OPI Liquid Sand Stay The Night Swatch

Hi everyone! 

I hope you're all having a great Father's Day! =)

3 coats under dim sunlight

My friend who is studying in Melbourne helped me get this bottle of OPI Liquid Sand Stay The Night from the Mariah Carey collection for AUD7!!! Can you believe the price?!?! I consider myself super lucky! =D 

2 coats under dim sunlight 

Stay The Night is a black based texture polish with red glitter which is absolutely beautiful! It reminds me of brimstone or something out of a fairy tale where the princess is trapped in a tower with a dragon and the prince has to come save her...wait a minute...I just described Sleeping Beauty when in fact I was thinking of Shrek...HAHAHAHA 

I read from another swatch that it resembled embers from a dying flames which it does! This polish is kind of patchy when applying because of the texture. I prefer 2 layers because it's lighter and more magical...I applied another layer the day after and it became more opaque but it was kinda dark? Not really magical? Completely depends on you guys how you want it to look. 

I got le boyfriend to snap a macro with his clip on lens. 

The shots above was taken when I also had 2 layers on. Can you see the grit and the glitter sticking out?? 

I've had my eyes of this polish since the release and I must say no regrets whatsoever! It's beautiful, it's textured and it removes easily! =) 

That's it for this post!
Cheers!

I Spy A Fingerprint!

Hey guys! 

(Source: teaser-trailer.com)

For the first time in forever~~~ I won tickets to a movie premiere!! Thanks to The Salad Show and Dan Khoo, me and my friends got the chance to watch 'Spy' staring Melissa Mccarthy, Jason Statham & Jude Law!

I was hooked on the movie after watching the trailer which was hilarious! The full movie is even better!! Trust me on this! XD 

For the event, i decided on fingerprint nails since it was a spy show and all...although fingerprints are leaning more towards detectives...no? 

Colours used :

Base coat - Essence Ultra Strong Nail Hardener 
White - OPI Alpine Snow 
Black - The Faceshop 
Red - OPI Big Apple Red 
Stamper - Faburnails
Design - Bundle Monster BM-414
Top Coat - Glisten & Glow HK Girl 

If you couldn't tell, the red represents blood. Hahaha! 

That's it for this post! 
Cheers!
I shall leave you with some photos of us from that night! 

Photo credits to Elle 

Me & Dan Khoo of Dan Khoo Productions

(After work tired face...gahhhh)

Elle with stars of The Salad Show

 Me & le boy! ♡

The movie is out in Malaysian cinemas TONIGHT! Go book your tickets now!!

Have An Easter Togepi!

Hi all! 

Happy Early Easter! I actually had the urge to paint pokemon since I haven't attempted it before and since Easter is coming...how about a cute egg pokemon?! 😆

Please welcome to the blog - Easter Togepi! 

I'm actually quite impressed with the overall result considering that I haven't painted free hand for a while. 

Colours Used :

Base | Gelist Clear Gel Base, Pa 
White | OPI
Other colours | Acrylic Paint 

I shall attempt to paint other pokemons soon! 

That's it for this post!
Cheers!

Happy Valentines Day! 💖

Happy Valentines Day everyone!
(Although it's already the day after Valentines in Malaysia) 

I did a simple mani this Valentines and stuck to pastel hearts. 

Love Love Kyuuuunnn! 

Colours used :

Base | OPI Alpine Snow
Pinks | Picture Polish Watermelon, Laval Pink, Essie Off The Shoulder, Essie Tart Deco
Red | OPI Big Apple Red

That's it for this post! 
Cheers!

Bubble Trees

Hey all! 

Here's the continuation of yesterday's mani! 

I call them bubble trees!! The best part is that I have a picture tutorial for you guys so you can paint them yourself! This is probably my first time making a tutorial so bear with the bad photos and instructions! Here we go! 

