The Face Shop NOTD + Over The Top and Sisterhood Awards

When it comes to cheap yet decent quality nail polish, The Face Shop is my go to store for experimenting with colors, loud and bright or muted and sheer, they have it. Most of the time its a hit or miss for me with texture and brush quality, but I usually don't regret because its only Php95-175 (approx. $2-4) I also happen to love their base coat which prevents yellow nails, top coat to protect the polish and nail polish remover which smells so good and is non-drying. 

I was out at the mall the other day doing errands and passed by a TFS store so I checked if they had new nail polish available, to make the story short, I got BR805. I do realize I've been into browns lately.

here's my NOTD with BR805, taken indoors with fluorescent lighting.

It's a light brown shade which I think is very flattering for my skin tone, it's also very simple so I don't have to worry about what accessories to use unlike when I sport bolder, louder colors. As it's quite sheer, i needed 3 coats to get  an opaque color on my nails in the photo. I didn't mind though, 'cause it's very easy to apply, very smooth and glossy, almost foolproof, which is another plus cause I don't always get to have my nails done by a pro and I don't have surgeon-like steady hands. hehe.

For my nail expert beauty blogging friends, how do you prevent bubbles on nails? Does this occur when drying? Because I applied it perfectly but when it dried up, the polish on my left thumb had *sing with me* tiny bubbles. hehe. 

Your comments and suggestions will be very much welcome. TIA! :)

In other blogger news, sweet Jess and Bec tagged me with more awards I can put on my little award corner on 

♡ coffretgorge. Thank you lovelies! I appreciate it mucho mucho! 

thank goodness I don't need to share more random facts because I seriously think you'll get tired of me

of course i have to pass these on to my lovely beauty blogger friends namely:

Nic Nic  (bangbangsheshoots.blogspot.com)

Nat (natgn.blogspot.com)

Lisa (shopnchomp.blogspot.com)

Jessie (applexpie.blogspot.com)

Jian (pinkfishpie.blogspot.com)

Crystal (lovesweetcrystal.blogspot.com)

Yumeko (bittenbefore.com)

Sharonlei (elisharon.blogspot.com)

Ems (twinsouls888.blogspot.com)

Jess (ohhpretty.blogspot.com)

Elle (wifluvelle.blogspot.com)

Ehlee (superwoolu.blogspot.com)

Iris (mylifeasabumblebee.blogspot.com)

TGIF ladies and gent! (yes Rick, that would be you "leg man". kidding! hahaha ^_~)

TGIF + More Awards! :)

How are you spending your Friday night lovelies? Im spending mine at home, surfing the net, blogging and watching Let's Speak Korean on Arirang with my peripheral vision (i don't absorb anything, really) anyways, my fun and always sensible blogger bud Ric and sweet Jessie tagged me to receive a Happy 101 Award while the lovely Nat got me a Kreativ (i have no idea why its spelled like that hehe) Blog award plus the One Lovely Blog award. Instruction is to share 10 things that make me happy plus 10 more things about me (sorry!) and pass it on to 10 more bloggers. Easy breezy right? Here we go!

10 things that make me happy:

1. holding hands ♥.♥

2. hugs ε-----^_^----3

3. Hong Kong. Can you say shop n chomp? (hi Lisa!!! hahaha ^_~)

4. finding out that a pair of gorgeous, killer looking shoes are actually comfortable to wear.

5. reading your comments and commenting on your respective blogs, therefore keeping us in touch :)

6. traveling, discovering new places to eat...

7. dessert!

8. Occasions... because I love being dolled up by a MUA and a hair stylist. (yep, lazy me!)

9. hammocks and swings.

and

10. scenic drives.

Ten more things about G you might find interesting:

1. I terribly miss New York, I want to watch broadway musicals again, shop at urban outfitters (in person), get groceries at Whole Foods and have Cold Stone ice cream for lunch. ;)

2. Im very blessed with a generous though most of the time crabby elder sister. hahaha! love her to bits!

3. I am totally addicted to Fro-Yo and Ice blended drinks from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf & Starbucks. In this hot hot weather of ours, can you blame me for wanting it everyday? gosh. i want one now! hahaha

4.  I don't appreciate SA's who push their products too much for commission, ever heard of subtlety? geez.

5. I used to be technologically independent, but when Lurvey came along I make him fix everything. ;)

6. my secret dream jobs include being a personal shopper, be a popstar and/or to be a judge on iron chef. :P

7. I used to shop for clothes and shoes every weekend, now its cosmetics. :o

8. I collect Melissa shoes, those pretty plastic shoes from Brazil. I love how they smell like candy

9. If handbags could talk, mine would say, please stop bringing all these crap you put inside me, its making me look fat. hahaha!

10. I started blogging because i was inspired by the nicest super blogger Fuz Kittie, ironically, she went on hiatus right after I created coffretgorge. :| I hope she returns to blogger soon! :)

I'd like to share the awards to 10 beautiful bloggers namely;

1. Daituf

2. Tammy

3. Eva

4. Kelly

5. Mary

6. Chommie

7. Cha

8. Iris

9. Ning*

10. Stellar

so sorry if i deviated from some of the rules like the 7 more facts to share because i think my brain isn't functioning very well anymore. I need to go sleep now, gotta wake up early tomorrow! :)

ps. Please help me pray for better weather here in the Philippines, we need rain as farmers are having a hard time growing their crops because of the dry spell. I hope you guys are being blessed with good weather wherever you are. Thanking you in advance!

♡ coffretgorge

Blog Awards: When It Rains, It Pours!

   Hello sweets! Look what I got from the kind and lovely miss k. you! 3 blogger awards! 

Thank you k, for appreciating coffretgorge and taking the time to tag me in your post. I'll remember you forever for being the first one to acknowledge my blogging efforts by giving me 3 awards. *happy tears* hahaha! ^.^

 

              

I would like to accept these awards by being diligent and following the rules, instructions are to share another 5 things about me. So if you're not sick of me yet, please read on! :)

1. Honestly, I did not think that blogging would be this fun and fulfilling! I have made a lot of cool blogger buddies considering that coffretgorge is just half a year old. Yes, that's you! ^_~

2. I know you know I love Bowie, an applehead chihuahua I share with Lurvey, but you might not know that I am addicted to shopping for Bowie's clothes and accessories now! Rakuten has become a favorite because thats the only place I know where I can get super kawaii stuff for the pets.

3. I think I need to go have my eyes checked. Seriously, I feel my eyes are so tired everyday trying to read all of the blogs I follow! But I'm not complaining, I'm just saying! ;) I've been having random migraines too, plus I think I would like to rock a pair of specs for that grandma/geek chic look. LOL :P

4. I can easily forgive and forget most of the time, but there are some random things (not necessarily bigger or more hurtful) which stick to my memory and when it happens, I find myself having a hard time getting over it.

5. I love being around babies and kids! I find them so adorable and I like taking care of them. I love taking my 3 year old niece and kid cousin out to go swimming or wander around the mall, parks or just play inside the house. Usually I like to tickle them 'til they scream for mercy (muahahaha), hearing them laugh makes me so happy. :)

There you go, more random facts about moi! I would like to pass these awards to:

Nic Nic of Bang Bang She Shoots

Denysia of Hellodenysia

Life Spice

xphoebelinax

Ehlee of superwoolu

Jian of Pinkfishpie

Lisa of Shopnchomp

Jessie of ApplePIE

Natalie of NaTGN

and to all of my readers who want to do it too! I would love to know moooore about you! Don't forget to let me know if you got it! xoxo^^

 

♡,

G