Nubar duo chromes, Glitter Gal 3D Holos and Konading fun!

Hi all!

In the previous post I mentioned that I have bought new nail polish and I can't wait to show all of you! Recently I have discovered a local retailer of quality nail products, she owns an online shop called Mei Mei's Signatures, and she offers Glitter Gal nail polish as well as Nfu Oh's top coats. It's awesome!

Ok so having discovered her shop, I decided to get myself some holographic nail polish. I'm not gonna lie, it did cost a pretty penny but it was a gift from Mr Meep. So..YEY!

Let's move on to the good stuff. I bought two duo chromes from Nubar, Wildlife and Purple Beach, and two 3D Holographic nail polish from Glitter Gal, in Deep Purple and Green. Now I sorta made a mistake at buying Green from the 3D Holo collection, I really wanted a deep green and this looked more like a silver than anything else. But if you look at the swatches, the rainbow holo shows up really well on the silvery surface. Who can complain with holos like these!?

When I got my package I was so excited that I immediately applied all the colours onto my two hands. The above photo is Nubar duo chromes and the below photo is Glitter Gal's 3D holos. Look at the mini rainbows in Glitter Gal's polishes! The only complain I have about the Nubar duo chromes is that it really is only one colours, except when you put your fingers at different angles. I bought Wildlife for the beautiful olive green, really, but usually all I see is the copper. It is still wonderful to apply though :)

 I have Purple Beach on my index finger, and Wildlife on my middle finger.

 There's Glitter Gal's Green on my pinky, and Deep Purple on my ring finger.

Since you can't really see what the duochrome color is, here are two angled photos of Purple Beach, it's a mixture of a deep grey-green with purple (which you can see at the lower part of the nail).

And here are two angled photos of Wildlife. See what I mean about the wonderful olive green? If only it's like this most of the time. You can see the copper at the lower part of the nail.

I had this mani for about a week and I was really reluctant to remove them cos it was just so pretty! So I jazzed it up with Konad plate M57's zebra print! 

Here it is with the Nubar duo chromes :) 

An angled view to see a little bit of duo chrome action!

I kinda like having white zebra stripes on dark colours :D

 

 

 

 

 

Here it is with Glitter Gal's 3D holo polish! :)

Isn't it just so cute and pretty?!

 

So that's all for today people! Till next time, byee~

Picture Bomb!

Hi all! I'm so sorry I haven't been updating. School takes up more time than I ever imagined. My lack of presence on this blog, however, does not mean that I have not been doing nail art conscientiously :)

The nail art above is done using my matt black polish (I still don't have regular black polish), and Konad plate M80 using China Glaze's Millenium. During Hari Raya this year, I wore a baju kurong which was black and had identical flower patterns along the seams. Imagine how happy I was when I discovered my Konad plate matched the flower pattern. :D

This rainbow nail art above had been on my mind for a while, I just lacked the guts to do it.  If I could say so myself, I think it turned out surprisingly well. Nearly everyone I met commented on it. This was done using the two-way nail brush and pen.

Here's a slightly clearer look. Excuse the chipping, it had been my my hands for about 5 days. I would say it held up admirably considering I felt the polish was not that great to begin with.

This above is OPI's Play the Peonies paired up with a black crackle french tip. I got tired of the crackle fad really quickly and I confess, I'm not a huge fan.  But! I love this french tip. It looks like a lacy french tip from far.

 Another huge huge <3, Canmake's glitter polish. My cousin gave it to me, saying it did not work for her. I, on the other hand, loved it. It is a wonderful bright bright blue and is so wonderfully glittery. Downside is, I had to put four coats in order to get this above but the depth of the glitter is just spellbinding. There's another shot below to see how sparkly it is. The different sized sparkles really made a difference.

So that's all for today my loyal fans (you are loyal if you still come here after I've gone missing for more than a month). I have more awesome nail polish on my nails at the moment and I just can't wait to share it with you!

