NOTD: October 30, 2013

Here is my #NOTD: Nails Inc-Special Effects in Topping Lane. I bought this for $3.00 at a Shopper's Drug Mart in my area. 

Regina

NOTD: October 25,2013

Here is my NOTD: L'Oreal Breaking Curfew and The True Diamond Magic Top Coat.

Have a great day,

Regina

NOTD: October 20, 2013

Here is my NOTD: KISS Everlasting Gel Color in Sweet.

Have a great day, 

Regina

Nail Polish Purchases

Today I went to my local Shoppers Drug Mart with the intentions of buying candy to satisfy my sweet tooth. Let's just say that idea went out the window as soon I saw 2 bins of "sale" nail polishes.

In the bins were full of Essie, Sally Hansen, L'Oreal, Nicole by OPI, Cover Girl, GOSH and QUO by Orly nail polishes. Many of the colours were from the Spring and Summer and the prices ranged from $1.00-$7.00 in order to get ready for the upcoming holiday season. 

I had a lot more in my basket at the very beginning but I began to remove the nail polishes that I knew I wouldn't be using anytime soon. I only had them in the basket because of the low prices.

The nail polishes that I ended up buying were Left to right on picture):

Sally Hansen: Fuzzy Coat-All Yarned Up ($3.00), L'Oreal: The Magic Top Coats-The Matte Velvet ($2.00), L'Oreal: The Magic Top Coats-The True Diamond ($2.00), L'Oreal-Breaking Curfew ($2.00), L'Oreal: The Magic Top Coats-The True Gold ($2.00), L'Oreal: The Magic Top Coats-The Shift Me ($2.00), QUO by Orly: All-in-One-Base & Top Coat ($1.00)


Thanks for reading,

Regina

Kiss Gel Nails Party

2 weeks ago I was invited to a Kiss Gel Nails Party hosted by my friend Elaine from Toronto Beauty Reviews. It was a held at DesignHerCo Studio (which is own by Dara and is the Best DIY craft studio in Toronto, ON) The party was to do your own manicures using Kiss Gel Nails System Gel Polish.

When Elaine had sent out an invite, I was so excited since she knows that I love anything dealing with nail polish and it was really nice of her to have kids on the invite as well.

The studio was set up in 3 different areas for the afternoon. One was for the ladies who were doing there own nails, a crafts area for kids and a refreshments table.

Elaine had the ladies choose the nail polish colour they wanted to use for there nails.  I chose Merlot which is a deep wine colour and have a seat at one of the tables that was set up for the manicures by using the Kiss Products that were provided for our use: Kiss PRO LED Gel Lamp, Kiss Gel Cleanser, Kiss Base Gel, Kiss Top Gel, and lint-free wipes. 

She explained step-by-step at what we had to do and instructions were also provided as well. Since this was my first time ever trying out a system like this, it took approximately 30 minutes. It would have taken me less time but it was my first time using the system and I was keeping an eye out on my kids at the same time:). I found the system easy to use and very light in weight.

The Everlasting Gel Color is to last for about 14 days but mine only lasted 2 days due to my habit of changing my nail polish colour everyday or every other day. When I went into work the next day, my co-workers thought that I was using Broadway Nails imPress Press-On Manicure. They were all surprised to learn that it was a DIY Gel manicure. 

Thanks for reading,


Regina


Here are some pictures from the event:

DesignHer Co. Studio

The people to follow on Twitter and Instagram

Refreshments table.....mmmm.....cupcakes

Crafts Table of the kids

Crafts table with beads, string and press-on nails

The various colours of Kiss Everlasting Gel Colors

The tables for the DIY Gel Manicures

Products needed to do the Gel Color manicures

Getting my nails done

My completed Kiss Everlasting Gel Color Manicure in Merlot

The ladies getting there nails done

Me (@rs8703) and Elaine of Toronto Beauty Reviews (@TOBeautyReviews)

The items that was in the swag bag that was given from Elaine of Toronto Beauty Reviews and @KissProducts

Welcome

Hi readers. My name is Regina and welcome to my blog and my first official post as rs8703. This is actually my 3rd and final attempt at trying to blog. My first attempt at blogging was almost two years ago under doseofcolour@blogspot.ca but that became a failure due to not making an effort with my busy life and a really old computer that I was using. My second attempt has been with doseofcolour.tumblr.com. I occassionally update that through instagram and twitter as rs8703 as my name on both sites.

With this being my third and final attempt, I can't promise that this will be updated daily, if I manage to update daily it will be something that's happening and that I've happened to buy and try out.  My goal is to write on my 2 days off from work and gradually add-on during the work week.


Thanks for reading,

Regina