Shot of Cobalt

OPI Dating a Royal 

Shall I declare to the world my love for royal blue and sapphire? LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! My eyes are heart shaped right now! When you go shopping for nail polish it's so hard to buy true to colour just judging from the bottle and if they don't have swatches it's just like going shopping blind. So when I got this as a gift from a friend just judging from the bottle I was hesitant to use it because it seemed like such a dark and dull blue. And I had this bottle hanging around for 2 years or so before I decided to give it a try and OH MY!!!! Why was I such an idiot for not trying it earlier!! This is absolutely amazing and if you love Royal blue just as much as I do, you will definitely love this too!

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Lady Like

Essie Lady Like With flash

Essie Lady like without flash

I'm back in Sydney and why is it so cold at night? Like I'm freezing in layers and layers of clothing. But I trimmed my nails so its shorter the technique to trimming longer nails without cutting it all off is to take off a little by little, and to shape them after painting them with nail polish.

My fingers were so cold I decided to go with a neutral colour from Essie called Lady Like, and doesn't the neutral colour make you feel very lady like?  I absolutely love neutral nails since it's so simple but looks amazing and it elongates your nails. Even though this is a neutral colour the consistency is perfect to achieve this look, two coats for me did the job and don't worry if the first coat is too thin but if there isn't enough coverage on the second coat, you might have to jump in and swipe another coat on.

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Travel Nail Essentials II

Back on our nail blog we posted a travel nail essentials for when we flew to the Gold Coast and now here comes part II and we're in SINGAPORE!!! YAY!!! We absolutely love traveling and I cannot go anywhere right now without my nails all polished up. Because of the length and it just does not look good that long without anything covering it. Its like I'm giving my nails clothes to wear hahahaha.

What I brought along with me is my highly loved Nine West polish, in Pink and Nude. Of course I also brought along China Glaze base coat and Sally Hansen's Diamond shine top coat.

 For the first week of Singapore I've just gone with very simple pink nails. And you know this gorgeous pink is absolutely perfect for Singapore weather.My nails are so long I need to trim them when I'm back in Sydney!! Do you like my stripy pajamas? XD

Just as the second week started I realised I didn't bring any nail polish remover and I'll explain in another post why I didn't buy any and just use it. So I had to come up with a way to mix it up and little and to incorporate the nude. So i used some cling wrap/plastic wrap and scrunched it up, dipped it in the nude polish and just dabbed it on top of the pink. As sublte as it is I think it looks amazing and would definitely try it with other colour combinations like black and white, pink and green, blue and black. It's best to go with contrasting colours as it will show up more, unlike my pink and nude combination.

 All you need is a like a square or a small section of a plastic bag/cling wrap and scrunch it up so you can dab dab dab away!! I like to use some form of plastic so its more easy to maneuver and less hard compared to paper, making it harder to wrap around the nail when you're dabbing away.


I had absolutely amazing fun doing this and it felt very therapeutic dabbing and dabbing and more dabbing. A little tip is that if you don't have nail polish remover and all you have is a correction pen, you really need to try and avoid the skin around your nails. Another little tip is to avoid just a large blob of colour with no dabbing pattern you need to remove excess from your clump of cling wrap by dabbing on a piece of paper.

with flash

without flash

If you give this a try, I would absolutely LOVE to see what colour combinations you decide to have and even if it's the same I would love to see it! Show us on facebook, twitter or even instagram, Don't forget @MisaAvenue!!

Singapore Haul

Here are some of the products I purchased in Singapore so far. Cannot wait to review them with you later on. This is only the beginning, you should see Rina's nail polish haul!

Lancome Mascara

Urban Decay Primer Potion and MAC products

Cyber Colors, my new favourite!

New Skincare range, Shiseido's Perfect Whip and Aqualabel line

Brow pencils and Liners

Travel set from Aqualabel!

Koji Eye Talk

Acne Gel and Highlighter

China Glaze Haul & New top coats

Hi guys, we're currently in Singapore but I wanted to share with you my haul before I left for Singapore, and such a genius I am buying China Glaze online, I should have just waited until I got to Singapore but what can I do.

Usually you all know I use Revlon's Top coat, and its served me well over the last couple of years and I've never really strayed from it since its super and does the job. So I was down to the very last 0.5ml of the bottle and I needed a new topcoat or I wouldn't be doing my nails until I got my hands on one. Mia told me Sally Hansen top coats seem to be recommended by manicurists and I thought why not, lets give it a try. Whilst hunting for simply a top coat, I ended up buying some China Glaze polishes online. So I have really quick reviews below of each polish and a more in depth review might be coming soon.

