Frances' Wonderland

OPI T26 "French Quarter for Your Thoughts" Swatches

2012-01-11T18:34:00.002+08:00

OPI 指甲油
Touring America Collection

T26 - French Quarter for Your Thoughts

OPI終於出了灰色了!!! (灑花~~)
這Touring America系列出了兩個類似色~
T26是純灰, T33是帶點綠感的灰, 都很美!
只是我期待OPI的灰很久了~ 當然就先購入T26囉~~
超美的~~~ 加上原有OPI的質感~ 無話可說囉!

OPI W52 "Got the Blues for Red" Swatches

2012-01-08T20:29:00.003+08:00

OPI 指甲油
Chicago Collection

W52 - Got the Blues for Red

深紅色, 非常顯白! (此為擦兩層的效果)
也是相當正點的顏色

iPhone 4S 簡易開箱 & SwitchEasy Avant-garde Series

2011-12-26T22:37:00.000+08:00

排了中華電信的預購, 終於在第六梯給我等到了!!!

在預購後沒幾天某次看到3C相關Blog的iPhone保護殼介紹文, 介紹到SwitchEasy出的Avant-garde Series

這系列令誰一看都會覺得超酷的吧~
這可是立體雕刻(縷空)的殼喔~ 馬上就燒到我了~
套上iPhone後利用iPhone本身的顏色去透出層次感~ 棒透了!

(截自www.switcheasy.com)

四種款式: Blossom^TM / Chateau^TM / Clockwork^TM / Plank^TM
四款除了Plank^TM比較不燒我之外, 其他三款都想各來一個, 且喜歡的款每色都好想要喔~

這次iPhone 4S挑了白色, 所以在跟這系列殼作搭配上其實就會有些配色上的限制在~
若是不care, 其實也沒什麼差, 自己用開心就好!!

以這系列的搭配來說, 只要黑機不要配黑殼, 白機不要配白殼, 那個層次/立體感就會很明顯~
我買了粉色的Blossom^TM, 我也是第一次入手粉色系的殼~
Chateau^TM我也很喜歡, 三色當中最愛白色, 但無奈的是我的是白機~ 就只能這樣搭配了!

每一包裝都包含了:

保護殼 (邊框 & 背板) *1,
Anti-Static Protective Membrane (防靜電及防刮螢幕保護貼) *2,
Microfibre Wipe (超細纖維擦拭布) *1,
Connector Protectors (Dock防塵塞) *2,
Headphone Jack Protectors (耳機孔塞) *2
Squeegee (螢幕保護貼刮板) *1

白機套上粉色的Blossom的樣子~
雕花很立體吧!!

白機套上白色的Chateau的樣子
明顯就覺得層次感不足了, 但立體感還是有的!! ^^

愛不釋手啊~~~

Orly Nite Owl (Birds of a Feather Collection)

2011-12-23T09:58:00.001+08:00

Orly今年2011年秋季出的Birds of a Feather組合, 裡面有不少顏色都很吸睛!!

Birds of a Feather Collection

#40749 - Nite Owl

Being Human

2011-12-12T12:24:00.004+08:00

狼人 vs. 吸血鬼的主題近期以來相當的熱門~

從最早以前我看過的電影(夜訪吸血鬼Interview with the Vampire: the Vampire Chronicles), 影集(噬血真愛True Blood, which I haven't seen it yet!)到近期由書拍成的電影(暮光之城the Twilight Saga), 或許還有更多...但也說明了這主題一直都相當地吸引人~

只是每部電影/影集著眼點不同, 即便是吸血鬼或是狼人在每個劇情裡的能力, 變身後的相貌也不太一樣!!
(p.s. Being Human US version的變身狼人, 樣子其實不是太討喜! 反而是Twilight裡的狼人看來比較有震懾力一點)

(圖截自www.tv.com)
左: Sam Huttington as Josh (Werewolf), 中: Meaghan Rath as Sally (Ghost), 右: Sam Witwer as Aidan (Vampire)

"Being Human"(我看的是美國版!), 台灣AXN Channel翻作"魔性人心", 其實是翻拍英國BBC的Being Human, 這部最特別的在於主角們是一個吸血鬼, 一個狼人 & 一個鬼魂共同住在一個屋簷下發展的故事~
這三個角色因為想與人一般的生活而聚在一塊, 也彼此互相承諾著不能傷害其他人和生物, 要捨棄他們原有的本性!!
基本上脫離原有的本性就是一個考驗了, 再加上他們各自有關心的對象, 要如何在不讓對方知道真相卻又能相信彼此的這種矛盾中掙扎著~