1. Use Christmas colours (or any colour you like) using the Nimbus Bubbles technique (tutorial on The Nailasauraus)
2. Overlap lightning nail vinyls (i'm using ones from Teismom) with the lightning facing out until it forms a tree shape
3. Cut off the excess at the top until it is pointed
4. Paint over the sides of the vinyls, making sure that you do not get any polish on the middle and the bottom of the nail as there will be exposed areas
5. Remove the vinyls and apply your favourite top coat (I'm using Glisten & Glow HK Girl)

That's it! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and I will see you soon! 

P/S: Don't forget to tag me @chronosz on instagram if you used the tutorial! 

Cheers! 

May You Have A Bubble Christmas!

Hey guys!

So I just finished Day 2 of Blogilates #Decemburn Calender! I have a love hate relationship with cardio...

Anyway! I decided to do something with my current mani but I shall leave it till tomorrow to show you guys that mani!

First, let me share my current mani. I tried out Nailasaurus's youtube tutorial on the nimbus bubbles technique. I definitely need more practice but practice makes perfect as they say.

Colours used:

White - OPI Alpine Snow
Red - OPI Big Apple Red
Green - Sally Hansen Emerald City

Look forward to the surprise tomorrow! 

Cheers!

RWBY

Hello all!

I'm not really feeling the other Halloween manis so here's another anime inspired mani instead!

I've been meaning to watch this anime for some time now since my bf was talking about it. It's an English animation with awesome battle scenes and although each episode is only 15 minutes long, it's freaking awesome!

So, this design was inspired by the monsters in the anime called grimm. I couldn't really get a clear image of them from the anime so i asked mr. Google. 

I found illustrations of the grimm on deviant art. 

I think this is quite good work considering I'm still a noob at acrylic paint. Check it out!

See you guys next time!
Cheers!

Wedding Dinner Nails

Hey guys!

So...I went for my cousin's wedding last night and of course I wouldn't go with naked nails!

Matching my dress which was red with black lace around the waist, I went for a nice simple design using Bundle Monster stamping plates.

(Photo at the bottom of the post)

I used Faceshop's black polish to stamp on a rose design onto OPI Big Apple Red.

My bf decided to call this mani Roselle. 😂

I still had to 'paint-by-numbers' cause the black polish doesn't come out opaque after being stamped. All in all still pretty!

Hope you like it!
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!

^^

Selamat Hari Merdeka!

Hey there! 
So today, the 31st of August is Malaysia's Independence Day!! 
Wooo Hooo!!
*cracked open a bottle of wine*

Anywayz! So this is my mani for this years MERDEKA!

Inspired by the Malaysian flag but was too lazy to draw the star properly...
There's also the problem that I can't draw the star for nuts! ><

I actually painted one last year but it seems that it's not on the blog?
If it is, I can't find it...
Here it is anyway! 

The star is the correct shape but still wrong FYI...
The only reason this years design looks nicer is because I took the time to use striping tape! 

This is how my nails looked with the tape on.

A lot of tape...I know...


Anywayz! That's it for this post!
Happy Birthday Malaysia! 

Cheers,
-Jing-

A different type of butterfly

Hey all! 

You guys have seen butterfly wing manis rite? 

If you haven't then go ask Mr. Google cause he know ALL! XD

I was getting quite bored of the normal type of butterfly wing manis.

Which I categorize as a colour as base (to your liking) with black polish to shape the wings and dots (preferably white) to pattern the wings. 

So I decided to experiment a bit and try something different.

Somehow or another the word "apple" came into mind thus the colours; yellow, red and black. Yellow for the filling, red for the skin and black for the seeds.

This is NOT how I envisioned it. 

It actually doesn't look like butterfly wings. 

FAILURE!

But failure is needed to succeed! 

Maybe a different colour combi would be better and I don't mean the mundane combi.

That's it for this post!

Cheers!

P/S: My middle finger nail on my left hand kinda split from the skin a bit so it hurts...won't be painting my nails until it heals.

