Sleepy~~

This is one of the manis on my 'to-do list' =D

I really wanted to do this mani because i like the 

sleeping Zzzz you always see in cartoons! XD

As for inspiration, I googled of course! ^^

This is my inspiration~~

And here are my nails!! 

A sleepy girl and flower wallpaper

I painted dark blue flowers at first but it didn't seem right to me 

so I painted white highlights onto them! XD

My friend says it looks like pajamas =P

A closer look at the girl!

I really enjoy drawing cartoons now! =)

Check one of the to-do list! XD

Cheers!

Watermelon anyone?

There was watermelon at home so I guess I got kinda inspired =P

I haven't tried watermelon nails before so I experimented a bit =)

I'm starting to really like taking my nails from this angle!

This was my first design...the fimos didn't stick well >< 

Some fell out when I was asleep and I had to stick others on to replace them =(

The seeds were a challenge for me since blacks didn't really look like seeds...

I didn't know where to position them either =S

All in all it came out well XD

I took this right after I painted them...

Not so clear when I take the photo under my table lamp =(

This is under sunlight...

As usual my right hand has posing issues! >=/

This the second design I did...I think the plain watermelon skin nails are nice...

but the sliced watermelon design looks kinda weird to me =S

This is it for this post!

Tell me which design you prefer! XD

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 10 - Santa & Rudolf

Hey everyone!

Haven't been posting much since it was family time during the new year hols! ^^

This is the last 2 on the 12 Days of X'Mas Manis Challenge list!
Since Christmas is looooooonnnnnngggggg over...I thought I'd combine these 2! =)

 This is a vertical view of santa =)

I got the idea for the reindeers from The Nailasaurus Reindeer X'Mas Mani...I think a lot of people did! XD

That's it for the 12 Days of X'Mas Mani Challenge!

I had so much fun doing it! XD

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 09 - A Christmas Story

Hi All! XD 

If you were checking the 12 Days of X'Mas checklist you'd know that the next mani on the list is 'A Christmas Story'!

I didn't really know what it meant by 'A Christmas Story' and when I goggled it, this popped out...

I haven't watch this movie before so I had no idea what to paint for this mani =(

So I just mixed and matched colours! =)

Green Crackle over Bright Yellow!! XD

I absolutely LOVE this combo!! 

The lighting was so nice here! =)

Close up on my thumb! 

I wish my thumb nail would grow faster! >< 

Christmas is a long word...=(

The next mani is the last for Christmas...or is it...>=D

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 08 - A Christmas Carol

In my previous post, I mentioned that I had already painted 

'Dickens Christmas Carol' themed nails.

HERE THEY ARE! ^^

I got the inspiration from the 2009 Disney's A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey!

I think the Ghost of Christmas Future is wrong though..=(

Looks more like Assassin Creed to me ><

I tried my best. Nothing else to be done. =)

Cheers!

& Happy Holidays!

X'Mas Mani 07 - Snow Love

I know I've been slow with updates...><"

I was having a Boys Over Flowers marathon! =P

Anywayz...my friend Huey Shan...do you guys remember her?

She was in my first post!

Yeah! This girl! XD

She had a X'Mas Eve wedding to attend and asked me to paint her nails for her! ^^

After a bit of googling we decided on snowflakes and snowmen! =)

She took this photo while I was painting her nails! 

Great composition! =)

Finished product! 

Snowflakes and...

Snowmen!! 

My hand shook when I was painting the thumb so it ended up being a vampire snowman! =P

I had fun painting the snowmen for her so I picked snowmen for the next design! ^^

Ignore my awful cuticles please >< 

I've been looking for a good brand of cuticle oil...

This photo was taken under my reading lamp...

I'll upload a better photo tomorrow...

I just really wanted to make it for Christmas XD

Snow people in love =) 

Didn't really know how to draw a female snow person though =S

Till the next design!


Merry Christmas All! 

Cheers!


P/S: Here's the clearer photo I was talking about earlier! =)

This was taken in sunlight!


Oh! Here's a close up on the middle finger design! =)

Can someone recommend a good brand of cuticle oil?
Uber need it as you can see ><


Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 06 - The Grinch

Ok Ok! Back to X'Mas Manis!

If you checked my 12 Days of X'Mas Mani's Checklist 

then you'd know that the next mani is...

THE GRINCH!

I didn't want to leave any nails blank so I incorporated some of the Jim Carrey's How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie!

There's Cindy Lou Who, The Grinch of course, the x'mas lights Betty Lou Who was hanging on her house and the x'mas tree from when the Grinch was trying to steal it from Cindy's house! ^^

I also tried out Jane from Nailside's Abstract Tree design! XD

Do check her blog out! She's got really cool designs and tutorials! ^^

Here's a closer look at the design!

Cindy Lou's ribbon smudged =(

Here's a closer look at The Grinch!

Please ignore my horrendous cuticle...=(

The Grinch came out pretty well! 

