Vertical chevron nails

It's chevron nails again! This time I did vertical chevrons instead of horizontal ones which I think is pretty cool too! I cut little chevron stripes using a patterned art scissor and sticker labels. Labels work better than scotch tape cuz its easier to cut.

I used China Glaze "For Audrey", Essence "L.O.L" and OPI "Designer... De Better" for this mani.

Hello Kitty Nails

Hello Kitty is one of my favourite cartoon character of all time. Who can resist this cute kitty? Though in real life I'm more of a dog person. =D Anyways, I've been wanting to do a Hello Kitty nail for ages but the "feel" just didn't kick in (if you know what I mean). Finally the "feel" came and I did it! It's kinda tough drawing the kitty to make her look real and not distorted (especially the eyes!). I also painted the bow and some cherries! 

I used Essie "Fiji" as the base colour and OPI "Girls Just Want To Play" for the red. The rest are acrylic paints.

Simple lace nails

Lace nails are pretty but sometimes they can be difficult to do. Here's is a simple way of doing lace nails. Just  paint the tip black and make 3 curves using your nailart brush or dotting tool and dot on tiny dots above them! That's it!

I used OPI "Dim Sum Plum" and The Faceshop "BK901".

4th of July nails

Although 4th of July has nothing to do with Singapore but it's so popular on instagram that I had to do my version! Instead of stars (which can be difficult to draw), I put polka dots and not forgetting the red & white stripes!

I used Catrice 'Shopping Day at Bloomingdales' and OPI 'Girls Just Want To Play'.

Army Nails

1st July is Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day (also known as Army Day) so I did an army uniform inspired mani! It's easy to do and the only tool I used is dotting tool! 

PS: Sorry for the reflections from my light!

The colours I used are Kiko '347' (dark green), Love & Beauty 'Mint Menthe' (light green), OPI 'Over The Taupe' and The Faceshop 'BK901' (black).

Chevron Nails

Simple and easy chevrons nails. I used China Glaze "Passion For Petal" and "Papaya Punch" for the chevrons, and OPI "Designer...de Better" on my index and pinky finger. 

Neon Leopard Nails

Neon leopard nails for #nailartmay. I used Essie Fiji, China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy and OPI Over The Taupe.

Lace Nails

OMG I super love love this manicure!!! This design was inspired by @xxpinky_bubblesxx who was inspired by @ra_dina on Instagram! I had to do mine and all sweet and girly. =)

I used OPI Suzi's Hungary Again & Essie French Affair.

This design was also for the #bestietwinnails tag with @punkspolish ! Love this girl! ❤

Silver & Gold Gradient/Ombre Nails

I love this silver & gold ombre nails! It's weird how I never thought of putting these two colours together for ombre! I think this manicure is so glam and totally suits prom, wedding and even Christmas! And it' really easy to do! I also added some gold hex glitters to the tips to make the gold underneath more obvious.

I used Sally Hansen "Celeb City" and "Golden-I" for the ombre and top the tips with Nature Republic gold glitter polish in SYL701.

Watermelon Nails

Happy Sunday! Well, it's more of a rainy Sunday here in Singapore. Anyway, here's my manicure today - Watermelon!! Its really easy to do and I think this will definitely attract people's attention to your nails! 

It actually kinda look like strawberries too with the red and black seeds... maybe I'll do one strawberry nails soon!

I used OPI "Girls Just Wanna Play", The Faceshop "GR502" and Etude House "GR602".

Colour hearts (OOTD Nails)

Day 16 of #nailartapr challenge is to match OOTD! I'm wearing this cute dress with lots of hearts on it so here's my nails to match my OOTD. It's so fun doing manicure that matches your outfit! Oh yes, I filed down my nails cuz I felt it was too long and was afraid it might broke anytime! 

I used OPI Hot & Spicy on my index & pinky, and also for the hearts. The other two colour used for the hearts are Essence L.O.L and Essence Wanna Say Hello.

