taryn k.

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My name is Taryn. I'm in my twenties. I come from the land down under. I'm married. I work full time. I like pretty things. My favourite food is watermelon. I hate dancing. I like to talk. I tend to contradict myself. I hate snails. I like you for reading my blog.

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19 August 2012, 4:45 PM

Toff

I really wasn't expecting this to be my least favourite colour from my recent butterLONDON haul, but that is precisely what it is. It's not the colour itself, it's just that it isn't unique enough to warrant that kind of price tag. I also find that I have the same problem with this as I have with Essie's Angora Cardi - it drys a shade darker on the nail to the colour depicted in the bottle. And I hate that.

Labels: Butter LONDON, Nail Polish

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02 August 2012, 7:39 PM

Wallis

I was fully expecting this to be one of those polishes that I LURVED in the bottle, but was so-so about on the actual nail - wrong! I was also fully expecting my mum to hate this polish - wrong again! Jeez, not really on the ball lately!

Once again, I am so happy with this recent batch of nail polishes - you're probably bored to pieces by now with all these nail posts, but I swear, I only have one more to try out (from this haul) then I'll switch up my posts a little bit. I may or may not be browsing AllCosmeticsWholesale.com right now...

Like the other butterLONDON polishes, I'm quite happy with the wear on this polish. The photos are from day three, and as you can see there's not too much chippage or wear. I don't think I've mentioned either - I tend to pick at my nail polish, so it's a miracle if it makes it longer than two days really. And again, this is two coats and complete opacity. Win.

I think it's safe to say I love butterLONDON.

Labels: Butter LONDON, Nail Polish

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30 July 2012, 9:25 PM

The Black Knight

This butterLONDON haul is turning out to be quite the success! Two out of two so far! As you can probably gather from the photos below, I've been wearing The Black Knight for the past couple of days. I am so impressed with this polish. Once again, I was expecting to be disappointed with the opacity as this is a glitter polish - but that expectation was again trumped. Two coats and we have full coverage. The polish has a black base with purple, blue and red glitter - weirdly, it reminds me of the galaxy marble thing from the first Men In Black movie. So amazing.

The wear have been pretty good. This is day three and I only have one little chip on my right hand and minimal wear on the tips of my thumbs. I'm happy with that.

Please try and ignore my cuticles in the below photos. Ew, ew, ew.

Labels: Butter LONDON, Nail Polish

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28 July 2012, 10:30 AM

Rosie Lee

Let me preface this by saying I am NOT one of those people that is all of a sudden completely and totally consumed with an undying love for rose-gold. I'm just not. I kinda think it looks like copper.

I'm not sure if this polish would fall into the rose-gold category though. It's definitely rose (it is called Rosie Lee after all), but I can't decide if that's all or if there any gold to it. Ah well, you can look at the pictures and decide for yourself.

All that aside, I absolutely love this polish. I was a bit wary that the opacity wouldn't be as amazing as it is in the bottle - and truth be told, with one coat it's not. But I always apply two coats of colour, plus a top coat, and that did it! So woo! This is my first day wearing it so I can't comment on the wear yet, but I'm expecting it to be long lasting, since my other butterLONDON polishes have always held up well. If it turns out to be crap, I'll let you know.

Enough of the chit chat, onto to the preeeeetty (although mediocre-ly shot) photographs

Labels: Butter LONDON, Nail Polish

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26 July 2012, 3:01 PM

Butter London Haul

I think I mentioned a couple posts back that I had placed an order on Ozsale.com.au for some polishes by butterLONDON - way back on the 1st of July - and they're finally here! I had completely forgotten which colours I had ordered since it had been so long, so it felt a bit like Christmas. I haven't applied any of them yet, but I'm happy so far with the colours I chose - all are quite unique to my collection.

Rosie Lee, Wallis, The Black Knight, Toff

Rosie Lee, Wallis

The Black Knight, Toff

Swatches to follow soon - which colour am I going to try first?? So excited!

In other news, did you hear that Kristin Stewart cheated on Rob Pattinson WITH HER MARRIED DIRECTOR? And she's confirmed it! What the eff? Not cool K.Stew and director man, not cool.

Labels: Butter LONDON, Hauls, Nail Polish, Online Shopping

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03 March 2012, 3:13 PM

The Nail Files #19

The weather is finally, finally cooling off and Autumn is beginning to show it's lovely face here in Australia. It actually dropped below 40 degrees (Celsius!) last week and my overheated, incubating body was incredibly thankful for it.

