Gradients On A Beautiful Cloudy Morning

Hello Readers! Sorry for the lack of updates. Was on a few days holiday and I've just finally found time to post this gradient nails I did on my short holiday. The colours are inspired by the colours of the outfit I put together--unfortunately, I didn't have much time to photograph, I didn't take any pictures of my outfit though (ah, pity). And on one of the days during my holiday, we went to the beach. Its been quite sometime since I last been to one. It was early and the weather was so good. Not too hot, not even cold. Just nice. And while I was busying myself photographing the beautiful scenery by the beach, I took the chance to photograph the gradient nails. 

Woops, miss a little bit of clean ups there. Hopefully, the excuse that these were done under low lighting is acceptable :P And here's a quick view of the beach :

Ahahah, I couldn't resist putting up a picture of the waves 'crawling' onto the shore. Such a cute sight! I really had a great time at the beach there. Played Frisbee for the first time! But of course, nothing like the real game. Just a simple beginner's sort of play. It was really simple, but fun! It was a really beautiful morning we were early, and had the beach all to ourselves! Nothing's better than having a whole huge space to run about freely X) 

And that concludes my post for today. Hope you readers have enjoy the simple gradient NOTD. Can't believe weekend is already here! Have a great weekend!

Nail polishes used : 

• Etude House - BL501
• Nails Topshop - Country Bumpkin
• BeauKiss(BK) - #12 

Going Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness!

Hello everyone! October's the month for Breast Cancer Awareness and to show my support, I'd be showing you a simple NOTD. I really wanted to create something soft and subtle to portray the delicate beauty in ladies. I thought about the beautiful soft feather manicure I've been seeing around for the past few months but decided against that. And so I went with gradient borders. Cause I really like the idea of slightly coloured edges around the nails. 

Yea, the colour changes are pretty subtle just the way I want it. Hopefully you are able to see it :P I do like how they turned out. Yeap, hope you'd like them as well. :) 

Tools : Nail art brush and make up sponge. 

Nail polishes from left : 

• Elianto - Light Coffee
• Elianto - Thistle
• Revlon - Sheer Petal 
• Skin Food Pedicure Sparkle - #01

Now, who likes Cupcakes? I sure do!

Good Saturday Morning y'all!! Its a really lovely morning over here. Hope yours is just as lovely, or better! Today's notd is inspired by Cupcakes - somewhat. Well, this NOTD wasn't originally made for cupcakes. It was actually inspired by digital black and white noises. Carrying the noises inspiration with me, I went ahead stippling on my holographic black polish and they ended up looking like McFlurry Oreo. I paused and stared at it for quite awhile. No matter how I look at it, they don't look anything like digital black and white noises. The longer I stared, the more it look like Oreo. So, I go "what the heck, I'd just make this Oreo inspired!". Then, I recalled I wanted to do a cupcake inspired manicure in conjunction of "Cupcakes 4 Kids with Cancer" event. Well, don't you think Oreo Cupcakes sounds absolutely mouth watering? ;) 

Mint Jeans Pocket

Hello all~ So I've finally got my pictures taken, edited and now, they are ready to be shown!! So today's NOTD is inspired by a really beautiful mint jeans shorts I saw on etsy. I was anxious actually, unsure if I could really carry out the idea that spring to my head when I saw the shorts. Its nothing too complicated though, just wanted to create pocket jeans look on my nails (which would somewhat be dashed border/framed nails?). And.... I'm satisfied with the results! Nah, I REALLY LOVE THIS! :D I think its great to wear this nail look on days when you want nail art on your nails but don't want them 'loud'. 

And here's a quick look at the inspiration (too bad its sold, it wasn't when I saw it about two days ago?) :

Neat eh? Image does not belong to me, click to go to etsy seller.

And here are the nail polishes used and the faithful toothpick :

17 - Chaperone

The Face Shop - GR501

Skin Food Nail Vita - BR609

Bloop - (name unknown) Its a shimmery white with subtle pink undertones.

By the way, is there any matte top coat that you know of that has a big brush? I find it hard to give a smooth application of matte top coat on my thumb's nail. =/

Check that Graphic Check Pants!