I think this is the most intricate design I've done so far! =)

Quite proud of myself at the moment! ^^

See you at the next mani!

Cheers!

P/S: Should I list the colours that I've used after each mani? What do you think?

Happy Winter Solstice

Hi Everyone! I know I'm kinda slow with updates now but at least I'm still updating! =P

Anywayz...today is the WINTER SOLSTICE!!!

As a chinese we celebrate today with dinner with family and tong yuen!! =)

As you all know by now that I like painting my nails according to occasion so...

Ta-da!!! I got the inspiration by the bowls we used for the tong yuen! =)

Oh! You're all probably wondering what 'tong yuen' is rite!! XD

Literally translated it would be...sugar round?...my mum says sugar balls tho =P

This is tong yuen!! XD Uber yummy~~

And here's the mani that goes with it!

As usual my right hand has posing issues

I tried painting tong yuen but it didn't come out so well ><

I had fun with this mani so...NO REGRETS! XD

This is my fav photo among it all! =)

Happy Winter Solstice everyone! 

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 05 - Merry Christmas Jack

FINALLY!! 

Nightmare Before Christmas X'Mas Mani!!

After I finished the mani I was staring at my nails thinking,

"Hmmmmm....they don't look like Jack AT ALL" 

><"

Guess my square-ish nails can't bring out the round-ness of Jacks head! =P

I got the inspiration from a post from tumblr...

Jack Skellington cupcakes? They look like cookies too...=S

They looked really cute!!! =D

Whatever it may be! I have no regrets! =)

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 03 - Hot X'Tree

I got invites to Hot Magazine's Christmas party held at Porto Romano!

As you can see from my previous posts that I like to paint my nails according to the event so....

Christmas Tree!!! 

with a side of ornaments and candy canes =D

I got the idea from the poster!

The tree was so cute I couldn't resist!! 

Well this also counts as one of the 12 Days of X'Mas Manis! 

Crossing it off the list! 

Christmas Tree

Till the next design! 

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 02 - Sweet Candy Canes

Welcome back to X'Mas Manis!

This time I decided on candy canes!

I wish I had one now...

As you can see I did some water marbling for this design!

This is the second time I've attempted water marbling 

and am quite proud of myself right now =)

I got the idea after a friend of mine posted 

a tutorial by cutepolish on my facebook!

I thought candy canes were the perfect excuse to do it 

but it didn't come out as I wanted but still AWESOME! XD

I painted a coat of OPI's Alpine Snow on all my nails beforehand.

I used Sally Hansen's Emerald Green and Elianto's Chili Red to do the marbling.

For the other nails, I painted a coat of Sasatine's G683 for the x'mas glitter! 

Then I painted the stripes using the same colours for the marbling!

I had to do the marbling a few times before I got a pattern I liked! 

Marbling is hard...I guess that means I need more practice! =P

What design shall I attempt next?

Keep following and find out!

Cheers!

X'Mas Mani 01 - Snowflakes & GIfts

I did this mani before I found the challenge!
It fits perfectly for 2 of the manis! =)

Sorry it's so dark >< 

I drew white snowflakes on my thumb and fourth finger nail

and golden ribbons on the rest! =)

Colours Used:

Red - Elianto Chili Red 

White - OPI Alpine Snow

Glitter - Sasatine G683

Gold glitter - Etude house BR304

There'll be another post at 12.01AM tomorrow!

Look out for it!

Cheers!

School Nails 2

OK! I gave a preview so here's the full image! =)

Colours Used:

Black - The Faceshop BK901

White - OPI Alpine Snow

Silver - China Glaze Millennium

Red - Elianto Chili Red

Yellow - China Glaze Happy Go Lucky

Brown - OPI Over the Taupe

Blue - Sasatine Q22

Green (thumb) - Sally Hansen Emerald City

I know the pencils are super fugly! >< 

I guess I should have left it as a plain yellow pencil...

I like the scribbles under the pens!! 

The chalkboard (thumb) came out pretty well too! =)

ITTV is the product I'm promoting at my part-time job now FYI

You can check them out on their facebook page.

Keep checking for more designs!
I'm on a design streak!! XD

Cheers!

School & Work

OK So I've got work tomorrow so I decided to do school themed nails!

Left Hand

Colours Used:

Base - OPI Alpine Snow

Blue - Color Combos CBL101

Red - Elianto Chili Red

Black - OPI I Only Date Werewolves

I saw this design in tumblr a few times and I've always wanted to try it out so I finally have a reason to! XD 

Right Hand

Colours Used:

Base - OPI Alpine Snow

Blue stripes - Color Combos CBL101

Red - Elianto Chili Red

Blue Splats - Sasatine Q22

I was kinda lazy to do my right hand so I just opted for ink splats!

The nails on my right hand broke so please forgive the uneven nails...

I'm really bad at taking photos with my left hand too so please forgive the quality of the photo too! ><

Well...I can check this off the To-Do List! XD

Cheers!