Herringbone Nails

I finally tried doing a set of Herringbone Nails. I chose different shades of grey and one odd-murky green against a white background. My lines weren't really straight, but I do like this design. 

Polishes used: OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Holika Holika 11, China Glaze Recyle, OPI Stronger Tides

On a sidenote, the haze here is really really bad. Makes me want to choke and lie down all day.

Swatch: Lush Lacquer Glitter

Remember I got a whole batch of Lush Lacquer..... that was what? One year ago? I can't remember. I wasn't too impress with the formula, because it was too watery, and I have to fish out the glitters. I did about half of the polishes some time ago, and I'm finishing the rest on this post. 

This is Lush Lacquer Slime Time. I like this, unexpectedly. The teal and green glitters against a light green base and white square glitter looks really good. This is four coats. 

This is Lush Lacquer Snap Crackle Pop. This is a blue, red, white 4th of July polish.  

Lush Lacquer Salsa Verde. This is 4 coats, and not opaque.  

Lush Lacquer Cheetahlicious. 3 coats. Smooth glittery gold. 

This is my second swatch of Lush Lacquer Chubby Bubbly. I do like the polish, think that white and black glitter with pink shimmer base if a genius, but the first swatch was a disaster. For this, I put on 3 coats of Glitza Pink Shimmer and 2 coats of Chubby Bubbly. It wasn't thick at all. I made sure all the coats are thin. 

And it looks so... much better! 

That's it for Lush Lacquer! I like that Lush Lacquer has plenty of new colors, but I think the formula, or the supension/glitter ratio needs some revamp. Although.. they may have improved. These are old bottles.

Swatch: China Glaze Spam

Thought I'd put these up now, after a week of nail art. Most of these China Glaze polishes were bought a long time ago, and lying dusty in my box. So, it was a rather fine day to bring it out. Speaking of which, it has been HOT recently. I swear my fingers are sweating... =(

China Glaze Kalahari Kiss. This is a rather odd color, sort of between beige and dusty yellow. It also looks surprisingly pretty against my skin. 

China Glaze Desert Sun. Got this just for the color itself. I don't have enough brown if I need to draw trees and branches on my nails. 

China Glaze Dandy Lyin' Around. This is a shimmer white. Got this for a twist in the plain white background. The first time I used it it was thick and goopy. This time, I allowed more time to try between coats and it was good. Used this recently for my sis' birthday cupcake's cream.  

China Glaze Mosaic Madness. I got this in school -yeah, they have vendors selling polishes in school, talk about feeding my polish addiction. >.< I was regretting buying this after a day, but oh holy lord, this look so pretty. The glitter is good and the photo only shows one coat over CG Kalahari Kiss. Awesome!  

China Glaze Whirled Away aka China Glaze Failed Attempt in Black and White Glitter. When you read all the bad things on other blogs saying how bad this polish is, it IS that bad. No exaggerating. The pieces are hard to manipulate, stuck out, dried matte and cloudy, need to fish for glitter.... and so on. Do not buy. All the indie black and white polishes are tons better. 

Try PrettyandPolished Valentino, or KBShimmer Grayscale. Those two are awesome. I got the first one already, but I'll be getting the second one. It's only a matter of time.... =) 

I've got another swatch post coming up! Lush Lacquer glitter this time! 

Cupcakes and the 19 Candles

My sister's birthday nails! She insisted on having exactly 19 candles, not 1 more, because she refused to be any older than she is now. She thinks that she's getting too old! At 19!! Holy Moly!! 

Anyway, I did this two days before her birthday, and this photo is taken on the third day, so there's some damage. But it still looks so pretty! I put some sparkles in the background, as well as a glittery white to make it more celebratory. =) Love it! 

Polishes Used: Elianto 03- Shine Opal, OPI If You Moust You Moust, OPI Pink Friday, OPI The 'It' Color, OPI No Room For The Blues, OPI If You Lilac It?, OPI Did It On 'Em, OPI In My Back Pocket, OPI A Roll In The Hague, China Glaze Dandy Lyin' Around, Essie Mojito Madness. 

Yup, that's a lot of polishes... 

Flora Post 6: Pink Flower Pattern

This is the last Flora Posts!!!! No worries, I've still have plenty of nail art to be shared, just not flowers anymore. This is done after following BlogNailedIt Tutorial here. I do love it so darn much! It looks like it could be the pattern of a pretty dress!! 

Polishes used: TheFaceShop BL601, TheFaceShop PK101, OPI If You Moust You Moust, OPI Pink Friday, OPI Green-Wich Village.

Tomorrow's Monday, and I'm going to allow myself to be nagged into finding a job. My finances is in a sad state now. 

Flora Post 5: And I Say Grey Goes With Orange!

This isn't a comfortable post for me. Firstly, I didn't think my choice of colors is awesome, secondly, the design looks odd on the second and third fingers, and thirdly, there's a smudge on my middle finger. It really didn't look as nice as it seemed to be in the photo. The photo brightened everything up. I took it off immediately after the photo. 

Polishes Used: OPI Skull & Glossbones, OPI A Roll In The Hague, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, China Glaze Liquid Leather, China Glaze Aquadelic

I've got one last flora post coming up! Then.. I'm taking a break from flora designs!! \

Today's also my sister's birthday! So... Happy Birthday, sis!!! I'll put up her nails soon! 

Flower Post 4: Checkered and Floristry

I've been busy on a project recently, drinking plenty of coffee although it didn't help. My fingers are peeling and sad, shedding skin like crazy. They do that occasionally, but I'm not sure why. I probably should use lotion periodically, like everyday.

I did this nails for my sis, got her to twist her hand into a decent posture so I could photograph it. This design is by ChalkBoardNails, I did them for my sis the moment I saw the post. It really is pretty. Kudos to ChalkBoardNails!

My flora pattern are paler, and I used yellow and pink instead of mustard-yellow and purple roses. 

Polishes used: OPI Alpine Snow, OPI Panda-monium Pink, OPI If You Moust You Moust, OPI The 'It' Color, China Glaze Lemon Fizz, China Glaze Liquid Leather, Essie Navigate Her

I wanted to do this set for myself.. but it doesn't seem fun anymore. I'm on another scouting mission!