Till next time, Byee~~

Etude House Petite Darling BR305 and OR205 swatch

Hi all! Today I have brought you a new product. Etude House has been in Singapore for quite some time, but it's pink and ultra-feminine vibe along with pushy sales people have always turned me away. But just a while ago, I came across a small Etude House's stall. Apparently their nail polishes are really cheap if you buy the 'right' ones.

Regular-priced ones will be $2.50 per bottle, and HD ones will cost you a whopping $5.90. I say "whopping" because of the size. It looks like it'll contain less polish than the regular Face Shop bottle.

The ones I bought were the $5.90 ones, I thought the brown was the regular priced $2.50 but it wasn't. They may be pricey, but looking at my nails made it all better.

The orange was a little streaky, but by the 3rd coat I got this color above. It's a beautiful pastel orange and so summery looking. Also, both polishes were very easy to control. I love that.

The brown is so very awesome. It's a metallic brown and it seems to go bronze or taupe depending on the light.

The top photo was taken in direct sunlight, and the other in normal light. Just to show you the dimensions of color.

That's all for today, till next time, Byeee~~

China Glaze Millenium with Konad plate M10

Hi all! Today I've brought you a really fun Konad and rhinestones design. As you all know China Glaze's Millenium is a really reflective silver polish and I have been thinking about doing a futuristic nail design for quite a while now, and what better to do it with than a reflective silver and a Konad plate with cute aliens and superheros! My favourite is Strawberry Superman. He's on my ring finger and he makes me smile. (He also has a box-head which I find really hilarious)

Originally I placed black star-shaped rhinestones on my fingers, but they fell off cos I was too lazy to put a top coat over the rhinestones. Please ignore those patches of rough polish.

To see a swatch of China Glaze's Millenium click here.
To see a photo of the Konad M10 plate click here.
To see a photo of the star shaped rhinestones, click here.

That's all for today! Till next time, Byeee~

Stage: Innocence Swatch

Hi all today it's just a simple swatch again! I wore this nail polish about a week ago and I was not very happy with it. Such a pity though. Beautiful color.

Recently there's been a huge clearance sale at Stage in Singapore, and I went over to see what I could grab. Now I was pretty low on money, so all I left with was this white, pearly nail polish. Thus far I have yet to find a creme color that applies with no streaks on the first coat. And I don't plan on using my white polish anytime soon, so I got this one hoping it'll be what I was looking for.

It was extremely sheer, and it took close to 4 coats to even it out. The last two coats were thick so that I could cover any problem areas. I left about 10min in between for it to set properly, but it was just time wasted. Even with Seche Vite, this nail polish remained in a putty-like state on my nails, getting all bumpy and stuff.

Not impressed at all.

Maybe I will do it again with really thin coats next time, we'll see.

That's all for today! Till next time, Byee~

OPI's Be A Dahlia Won't You? Swatch.

Hi all! All I have for you today is a simple swatch. I did do some Konading on that color, but it was not very successful so I shall not show it to you.

Be A Dahlia Won't You is a very beautiful bright purply pink. Come To Poppy was nice, but it didn't have that purple sheen I love so much in this color. This is a very shimmery pink and for me it was more than enough without using I Lily Love You on it.

I would definitely use this pink again. Personally I'm not a person who immediately goes to pink polish, but for this one I will make an exception. That's all for today then! Till next time, Byeee~~

OPI Come to Poppy and I Lily Love You with Konad plate M56

Hi all! I've been a little MIA lately and for that I'm really sorry. BUT! I've brought you a great nail art design which I used on my short nails. This time I used my new Nice Stems mini collection from OPI. Here are the things I used for this look:

Posche Base Coat

OPI Come to Poppy

OPI I Lily Love You

Seche Vite Top Coat

Konad Black Special Polish

Konad Plate M56

Konad Special Top Coat

The consistency of Come To Poppy was not bad, it was opaque in two coats. Word of advice, mini brushes are so much harder to apply. Anyway, Come To Poppy was a true pink, with no purple sheen underneath. I do love the pearly finish.

After Come To Poppy I applied a coat of I Lily Love You. One day, I shall apply a coat of it over white nail polish so you could see how pink it is. In any case, you can't expect it to ever be truly opaque. The pieces of glitter are varied and it applies well. Here's a close up of the polish.

