Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A Quick FOTD and a Gorgeous HQCD Necklace!

Hey everyone! Life is still super crazy busy and I'm going to have to apologize for not being as regular with the updates as I usually do. Rest assured, I am still checking up on comments and I've been trying to catch up on e-mails so if I haven't gotten back to you please be patient and I will respond as soon as I can!

I was going to upload a video tonight but after two failed attempts and waiting a total of about 2 hours before they errored out, I've decided to just post a quick FOTD and jewelry review instead.


Here I am wearing Skin79 Hot Pink BB Cream, Mac Blot Powder, Shu Uemura Rouge Ultimate lipstick in Jupiter Brown, Rock & Republic blush in Bedroom, Urban Decay 24/7 Liner in Ransom, and one of my fav NYX eyeshadows, Morocco.

This necklace is something that was NOT sponsored or gifted, but one that I saw Lisa put up in her shop and I freaaaaaaked out about and quickly bought. It's the HQCD Signature Super Nova necklace in Heliotrope and it is drop-dead-frickin-gorgeous! I've never seen anything like it. She literally made the setting using beads since the crystal is a round rivoli stone with no holes in it. (EDIT: Sorry guys, I just saw Lisa's comment about Swarovski discontinuing this particular crystal so she had to pull the listing. :( Hopefully she can make others similarly just as beautiful too!)


Did I mention that Heliotrope Swarovski crystals change colors? In some angles it's a deep purple and in other lights it has flashes of teal blue.


Even the back has a really amazing pattern of beads which keep the crystal solidly in place.


So amazing homg! I've been wearing it really often since I bought it because I wear a lot of purple and navy blue. ^.^


Also wanted to mention that the nailpolish I'm wearing here is one of my favorites, Revlon Peach Petal. It's the perfect pale pinky-peach on my skin and I wore it for 2 weeks! I even wore it twice within two months. That's pretty much a record for me considering the perverted amount of nail polish I own. Here's a better shot of the polish:


I've definitely been digging the orangey colors this summer with Revlon Peach Petal, Mac Seasonal Peach, Eyeko Coral, and a random Maybelline Coral polish I picked up from the dollar tree. Don't worry, I've still been taking pics so a nail post will come soon. ^.~

Alright, going to go play on my new Macbook Pro and see if I can get used to the new video editing program and try to forget about the crazy thunderstorm going on outside. *BOOM, BOOM*
Posted by Jen at 9:51 PM
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42 comments:

  1. the necklace is beautiful! <3
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  2. both you and your necklace are stunning! ;)
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  3. I absolutely love the nail polish. I have been very very into nudes too and have been rocking that for the past month. Gorgeous!

    HQCD is one of my favs. She's so talented and unique, i love it!
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  4. you look beautiful in the first pix! and the necklace is gorgeous!
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  5. I'm glad you posted the polish b/c I was just about to ask. It looks so creamy and delicate! Maybe I'll buy it and take it to the salon...I can't do my own nails to save my life despite many, many attempts. And isn't it hot where you live? I'm surprised to see a scarf here!

    Good luck video editing! Not sure why but imovie is really hard for me to learn. I fared so much better with windows movie editor : P
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  6. That necklace is stunning! And I love that it matches your shirt ^.^ What a pretty nail polish color. I'm so glad you mentioned it in your post. ^.^ *wonders how many polishes you think is a perverted amount*
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  7. What a pretty necklace! And I love the Revlon Peach Petal <3
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  8. PetiteAsianGirl: These pics were actually from back in May. We had quite a chilly spring that turned into a heat wave within about a week. XP
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  9. Absolutely stunning. I love the necklace, the nail color and how pretty and warm you look :)
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  10. Ah! the necklace is sweet! That's my absolute favorite color, I actually recently bought a nail polish that would match really well. You look really pretty, as usual..

    x tomi
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  11. You look so pretty in the first pic~ Wow, the necklace is really unique, I really haven't seen something like that before~

    Your nails are so nice, like perfect shape yet not insanely long.

