Exciting news and OPI My Private Jet

Sorry for the lack of posts.  I know I said I was going to try to keep up with my blog this time.  But the reason why I couldn't blog is because I was in Hawaii for 2 weeks. My boyfriend is stationed there so he bought be a ticket to visit him :) It was a fun, memorable trip especially since my sister and two of my really good friends, Lora and Ron came also.  But this trip to Hawaii was the most memorable because he proposed! :) I had no idea he was going to so I was totally surprised. Here are a few pictures my sister took.

So now that you know why I was mia the past few weeks, back to nails!  Here's OPI My Private Jet.  The flowers are from Konad image plate m82 and the color I used to stamp them is China Glaze Millennium.  

That's all for now. Til next time! :)

OPI Ski Teal We Drop

As I mentioned in previous posts, I still have pictures I'd like to share even though they're months old.  This is one I did a looonng time ago, I can't even remember when. I used OPI Ski Teal We Drop then used Konad image plates m37 for the flowers and m36 for the butterfly with China Glaze 2030 as my stamping polish :)

Zoya Harley

Three posts in a period of one week?? That must be a record for me! :P Here's Zoya Harley as my base color. Even though Harley has a bit of shimmer to it, I decided to add a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust for extra sparkle.  Next, I used Zoya Kelly to stamp the zebra pattern from Konad image plate m57.  I couldn't resist and added a large silver rhinestone to my ring fingers.  Although I love zebra print, black and white zebra print can sometimes be a little too bold for me.  These colors give it a softer look.

Quick update :)

I'm finally on spring break! .. sort of.  The school where I student teach has spring break this week but I still have to go to my classes at csulb and do homework.  I wish I could take a break from both at the same time.  This semester has been so busy, which is why I hardly ever blog.  Anyway, here are few pictures from MONTHs ago! :P 

Here's China Glaze Mummy May I?  No konad for this one ..

Here's Essie Sew Psyched, stamped with flowers from Konad plate m31 and white stamping polish.  I also added a small silver rhinestone.

For this one, I french tipped my nails using China Glaze Liquid Leather then used white stamping polish and konad plate m80 for the design.

That's all for now.  I'll try to post more pictures some time this week. If not, the next time I'll probably blog will be about a month from now when the semester ends!

China Glaze Flyin High

Im sure many of you know who Thriszha from Fab Your Nails is and how creative her nail art is.  Last year in April, she created a full nail design using a small pattern and stamping it twice.  I loved it so much, I had to try it myself.  Although I read her post about it in April, I didn’t do it til September.  When I did my nails, I remembered the pattern she used but not the color.  I didn’t realize til later that I used a similar color :P Anyway, here’s how mine turned out.

I used China Glaze Flyin High as my base color, China Glaze IX (a dark brown creme), konad plate m9 and small silver rhinestones.  And here's our picture from konad night.

China Glaze Recycle

Hello everyone! I'm finally back with another post :) I'm still trying to catch up so this one is a few months old.  I thought I was done posting the pictures from August but I found one more.  I used China Glaze Recycle as my base color and the flower from konad plate m60.  I also added silver rhinestones to the flowers.  I didn't realize how uneven my application was until I took this picture in sunlight.  And of course, our picture from konad night :)

Cupcake theme party = cupcake nails

I can't believe I let a month go by without blogging :(  It's still the same story .. busy with school.  Anyway, I'm back with a quick post.  I'm so far behind, I'm just now sharing nails I did the first week of September.  A really good friend of mine had a cupcake theme party for her daughter's first birthday.  I didn't have the konad plate with the cupcakes on it so my sister decided to look up cupcake nail art.  Her favorite one was Rina's cupcake nails so she decided to go with that.  I thought they were super cute too so I did it also :)  It was our first time attempting to freehand so we just did accent nails.  Sha used China Glaze Light as Air and Spontaneous and I used China Glaze Something Sweet and Orly Prince Charming.  I felt like it was incomplete so I used my Sally Hansen nail art pen to draw some hearts.  Here are the pictures .. Sha's is on the left and mine is on the right.

That's all I have for now.  The semester is coming to an end so I have finals very soon which means I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog til mid December.  But I'll try to post something during one of my study breaks.  Wish me luck!

Light as Air + Grape Pop

Last week I forgot to post a picture from our Konad night. Going clockwise, mine is at the top, Clare's (Konad), Sha's (freehand using nails polish), and Stef's (freehand using acrylic paint).

I still have some pictures I never posted so I'm probably going to just keep posting them in the order that I did them.  But if I participate in a challenge or do something related to the holidays I'll post them up right away.  Anyway, here's one I did in August.  I used China Glaze Light as Air as my base color, China Glaze Grape Pop for stamping and Konad image plate m78.  I really liked the way this one turned out but it's probably because purple is my favorite color! :) 

Here's our picture from Konad night. Going clockwise after my nail is Jess, Clare, Ria and Sha.  

That's all for now.  Hopefully in my next post I'll have some type of Halloween design on my nails :)

China Glaze Liquid Leather

The other week I joined Thriszha and Mae's black and white challenge.  This was my entry for the challenge.  I used China Glaze Liquid Leather, konad image plate m57, and white stamping polish.  I wanted each nail to look different so I stamped the flowers one at a time and randomly placed them on my nails.  

