Nail Stickers This Time

Posted by girlie on July 17, 2011

Look! How do you like my nails? Did I make the nail art? Yes, it’s DIY but it’s nail stickers or what they call nail decals. I have kinda perfected the art of putting it on, as you can see it’s no longer messy compared to the first one I did. I guess you’d be seeing me with more nail decals since I have found the store where you can purchase it. The designs are just awesome that I want to use all of them.

Nail Stickers

Posted by girlie on June 28, 2011

I can’t wait to put them in my nails. I hope I’d be able to do a good job. It’s my first time using nail stickers of that kind and I guess I might use it frequently. There are a lot more designs, but I got those only, just for some sort of a trial. If it works well with my nails, then I might go and buy some more.

Dottey…Stripey =)

Posted by girlie on September 4, 2010

I was in my artsy fartsy mood yesterday and decided to do nail art. I have been postponing it for no reason at all. Well I gave my nails a week to breathe supposedly, but it reached more than a month. I had to move my lazy butt and do some nail art once again. That was what I came up with. I got the idea from someone on tumblr who did a compilation of different kinds of beautiful nail art.

I was debating whether or not to make it matte. Yeah matte would do since people are used to seeing glossy nails. I want to be different sometimes…oh make that most of the time.

Nails in Gradient Purple

Posted by girlie on May 19, 2010

Uh oh, my hands are not that dark, nor is it too ugly. Pardon me for the photo, I took it last night without flash so you’d see the gradient purple that I made. I watched a tutorial on youtube and I was so confident that I’d get it right away. But no! It took me 3 tries and having a room that smelled like solvent, no wonder I was high, heh! I had all the things needed, like sponge, eye makeup applicator, 3 shades of purple, the black and white nail art pen. I first painted my nails with the lightest shade, then using a sponge I dabbed 2 more shades the darker one and the darkest. At first I used the eye makeup applicator and it didn’t turn out good. I was forced to get one of my foundation sponges and used it to do the gradient effect. I didn’t intend to put some black flowers, but then it looked boring even if I was successful in creating the gradient look. You can go to youtube and follow some tutorials there on how to make nail art. I assure you, you’ll get addicted to it. DIY nail art is cheaper than having it done in specialty salons.

I <3 Watermelon

Posted by girlie on March 18, 2010

Since watermelon is my current favorite, I want to do something like that. I found that nail design while browsing the internet for cute nail art designs. Right now I did floral stamping on my nails and I guess I’ll let a week pass before I change into that watermelon nail art.

I will have that design on my nails for a longer period I think, and it is to remind me that all I gotta do is stuff my mouth with watermelon whenever I am hungry. That is what I am doing right now and it works.

Acetone Dispenser

Posted by girlie on March 15, 2010

I first saw this stuff when I went to a salon in Makati. I was too shy to ask where they bought it. I searched high and low, I didn’t find it. When my sister-in-law invited me to go with her to this hair and makeup competition at World Trade Center, that’s where I finally saw it. I was excited. I picked it up and was ready to purchase it when my SIL whispered, “Don’t buy it, I have an extra at home and will give it to you.” Dang, all this time she had it and she left me salivating, wanting to have it. Oh if you are not familiar with it, it’s an acetone dispenser. Not the usual dispenser though. You need not put the bottle upside down to be able to wet your cotton, all you need to do is press a bit and voila your cotton is already wet. I think I am already complete with my nail stuff, nothing to want anymore. Oopsie, I think I still need more nail polish.

Zebra Tips

Posted by girlie on February 2, 2010

The last time I had nail art was a month ago. A christmas(sy) one. Then I went plain because that kind of blue I had was too beautiful and I didn’t like to ruin it. Anyway, I saw this design in one of the live updates in Facebook. I said to myself, hhhmm I’m gonna copy it. Next time I will not use silver as the base, I should have stuck with french manicure then made some zebra lines on the tips.

Can You Tell?

Posted by girlie on September 24, 2009

Nah, I am not addicted at all! I just love to stare at them. Ahem! Seriously I just can’t get enough of bottles and bottles of nail polish. Good thing they are not really that expensive, they are dirt cheap! Most of them cost only P10 (20 cents), small bottles though but still. As you can see, I almost have all the colors. What’s next to it? Nail art of course! Yep I do my own nail art, a bit messy when it comes to my right fingers but I’m improving.

That’s my bluer than blue version. It’s a random design that I thought of, I wish I was more artistic and not copy designs from my nail art book. But meantime, lemme just be a copycat!