This didn't turn out quite as awesome as I imagined, but for a second time stamping manicure, I'm not too fussed. I was going for something semi suitable for work -- a neutral base with a dark ornate pattern. Going through my stamp plates, it seems I only have one that sort of fit the bill; it's got the curly wurly parts, but rather than looking ( Read more... )

First attempt at stamping! This has been a long time coming. I remember way back when I first started this semi nail blog business, I said I wouldn't delve into stamping because it looked too messy, difficult and a lot to invest in (having to buy the necessary tools). And now look where we are.


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I am trying to cut down on my nail polish habit so there haven't been any purchases for a while. This weekend breaks a bit of a dry spell -- here is one of the new colours (but it's certainly an old product).


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It's been a while since I attempted another tape manicure and, despite having said how easy it was, everything always manages to go wrong whenever I do one. 1) I put the sticky tape on too soon and it peels the base layer. 2) I bump my polish off accidentally at least three times today. 3) It just plain doesn't look as good as I imagined, so I ( Read more... )

I know I've been really lazy with my nail art, despite getting all enthusiastic about it half a year ago. But my friend got me this Nail Art Pen for Xmas, so now I have motivation to try it out. It actually came in a set with a gold polish for a leopard print manicure, but I'm a little apprehensive to dive right into that as I'll most likely stuff ( Read more... )

This didn't quite turn out as I envisioned. Both these polishes were given to me by friends (the Shu was second-hand and I've had it for years), the recent one being the Orly mini. It looked like a jelly polish, so I wanted to make a jelly sandwich with it! But as you can tell, the pink is very, very sheer, not really jelly at all, and is hardly ( Read more... )

First attempt at doing a gradient! Barring the one time I sort of used the same technique for fire nails with the exact same bottle of nail polish.


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Well, it certainly has been a while since I used LJ... and while I'm regularly switching up my paint job, I haven't been branching out into new colours or styles. And other times I just couldn't be bothered to take a photo.


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Retro-posted. You will note a lot of similarities with my gradient manicure since it's all about the red glitter.


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Another polish I did several weeks ago but didn't feel like writing a post about.


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