Sunday Snaps

Sundays are usually very much home days for me but there is an unfortunate reality that comes with my new entrance into the 'real world' that suddenly everybody is impossible to get hold of. This outing was weeks in planning and thankfully the sun came out for a glorious Spring-like day. A spot of shopping, some delicious cake and a lot of walking later, it was well worth the wait and I thought I'd share the few snaps I took (very rarely do I have such a nice time that I don't want the camera out for long).

Strawberry cheesecake and tiramisu cake.

Lantern loving

OOTD: Tokito blazer, Dotti shorts, Miss Shop tee, Wittner shoes

Maybelline Super Stay Gel Nail Colour Review

I've heard a few rave reviews about the formula of these polishes and I've been dying to get my hands on them since. Australia is forever behind on basically all beauty releases so it was a very long wait but I finally saw them at my local Priceline and had to pick them up.

The shade range isn't quite my style, I lean more towards pastels rather than brights but I managed to find three shades that are right up my street in Surreal, Eternal Lilac and Hot Salsa (this photo doesn't really depict the colour well but it's a pretty coral/red shade). I know that in the UK they have a much larger shade range and I can only hope that Australia gets some of those eventually if these prove to be popular.

The formula is very long wearing, 7 days isn't an understatement and my hands get battered from my work so it's a miracle for anything to last 3 days without a chip. With a thick brush, which if you're got narrow nails could border on being too thick, the polish goes on almost fully opaque with another coat required to just touch up a little. The finish is the closest to gel I've ever found in a normal nail polish but it wasn't until I used a polish from a different brand right after using these that I noticed how big of a difference there is. Other than the fact they're super long wearing, one of my favourite things about these is that you can peel the whole nail polish off it's so thick which is weirdly very satisfying.

For under $10 you can't really ask for more from this polish other than more shades please! A very pale pastel blue and a white would be nice..

Introducing Piper

A Commonwealth Games inspired friend was welcomed into our clan yesterday in the form of a 6 month old Scottish Terrier that we aptly named Piper. Getting a friend for Max had been casually discussed but on Thursday night my dad dropped the news that Max would be getting a sister from Brisbane. The poor soul endured the stress of the flight and arrived to us unscathed and curious about her new surroundings, still bearing the stitches from being fixed a week prior. Whilst we're still getting to know her (our latest discovery is that her hair takes longer than mine to dry ie hours), so far she seems like she's got a bit of stubbornness in her, adores the cat and is very happy socialising with other dogs, remaining unfazed no matter how cold some welcomes were at the dog park.