Professionally Done Nails!! #1

Had by mani and pedi professionally done by a fellow cotter. Love my nails to bites now! Everything is hand painted. Gosh, she's so talented!

The session was one of the most enjoyable mani/pedi session I've had so far. There were so much jokes and laughter and this lovely cotter is so nice to share some tips and techniques with me. I'm hooked on her service... I want to visit her more often!!

French with red line

Light pink color (PP401) as base and white tips (WHoo2) from The Face Shop. Red line created with Red on Red from Artclub.

Did this very simple design for 1 day before visiting a fellow cotter nail technician to have some pretty nail art professionally drawn. Looking forward to that!

Flowers on purple bed

Light purple base (PP404), topped with a coat of Crystal glitters (WH003) as the bed with flowers stickers on it. All from The Face Shop. Added some Swarovski blings for a more interesting look.

This is my Chinese new year nails. One of the feng shui master said that my lucky color this year is purple and it would be good if I wear some purple gems. Well, I figured I'll wear them on my nails! This design was inspired by a Japanese nail mag.

Crystal glitter french

French tips using Crystak glitters (WH003) from The Face Shop. Base is only 2 coats of OPI Envy.

This is a long overdue post. I did this for a day before doing my Chinese new year nails. That's the reason why it's such a simple design.

I had been rather occupied with all the Chinese new year mambo jumbo but I'm glad I'm still in time to wish everyone a happy 'niu' year! Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Blue with Gold criss cross french

Blue tips (BL602) from The Face Shop. Criss cross drawn with Artclub's Titanium Gold. Added a fine line at the base of the tips with Artclub's Crystal Glitters.

This design looks like my nails are wearing little crowns. It also reminds me of Tiffany & Co. Hee Hee... I think using white french tips instead of blue will look very nice as well. Had wanted to add some pearls to this design as I would like to try out the new nail glue before Chinese New Year and also, it had been quite a while since I last used my pearls. However, I don't think pearls or even blings will look good on this. This design should remain like this, clean and simple.

Purchases #18 : Random stuff from Daiso

My nail glue dried up. I think maybe I did not replace the cap tight enough. So, I decided not to get that expensive glue anymore. Found out from the forum that Daiso has nail glue as well, so I went yesterday and got some other stuff while I was there.

Picked up the tweezers as the pair of tweezers I used for my crystals is not working very well anymore due to nail glue getting stuck on it. And, I found nail polish thinner too! I was about to get the Seche Restore but since this Daiso one cost only $2, I figured I'll try this out first.

Gold glitters & Black overlapping french

Overlapping french using Gold glitters from Canmake and Black (BK901) from The Face Shop. I used my favourite Crystal glitter (WH003) from The Face Shop as base.

I know I've been doing overlapping french twice in a row but I just can't help it. It's so easy to create and that saves me a lot of time! Ha ha! Alright, I will not be doing this again the next time.

Red & White overlapping french with laces

Overlapping french tips in white (WH002) and red (RD301). Base color is in a shade of very light pearl orange (OR201). All colors from The Face Shop. Added lace stickers at the edges of the whites. Blings from Swarovski for a more interesting look.

I think this is a rather sweet looking design. It seems to me that overlapping french makes one's nails look slimmer. (Actually, I don't know the proper name for this 2 colors french look alike design, so I just call it overlapping french). One thing I dislike is the lace stickers. This is the second time I'm using these stickers and I encountered the same problem as I did the first time. The stickers do not seem to stick very well at the ends. They tend to lift up almost immediately and refused to stick back. I thought I did not press well enough the first time so I made an effort to press down hard on the ends before applying my top coat this time round but they still lifted. Oh well, I think I will just finish using them then buy new ones!

Crack Polish Demo

Allow me to show you what the crack polish is all about.

First, apply your base color.
Wait a little while until it's almost dry. Then apply the crack polish. You can apply over the entire nail or just part of it. I choose to apply to the tips.
Now, sit back and watch the magic. The polish will start to crack in about 5 minutes.
See... This is how it would look like. However, I'm not sure why the bottom part refused to crack. Maybe next time, I will apply over a larger area and see what happens.

Alright, this crack polish comes in many different colors and the one that I bought is white. They have green, yellow, black, blue, red, blah, blah, blah... Quite a fun thing to have.

Deep Purple French with flowers

Created this using the Konad set. Deep purple french tips (RD304) from The Face Shop. Base was just 2 coats of OPI Envy Original. The design you see here is actually a combination of 2 different images.

Well, I won't say that they are very pretty but they are good enough since I would never be able to draw anything close to this with free hand! I saw plenty of very pretty creations using this Konad stamping tool on their website. I think I still require a lot of practise!!

