Wedding nails

Was considering whether to let a professional handle my manicure for my wedding photoshoot, and i guess i was lazy enough not to make an appointment. So i did it myself..

The following was how, ambitiously i thought I could have my french manicure outlined with crystals and expect them to last another 3 days as we flew overseas to have a shoot. Naivity you would say..
They were good and obedient for a day or two as i made extra careful efforts to protect them. and then, it just happened.

For absoulutely no reason i can recall, The crystals just came off, in pairs and pairs! zzz. so i did a last minute restoration at the hotel.. This time round, realistically without any crystals! Good thing the flower stickers remained :)
Nude pink base + China Glaze white tip. Loved it. simple and wont clash with any of the gowns u choose. perfect for close up 'hand-shot' with our rings.

DIY: Hand-drawn rose

A stalk of rose amoung the vines

To draw the rose, let the pictures tell the story

1) Put a chinese comma(mini c) in the center

2) from the center of the 'c', draw another interlocking 'c'

3) Somewhere above, use a small bracket "(" to cover

4) another Bracket on the opposite side

5) Cover the top with a last bracket

Try it on paper with some ink pen first! Ensure that none of the petals actually have contact with each other.

Complete it with a stroke of stalk and leaves or with vines :)

PS: i removed the shatter background and put the rose on solid Metallic purple instead. Better results as seen in first pic!

Sakura Nails

From a distance, it actually looks good :) The branches, the sakura blossoming and the different shade. A person even commented he could imagine/hear the birds sing when he saw my nails. But alas, that's from afar.. since its not too outstanding, i shan't really elaborate on this.



And yes, you're right. The ring was to placed as a decoy to distract :)

How to: Red French Semi-Lolly

Apply a slightly translucent glitter base. Followed by french hot pink. Yes it doesnt look too neat, can clean that up later :P



Dot-outline the french. Pretty Good effect the cover the imperfect strokes :)


Draw 2 semi-circles on the left, right and tip of every finger. End with a circle in the middle as shown. I couldnt 'draw' them with my thin brush so i might as well use the dotting pen to complete the semi-circles. Slowly but steadily!

Dot a smaller pink in the middle circle with a toothpick or dotting tool. A final smaller white dot to create the lolly effect!

Ta-da! Due to the lack of space, only the thumb has the full lolly circle :P

How to: Simple lining

A simple and lasting design:

From the last little finger,

draw a white line diagonally across,

highlight with silver glitter on both sides.

OPI base. Will rae about it in another post!

Shatter series

I Chose a lighter base (silver and white)



Then blue over! Amazing!! Once it dries, its shatters!! How?? Curious over the chemistry..



Anyway, its really not that simple. that was my 2nd attempt over 10 nails. Also tested the different base colours. Thre pressure, the strokes, the speed..

Catch the different brilliant colours.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_rzHzMXUE

Random

Tip: Brush a silver back ground at the french tip.