China Glaze & OPI

A couple of months ago I blogged about OzSale $6-$9 China Glaze sale, and the polish's that I purchased.

I realise it's been quite a while since then but I thought it would be better late than never to do a quick review on my experience.

I actually made 2 separate orders; one the day the sale started and another the next day as I decided I wanted more lol.
My first order included 8 nail polishes, and I was so excited about the Good Witch & Flying Dragon colours to arrive.

It took about 3 weeks but when they finally arrived, my heart sank.
As I was signing for the package I knew at least one bottle had broken as I could smell it before I even opened it.
Upon opening my package, this is what I came across...
(Thank goodness I noticed the smell and took the precaution of laying a towel down before I opened the package or my carpet would have some hideous stains from this!)

2 Broken bottles. And wouldn't you know it? The colours that broke were Good Witch & Flying Dragon!

I was incredibly disappointed in OzSale for their poor packaging.

It's pretty obvious that if you wrap 8 bottles of nail polish in one layer of bubble wrap and then pop them in a normal post bag, that something is bound to go wrong.
I personally think each bottle should have been individually wrapped & then posted in a box.
(Which coincidentally is how my second order arrived)

I promptly contacted OzSale, and after they received a picture as proof, they refunded my order in full.

It took a long time for OzSale to respond to me and an even longer time for them to actually follow through with the promised refund.

I'm satisfied with the refund as after giving my remaining unbroken bottles a good scrub with nail polish remover, they are good as new (except I can't read their shade names).

Overall it was a very long and drawn out affair dealing with OzSale and I can honestly say that unless they have some crazy amazing deal, I won't be buying from them again.

A week or so after the China Glaze sale, Catch Of The Day had a $10 OPI nail polish sale, from which I purchased 10 bottles.
I paid for my order in the morning and that evening my order was marked as 'processed' and the next morning it was marked as 'delivered'. The following day I received all 10 of my nail polishes, secure as anything and all unbroken.
I love that Catch of the Day don't make you wait until the sale has finished before they process and ship your order like your OzSale do.
It was a really easy and fast experience buying from them and I wouldn't hesitate to purchase from their site again.

And that is my 2 cents!
Have you ever bought from either of these sites before?
If so, what was your experience like?
I'd love to know!

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engagement party

This is going to be a very long and very picture heavy post.

On Saturday March 10, Nick and I had our engagement party.

It was held at my parents house and was very laid back.

[I'm saving all the fancy stuff for the wedding.]

I hired a photographer and I have to say, totally worth it.

She got some fantastic shots.

I won't post all of the photo's as I don't want to intrude on all my guests privacy and some faces might be blanked out for the same reason.

I also threw in some of the edited photos.

Oh, and the photos are in a completely random order for some reason.

Enjoy!

 James, Lauren & myself chugging down some water.

I was a very good girl. I had 2 vodka cranberries then went non-alcoholic for the rest of the night.

The same cannot be said about all the guests though that's for sure!

               James & Lauren again.

 Amanda & myself.

Those aren't crows feet [yet!], they are my smile creases.

 Having a chat to my dad.

Excuse the excessive boobage, I was leaning over to talk to him and didn't realise I was putting on a show! 

 The following five photos are probably my favourite.

I had been telling Louise earlier that week how high my brother can lift me and she didn't believe me, so I had to prove my point.

 Slippery dress

 Me saying 'See? I told you!'

"I'm flying Jack, I'm flying!"

 Time for the dismount

 If this photo was taken 0.001 of a second earlier, you would see my underwear.

In hindsight, I should have realised my dress would catch the wind.

Oh well.

 Don't ask, because I have no clue what's going on here.

 Mum: 'There's something on your boob'

 Me: 'Oh there is too! It won't come off!'

Mum: 'I'll do it'

 Myself & Louise, before everyone showed up.

 My cousin Melanie, my Nan and myself.

Mum wanted a nice photo of us so I go to lean in and somehow completely stumble in to my Nan, and nearly spill my drink everywhere.

Total action shot.

 Laughing about how uncoordinated I am. 

 In case you're wondering, this photo isn't posed.

I've had a couple of people question that, which is a pity as it's one of my favourites.

As you can see, Louise bought me my wedding night lingerie.

Sexy!

 Louise defending the honour of her goon bag.

 Excuse Nick's blanked out face.

This is my 'ohh I see' face.

Easily confused with my 'What the hell is going on?' face or my 'Huh?' face.

 Damn my huge cheeks! Damn them to hell!

 The bridesmaids & myself

[L-R] Amanda, Louise, myself, Melanie & Lauren.

My family <3

 Myself, Ryan, Mum, Dad & Jordan.

 I absolutely adore this photo, it's so silly but so us.

My 2 big brothers, Ryan & Jordan.

Louise, myself & Melanie.

There are a lot more photos but my computer kept freezing and this is as far as I got with the picture uploads so this is all I'm doing.

Overall it was a fantastic night.

There were a few inappropriate comments but if that's the worst thing that happened then I'm a pretty happy girl.

I may or may not do a post going in to further detail about the night, but I'm not sure. 

Would anyone be interested in reading that?

The specifics;

Dress; Sophia [Bought at a local boutique]

Shoes; Windsor Smith

Make up; Pout Cosmetics

MUA; Tara @ Pout Cosmetics

Hair; Myself [Can't you tell? haha]

Necklace; Michael Hill

Nail polish; OPI Divine Swine

Photographer; Chelsea @ Proof of Life Photography

Just a side note; I know that my bra is WAY to visible. I actually had the perfect bra laid out to take with me to my parents house [I got ready there] but I totally forgot to take it and by the time I realised it was too late.

ETA; I just looked over all the photos and have realised that all the photos feature maybe 10 people.

We had about 100 guests but I really don't want to invade their privacy as I don't know how they'd feel about being featured on my blog.

Also, I blanked out Nick's face as I hadn't asked him how he feels about being on le blog, upon publishing, he told me he doesn't care.

So from now on, he won't be blanked out!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the photos!

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