diy nails

me nails for his friend's wedding dinner last sunday. (:

lasted till today and it looks as good as new!

no retouching of top coats,

but a few of the silver pearls came off (expected).

red: opi's alice in wonderland - off with her red!

pink: orly's sweet collection - cotton candy

trial. (:

thanks to lihui, for letting me try it out. it was a great boost in confidence, although i think i was lousy in many ways. :p

the french looked pretty decent from a distance. lol! i hope it'll last at least a week or so?

base: baby doll pink from school

tip: opi alphine snow

glitter: just nails glitter

nail art 1c & 1d

the table in school. (:

nail art 1c (tear drop shape & grain shape), nail art 1d (3 tone tear shape & grain shape)

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nail art 1c:-

we had a japanese teacher for nail art 1c. (:

free hand drawn 5 petal flowers with different shapes (tear drop, grain, sakura, tulip & leaf).

the flower with the black base has been "altered" by the sinseh, that explains the roundness of the petals and the nicely shaped leaves. :p

purple based was done by yours truly and as you can see, the leaves were very half heartedly painted lo.

nail art 1d:-

this lesson was taught by one of the higher authorities aka joe chua. his requirements were much higher and i knew i did not exhibit enough enthusiasm for the class. boo. partly is cause i feel such drawing is so not my forte.

nevertheless, i did tried, or rather, put in effort to control. (:

we took an hour to draw the one in dark pink. ): i am so utterly untalented in drawing on such a tiny canvas. sigh!

i shall take the effort to polish up my skills in the control of the tiny brush!

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on a lighter note, i got my estessimo tins polishes!!!!! ♥

i usually get my stuff from regine at dollupnails. (: she has superb service (emails are replied within 24hours) and of stuff to choose from!

am going to remove my minnie mouse nails and swatch the polishes on later! *excited*!

nail art 1a & 1b

click to enlarge! (:

the past 2 lessons were on nail art. finally we're out of the basics and it's time for some art that we see on magazines. (:

we had to do a french that's curved on one side. and being me (i think it's occupation hazard), my line is straight! lol! creative french is together with the pasting of blings.

next up was checkereds. we took a long time in drawing the lines, making it thick and straight is no easy feat. especially with wobbly hands. but the lucky thing is, it does get better with more practice! (:

the lesson yesterday was slightly more demanding, with us learning 7 different ways to create nail arts.

1. dotting

dotting was of no major issues to most of us, even amateurs like me! just grab a nail art pen, squeeze and viola! we were to dot dots from big to small and five petal flowers.

2. outlining tear drop shape

the assignment was to control the nail art pen, outline & fill it with colour. (: a tear drop shape may seem simple, but to get it really rounded and with sharp edges, it takes more than just creativity.

3. round shape

cherries! (: there was a one time crazy over nail art of this design, and that was during my uni days. one of the cozycot pioneers had hers done, and everyone of us were ooo-ing and ahhh-ing over it. uber sweetness for any occasion. i did one in white base, but i think i left it in school (aka gone for good).

4. heart shape

the teacher was amazed by the whole class, cause this was like the only shape we had to draw and no one seems to have any difficulty with. lol! eva commented that we must have written too many love letters. :p

5. ribbons

my ribbon looked like a dragon fly loh. so sad. i think i need to go search for ribbon prints and improve.

*ps: i forgot to take a photo of it. anyway, it's too ugly.

6. animal preeeeens!

a - leopard

leopard prints were the easiest of the lot. (it's even easier than heart shape!) with a nice base colour, just use another colour and dap, outline and it's done. no hard and fast rules. (:

b - zebra

i gave up on this one. lol!

this is the one done by the teacher.

just compare and you'll know why i gave up.

to quote the teacher:

"this is painting 2 colours with one and creating edges on both colours

AND! making sure the colours are parallel".

CHIM!

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anyway, i tried minnie mouse french on my left hand. (: love it! i've always thought dotting was haphazardly done but compare the last 2 fingers (anyhow done) and the middle finger to thumb. look carefully, and you'll notice the difference. (:

mock pedi additional

photos of the pedicure i did on francine.

i requested her to take photos to keep as record and vice versa.

the french, like i said, was a goner. lol!

the big toe shows absolutely no sign of the required smile line. )':

*both feet*

*left toes red with the nail art*

done with approved OPI's O'Hare & Nails Look Great

*right toes with french and nail art*

see what i mean? sigh!

done with pink base from school (starting to love this colour) and alphine snow from OPI.

anyway, francine was nice enough to take off the ugly french and go red on her right toes.

thanks for the encouragement! (:

it meant a lot!

mock pedicure

*click to enlarge! (: *

we had the mock practical exam yesterday on pedicure.

since pedicure is not examinable (well, officially),

we had to complete one lesson in class and this will constitute 10 marks for the manicure cert.

my french still needs tons of polishing (literally, pun intended) up. ):

but one tiny thing that i'm very happy about,

i managed to finish everything within the stipulated 60 mins.

(but it could be that we have not much cuticles to push. :p)

at least something to salvage the depression my french is causing me.

PLUS!

me and my permanent partner got praised (just a tinee whinee bit)

that our self practice sessions paid off!

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my polishes collection is slowly growing. (((((:

i don't know why,

but i always have this addiction to stare at the opis on the websites,

google for swatches etc.

but the sensible side of me always stop myself in time before placing any orders.

now i have a reason to buy loads! lol!

am loving the pastel colours from opi's hong kong collection.

and i can't resist placing and order for orly's sweet collection.

the colours are all so yummy!

next target: essie (:

approved

here's the approved polishes for usage in examinations.

me and my classmates were looking at the notice board yesterday and in the end,

laziness got the better of us, so i decided to take a photo of it. :p

this is very last minute,

but i think i need to get one of each of the polishes for the mock exam on friday. ):

the polishes that we bought from school is getting thicker.

educator said is cause we kept talking and doing the polishing too slowly,

which accounts for the air getting into the polish bottles and making it sticky.

BUT!

my opis at home don't face the same problem. and i'm sure when i polish my own nails,

i take even longer to do it. :p