在這樣的劇情設定下, 光是看狼人與吸血鬼住在同一屋簷下還是BFF, 這點就相當衝突&矛盾了!! 也因為這樣, 對觀眾來說也更有趣味~
鬼魂Sally第一季中還在摸索自己的能力以及確認不再被謀害自己的兇手所騷擾, 希望在未來劇情發展中能有些不同的表現!
目前第一季欣賞完畢, 其實是相當令人期待第二季的發展~

I See the Light by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi

2011-12-07T20:05:00.002+08:00

Pascal (Chameleon) is so cute!!!
And the interaction between Flynn and Maximus is so funny!

Also the theme song is great!

I See the Light by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi

All those days watching from the windows
All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been
Now I'm here, blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here, suddenly I see
Standing here, it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be

And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you

All those days chasing down a daydream
All those years living in a blur
All that time never truly seeing
Things the way they were
Now she's here shining in the starlight
Now she's here, suddenly I know
If she's here it's crystal clear
I'm where I meant to go

And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog is lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything is different
Now that I see you, now that I see you

iPod當機處理方式

2011-11-29T11:25:00.000+08:00

iPod當機該怎麼處理呢?

切換Hold鍵的開和關! 先將 Hold 鍵切到 On, 再切回 Off
同時按住MENU和中間選擇鈕

等到Apple logo出現即可放掉~

我的Pretty Ballerinas初體驗~

2011-09-15T15:15:00.002+08:00

PrettyBallerinas所有芭蕾舞鞋款皆為西班牙製造，品牌悠久，配色大膽，設計獨特，除了搭配性極佳外，材質柔軟舒適，輕巧耐穿，更是受到不同年齡層女性的喜愛。

PrettyBallerinas已廣受國際時尚名流的青睞, 名模Kate Moss, Claudia Schiffer, Kylie Minogue, Lindsay Lohan, Elle Mcpherson, Sophie Dahl, Laura Ponte, Lily Allen 以及西班牙王妃Dona Letizia Ortiz 等等都是愛用者。

肖想Pretty Ballerinas很久了~
(礙於訂價只能遠觀~ 嘆!)
他每雙娃娃鞋的設計跟一般看到的很不一樣, even是同一雙的兩隻都很有可能是做不對稱的~

看上面第一列從左數來第一和第四雙就屬不對稱的設計...
還有第四列小朋友的鞋鞋也都超可愛的~ 尤其是第二雙超cute的~
有興趣的都可以去官網看看~
http://www.prettyballerinas.com.tw
只是會被他們的訂價給震懾住!!!

這次看到[尋找Cinderella]的活動~
只要是36號size的女孩, 就有機會用五折價格把鞋鞋帶回家~
我一看到馬上就等著搶購了~

連鞋盒都粉得很可愛~

Klee Acero: 低調深灰色經典平底鞋
看中這雙是它粗繩感的蝴蝶結~ 比較有份量!
又是經典款, 百搭就不用說啦!

看到MADE IN SPAIN...就覺得很值得啦~~

Angelis Sadie: 麂皮紳士牛津風格低跟鞋 (藍)
這雙呢~ 款式是目前挺流行的牛津風格~
整雙就是給我一種秋冬會好搭的fu~

連鞋底都醬可愛...讓我很捨不得把它踩下去!!

合照囉~

這是我頭兩雙的Pretty Ballerinas鞋~

不知下次啥時會再入手囉~~

Nanoblock之聖米歇爾山堡 Mont-Saint-Michel

2011-09-11T17:46:00.000+08:00

聖米歇爾山堡
難易度: 凸凸凸

今天終於把之前買的最後一組拼完了!!
花了我約70分鐘~

Nanoblock之鬼斧神工的聖家堂 Sagrada Familia

2011-09-09T21:57:00.002+08:00

聖家堂
難易度: 凸凸凸凸

剛好趕在今年農曆年前拼完....因為我農曆年跟家人去了西班牙旅遊...
也親眼目睹了聖家堂的壯觀~
超精湛的建築結構~
當然很難從這Nanoblock感受到~ 但依舊是很迷你可愛的一組積木嚕!

Nanoblock之宛如仙境的新天鵝堡 Schloss Neuschwanstein

2011-09-09T21:56:00.004+08:00

新天鵝堡
難易度: 凸凸凸

好想去德國看天鵝堡~ 肯定很美!!

