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Chroma

2:51 AM

My nails have not been this short in forever... I've regained use of the top nubs of my fingertips huhuhu.

Yes so my left thumbnail broke badly from bowling some weeks back (no regrets), so now they're all short and neat. I think I'll round them for my next look. Wanted them square for now.

The base colour's one that I had for a while, but kinda forgot about it. It's OPI's Kermit Me to Speak, and the true colour looks nothing like how it looks from the bottle, where it looks way darker and more oil-slickish. I'm wearing 3 thin coats on each nail, and it's got a pretty rose gold to olive duochrome which I love. Most of the time, it just looks super pinkish in the sun.

Thankfully the formulation didn't cause any streaks, so it's a pretty forgiving polish. Some chromes tend to be so streaky and looks terrible unless you've got surgeon-stable hands, I swear. Definitely not a good idea to drink too much caffeine before painting on a chrome..

I have yet to buy a new set of acrylic paints, but I did buy a tube of white paint since that's the colour I use the most anyway. So I figured I'll use the paint. Used my thinnest brush and drew the lines in, top coat to seal and that's it!

Depending on how slowly my Sunday goes, I may change my nails tomorrow. Gotta start looking for new design ideas now..

Swirls

10:17 AM

Ayyyy it's been a while.

I had the idea for this look a couple of weeks back, and finally got around to painting them when I had a free moment.

Right now, it's been a week since I painted them and my left thumb nail has since broken a few times. This means I'm gonna have to cut all my nails short soon!

Not sure what I'll be painting next, and it's been a while since I've had short nails. I figured I might as well get them as short as they can go while I'm at it...

And that's it for now. Till next time!

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Minimal

12:37 AM

Let's cut to the chase! Here's the look:

The base looks like a jelly nude shade, but it isn't. It's Butter London's Foundation Base Coat that Wendy got me for my birthday last year (thanks!). It's meant to be used as a base coat that adds a little of colour, so you'd need less coats of your actual base colour to achieve its true shade. But here, I used 2 coats of it to give my nails a sheer, jelly look.

Then, I followed with a simple straight line down the middle. I grabbed my striping brush, held my breath, and painted them on. After that, a coat of Seche Vite seals everything nicely. I had initially planned to make it matte, but hey, someone's right about gloss lookin better.

I'm gonna miss this one when it chips!

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Valentine's

7:32 AM

Since the mirrored nails trend is dying down, I figured I'd try something a little different with this bunch of cellophane paper that I got from Daiso. The pack came with 7 pieces of cellophane of different colours, but the prettiest one was this shade of pink:

Also, I shamelessly went outside to take a picture of my nails against the side of my HDB flat. Yep.

Here's what the cellophane paper looks like:

This is how I did the look:

Cut the cellophane paper into thin strips. Make sure the width is wide enough to cover the tips of your nails, allowing a little of the cellophane to hang off the nail
Paint 1 layer of base coat, allow to dry, then paint another
Before the second layer dries, place the cellophane on the tip of the nail and apply pressure. Make sure there are no bubbles!
When the base coat has dried, paint a thin layer of top coat over the entire nail, including the cellophane. Allow to dry completely
File the excess cellophane that hangs off your nail using a file. Use a downward motion till the excess can be peeled off
When all your nails are done, seal the design with another layer of top coat, and make sure to paint the free edge of your nail to secure the cellophane in place.

And you're done!

Happy Valentine's <3

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Bouquet

4:34 AM

Ayyyy remember when I said I would limit my floral designs? Well I didn't listen to myself. Heh.

This one's inspired my a random image my sister sent me, but as always I ended up straying pretty far from the original image. I love the pinky of my right hand the most, should've done it on a larger nail. Darn.

And if you look reaaaal close, you can see where the polish chipped off on my index finger too.

The purpose of this manicure was to match the bridal bouquet, really. Thankfully, this bridal bouquet isn't actually mine. A dear friend of mine got married last Saturday, so obviously I did my nails to celebrate. It was such a magical, heartfelt, simple and to the point type of wedding. Loved every minute!

And this is the image you'd prolly have seen if you follow me on instagram. I think I'll be sticking to this look for my instagram nail art posts for a while yet, till something better comes into my head.

#tnigsg

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Hello, gorgeous

1:27 AM

This one's long overdue, I think it's been about a month since I actually painted this... Felicia and I have been talking about getting this look on her nails for the longest time, and we finally got it done!

It's based on a LUSH gift called Hello Gorgeous, and it's one of my favourite prints in the store. It's been a long time since I've done any designs that are LUSH related, so I'm pretty pleased I got the chance to do this one. Still need even finer brushes, I was struggling to get these lines any thinner.. Time to head to ebay.

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Finally, some floral

11:48 PM

So I have successfully stayed away from drawing florals for a really, really long time. At some point last year, flowers were the only thing I wanted to draw on them, and I was worried I'd become a one-trick pony. So after a really, really long fast, they're back!

Drawn on using acrylics, and I didn't clean my brush between switching colours so they would merge together a little more. The messier, the better. Also, the leaves have bits of blue mixed in to give it dimension (also because I'm running low on light green paint..).

I think I'll limit myself to about one floral manicure for every 5 other-design manicures. I hope that made sense. It did in my head.

Also I absolutely love the way my sister took a picture of my nails in the next shot.

Then, I couldn't resist doing this:

Hey, one can dream right?

Base coat: OPI's Original Nail Envy, Nail Strengthener

Base colour: Essie's Spin the Bottle

Florals: Acrylic paint

Top coat: Seche Vite

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