A Short Notice

This is yet another short notice to let you know there's going to be a short hiatus (two weeks, maybe? or more) in this blog. A few other things in life are needing my attention at the moment, thus swatching or nail art will just have to wait (though, I'm really aching to do some so badly now! I'm even thinking if I should just squeeze in a few..) But I'd have to be patient and get my priorities settled first. Then hopefully!! I'll be back with some Christmas inspired Nails! (And a delayed tutorial, so sorry!) I can't.... oh no no -- Actually I love waiting for Christmas! That's has always been best experience for me over the years!! It just gets more and more exciting as Christmas Day approaches nearer! 

See you around! ;)

China Glaze Swatches & Review

Hey everyone ♥ So I've recently (not really, few months ago) added 3 more China Glaze into my collection. They are not new nor latest, hahahaha! They are pricey here, so I will always take a long time to consider /decide before buying any colours. Oh be warned! This is an unexpected lengthy post ;)

Ahem, presenting the latest trio!

Red-Eared Slider

Lovely day to you! :) *Ahem* I guess I would keep the unpleasant post out of this week. Since it's been a rather good week. Don't want to "spoil combo" by having a sudden not-so-nice post. LOLs! So, last Tuesday, I was on my way out when found this little fellow stranded in front of my gate. :O

A Quick Announcement!

Hey everyone! Aww man, I've been horribly absent. I do apologise. I have been busy, planning future stuffs for the blog. Nothing big, just small stuffs. One of it will be a monthly guest post, where I have selected some of my favourite bloggers to add a touch of their flavour into this blog! 

I have been very blessed to have met very talented bloggers, friendly, honest and from all over! Some of them whom I have quickly become close friends with! ;) Nothing to be enemies about when we're in the nail polish/nail art world, right? Hahaha!! Besides, their work are amazing! So it only made perfect sense to have this up, so I could share with you their awesomeness!

Yeap, as mentioned, it will be a monthly thing. I will be having Guest Posters here on the 3rd day of every month. So, why so specific? I hear some of you asking (either that, or my ear is itchy..). It was a random decision. Sort of like an impulse decision, but not really. I did think about it, over and over and..... *brainfried* - well, you get it. I just stick with the idea. Hahahha! :P 

Okay, that is all for this brief announcement! I'm actually very excited about this! Hehe, hope you'd be looking forward to it just as I am!  :D 

Stay tune! 

1st Year Bloggiversary!

Hello Everyone! I almost missed my first year bloggiversary (actually I did. The blog went live on 21st June 2012..I kept thinking it was 29th...) Fortunately, today coincides with the date of my first post of NOTD. Anyway, as the month of June approached, I have been wondering what I should write or what I should post. It's rather unfortunate that until now, I still do not know for sure what I'd be talking about. I thought of maybe a 'then and now thingy' or could I talk about how 'far' I've come?

Excited for Malaysia!

This is it my fellow Malaysians! The One Day we are anticipating and excited about! GE13 is finally here! I'm so excited that I can't sleep! Vote wisely everyone! I shall leave you with this awesome song! 

Every vote counts. Your Vote speaks VOLUME! 

I am Proudly A Malaysian! 

Happy Voting!

sorry fellow international friends, I do not have the english translation. but I hope you will be able to enjoy the vid all the same :)

Sharing the Love of Blogging and Nail Arts!

Heyass!! Here's a quick post to spread the love! If you are already a follower of Debbie, from The Crumpet, this is not new to you. If you have not... Well.. GOOD NEWS! 

Debbie from The Crumpet, is having two monthly programmes. First section would be the monthly Crumpet Amateur Nail Art Contest which is opened to all who loves nail art and do not own a blog OR have followers below 100. The theme this month is Florals! Here's the link to the post so you can read more about the rules and regulations: Crumpet Amateur Nail Art Contest

The second section is the monthly Blogger of the Month Contest. This section is opened to all bloggers who have 500 followers and below. All you need to do is submit the link to a post of a favourite manicure of yours that you did in the past 6 weeks. Head on over to the link for more information about the rules and regulations and also the judging methods: April Blogger of the Month Contest

I think, it is extremely kind of Debbie for organising these two contest. It is her kind way of giving back to all her wonderful followers as well as giving an opportunity to new bloggers to share and gain some exposure of their work. Thank you, Debbie! For having such awesome programmes. :)

Giveaway Winner!

