TheFaceShop GR503 with black polka dot french and acrylic ribbons

tot i'd try one of the pastels i got. my skintone doesn't really look good in pastels but sometimes it's fun to wear something bright.

all photoes were taken indoors with and without flash.



i have to admit that TFS colors although highly pigmented are quite thick and a PITA to apply. i did try to thin it out though. my cuticles avoidance skillz still sucks. lol.

i didn't wait for the black to dry before using my top coat so there were some streaking.

TheFaceShop WH003 with rainbow colours

i'm loving pretty pastels right now even though i try to stay with the seasonal trend of wintery colors. i'm trying to kill 2 birds with one stone by wearing both!

the base is WH003, a shimmery holographic white that goes on sheer and can be used as an overlay.

this is 2 coats of WH003 with random dots of Etude house GR602(bright green), EtudeH PK010(pink), TFS YL703(yellow) and TFS BL602(blue). finally i did an overlay with the WH003 again.





i wore this plain for a day but i have those little pots of coloured acrylic waiting for me to practice on.

Etude House #16 Spangle Silver

i'm really loving glittery nails at the 'mo. these were once again done in the gradation style with clear nail polish as the base. i wanted to let me nails take a break from dark colors because they're getting a little colored.

it's been really downcast lately. it's hard to catch the morning sun and my nails have chipped at the cuticles. i love to pluck at the lifting edges of polish and peel them off even though you're not supposed to.



the glitters are actually holographic and very pretty in the light.

New Year nails, TheFaceShop YL701 with lace and acrylic flowers

Happy 2010 everyone! i hope 1/1/2010 was well spent. the DH and i was in Orchard for like 10 hours *lol* because we got 7.30pm Avatar tickets at 1pm.

on NY eve i spent a lovely afternoon at home redoing my nails.



these were what i used.



2 layers of the gold in YL701. dense champange glitter in a clear base. i also put on a thin layer of Etude House #16 in spangled silver (pictured below)

the DH got me some lace stickers. at least i thought they were stickers. i spent a small amount of time trying to peel them off but inspiration struck and i dab some saliva on the paper back. turned out they come off with water. really pretty.



here's my lefty. arty farty sun and shadows.





my righty.





my feet are decorated with 2 shades of silver glitter in a clear base.





my current nail stash. i don't think i will go into TheFaceShop for a long while.



sadly the Etude House in sg doesn't stock many of the intersting colors and frankly speaking the Dear Darling Nails range are too pricy at <10SGD.

OR 204 with sun, christmas 2009

i was finally able to see sun. captured a couple of shots before i change the mani.



hopefully this will capture the true color of the orange.



and a last look of our christmas tree before we take it down.

TheFaceShop OR 204 with acrylic nail art

on sunday i hauled a couple of polishes and decided to wear one of them.

it's a yellowish orange that reminds me of a satsuma or mandarin orange but it showed up pink on the first coat due to it's sheer nature. it's more orange then the picture showed it to be. i have not seen the sun in days.



it's great to use as a one color gradient nail. you just have to build up the layers as you near the tip.

of course i have to practice with my acrylics more. on to making more flowers. my favourite design.



i wore these nails on monday. flowers on my thumbs and ring fingers.



hehe. on monday night i wanted to practice somemore so i did the rest of my fingers as well. eh heh heh heh.





i'm not so good with the leaves but i will work on it!

Post Christmas Nail with acrylic hearts

on boxing day i decided to try out the nail acrylics. i practiced making hearts on my Christmas red nails.



they actually don't look half bad on the photo. ;) the execution wasn't as neat as i liked it to be though.



on sunday i was at Starhub and the SA that was serving me had on purple glitter gel nails with the cutest 3D ribbons and hearts, needless to say i was felt rather self concious with my crude hearts. so i took them out at night. :P

snowflakes over wintry nails and christmas red nails

i just couldn't leave my nails alone without drawing on them, since my original idea was to have snowflakes so i got my paints from work and started doodling.







the lines are a little chunky but i'm satisfied with them. lol. i only wore them for 3 days because i took them out last night for some christmas fun.

i used some bronze and gold glitter and rhinestones for this look.



my original plan was to draw in some holly and gingerbread man and i even practiced drawing with my other hand but i think for once i will stick to a clasic design.





i made a mistake of not drawing a cleaning smile line and placing most of the glitter on the red but. now i'm itching to redo it but i suppose it's only for another day or 2. i'm itching to wear pastel colors!

christmas hauls

Merry Christmas to all!!!

my DH, bless his soul is still asleep. lol. i tried to irritate him by poking his painful pimple but it didn't work. imma show off some christmas goodies to you guys.

the DH was in Beijing over the weekend and he brought me some more nail art goodies. he's really good at picking out the sweet stuff with the minimal instructions i give him.



there are a box of glitters and a box of mini bullions beads. dried flowers, fimo flowers and lace stickers. a wheel of rhinestones and some acrylic molds. these are "imitation" molds and i'll see if i get sick from using them. lol.

i recently cleared out my jewellery box so now i have a fancy place to store these beauties.



i'm offering free nail art services to my cousins! lol.. just bring me something good to eat, i'm available on most weeknights and then maybe the weekends too.

DH's colleague also helped to hual me back some polishes on his trip to korea.



i gave him a list of 44 (oops) and he managed to get about 12 of them. many thanks!

the DH was afraid that i'd be disappointed and he promised to get me the rest on his next trip to korea. ;)

i also picked up my package at the post office yesterday. w00t! my acrylics arrived.



the monomer liquid leaked and there's about 4/5 left in the bottle. OMG the smell of organics will knock you out. i'm almost afraid to try to use it as it might burn my lungs and throat. i also ordered a set of colored acrylic powder and i can't wait for them to arrive.

did everyone get good stuff for the holidays?

wintry fingers, Orly Country club khaki and Lunasol

i'm still having visions of blue and silver for winter (i'm pretending that it's snowing here ;>) and i don't have any silver at home. i decided to go for nude and blue instead.

this is a pretty neat combination of colors. i didn't really like how this blue looked on my fingers but i really love the hue. i noticed that wearing it as a french tip works. so next time you have a color you love but looks awful on you, wear it on the tips.



things i used.



the tips were sponged on. i'm rather addicted to sponging and i find that it's easier to french with a sponge then painting it on directly.