Chocolate Cats: nails

Wishing I could have more of the Almond Friand with Salted Caramel from the Afternoon Tea I had at THIRTY8 Grand Hyatt KL. I had the sudden urge to paint hearts on my nails on Saturday. A tad late for Valentines but it just looked too pretty not to do it. Surprisingly it was a lot more simple than I thought it would be. How very un-rock chick of me. I really need to get back to dark colours soon!

I'm pretty sure you guys have seen my previous Lunasol post on their Spring 2013 Collection. If you haven't, click here. Jean and I met up for lunch/tea at Komugi Cafe, Pavilion yesterday to try out the beautiful nail colours since we each got one colour from the Vivid Colour Purification collection. So instead of prettifying my nails with just one colour, why not two.

I really wanted to post a write up on a luxe cream elixir dubbed the new holy grail of cosmetics to start off the week but I wanted to clarify a few things first before going on and on about my discovery of what could be the next fountain of youth. I see a few sceptical looks out there. ;)

Until I sort that out which shouldn't take very long, I'll show you guys some photos I didn't have time to put up last week and also some yummy foods I tried. I attempted something I don't normally do with my nails, be a tad more fun with colour combos. Since I had a little extra time, I did a pastel purple and crème coral pairing with a pinch of glitter which turned out rather pretty.

I also tried something absolutely yummy for brunch from ACME Bar & Coffee @ Troika - Baked Eggs, Spinach, Rhubarb, Ricotta and Grilled Sourdough Bread which is basically 'Two Eggs Slathered on Grilled Bread' (RM17). It's one of those dishes you order when you don't really want to eat meats or too much carbs but will still satisfy your cravings for something rich and leave you happy after. Comfort food anyone? Great combination of flavours in a shallow pot! I was craving for more after I polished off the pot or maybe I was just starving that morning. Read about my previous ACME Bar & Coffee post here.

And my latest indulgence was at TWG Tea Salon & Boutique @ Pavilion, Crème Brûlée. A traditional French confection, two miniature cream brulees infused with exclusive TWG Teas Phuguri Darjeeling and Vanilla Bourbon Tea (RM17). Truly refreshing brûlées, smooth, creamy with full on tea flavour. Did you noticed something? No chocolate! *laughs*

Since I went with Jean and Traclyn we shared a pot of Crème Brûlée Tea and I also tried the Financiers - Green Tea and Chocolate flavours from Jean's tea set as well as Napolean Tea & Caramel Macaron (my choice) and Bain De Roses Tea Macaron (Jean's choice). The Financiers were freshly baked, it was light, moist and tasted lovely with the tea infused jelly and cream. I also help Traclyn with her Chocolate Fondant. Spoke too soon about the 'no chocolate' thing hey. *evil laugh* Read about my first visit to TWG Tea Salon & Boutique here.

There you go, my colorful treats for the week! Deciding my nail colour for next week.

Look forward to: "The Holy Grail" of cream elixir!!

There are loads of products and sets under Sephora's Oh My Chérie Collection. Not exactly sure if all will be availble in Sephora KL. Remember my recent write up on Oh My Cherie Manicure Set, well here's the Oh My Cherie Nail Polish set to compliment it. It comes in a set of 5 (5x5ml). The colours are Mirror Mirror, Tropical Fuchsia, Cherry Popsicle, It-Girl and Oh, My Chérie!

Mirror Mirror, Cherry Popsicle and It-Girl can be found from the current range. While Oh My Chérie and Tropical Fuchsia are exclusive to this set.

What I like most about Sephora nail polish is the brush. It's flat, wide with a rounded tip making it super easy and less messy to apply. It dries really fast as well. I was well surprised when the first coat only took less than a minute to completely dry. It has good consistency and for all five colours, they were opaque in 2 coats.

I've had Tropical Fuschia on for about 7 days now (with base and top coat) and I started noticing slight wear at the tips after 4 days. 7 days later there's noticeable wear at the tip with tiny bits chipping off. Then again with work, chores and loads of typing colours usually last no more than a week on my nails.

Mirror Mirror is a molten glittery silver. It's actually super super glittery! After 2 coats of it, there was glitter all around the nails, quite difficult to clean it off. It does the high sparkle effect though.