Hello! 

Just a quick post to announce the winner for my giveaway!

Congratulations Whitney M Altom!
You're the lucky winner of my giveaway!
You have 48 hours to reply to my email before I pick a new one. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you all again for the wonderful support and for colouring my journey in blogging so far! ♥

The Numerous Liebster Awards!

Good Morning, everyone! I'm very, very grateful to have been nominated multiple times for Liebster Award by numerous awesome bloggers themselves! Since I've done this award before I didn't want to do it again, because it feels kinda a little repetitive. But I am VERY grateful for all of you lovelies who have nominated me. With that said, I'm dedicating this post specially to all of you ♥ 

Complementing Squares

A BIG HELLO to all of you!! *Waves!!* I've been unable to post for awhile and I've missed sharing nail art and thoughts with you! I actually got them done by last Saturday, and believe me I was very eager to show you guys. Unfortunately, my computer has gotten so ill that it will not boot up to Windows anymore. *sigh!* No matter what I did, even command prompt isn't helping. During times like this, I wish I had a big brother to help me out. So, for the past few days I've been using my sister's laptop and all her other gadgets to feed my online needs (mwah mwah! Love you, Sis!). But, the laptop's screen has this weird blue/purplish tint to it. And a little too bright though I've set the brightness 0. Which has caused me to not wanna post from the laptop. I did a little googling about the issues, looks like it isn't an uncommon thing. Though I still don't know the proper way to solve the issue, I decided to "colour correct" the screen by using the calibrate colours function. It's still not colour accurate though, but hopefully the nails turn out to be alright and all.. haha!!

Oh, I did my first guest post!

Heya all! Here's a quick drop by to let you all know I've done my first guest post! (yay!) Many thanks to Natalia from cats-n-nails for inviting me to join in the collaboration with a few other bloggers under the theme Inspired by Jewellery! I was thrilled when she invited me! Haha! Don't forget to check out her blog and maybe follow her if you haven't! She's such a talented and nice person and her cat is soooo adorable, her cat does the cutest and funniest thing! 

And if you would like to read about my post, you can do so here. :)

See you in another post! ;)

Let Happiness Ring Part II!

Hello! I've promised to show you the goodies that I've receive from Tip Top Nails South Africa, and here they are!! The ladies at Tip Top Nails South Africa sure know how to spoil a lady! Look at how many goodies that came in!

There are two packages of nail treatments and a total of 5 nail colours to have fun with! I seriously can't thank them enough for their generosity! Although, I'm not too sure if I'm to expect another parcel or these are already inclusive of the 'Thank You Gift' for participating in 'Cupcakes For Kids With Cancer' because there are so many here already! Either way, I'm very grateful as these are more than I had ever expected to win! Ahh, I'm really feeling very blessed!! ♥ 

Oh, also Joan from Tip Top Nails South Africa has mentioned that their nail polishes will be available soon online for all who are interested! Keep a look out for the official announcement at their page! 

*These are all sincere words from my heart, just thought I should clarify.

Urgh, the Unsightly Yellow Nails

Hello everyone. My nails been looking sad apparently my base coat isn't preventing doing a good job in preventing nails from staining like its suppose to. Its sad to see my nails have been stained pretty bad, or very bad (as how I'd put it). Because of that, I went on a hunt for a different base coat - at the very least, to find one that is able to prevent further staining (since I can't part with nail polish at the moment). Also the nails are really embarrassing to go out with, with its degree of yellowness. So after browsing through the internet, I've decided to try out Rimmel London's Whitener base coat - it claims to prevent discolouration. Anyway, I am taking this chance to mask my yellow nails as while waiting for them to grow out also to see if this base coat do prevents discolourations.

Warning: Really ugly/yucky yellow nails ahead!

"Summer" Favourites!

Hello all! First, let me explain why I highlighted Summer. Well, that's because Malaysia doesn't have Summer since its on the Equator (hehe). I've been privileged enough to be tagged by a very kind and sweet blogger from Colour at your fingertips! Thank you so much! 

