pink and red gradation nails

a colleague wanted to have gradation nails done and so i decided to practice my sponging skillz tonight. my nails routine are usually monday: nude nails for tuesdays meetings, thursday: extreme nailz for the weekend. sometimes more if i do not like what i have done. lolzzzz..

my red gradation nails are sponsered by base coat for the clear layer, sponged on pink 2nd layer, french tipped with the maroon and finally sponged on the jelly red glitter. maybe 3 to 4 layers of clear Nfu OH red opal glitter. plus mutiple top coats.



i think i am wearing about 11 layers of polish. or more! GOSH!



sponging is very messy business.

i am rather pleased with the result but my tip were so bloody looking it looked like i've clawed out flesh *shudders* so i smudged some newly acquired silver glitter on it.



the red opal flakes help to soften the effect. otherwise the nude areas are quite stark. next time i'll skip the dark maroon part for less of a halloween look.





my nails prior to the red bling nails. i love love love these pinks. totally flattering on me. but i totally failed at drawing laces.



was at bugis last night and dropped by the christmas fair. brain shut down and bought a Hello Kitty bag, *looks sheepish* i also took advantage of the Taka members sale and bought me 2 nail magazines.

one weekend, many changes

Ok, yesterday was not a good day for me. To cut the long story short, I admit I was at fault but the guy’s attitude was so bad I just refused to say sorry. And I think my PMS is really really bad, kind of like when I was suffering from a bout of hyperthyroidism. Very easily agitated and angered. Also, I am very thankful for my DH with his super calmful and sweet demeanor and settled the problem for me. Oh well, me= super b*t*h. *feels guilty*
It wasn’t a good nail day as well. I had to redo my toes twice! I kept messing up.

things i used.



This is what I ended up with.





you can see that it's really lumpy even before i mushed it.



It looks so yummy. Like strawberry chocolate. And it feels summery, wrong season for this look. I was really happy with it but it refuse to dry. I kinda mushed it when I was cleaning out the cat’s litter box so I ‘repaired’ the big toes and put a layer of seche vite in the end. It felt dry but, the pink layer didn’t dry all the way, even this morning! I could still put in dents. Bugger.

Totally removed yesterday’s work and decided to do a matching fall look. Unfortunately, smart me left 2/3 of the cool colors at work, including the gold sparkly stuff :(. I’m happy with what I came up with though, still in the dark mood it seems.

the arsenal for today. i don't think i can live withour Seche Vite ever again. it smooths out everything and dry super quick.







I’m sorry about the mess. i like to leave clean up to natural erosion. Haha. I do not think I shall be going out so imma leave the mess in. the sun decided to disappear today so no sunlight shots for now.

I’ve also got mah first ETSY sale! W00t! unfortunately, that particular item has been sold to another friend so I’ll have to make another one later. It means I’ll have to work with clay and that stuff will dissolve nail polish. Lol. I’ll schedule it with my next nail change.

New sofa. Now our place really looks like a resort.



it's been getting cold so the mao mao has been sleeping on the bed, on top of the fridge or anyplace that's sunny.

fall nails

my previous nails were beginning to chip at the cuticles so it's an excuse to do another mani. i've been itching to do something for fall so i dug up the bronze and golds.

today's mani has been sponsored by the following items.



base coat 1x, base color from face shop 2x, tip color from Elianto 2x. to smooth out the smile line i painted on top using TheFaceShop Gold glitter polish (Nail Pleasure) and then blur it by dabbing gently with a sponge. paint leaves using acrylic paint (Art Friend) and 2x top coat to smoothen the glitter out since i do not like to feel the bumps.









i also did my colleagues nails yesterday and today. tomorrow i've got another appointment. lol!

took some sunlight shots.

great big nail post amd photo spam

Now that I’ve stopped crafting I’ve been painting my nails. It seems that I keep buying polishes and I change colors about 3 times a week.
I had this bright idea to paint my nails to look like strawberries so I choose a bright pink. But I had 3 bright pinks and I wore 2 on alternate fingers for a day before deciding that neon pinks makes my fingers look dark and washed out.

i'm actually wearing 3 different pinks on my nails here. i wanted to try another shade.



i hated how neon pink make my fingers look so... i removed everything again and put on a dark green







i painted the leaves with a mix of greens (was trying to find something striking) and a dark berry red polish.

i didn't like how hard it was to draw with polish and that i don't have the right shades so i was lemming some acylic paints. so on friday i went to Art Friend and came back with these... heheheh



i also dropped by Etude House and got another 2 dark glittery colors. i'm really like dark colors on my fingers lately. it's either darks or nudes.

got tired of the bad job with the strawberries and got rid of them. decided to play with my new paints on saturday.

my left drawn by my right.


my right drawn by my left.


on sunday the DH wanted to "renovate" the bathtub so we spent a good part of the evening chipping away at the lime/grout. so my lovely green nails were a bit worn out (actually it was only a bit of tip wear and scratches that can be solved with a fresh top coat) and i decided on some new nails on monday.

what i used.


1x base coat, 2x sheer nude brown, 2x shimmery nude on tip. paint on flower petals(rose paint), dot the middle(cream) and dot the french tip smile line (peach), 2x seche vite for extra shine.

left hand.




right hand


decorated my toes last night. i'm still sore about not perfecting strawberry nails.