Nanoblock之越獄泰姬瑪哈陵 Taj Mahal

2011-09-09T21:55:00.004+08:00

太久沒放nanoblock文章了!!
都拼完快一年了...金害~

泰姬瑪哈陵
難易度: 凸凸

現在看到泰姬瑪哈陵都會讓我想到Prison Break....
有看的人應該都知道我在說啥囉!! 呵~

Chanel #505 (Spring 2010 Collection)

2011-09-01T22:32:00.002+08:00

過了這麼久才來分享去年購入的Chanel #505
都已經是去年2010年春季的顏色了~
應該很多人都是看到上面這張形象圖而紛紛搶購...導致有一段時間還缺貨買不到!!

方蓋裡還有個小圓蓋~

鏘啷~ 試色照來也!

上面只擦了一層, 還隱約會透點指色~
若再補上一層應該是會更飽和才是!!

其實跟OPI的 B85 Over the Taupe, F15 You Don't Know Jacques!算是姐妹色啦~
大同小異~ 對我來說都是一種氣質色!!

Through The Fire by Reneé Olstead

2011-08-31T22:52:00.001+08:00

I love Reneé's version of this song!! Adding a little of jazz element, sensational, softness and drowsiness of her voice makes this song totally different than the original one sung by Chaka Khan, and this is the exact reason I'm falling in love with this version of "Through The Fire"!! I have goosebumps every time I hear this song!

Can you believe that when she performed this song, she's only 18!
She's so talented and amazing!
Highly recommended!!

Through The Fire by Reneé Olstead

I look in your eyes and I can see
You've loved so dangerously
You're not trusting your heart to anyone
You tell me you're gonna play it smart
We're through before we start
I believe that we've only just begun

When it's this good, there's no saying no
I want you so, I'm ready to go

Through the fire, to the limit, to the wall
For a chance to be with you
I'd gladly risk it all

Through the fire, through whatever, come what may
For a chance of loving you
Take it all the way
Right down to the wire
Even through the fire

To the limit, to the wall
For a chance to be with you
I'd gladly risk it all
Right down to the wire
Even through the fire

Just A Kiss by Lady Antebellum

2011-08-09T20:40:00.002+08:00

Just A Kiss by Lady Antebellum

Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
I'm caught up in this moment, caught up in your smile

I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
We don't need to rush this, let's just take it slow

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
And I don't wanna mess this thing up
No, I don't wanna push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright with just a kiss goodnight

I know that if we give this a little time
It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real, no, it's never felt so right

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No, I don't wanna mess this thing up
I don't wanna push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright with just a kiss goodnight

No, I don't want to say goodnight
I know it's time to leave
But you'll be in my dreams
Tonight, tonight, tonight

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No, I don't wanna mess this thing up
I don't wanna push too far

Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby, I'm alright

Oh, let's do this right with just a kiss goodnight
With a kiss goodnight, kiss goodnight

CHINA GLAZE Anchors Away Spring 2011 Collection

2011-08-05T20:56:00.004+08:00

今天購入的新鮮貨!! 雖然產品本身已經不新鮮了~~

China Glaze Anchors Away Spring 2011 Collection

China Glaze - #80971 Pelican Gray

淡灰色...此為擦兩層的效果~
想了很久的Pelican Gray....一直到現在才入手!!

China Glaze - #80972 Sea Spray

很粉嫩的藍....好適合夏天! 此為擦兩層的效果~
果然是今天我在網路上看到的寶!

OPI P17 "Stranger Tides" Swatches

2011-06-03T12:17:00.009+08:00

OPI 指甲油
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Collection

P17 - Stranger Tides

cream感的淺綠色~挺可愛的!
後來有試擦在腳趾頭上, 覺得擦在腳上有令人意想不到的效果~
會覺得腳丫子變得好可愛呀~~~
是個非常適合夏天的顏色!!!

OPI P13 "Skull & Glossbones" Swatches

2011-06-03T12:16:00.013+08:00

OPI 指甲油
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Collection

P13 - Skull & Glossbones

cream感灰白色, 挺符合色名Skull的感覺~
本以為會讓手顯黑, 但實際擦上後倒覺得還好!

Go Mavs~ Hello, Western Conference Finals, Bye Bye, Lakers!!

2011-05-09T15:20:00.001+08:00

Hooray, Mavs gets in to Western Conference Finals!!!
What a great news for me on a supposedly blue blue monday~

Mavericks sweep Lakers in 4 consecutive games...awesome!!!
And Jason Terry threw 9 3-pointers, amazing huh!

