Euro Cup

As promised, a nail-art post!! Hehe. The vibe for Euro Cup is so high here, so I decided to make some easy nail-art for this once-in-four-year event :D

without topcoat

with topcoat

Well, I wanted to have this done with the tape technique for the infamous crisp lines it gives,
but I never be patient enough for this techniques. so yeah, I ended up free-handed them all. LOL

So.. Do you find the team you're rooting for in this mani?
Or better, could you guess which team I'm rooting for? LOL
Find out which one in the next couple of posts ;)

I'd love to hear from you, so please share your thoughts or suggestions in the comments below.
Thanks for reading, and I'll see you next time!


Color used: Revlon Black Lingerie (black), Revlon Golden (gold), Face Shop GR502 (green), Etude House WH702 (white), Etude House BL501 (blue), Pokari (red)




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FTV: Sunset Deep Down in the Ocean

From the Vault (FTV) is a section where I post stuffs from the past. Some had been posted on my regular blog, A Two Minutes Escape (ATME), which you can visit by clicking the most right page button.

This is the other mani that accompanied me during my short trip to Phuket. Click on the pic to lead you to the post. I decided to not rewrote anything I've post before, it'll be a waste of time, no? If you missed my post on my pedi, click here :)

In case you're going to Phuket anytime soon, and want some sneak peek, here's my picture heavy post, divided to 2 parts, here and here.

I can't believe it's another weekend already. Happy weekend fellas!

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Nautical

Hey all! Finally I get to write a nail-art post.. hehe.
I'd like to share my entry for the very same competition I participated before here. Only this time the theme was Nautical. I did Nautical toes mani before for my holiday in Phuket (post about the mani coming up), so that was my first entry. LOL. Then I sketched and sketched and sketched, and finally ended up with this one for my second and final entry.

indoor

outdoor
(that thing happened again. it just won't rotate)

How I made the background color step 1: paint the base color

How I made the background color step 2: paint the second color slightly over the base

How I made the background color step 3: sponge to blend.
Here's a tutorial link to achieve this look, by pixiepolish.

Then I just started drawing according to what I've sketched, and top coat. I used toothpick since I haven't yet bought my own set of nail-art brush. 

(I'm an employee with a student-pocket. Sad) 

However, as much as I really wished I made it to the top 4, I still didn't make the cut. Guess I need more training and creativity to win. Anyway, here are the top 4 finalists. What do you think of their designs? Which one is your favorite? (P.S: I love D best. The idea is genius!!)

If you want to enter the competition too, first you need to install Instagram (available on iPhone and any Android mobiles) then follow @nailcompetitions and wait for her to post the weekly theme. Below is this week theme ;)

The theme is coincidentally the same as the one Berry Polished hosted. So maybe I'll enter this one also, if I can figure out which B&W design I want to do before this Friday. LOL. Visit Berry Polished facebook page here to join the competition. It will be closed on June 1st. So you still got plenty of time ;)


Colors used: Etude House Petit Darling Nails BL501 (sky blue), Etude House Petit Darling Nails WH702 (white), Etude House BL501 (navy), Etude House Matte #6 (orange), Etude House PK008 (pink), Pokari 8H (red), Revlon Golden (gold).


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Official!

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I'm officially a nail blogger!

Well, it's still in Beta mode. I still need to add little bit of this and that, but I'll get those done as I'm posting here. It won't do any harm right. Right?

I did my first color-block nails last weekend, and to be honest, I'm happy of how it's turned out. Hehe. The colors were inspired by Shinhwa (a Korean boy band)'s outfit when they're on Hello (Korean variety show). 

Under the sunlight.
I don't know why Blogger is so persistent to make this photo non-landscape.
I tried a few times, but every time always turns like this.. =='

I want to make this mani as tidy as possible. Thus, I tried using tapes at first. However, because the total-dry time is slowly killing me, I decided to freehand them with the polish brush. They will be covered by the silver striping tape anyway. Haha. This is how they looked before the striping tape came to the rescue.

I entered my first ever nail competition with this mani. It was by nailcompetitions on instagram. She does a regular themed competition every week, and last week theme was color-block. So I thought, why not? Hehe. I didn't make it to the final four though. How could I, when the finalists did these amazing mani.

Can you guess which one is the winner? 

And here's my inspiration to close this post. Thanks for reading, and see you tomorrow! ;)

the show is hilarious! Click here to watch it in Eng sub ;)

Colors used: Etude House BL501 (navy), Etude House Petit Darling Nails BL 501 (sky blue), Etude House YL805 (yellow), Pokari 8H (red), Face Shop GR502 (green), Face Shop OR201 (orange)


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