Casper The Friendly Ghost

Hey guys!

I finally painted the right theme for the right day! Today's theme is ghost and guess who I picked as my muse!

Casper the friendly ghost...(did you just sing that sentence?)

I got the proportions wrong again but I think this is my best work using acrylic paint thus far! 

Enjoy! Cheers!

Monsters, Bats & Anime

Hello all!

Halloween is drawing near and here I am behind on my nail art challenge...and also working overtime but enough about that!

So I have  recently completed watching seasons 1 and 2 of the anime, Rosario Vampire. There is still cute and funny bat that narrates the first season and I just thought that I had to paint it and as luck may have it that the challenge needed a monster XD

So here's Kou-chan the bat! 

The base is Australis Peek-a-boo which is a nice creme violet. The design was painted on with acrylic paint.

That's it for this week! Stay tuned for more!
Cheers!

Halloween Challenge

Elo all!

So this year I have decided to yet again join another Halloween Challenge! Although...I am a couple of posts late =S

Here are the manis for the first 2 days!

Day 1 - Pumpkins
Day 3 - Skulls & Bones
(Photos at the bottom of the post)

The pumpkin nail art is inspired by Eva @coewless (instagram) from Coewless Nail Polish Blog She does really mind blowing nail arts! Love her!

The skulls and bones design was something I've been waiting to try for a while now. The base is my favourite black polish from the Faceshop and the design is drawn with acrylic paint.

My HK Girl Top Coat became gooey so I used my Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat instead. There was some serious shrinkage going on but I'll leave that for another post.

That's it for this post!
Cheers!

#Nailartsep 28 - Animal Print

Hey nail art peeps!

It is the 1st of October and this post is late I know...kinda got confused over something. 

The last theme on @californails #nailartsep challenge is on the 31ST of September...which does not exist...

I thought there was a 31st until today turned out to be the 1st of October! XD 

Anyway, this is for the 28th of September and the theme is ANIMAL PRINT!

I seriously had a lot of fun making this mani.

Why?

Because all of the animal prints on this mani is from 5 different konad and bundle monster stamping plates! XD

What I have learnt from stamping with normal nail polish is that the patter will always come out very light. To make it look better, I coloured the patterns in like a little kid XD 

I think this is my best mani for the challenge! ^^

Regarding the ghostly 31st of September, I didn't paint anything in plaid but I'm wearing a plaid skirt!

I deem this acceptable!

@californails #nailartsep challenge 

COMPLETED! 

Look forward to the next challenge!

Bwhahahahhah!

Cheers!

^^

#Nailartsep 26 - Water colour/Water marbling

Me again! 

More of @californails #nailartsep challenge on Instagram!

For the 26th, the theme was water colour and there is a nail art technique to create a beautiful water colour effect on your nails which I tried out of course.

I did a trial run before painting the actual mani which ended in DISASTER.

Didn't get the chance to take a photo of it but you wouldn't want to see it anyway...you would go blind...*just kidding* XD

I followed this Youtube tute for the water colour effect!

Maybe you guys would get a better result than I did!

Getting back onto the challenge!

Since the water colour did not work I decided to do some water marbling =)

Like a lot of others, my first time water marbling was HORRIBLE!

This is probably my fourth or fifth time doing it and I think I've improved a lot.

I still need to find out how to get a nice pattern onto my nail though XD

Here's what I got.

I am obviously still in love with this polish but on the other hand, my choice of colours was seriously BAD! I don't think the colours gelled at all! The middle finger would be the best among the lot. 

That's it for this post!

More to come!
Cheers!

^^

#Nailartsep 22 - Nature

Hey guys...

I feel like *flip table*-ing on myself! 

I wrote on instagram that I would post this the day after challenge but no such thing...

I can't really recall why the mani is so bad, I know there were multiple things going wrong the day before thus the horrible effort nature mani. 

Yeah...so obviously I am still experimenting with the konad plates.

