Monday Manicure: Freehand Geometrical Design

Yay! A Monday Manicure after a long long time! The winter's been very harsh on my nails, yes even in Mumbai! So I haven't been wearing as much nail polish as I used to. My nails keep breaking and nail polish keeps chipping too! X(

Anyway, I did this manicure a couple of days ago, I was really bored and decided to do it freehand. I would have normally use tape for lines like this but the glue on the tape was too strong and peeling off my polish.. Grrr...

So I used a paint brush! Lol!

Sure, it's not as neat as using tape. But still fun to do!
Btw see how dry my cuticles are? ;n;

The colours I used are China Glaze "Flyin' High" for a base, "Re-fresh Mint" for the mint and Maybelline Colorama "Sexy" for the pink! Hope you like it! ^_^

What do you like using to do nail art?

♥

Monday Manicure: Chrysanthemum Water Decals

A manicure after a long time eh? I was giving me nails a little break these past couple of weeks. That's why I haven't posted anything about my nails!

Today's manicure features these beautiful water decals I got from KKCenterHk.As you know they have an amazing range of makeup in every price range. :)

The water decals are by N.NAIL, Daisy Chrysanthemum Flower Water Decals Nail Art. I picked these because I don't do a lot of flower nail art so I thought this might be a good change. Not to mention, this is my first time trying water decals! *Shock*

These decals are pretty cheap, for $2.82 for a sheet of 25. 

I really enjoyed using these, it was like those fake tattoos we got as kids. :) You soak them in water for a few seconds and then peel them off the paper and stick them on your nail.

Make sure your nail is a bit wet too so you can move them to the desired position. Then just dab with a tissue to make it stick! EASY!

Here's what I did with them! I applied China Glaze's Re-fresh Mint, which I looove btw! and the swirls were NYX's striping polish in silver sparkles, I regretted putting it on almost instantly. :( I don't know if you'll like it. But here it is!

                                                                   I hoped you liked this Manicure Monday! 

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Manicure Monday: Jackson Pollock Manicure

Ok, so that's just a clever name for a splatter manicure! LOL! But seriously, I'm in love with this mani! I was itching to use the Flyin' High China Glaze polish Deepika gave me and I decided to go all artsy with it!

I used Ulta3 polish in Hot Spring and Street Wear Silver Sparkle to make the pattern using cling film! If you remember, Hot Spring was the brush-less wonder from my Australia haul. It's thickened up and is perfect for this job! The silver was camera shy and doesn't look as good as in real life. :(

This manicure was so simple and fun to do, I don't know why I hadn't tried it before! Have you tried it ever? If you haven't you should! :D

Oooh! And I'm so excited that Mary Kom is on to the Semis! I hope she gets gold! I can't think of anyone else who deserves it more! ♥ Go Mary Kom FIGHTING!!

What's In My Mail? China Glaze, Bourjois and Lenses!

I hope everybody had a great weekend, mine was not so great! I've come down with a nasty cold and so has my boyfriend. -__- I was supposed to get my braces put in *gulp* but my orthodontist is ill too.. I joined the gym but since I'm ill the lady told me to come in from Wednesday. *Sobs* So I was just sitting at home watching Mary Kom fight her way through to quarter finals! WOOHOO! And India get their butt kicked by Korea in hockey... Oh, the irony. >.>

Anyway, There were times when I felt better of course. When the mail came in on Friday and today! I love packages in the mails! Squeee!

First was a very important package, one from my secret "fraand". We have a group on FB and we had a secret Santa like thing for Friendship Day. :D
My friend was Deepika from Divassence. She sent me over a couple of really cute polishes!

The China Glaze shade is Flyin' High, she wanted to get me For Audrey which was on my wish list but it was unavailable, I love this one anyway! :D It's a pretty tealish bright blue! I've done a mani with it already and I'll be putting it up today!
The Elle 18 shade is a colour I would have never tried on my own but the more I look at it, the more I like it! ♥

Then came a pair of lenses from Uniqso! Yay! These had been in postal purgatory for a month now! But battered and bruised, my package was finally here!

