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~~

Strawberry nails!

Hi everyone! Recently I went shopping and I came across a few Fimo sticks and I bought one that looked like a strawberry cut in half. Ever since then I have been dying to use it and finally I did!

I must say the accent nail was quite a disappointment. Cutting the Fimo pieces took abit of practice, and somehow, it doesn't look as satisfying. Doesn't matter though I'm sure I can think of other nail designs for this Fimo shape.

Here are the things I used for this design:

Base and top coat

The Face Shop RD 301

Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri in Mint Sprig

Two-way Nail Art Pen and Brush in white and green

that Fimo cane stick

Nail glue

For the non-accented nails, I painted half of the nail red, and then drew in the leaves using the nail art pen. After that, I used the nail art pen to dot in the seeds. I've tried dotting in more than 3 seeds, but they just looked odd. 3 seeds seemed to look the best.

For the accented nails, I used Sallen Hansen's Insta Dri in Mint Sprig to create a french tip, then I stuck on the Fimo at the side. I tried drawing in leaves, but my leaves were too small. So I just covered the too-small leaves with the Fimo pieces.

Everything looks great, I mean the strawberries are adorable (maybe one day I should give the strawberries cute faces). But! My accent nails are a disappointment. Gotta think of something with more oomph!

I was gonna remove the nail polish immediately after taking pictures, but it has grown on me. Maybe I'll keep it for a while. Till next time! Byeee~~

The Face Shop RD301 with Konad M57

Hi all! After that disappointing girly pinky pink nail design, my nail peeled and I had to cut my nails really short. Because my nail beds are really small and my hands are really small, I was left with child hands. So, I put on the most mature yet not middle aged nail colour. Bright red!

I used Faceshop's colour this time. True reds are notorious for having really thin coverage but I achieved complete opacity in just 3 coats. Maybe it's cos my nails are too short to tell. But I'm really happy with it. This is what it looks like indoors. Outdoors in the sun it'll turn a bright red. I never really liked bright red, but this time I'm a convert.

Here are the things I used:

Top coat and base coat

The Face Shop RD301

Konad M57 plate

China Glaze Millenium

Konad Top Coat

So having a red base with black leopard print Konad has been a design that's been floating around in my head for a while now. But since China Glaze's Millenium is so pigmented, I decided to brighten up the whole look by putting in silver leopard prints instead. I was not disappointed.

Please ignore the index finger, it was messed up from being scratched by something in the midst of drying. Such a pity. Anyway! There're a few nail designs that I've been dying to try. So I'll probably be changing my nails at a higher frequency now. Till next time, Byeee~~

Pink and Konad Plate M80

Hi everyone! This Sunday is my cousin's wedding, so I was going to do something that was appropriate for it.

So I cracked out the palest pink I have, the kind where you know instantly it's a pink, and used that heart pattern in white on the Konad Plate M80. To accent the white, I even added in heart rhinestones that I got online.

It was perfect for a wedding, but it was not perfect for me. It was girly, and lovey and all heartsy and stuff but the moment I saw it when I was done it was like "Whoa...those are my nails?!" Not to mention, that polish was starting to bubble up. It's Rainbow brand from Sasa. Now I'm not saying that it's a lousy brand cos that nail polish is pretty old.

Soo that's all for today, just wanted to show something I had in mind. That french tip is fun! Love it. Too bad about the polish. Maybe next time. I removed the polish just this morning and my nail broke. So now I have short nails. We'll see what happens now. Till next time, Byeee~~

Panda Nail Art!: The Face Shop PP401 with Konad M56, S10 and M10

Hi all! Today is probably one of the most time consuming but rewarding nail art for me. I was inspired by this nail art that my cousin did.

Also I found an awesome website here, giving lots of tips about how to do a good Konad tutorial. She recommended changing from a metal scraper to a plastic scraper or an old credit card. I used an old ATM card, and it worked like a dream. Seriously, it was the best Konad I've done so far. Awesomeness.

Here're the things I've used for this nail art:

Top and Base Coat

The Face Shop PP401

Black Special Polish

Konad Top Coat

China Glaze Jolly Holly (for the leafy bottom)

Konad plates M56, M10 and S10

Remember the Easter nail art I did? Here's the long promised swatch of this awesome super light, frosty pink. I used it as the base for the Panda nail art.

After that I Konad-ed on the pandas using Konad plates M10 and S10. See that panda in a one piece suit with a hoodie (on my index finger)? So cute. Then I drew on the pandas on my thumb and ring finger using the Two-way Nail Brush and Pen. Tip here, don't squeeze out a large blob. It'll take forever to dry. Also it'll start to spread when it dries. ><

Then after waiting for the pandas to dry, I Konad-ed on the leafy french tip (looks like bamboo! or a forest..) using China Glaze's Jolly Holly. Top it off with the Konad top coat and you're done!

The Konad top coat is to prevent smudging of the Konad prints. Using this top coat there is no problem with smudging whatsoever. Great stuff!

So there you go, I know it looks slightly messy up close and there's that scratch on my index finger...but from far it looks so adorable! Till next time, byeee~

China Glaze Bogie

Hi everyone! I must say I've been slightly lazy. So here's a swatch with no nail art. (I'm sorry! ><)

As usual, China Glaze doesn't disappoint with it's pigmentation and again, it has smooth application. BUT! One thing disappoints about this colour. It's not violet purple! China glaze said "China Glaze Bogie is a mouted eggplant metallic shimmer nail polish colour". They've for the metallic part right, they've got the shimmer part right, but the eggplant colour!! It's my own fault for not looking at the description before buying it in the spree. I sorta expected it to be more of a rich violet purple.

In real life, it's a deep purplish maroon. It's still a pretty colour, just not what I was expecting. It kinda goes from a deep maroon to reddish brown in dim electric lights. That's another thing I don't really like, the reddish brown. It's just..so old! I should have just spruced it up with playful Konad but that colour killed everything.

It also seems to wear out at the tips more easily. Maybe it wasn't fully dry, but just to put it out there. The polish has worn off at my tips already. And it's only been three days.

Till next time, maybe I'll get around to doing something good! Byeee~