FYI! I received my parcel from Bundle Monster and am in LOVE with the patterns! ^^

I think among all the nails, the little finger looks the most presentable.

I wish that I could finish all my assignments so that I could concentrate on nail art but that's just me dreaming! Another 3 more weeks and another life challenge is waiting for me after that! Nail art will forever be my salvation from the hardships of life. Although, you can tell what kind of mood I'm in from the details of the mani! =P

Anywayz, I am 3 posts late with @californails #nailartsep challenge so I better get to blogging!

Cheers!

^^ 

#Nailartsep 16 - Fav. Flower

Hello all!

Today is Malaysia Day and I'm a Malaysian NOT in Malaysia...

Oh well!

So for @californails #nailartsep Day 16, the theme is my favorite flower. 

And what is my favorite flower?

It is...

A SUNFLOWER!

This................ISN'T 

my favorite mani and I have to say that I am so sad for my favorite flower for painting it so badly...=(

I used China Glaze Happy-Go-Lucky for the flowers with was sunny enough but it was really hard to tell where the petals ended. So, I used China Glaze Solar Power which is a darker gold shimmer polish to outline the petals which did not work so well. =(

It became worse when I added the gold stud...

I outlined the petals with black polish this the morning after just to see if this would look better. 

I could only do one nail since I had to rush for class. 

I do think that it looks so much better after the black outline was added.

I think the yellow only petals would work with acrylic which I wish I have but don't. ><

I guess that's it for this post! 

Can't wait to do the next theme!

Cheers!

^^

#Nailartsep 13 - Glitter

Another day, another mani.

So today's theme is glitter!

I'm not really a big fan of glitter especially since removing it is such a hassle.

I don't really like this mani...I was going for a simple look but I really wanted to play with the studs I just bought thus it came out like this.

Yeah...

I really like the stud gradient but as usual, nothing can stick on my nail.

I might consider using nail glue but I don't like what it does to the nail.

I've been using top coat to stick fimos, studs and rhinestones on.

The glitter is OPI Teenage Dream!

I haven't used this polish in so long...I remember the first time I ordered a set of OPI minis and it was the Katy Perry series!

I really want the Mariah Carey liquid sand series as well as the OPI neon generation set! 

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Can't wait to get them!!

That's it for this mani!

Cheers!

^^

#Nailartsep 04 - Gold & Teal

Hey nail art lovers!

Sorry this is a few days late but I swear I did it on the right day! 

^^

So as I've said in my previous post, I am currently attempting @californails Nail Art September Challenge on Instagram!

So for the 4th the month, the theme is Gold & Teal.

Frankly speaking, I had no idea what colour Teal is...and I don't I will be able to differentiate Teal from the green colours ><

Anyway, this is what I ended up with!

With my personality, if you said pink & green only then I would only used those colours which gives me a hell of a headache when coming up with designs. 

Which includes other aspects in life with similar situations.

However, I have learnt that it is not necessary to only use these two colours, as long as the main point of the design is of the two colours. 

So, breaking out of my insecurities little by little I used black and white polishes as well as gold and teal in the mani. 

Although, some people do not consider black and white colours.

I hope those with the same problem as I are able to improve.

Gambatte!

That's it for this post! 

I have another mani for the 7th which was 2 days ago.

Sorry for the untimeliness but I seriously assure you that I painted them on the right day!
If you don't believe me then check my instagram at @chronosz

Cheers!

^^

September...A Month of Challenges...Day 1

Hello all!
It is the 1st of September,

I am currently on Spring break,

Today is my mother's birthday,

and it is the first day of @californails #nailartsept challenge!

The first deems it is time for camo nails!

Camo is short for camouflage...if you didn't already know! XD

This is actually my first time attempting camo nails. 

I don't think it's the best but looks good to me! 

Look forward to more designs yeah!

I've got a really great swatch for you guys which I will upload tonight.

That's it for this post.

Cheers,

-Jing-