I was looking for a little bit of calm before I went to sleep the other day, so I decided to paint my nails. I've got a bunch of polish I have yet to use on any design, so I decided to stay away from acrylic colours for this one. 

Both colours are Essie, the blue is Truth or Flare, and the gold is Good as Gold. 

The look is inspired by all the Japanese nail art I've been seeing on Instagram lately. Another plus point is that these will look good even when my nails grow out a little. But I'm already itching to paint a new look so I may remove this pretty soon.. Maybe I'll paint something to match my Baju Kurung instead. 

 

And here's a little close up:

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

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!

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:

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