Nails on vacation: Blue graduation glitter gel nails

what a mouthful! i did gel overlay on my nails prior to leaving for France and wow they looked super shiny in the european sun.

nails in Monet's Garden, Giverny. Look how shiny they are even in an overcast day.



playing with my macro lens.



nails in Etretat.





seahorse, clown fish and kelp were painted on using acrylics and sealed with a layer of top coat.

nails at the boardwalk in Le Havre.


my hands are very knuckly and wrinkly. *sigh* but at least i have chio nails! LOL!

purple and white glitter gel nails

bought some swarovski crystals at the beads shop and really wanted to do a japanese style bling nails.

here's the outcome. i loved them and the stubbies make the effect cuter. i know gils who go for gel nails will also get extensions at the same time but on my fingers, stubbies look cute IMO.

slight overcast sky.




indoors with flash.




and guess what? i only managed to wear them for less then 24 hours. i completed them at 1am saturday morning, went out and then a nail popped out at 3 pm when i was cleaning the kitty litter. so i went ahead and pried them out. some of my nails peeled along when the gel lifted but otherwise my nails went unharmed.

here's the pictorial proof. they actually came out whole and i guess i can stick them back on but this is an excuse to try out another mani.



my next mani involves lace.

CNY yellow sparkly gel nails

i bought a gel nails kit in my last trip to beijing and i did my nails for the chinese new year.

this is how it looks like when i finish applying the gel. love the glitter!



i made the acrylic flowers separately and stuck them onto the nails a day later. i also made tiny hearts to celebrate valentine's day which fell on the same day as CNY.









unfortunately, these nails only lasted me 5 days. i took them out and practiced my gel application again, this time with peachy pink and white glitter.



i really loved how the qhite turned out, really frosty, like how an ice queen would look like.



i am getting slightly better at cuticle avoidance. these nails also lasted me 5 days before lifting and i plucked them out too. they're supposed to get soak-off gels and incubating them with a soaked cotton pad saturated with acetone remover does help a bit. they're fun to pull off the nails though.