Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Vacation Stuff + Spectraflair Nails!

       Hello guys!! As promised, I have a few pictures from my little vacation, including the mani that I wore most of my time there. That's at the bottom, so if you don't care about the trip, go ahead and scroll down now LOL.

 We were there for like two weeks, the first which was spent at whole first week at Universal Orlando, kind of bouncing between Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios. Both were entertaining, but for me, it was all about The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Seriously, if it wasn't for that, I would have stayed home. Shh, don't tell my mom. 

This is the entrance to Hogsmeade.


And the Hogwarts Express. (Duh right?)


And Hogwarts!!

There were other Harry Potter mainstays around, but I suck so...yeah...didn't get any of those. Sorryyy. I did get some pictures from the little demonstration some Durmstrang guys and Beauxbaton girls made.



Very manly, no?




lol, they were very nicely choreographed.

There was also Pumpkin Juice (which I skipped) and Butterbeer, which I definitely did not skip. Instead, I gorged myself upon its sweet, icy, butterscotchy tastiness. 

And I will probably never drink Butterbeer again. 

So if you ever get the chance, I'd definitely recommend heading over there. It's only a small section of the park, but the rides are good, and one of the only places where you know everyone else is just as much of a dork as you are. I mean...I saw some outlandish things. A grown man squealing like a little girl, a mother disregarding the hungry cries of her children as she searched for the perfect wand at Ollivander's, and a couple fighting over a single cup of butterbeer. I believed the boyfriend's exact words were, "Go get your own". It was heartbreaking but hilarious. And totally understandable. 

But anyway, the next week, we went to Busch Gardens Tampa and it started off as the worst experience ever. It rained rats and frogs, and we spent most of our time huddled under the eaves of some building. But they gave us a voucher to return again (nice folks) and the next time was better! The rides were so much fun, and there were cutey cutey animals (my mom's words) everywhere. 


Like this baby flamingo that I wanted to steal.


And this lazy (or maybe bored) cheetah.


I call it lazy because this picture was taken about 40 minutes after the first one, and literally, this was as much as it moved. 


And a lazy kangaroo. 

Albino kangaroo!!

But moving on to the nails, I wore Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe and China Glaze Go Crazy Red as well, but I spent most of my time with this beauty on my nails:


It's a Spectraflair franken created by one of my favorites, Kris from My Lucid Bubble.








Ahh I want to roll in this stuff. (The polish, not the spectraflair. I feel like that would kill you.) It's so beautiful!!

And that's all from me today! Thanks for reading, and have a great one!

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Oh wow! That lazy kangaroo is exactly how Lloyd sleeps! Maybe he is some rare marsupial. That polish looks great on you! I'm so glad you like it. I really want to try Butterbeer. It just sounds good. I'm going to have to find recipes.
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1 reply · active 711 weeks ago
Maybe they /are/ distantly related, because many of the kangaroos were sleeping and it was literally the only one sleeping like that. And thanks for making it and selling it too!
The Butterbeer was tasty...I heard that the liquid one was a little overpowering, but I had the frozen version and it was just right. n_n
Good luck with making it, and I hope it comes out delicous!
I love Harry Potter, so I enjoyed a lot your photos!
Moreover, I'd like to adopt that cheetah. *_*
Love your nail polish too! :)
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1 reply · active 711 weeks ago
Aw thanks!!
And girl, me too...if it wasn't dangerous and dumb, I would have tried to jump into the enclosure LOL.
LOL at lazy kangaroo!
1 reply · active 711 weeks ago
Ahahah omg, in person it was extra funny. It kept on waving its arms around. :D
Seriously amazing pictures! OMG, I already told you how jealous I was on twitter, so I'll skip that here. I can't wait for the day I go *off in a daze* ...

I really loved that "lazy" kangaroo pic ... um can we say dead? The arms on him are killing me LOL

AND OF COURSE SPECTRAFLAIR ... no commentary needed.
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1 reply · active 711 weeks ago
Thanks!
And LOL I know you'll have an amazing time.

And you know when we first saw him, we were like omg is he dead? But he kept on swinging his arms and kicking his foot so we were like I guess not LOL.
That Butter Beer looks soooo delicious! I really want some now!
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1 reply · active 711 weeks ago
Yep, it was really quite tasty! But I think you can brew some at home, and you're a lovely cook, so you should give it a whirl! ^_^
Oh my gosh you don't know how JEALOUS of you I am! I want to go to Harry Potter Land!!!! haha
1 reply · active 711 weeks ago
Aw, don't be jealous! When you go, I bet you'll have more fun than me because you won't be all weighed down by muggles and unbelievers (my siblings who do not read, watch or have any interest in Harry Potter).
So pretty. And your holiday looked fantastic.
1 reply · active 711 weeks ago
That place looks so awesome! I'd love to visit Harry Potter place, I'd porbably never leave. POlish looks amazing too. ;)
1 reply · active 710 weeks ago
Ahh yeah it was so much fun. I wanted to hide someplace and stay overnight but there was no food. And I can't be without food, not even for HP. ;)
Wow! The Spectraflair must indeed be spectacular! Why, oh why, didn't I buy some when it was still readily available on eBay...
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1 reply · active 710 weeks ago
Girl, I know...I finally bought some at a higher price than it originally was and I'm so mad about that.
But maybe if you write to the seller, he will be willing to work something out with you. I hear he's a really nice man. :)

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