Check out tat thumb. My mortal enemy is the television controller - my nail keeps snagging in the button when I try to switch the TV off. And a part of the polish came off with it. Argh!


My nails are pretty long at the moment, they grow pretty fast. I think I may cut them shorter soon, but it all depends on what I plan to paint on my nails. There's two tests this coming week, I don't think I'll have the time to paint my nails in time for a post on Wednesday, so see you again next weekend!

Oh my goodness did that really happen? My tumblr jumped by almost 200 followers in a day! Thank you. Thank you for reading my blog, thank you for following/liking/reblogging my posts on tumblr, and thank you for liking my posts on instagram. Nothing beats emotional support, and you guys give me so much of it, regardless of whether I know you personally, or not. If you like what I do, tell a friend! I'd love to reach out to more people who are interested in nail art. Ask me questions, tag me on instagram with your own nail art - anything. Knowing that I'm part of this community, which includes you, just makes me feel so contented. And happy, of course.

And now, I shall return to studying for my tests. Once again, omgthankyou.

1. Take your old polish bottle and fill it with nail polish remover, or pure acetone.


2. Shake well and remove every single last bit of polish that's left in there. It doesn't take long, but be patient. You want a nice clean bottle.


3. Once you have your nice empty bottle, throw the polish remover away and replenish it with clean remover/acetone again.


Was inspired by pusheen, of course, and my right hand was just anything I felt like painting.

I said I'd blog twice a week, and BAM here's my midweek blog post. The tutorial was up on youtube since Monday, but I had to force myself to pace out the posts instead. So here it is!

1. Multi care base + top coat - Revlon (used as a base coat only)
2. WH0002 - Faceshop
3. All Fired Up - Sally Hansen
4. Pink (the label is gone! ): ) - Faceshop
5. Greenwich Village - OPI
6. Jade is the New Black - OPI
7. Sea Spray - China Glaze
8. Top coat - Seche Vite

And here's a close up of the brushes I used. On the left is an old makeup brush with a straight edge that I use for cuticle clean-up, and on the right is my nail art brush. And there's a sneak peak at what's currently on my nails - more pictures on Saturday!

Towards the end of the week, I took off the design and tried to recreate some album artwork from The Used. The pinky is based on In Love and Death, and the ring finger on Lies for Liars. The middle finger has the new logo for the band. Tried painting the other 3 albums, but they didn't turn out that well. It would've involved drawing a syringe, and a boy's face on my nails, and I am definitely not good enough to do those justice. So I just painted 3 fingers and left the other 7 blank heheh..

Yeah, I forgot to add shadows to the leaves on my thumb. I was just too happy with the design and covered everything with top coat before I realized the mistake. Hohoho. And here are some shots with the fabulous notebook:








Alright, this one's more of a full-grown sheep..

It's a good week in the nailitgood department. Things are going good. I have a dream that I haven't fully told anyone yet, but I remember something from one of my classes that said you would have a higher chance of fulfilling your dreams when you talk about them. Has to do with sealing the dream and wanting to follow through with what you tell others. Makes sense, really, hope I explained it right. So I'm sharing my dream with you.

My dream is to make The Nail it Good a legit business, with a blogshop that sells nail art materials, tools, and polishes that you won't be able to find elsewhere in Singapore. There's so much we don't see in stores, and my wish is to bring them to you. Of course, I also want to give manicures, and to do that professionally, I need a certificate to be a legit Nail Tech. Once in a while, when I get a new idea, or a new detail about this business, I add it to my notebook, or write it down in my phone. I'll have to collate everything and come up with a proper plan soon. And, I'll need to start working to getting income to make my dream a reality.

There's no real urgency in all of this though - I think it has to do with being a student with about 2 more years ahead of me. Feels like a long time, but I really should get started on this. I've been pretty set on this path for about a year now, and whatever small victories I earn just makes me feel so, so happy. For one, my daisy design got 1.7k notes on tumblr! Every time I give a manicure, I feel glad that someone trusts my ability.

I know I'm still young and naive, to think I can have my own business, but I'm trying it out regardless. What do you think?

I'm left handed, so the design on my left hand is usually not as perfect as I'd like it to be. This time though, I'm loving my left hand more. Looking back, I prolly should've kept to thinner lines, and filling up as much space as possible on my nail. The base colour is Deep Sea by MAC - a polish that I haven't used much of actually (though it's one of my sister's favourites).

The picture above was taken on Sunday, a day after I painted my nails. The ones after, I just took. Gosh my nails grow quick - that gap between polish and cuticle is starting to annoy me!