Nail Files: Urban Outfitters Nail Polish Review

Ever curious about those little square Urban Ouftitters nail polishes that they have out on display in stores? Well, I took the liberty to try on every colour sans 2 because I didn't have enough fingers. Here's my verdict:



Wow, the lilac was gorgeous with my warm skin tone! The sea foam green didn't look so nice on my fingers in natural light. (It's like a ghetto version of Chanel's Jade). All colours except the grey and gold were a single coat. The grey was pretty translucent when you put it on so I had to double up in fear of my nail looking like a dead nail. The gold was nice with one layer but I wanted to pack a punch. The dark green is one again a ghetto version of another nail polish: British Racing Green by Butter London. I didn't really like it... Maybe it needs another coat.



Now, onto the ugly hand. We won't talk about the blue. It's disgusting. The second nail is a dark purple that I found really boring because they have much nicer ones in a similar shade at Sephora. You can't tell in this awful photo but the pink is HORRIBLE. It looks like semi-matte bubble gum. Ew, disgusting with my skin tone. The orange was disappointing. I'd call it a creamcicle color and to be honest, I have two other MUCH nicer orange nail polishes by Butter and Essie. The watermelon-ish color on my thumb was nice. One again, all of these had one coat.

Bottle photos: libbywilkie-aneyefordetail.com

The dark colours had the least staying power and flaked off by the next day. They also took longer to dry for some reason that some scientist will probably link to caner in the future.

Overall, not bad for the price but I'd stick to my first hand! UO sells them $8 for 2 in stores.

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the shoes on my UO wishlist

I love most of Urban Outfitters designs. Especially the shoes. The problem that I have is that they are usually made of crap and fall apart. So I always try and buy them on sale... the problem is that they sell out... and I never get what I want. Here are the shoes that are on my UO wishlist now. Feel free to get me any in a size 8.5 or 8. Oh yeah, there is a lot of black to brace yourself.

very black + blue

sweater express - v-neck top forever 21 - acid wash jeans H&M - necklace urban outfitters - flats rocket dog

Yes, that's right, you get a myspace-esque photos of me. I'm lame, I know. But yeah, it was actually above 50-something degrees out today so I dared to wear a three quarters length sweater... but I still froze my ass of. Whatever. I'm over it now. These are the waesome $40 jeans I've been talking about (for way too long). I haven't taken them off since I bought them and I'm so tempted to go buy another pair! I must practice restraint... Oh, and this was the last of the Urban Outfitters necklace purchases. Next week I'm going to post a necklace that I'm making. Details later...

Oh yeah, new ebay listing for some pumps, here.

Queen of Mayhem

you can't bike in a short, short skirt

Cotton Tank Free People - Military Wool Sweater H&M - Jeans GAP - Silk Shoes Rocket Dog - Necklace Urban Outfitters - Woven Gold Belt H&M

Let me start off my saying that you can't bike in a short skirt. Well, you can, but getting OFF the bike is always hard. No matter how hard you try you're going to flash someone. If anyone knows how to get off a bike gracefully while wearing a skirt/dress, please let me know. So, no skirt today because I had to bike. Oh yeah, ignore the "I just woke up face" in the photos.

If you haven't caught on, I'm slowly revealing my Urban Outfitters purchases from last week. ;)



I just listed some awesome leather snake skin shoes on ebay. Starting price $9.99. Click here or go to Royal-Tee to see more.

Queen of Mayhem

Goodies + Surface to Air (AW10)

Today has been a good day. I made my first ever ebay sale! I've been eyeballing a few delicious sale items at Urban Outfitters and finally decided to buy them. Along the way i found a cupon for 20% off your order of $100+. My cart was at $99.95. What the hell. So I added another goodie and checked out!

Hurrah! SO now I've spent more than I earned on my ebay sale. Oh well. Sometimes a girl needs something to keep her going. (I had been telling myself that I couldn't buy anything until after I finished my problem set-- that was like 3 problem sets and 3 weeks ago).

Anyway, as I wait in anticipation to get my package (thank god I ordered stuff on a Monday and NOT a Friday), I have a few pieces from the Surface and Air A/W 09-10 collection to show you. :)






Let's not talk about how much I want these boots... But first I need to buy new leggings because my current ones are getting dangerously close to showing what colour underwear I'm wearing.


Photo credits: www.surface2airparis.com

By the way, I'm currently listening to The Dead Weather. I also have a girl crush on Alison Mosshart.