Purchases #17 : Konad & Crack Paint

Finally laid my hands on a set of Konad Stamping Nail Art. I had been reading about this stamping tool and even made an online order for a set, but apparently, the order might have been lost or they are no longer taking online orders, my order never went through. And since I was in Jurong today, I dropped by Jurong Point and got myself a set. There are 3 sets available. $19.90 gets you 1 image plate, 2 special nail polish, 1 stamp and 1 scraper. $29.90 gets you 2 image plates, 3 special nail polish, 1 stamp and 1 scraper. And $39.90 gets you 3 image plates, 4 special nail polish, 1 stamp and 1 scraper. As you can see from the pictures, I got the 3rd set. I just cannot decide on just 1 or 2 image plates!! Oh yes, you can choose any image plates from a rather large collection. The special nail polish will also be of colors of your choice. I wanted to choose black, white, red and gold. But stock was out for gold so I made do with yellow. The sales assistant said that stamping can only be done using the special nail polish, normal nail polish cannot be used.

Okay, how this thing works is like this. You choose an image from the image plate you would like to have on your nails (or any other surface), then you apply a coat of the special polish onto the image and scrap off the excess with the scraper. Next, take the stamp and stamp on the image and then onto your nails (or wherever you want to image to be). And viola! Now the 'amazing' thing is that, the entire image from the stamp is transferred on the nail (ie: the stamp is clean after the image is transferred). So I guess this is why the special nail polish is required. I will try with normal nail polish in due time.

And I also bought this! Crack polish! Totally brandless! Ha ha ha! Well, I saw this the last time I was at this shop but did not buy because they did not have the color I wanted in stock. When I saw it today, I just have to get it before I regret! Erm... you see, Jurong Point is very out of the way for me...

I will create a post to show you how this crack polish work. (It's for nails, I swear!)

Light Golden French

Light gold french tips (YL701) from The Face Shop. Canmake's clear hologram glitters (69) as base. Silver lines created with Artclub fine silver glitter.

A very simple design for the weekend.

Purchases #16 : Neon Violet by Art Club

Tada!! This is the Neon Violet which I ordered previously, that got mixed up.

Red french tips with Black & White lines

French tips painted with red (RD301) from The Face Shop. White lines created with Artclub Satin white and black done with Artclub Black Hologram. Drew an additional line at the base of the french tip using Crystal glitter from Artclub as well.

I really don't like the previous design I had on my nails so I had to remove it today. I had been wanting to create a plaid design like the below picture for a while. I figured I might not be able to draw so nicely, so I just did a simple version to test it out first. Well, appears that what I drew is far from plaid! Ha Ha! I'll try harder next time. I really love red base plaid designs!

White lines on Navy blue

Navy blue (BL604) from The Face Shop. White lines created with Artclub White satin. Please excuse my stained fingers, I didn't remove the excess polish from them before taking this picture.

I don't really like this. Had wanted to remove them and do something else after I was done with my left hand but decided against it. I think I shall just leave them on my nails for a day or two.

This blue is quite pretty. It's not too 'all over your face' blue. It's very smoothing to the eyes.


Now, as for the nail supplement. I've received some replies from the ladies at the forum. Apparently, it's suppose to act like a nail mask. You apply to bare nails, wait for a while then remove it. (I also read from else where that you don't have to remove the supplement, you can just apply base coat on it.) I did it before applying polish just now. I don't feel any difference in my nails. Hee hee... I don't think I'm suppose to feel different anyway! However, it did managed to remove some left over polish I had on my nails. So, I think it's a good item to have especially after removal of dark color polishes that might cause some stains.

Pink French Pokka Dots

I've finally figured out how to use the dotting tool which I bought moons ago and created the above with it. Very sweet looking set of nails.

I think I will try as much as possible to list the number/names of the polishes I used. Bright pink (PK105) from The Face Shop. White dots created with white nail art polish from Daiso and the lines were drawn with Pink Pastel by Artclub. I did not apply any base color here, just 2 coats of OPI Envy.

Did a similar design for my toes as well.
Used a nude color (BR802) from The Face Shop for the base. The pink and white are the same as the above manicure. Created a white line instead of pink for my pedi using Satin White from Artclub. I love this Satin White shade. True to it's name, it really delivers a satin finish. It's quite different from the usual white shade. Very pretty.


Well, remember the nail supplement I bought by accident from The Face Shop? (refer to here) I don't know how to use it. I thought it is to be used like a base coat but I tried and noticed that it won't dry. So, am I suppose to apply it onto my nails after I apply polish? Doesn't make much sense to me though... If anyone happens to know how to use the nail supplement, please share with me. Thanks!!