Cutex Long wear top coat & Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

I bought these both from Chemist Warehouse and from memory Cutex didn't cost over $10 and Sally Hansen was around $15. I wasn't too happy with the Cutex top coat, it made my nail polish have air bubbles and it just looked absolutely terrible. Sally Hansen on the other hand was amazing, it smooths out the nail polish and ultimately has amazing shine to it.

China Glaze (left to right): Strong Adhesion base coat, No-Chip Top Coat

 Honestly, I don't see much difference between basecoats they all generally do the same and I haven't seen any difference in using the China Glaze topcoat, so far.

China Glaze (left to right): Peachy Keeny, Aztec Orange, Fifth Avenue, Manhunt

Swatch

These four are my first China Glaze polishes so I didn't have much expectation and I was surprised at the inconsistency between all the bottles.
(Top to bottom quick review)
Fifth Avenue: a very nice consistency, with great coverage even with just one coat
Manhunt: A gorgeous blue, dupe of OPI Dating a Royal
Peachy Keen: very thick consistency and I think I need to add some thinner in, but great with just one coat
Aztec Orange: Very thin consistency that I thought it would be sheer but it's not, looks amazing with two coats

Singapore Week 1!

It has been fantastic in Singapore so far, the country is absolutely amazing! We spent the first day at Orchard Rd, the famous shopping district in Singapore. To see so many shopping centres at one time it looks like Sydney's Westfields repeated ten times across each street. A lot of the stores tend to be high end, such as Prada and Louis Vuitton. We were absolutely excited to see H&M, Uniqlo and Sephora in Singapore! We don't have the stores in Sydney at the moment, so it was a fantastic change.

IMPRESSION: Sephora Singapore?
Surprisingly not as much of a bargain hunting store, the prices are similar to Sydney. The only difference would probably be a few dollars cheaper due to the exchange rate. Although we still managed to grab a bunch of products!

IMPRESSION: Watsons Singapore?
There's more variety in terms of beauty brands in comparison to Watsons in Hong Kong and China. Not only do they stock the usual drugstore brands (Garnier, Maybelline), they also have KATE, Canmake and so much more. It is evident that they keep up to date with the beauty trends by stocking the Cure Natural Aqua Gel (which seems to be difficult to find everywhere else). The best Watsons we went to was probably the one in Takashimaya. 


Below are some of the places we've been to so far! 

Travel Beauty Essentials

It seems we have chosen extremely humid places to visit on our travel journey. This sticky humid weather is all worth it though, there is nothing I love more than summer and sunshine beaming into my room. So right now we're in Singapore and enjoying the air-con at our hotel room. We cannot wait to share with you our (hopefully) successful hauls and the fun we will have!

Our late dinner last night at the Hotel

After coming back from Gold Coast, we packed similar skincare and makeup to Singapore.

Make up I have brought along include:

• Sportsgirl Protect Me Sunscreen
• Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector
• MAC Concealer in NC25
• MAC Studio Fix Plus Foundation
• Bobbi Brown Pastel Eye Shadow Palette
• Lancome Hypnose Waterproof Mascara
• Dollywink Eyeliner 
• Missha Shimmering Ball Blusher
• Make Up Eyelash 02 Elegant False Eyelashes
• Sigma Brush Set 

Makeup

I packed along the basics at the moment, as I know we will be able to buy make up from our local Watsons if needed. Brought along the Bobbi Brown Pastel Eye Shadow Palette instead of the Naked Palette, due to it's size and brighter range of colour. I have been using the colour at the end as a highlighter. If we do decide to explore Singapore's night life, this palette would be easily use for a brown smokey eye and then I can add on my false lashes! 

Skincare products:

• Haruhada's Hyaluronic Acid to remove makeup
• Garnier Pure 3 in 1 Cleanser
• Cucumber Toner
• My Beauty Diary Shining & Moisturising Sleeping Mask (to hydrate the skin at night!)
• Pond's Flawless White with SPF 15 (as a day moisturiser)

Skincare

So we will be in Singapore for 5 days! We are heading to the famous shopping road, Orchard Rd. Fingers crossed our wallets won't be emptied out today.