Nail art : Easter Eggs
Today’s nail art 
Happy Easter everyone!
Isn’t it cute? The colors make me so happy~ It took forever to do though. And this was actually my second attempt because I made the mistake of lying down on my hand while my nail polish was still wet the first time, so I had to redo everything from scratch T__T Even this second attempt isn’t that perfect because the electricity went out while I was doing my right hand and in my search for a flashlight, my middle finger hit the corner of the table so the nail polish design on that nail smudged a bit, grrrr. But I’m too lazy to redo it again so now I’m stuck with one ugly nail. But at least my left hand is pretty 
Nail Art tutorial : Tuxedo Nails
Nail art last week Saw this design on tumblr a few weeks ago and and decided to give it a try.
First I painted my nails using white nail polish:
Then added little bows using black nail polish and a nail striper:
A bit messy, but it’s the best I can do with my shaky hands. You can paint the bows by making a small “x” then filling them in.
Nail Art : Black and silver
It’s been a while since I last used nail art stickers. I thought I ran out, but I found some the other week and decided to play around with them again. For the dots and stripes, I used my new nail art pens from Sassy, which I absolutely love (I’ll make a separate post about them later).
Hope you like it!
Valentine’s day nail art tutorial : Hearts and Dots
This was my nail art for Valentine’s Day. All it took was two nail polish shades (red and light pink) and a bobby pin.
First I painted my nails with the light pink shade:
Then I drew some hearts using the tip of a bobby pin:
Nail Art : Halloween Marble
Happy Halloween! I miss the days when I used to look forward to this holiday because of the costumes and the candy. Ezra and I are too old for that now, which sucks because we loved dressing up. These days we normally spend Halloween visiting cemeteries to avoid the November 1 crowd.
Anyway, this is what my nails look like this week. Dry marble Halloween-inspired nails. Tutorial can be found HERE
Nail art tutorial : Dry marble nails
First attempt at dry marbling
I’ve always wanted marble nails, but water marbling just seems like such a messy process so I’ve been a bit hesitant to try it. Then, a couple months ago, I saw this tutorial on dry marbling. It sounds a lot less messier so I decided to give it a try. I wasn’t able to take that many pictures of my first attempt since I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out, so the following pictures were taken when I did my sister’s nails the next day.
To do this, you need the following:
Nail polish of your choice (2-3 colors will work best I think), a plastic bag (we used a ziplock bag) and some sort of stick to drag the colors together (you can use a toothpick or something, I just removed the cotton part of a q-tip)
So the first step would be to just pour some nail polish on to the plastic bag:
Spread it around a bit using the brush:
Don’t spread it too thin though. Or else you’ll have trouble peeling it off later.
Continue doing this for the other colors:
Nail art tutorial : Glittery pink and purple gradient nails
(I meant to write this entry ages ago but I kept putting it off until I eventually forgot about it. I only remembered when my friend, Camille, asked me to do some gradient nail art for her the other day.)
This was my nail art about a month ago. I basically recreated my midnight sky gradient nails using pinks and purple. In that entry I promised I’d post a tutorial on how I did my gradient nails, so here goes:
The colors I used: African Plum (Chic), Burgundy Frost (Chic), Pink Opal (Chic) and silver glitter polish (Del Sol).
First, I painted my nails using the African Plum shade:
Nail art : Glittery mint + plum tips
My nails from about a month ago. The glitter, mint and white nail polish are both from Etude House and the plum is from Chic. I used scotch tape to help me get those nice straight lines.
Nail art : Midnight sky (gradient)
My first attempt at gradient nails
I just realized that my last nail art post was over 3 months ago. I haven’t really had time to do anything fancy with my nails the past few months since I’ve been really busy with school stuff. Besides, I didn’t want to waste my time making beautiful nail art, only to ruin them a few days later while doing experiments for my thesis.
Anyway, I’ve had a bit more free time the past few weeks, so I’ve been able to play around with some of my nail stuff again.
This was my nail art a few weeks ago, around mid-July.
I love how they turned out. I wanted to use black and blue for this, but my black nail polish has dried up, so I used Ezra’s deep plum one. It’s really dark though, it looks black in the picture, doesn’t it? It can pass for black in person too if you don’t look too closely, especially if you apply more layers. I applied that one first, then added the blue nail polish on top, focusing on the tips. Then I used silver glitter nail polish on top of that to make it more sparkly.
I’m sorry I wasn’t able to take pictures after each step. This was my first attempt at gradient nails and I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out. I’ll be doing something similar to my nails again soon, I’ll make sure to take pictures of the process this time
Nail art : 1 UP mushroom (Super Mario Brothers)
This was inspired by Brinks’ green and white nails last week. I found them really cute so I decided to try them on myself. She suggested that I add the little mushroom heads on the thumb too
Thanks Ezra for taking the picture.
Sorry it’s so grainy, I forgot to lower the ISO.
Nail art tutorial : Black hearts, white dots
(Belated) Happy Valentine’s Day Nail art I designed for the occasion:
To do this, I first painted my nails black:
My black nail polish is starting to dry up. It’s not as shiny as it used to be T__T
Then I painted the tips pink:
For a cleaner line, I used scotch tape as a guide. It did the job, but it left a bunch of sticky residue on my nails after I peeled it off. I had to wash my hands a couple of times to get it off. To avoid this, maybe you could try sticking the tape on some fabric first before sticking them on your nails? (I dunno, I haven’t tried this either, I just thought it might work. I’ll try it next time I do something like this.)