    Are you using iMovie? Haha I used it once for a school project and it was soooo annoying trying to drag segments of clips and pictures around >< Mac ftw~ I'm envious of you, it's freaking hot where I live right now and I wiiish it would rain haha
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  12. The necklace is beautiful and i love the color of the nail polish.
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  13. Oh my!!! Revlon Peach polish looks really pretty !!!! Love your Photo with scarf !!!
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  14. what kind of lashes are you using?
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  15. I love that nail polish!!!!!!!! I normally just go with nude nails but you are inspiring me!!!! :)

    Please enter my Giveaway when you get a chance! (If you haven't already)
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  16. gorgeous look, gorgeous necklace! pretty nail color! I love everything!! you're simply beautiful... =)
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  17. Cuteness overload! =)
    Love that Revlon polish on you.
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  18. Love the necklace, my eyes popped when i saw how pretty the blue is, considering that i'm more of a green girl :) and i must agree that the handicraft is very delicate. Must have cost a lot?

    Love the Skin79 Hot Pink BB cream on you, how is your skin taking it so far,will you be doing a tutorial on it? I'm currently using the Gold BB cream, it is a bit dry on me so i had to hydrate myself properly before application.

    As for the nail, yes, like what PAG said, thank goodness you posted about it cuz we're about to ask. It has a very nice shade. Will lookout for it in my nearby counters.

    Have a nice week, Jen & to all readers :)
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  19. You look stunning, your skin is amazing & that polish, i want it x
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  20. That Revlon colour is so beautiful and your FOTD is really nice.
    Pretty make up :)
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  21. You look gorgeous! Now I'm really tempted to get that necklace now :) It's so beautiful for the price!

    The nail polish looks really creamy and nice. Seems like the Revlon collection is very promising :) I've been wanting the lilac one
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  22. What an adorable necklace! I would never picked out that color for jewelry. What can I say? I am plain :) Love the nail color too. Very cute and simple. Perfect for summer
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    Last week to enter my giveaway for a beautiful necklace at PetiteLittleGirl.com
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  24. I too love that nail polish, but I find the application to be a very messy one :(

    How did you get yours so perfect? And how many layers did you use?
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  25. OMG can you say gorgeous? Truly unique jewelry - I love how it sparkles.

    I was debating getting the polish you are wearing now - all the Revlon polishes I own have not applied the way I wanted them too...I don't know how you got the polish to look so well...perfect.

    I LOL everytime I read your posts - "perverted" amount of polish? :D You have a way with words, my dear.
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  26. post your nailpolish collection!
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  27. You look gorgeous, as always! Love the R&R blush! Need to pick it up @ next Hautelook sale! Love the Revlon nail polish too! Thanks for sharing and all the best!
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  28. The necklace is soooo pretty!

    And man. I've decided I need R&R Bedroom and Call Me eventually ........
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  29. I wonder how many nail polishes Jen has? I love the peach petal but i couldn't find it in the nearest drugstore.
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  30. the necklace is really pretty! i love anything that sparkles LOL lovely FOTD
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  31. Looking absolutely stunning, Jen!!! <3
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  32. Wow that really is a gorgeous necklace!
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  34. Unfortunately, I'm discontinuing the helio crystal because this particular size is super hard to get a hold of. SWAROVSKI also discontinued production on this particular type :(

    There's still the amethyst and sapphire, both beautiful!
    (I'm going to be deleting the listing, sorry)
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  35. do you now have permanent double eyelid Jen? you dont seem to use much of the eye tapes anymore??
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  36. i only can say wowww for the necklace..really unique, i've never seen necklace like that before..and really pretty FOTD as usual.. :)
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  37. Very beautyful necklace! I love HQCD too!
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  38. mui: They aren't permanent but my double lids do stay when I wear false lashes. :)
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  39. WOW!!! that's a lovely necklace!!!

    I wanted something similar when Janice Man (popular HK model) sported something similar!! Her's was a ruby red though!

    This is great! thanks for sharing, now i know where i can get something similar! thanks!
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  40. nude nail colors are my favorite too!! =) yours is wonderful
    by the way love the necklace!
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  41. I looked everywhere for the Revlon Peach Petal nail polish and I can't find it anywhere =(
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  42. What a pretty necklace. I checked the HQCD website and I'm not obsessed! Thank you for introducing it.
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