FIFA World Cup 2014 Nails

Hello everyone! :D How many of you watched/followed FIFA throughout the start till the end? I was quite busy so I only managed to watch the last few matches. It feels so quiet now that FIFA is over. So while the season is still lingering, I thought I'll do a quick post (but long hahaha!) and show you some nail arts I've done.

Semi Finals - Brazil vs Germany

Just want let you know, I'm not an avid Football fan. I don't know the players either but I am a FIFA fan, a mild one though. *Ahems* Anyway, I was really excited for the first semi-finals match between Brazil and Germany. Both are my all time favourites! But because this year's FIFA was held in Brazil, I really wanted Brazil to win. 

Brazil became one of my favourites ever since the match I saw back in FIFA 2002. I will never forget that beautiful scene where every Brazil players gathered in a large circle, giving thanks to God after winning the world cup. That image stuck, and I want them to win every FIFA after that. Hahaha! Though they didn't win this year's hopefully they'd make a great come back in the next FIFA World Cup :) Nail art is inspired by Brazil's Flag. 

List of nail polishes used: 

The Face Shop - YL702

The Face Shop - GR508

Chi Chi - He So Fly

Sally Hansen - Pacific Blue

Tony Moly - GR01 White Snow

How I became a fan of Germany for FIFA was because of Oliver Kahn. I was amazed by his achievement in FIFA 2002. Ever since then I held high expectations for goal keepers from Germany team. Haha!! XD Coming back to FIFA 2014, Germany, you did absolutely well in this semi-final match and deserve to win! I am happy for you :) For the nail art, it is inspired by their 2014 Home Jersey. I love the colour combos, the pattterns and the contrasts! Especially, the white and black, hmm.. I can't explain but I love love love it! Hahaha!

List of nail polishes used:
Etude House Play Nails - #1
Sally Hansen - Black Out
Tip Top Nail Chic - Chocolate Truffle
Tip Top Nail Chic - Red Rendezvous
Revlon - Revlon Red

Semi Finals - Argentina vs Netherlands

Lol, though I had ideas in my head I didn't manage to get them done in time. I managed one for Netherlands, but I'm not too happy with it so I'm not showing them here. Hahaha! I really enjoyed watching the game between these two teams. It was intense! I rooted for Netherlands but they lost in penalty shoot out. I feel sad for them, but congratulations to Argentina for advancing to finals! :)

Third Place Play-Off - Brazil vs Netherlands

Judging from previous matches, I had expected Netherlands to take third place yet still harboured hope for Brazil. Hmm.. I'm clueless when it comes to football's rules and all but the whole game felt rather meh.. =/

My dear Brazil, I wished there weren't so many slips when you advance towards goal areas. Sadly, you were so near yet so far :( I guess 2014 just isn't the year for you. I'm still glad you made it this far, and will continue to support you in FIFA 2018! :) For the nails, I decided to keep it simple and as "sporty-look" as possible. Staying with Brazil's key colours, I threw in glitters hoping they'd perform better for this match (which I honestly think they did). The nails don't look as nice up close, but they look fantastic from afar :) 

List of nail polishes used:
Etude House Ice-Cream Nails - Banana
The Face Shop - GR508
Chi Chi - He So Fly
Sally Hansen - Pacific Blue
Models Own - Dancing Queen 

After watching the previous match, Argentina vs Netherlands, I thought I'd do a nail art incorporating their goal keeper's jersey colours as well. Congratulations to Netherlands for winning third place! :) You guys sure did well. Since I used glitters for Brazil's nail art, I decided to go full shimmers for Netherlands. 'Cause I don't have orange-y glitters >_< 

List of nail polishes used:

Etude House Play Nails - #1

Winmax Nail Spark - #10

Max Factor Glossfinity- Cobalt Blue

Skin Food - Crystal Pearl Top Coat

Tip Top Nail Addict - Saddle Up

Tip Top Nail Chic - Mango Tango

The Face Shop - GR508

Sally Hansen - Emerald City

Peripera - OR406

Revlon - 1000 Volts

FIFA World Cup 2014 Final - Argentina vs Germany

Woot! Woot! Nothing like seeing two strong teams meeting each other in finals! Absolutely beautiful match between these two. I rooted for Germany, though the match reached a point where I don't mind at all if Argentina ended up winning as both teams gave their absolute all to win World Cup. 

For Argentina nails, I drew inspirations from their home jersey and from their flag. Started off with simple sky blue gradient, adding gold glitters to spice things up as this is for a match in finals. I was very tempted to add '10' as an accent, but decided not to as I prefer teams to play as teams. Just as I have for all the FIFA World Cup manis I did, uniformed nails to represent team spirit. I really love how this nail art turned out. My dearest Argentinian fans and readers, I hope you'll like this as much as I do :)

List of nail polishes used:

Models Own - Blueberry Muffin

Models Own - Disco Heaven

Color Combos - CBL101

BYS - In Da Club

Clio Nail Styler - S312

Etude House Sweet Idea Bunny Nail - #01 Dalmation Bunny (White French) 

Champions of this year's FIFA 2014 World Cup, massive Congratulations, Germany! So, so proud of you guys! As I already had one inspired by jersey, I thought I'll include the flag for finals. And of course, with glitters too! Okay, the flag looks upside down here, but I had in mind for this nail art to have the flag facing the right way up when one lifts their hands up in the air. Which I did, when they scored a goal!! Woot! Woot! A little bit of white and red (gradient red, though its not obvious in photos) as a link to their jerseys. 

List of nail polishes used:

Revlon - 1000 Volts

Tip Top Nail Addict - Saddle Up

Tip Top Nail Chic - Mango Tango

Clio Nail Styler - S312

Etude House Play Nails - #1

Shimmer Polish - Eva (Nicole)

Haha!! Well then, that is all I have for you today. I hope you liked them ^_^ By the way, I know I've been behind in responding to comments and blog reading. Just want you to know I really appreciate them and will respond as soon as I can. Thank you!