Lunar New Year 2012

Backlog January 22, 2012

Black and Gold

Backlog January 21, 2011

Erlin pointed this set out to me. It's pretty sophisticated and fun at the same time!

Original Inspiration from Cupcakes and Cashmere - Touch of Grey




Sam Sparro - Black and Gold (YouTube) ... Love this song~

so far behind..

Okay it's been almost a year since I've posted so I'll drop all of the photos of nails I've done in the next post or so. I'll just have to see how this goes :D

April 3, 2011: Coral Crackle


July 3, 2011: Patriotic Mani


August 3, 2011: Red Tigers


October 3, 2011: Graphite and Gold


October 11, 2011: Carnival Accent



December 15, 2011: Another set Disneyland nails

the best neutral shade ever

How I met the best neutral shade ever.
by Chellie

I was browsing Amazon for some konad plates that might be on the cheap (okay almost!) and I found some misc sellers that were selling OPI polishes for $3! of course it's too good to be true b/c each item's shipping cost was $3. But c'mon $6 for OPI polish! So I had to do some research while I browsed through the seller's shop b/c it's hard to tell with some photos, right? The color might be misrepresented or completely the wrong shade. But I came across Tickle My France-y and, as usual, I was sold on the name! A few blogs had done some nice polish reviews on it so I decided to take a chance.

And now I have it.. and I LOVE it! soft and pretty. *sigh*






polish: OPI Tickle My France-y (Le Collection de France)
fauxnad plate: bm08 (bundle monster plates on amazon) (review of bundle monster's plates from theshadesofu.com
konad polish: China Glaze 2030 (Khrome Collection)
extras: 5ss AB Crystal Swarovski flatback rhinestone

paisley-d out

backlog warning! lol~

As soon as my new konad plates had arrived I was dying to try the paisley design but I didn't know what to do with it that would be subtle enough for work. (I do occasionally get comments on how bright my nails can be :P) Then I'd ordered China Glaze 2030 and Devotion for the purpose of konading. LOVE them! Like all other polish blogs have said, the Khrome collection is perfect for konad. No lie. It looks so lovely!

I cheated a little with the base color. It's actually China Glaze Love Letters which is this really soft and transucent peach color. TOO translucent. I had to toss in some opaque white to the bottle to make the color wearable/noticeable/visible. But the color turned out nice.



polish: China Glaze Love Letters (plus some white to add opacity)
konad plate: m60
konad polish: China Glaze 2030

Star Ferried Laciness

I fell in love with this color when I saw it in the bottle. It might've been the sparkle that caught my eye. This is the first time I've worn the color and I LOOOOVE it even more! I decided to get crazy with my konad plates. Google returned some pretty awesome results for konad related image searches and I was inspired how creative some 'nad ladies have been.



polish: OPI Meet Me On The Star Ferry (Hong Kong Collection)
konad plate: m69 (for the fishnet & the lace)
konad polish: Konad Special Gold (+ some extra gold powder from Bare Escentuals) Konad Special Dark Purple

And as usual, Seche Vite makes everything smooth and lovely.

Monta Vista

My sisters went to a highschool where the school colors were purple and gold.



Color: OPI Louvre Me, Louvre Me Not

Konad Plate: M2 for the flower
Konad Color: Gold (with some extra gold eyeshadow from Bare Essentials added to intensify the gold color - idea from nevertoomuchglitter)