Nail Art tutorial : Strawberry Nails
My nail art from way back in November. I never had the chance to upload it until now
I’ve been meaning to try something like this ever since I saw something similar posted on Tumblr. It was pretty simple to do, but I had a hard time with the dots (as usual).
Quick step-by-step guide on how I did this:
First I painted my nails red:
Then I stuck some French Manicure tip guide stickers (from Etude House) near the tips:
Nail art : Pink Bow + White Dots
I saw this video on youtube last week and decided to try it out:
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First I painted my nails black, and used my pink nail art pen to draw the bows:
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Then I added the details using my black nail art pen:
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Then used my white nail art pen to add the dots. I did two diagonal rows of white dots instead of scattering them all over my nails:
Ta-dah~ A bit messy but still cute in its own way XD
Nail art : Gummy pink
Nail art two weeks ago I still have this on right now, but some of the stickers have peeled off and its starting to chip.
Color which I concocted myself. I mixed a light shimmery pink color, red and white (all from Etude House), and I came up with this.
Then I used my new favorite set of stickers (from Etude House again). I really love the designs~
Then I added in black and white dots. Amie helped me dot my right hand, that’s why they’re neater than usual.
Nail art : Monochrome butterfly
First time I used these stickers from Etude House. They’re the only ones I don’t like so far. I mean the design’s okay, but they’re way too soft, so they rip easily. I had a hard time peeling them off the card because they kept folding in and sticking to themselves. When I try to unstick them, they rip or stretch. I wasted about 3 stickers doing this, tch~
Last week’s nail art : pink and purple
I was finally able to use my pink nail art pen
My fingers look so stubby when I cut my nails this short.
Starry Night : Nail art
As soon as I got the chance, I tried out the new nail polish and french manicure tip guide I got on my last visit to Etude House.
Nail art stuff. (I ended up not using the black nail art pen)
Pretty silver nails
Used my favorite nail stickers. They were the very first set I bought from Etude House
Lastly, I added black nail polish to the tips with the help of the french manicure guide.
I love the results, and it didn’t take that long to do. The silver nail polish is really pretty and the french manicure tip guide was easy to use.
Sakura nails
A few weeks ago I realized that I have a bottle of white nail polish and some nail stickers that I’ve never used before, so I decided to play around with them
White nails look good in the picture but I think they make my hands look too dark. (That’s Hyun Joong and Shin Ae in the background. I was watching We Got Married while waiting for my nails to dry, hehehe)
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Applied some pink nail polish on the tips. It took me forever because I have extremely shaky hands.
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All done!
I was finally able to use my pink sakura (?) stickers. They were one of the very first nail stickers I bought but I never had the chance to use them until now.
I liked how it turned out, but sadly they didn’t last very long. Kurt’s little sister saw my nails that night and she found the pink flowers so pretty she decided she wanted them for herself, so she peeled them off. She looked so cute doing it, so I let her. I only see her a few times a year anyway, hehe.
Goodbye pink sakura nails~
Etude-inspired nails
Pink and black nails
The other day, I trimmed my nails and painted them with pink nail polish. Yesterday, I spotted my makeup bag from Etude House and decided to recreate the pattern on my nails, just for fun.
I don’t really love how it turned out, but I’m too lazy to redo them. My sister has been teasing me about how my nails look like they have chicken pox T__T I think they look more like watermelon seeds.
Red nails for Ezra’s birthday
Was finally able to try out my new red nail polish, in time for Ezra’s birthday. I’ve always loved red nails <3
I used my black stars/flowers nail stickers again (first set I ever bought). I also used my black and white nail art pens. I’ve had the black pen for a while but I never got the chance to use it, I normally just use the white one.
I find that my hands always look so much fairer when I use red nail polish
Stars and flowers
All done! ^___^
Polka Dots and Flowers : Nail Art!
Finally found time yesterday to play with all the nail stuff I bought at Etude House earlier this week.
Weeeee~ Ain’t it purty?
I love how this looks, and it was extremely easy to do.
First, I applied my new dark purple nail polish. This took a while because Ezra kept insisting that she put the nail polish on me, and kept painting my entire finger instead of my nails. In the end I did it myself and just let her watch.
It’s not perfect, but it’ll do. I always have trouble applying nail polish because I have extremely shaky hands.
Then I took my nail stickers and just put a flower on each nail.
Ta-dah~
Ezra tried to redeem herself by volunteering to peel the stickers off the card for me. She ended up ripping the first flower in half T__T She decided to just watch me peel the stickers myself after that.
I felt like something was still missing, so I decided to add white dots on the tips of my nails:
Looks better, don’t cha think?
My dots still aren’t as round as I want them to be, but they’re fine if you don’t look too closely.
My last nail art lasted about two days before the first sticker started to peel off. This was probably because I only used a thin coat of the clear polish on top of it. A couple more peeled off as the days passed, but most of the stickers survived the week, so I’m satisfied.
This time I decided to put two layers of the clear nail polish on top. I hope it’ll last longer this way. It’s been two days and one petal has already peeled off and some of the nail polish on my right hand is starting to chip off, but I fixed it so it wouldn’t be too obvious. My left hand seems to be holding out pretty well though ^___^
EDIT: This lasted me for two weeks!! I couldn’t believe it. Of course there were some chipping on some nails, but I fixed them easily by reapplying nail polish on those areas. I also added another coat of clear polish on top of my nails after a week, which could be the reason they lasted for so long.