A very brief explanation about Summer Favourites Tag, its a really quick way to summarize the summer as well as a fun way to share each other's blog. So, there will be two parts to this tag. First part being the questions section on favourite products used during the summer and the second part sharing blogs we've come across and have become our favourites! 

The 10 Questions : 

1) What has been your favourite glitter polish this summer?

Hmm, its probably Etude House PBK 801, but its not a summery sort of glitter polish. Its much more suitable for Fall/Halloween. Hahaha. 

2) Have you preferred to wear brights or pastels on your nails this summer?

A little bit of both, but if I have to choose one, I'd go with bright colours since pastels don't go too well with my skin tone. 

3) Have you discovered a new brand of nail varnish this summer?

Yes, Bandi Nail Polish and Tip Top Nails South Africa. They are both free of the harmful chemicals. Bandi's nail polishes tend to be rather sheer and Tip Top nail polishes are very pigmented. Both are awesome to use and fuss free :D 

4) What is your most disappointing product of the summer?

White nail polishes. The ones I usually use was The Face Shop's and Skin Food's white nail polishes and both are streaky and sure gave me a hard time that I frown every time I feel I needed to use white colours. Recently, I've purchased a new white nail polish, BeauKiss(BK) 02 which is no problem so far except that I do not like how it smells. LOL. 

5) What has been you favourite blog post of yours this summer?

The one I did on the last day of Makeup Savvy's nail challenge; Makeup Savvy Nail Challenge Day 15 - Anything!. I really do love how the galaxy nails turned out. 

6) What's your best nail bargain of the summer?

There were mega sales during the month of August. I manage to get two Etude House glitter polishes for the price of 1. I think that's a pretty good deal. :D 

7) Have you followed any new trends this summer?

Not sure if they can be considered new, my answer is definitely the new found love for gradient nails and galaxy prints! I'm pretty sure sandwich nails comes in next! 

8) Have you tried any new colours this summer that you never thought that you would?

Well, this "summer" no. Most of the colours I tried on were colours I knew I'd wear one way or another. But in the month of May I've actually worn a bright fuchsia colour (The Face Shop PP402) which I never thought I would.  

9) What has been your most worn combination of colours this summer?

Ah, I think its yellow, red, coral and teal. 

10) Will any of your summer polishes be following you through to the autumn?

Perhaps. Usually my colour choices varies and are mostly influenced by what mood I'm feeling or what colours are inspiring me to use them. So it really depends.

And for the second part of the tag, I am to share about blogs I've discovered during the summer be it a new blog or old, big or small with a few words on why I chose these blogs to share with you all. Without further ado, I'd proceed with my list (they are in no particular order): 

1. The Nail Artiste - One of the most creative, talented, wonderful upcoming blogger I've chanced upon! She has many tutorials available and they are all uniquely hand-drawn for all her fellow readers to read! I'm always looking forward to see her nail art designs. Do take some time and check her blog out I promise you won't regret! :D

2. Diamond in Rouge - An awesome blogger whom I've come to know through Makeup Savvy's Nail Challenge! She's very kind and ever ready to help! I know because I've asked her questions before and she has answered me with great details! Thank you again! Her blog is packed with various information from nails to beauty to fashion to food! (yum! keep the food rolling in! XD). Yes, you'd find her blog full of exciting adventures! So go on and stop by her blog :D 

3. The Daily Nail - A very popular nail blog I must say. She does really awesome and fun manicures I have to include hers here. Crazy talent she have there! And she has recently created video tutorials and they are clear and easy to follow and she's fun to listen to! Haha!! Her latest Blah Blah nails really amuses me.

4. Gold Speck Nails - This is a blog I found through Pinterest! She does crazily amazing stamping nail artworks! And they are always so creatively done and simply amazing! If you are a frequent stamper, this is a must visit blog! Even if you aren't, visit her! She's so inspiring! :D 

5. Gorgeois - Another must stop to visit blog. Her designs are always so unique and tedious and meticulously done and fresh and inspiring! Yeap, yeap, another talented nail artist there! Hop on over and be inspired! ;)

6. One Nail To Rule Them All - You know, if you're out of ideas, check this blog out! She's always posting wonderfully done nail arts and they are perfectly executed! I have fun looking at all the various nail art she's been doing for some time now. I must say I really adore the one she did inspired by Scrabble. Haha!! Yeap, don't forget to pop by and say hello to her! ;) 

7. Glitter Tips - I love her nail designs! Creative and talented I could not execute mine anywhere close to how perfect she did her's! An absolutely skillful nail artist! Go, go drop by her blog too! 