As usual, this is just a quick post to say hello and update since my last post was about two weeks ago :)

China Glaze Jitterbug

I didn't get to blog last week.  School's keeping me busy.  It's only been a month since the semester started but I already feel like I need a break.  I miss summer! :P Anyway, back in August I went to Vegas for a few days for my cousin's bachelorette party.  I wanted something that would match most of my outfits, which were mostly black, so I chose China Glaze Jitterbug.  I used a full nail design from plate m60 with black stamping polish.  I know it looks like I messed up on my middle finger but I actually messed up on my pinkie.  I started stamping at my thumb and tried to alternate the direction of the design but forgot to turn the image around when I got to my pinkie.  I didn't even realize it til a few days after I took the picture.

 

The picture below is from our second Konad night.  Not all the girls were able to go but the 3 of us still wanted to do our nails.  I haven't been taking note of the nail polishes they used.  Maybe I should start doing that.  But I'm not sure how accurate the colors look in the picture.  My sister, Sha, used her cell to take the picture because it has this auto and touch focus so it turned out better than the picture I took with my digital camera.

Okay, back to homework ...

China Glaze China Rouge

In my last post I said that I don't normally wear orange. Well, I don't normally wear red either. I usually like wearing purples, blues, teals, grays and black. But I thought I'd give it a try. Here's China Glaze China Rouge. I ended up liking it :) It's a nice shade of red .. not too bright and not too dark. I used white Konad stamping polish and image plate m75. I also practiced Konaddict's technique on how to get the mirror image of a design. Learn how to do it here.

I forgot to take a picture of both hands but this picture shows the mirror image of the original design. It wasn't too difficult to do. You just have to be fast. Has anyone else tried to do it?

Pretty Teal Flowers

This design was inspired by Deniz from Emerald Sparkled. I loved how she applied a dot of color underneath the stamped flower. A few weeks ago, I knew that I wanted to use China Glaze’s For Audrey and stamp with Sally Hansen’s Fairy Teal but didn’t know which Konad plate to use. After playing around with a few plates, I thought of the manicure Deniz did and tried it out. This is what I ended up with ...

Instead of stamping with Fairy Teal, I used it as the color of the flower and stamped with white (the flower is from plate m76). I also placed the flower at the corners of my nails rather than in the middle. It turned out to be one of my favorites! Thanks Deniz for the inspiration! I love your blog! :)

china glaze make an entrance

This is one of my favorite colors to wear ... it's china glaze make an entrance. I didn't want to cover up the color too much so I kept it pretty simple. I used the largest flower from image plate m57.

It's summer again!

I'm finally on summer break! I have had such a stressful semester and I'm glad it's over! Since my last post, I've only taken a few pictures but since I'm on break, I'll have more time to do my nails and post more pictures. Here's the very few that I have. They're not much, just simple designs that didn't require too much time.

I love this color! It was sold out in most MAC stores that I

checked and online but I found it at Nordstrom.

I guess I had a blue/purple phase going on...

This is how I did my nails for my friend's wedding.

The design was inspired by the dress I wore.

That's it for now :)

I'm back :)

Wow! Has it really been that long since I’ve blogged?! Even though I haven’t blogged during the past few months, I still did my nails … but I didn’t always take a picture. I have a few but it isn't much. I’m still really busy with school but I want to try to start blogging again. Anyway, just a quick post for now :)

black and white

A few days ago, I broke a nail and had to cut them pretty short. But even after cutting the nail that broke, I couldn't get it straight. So now the nail on my index finger on my left hand is different from the rest and it bothers me every time I look at it. Anyway, since I've been busy with school lately, I decided to do a pretty simple and quick design on my nails. I used China Glaze Liquid Leather, Konad white, m4 and a glitter art pen for the middle of the flowers. Sorry about the picture quality. I did my nails last night and took a picture by a lamp.

That's all for now. Hopefully I'll have time this weekend to do my nails. Have a great week :)

french tip nails

Last week I felt like doing some sort of french tip to my nails. This is what I ended up with ..

I first applied 3 thin coats of China Glaze Fairy Dust at the tips, then used Konad white and plate m9. It looked a bit plain so I added a black flower from plate m4. I still wasn't satisfied. I wanted color so I decided to start over and use Misa Dirty, Sexy, Money as my base with a layer or 2 of Fairy Dust on top. So basically, its the same design as the previous one .. just different colors. Much better :)

fun with konad

Here are some pictures of what we did to our nails since we got konad ...

This was my first time using konad. I used China Glaze Channelesque, Konad white, and m57.

This was Sha's first time using konad. She used China Glaze For Audrey, Konad black and white, and m36.

Sha: Orly Liquid Vinyl, Konad silver, and m64

Sha: Milani Golden Goddess, Konad black, and s6

Steph: China Glaze White on White, Konad black and purple, silver glitter, and m57

Steph: Orly Petit Four, Konad white, silver glitter and m9

Sha: Finger Paints Lavender Highlight, purple glitter (not sure what brand), konad white and m57

Steph: Misa Dirty, Sexy, Money, Konad white, and m9

Steph: China Glaze Make An Entrance, Konad white, silver glitter, and m4

Steph: China Glaze Shower Together, Konad white, and m25

That's it for now. I'll post a few more later :)