Cartoon Nails

Loves cartoon? everyone does. We spent our childhood watching cartoons and maybe still watching them now. My favorite Cartoon is Gumball. hmm.. gumbal... Well, maybe I will add it to my "what to paint next" list. Okay, so, my current nails is cartoon nails! Inspired by animated picture. My bf is a huge fans of cartoons. He likes adventure times a looot. Check out my adventure time nails. :)
But the inspiration is coming from cutepolish! My favorite nail artist on youtube. you can check out her channel and watch the tutorial.
And this is the result of what I made.

not so neat but at least I nailed it! yay!

This is very easy to try and I only use nail dotting tools and a small nail art brush. Just a little imagination and Im sure you can create it.
Please post on the comment below if you have requests about what nail design that I should do next. Thank you! XoXo <3

Choosing the Best Nail Shape

When it comes to "my manicure" time, I always wonder, should I change my nail shapes? or re-shaping it? or totally just cut it off. Sometimes long nails is easier to be broken. So many questions I ask to myself before start to do the manicure or paint my nails. 

Our nails are our best visiting card, therefore we must maintain them healthy and beautiful. However, it is not just the nail polish we use that makes the difference, but the shape of our nails too.

The other things is that I usually match my nails shape with the design that I am going to make. So its kind of confusing tho. But I rarely change my nails shape and it usually lasts for a long time until I get bored and change the shape again. Maybe just lil bit of re-shaping every week before I paint my nails again.

Long or short doesn't really matter, the thing is that we focus on the shape. Because if you have short nails, it will grow longer and the shape will remain the same. And I did some research and I came up with so many shapes that actually we can make and its still pretty and match any kind of nails design. 

So, I am gonna show you some nail shape trends that you can try. Hopefully you can discover the special nail shape that flatters you and makes you feel better. Forget about who wears it, just choose whats best for you. My current nails is square (as you can see on my latest post Houndstooth Nails) and before the square I tried the mountain shape -the pointy one- but it seems failed and turned out to be almond shape. 

Basically, there are four main types of nail shape, round, square, oval and pointed. Therefore, square nails look great on narrow, long fingers, while pointed nails flatter smaller hands and fingers. If you have short nails, opt for a round shape, while oval is universally flattering, but it mostly flatters wide, short fingers. If your nails have different shapes, square is the best. There is also another shape called squoval that works on short, wide fingers or big, long fingers. You should follow the natural line of your nails and keep them rather short, without edges if your hands and fingers are wider.

So, here is the pictures that I got from www.beautylish.com about nail shape. Please try and comment bellow what nail shape that you have now and what will you try later. Thank You.

XoXo <3

Houndstooth Nails

Yes! Its Houndstooth Nails. Inspired by houndstooth pattern. And everyone is crazy about it. 

According to the wikipedia, Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth or dog's tooth, is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, often in black and white, although other colours are used. A smaller scale version of the pattern can be referred to as puppytooth. (aww too cute..) Long time ago houndstooth was originally made on woven wool cloth and used by Scottish and they called it "The costume of Scotland"

Back in 1980's, designers like Chanel picked up houndstooth and put their own stamp on the fabric. Also other designers like Emporio Armani, Lous Vuitton and Moschino, they are all started using houndstooth too, which has subsequently made it to the shelves of non-haute stores. And now, not only famous designer use this pattern. You can find this in many stores like Topshop or Forever21. And why don't we make one based on nail polish. :p

I'm not that obsessed with this fashion trend, but I just think that it's gonna be cool if I make this as my nail design. :D lol okay, so in this post, I'm gonna show you how I did it and I hope you guys can try it too at home. I am sure that your friends is gonna freak out when they seeing your nails wearing this swag design.

And I am using Beautistyle and Revlon products. Same colors just like my last nail design, Chanel Nails.

Jump into the How I did it. 

First thing first..

Paint your nails white.

Add some stripes. I suggest not too much stripes. Just 2 or 3 lines for each nails.

Draw another white stripes accross the black one.

Draw small tooth on each black square.

And finally, finish it with small line in every square. just two small diagonal stripes each.

TA DA....!
Good luck and try to be neat. Be patient and have fun!

