Le Curler – which one are you?

 

I love sprucing up my “best” feature: my eyes. As I’m sure plenty of you already know, I’m a huge fan of Make Up For Ever smoky lash mascara. But I never just apply mascara to my bare lashes. Curling them makes your eyes look more awake, look fuller and longer.

I have a tiny tip for you for curling your lashes. Place your lashes in the curler, push the lever and tilt your lever towards the air to crimp the lashes even more. I currently have a few favorite eyelash curlers and I’m always on the hunt for new one’s.  It’s always good to replace your curler as with due time, it doesn’t curl your lashes as much. Then can come in a variety of price ranges too, so pick one up that suits your fancy.

For instance, Lancome just came out with a new eyelash curler product called Le Curler. It’s easy to use with its no-slip grip, which is neat. Plus there won’t be and pinching or pulling out any eyelashes. That can be kind of painful. I know I’ve done it a few times too many with ill fitting curlers. The pads are made out of silicone which will prevent breaking. However, I’m not sure of the price point of the Lancome eyelash curler would be, since I don’t own one myself.

There are a few different feature videos that Lancome came out with. Watch these quick little segments and see what kind of curler you are.

Are you a “First Time Curler”?

Perhaps a Savvy Curler Girl?


Or maybe you’re a Blogging Curler Girl?

Are you a Makeup Artist Secret curler?

Me? I’m a Savy Curler Girl, but I never “walk out” the curler to create a round type of shape.

What kind of curler do you identify yourself with? I think curling your lashes with a bit of mascara is one of the simplest steps in a beauty routine. If you love wearing just a natural face sans foundation and still want a “perk me up” type of look, curling those lashes will do that for you!

 

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Wordless Wednesday: week in photos!

Looks like this week in photos is all about food and refreshments!

  1. Zimbabwe food from the Multicultural festival 
  2. Steph and I at the festival
  3. Entrance to the park
  4. Swiss Chalet food
  5. My Aunt Shirley – I took her on an adventure on Friday! We finished out long day with a nice meal at Swiss Chalet
  6. Punchy red strawberries and raspberries, served with my Menchie’s spoon
  7. My Vancouver Aquarium mug, with delicious ciabatta bun sandwiches
  8. McDonald’s $1.00 iced coffee :)
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How to remove Shellac nail polish

I had Shellac nail polish on my nails for 15 or 16 days, and I went in to get them taken off and put back on again. They were now starting to chip and the growth showed through. Rather than pay $5.00 + $25 to have shellac put on once again, I decided to save myself the five bucks and remove the polish the exact same way I saw the lady do it!

You will need:

Cotton rounds, nail polish remover and tinfoil.

Cut your cotton rounds in half to fit your finger.

Cut the tinfoil long enough to wrap around your nail.

Drench your cotton round in nail polish remover.

Cover your nail with it.

Secure the cotton round with tinfoil. This will heat up the chemicals in the nail polish remover so the shellac will be easier to remove.

Keep going! Your fingers will end up looking like this.

Leave the tinfoil finger tips on for no more than 20 minutes – in fact, 15 minutes is probably your best bet. I left the tinfoil on my fingertips for 15 minutes and it was somewhat easy to get off. My right hand being my dominant hand, I left the tinfoil on those fingertips for longer (30 minutes)since i thought it’d help my gimpy left hand remove the polish easier and I got a bit of a chemical burn. It stung a bit when I rinsed my hands with soap and water. So be cautious.

ET phone home!

To remove the polish you can either use one of these stick things, or your finger nails. I found them both to be successful in removing the shellac.

Shellac removed off all the nails! These will look pretty gnarly right now. But simply wash your hands, dry them and put some nail polish remover on a cotton round and remove the excess polish. It should come off in a breeze.

After/Before photo!

All done, your shellac should be all removed. Hope this helped some of you out there!

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