That particular pattern on M56 is one which I've been wanting to use ever since I got it in the mail oh-so-long ago. It didn't disappoint. That pattern is so cute and simple, I couldn't stop looking at my nails. It made me smile :)

That's all for today! I've been doing my nails as usual but recently I've been too lazy to add on crazy designs. Maybe I'll have some inspiration soon. Till next time, Byeee~~

The Face Shop BL602 with OPI Silver Shatter

Hi all! A few days ago I received OPI's silver shatter from one of my friends and I just could not wait to try it out! After digging around in my nail polish drawer I finally decided on pairing it up with a light blue from Face Shop that I haven't used in ages.

Here are the things I used:

Posche Base Coat (It's great!!)

The Face Shop BL602

Seche Vite

Silver Shatter

Face It Top coat (I didn't want to use up my tiny bottle of Seche Vite too quickly)

The new Posche base coat was supposed to help with dry, brittle, weak and peeling nails. Since this is the first time I've used it I'll have to wait and see before I see any obvious result. My nails have been peeling lately so we'll see if this helps!

Face Shop's BL602 was not the best, coming out really streaky in the first coat and needing about 4 coats for it to cover your nail evenly. Usually this would be enough to deter me from using it but with the Silver Shatter I also received a tiny 0.125oz bottle of Seche Vite from my friend. It worked like a dream. Within 10min I could touch my nails no problem and in half an hour I could go about doing my things as usual.

Silver Shatter from OPI was great! A thinner coat will get you smaller and more intricate cracks, but the patches would be slightly translucent. So I used thicker coats of Shatter to get a more opaque coverage.

In hindsight it would probably have been better if I paired it up with a much darker color. Under bright sunlight it was really hard to tell if the blue was even there. That's all I have for you today, till next time, Byeee~~

Strawberry Nails Variation II

Hi all! Today I have another strawberry nail design for you. If you remember, I wasn't completely satisfied with the nail design I did back then. So I kept everything the same this time except for the accent nails. Also a couple of people requested for tutorials, so here is a picture tutorial.

Here are the things I used in this nail design:

Top coat (I ran out of base coat)

The Face Shop RD301

The Face Shop GR501

Two-way Nail Brush and Pen in white and green

First off I applied a layer of top coat (cos I didn't have base coat). And then I covered half of the non-accented nails with red polish, and started doing the gradient for my accent nails. You can learn how to do this from the tutorial below. Jen from FromHeadToToe is great with pretty much everything and I used this method to create the gradient. It takes time, but it works.

After that, I used the Two-way nail brush and pen to draw in the leaves, on both the accented and non-accented nails, and stuck on my half strawberry fimo piece using a clear top coat. I used nail glue the last time, and it took a really long time for me to get it off. Using nail polish as adhesive worked just fine.

Finally, all you have to do is draw three white dots on the strawberry, wait for it to dry and apply a top coat! It's pretty simple but it does require concentration and patience. Especially while waiting for the gradient nail art to dry!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, till next time, Byee~~

BK Fashion Nail Color 01 Swatch with Konad Plate M56

Hi everyone! I've been really busy these few weeks and my schedule has just been so packed! Well I'm off to camp now and I wanted a really funky nail art that people would notice, so I tried out a super glittery sea green from BK Fashion Nail Color that I bought online.

Here are the things I used in this manicure:

Base and Top coat

BK Fashion Nail Polish 01

Konad Plate M56

Konad Special Polish black

Two-way Nail Brush and Pen dark pink and light pink

Konad Top Coat

Since the previous BK color applied like a dream, I had high hopes for this one and it didn't disappoint. It applied beautifully and was opaque in two coats. The glitter is also really fine, much finer than that in the golden color I tried last time. With a top coat and a Konad top coat, this manicure is completely smooth.

Because this is a sea green, I decided to go with the wave pattern from Konad Plate M56. It didn't show up very well in white, so I went over with black using the same pattern. It was a really intricate pattern and I'm rather disappointed that it didn't show up that well. I'll try practicing more I guess.

