lip products that were less balm, more gloss.

There was a fine balance between wearing something that Mum approved of (no colour, not too shiny) and something that appealed to my tastes (MOTHERFUCKING PINK!), and Covergirl's Wetslicks falling just within those parameters. Plus they smelt like a cartoonish version of fruit, perfect for practising smooches on my inner arm #foreveralone kissing boys, but not pigmented enough for rainbow parties *clutches pearls*.

I've got very fond memories of my Wetslick collection (the most treasured shades were hoarded in my Roxy wetsuit pencil case) and was immediately curious to see how the new and improved Wetslicks would perform, now that I'm now well past high school and still smooching my arm totally sexing grown arse men.

Here's a nail quickie for you featuring some minis and a glitter I've been hanging onto for a while. I used to use all the glitter on all the nails, but after going through a lot of polish remover, cotton pads, patience and swears, I've learnt that you never go full glitter. Never! So much glitter is too much of a burden for one set of hands! So I've been taken it one nail at a time, with ye olde beauty blogger favourite - the glitter feature nail.


From left, Prinnie x Hello Darling in Kava, Jessica in Happy Hour (both cute little minis), Endota Spa The Rocks (full size).

Disclaimer: Polish from Hello Darling and Endota Spa provided for consideration. They have in no way influenced my review and opinions are my own. It is also my opinion, after extensive research, that baby fur seals > baby elephant seals. See my Disclaimer for more sexy details.

I think I've found my make-up kryptonite, you guys. Wave a lipstick pen in front of me and I go weak at the knees, only summoning up enough strength to press my credit card into the shopkeep's loving grasp. Priceline was cruel enough to keep the Essence stand within eyesight from where I was innocently picking up some contact lens fluid, muttering must not buy pretty, must NOT buy pretty, and bam, I was suddenly walking out with the two lipstick pencils from Essence's Cherry Blossom Girl collection.







The shades are 01 Cherry Cherry Girl (bright red) and 02 It's Peach, Not Cherry (erm....peach), both with a matte finish.

I KNOW! I have sooooo many cosmetics and products all queued up in my 'to try' pile. Lined up end to end, these beauty goodies would stretch from Neutral Bay, Sydney, all the way to ASOS HQ in the UK (or so clutter-free-freak Boyfriend would like to think).

BUT an ASOS sale is kinda hard to avoid. Especially when you have ASOS set as your home page. And your credit details are Post-It noted to your computer monitor. Due to these absolutely unavoidable factors, I somehow bought a few things a week ago, and they arrived on my doorstep a mere four days later!







The Stila Merry and Bright Palette and Lip Glaze is exclusive to ASOS and set me back a wee A$14.45, compared to its original A$21.25. There's six eye shadows (Chill, Glisten, Joyful, Ebony, Butterscotch, Molasses), a Convertible Color in Lillium and a Lip Glaze in Kitten.




The Pixi Lid Last Shadow Pen Duo is another limited edition, containing two shadow pencils in Shell Sheen (champagne glow highlighter) and Brun Beam (cool brown liner and definer). A steal at A$13.60 from A$20.40. The Australian RRP is A$1400 and your first-born or fur baby. 

I also nabbed a squirrel print shirt. Because I want to be twee, dammit.

Now ASOS has whacked off another 10% with the check-out code PERFECT10, this Korres set is looking awfully tempting. Ooh, and what about this POP set! Or also from Stila, their Large Snowflake  with eighteen shadows and twelve cheek colours with bonus mascara for A$34.85 plus 10% off (the palette alone is still A$79 at Mecca!)

BRB, buying all the things!

I'm not feeling the nails on vacay vibe today. Fuck you, nails for being all bright and happy and glistening orange. Why do you get to have fun while I'm at work. Now I have to stare at your delightful squared-off ovals of tangerine colour-blocking as my fingers peck out less carefree work reports and records on my coffee stained keyboard.



You little frivolous bastards.

Chanel Le Vernis in Holiday is A$39. It was their mid-2012 release, so may be harder to find now.

ERMAHGERD!!! ERMAHGERD YOU GUISE! HAVE YOU SEEN THE AD CAMPAIGN FOR MAC'S STRENGTH COLLECTION???

DEM ARMS!!!

I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT MY CAPS LOCK KEY JAMMED WITH EXCITEMENT!!! THAT IS A RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNT OF EXCITEMENT FOR ONE LITTLE KEYBOARD!!

The model is Serbian-American fitness model Jelena Abbou, and her body is the definition of #fitspo.

Sure, the 2013 Spring collection looks decent too (hello, the gold-flecked matte black Firm Form lippy), but I cannot take my eyes off Jelena right now. Great ad choice, MAC. You've made this gym-goer feel good about her body goals. And about wearing shiny plastic ballgowns too. *sticks ad to fridge, gazes at it lovingly*.

- Post more! I dropped off my frequency this last month because of work and attempting to have a social life, but I now know that work should stay at the office, and that having a social life is way overrated. Expect more frequent posts from the braless, pantless and drinking straight from the vino bottle on her couch Michaela.

Pretty much

- Get fit. Like I'm totally going to go for a run today. But I've already had a shower. So tomorrow. Definitely tomorrow. I think I deserve a tin of condensed milk as a reward for locking down this commitment. Go me!

- Test my make-up boundaries and really dig into the dark corners of my MU collection. Blue and green should totally be seen. Mushed up together on my eyelids in a glorious loose powder orgy. 

- Grow out my fringe/bangs/forehead sweat collector. I lurve it when I've got a solid hour of hair-wrangling free, but I've come to realise that I'm far too lazy to use a brush be that organised with my hair. 

BYE BITCH!

- Read and comment more on other people's blogs. I recently read some comments saying that a good blogger never reads or comments on other people's content because it's all noise and distraction. Fuck that in the arm! I'm going to read twice as many blogs now, because other blogs are interesting and funny so why would I deprive my blog-hungry brain of that kind of nutrition? MOAR BLOGS!

- Own my feminism, even if I'm going to be branded with that old 'angry feminist' chestnut. Fuck yeah, I'm angry! I really appreciated the reaction I got from this post, even the many sweary and angry emails I received about we live in a post-racism society (AHAHAHAHA!) because it reminded me how many clueless dolts out there will defend their perceived right to be racist, sexist, sizist and all the other-ists forever. And in this country, if you're not openly disagreeing with them, you're enabling this type of ridiculousness through silence. Fuck being that kind of person and a half-assed activist. I have a lot of feelings about this I need to explore.




- Stop drinking so much. Because sometimes wine is not a breakfast food and does not lead to the best decisions. Even if it is one of my two interests.




Ok. Broke this one already. Wine is the ONLY breakfast food. Never leave me, pinot.




What are your New Year's resolutions for 2013? Am I a terrible an awesome blogger for making with the cliche New Year post theme?