XoXo <3

Chanel Nails

 

Im sooo excited about this post. My latest obsession is Chanel. I was looking for Chanel flap bag and finally my mom bought me one in red. wohooo! okay, so because my hardcore obsession about that Chanel flap bag, then I had an idea to make Chanel Nails. Well, you know, I really like to make simple things, so I was just using black and white polish to nailed it. For the white I'm using Beautistyle Nail Polish in white. I don't know where to buy online, but its available on some department store here in Indonesia. And for the black, I'm using Black Lingerie by Revlon. 

Black and White is not that boring though...

Simply french and blocking color. Actually, I was going to make the sewing pattern from the bag itself, but I think it turns out to be like that.. Well, its not that easy.. small stripe and make a diamond pattern that crossing your black french.. I am not that pro. :)

So, it turns out to be like this... 

I leave my ring finger with black polish so I can draw the C's on it. If you want, you can draw all your nails same like your ring finger. Its all up to you because drawing on nails is fun! I think making C's is not that hard.. I have the examples picture. But maybe, this is where the ideas comes from. :D

And here we go.. The final look of my nails... and don't forget your Top Coat.

Yeah, that's the bag that my mom bought for me <3

hmm. I guess the final look is not that bad.

I really love the smell of Chanel No. 5!

Have fun on trying it! 

XoXo <3

Black Shatter Nail Polish / Crackle Nail Polish

Hi guys, so today I'm going to talk about shatter or crackle nail polish. I bought some like 2 years ago by OPI. but it dries and I'm kinda sad that all I can do is throw them away. I don't know what happen, maybe they are just expired or too long sitting in my nail polish box. Anyway, I just bought another one, The  Very Me Nail Graffiti with a black shade by Oriflame Cosmetics. and I did the research recently about how it works and how it looks when its dry. 
So, I'm using 3 light colors nail polish for the base. Because if you are going to wear the dark color for the coat, you need to make the color contrast, that's why you have to choose light color as the base. Then the crack pattern will pop. 

Products I used : left to right (Revlon Ocean Breeze, small OPI soft pink, unknown silver color, and Very Me in Black) 

I draw three straight lines on my nails. Easy breezy. Just calm down, and wipe the brush gently to make straight lines. No tools required for this. Actually you can just use one light color, but you know, it's just too mainstream. lol. So, I like to do something different. It's kinda give your nails 3D look though.. 

One thing you need to know before using this shatter product is that, this is only works if you only wear one coat. Do not over do it. Because if you do, it will just ruin the final looks. One coat at every nails and be quick! Do not double dip when you do on one nail. Make sure the nail polish stick enough on the brush for one nail, one application at a time. If you remember all that, I'm sure you're gonna nailed it. 

That's just a little bit messy, its okay, we'll clean it up later. :)

So, when I finished apply the shatter coat, I came up with one question. Should I apply another clear coat on? Okay. Then I was like.... why don't you just try it? A little experiment on your nails wont hurt.. Well, then this is the result. 

See! There is a huge different between the one with clear coat on and the one that don't. But well, its up to you then, if you like dove one, you shouldn't put the coat on. But, I prefer give my nails clear top coat. First, the clear top coat will make you design last and second, the crack on your nails will pop more and you know, catch the attention from people that see your nails.. :D

Here's my final look...

Good luck ! 

Xoxo! 

<3

Sour Gummy Candy Nails

sooo.. what is this week nail design?
Here we goo...
The Sour Gummy Candy Nails!!

yummy yummy.. 

Im tryin the ombre technique using a sponge. the colour I used are dark purple, cherry blossom, and orange. I also add some glitter nail polish on top as a coat. and.. it looks so yummy, looks like sour gummy candy.... :D

oh and by the way, I was tryin to shape my nails sharp because I wanted to make it like stiletto's nail, but then I think I need more time to grow my nails, because stilletto's nails only looks good when its longer... :)

Happy mani monday!

XoXo

Bumble Bee Nails

zzzz...zzz.zzzz..

Bumble Bee Nails!
omg omg.. i really looove it. I think the bee is just too cute.. I got no idea about the next design, but then I remember that I wanted to make this design like long ago. So, I tried and nailed it!
Happy Weekend! 
XoXo.. <3

I don't know why the pics are upside down... :|

^^