NOTD: Cosmos Dots

While Typhoon Kiko's rains caused floods in the Metro and sent roaring winds and heavy rains, I was left inside the house with nary an idea on what to do. I decided to take my nail polishes out of their little closet and an idea suddenly hit me. I have to change my polish so when I go to the Goldilocks/Nuffnang awarding ceremony tomorrow, I have newly-painted nails. I liked the idea of wearing a dark nail polish now since I had on a very girly color last time. I put hot pink rhinestones on top of the single coat of the vodka on ice polish.

I decided to paint my nails using The Face Shop black polish. I like how dark the color is and that I only needed two coats and the finish is already glossy. Props to TFS for that. I then brushed a coat of Bobbie' Vodka on Ice (glittery gray) in the middle. I figured I would not be able to do it on all my right fingernails that I'll only have the middle fingernail designed with it. I then randomly put glittery gray dots on the other nails. Here are some pictures...




What do you think of my impromptu nails?

NOTD: Tropical Flower

I ordered rhinestones from Miss Nikki's Multiply Site (Pretty Nails) yesterday and my package was already waiting for me when I got home. Talk about fast and smooth transaction. I opened the package like a little kid and drooled (not really) at the site of the hundreds of rhinestones right before my very eyes. I could not wait to use 'em. I erased my watermelon nails and thought of practicing some designs, easy first...

I used some local nail polishes I picked up from a store the other day. The brand name is Bobbie. It's really cheap, it only cost Php35 (about $0.80) per bottle. They came out with some new colors and I picked out 10.
For today, I used two of the colors from the polish haul: Flower Girl and Tropical Punch. I used base coat and top coat from The Face Shop.

Here's how Flower Girl looks like on my nail after two coats. The finish of this polish is a little frosty and the polish looked streaky (the picture didn't capture it though, my camera is very forgiving hehehe).

I then applied five dots per nail using Tropical Punch with a crochet hook as I don't have a dotting tool yet. I waited until the polish looked tacky already and then connected the dots using the pointed tip of the orange stick. I could not find a pin that's why. (Tip: You can drag the dots towards the center so that it will give you quite a 3D effect.

I then put one turquoise rhinestone in the middle of the dragged dots (Tip: Wet a portion of a toothpick or an orange stick so that the rhinestone will stick to it effortlessly and then put in your desired position). Make sure that you push it down so that the rhinestone embellishment will last longer on your nails.

This design is pretty common especially in tutorials. My personal advice to you however is to make sure you always seal the cap of the nail polish tightly so that no air bubble can get in. I am now conjuring about thoughts on how to translate art into nails real soon.

Enjoy the pictures. Please feel free to coment. Have a great day everyone!!!

NOTD: Ladybug

My nails today are supposed to be "watermelon nails". I don't know what happened along the way but after I'm done with it, I think it looks more to me like a ladybug, hence the title. Well, let's get started. I used the bright pink (guava pink) and black and mistletoe green nail polish. I used a crochet hook as a dotting tool and it gave me pretty good dots, much better than using an orange stick I should say. I have fallen in-love with the nail polish corrector pencil that I got from Tamara's giveaway. I'd be broken-hearted if I'll use it up and not get a new one. I'll surely miss the convenience of erasing nail polish smudges on the sides without having to wrap teeny bit of cotton in an orange stick and dipping it in nail polish remover.

Here's how my nail looks like with the base and a single coat of the guava pink nail polish:

And here's a picture of my left hand with the nail polish and three coats of the nail polish:

And here's my nails with the guava pink polish and mistletoe green tip:

And here's the ladybug...

I won't mind if you think it looks like watermelon. LOL! It's what I was trying to come up with anyway. Maybe next time I'll make the black dots look pointed so it really looks more like seeds and not ladybug spots. Hmmmm!!!

I Need My Sweet Fix

I love sweets. I crave for anything sweet. This time however, I found a different kind of sweet fix. Tee hee! Head on over to this LINK to see what I am talking about. And here's a teaser:

Don't you love what you see? If yes, click the LINK this very minute...

Love At First Sight

I thought I'd give my nails some little pampering today and I got myself an algae wrap before the mani/pedi sesh. It took me several polish swatches before deciding on what to paint my nails. See I recently hauled a few more colors and this is where confusion starts, when you have too many to choose from. So, what I did was to choose the darkest one from among the swatches I made plus I am feeling a little nostalgic (think romantic dinner over red wine and scrumptous steak and candles and some mood music). What could be more apt to pair with nostalgia other than a polish that belongs to OPI's classic collection: Romeo and Joliet (yes, it's spelled that way). It's my first time to wear this color on my nails and voila, it's love at first application. The brush just glides on smoothly and the color so rich, dark and gorgeous. I used two coats of the polish and then topped it off with a coat of clear polish and here's how it looks. All dark and shiny! Well, this is the first time I am using OPI as I have been loyal to Orly, Christina Fitzgerald and Chanel for the longest time. I think OPI's going to be one of my favorites from this point on. I didn't take a picture of my toes but I got so inlove with the color that I decided to have matching colors on my toes and fingers. Pretty!