Ombre Stripes

I "recycled" my previous ombre nails and did this very chic nailart design. It's really easy to do! Just place striping tapes however you want them to be and paint them over with a dark colour polish. In my case, I did 5 stripes coming from a corner and paint them with a black polish. After that, just peel off the striping tapes and apply top coat. That's it! Enjoy~!

Palm Trees

I'm in love with this manicure!!! Don't you think they just scream holiday to you? When I first saw this on Instagram (@nails_make_us), I knew I have to recreate this beautiful nailart. I definitely have to work on making my stripes more proportionate. 

This is before I drew the palm tress on. I used acrylic paint to draw the trees.

Nail polishes used (Top to Bottom): Etude House BL505, OPI Suzi's Hungary Again!, China Glaze Peachy Keen, Nature Republic YL701, Etude House BL502 and Nature Republic GR602. I used black striping tape for the black stripes.

Braided Nails

Braided nails has been an on-going trend. It's easy to do and looks cool! Instead of doing all four nails with braids (I felt it was a little too much), I decided to do the braid as an accent nail. I really like the colour combo! I used OPI Your Royal Shine-ness as my base colour, OPI Suzi's Hungary Again! and Faceshop PP409 for the alternating braids. The Faceshop colour is actually a pearl base purple but it appears a little more to blue in the photos.

Flowers

Frankly speaking, I had no idea what flower I was going to draw and I just randomly picked out some colours. I don't even think they'd match! So I start to doodle and got this finished product! I'm pretty glad with my colour selections! And man, this is an easy nailart to do and looks really pretty!

I noticed that most of the times I do floral nails that are sweet and girly tone of colours, so I decided to go a little bit different and chose the brown family as my base colour. These are the colours that I don't usually reach out for but I can see myself wearing this again.

Here's the nail polishes that I used to create this nailart:
Left to right: OPI Suzi's Hungary Again!, China Glaze Something Sweet, Faceshop GR502, Essence L.O.L, Essence Cookie Love and Essence Wanna Say Hello.
Oh, I layered China Glaze Fairy Dust on top of Essence Wanna Say Hello (index & pinky).

Tape Mani

It's so fun creating manicures using striping tapes! There are many types of tape mani around and I can't wait to try them out. I painted my nails four vertical stripes of different colours then I place the striping tape over them once they are dry and paint over another colour. After that, peel of the tape! That's it! You can definitely create many different lines or patterns instead of the three stripes that I did. 

Here's the nail polishes I used : 

Base stripes -  Faceshop GR502, OPI Dim Sum Plum, Faceshop BL602 & Essence Destination Sunshine

Top colours - Nature Republic BK004 & Sally Hansen Celeb City

Vintage roses

It's vintage again! Who don't love vintage nails?! :D Anyway, this is for day 19 of #nailartmar challenge. I've been drawing my roses this way nowadays and I quite like it!

I used OPI Pink Friday as my base colour.

St. Patrick's Day Nails

It's St. Patrick's Day today! This day is celebrated mostly by the Irish hence the Ireland flag! You can't miss out shamrock on this day too!

This is what I used:
Flag - OPI Mermaid's Tears, China Glaze White on White and China Glaze Papaya Punch.
Index & Pinky - Essence Exits on Your Right (chevron tip), OPI Mermaid's Tears (Shamrock), Sally Hansen Golden-I and China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Triangle Trios

This triangle trios nailart is cool and easy to do. Had a hard time picking out colour combinations but I settled with these - OPI Suzi's Hungary Again! as base colour, China Glaze Concrete Catwalk and Essence L.O.L for the triangles.

Rainbow nails

OMG I can't hide my excitement after I finished this nail art! I think it's really cute! Hahaha. Anyway, I used 5 colours to do the rainbow and the gradients. I used OPI Girls Just Want To Play, Essence Destination Sunshine, Faceshop GR502, Faceshop BL602 and Étude House PP402. The base colour for my middle finger is Faceshop BL601. I topped them off with China Glaze Fairy Dust & Seche Vite top coat.