Nyannnnnnnnnnn

Hello nail art lovers! 
I am back in Melbourne and have access to ALL my polishes now! XD 
What is the first nail art that I did? 
If the title didn't give it away then the mani will do the thick! =P

My friend actually challenged me to do this mani! 
Then I went all Barney Stinson and said, "Challenge Accepted!"
LOL

This was a really fun mani to paint although I did get the proportions wrong again ><
That's it for this mani! Technically this isn't the mani I started the semester with. I painted my favorite Green Apple Mint from Essie topped with Nubar's Black Polkadots! 

Happy Back to School/Uni/College! 
Cheers!
^^ 




Here's the video for fun!! 

Happy 4th of July...oops!

Hello everyone! 

Happy American Independence Day! =)

Happy 4th of July!!

Although it's already the 5th of July in Malaysia

=P

I managed to make due with the little amount of nail polish I have since my collection in still in Melbourne! 

Luckily for me that I happened to have the right-ish colours

Had to cut the tape strips myself thus the uneven stripes...

Might consider getting more tape...

Red, white and blue are the colours and so I delivered!

Have a great day everyone!

Hope you enjoy time with you families watching fireworks light up the sky! 

Cheers!

^^

BANANA!!!!!!!

Could anyone guess what the post is about from the title only? 

Well if you couldn't guess then I'll just have to tell you now won't I!

DESPICABLE ME 2 

(Photo credits to Nuffnang.com)

Can't wait to see this movie! 

I love cartoons A LOT! 

I've been meaning to do this mani since the first movie but you know how lazy I am =P

Well since the second movie is coming out...MIGHT AS WELL!

MINIONS MANI!!!

Pssstttt! Did you notice the evil minion hiding in the crowd?

You did?! Hahahaha I seriously did not know about the evil minion till 2 days ago and thought I should paint it too! XD

It loves bananas as much as the next minion! ^^

That's it for this mani! 

Cheers!

^^

BANANA!!!!!!

3D Dots

Hello all!

Wonder when the last time blogged was? I thought I would mix it up a bit and put everything on the left! XD 

Anywayz, I saw this cool mani on @slacquerr on instagram and tried it out for myself! 

She called them 3D Dots so I shall just go with it! XD 

It looks nice yeah? Feel like experimenting with it a little.

Hopefully it turns out well! ^^

If any of you want to paint this, it's really simple!

1. Paint a base colour of your choice.

2. Use your dotting tool to make blacks dots.

3. Use the same size dotting tool to dot white onto the black dots at an angle, leaving a little of the black dot visible. (This creates a 3D effect)

4. Finally, top it off with a top coat of your choosing! (I like Seche Vite FYI) 

And that's how you do it! 

Hope you guys will have fun with this mani as I did! 

Cheers! 

^^

P/S: I really like how this post came out...I might stick to this format! XD 

Ironman 3

Hey all!! 

So I FINALLY watched Ironman 3!

Sometime last....Friday? 

Anyway...If you know me like I do, I paint my nails based on events.

So...here's an event and here're my nails! XD

Ironman is hard to paint...=.=...

Not complex but...it's IRONMAN!

I was too lazy to paint anything else but his face...

After painting the crosses, it kinda reminded me of X-Men...

Now what does this mean!!!

I'm just being weird...as usual.

I've got tons of assignments lately and blogging has been kinda urghhhh for me lately.

Even painting my nails is hard since nothing seems good enough and I end up wiping them off right after I paint them! >< 

I so need inspiration!!

Give me inspiration!

Pleaseeeeeeee with sprinkles and a cherry on top XD

Ok!

Enough with the weird!
Cheers!

Catch you guys lataaaaaaa!

^^

A not so white mani for the White Night!

Hey guys!

Apparently yesterday, February 23, 2013 was Melbourne's first Nuit Blanche a.k.a White Night!! 

I totally did not know it existed and probably wouldn't have known that it was going on if I didn't have plans to yum cha with my friend. 

