Mermaid Nails ♥

Finally!!! I found some time to upload my pictures..haha. For this set of nails, I used the patterns of scales (as you can see in my previous post) and did a silver outline and used mint green and pastel yellow as I want to achieve a softer look. For the rest of the nails, I sponged on the combination of the 2 colours and make it gradient/ombre on the white backgound. Then using glitter flake from China Glaze, I brushed the glitter at the tip of the gradient colour to make it resemble sea foam. I added the crystal, pearls and beads in a random fashion as I didn't want my sea foam to look rigid but gentle :) Hope you guys like this look! ♥

Practicing Time :)

Well, was practicing on fake nails today and decided to do patterns of mermaid/ fish scales and I went for a lighter tone palette such as mint green, light yellow and white. From the first picture below, I have painted one layer of white and let it dry before using acrylic black paint to outline the scales pattern. After which, I applied on the green and yellow nail polish colour.

As the color was still quite light, I applied a 2nd layer of colour and waited for it dry. Meanwhile, if you noticed a bit of 'bumps' for the colour applied and the surface appears alittle rough. Don't be afraid, you always have topcoat to smoothen it out. While drying, I used a silver glittery nail polish pen to go over the lines drawn.

So, after the lines drawn, wait for around 5minutes before applying the topcoat to prevent the colours from spilling over - waiting for 5minutes ensures that the colours are slightly dry. Then apply topcoat to smooth out the 'bumps'. For topcoat, I use Seche Vite dry fast top coat.

Ta-dah! Smoother-looking nails. But I'm not done yet, it's only halfway through. Will post up the pictures after I'm done! :)

Love Deco Nails Book! :)

I wanted to take some time off to spend making this book where I could collate all the pictures of the nails I have done and the steps I used to make them. So, it's like a manual to me :) I can even pen down sketches of the designs I have in mind that I want to attempt to create. Therefore, this book or collection of ideas is important to me. After I made it, I was satisfied with the look and just decided to blog about it, share my little happiness <3

China Glaze Cirque Du Soleil: It's A Trap-Eze!

Decided to give a try to this colour as the different combinations of coloured flakes looks fascinating. It has a white base and the mixture of flake sizes and colours makes it looks like there is an array of 'bubbles' on your fingernails. The nail polish is rather opaque after applying two coats and is able to last for about a week or slightly more. :)

Luxe Pink Glitter Nails

These nails are done as an experimentation for mixture of nail polish glitters, using pink Luxe Effects by Essie, silver glitter of the Face It series of Faceshop and a  nail polish with a larger pink flake by Etude House :) I did a gradient kind of glitter effect on my nails and I enjoy the combination of these three nail polishes as it adds the sparkle to my nails without the overall look being too overwhelmingly shiny..