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Saturday, June 11, 2011 Category : , , , , , , , 8


 A while back I wanted to go all crazy on my nails so I decided to try out another acrylic mold that bornprettystore.com sent me. 

First,l I did my background design, which is a white base (Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On) and  silver stripes.  The silver stripes were stamped with the Bundle Monster Image plate #20 (silver is china glaze millenium).  The stripe design from the Bundle Monster image plate is my all time favorite design.  It just always looks awesome.

 By the way, this is the longest my nails have ever been...hehe
So, after a few days I decided to try the acrylic mold bornprettystore.com sent me for review.  

 I put in some acrylic powder, let it dry and popped out the hearts. Then I stuck them to my nail using clear nail polish (Seche vite)..and Bam!

 

 
The 3d hearts ended up bugging me a few days later so I removed them..the acrylic hearts really stayed on my nails and did not budge.

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So..the Vancouver Canucks hockey team are in the Stanley cup playoffs...AWESOME!!!  I decorated my office with Canucks posters..hehehe...My supervisor is a Pittsburg Penguins fan and he sits beside me so everday he comes into the office and looks like this  (-__-)



 These are the current nails I am rocking right now:



OPI Jade is the new black
NYC skin tight denim
Sally Hansen White on

Disclaimer - The acrylic mold  was sent to me for review by bornprettystore.com with no payment. My opinion is an honest one.  Everything else including the Bundle Monster image plates were purchased by myself.
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 1. I bought my BundleMonster image plates from here.

2. The acrylic mold from Bornprettystore is this one

Sidenote: Did you guys know that Bornprettystore.com is now selling replicate konad image plates for $2.32 a plate?  or you can get a set of 16 plates for $16.32 .  Free shipping too! That is a crazy deal since I usually get my konad image plate for $6.99 + tx + Canada shipping which is usually $6.99. 

I'm getting my hands on a set of these plates to try out and compare with my konad ones. 

I have a 10% off code for bornprettystore.com, it is SWNAIL.  I believe that you get 10% off and a free keychain flashlight.  I don't get paid or get points if you use this code.  It's just a nice code for you guys to use.

GO Canucks GO!!!

Sunday, May 15, 2011 Category : , , , , , , , 13

I'm back from my mini hiatus and what better way to announce my return than to do a post featuring my number one hockey team:  THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS!!  

 
  The Vancouver Canucks have made it to the Western Conference Final...being from Vancouver...this is HUGE!!!! 

Lately I have been rocking Canucks inspired nails. 
Last year I was sporting Fin, the Canucks orca whale mascot on my thumb:


This year I'm going for a more subtle look (I'm working as a research technician in a private pharmaceutical company so I gotta keep it classy ^_^ ).......I'm going for V for Vancouver, green and blue for the Canucks



 Colors used: OPI Jade is the new black, N.Y.C Skintight Denim 


I have a tutorial for you guys so that you can all rock nails similar to mine:
1. Tape! I used scotch tape and cut the tape so that I would have a clean corner.  This corner decides how wide your V will be.


2.  You need to put the tape on your hand, arm, shirt etc to make it less sticky. If you don't do this, the tape will be way too sticky and can ruin your design.


3. Put the tape on your nail


 4. Paint the section not covered by the tape. Don't worry about how you paint it because the tape will help guide the V shape design.  I just follow along the edges of the tape.


 5. Remove the tape and voila!


6.  For another color,  follow steps 1-5 again

 
 

7. Take off the tape, voila! You can make the V thicker if you want, it depends on where you put the tape.


Polishes used: OPI We'll always have paris suede, Orly Iron butterfly, China Glaze millenium

OPI Suede

Thursday, January 27, 2011 Category : , , , , , , 14

OPI suede is my all time favorite OPI collection.  It is the only OPI collection where I wanted every single color.  I love this collection more than the it's summer for shore collection 2003 (bright holos), more than the Night Brights collection 2007 (including my private jet, Ink), and more than the Broadway collection 2003 (La Bohemme, Man of La Mancha)

Quick Rundown:

