Neon & Glitter

I think it's super cool to pair glitter polish with neons! Here I used Sally Hansen 'Celeb City' with China Glaze 'Flip Flop Fantasy'. I hand painted the black stripes at the french tip and used black striping tape for the chevrons. Striping tapes make everything look neater and polished, and it doesn't require steady hands!

Ombre Net Nails

In love with this mani! I used Essie 'Fiji' and Essence 'Absolutely Blue' for the ombre/gradient and top it off with China Glaze 'Fairy Dust'. Use striping tape to make the net pattern before you sponge the colours on and remove them when you're done! Super easy!

I added small pearls to make them look even daintier!

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'.

Sailor Nails

Love this blue polish from Catrice called "Shopping Day at Bloomingdales"! Decided to go with stripes, dots & studs for this mani and it turned out a little of sailor inspired nails!

Red checkered Nails

Did this red checkered nails to match my shirt and also for Day 10 of #nailartmay which is to match OOTD. 

I used Sally Hansen Cherry Red, Etude House PK001 and the white is from Arezia (got this at SaSa). I hand paint on the checks and used a blue striping tape for the lines.

This is also great as picnic nails cuz it does look like the table cloth! Just skip the blue striping tape step!

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~!

Neon Chevron

 You can tell I'm loving this colour! The base colour is China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy which is a bright neon coral. I added black chevron with silver stripes, Celeb City by Sally Hansen. Had a hard time photographing these! This is actually a very easy and simple nailart. You can use scotch tape or striping tapes to help you achieve cleaner chevron lines.

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.

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

Black & Blue Argyle

I really like this Argyle pattern nailart! They kinda reminded me of socks and sweaters. It was pretty time consuming to do having to make sure the checks are even.  Anyway, I used both Faceshop nail polishes in BK901 and BL602, and Sally Hansen Celeb City for the stripes.

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.