Sunday, July 15, 2012
Simple Floral
Does my photo look different today? :)
Some of my friends in PLOP were talking about nail polish clean up and going all the way to the cuticles or leaving a gap the other day, and I must say, I'm guilty of not doing clean up most of the time.
I am also guilty of painting all the way to the cuticles because gaps looks like grow-outs to me, especially those big gaps which I see online sometimes, and I am not a fan of grow-outs.
Anyway, the 'talk' made me guilty a little and I decided to do clean up today. I still painted all the way for the side my nails, but I left just a tiny bit of gap at the top. And I must say, it looks great in the picture! It almost looked professional *ahem* to me and I am loving it!
I also changed the background of my home-made lightbox from white to black. 'About time I think. I should had done this long ago. I'm not sure why my black doesn't look BLACK black, but still, it brings out the nail color so well!
For my mani today.. I didnt put much effort into it unfortunately. I had such a bad cold and my nose was dripping LITERALLY. I'm removing this now. Bye!
Polishes Used:
China Glaze Sea Spray
OPI Cajun Shrimp
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Jelly Sandwich
I just did my first Jelly Sandwich and I'm in love~! I need to get more jelly polishes to play around!
There are actually a total of 11 coats (including base & top) for this manicure but it doesn't feel thick at all! The key is to use really thin coats so they'll dry faster as well.
For this jelly sandwich today, I used 2 coats of OPI Cajun Shrimp, then 2 coats of OPI Save Me, then 2 coats of OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston, then 1 more coat of OPI Save Me, and 1 more coat of OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston.
Seems like a lot of work? It's actually not. The polishes used in this manicure are all really smooth and with the pro-wide brush, each layer only took 1 stroke so it's actually quite quick and easy to finish.
Simply love love love the result. Guy Meets Gal-veston actually managed to tone down the irritating silver glitter of Save Me but yet allow the bar glitters to shine. This is simply perfect! Much much better than I have imagined. Definitely going to try out more jelly combinations!
Polishes Used:
OPI Cajun Shrimp
OPI Save Me
OPI Guy Meets Gal-veston