Nailing It: Estée Lauder Pure Color in Hot Spell

Nailing It: Estée Lauder Pure Color in Hot Spell

The Hot Spell is part of the Bronze Goddess Summer ’14 collection and my oh my, it’s hot all right. It’s a bright coral red jelly that screams summer and I absolutely love it. It’s so easy to apply and looks great on the nails. It did chip a little after a couple of days [...]

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How To Recycle and Reuse Candle Jars

How To Recycle and Reuse Candle Jars

Happy Friday, folks! Today I thought I’d do something not-really-beauty-related-but-may-be-oh-I-don’t-know different today and show you a tutorial on how to recycle and reuse candle jars. Here’s a little known fact about me (at least, I don’t think I’ve mentioned this on the blog or social media), I make my own candles. I still buy beautiful [...]

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Finally, A Purple Eyeshadow I Can Wear!

Finally, A Purple Eyeshadow I Can Wear!

Oooh the dreaded purple eyeshadow. Purple eyeshadows may be very pretty but if you’re not careful, you can end up looking like you’ve been punched in the eye. I’m always very wary of purple eye makeup because if the eyeshadows are not properly blended (or even over-blended. Oh yeah, it can happen), the chances of [...]

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Bloggie Wednesday: Ask Me Anything!

Bloggie Wednesday: Ask Me Anything!

Happy hump day, folks and welcome to the first Ask Me Anything of 2014! I’ve been getting a lot of questions from readers on blogging and skincare lately so I thought it’s time to open the floor to you for even more questions. Go on, come at me with your questions. Answer them, Tine will*. [...]

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For The Love of Candles

For The Love of Candles

So … candles. I think there’s a bit of a love-hate relationship with them. Oh, not me, I absolutely love them as you can tell. Some people love them, some people hate them. Some people love burning them, some people think it’s a waste of money. I guess it’s how you look at it and [...]

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