I'm not going to show you the design, you'll have to wait for the review! Cuz I'm mean like that! LOL! Just look at the box's cuteness!

Then today came something I've been waiting for a while! It's not very fascinating. Just foundation but my first Bourjois foundation! The 123 perfect foundation. :D I had tried a sample of this and knew I needed it! Lovely stuff.. My shade is 53. And it is a perfect match. ♥

So, that was in my mail recently! What's in your mail these days? :)

Manicure Monday: Set Lasers to Fun

*Hauls self from under rock.* Hi all! Sorry I've been posting less often these days, technically I posted on Saturday but for me 2 days is a long time to go without blogging now! LOL!

I've just been swamped with work. I'm living on 4 hours of sleep and barely any food. -__-
Anyway, I managed to dig up a mani that I had done a few days ago, and decided to post it.

How to: This was my first time trying a laser mani, I put a layer of the yellow polish first, then when it dried, I put on the striping tape at various angles and painted over with grey. Once that dried I I peeled the tape and was left with the laser like stripes!

Without flash the yellow looks more green and grey more blue. Still pretty!

Also, for the very first time, the nails on my right hand look better than the left! LOL! I got impatient and peeled the tape before the polish dried. >.<

How to fail at the lazser mani!

What I used:

NYX Girls polish "Dark grey," China Glaze "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" and Striping tape.

I've also used the China Glaze polish for this stripey manicure.

I hope you enjoyed this manicure! I have to get back to work now!

But I'll still do my best to update as often as I can! I won't be able to do any makeup tutorials for awhile though. ;n;
After two weeks, I'll be free again *hopefully*.
Tell me what you thought of this manicure! Will you try it? Do you get impatient with polish too?
Let me know!
♥

Last Haul(s) for May

Ugh.. My name is Nisha and I'm a cosmetoholic.. Sigh.. Seriously guys, I have a problem. ;A;
I realised, all the stuff I got just in the last week amounts to so much that most women would probably consider having JUST that much a normal amount of makeup.. But then I guess I spend my money so you don't have to spend yours! LOL! Not a good save.. >_<

First, I went to Beauty Center, I went alone and went a little crazy, I think if I had some voice of reason along with me, my wallet would have been happier.. I had actually gone just to pick up stuff for my giveaway. Argh!
 -__-

• Jordana Extra Garlic Basecoat- My nails have been yellowing due to a lack of base coat, so I picked this up. No, it doesn't smell of garlic.. LOL! Can you imagine that?
• NYX Girls Polish "Frizz Spots"- I love this shade! It's holo hex and small glitters in a black jelly base. HOW I CAN SAY NO? ;A;
• Colorbar Exclusive polish (white)- I needed a GOOD white nail polish, all the ones I get seem to have the smell and consistency of pen corrector white ink.  -__-
• Faces Stackable Pigments "Frolic"- Total impluse buy, I just wanted to try pigments. *sigh* At least they're good! I used these here and here.
• VOV pigment "shimmery black?"- Also on impluse! It was 75 Rupees ok? You say no. :P
• NYX Cream Blush "Natural"- I just happened to love the way this blended and looked. :D
• NYX long eye pencil "Blue"- This was a free gift at the NYX counter. :)

Btw, Beauty Center has The NYX Extreme Lipcreams for just 380! Can you believe that? I wonder why the Matte Lip creams were 600?? I didn't buy any though.. I'm surprised I didn't buy any lipstick this time! LOL!

Then I went to this other place, I forget the name.. i think it's called Beauty Forever? It's a shop on Pali Market road, if anyone knows the name please tell me. I forgot kekeke... 