Coddled Eggs

i was reading SuperKawaiiMama and i came across her recipe for coddled eggs.

i made some one day for dinner but i also put in some mushrooms and blue cheese for a bit of a kick!

i buttered the bread with the crusts cut off and pressed them down into muffin pans using my knuckles. the mushrooms were cooked with some butter and salt and pepper in the microwave. they'd be better if pan fried but i didn't want to soil another pan. :P



a tiny dollop of blue cheese was placed into the bread cups followed by some mushrooms.



3 eggs were lightly beaten with some salt, pepper and rosemary and spooned into the cups. bake for 220 for 10 mins, depending on how well cooked you like your eggs.

i served them with some ketchup.



they were good but not filling enough so the DH made some instant noodles to supplement the meal. LOL!

i've been playing with my nails. once i load them up we'll have NOTD posts!

4.. FOUR huals.. ah ha ha ha (count dracula style)

this was my shopping from the Changi Airport DFS from way back (lol) when i left for Beijing. since i travelled alone, i had ample time to source out the things i wanted. namely, a pink gloss, any gloss or lippie that's of purple or violet tones and some other stuff as pressies.



my Fyrinnae purchases arrived while we were still in BJ so i had a nice package waiting in the mailbox. these are "Fall" colors that i've picked.





i wore Fools gold with Lust bunnies(orange) and i love the look. very edgy and definately eye catching especially during the morning OL transit on the train.

these are what i got last sunday, when Evie and i visited the Kitty Lab.



i bought this golden gray parka thingy and it's in a scratchy wooly material but i love the color and the cut. a colleague said that i was wearing a gunny sack. lol. pish posh! i still love it although it made me itch.



found some cool nail colors by Elianto and also got a YSL rouge at the RObinson expo sale. (it's not very clear in the pic. me use camera phone)

and these were from yesterday's shopping outing with an olde olde friend (since primary school). she made appointments for us to have makeovers at the kanebo counter with the cute japanese makeup artist. he spoke very good mandarin (swoons). so i got a face wash since it was on half price offer, and also a palette from the older collections. my makeover was from the new fall collection but in the end i decided against it since i plan to buy somemore blues from Fyrinnae.



i was given the Impress I skincare set as well as a puff blush from Coffret'Dor. Kino was having a 20% members off so i borrowed my friend's card and got a mag. exchanged my Taka Points and got the Dior's Smoky Crystal. w00t!



off to dinner with mummy!

Beijing 2009 haul

one the day before we leave we decided to lay out everything we bought. ignore the pile of laundry behind/beside me.



that large box on the left top corner is a mop and bucket system. *nods head* un huh. we came all the way here and bought a mop. the bucket has a little foot powered centrifuge that will spin dry your mop. also in this box is a cat scratching post.

in the front of the box you will see some long things which are kites, like the one i'm holding up. and those brown wheelie things are for the kite strings. we are very professional kite flyers. *actually the last i flew a kite was when i was 17**coughs*

the kites all opened and displaying their full glory.



in the front of the wheelies are 2 pairs of waterproof hiking shoes. these were promised not to be *imitations* and are the real things. dose anyone knows if Clarks makes hiking shoes?! but they worked so i'm good since we got to test time in the snow.

next to the shoes on the right a cross stitch pre-packs. 2 Neargo(cat city) books and 3 mandarin books with hanyupinyin for kids.(i don't know why i got these but they are the bomb!)

you will see that at the bottom on the bed i have nail polishes! my only other MU related items from BJ. i also got a tub of honey body cream and some face masks. this does not inlcude my DFS buys.

while we were exploring and getting lost, we found this wholesale mall that sell makeup and nail salon good. Hualage time. i actually didn't buy anything first since i couldn't remember how much these things costs. but after surfing a bit, we went back another day to get them. i have the nicest DH in the world. ah ha ha. he helps feed my addiction.



i also got 2 bags, one of real buffulo leather for 595 yuan and another pvc one for ~100yuan. they're both dark brown lol.

2 tee shirt for the bro, the green communist and one that has pandas in different taichi poses. <3<3 3 luili pendents at "wholesale" prices. i doubt the authenticity of these but they came complete with the boxes and baggies and certificates even. a couple of arthouse DVDs for my mother who had given me a list. my DH faux ski pants. that gray pile sitting underneath the 4 persimmons.

on the far right where the pillows are you will see a packet of Peking roast duck which i gave to da boss, a pile of fall maple leaves(a very weird purchase, right next to the mop and bucket)(we ventured into a fake flowers and handicrafts mall, have i said that i love BJ yet?), some red packets designed for wedding uses(great for weddings packets, we're always running out of suitable red packets since most of them are new year themed and not so appropriate) a pricey pair of orange kitty shoes(375yuan)

in the middle you will see a Doraemon dispenser(hand soap?) and on the right is a kitty bowl. inside are some pine cones we picked at TainTan park. in the front there's a baggies of "Cow Horn" nuts. i have no idea what they're called. i recalled eating them when i was younger and mummy made "helicopters" from the shell but the DH has never seen them before so we got them. we didn't even eat them because they smelt off. hahaha.

i think the only thing i didn't take a piccy of is the jade bangle i got for 300yuan. i'm wearing it now but i think i should get it valuated. the thing about jade bangles are that they'll age you like one thousand years and make everything you wear seem outdated.

am i overdoing the description here? :P