NOTD: Spring Pastels!

In an attempt to make Spring arrive sooner (it was snowing earlier today here, I wasn't pleased), I painted my nails a bunch of pastel cream shades, colours that make me think of eggs and bunnies and chicks and chocolate and easter grass. I'm rather pleased with the outcome, tell me what you think!

Inside

Outside (COLD! Sorry about the red dry hands, it was freezing- literally)

L-R: Eyeko Vintage, Orly Kiss the Bride, OPI Rumple's Wiggin, Joe Fresh Butter, Eyeko Pastel

Anyone else dying for spring to start? I just want to change out of my winter jacket! The only pastel shade I'm missing is an orange, anyone have any suggestions for a pastel orange cream polish? :D

NOTD: Joe Fresh Butter Polish

I'm using the one hour between my classes today (when I really should be having lunch) to instead bring you Joe Fresh's Butter Nail Polish. This is an awesome pastel yellow with the smallest tinge of cream in it. It's brighter on the nail than it is in the bottle but it's not by any means bright yellow. I really love it exactly as the name suggests a butter yellow. Perfect for spring and uplifting my mood. 

This polish applied well, especially for a yellow cream which are notorious for applying streaky. It needed a minimum of three coats though. The real thing I enjoyed about the polish was how long it lasted, better than I expected especially for a drugstore polish. It had some tip wear issues but other than that lasted an easy four days. 

Overall a great pastel polish for any collection. I especially like that it was only $4 (3 for $10 or $4 by itself), and in a mini bottle. I think the smaller bottles are a great idea as I can never even finish half a bottle of regular sized polish. If you're in Canada or know someone from there that can get you a bottle of Joe Fresh I'd recommend going for it!

Make Up Forever Aquarelle Swatches

From when these first came out I wondered what the heck they were. Little vials of pigment powder? A gel? Liquid? And what were they used for? I finally took the time to find out this weekend and here are the answers for you!

Aquarelle is a water based thick liquid paint-like substance for the face and body. Only the slightest amount is needed for pure powerful pigmented packed colour. Sephora only carries twelve of the 21 shades but the selection is still good and these are multi-possible-usage items too.
Eyes and Cheeks: 3 (Royal Blue), 6 (Apple Green)
Lips and Cheeks: 7 (Bright Primary Red), 8 (Safety Orange), 10 (Yellow-based Pink), 19 (Blue-based Pink)
Eyes, Lips and Cheeks: 1 (Black), 2 (White), 9 (Bright Primary Yellow), 11 (Violet/ Medium-Dark Purple), 15 (Metallic Gold) and 21(Pearly White)

The Colours my Sephora had-
Top Left to Right: 10, 8, 9
Bottom Left to Right: 3, 7, 11, 19, 15

Top row, Left to Right: 15 (Gold), 19 (Blue-based Pink),  9 (Yellow),  11 (Violet)
Bottom row, Left to Right: 8 (Orange), 7 (Red), 10 (Yellow-based Pink), 3 (Royal Blue)

I think these are best for make-up artists and fantasy artists as these are perfect for crazy stage make-up. I think they'd also make an interesting liquid liner for the eye but I'm not sold on these for everyday use. They are supremely pigmented though so they may make a nice lip colour but I didn't want to try it. My favourites out of the ones I saw were the Violet one (# 11), the Royal Blue one (# 3) and the Gold one (# 15). The gold truly looked like liquid metal on my hand so I was very impressed by that one, especially as it doesn't look gold when it's in the bottle. Open it up however, and you can see the jewel-like liquid inside.
Overall it's an interesting make-up item. Definitely more of a speciality item, even more so when you factor in one little bottle is $20 CND. What do you think? Are they pigmented enough to possibly have major use for you or are they just too strange for your wallet to feel the urge to spend.