Goodbye Lakers~

Jason Terry hits 9 threes

ESSIE 2010 Fall Collection

2011-04-26T08:59:00.000+08:00

兩三個月前買的ESSIE...現在補分享囉~

2010 Fall Collection

#730 - Merino Cool

帶灰的紫~ 跟F14比是比較沉穩一點的顏色~
只不過跟OPI一比就知道...ESSIE比較沒有OPI特有的鋼琴面的光澤~
#731 - Sew Psyched

帶灰的綠~
當初是先看到Chanel出的Khaki Vert(可參考這裡)...跟其他Khaki系列顏色一比覺得這綠比較令人驚艷!
但畢竟人家是Chanel...價格自然比較不可愛~
後來才又注意到ESSIE也出了相似的綠...只是Sew Psyched還帶了灰感~
所以經過考慮...(當然也有價格考量)覺得帶灰感的綠應該比較實擦吧~
且這Sew Psyched光看瓶身沒注意...試擦後會發現指甲油帶有細微的亮粉~ 滿美的!

Glee

2011-04-19T21:32:00.002+08:00

最近開始看Glee...原來已經紅一陣子了我都不知道!!
會注意到也是看到有人分享劇中某一段演唱表演~
完全正中下懷~ 是我的菜阿!!!

這是一齣校園歌舞劇來著的~
一切都從Mr. Schuester為了重振Glee Club而起~
很喜歡由這些新一代演員重新詮釋的歌曲~ 不管是老歌或是最新流行的音樂...聽來都很讚!!
尤其是Mash-up(混歌), 從第一季的Bon Jovi的It's My Life & Usher的Confessions: It's My Life / Confessions就可聽出, 混搭得真是好!! (當然好的不只這首...還有很多~) 再加上那些主角們又跳又唱的~ 看得出劇組真的很用心~

Glee version's of "Teenage Dream"

There are so many great songs like this!
And because of Glee, I re-pick up some of the great songs in the past that I haven't listened to for a while! Thanks to that~

再來裡面的Mr. Schuester超帥的~
Matthew Morrison某幾個角度我覺得好像Jake Gyllenhaal, 且我覺得他是比較Justin Timberlake版本的Michael Bublé, 能唱能跳, 能抒情能動感的...很sexy啊!!

另提, 學生們中的男女Lead vocal: Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) & Rachel Berry (Lea Michele), 兩者聲音其實不太搭~ Rachel聲音很高亢(以劇中白人來說她的歌喉最好) 但Finn聲音偏soft~ 很難對得起來!! 這是我個人感想啦~

總之...Glee目前來說是好劇一部!! 喜愛西洋歌曲的人更是不能錯過呀~

P.S. 我覺得劇組很聰明~ 製作出一齣這麼討喜的作品!!
再加上主題跟音樂有關, 不免就會有相關CD等周邊商品出現~ 這就是$$啦~~~

Beauty and the Beast

2011-04-16T01:03:00.004+08:00

最近突然想起Beauty and the Beast~
(也已經把DVD拿出來回味了一遍, Soundtracks也反覆地聽了不知幾百遍了~)
Beauty and the Beast一直是我最最最喜歡的Disney movie...好愛好愛!!
剛一查竟也已經20年了!! (嚇~)
之前美國買的Special Platinum Edition也不再那麼special了....
現在都出了Diamond Editon with blu-ray了!

不過說歸說...這歷經20年來~ 好聽的旋律依舊烙印在腦海裡面忘不掉的!!
原聲帶中...我最愛的有

Be Our Guest,
Something There,
Human Again,
and, last but not the least, Beauty and the Beast

Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson 版本的"Beauty and the Beast": http://youtu.be/j5Cvq416zuQ

然後又發現一個加上現代流行元素版本的"Beauty and the Beast" by Jordin Sparks (也挺不賴的!)

Something There by Belle (Angela Lansbury) & Beast (Robby Benson, just found out he's from Dallas, TX)

Belle:
There's something sweet and almost kind
But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined
And now he's dear and so unsure
I wonder why I didn't see it there before

Beast:
She glanced this way, I thought I saw
And when we touched she didn't shudder at my paw
No it can't be, I'll just ignore
But then she's never looked at me that way before

Belle:
New and a bit alarming
Who'd have ever thought that this could be?
True that he's no Prince Charming
But there's something in him that I simply didn't see

Lumiere:
Well, who's have thought?