I thought I'd do a quick comparison post on a few of the deeper red shades I have in my collection. Obviously these are not all particularly similar in shade, but I do feel a little bit more vampy when I wear them, so I put them in the same mood-category.

OPI Vodka & Caviar, Essie Rockstar Skinny, Essie Sole Mate, Chi Chi Blood Drops and China Glaze Drastic

I even swatched! How professional of me! Same order as above.

All of these have three coats and no top-coat. I never ever where polish without a top coat, but I thought these looked shiny enough without it, so I skipped it. These are all creme finish, with the exception of Rockstar Skinny, which has a very subtle shimmer - I'm not a fan of any kind of shimmer or pearlescent sheen, but I'm actually fine with this one.

My favourite is definitely Drastic, which is also the newest addition to my collection. I wore it for about two weeks in a row, which is very unlike me.

I feel like deep red is such a classic colour that can go with any outfit and at any time of the year - it never seems to look out of place, if fine for work, great for play and manages to look both sophisticated and fun at the same time. I'm pretty sure I have more reds than any other colour in my collection.

What's your favourite go to nail polish colour?

Labels: Chi Chi, China Glaze, Essie, Nail Polish, OPI

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21 January 2012, 11:12 AM

Bit of nail chat, bit of interior chat

Trying the capture the sparkli-ness of Chi Chi's Disco Diva, but to no avail. Probably would help to use a real camera and not just my iPhone. You'll just have to trust me that this is the sparkliest mother I have ever seen.

It's a sparkle polish in a clear base with so awesome multicoloured glitter going on. It's also quite opaque - I did two coats to get a chock-a-block full of glitter nail. Worn as an accent over OPI's Skull and Glossbones, which is one of my absolute favourites, definitely the best from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection. I love the way it can look quite different depending on the lighting - indoors it looks a light grey, outdoors it takes on more of a beige-y tone. <3

The plan was to head out to ikea today to pick up some new organisational/storage furniture for around the house, but I've turned into a bit of a lazy bones so I don't think it's going to happen. I want to get these few bits -

Bedside table will be used as a telephone station - at the moment we've got everything piled haphazardly on our kitchen ledge and it just doesn't look pretty. Trolley will go in the main bathroom as extra storage - at the moment the cupboards are filled with out beach towels, but since that will be the baby's bathroom, we're gonna be needing some more space in there. I wish ikea would sort out their online ordering/delivery policy so you could sort it all out online rather than order it, have them ring you with a quote, pay over the phone, then get your goods. Surely if other online stores can do it, so should ikea. Wah wah.

Labels: Baby K, Blah blah blah, Chi Chi, Interiors, Nail Polish, OPI

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01 December 2011, 1:24 PM

The Nail Files #18

Just a quick nail polish post - I bought the Madison Australia December 2011 Magazine yesterday, which comes with a free Butter LONDON polish, and wanted to post while it was still available. You can choose between Trout Pout, a bright, coral-y salmon colour that I picked so you can see below and a taupe-y/sandy beige colour that I didn't look at the name of. I opted for Trout Pout as it has a cream finish, whereas the beige colour had a bit of shimmer - which I hate in pale polishes. Butter LONDON polished are usually $22 in Australia, so for the price of one of my favourite magazines at $8.95 this was quite the steal. I must admit - I'm quite glad I didn't fork out any more of my hard earned cash for it because I don't think the quality is all that great - it took three coats to get it opaque and streak free - and the colour isn't really one I will reach for regularly. But can't complain, it was a freebie after all!

The magazine issue is quite good actually - I love the true crime section that Madison always has, I have a morbid fascination with that kind of thing. Jessica Gomes looks gorgeous on the cover - she actually went to the same highschool as my husband, I think she was in the grade above him and had a locker just down from him, and he always tells me he had a crush on her. I can see why! How can I get my hair to look like that?

Anyway, on with the polish.

Every time I see the name of this polish I get "Trouty Mouth" from Glee stuck in my head - haha! Sidenote: Glee came back for like five episodes then went off the air for the Christmas break - grr Channel Ten, grr!

Labels: Butter LONDON, Nail Polish

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08 October 2011, 2:37 PM

Lust Have It!: September 2011

Ooh, my first Lust Have It! box arrived last week. I snuck in with my order, just in time to receive the September box, so I was very excited since I thought I'd have to wait until October for my first set of samples.