8. Jamegackie - New and upcoming blogger! Skillful and wonderfully executed nail designs! Some of my favourite designs from her is the Dewdrop leaf and whales design. There are wonderful tutorials available at her blog too so be sure to check those out ;)

9. Nail Art Couture - I chanced upon her blog on hellocotton and became an instant follower! Why? Look at those details and effort she puts into her nail designs! Stunning and breathtaking! Looking forward to more exciting nail art post from her :)

10. ChitChatNails - This is one blog I've really enjoyed reading for these past two months! A very friendly and down to earth blogger. There's a lot of great swatches and unique polishes being featured at her blog. Her tutorials are awesome too if you haven't check it out, please do! Her nail arts and techniques has been inspiring to me! :D 

And that's the summary of blogs I've enjoy reading and chanced upon the past two months. Hope you will find some of these blogs interesting too, if not all. Again, a special thanks to Colour at your fingertips for being such a darling and for granting me this chance to be able to participate in this wonderful tag. 

Also, I've noticed there's been an increase in the number of followers here in my blog, would like to take this chance to welcome all new followers and thank you to all who have been faithfully reading my blog. I really appreciate and love each and everyone of you. Seeing all of you brings me smiles :D Thank you! 

~Lacqueerisa

More Fun Stuffs about Glitters

Good morning! I have here some knowledge about glitters which I think are very worth sharing. Have you ever had times when you wonder if it is your application technique or the glitter bottle just holds too little glitters? Well, I know I did wondered that. And off I go to google - tap tap tip tap tap pap! what is the best way to apply glitter?

Oh what a realization moment dawn upon me when I saw the dabbing technique. No wonder it was so hard getting those glitters on my nails those days. I was probably doing it wrong! Perhaps not wrong, just not the best way it could be done. Here's one tutorial I find very useful regarding the dabbing technique:

wait, did any of you actually know of this method and no one told me? whyyyy?? *sobs*

Let Happiness Ring!!!

Well, most of you may not know but just few weeks ago I was blessed enough to be one of the four fortunate people to win Gold polish from Tip Top Nails South Africa. Last Saturday morning, I've finally receive my gift!! How thrilled I was as I unwrapped the carefully packaged gift. I opened up the box, carefully slitting the sellotapes and pull out the polish bundled up with perfect care of bubble wraps and as I started unwrapping it - "wait...what? this feels like... omgosh, am I dreaming..?"

No, my good senses did not fail me. Instead of 1 gold polish, I've been surprised with 3 more polishes that greeted me on a Saturday morning!! Woohooo! I was literally jumping up and down with much joy!

So so happy! And I quickly head on to do swatches as soon as time permitted me to. I have a lot of good things to say about these polishes. Particularly how blessed I am by God and by Tip Top team! These colours were colours I've been searching for but fail to find them around in Malaysia. What joy it is to find them sent to me in a parcel! :D

Red Rendezvous is a gorgeous deep red and the colour is just right for my skin tone. I was just thinking of buying a solid red but thought they won't match my skin and maybe I won't wear it. Totally changed my mind after seeing this colour! I'd totally wear this! Great application and opaque in two coats.

In The Navy! is a very rich navy blue colour, one of the colours missing in my blue collection so you can imagine the joy I got when I saw this in the package. I love it. This is my favourite blue colour of all times! Smooth application, also opaque in two coats.

Super Trooper is a warm grey, slightly greenish. Totally a grey I was looking for! You won't believe how high and low I've search for a grey in this shade! Many I came across with were cool tone. This is just perfect! Like most of the polishes, smooth application, no streaks and best in two coats.