Mrs. Potts:
Well, bless my soul

Cogsworth:
Well, who'd have known?

Mrs. Potts:
Well, who indeed?

Lumiere:
And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

Mrs. Potts:
It's so peculiar. Wait and see

Lumiere, Mrs. Potts & Cogsworth:
We'll wait and see
A few days more
There may be something there that wasn't there before

Cogsworth:
You know, perhaps there's something there that wasn't there before

Mrs. Potts:
There may be something there that wasn't there before

賞車

2011-04-01T10:53:00.002+08:00

某天走在某豪宅區段的路上...突然有了這麼個想法~

(圖截自http://www.architecturaldigest.com/resources/travels/2009/07/maserati_article)

以實際面來看, 車也不過就是代步工具!
但隨著時間, 科技的進步, 美的認知大躍進等, 車何嘗不是一種藝術品~
從以前的四四方方的車到現在講究流線型~ 甚至到大頭車燈的造型也是一個話題!

其實要說的是...
現在精品車一台數百萬, 上千萬的有的是!
精品車較普及/常看到的不外乎Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi等等~
再高等一點的Porsche, Fararri, Maserati或是Bentley~

假如你有機會搭到朋友的名車便車的話, 進去發現車子內部髒得要命,
車內東一瓶保特瓶, 西一張衛生紙的~ 你大概就會對這駕駛人的品味有疑慮了!
雖然車本身超正點~ 超吸睛, 但名車也會因為駕駛人的習慣被大大扣分了! (唉~)

(圖截自http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Pictures-c15445-2009-Camry.html?urlSource=switchCarWidget#pi10558994)

以我們平民老百姓來說...雖買不起那種名貴轎車, 但平民車若能保持它一定的外觀&內裝~
最基本的是讓它保持乾淨整潔~ 即便是最常見的Toyota也可以開出一種不凡的品味!!

會這樣說, 是因為我真的坐過這樣的車~
且那天在路上也是因為看到一台停在路邊的名車, 裡面一堆垃圾~
讓我有了這樣的感想!!

指甲油 for Sale

2011-03-26T21:29:00.006+08:00

之前買了一堆指甲油~
其中一瓶China Glaze的指甲油, 一直到最近才想到要拿出來用~
等擦完才發現怪怪的~ 也才驚覺我買錯了! (不是我想要的顏色~ XD)
於是決定出清一些很少用的指甲油囉~

附上我的試色照~

China Glaze - #80831 Recycle

是個滿有質感的灰色~ 顯白效果不錯! (擦兩層的效果)

價格: NTD ~~$200~~ $180
狀況: 幾乎全新 (擦過一次)

然後覺得好像沒啥場合會擦到這麼粉嫩的S26~
平常上班這樣感覺太高調!

S26 - Nantucket Mist

很有年輕甜美感覺的顏色...(擦兩層的效果)
實際顏色會再粉一點點!
OPI S26已經是絕版色囉! 請有興趣的人趕緊把握!

價格: NTD ~~$200~~ $170
狀況: 幾乎全新 (擦過兩次)

L00 - Alpine Snow

適合拿來做法式效果喔!!

價格: NTD $200
狀況: 全新純白色指甲油

我人在台北, 希望以面交的方式!
請有興趣的朋友在文章內回應並留下聯絡資訊(Email等), 我再與你連絡!!
先搶先贏喔!!

Grenade by Bruno Mars

2011-03-13T01:06:00.003+08:00

Grenade by Bruno Mars

Easy come, easy go, that's just how you live
Oh, take, take, take it all but you never give
Should've known you was trouble from the first kiss
Had your eyes wide open, why were they open?

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked
'Cause what you don't understand is

I'd catch a grenade for you
Throw my hand on a blade for you
I'd jump in front of a train for you
You know I'd do anything for you

I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same

No, no, no, no

Black, black, black and blue, beat me 'til I'm numb
Tell the devil I said, hey, when you get back to where you're from
Mad women, bad women, that's just what you are, yeah
You'll smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car

Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, yes, you did
To give me all your love is all I ever asked
'Cause what you don't understand is

I'd catch a grenade for you

Throw my hand on a blade for you

I'd jump in front of a train for you

You know I'd do anything for you

I would go through all this pain

Take a bullet straight through my brain

Yes, I would die for you, baby

But you won't do the same

If my body was on fire

Ooh, you'd watch me burn down in flames

You said you loved me, you're a liar

'Cause you never, ever, ever did, baby

But darling, I'd still catch a grenade for you