They have China Glaze polishes and they sell them for at least 100-150 Rs less than what you see on sites. :D

• Vega eyeshadow blender brush and blush brush- I actually planned to get brushes from The Body hop but with all the spending I had been doing I decided to stick with these. As you know I have a total of 3 brushes, these two make it five. :D I'm glad I got these, they seem to be pretty damn good!
• China Glaze polish "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"- I loved this colour! At first sight, I fell for it while it was searing its image into my retinas! I used it already for this Monday manicure.
• HipHop nail polish remover pads- I picked them up out of curiosity. I love that they give tweezers with them. :D

This was just some stuff I bought online, I got the Nivea Refreshing Cleansing Milk for makeup removal, the one I had before was barely half empty but I had to throw it away because it had crossed the expiry date. :(
I wanted to get Colorbar's Peachy Rose blush asap, I think they will be discontinued soon, I didn't see any at Beauty Center. :( Just some VERY expensive lip pencils!
The Bourjois Ombre Stretch Eyeshadow I picked up because I really wanted a blue like that. So pretty! I was surprised by the size though, it always looks so big in pictures! LOL!

My best friend was sweet enough to buy me this Maybelline stuff from the USA. I had asked her for The Dream Bouncy Blush in Coral Candy and Baby Lips lipbalm in Cherry Me! I can't wait to review these! :D

I walked into The Body Shop a few days ago with le boyfriend. I wasn't going to pick up anything but I was pretty impressed by this Oil Free Balancing Foundation. I got it in 05. I got my exact shade thanks to the boyfriend, otherwise I would have walked out with a 04 (too light) or a 06 (too orange).. Even the SA was a guy and he said 05. LOL! Men are good at this! What really throws me off personally is yellow lighting!

WHY DO MAKEUP STORES HAVE YELLOW LIGHTING?? It defeats the purpose of getting the right shade of anything! Grrrr.. *grits teeth* At least I got this right. -__-

Anyway, so that was my haul post! Tell me i you've tried any of these products, are there any you want to try? Does yellow lighting make you angry too?? LOL! Tell me I'm not the only one please! :D

Also, if you haven't yet, enter my 100 Follower Giveaway! *yay!* 

And finally, this month I will be on a MAKEUP BUYING BAN! Seriously, I spent too much this month! The only thing I will be buying this month is Maybelline's Dream matte compact.. Slap me if I buy anything else please. -__-

Another Late Monday Manicure and a FOTD

I know, it IS Tuesday, I'm late again but I was out the whole day yesterday and by the time I got back I was so pooped, I would have been just typing "Baaboohagdjkagdhfk" and thinking I'm writing the blog post equivalent to a Shakespearean play.. I wonder what that looks like.. But anyway, yeah, so I decided to write when I'm more aware of my surroundings, especially the keys on my keyboard here.

Here's a tip from my boyfriend (who btw I now know is AMAZING at picking out foundation! Who woulda thunk it?!), he says before you look at my nails, make sure to stare directly at the sun for awhile, so your eyes won't hurt as much from the nails... Okay, don't really do that, the camera muted the colour anyway. :(

So here's my manicure, it's Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by China Glaze, I think it was from last year's summer Pool Party collection? Correct me if I'm wrong. I also did zebra stripes, I love the trashy look! LOL!

The camera doesn't pick up how highlighter yellow it is! *stomps camera*

In the sun, I feel it looks more "glowy" in darker conditions.

A close up because I hate your eyes! I kid, I kid!

Yellow Polka Dot Bikini is a very flourescent colour BUT pretty sheer. It has a matte finish and dries in seconds. For this mani, I used 2 layers of white polish below the yellow to make it pop. I'm loving it!

And I'm so happy, I found it on discount for 375 INR, I think its much cheaper than the online stores. :D

Here's the makeup I wore yesterday, it's at the end of the day so it looks pretty messed up now! LOL!

I'm wearing Maybellin's BB cream in Nude, Jordana Stardust blush on my face

I'm wearing ColorBar Velvet Matte lipstick in Peach Crush on my lips and
Maybelline's Chai Latte quad on my eyelids (3 colours) with Hypercurl Mascara and Colossal Kajal.

Apparently my hair is in competition with my nails! As is my lipstick! LOL!

I love it when my lipstick matches my hair btw! Hope you enjoyed this NOTD and FOTD.
See ya! xoxo

The Beauty and the Cheap's 100 Follower GIVEAWAY!

Yay!!! I'm so happy that my pointless babble about makeup has amused enough people that I've reached 107 followers now! So, as a thanks to my readers, i want to have a giveaway!