After that I drew a starfish in dark and light pink using my nail pens. It turned out really well heehee.

Till next time, Byeee~

BK Fashion Nail Color 06 Swatch

Hi all! Today I tried out one of the products that I bought online. It was a golden color and to be honest I was not really expecting alot from it because it's an unknown brand, but it performed beautifully.

It was opaque in one coat and the above picture was with two coats and a top coat. It's ridiculously bright and shiny and so very pretty!! One thing though is that the texture's kinda grainy but I like it. It's a nice change from the usual completely smooth nails.

So that's all for today! Till next time, Byeee~~

Night Sky Themed Nails

Remember when I said in the last post that I'll be doing nail art that's not featuring the night sky using star shaped rhinestones? Well I failed. So here it is, night sky themed nail art.

A couple of people have asked for nail tutorials but since I'm not great at taking videos, here's a picture tutorial.

Here are the products I used:

Base and Top Coat

BK nail polish in colour 15 (matte black)

Rainbow nail polish in colour 55 (random glitter polish)

Two-way Nail Brush & Pen in yellow, black, white and red

Star shaped rhinestones

I got the matte black nail polish and star shaped rhinestones from online.

Before I start, let me just say that I'm not great at applying nail polish on my nails. I always get it on my cuticles and I usually just peel off the polish the next day after my shower. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's start!

First we apply matte black polish (or regular polish) to all of your nails. This black was a wonderful velvety pure black and it's opaque in just one coat *thumbs up* (I have no idea what was up with the wrinkle. Must have bumped it while taking the picture)

After that, go over your nails just once with the random glitter polish. This is just to make your nail art more interesting. I wanted to have a really over the top nail art this time. As you can see the matte effect doesn't last when something else is on it so it would be better to just use a regular polish. I do not have any other black polishes, so I had to use this one.

Once you're done with the glitter, you apply the star-shaped rhinestones like so, and draw a crescent moon on your thumb and a star shape on your ring finger using the nail art brush or a tooth pick. I placed the orange star in the middle just to jazz it up a little. Also, I didn't want to use up all my white stars. (Star-shaped rhinestones review below)

Wait a little while for the yellow to dry, then add in the details for your moon and star. I drew faces on the both of them and gave the moon a large red nose. Don't forget to add the white spark in their eyes so they look more alive.

Finally! To pull the whole look together, I put an orange star on my thumb and ring finger too. Scroll to the top of the post to get the final look.

I love it. It's so adorable! One thing I would say about the star shaped rhinestones, is that their 'yellow' stars aren't yellow enough. There's orange, and there's a lighter orange. I do love the black stars though. It's so cool. Stars are my favourite shape so I'll probably use it instead of regular rhinestones when I want to spice up a nail art.

I've thought of a new and improved strawberry nail art! Might do it soon so keep an eye on this page. Till next time, Byeee~~

Giraffe Nails: OPI Fiercely Fiona with Konad plates M57 and S10

Hi everyone! This design has been floating in my head for quite a while ever since I did that red and silver leopard print here. To be honest it was not exactly not what I had in mind, the brown was not as pigmented as I would like it to be. But since putting it on yesterday, this design has grown on me.

Here are the things I used:

Base and top coat as well as Konad special coat

OPI's Fiercely Fiona

Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear in Chocolate Nut

Konad plates M57 and S10

Fiercely Fiona was...not the best. It applied streakily and this was what it looked like after three coats. Colour was beautiful though. It seems to change from time to time, right now it looks like a soft pastel yellow but at other times it could look like a sunflower yellow.

The two pictures at the top of the post will show you what I mean. One is a pastel yellow and another is a more in-your-face yellow. For this design I used the leopard print from M57, and that little giraffe from S10. Originally I wanted a brown french tip to go with everything, but because the brown from turned out so light from the Konad I decided to leave it alone. Cant have dark french tips overpowering the delicate brown leopard prints.

That's all for today! I'm trying to think of a nail design I could do with the new star rhinestones I got online. I don't want them to be used for a boring night-sky look so we'll see what happens. Should be fun. Till next time, Byeee~~