Last but not least, the gold polish that I've won - Gold Drop Glitter. As you can see, I've swatch it over all three of the other colours so you may have a taste of the variations. Although I did use two coats of glitters, they are pretty much compact with just 1 good coat of glitters with the dabbing technique (I'd talk more about this technique in my next post). But this is certainly yet another gold glitter that's  missing in my stash. And boy am I ever so glad to have receive this! And I must say I really love Gold Drop Glitter over Super Trooper. Oh did I mentioned its so sparkly? ;)

To conclude my post, these are certainly one of the best nail polishes brand I've ever tried. I love that they are absolutely fuss-free and super smooth application. Oh and seems like I got too carried away with my excitement I almost forgot to mention, Tip Top Nails South Africa's nail polishes are Toxin free, Formaldehyde free, Toluene free, DBP (Dibuthyl Phthalate) free and Camphor free. So they are totally safe to use! And thank you Tip Top Nails South Africa once again for the opportunity to experience such wonderful products.

Here's their contacts: 

Website : Tip Top Nails South Africa

Facebook page : Tip Top Nail South Africa Facebook Page

August Hauls

So, I went shopping yesterday. I must say, of all the shopping malls I've been to, Sunway Pyramid sure is my no.1 spot to go if I want to buy nail polishes (around Klang Valley). I've even spotted a couple of new nail polish brands available. Although, mostly are Korean brands; Holika Holika is one of the new beauty stores there - but no, I didn't grab any from there. I did try out their testers though, and find the application quite alright. I'm gonna apply the 3 days rule before I decide whether or not I'd buy one of the duochrome nail polishes there. Still its all good to see more choices available for nail polish consumers in Malaysia.

Okay, now to stay back in topic, I realised I've bought a lot of nail polishes for the past weeks of August! Which somewhat scares me, because I've never bought so many in a short time before! (haha!!) So looks like I'd be needing to control myself a little more from now on.

Etude House

Pretty2U Store

 Essence

Bloop

Skin Food

As you can see, some of them I've already used them in the previous nail challenges. But I've not swatch them. Only time will tell when I'd find the time to swatch all of these. Haha! Oh, I will be swatching a new polish from Etude House in my next post because I love it so much I just can't wait to share~! 

A little Sharing on Giveaways from other blogs~!

Good morning readers!

Nothing much today as I'm in such an uninspired mode (many sighs), which is why there's no NOTD to show you, sorry! I do however, have som news from other bloggers to share with you. These lovely ladies have decided to hold giveaways as an appreciation to all their fellow followers! Do take some time and stop by to check them out! :D

Criminal Nails is having a giveaway in conjunction of a merry celebration of reaching 100 GFC followers milestone! - Congratulations! 

Jennifer from Little J's Nail Corner have also recently reached 100 GFC followers and also holding a giveaway to celebrate it - Congrats to you too, Jennifer!

Carla from Deuce Beauties is currently holding a few giveaways! This Giveaway here is specifically opened to US readers of her blog only. And another giveaway here is opened internationally (yay)! So don't forget to stop by and join in the fun! 

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Lydia from Lydia's Nails has announced that she will be planning a Butter London Nail Lacquers Giveaway as soon as she reaches 25 followers on GFC! 

And, that's about it I guess. Before I exit for the day, I would like to take this chance to also wish all my muslim readers Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri! Hope you lovelies are having a blast!  ♥ oh, and stay safe! 

Names and Signature or Just Signature?

As the title of this post states, I'm wondering if I should continue including Names of the nail art done and my signature, or I should/must forfeit art names and only include watermark/signature. 

If you have followed my blog, you'd noticed I do have a habit of placing names of the NOTD I did, as well as including my watermarks in the same frame of the photo. (but when I just started out, I didn't really do that, it is a recent development). Well, you could say I do like it that way; having the title and my watermark. It was why I've made my pictures 16:9 ratio. But, if it were to cause confusions like:  maybe I watermarked over another person's art work... I wouldn't want that.

So, I would love to hear your opinion regarding this matter; whether I do or do not need to change the way I do my pictures. Should there be a need to change, I'm willing to. 

Thank You. 

A Quickie

Hi! Working on a new post. Not sure when I can get it up but I'd try. Meanwhile check out this awesome video; a short discussion about nail art. Totally worth the few minutes of your life!! Do remember to read the description box. There are links that are from extraordinary nail artists.

The Awesome Video that's worth sharing! :)

Enjoy!