Hello! This is going to be a quick and short post to wish all my friends and readers who are celebrating:
Salam Aidilfitri! :D
For every raya, I looked forward to eat all those savoury Malay food. Ketupat, nasi impit, rendang, curry and beef. Such delicious food! This Hari Raya, I decided to do a simple nail art that's inspired by Ketupat. ;)
Yes, very simple nail art. Mostly are done with fish braid style mani. Except, I did from bottom up. To make them look a little more like ketupat, I did each "line" manually using my nail art brush to blend a little. The process is simple, start with a light base colour. Use a middle tone to paint the lines from bottom up. Then using the same middle tone, fill in the bars halfway and blend it with the light base colour. Choose a darker shade to draw the final lines.
I wasn't very sure what to do for the thumb, another fish braid? But as I lined them together, 'Gold' was what came into mind. Yeap, what is Raya without a splash of glittering gold, right? ;D
I must admit, I'm not knowledgeable about Malay food (other than savouring it). But I did a brief reading about Ketupat before posting. It was very interesting to learn that the ketupat foldings (criss-cross weaving of leaves) represented mistakes and sins humans make. The white rice inside, symbolizes purity after observing the month of Ramadhan. I think this makes the celebration of Raya a little more meaningful, don't you agree? :)
That's all for today. Have a very Blessed Raya my wonderful readers! ♥
From left to right: Etude House PBE102, It's Skin Nail Stylure GD101, Lioele #39, Tip Top Nail Chic Mango Tango, Tony Moly Halloween Orange (GI04)
I must admit, I'm not knowledgeable about Malay food (other than savouring it). But I did a brief reading about Ketupat before posting. It was very interesting to learn that the ketupat foldings (criss-cross weaving of leaves) represented mistakes and sins humans make. The white rice inside, symbolizes purity after observing the month of Ramadhan. I think this makes the celebration of Raya a little more meaningful, don't you agree? :)
That's all for today. Have a very Blessed Raya my wonderful readers! ♥
From left to right: Etude House Only Olive, Etude House Play Nail #87, The Face Shop GR508, Baviphat #13, Sally Hansen Black Out.
I didn't now Ketupat, but I looked up for it on the internet and now I understand your design better :) You made a fantastic color choice, it' bright and joyful and in the same time very exotic. For me this post was very informative, I learned a little bit about a food and celebration that I have never heard about it! Thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteLooks great!! The fish braids are perfect for this design and the shading is wonderful for the coconut leaves. Ps love the addition of the glitter, so pretty!! Coincidentally my aunt was teaching me how to make ketupat yesterday, they look really awesome (apparently not so awesome after a couple of days), I didn't master the art but give me more time and hopefully ill get there!! :P I think the hardest part of making them is starting it, it's quite fiddly but my aunt tells me to practice with ribbons. I'm definitely going to try cause they look so cool!! Anyway great design!! :D
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I love your fish braids! The colors you used are beautiful and the way you did it makes them look like mini paintings. :) The mani's so colorful and fun! :D Hope you had a wonderful celebration day! <3
ReplyDelete~ Yun
Wonderful mani and I love hearing the inspiration for the look!
ReplyDeleteHehe, now you do! :D And thank you very much for the compliments ^.^ I'm happy to know this post was informative to you. Maybe someday you could try some! (I hope you can take spicy stuffs though, Malay food tend to be spicy) :)
ReplyDeleteThank you~! ♥ Hahahaha, did they lose their awesomeness due to discolouration or something? XD Doesn't matter what they look on the outside, as long as it taste good! Well, I'm very lenient when it comes to food. Good taste = good food. Simple :P Hahaha!! Oh yeah, now that I think about its shape.. I think you're right! But, I have faith in your talent and that you will master the art of folding them soon enough ^.^ Hehe!!
ReplyDeleteI love spicy food, so this would be great for me :)
ReplyDeleteHey Yun! Thank you so much! The colours were mostly that of the leaves. Hehe, glad you like them :D ♥
ReplyDeleteHi! Thanks so much! Nah, fishbraids were really cool to begin with ^_^ Oooh! I think that's the magical thing about shades, they always manage to make something look a little more interesting :)
ReplyDeleteHey Karen! Thank very much! And I'm really glad you love hearing about the inspiration, I love sharing about them as well ^_^
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