Thursday 6 February 2014

Paint Me Red

Hello! It's the 7th day of Chinese New Year, Happy Birthday Everyone! ;) And I couldn't be happier that I have another CNY appropriate nail art to show you. Today's nail art is inspired by an ang pau (red packet) I received during one of my visitations. The ang pau had a really adorable picture of boy/girl with just the right amount of gold and redness on them! :) My brother got one with the boy picture while my sister and I got the girl, for obvious reason. Lols! 

Lacqueerisa: Paint Me Red
For starters, I want to take this chance to thank my dear bestie once again for helping me with the title for this nail art! Thank you :) I really couldn't think of a better name. She derived this name from the phrase 'Paint The Town Red' which means to go out and party and have a good time. And I thought it was very fitting considering its CNY time and even if the title were to be taken literally.

Lacqueerisa: Paint Me Red

Here's me (my hand) posing with inspired ang pau. Maybe my Singaporean readers are more likely to be familiar with ang pau design as it is from a bank called DBS. One of the things I look forward to while receiving ang pau is the designs on them. I don't mind the amount of $$ I get, but if I get any ang pau with pretty designs or something different and adorable, I would be like -- Woooooowwww *.* lols

Lacqueerisa: Paint Me Red

There is also another reason why I chose to be inspired by red ang pau is because my Mom was reading papers and read aloud an opinion by a fellow reader that prefers to keep the red packets, red. There was a time when people did break from the conventional red to explore more designs and variations. Like having white packets or yellow or gold. I must admit I did enjoy all the variations I see, but she has a valid point. It just wouldn't make sense otherwise for being called ang pau.

Lacqueerisa: Paint Me Red

I started with gradient background for all nails. Using my dotting tool, I did the large flowers first with gold and then only overlap carefully with reds and pinks leaving thin outlines showing through. I learn this technique from Maryam Maquillage. Then using the sharp end of toothpick to add the gold details. As for the character, I mainly use nail art brush but for some detailing, it was done with sharp end of toothpick. 

Lacqueerisa: Paint Me Red

Thought I should close in on the thumb since it has the tendency to get ignored most of the time. So I guess we've come to the end of this post. As usual, hope you have liked this look. This is one of my favourite CNY nails I did to date. Hahahaha! I think we all know why~ hihi ^^ 

Lacqueerisa: Paint Me Red (nail polishes used)

Nail polishes used:

  • Tip Top Nail Chic - Red Rendezvous
  • Chi Chi - Bounce Him
  • Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out
  • Tip Top Nail Addicts - Crème Brulee
  • Etude House Summer Body Paints - No.2 Cool Toned Skin
  • piCture pOlish - Peaches n' Cream
  • Tip Top Reggae to Riches

14 comments:

  1. Mind-blown! Seriously I love this naill art so much, definitely one of my favs of yours ♥ Tell your bestie she's awsome cause that titel fits perfectly to this nail art, almost like they're meant to be! The obvious red nails but more the phrase.. brilliant idea. I didn't realize the ombre red first, maybe due to the lightning cause it does look more obvious in the 4th picture. It's adds a nice touch to the nail art. Overall I like the many red shades here and yess, definitely prefer ang paus to be red. I remember the trend with different colors but I'd always choose the red one. Love for what it stands for and it gives me that warm, festive feeling ^-^ As you said the amount of gold is perfect and doesn't distract but emphasise the beauty. You also did an amazing job with the little girl. I must say that your version looks even cuter because her cheeks are more rosy in your version. Oh and... could it be that this is your cinderella hand? I mean..no way it is, isn't it? That would be too much for me to handle *__* I call you sensei then :D
    Overall, not only a stunning nail art but very interesting post as well. I've learned a new word and a new phrase so thank you! ^-^

    P.S Yay for spotlight on the thumb (^_^)b

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  2. Gillian from PlumeriaPainted7 February 2014 at 01:05

    Ahhhhh these are so cute!! And really really pretty, the flowers and the lil' girl :3 I LOVE THIS DESIGN!! Ang paus are too fun, I have one sitting beside my nail polish cause the packet is so cute, but I am going to have a fun time spending the contents (hehehehe), in regulation of course :P That subtle gradient is really nice too :)

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  3. Wow, it looks beautiful! So much detail!

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  4. Wowza, everything about this looks so cool!! What a fun inspiration. You're so talented :)

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  5. This looks amazing! Very cute and eye catching!

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  6. It looks adorable, very original design!

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  7. Thank you so much! ^~^ Makes me so happy to hear you say that :D Haha, yeah I meant it to be subtle gradient, mimicking the background on the angpau (doubt it showed clearly though). Hehe, I was afraid I'd have ruin the girl's face since I'm fairly new to character nail art. So I'm glad it wasn't too bad, and you like it ^^ Thank you!

    Hmm, I'm too sure what cinderella hand means. But if you meant dominant hand, my left hand is dominant ^~^ Hence, usually most of the complicated nail art will be on the right hand XD hahahahaha! So you're definitely my sensei when it comes to character/anime/cartoon nail arts ;)

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  8. :D Thank you very much, Gillian! Coming from you, Queen of cute nail arts! That's really an honour ^~^ I'm just so glad you like it too! Hahahaha! Oh the perks of being single :3 I too, shall be having fun spending mine (hopefully, wisely :P)

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  9. Thank you! :D I wished I could have had more details in there though, but it was just out of my abilities. Still I'm really glad the efforts paid off! ^~^

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  10. Hey, Liesl! Thank you so much! What a great compliment that is, coming from you ^.^ I'm glad you're enjoying this look as well ♥

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  11. Hey, thank you!! :D I'm just so happy to know you're loving what you see here ^~^

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  12. Andrea! Thank you so much :D So glad you think so. I have the designer of the red packet to thank for that! I'm nothing without a good boost of inspiration :3

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  13. What pretty nails do you have and this model looks great :)

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  14. Awh, thank you so much Claudia! That's so sweet of you ^.^ -- glad you're liking it too ♥

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