I've gotta say, I do love a good nail art sticker. Yumi bought me these Incoco nail art appliques from her trip to Japan, and I put one on right away. This one's called Desert Sunset. Silly as I am, I forgot that these wraps were printed using real polish. Usually, these wraps don't stay sticky for long after you open the sealed plastic that holds it. However, I was able to stick the wraps on even after it's been opened for 2 days. Lovely!

It's been 2 weeks since I've put them on, and they're holding up better than normal polish would. Because Incoco nail wraps are printed using nail polish, expect it to chip the same way polish usually would - starting from the free edge of the nail. Another perk of these wraps is that you can put your favourite fast-drying top coat on it for extra shine and long wear. Don't put a fast-drying top coat over nail stickers which aren't printed on polish though! There's a chance that the stickers will kinda 'dissolve' and leave it looking nothing like how it's supposed to.

Super please with the wearability of these wraps. Yea, my nails do grow out really quick so theres quite a large part of naked nail at the base of my cuticle, but heck. It's doing it's job super fine. Me likey. And now back to studying.

See you next week!

We did a floral design for her last year too, and we really, really had to make sure the base wasn't black (for auspicious reasons). Though it was pretty tempting to draw a black and white geometric design.. 


Second is Mel's lovely floral and sheep set. When she showed me the reference picture, I hadn't noticed that the white cloud shapes were actually sheep. They're so adorable!!!


DEM SHEEP.


And last but not least, is Cheryl's. She showed me a stunning design and I tried my best at replicating it, but ended up doing a lot of freestyle because the original design was too OP. It really was, but I'm glad Cheryl liked my translation of the design too.


Blue and white looks too good together. For this design I played with the opacity of the blues to give it more dimension, instead of making it look flat and nasty. 

When Jamie booked me for a manicure, and showed me this dress as a design reference, I knew it's going to be fun to replicate. 

And here's a closeup with natural lighting so you can see the colours better:


What dyou think?

1. Shape and prep your nail with base coat. 
2. Place a french tip guide near the top of your nail, leaving a little space away from the cuticles. 
3. Working on one nail at a time, paint the colours in. Don't worry if you paint over the stickers, because you'll need to remove them immediately after painting the colours.
4. Once the colour on top has dried, fill in the rest of the nail with a neutral colour

Heheeeee I got to do Shelley's nails again! This time it's in anticipation of Christmas, and it's made to match designs on a typical festive sweater. All colours were drawn using acrylic on OPI's Alpine Snow. Halfway through the design we both realised that sweater designs were a lot like aztec ones... Except for the odd reindeer bust. If you want to recreate the design, just have a steady breath and use white paint to make your star and lines sharper. You simply have to clean up your design and it'll be fine!

Aaaaand that's all for now. I'm going back to my Penny Dreadful and when I'm done for the season I'm going to wish I hadn't started because WHERE IS SEASON 2.