Collection: Suede, Fall 2009
Description of color: Matte but with micro silver glitter making it known as Suede 
Coverage/Coats: 2 coats
Resistance: day 3 only tip wear, no chipping
Drying Time: Incredibly Fast
Nail Art Stamping: Does not stamp, dries too fast
Base coat used: Nubar Nu nails
Removal: Harder to remove than an OPI Cream polish (e.g. Jade is the new black) but easier to remove than an OPI glitter (e.g. Mad as a hatter)


1. The first swatch is We'll Always Have Paris Suede

 

2. The second swatch is Russian Navy Suede


3. The third swatch is Ink Suede


This is a swatch of the original Ink

  

4. The fourth swatch is Lincoln Park After Dark Suede

5. The fifth swatch is You Don't Know Jacques Suede 

6.The sixth swatch is Orly Iron Butterfly...Unfortunately, I haven't gotten my hands on Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede yet..so this is my temp. substitute for it.This is almost a dupe for Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede.

 

 I know that Russian Navy Suede and Ink Suede look similar so I did side by side swatches for comparisons. Lincoln park after dark suede is also seen in the photos

This photo is inside under white light

 This photo is outside under sunlight
 

People have complained that the Suede collection chips after a few hours of application, I have not had this problem.  Below is a picture of what day 3 tip wear looks like.

Do you guys have any all time favorite nail polish collections?

Nfu Ohs!!!!!!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Category : , , , , , , , 15

For Christmas my awesome sister asked her friend in Hong Kong to get me some Nfu Ohs.  I could get Nfu Oh's  from fabuloustreet.com but with shipping to Canada and everything it is cheaper to buy them in Hong Kong..but the selection is not as great as the selection from fabuloustreet.com

 Left to Right:Nfu GS 14, Nfu 197, Nfu, 239, Nfu 122

I have swatches for the orange, blue, and green today


1. Nfu 197
3 coats, a burnt orange, slightly muted/ dusty. It is similar to OPI's Chopsticking To My Story but not as bright.  I don' t have anything that is similar to this in my collection (I also don't own a lot or orange in my collection)
 

 
Nail stamped with China glaze Robotika, using BM image plate 19


2. Nfu 239
3 coats, this color is similar to OPI Suzy says feng shui but slightly more teal and not as muted in color; therefore, brighter than OPI Suzy says feng shui

The bows come from a bow Nail Art Fimo cane that http://www.bornprettystore.com/ sent me for review



3. Nfu 122
3 coats, The only color that I can think of that is similar is maybe China glaze cherish...but even that color is much more pale and not as vibrant as this color. China glaze cherish is more of a mint green frost and this is more like a french grass green frost/ shimmer



Nail stamped with Avon Olive green, using konad image plate M63


The wear on these polishes were comparable to china glaze but not to OPI. I had some minor chipping on day 2 that I usually don't get when I wear OPI polishes. On the plus side, the bottles of Nfu ohs are huge! 17 mL is a lot of polish so that makes me happy.

You can see my past review on nfu oh 51 here

Xmas snowflake Mani

Wednesday, December 15, 2010 Category : , , , , , 19

I’ve been studying like crazy for my 4 hour math exam this coming Monday..ekkk!  I apologize for my lack of posts and that I haven’t replied to the comments from my previous post yet.

I wanted to quickly post up my holiday Mani before I missed the holidays.  I think I saw this design last year (or maybe 2 years ago) so I tried to recreate it based on what I remembered.  If this was inspired form your manicure please let me know and I will credit you for it.


 

Ingredients:
  • OPI Ink (base color)
  • China glaze passion (tips) 
  • Sally Hansen xtreme white on ( for stamping and dots)
  • Covergirl boundless color disco dazzle
  • Bundle Monster plate 14 snowflake
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Thought I'd share my holiday nail wishlist:

*china glaze party hearty
*Deborah Lippmann Across the universe and Bad romance...but ATU more
*konad plate M 56
*Zoya Julieanne
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1. Don't forget that you can use my code SWNAIL  at the http://www.bornprettystore.com/  webstore to get a Free keychain flashlight + 10% off 

2.  http://store.ocnailart.com/  has a special xmas discount code, email Kathleen to get the code at:  kathleen@ocnail.com

3. New konad plates for 2011, yay or nay?




 source  (I brightened them up a bit)

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