I've managed to try everything except the silver nail polish - it's not really to my taste, but would probably come in handy, so I'm happy to have it. So far, I'm quite the fan on the Lancome Doll Eyes mascara. I don't necessarily think its revolutionary, but it's one of the better mascara's I've tried. The brush has a conical shape, which I like since you can get pretty much all you lashes with the smaller end, but brush through with the larger end. The formula is quite nice, although I did notice a little smudging on my crease on Tuesday, which never happens to me, so that was a little annoying.

Even though shimmery nail polishes aren't really my thing, I've actually enjoyed this Nicole by OPI colour. Perhaps because the shimmer is very subtle, but it is there. I've tried a Nicole polish before, it's definitely inferior to OPI, formula-wise (this particular shade, anyway). It took me three coats to get this opacity, and even so it's still a little see through in bright light. It's worn well though, day three and no chips, so that's a big plus. The applied colour is also true the the bottle, so that's great too. The only thing I find frustrating is that the colour names aren't on the bottles, or listed on the product guide. I think the silver might be "Imagine If" and the purple possibly "Make A Change".

I wasn't sure about the Urban Rituelle hand cream, but it's really grown on me. I wouldn't recommend if you don't like the smell of lemongrass as it is quite strong. It doesn't leave your hands greasy, and is quite think and luxurious feeling. I'll definitely use this one up. I used the shower gel for the first time this morning - nothing overwhelmingly special, in my opinion. The scent is nice and quite subtle, not at all what I was expecting. Probably not something I would purchase (especially at $27.95 for a full size), but I'll have no problems using up the sample.

I've only used the Keratase Elixir Ultime once this week, and I was pleased with the results, but I did use it in conjunction with my regular MoroccanOil. I'll have to try it alone before I form a proper opinion on it, but it does contain Argan oil, so I imagine it will give very similar results to the MoroccanOil. The price point is very similar at $48.50 for 125mL (MoroccanOil is $52 for 100mL).

Overall, I've loved my first experience with Lust Have It! and will continue to renew my subscription for at least another few months. I've loved testing out products I probably never would've tried otherwise, and the price point fits nicely into my budget. I feel like this box was worth it for the mascara alone.

And excitingly, I received email notification from the company that my next box is already on it's way (which, by the way, I love the email notifications, gives you an idea for when to expect the package). Can't wait to see what's in my next box!

Labels: Hair, Hauls, LustHaveIt, Nail Polish, OPI

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23 August 2011, 8:39 PM

The Nail Files #17

I just had a look through my old posts because I was sure I had already done a post on this polish. No. Apparently I have not.

Below is "Lincoln Park After Dark" by OPI. I'm sure you've all seen it before, since it's a couple years old, but in case you've been living under a rock, it's a very blackened aubergine colour - from a distance it just looks black, but up close you can pick up the purple.

See - like an eggplant. I likes it.

Now, I haven't noticed before, but this time when I wore this colour it seemed to chip within a day or two. I love dark nails when they are nice and neat - I don't think there's anything more chic - but as soon as they chip...they just look skanky. So that was a little disappointing, but ah well. You get that.

I'm going shopping on the weekend - I've already planned it and am looking forward to it ENORMOUSLY. I have already armed my wallet with all my birthday gift cards and made a list of all the bits and pieces I've had my eye on. So I should have a haul for you this weekend. Squee!

Labels: Nail Polish, OPI

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22 August 2011, 9:24 PM

OOTD: Catch-up dinner with school friends

I tweeted that I would do an outfit of the post - mostly so that I would actually do it. I always mean to do these, but I always seem to be running out the door at the last minute, or my camera doesn't have batteries, or my lighting is shitty. Not that these are the best photos, but hey - you get the gist.

Jacket from Factorie (last year)
Oversized t-shirt from Dotti (last year)
Wet-look leggings from Cotton On
Leopard-print booties from Forever New (I saw a bunch of these on sale at an outlet store recently - try DFOs or Harbour Towns)
Necklace, earrings, maroon beaded bracelet, sideways cross bracelet all Sportsgirl
Green ring from Diva
Watch and clutch from Asos.co.uk (check my birthday haul for links)
Nail polish OPI "Lincoln Park After Dark" (post coming soon)

Ps. I swear my carpet isn't yellow.

Labels: Nail Polish, OOTD