Brrrrr Cold Mornings!

Well I just go back from dropping Nick down to the bus. It's pitch black outside and there's a misty layer over the valley where we live. It's freezing.

Normally when I got back I'd be up and doing things, but it's so cold this morning I made my breakfast and climbed back into bed with it!

My credit card is getting paid off and replaced with a debit card soon. I'll still be able to purchase things online...but I have to put money on to it first. So I'll actually have to watch my spending.  I'm trying very hard to resist the Essie Resort collection for this year... Safari theme...mmmm!

Anyway here's a few Lippmanns to warm your morning!

Naked

Glitter in the Air

Ruby Red Slippers

Some Enchanted Evening

mmmmm! Deborah Lippmanns... Now If only I could get my hands on the new summer polishes...

My Last Tronicas and Why the Wii is My Friend

I've posted all but two of my Tronica polishes. By all, I only have 5! So I've posted the majority but not these two. So here's Gamer Glam and Techno Teal.

Techno Teal

 I wanted Techno Teal since I saw pictures comparing it to DV8, a polish I haven't been able to get my hands on. I love teals and turquoises. Anything with a blue/green or green/blue is right up my alley. I love Techno Teal, it has the same pretty holo sprinkling that the Tronicas seem to have, and the colour is just so darn pretty. Techno Teal was the last Tronica that I acquired and it's filled my leeming for Tronicas. I haven't been searching for them since!

Gamer Glam

Gamer Glam was the reason I needed polishes from this collection in the first place. I just wanted to be able to paint my nails and sit down next to Nick while he was playing his xbox or ps3 and say 'hey darling, my nails are Gamer Glam'. When I told him the name of the polish he was actually interested...he was on a bit of a Tron kick though. Anyway I love Gamer Glam, it's pretty and purple and has an awesome name that related to my life outside of nail polish.

In other news the Wii Fit and I are still friends. Since my passing out episode on Tuesday I haven't exercised and was kind of dreading the idea of weighing myself...but it told me I'd lost weight still. So far I've lost 4kg now.

I started at 71kg (156 pounds) and that was the heaviest I have ever been, emotional eating does that to you...mmmm hells pizza. Anyway after 3 weeks I'm now at 67kg ( 148 pounds). 67kg is my normal weight so my dress should fit me again when I have my dress fitting on Wednesday night. For the wedding I'd like to lose a little more though, just so I can look back at the pictures of  me in a bikini and say 'yeah I actually looked alright'. I figured I'll be wearing a bikini a lot seeing as the wedding's in RAROTONGA!!!!! yeah!!! Can you tell I'm getting excited! Only 8 more weeks to go!

The awesome thing about my diet and exercise routine (when I have the energy to start exercising again, yay iron pills) is I love eating salad and homemade chicken soup. I also love doing exercise at home...where other people can't see how un co-ordinated I am! I can't wait to start Zumba and Biggest Loser up again on alternative days. I'm going to give it a try tomorrow when Nick's home....just in case I have issues with blacking out again!

OPI Greek Isles

I've mentioned before that I love Greek mythology and all my electronic devices have a Greek name...except my new external hard drive, I named that Minerva.

Anyway, due to my weird obsession I felt the need to track down the OPI Greek Isles collection. Released in 2004, the Greek Isles collection was of course the summer one. Full of frosty pinks and streaky whites. But I love it anyway. It's a true summer collection. Not one of the shades is a dark vampy colour, they're all bright and cheerful and I can't help but imagine myself cruising the Greek Isles when I see the colours.

Calling All Goddesses

 Frosty white shimmer, streaky and running. This one takes patience to apply. As you can see I didn't have quite enough patience! This was 3 coats.

Cream of Crete

 Cream of Crete may look like and off white creme, but it actually has a very pretty delicate shimmer running through it. Another streaky runny polish that needs a lot of patience to apply. Again 3 coats.

Ti-tan Your Toga

 Haha, Ti-tan, anyway...not really what I'd call tan...more a pale beige sand? A pearly finish with a lot of delicate shimmer. 3 coats again.

Melon of Troy

 A frosty looking peachy melony looking shimmer. This was 3 coats and like most of these shimmery shades I still have a bit of visible nail line, but nothing I'm worried about. This is a rather juicy shade. Melon ice? Maybe I'm just hungry.

Dancing in the Isles

 More of a light coraly pink than a pink pink, though I'm not sure it's coraly enough to be classed as coral. Again a frosty shimmer with some visible nail line, but nothing that worries me. Quite a pretty feminine colour.

Aphrodites Pink Nightie

 Delicate, pink and feminine. Perfectly fitting for the goddess of love and beauty. A frosty shimmer pink that was once again 3 coats. Pretty and girly. Perfect for a pink.

It's All Greek to me

 Wow! It's All Greek to Me is a stunning bright pink shimmery polish. It's definitely a stand out in this collection. I can see why it's such a popular polish and the more I look at this swatch the more I want to paint my toes. Again 3 coats.

Don't Socra-tease Me

 A another stunning colour from this collection. So bright and vibrant. A deeper red based coral with an amazing shot of what looks like blue shimmer in some lights. Rather sheer and this was actually four coats, but still incredibly gorgeous.

Purple-opolis

 These colours keep getting better and better. Purple-opolis is another amazing vibrant colour. I'm not sure I'd call it a purple, more a deep purple pink? Look at the gold shimmer coming through in the second photo. I've never seen that before, it looks amazing though!

Greece Just Blue Me Away

And lastly the gorgeous, though far too sheer, blue from the collection. Greece Just Blue Me Away has so much promise in the bottle. It's shimmer and a gorgeous shade of blue that seems to have some purple duo-chrome. Then on the nail it's sheer. Oh so so sheer. This was four coats, and you can't see any of the duo-chrome.

Nail Prism: Purple Diamond 03 LE

Well it's been awhile since I've posted a nail prism polish. So here's Purple Diamond 03, the Limited Edition version that comes in the little squat bottle.It's rather different to my standard issue bottle. Ones dark watery purple with a sprinkling of holo. The other is a warm violet purple with scattered holo.

Diamond 03 LE

The formulae on this version of the LE is much better than my standard version. I got away with using two coats.

China Glaze Island Escape

Originally I only ordered three polishes from the Island Escape collection. 108 Degrees, Blue Iguana and Senorita Bonita.  But after seeing swatches I had to have the lot. I'm glad I decided to order them all, because I really like the Island Escape collection.

Blue Iguana

Papaya Punch

Electric Pineapple

Cha Cha Cha

108 Degrees

Senorita Bonita

Sorry I've been up since 6am with a horrible headache, so no randomn comments from me today. I just wanted to get these pics up because they've been sitting around on my computer forever.