Melbourne CBD is CROWDED!!!

and I mean 

CROWDED!!!!

I have never seen so many people in the city before! 

It felt like the Connaught Pasar Malam cause it was so packed.

=P

My NOTD yesterday.

I thought I would try the Burberry design!
It turned out really messy in the end ><

Darn it! 

Back to White Night!

Here are some pics! 

^^

There were laser shows on a lot of old buildings! 

It was so awesome!! 

XD

Cheers!!

^^

X'Mas '12 - Prezzies

Hey nail art lovers! ^^

Are you all done with your Christmas shopping yet?

I bet you aren't!! =P

Do you wrap your presents in bright green wrapping paper and tie it with a bright red ribbon? Maybe some of you do and some of you don't. 

Christmas colours are definitely red and green to me. 

Classic never gets old. How ironic.

Here's my Prezzie mani.

I really like this mani! 

I wish I would get a Christmas present wrapped like this XD

Wouldn't it be awesome?! 

Somehow...these days...I've been thinking of doing manis for other people but so far I've only done manis for friends and family. The main reason I don't what to do it to strangers is because I usually take a long time to paint depending on the design. Wouldn't it be so embarrassing to make your customer sit for like 4 hours straight while I paint her nails? Doing my own nails is one thing since I actually enjoy it but sitting down and doing nothing is just frustrating >< 

Sorry about the small rant peeps.

Needed the let out! 

^^

Happy Holidays All!

Cheers!

^^

P/S: Just in case you guys didn't know, I started making accessories and are selling them on etsy.com. XD If you haven't heard of etsy well I suggest you go to www.etsy.com right NOW! =D

Here's one my best sellers!

Antique Silver Infinity Pluggy w/o Chain

One of my buyers told me that she bought this for her best friend as a Christmas present!

I was so happy when she shared it with me though the reason she started a convo with me in the first place was because her package hadn't arrived yet. In the end, the package was at the post office waiting to be collected =P 

If you guys haven't found a present yet for anyone.

If anyone at all, then how about this?

It makes me happy when you guys and everyone else out there likes my nail art designs and the accessories that I make!

^^

| Click the link below to go to my shop on etsy |

CRAccessories

X'Mas '12 - A Sweet Candy Cane Christmas

What pops into your head when someone says Christmas?

Presents?

Toys?

Santa?

How about candy canes!!

Christmas is just not complete unless you have had a candy cane! 

I remember this one Christmas when my aunt brought home a gigantic candy cane for me and it took me months to finish it! MONTHS!! It was THAT big >< 

Here's a candy cane mani that's a bit too big! 

^^

Not sure if you guys can tell from the pics but I used wayyyyyyy too many layers of polish for this mani although it looks like a pretty normal french mani...it has 15 layers of polish ><

Why 15?

It's because I was really excited on trying out the jelly mani thing since I got a set of OPI mini NYC Ballet Petites and it ended up like that...

In the end, I could actually peel them off my nail completely intact as it was!

=P

I forgot to take a pic of them tho ><

Oh well!

So as a reminder to you! Go get some candy canes and share them around!

Cheers!

^^

X'Mas '12 - A very Domo Christmas

Jingle bells~ Jingle bells~

Elo!! 

It's sounds like it's going to be a very merry Christmas!

You know why?

Because for the first time in my life, I'm going out for Christmas dinner with my boyfriend and friends! though it's a few days earlier 

Speak of the devil! 

I got the inspiration for this X'Mas mani from one of the girlfriends I'll be having dinner with! XD

You see rite...she was wearing this Domo t-shirt when we went out a while back then I kept staring at it for some reason then it finally hit me!! I should paint Domo Christmas nails!! XD 

So that's how this mani came to be! =D

Kinda failed on the floppy Christmas hats tho >< 

Oh well!! Domo is still Domo in the end and he is excited for X'Mas!! 

Cheers!

^^

P/S: Don't forget to follow me on instagram if you have it!!

@chronosz