Add Some Fun to Your Wall: Fulcrum Gallery Online Art Store Review

Disclaimer: Product featured was provided for review.

Hey everyone, happy Sunday! I hope you are having a superb weekend. I can't believe summer is almost over... we must make the most out of these last few days!

As you might know, I am a bit of an art aficionado. I love painting, drawing, and finding cute or unique wall posters and canvases. So when Fulcrum Gallery, an online store for posters, prints, and canvases offered to send me a canvas to review, I was more than ecstatic. Since my walls are pretty much covered with my own paintings and photographs, I asked a friend of mine to pick out something he likes and he picked out a two-tone blue Bob Marley canvas (10x14). To read my review on the product, click.........

Beauty Bloggers Christmas Collaboration Link Up

Hey guys! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Here a link up post of four wonderful beauty blogger's Christmas posts! So if you are interested in seeing some Christmas looks or D.I.Y., check out these blogger's here:

Enchanting Christmas Makeup from Lala's Wonderland
Red Heart Christmas Look from Misaraisu
Christmas Earring D.I.Y. from Gwiyomistyle
Festive Green Makeup Look from UrHappyBunnie

Also, if you haven't already, check out my Christmas Manicure here. Have a good one, thanks for reading!

DIY: Turning OCC Lip Tars into Lip Balms

When I did my first batch of OCC Lip Tar reviews, my fellow blogger friend Lulubelle suggested that I could turn my Lip Tars into lip balms because I mentioned that the Lip Tars are not very moisturizing and they feel a bit tacky on the lips. So I googled and found a great video tutorial from EnkoreMakeup. To see how my DIY turned out, click......

Nail Polish Pedant: Glimmers of Green

My order from Sun and Moon Crafts finally came a few weeks ago and I ordered a few pendants to decorate. The metal pedant tray cost $1 and the glass dome was $0.25.

For this design, I used Nfu-Oh #40, "Make a Spectacle" from China Glaze, hand placed glitter pieces, and "Knockout" (black base) from Revlon. The end result was beyond beautiful and I am extremely happy with it.

If you live in the US, I strongly encourage you to order from Sun and Moon Crafts for jewellery supplies as the store is very organized and easily accessible compared to ebay shops. However, if you order from Canada, shipping can be a bit much. My $20 order had a $10 shipping fee.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoyed this post, come back for more nail polish jewellery designs!

M.A.C Pro Palette Large/Duo: Photos and Review

***This palette is currently on sale for $8 USD/ $10USD.

I am a huge fan of eyeshadow palettes and often purchase a couple every year during the post-holiday sales. However, the problem with palettes is that the appeal of the fancy packaging slowly fades over time and all that's left are pretty eyeshadows I rarely reach for because they are all stashed away in a bulky and clumsy palette.

Mermaid's Tail: DIY Julep Cabochon Ring

So after I did the flakie explosion DIY ring a few weeks ago, I finally caved in and decorated my last remaining Julep Cabochon ring, though not to worry, I ordered a whole whack load of DIY earring and necklace "setting sets" (for a much better price) from this site called Sun and Moon Craft Kits. The shipping to Canada was a bit more than I would like to pay but overall I think it will be worth it.

Anyways, for these ones from Julep, you are suppose to paint on the back side of the stone. So from the top to bottom, I used "Make A Spectacle" from China Glaze, "Vanessa" from Julep, "Mermaid's Dream" from Deborah Lippman, and finally a no name teal polish from Cynthia Rowley.
I had a lot of trouble photographing this and I swear the ring looks 100 times more mesmerizing in person!
I don't know guys, I think this is going to turn into a very serious addiction! Also check this out, it's a whole new world of DIY jewellery!

My New Hobby: Greeting Card Making

I have long dabbled in the craft of handmade greeting cards but I never really made anything I am proud of. But a month ago I decided to give it another try when I saw some great cardstocks on sale at Winners and I came up with these three designs that I really like so I thought I'd share them with y'all.

I get all my supplies from Winners as several of these locations here in Vancouver carry a great range of scrapbooking stuff at a fairly reasonable price. I know that in the U.S. both T.J. Maxx and Ross sell scrapbooking stuff at amazing prices.

If any of y'all are interested in card making, check out Star of May's blog. I started watching her videos years ago just for fun but eventually got hooked and wanted to try to make my own cards as well.
And that's all for this lovely Sunday, thanks for reading!

Julep's DIY Nail Polish Cabochon Ring: Mini Review and Photos

A few weeks ago I bought a couple of the DIY Cabochon Rings from Julep's Online Warehouse sale. I knew right away I wanted to make a flakie one. I used one coat of Essie's Shine of The Times and one coat of Nfu-oh #40 over a black from Revlon called "Knockout". To see more pictures, click......

Day 11: Me In Less Than 10 Words + Finished Painting

Oy another tough prompt! I have no idea how to "sell myself in ten words or less"! I was thinking maybe "what you see is what you get" but that feels so trite. So I thought that I would just unleash my egotistic side and pick a few flattering adjectives that best fit my personality and share with y'all:
1. Independent
2. Creative
3. Genuine
4. Efficient
5. Humorous
6. Generous
7. Open-minded
There you go, yea...... not much of an interesting post eh? But to make that up, I want to show you the painting that I mentioned I was working on. I finally finished it yesterday, it is an almost replicate of this lovely ink on paper piece called "Morning" by Yellena James. I did mine with acrylic on a 30 by 24 inches stretched canvas. I spent about three to four hours per day for eight days working on it (way longer than I expected, a flower takes like 30 minutes and the process results in a sore neck). However, I am really proud with the end product, now I can totally say that I accomplished something in my three week break from school!

 To see the original and a few close-ups, click......

DIY iPhone Case

Back in 2012, I had a lab partner who had a clear iphone case which she would decorate by inserting a piece of picture she likes between the clear backing of her case and her phone. I thought it was such a genius idea that when I received my new iphone, I went on a hunt for a case with a clear backing. I had quite some trouble finding a nice one in phone service stores like Rogers or Bell, they had very few clear cases, and the few they have are very bulky. I thankfully found some really nice and sleek ones in a phone case kiosk in the mall. I picked up a couple of these clear phone cases for around $15 CAD. To see a tutorial on how I did this, click......

DIY: Storing Depotted Eyeshadows in a Tampon Tin?!?

     So I've had the Urban Decay Book of Shadows Vol. IV for almost a year now, and its bulky packaging irks me every time I open my makeup drawer. Not only does it take up the space of a full-sized dictionary, it's also impossible to retrieve the shadows in the snugly fit cardboard drawer inside the "book".
     So I decided it was time that I did something about it. So in a fit of rage, I took a dull knife, wedged it between the shadow and the cardboard, and pried out every single one of the shades. Then, I was left with 16 depotted shadows sitting on top of my desk, with nowhere to go. I scrambled through every drawer in the house and could not find a container or an old palette I can store the shadows in!
     Then a flash of genius led me to these unused empty Kotex Tampon Tins (they were probably around $2 CAD). They are sleek and compact, a perfect new home for my shadows.
     I used double-sided tape to stick the shadows into the tin, and left a little room around the edges so the compact can easily shut.
     I gotta say, I am quite proud of this little project because not only can I easily access my shadows, I also have an huge empty slot in my drawer that is calling out for more makeup! ; )

Jasmine.

 I also depotted a few Stila and Smashbox shadows as well.