So here is *drumroll*

There will be one lucky winner who will get the following prizes:

The Body Shop's Sweet Lemon Shower Gel (travel size)

One of my most used bath products! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. :)

Cairuo 107, China Glaze "Optical Illusion" and NYX "Sandals" polishes

 I loved the Cairuo polish in the store and made a point to buy it for the giveaway, same for the China Glaze polish, I loved my Liquid Crystal one so much that I picked up Optical Illusion, from the same "Prismatic collection" for the giveaway. Look up swatches for it, I guarantee you will love it! NYX Sandals was such an amazing neon coral colour, very similar to the NYX Hot Coral that I have so I snatched it up too. :)

Maybelline Vivid and Smooth Liner "Peacock Green" Faces Glam On shadow "Pink Sequin"

 Love these liners and Faces shadows. :)

Color Bar Velvet Matte Lipstick "Bare"

This colour is so beautiful! The perfect nude, I wanted to get one for myself but it was the last piece. -__-

I selected some of my favourite things for this giveaway. :)
Here are the details:

• This is a Rafflecopter giveaway.
• There are 40 entries, 2 are mandatory entries, the rest are up to you.
• One of the entries can be done everyday for additional entries. :)
• This giveaway is open to everyone. :)
• There will be only one winner.
• Giveaway ends on 1st July 2012, winner will be announced on the 7th of July.
• For any queries mail me at beautyandthecheap@gmail.com
• For the "Answer a question" entry, give me your answer in the comments. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good Luck everyone! And thank you for making my life on the internet so much fun! <3

Edit: If you see your comments missing below, don't worry, my Intense Debate is having some glitches but I have all your comments saved there. :)

Disclaimer: All products here were personally chosen and bought by me, they are all brand new and have not been sponsored in anyway.

A Hunting We Will Go... For Make-up!

Yesterday, I went out to Bandra and Khar, looking for shops that sell make-up. I was also noting down brands that they have. I'm thinking, I'll create a little guide for shopping in Mumbai. What do you girls think?

I did buy some stuff but not as much as I would have wanted to. For two reasons, I'm a bit financially deficient this month, I'm trying to save up. :( And reason 2 is that I had a cranky boyfriend tagging along! LOL!

So, this is just a haul post, what I bought and some stuff I got online. From Cosmetix.in. I really wish they would update their stock! They have such great prices. T^T I even did a review on the site before.

From cosmetix.in:

NYX powder blush in Spice, I'm in love with a blush!

Faces Satin Matte Lipstick Magenta

I'm also in love with a lipstick! Addis Ababa dupe btw! That's why I wanted it.

The blush was Rs.390 (OP: 650!), the lipstick was Rs. 233 (OP: 299) and I got a Colossal Kajal which was Rs. 137 (150). I go through those kajals so fast. :(

From my shopping trip:

Miss Claire Polishes, China Glaze Prismatic Collection: Liquid Crystal, Maybelline Eyestudio liquid liner, Body Shop  Spiced Vanilla lip balm

I can't believe I found China Glaze! Squee!!! I found it at Beauty Forever, a shop in Pali Market, Bandra. Rs. 375! :D Not bad right? And that lip balm I have been looking for, in every TBS forever! Finally I found it! It smells like carrot cake! I love it to tears. T~T

The Miss Claire polishes: Rs.150 each, China Glaze polish: Rs.375, Maybelline Eyestudio Line Allure liner: Rs. 180 (200) and TBS lip balm in Spiced Vanilla: Rs. 340 (I don't remember the discount price.)


I would also like to introduce you to my new baby, well, water baby. :) I think he wants to kill me! He makes bitey faces while zooming around my finger.. It looks like he's saying," Stupid hoomin, get me out of this force-field!" He wouldn't sit still, so that's the best picture I got.

Say hi to Spazzypants McGee!

I'm sorry for the short post today, I'm busy with cooking dinner because my grandmum isn't feeling well today. Tomorrow, I have my Arabian Nights look tutorial coming though, I hope you will enjoy it!

See ya!