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~