Hello! I would have gotten this post up earlier if not for some internet connectivity problems. Thank God its back! So a few days ago I saw this really cool graphic check pants on Jane Aldridge's blog: Sea of Shoes. And I knew there and then I wanted and simply needed to do a nail art inspired by it! I really love the outfit she has put together. So chic! ;) 

The ruffian gap is a little too wide here. But I love the check pattern on the thumb best!

Well, they are the best I could do for the time being. How I wish I have the exact colour of the belt featured in Jane Aldridge's Blog: Sea of Shoes to match with the graphic check pattern pants design. But overall, I am in love with these nails and well, I do think its a little different from what I usually do (is it?). 

Annnddd totally couldn't have pull this off if not for the new black stripper I've bought. Its Naga Nails brand, its a 2 way art pen - functions as stripper and art pen. I love this stripper/art pen! So much better than the previous one, and I have better control over this. The formula is great too! Its priced at MYR 12.90 for one. Sure it about double the price of the previous one, but worth it for me since the quality is satisfactory. And not forgetting the wonderful colours that help brought this nail art to live: BeauKiss(BK) 02, Etude House COR202, The Face Shop YL702, Tip Top Nails Chic-In The Navy.

So that's it for today's nails. Hope you like it as much as I do! Its Friday again, have a great weekend all!

Dots of Red

Hello all! It's been awhile since I posted my last manicure. Today, I finally have one to share with you! I've been admiring many indie polishes by many talented indie polish makers out there but have yet to be able to make any purchase, also there's the pricing issue. With that said, today's nails are inspired by All That Glitters's Cha Cha Twist. I love that most of the glitters were the same family colour with red glitters as an accent colour. I guess I just really love the contrast between turquoise and red - much like how I think people with red head and blue eyes looks absolutely stunning! Alright, on with the pictures! 

While I would I am satisfied with how these turned out (I think these are the best dotting I've ever attempted so far..), I still do have issues with dotting. I know how that sounds just weird since dotting is supposedly one of the easiest and most basic technique to learn/do/master. My dotting just doesn't turn out well. If you look closely you can see all those stubborn air bubbles that appeared *sad face*. Oh well, I guess I'd just be needing more practice - practice makes perfect, eh? I'd get there some day! >_<!!

Nail polishes used from left to right : 

17 Supreme Shine - Wave

Etude House - GR605

The Face Shop - GR501

Revlon - Pretty In Papaya

Various sizes of dotting tools 

And that's it for today! I hope you enjoyed it despite my imperfect dots. Till the next post! ;)

Fun with Colours!

Hello everyone! How's your day? Before I share my NOTD with you, here's a quick note to all nail polish lovers that Tip Top Nails South Africa Facebook Fan Page has just reached their milestone of 20,000+ fans on their facebook page and is holding a very short giveaway to 20 lucky fans! Here's the link on how to enter : Tip Top Nails South Africa Giveaway! It ends today at 5.00pm SAST. So be quick, last I check its already about noon SAST time! 

To those who have yet to know about Tip Top Nails South Africa nail polishes, they are team of dedicated people who are dedicated to provide people with great quality nail polishes. Their nail polishes are free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP (Dibuthyl Phthalate) and Camphor. Also cruelty free as they do not test on animals! I've swatched some of their nail polishes before that I've won in a previous lucky draw you can view them HERE. From my experience, they are definitely great quality and worth getting! :D 

So, today's NOTD is yet another Saran/Cling wrap fun! The outcome of these weren't planned. Just randomly placing colours and voilà! Haha!! I don't know about you, but they reminded me of eggs - like easter eggs, egg shaped jewellery storage, egg decoration or those chocolate easter egg wrappers. Well, somewhere along those. :P

I'm not sure what to call these so I just went with Oriental Porcelain Egg Inspired because they were the closest to what the nails reminded me of. I did see a really similar one in one of the chinese shops in Malacca but I'm not allowed to take a picture of it and its really too bad I can't find similar ones on the internet to show you. 

So, what do they remind you of ? Hope you enjoy today's nails :)

Colours used:

• Etude House - COR202
• Nails Topshop - Country Bumpkin
• OPI - Teal the Cows Come Home
• Skin Food Pedicure Series - #10

PS: Don't forget to join in the giveaway by Tip Top Nails South Africa here!