Sunset Ferris Wheel and Palm Tree Nails

Polishes used -

Base coat: Cyber Colors Eco Nail Color Eco Oxygen Base Coat

Base: Sleek Nailed Polish in Meringue #29

Ombre: China Glaze Man Hunt for the blue, Suki Nail Color in #175 for the purple, Barry M Gelly in Grapefruit for the link, China Glaze in Lemon Fizz for the yellow and Sun Worshipper for the orange.

Ferris wheel and Palm trees: black acrylic paint.

Topcoat: Glisten & Glow by HK Girl

Bestie Twin Nails

Saw a whole bunch of posts with the #bestietwinnails. So I've decided to do something with my friend.

A whole lot of messages later, we finally decided on our favourite mutual color - teal/turquoise, with white and gold studs.

This was my first version and as much as I liked everything, the ring finger was just off, and my friend didn't have purple as part of her manicure.

Freehanded the lines on my pointer *smug moment*

Probably the white bit on my ring finger was just too wide but this ring finger was just off. Tried a gradient with white, turquoise and purple but my gradient skills still leave much to be desired :(

                        

We went home to change ONLY the ring finger and after 9361462 messages to update each other, we finally decided on a gradient. LOL.

This was the final image I posted on ig.

Colors used in this manicure:
OPI Natural Nail Base Coat
Bloop White Polish
Elianto Turquoise in #27
Deborah Lippman Nasty Girl (for the purple lines)
Seche Vite topcoat (which shrunk my nails bahhhh)
2mm gold studs from Born Pretty Store.

It was super fun doing this and I can't wait to do it again.

Till next time!

Silkygirl Jet Black and Eyeko Cosmic Polish review + My very first nail art!

Hello peeples =D

Remember when I mentioned that I was going to post pictures of Eyeko's Cosmic Polish? Here they are!

Here, I have 2 layers of Eyeko's Cosmic Polish over 2 layers of Silky Girl's Jet Black with topcoat.

Please excuse the cuticles, smudges, bed sheet marks and tip wear. I've had this manicure for more than a week and I could still dent the manicure thanks to the many layering. I've tried to hide them with some touchups, but it also resulted in very bad macro images. Sorry bout that. :(

I'm a little on the fence for Silky Girl's Jet Black polish. If you use thin coats, they are very streaky however, one thick coat is alright which was what I did since I was going to apply Cosmic Polish over it.The brush was alright but I since it's a Malaysian brand, I didn't have high hopes for it. Removal was fine. At least it didn't stain.

I used mural paint that I had on hand and freehanded the penguin. It was nicer but I didn't have topcoat on hand and when I went home, I forgot and went for a shower and penguin's eyes came off booo!

So I top up with nail polish which resulted in the somewhat unsymmetrical eyes. Hahaha

Eyeko's Cosmic Polish was easy to apply. The brush and its bristles were a little long so I had to do some clean up which also resulted in the wonky nail edges. As I got mine from a third party, I wanted to conserve the polish which is why I applied it over a black polish but I think there shouldn't be a problem without any underwear.

Glitter wise, it's a little sparse but it makes a black polish a little more unique.

On a separate note, my bottle of Color Club Revvvolution has gone missing *cries and curses the person who took it*

Going to watch Dark Knight tonight! I think this manicure (minus the penguin)is quite apt! I can't wait for Bourne Legacy to come out! *drools at Jeremy Renner*

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend guys!

My first gradient manicure!

Hello peeps! I manage to blinded my beloved BB. It jumped off my bed and now the screen is just dead although I can receive calls. OK, let's skip the emo drama.

It's Friday already! I can't wait to do my nails tomorrow with the same method, because for once, my boyfie actually liked it! Woot!

Here's my first ever ombre manicure! I actually wanted to blog about my RM294 worth of polishes that I got in a sale but I'll leave my crazy purchases for another post. Hushhh, mummy doesn't know!

Here's my base of Nubar Gem, in a very crappy pic, since I didn't have my camera, my bb is blinded and I only had my iPod with me. Apple, your camera suxxors! No wonder there's instagram!

This is Nubar Gem, outdoors, full sunlight. Pictured here is 3 coats, no basecoat, no topcoat. It dries gritty so a thick topcoat is good. You can even see its holo goodness indoors, under artificial lighting.

Another crappy shot under sunlight.

Under my toilet's light, the base shows a little purply-taupe. Err, I can't describe but it wasn't love at first sight when I laid eyes on it. Not even my first look at Scrangie's swatch could make me love it but it's growing on me :)


Here is my ombre manicure!

This was taken at night, under fluorescent lighting, without flash. With one layer of OPI Top Coat.

With flash. This is more true to color but you can see under my pinky, I forgot to clean up before I took this pic. Eek, sorry!


And since there are a million other blogs who do better tutorials than me, I shall skip all the grandmother stories. Below is a list of what i used:

Base: Nubar Gem (my previous manicure)
Middle: Skin Food Nail Vita in BR611
Tips: Suki #94 (from sasa)
Makeup sponge from Daiso (one pack of 10 pcs for RM5)
A sheet of plastic
A toothpick, which I stopped using after the second nail


Next time I'll take a pic of the items I used kay?

Summary: It was super easy to do, especially with the sponge. Jelly finishes will be easier for beginner (I am one!) as one-coater nail polishes will be hard to correct if you sponged too high up. That's what happened with my index and pinky. So yes, I will do it again, but not with holographic polishes. They dry too quickly for my liking.


Thanks for looking!