First International mani ;)

Ok first I'm in Hong kong right now!! Wow...havent been back here in a while and I totally forgot how hot/humid it can be... anyways I didnt get to take a lot of pictures of this mani but I really liked the overall effect..I was so busy unpacking and getting all my business ready..

I didnt take the step by step of the process... but I used OPI/Pirates of the Caribbean polish for all the base colors.. I alternated with Steady As She Rose and Planks A Lot..

The polishes I used were Milani Gems, OPI- Steady As She Rose, Planks A lot, and I Juggle...Men

I just alternated the 2 colors on all my fingers...

for the glitter I used my orange stick and individually placed the glitter in a diagonal line across my nail...

So since I have so much to do I have a feeling I won't be able to post as regularly as I like... I brought my laptop with me but my charger isnt compatible with the outlets.. so i cant use my laptop and im currently borrowing my aunt's one...that also explains the lack of watermark on my pictures...hopefully I can update soon...till then hope you're all having a great summer ^_^

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Take A Sparkly Pill...

This mani is fast and simple..like most of my manis haha... I wanted to work with lighter colors so I used 2 OPI colors and the sparkle comes from a NYX girl polish and a Milani polish..

The pill title comes from the idea that like the Tylenol pills or the old school video games the pills were always 2 colors and the two ends were different colors like that..

First off my base color is from the OPI Pirates collection- Steady As She Rose... I used 2 coats for full opacity..

Then the other colors is from the same collection.. OPI- Stranger Tides...

To make the clean lines I used tape to tape off the section I wanted to use Stranger Tides on before putting on the polish..

Halfway through the mani I changed my pointer finger and did the opposite colors (base-Stranger tides, top- Steady As She Rose)..

I used NYX Girls- Prismatic Gold for the sparkly-ness on the top..and I placed the line of glitter using glitter from Milani-Gems..I specifically picked out the green and silver glitters for all my fingers except the pointer finger..

And then for the line of glitter on my pointer finger I specifically picked out the silver and red glitter...

Voila!

Oh and by the way...this is the first time I'm doing a "scheduled" post...but when this is posted..I'll be on a plane to Hong Kong!! ^_^ so excited~~ should be fun! I already have another mani idea in the works its simple but hopefully I can get it up in a timely fashion...hope everyone is having a great summer so far!

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Sparkly Cheetah Spots...

I've recently bought a Nubar that I really like...its the holographic polish named Jewel..

Then with this nice sparkly brown color I decided to do a cheetah inspired mani... (also I think its partially because my co-worker was wearing a cheetah print top to work the other day..haha)

Then I used my bundle monster plate to stamp the cheetah print onto my nails...

Then as an accent finger I put silver shatter on top of my index finger...it didn't shatter as nicely as I hoped but I think its still nice looking..

And then these shots were taken in the sun... i reaally like the sparkly-ness of this mani..

So Im going on a trip soon and I had to pack what polishes to bring...that was one of the hardest thing to do! *sigh* All I could bring was whatever polish that fit into this bag... >.< I cant even remember what stuff I stuffed in there... *sigh* hopefully when I go on my trip I can pick up some more polishes... and hopefully I can still post every couple of days...hope everyone is having a great summer so far!Pin It

Hello Kitty =^.^=

Today's mani is done with supplies from the Born Pretty Store ...

It's a super girly mani...

The Hello Kitty design is from the stamping plate that was a freebie the Born Pretty store offered a while back for their twitter followers...and the stickers were a freebie for their facebook followers...

 So naturally when I wanted to do this manicure I thought it had to be girly girly....so here are the colors I used... China Glaze- Something Sweet, Essie- Lilacism, OPI- Teenage Dream, China Glaze- Medallion..

So I alternated the purple and the pink for the base colors...

So I stamped with white first then I filled in the white outline with white polish so there is a white kitty ^_^

and then I stamped again with black to give a black outline to the white kitty...and then instead of coloring her bow I used the bow stickers to give it that pop of color and sparkle...

Then to add some pizazz I used Teenage Dream to make dots on my pink nails and then Medallion to make dots for the purple nails..

and voila!..

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Summer Side Dots . . .

Today I felt like doing something simple yet cute... I wanted to use summer-y colors so I dug through my stash and chose some china glaze polishes to do my side dot mani...

I was going to use another color for my thumb but I tried a lavender and a yellow but it didnt vibe well for me...so I ended up just repeating the colors...

The four colors I used all China Glaze polishes... I used Re-Fresh Mint, Something Sweet, Sea Spray, and Peachy Keen..

Here's a messy shot I took halfway through my mani... I didn't do step by step shots because it was a real simple mani...I put on two coats of each color for full opacity and then I used my dotting tool to put large and small alternating dots down the right side of my nail...

 For my pinky I used Peachy Keen and I dotted with Sea Spray...

 Next I used Sea Spray for my ring finger then dotted with Something Sweet...

 Then I used Something Sweet for my middle finger and dotted with Re-Fresh Mint...

 Then I completed the color cycle with Re-fresh mint for my pointer finger and dotted with Peachy Keen..

and repeated Peachy Keen for my thumb and dotted with Sea Spray...

Then I finished it off with a layer of SV..

Voila!~~

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