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~