A date and a HAUL!

Hey guys! Yesterday, I had such a fun day!

I hung out at the malls near me, and wasn't really planning on buying nail polish, but it just ended up happening. It was inevitable. I did limit myself though, cos I wasn't paying for any of it with my own money. Shhh!

So I spent 5 hours, and ended up with ONLY 17 nail polishes.

ONLY.

First off, my BUTTER londons: The Black Knight, Trout Pout, and No More Waity, Katie

The red was free when I bought two! It doesn't seem to have a name.

 Two Claire's magnetic polishes, which the bf picked out for me!

 Next, two Icing polishes: Blue Ice and After Party

From Sephora, my $OPIs: Read My Palm, Stop Stocking Me!, and a matte top coat.

 From Ulta, Layla holo polish! I only picked one, because they were almost $16 a bottle. ):

 Orly Space Cadet!

You do not know how excited I was when I found this beauty!

 Nyx girls Moonwalk and Under the Moon

 Zoya Opal!

I was looking for Maisie and Chloe too, but they were gone! ):

yummy(:

 A bottle of Seche, finally!

And this is what my collection looks like now:

154-ish usable polishes!

I didn't pay for ANY of those 17 polishes I got. They were all paid for by the boyfriend!

That's all for now<3

Under the Sea!

Do you remember that children's book about the rainbow fish?

I think it was called Rainbow Fish, quite literally..

ANYWAYS, there have been a lot of mermaid/fishy manis coming around, and I like the way they look.  So I decided I would do one too!  Let me tell you something, they can be time consuming. But the results look charming!~

My cuticles were horrid... But anyways, this design was on my right hand. And I'm right-handed. I have no idea why I decided to do a design of this difficulty with my non-dominant hand.  Betcha couldn't tell!

Indoors, no flash, indirect sunlight.

Indoors, flash

Blurry! Look at the sparkle though(:

All of these were painted with 2 coats of an aqua colour that I frankened myself.

For my thumb, I sponged on a gold. Like how the water shimmers!

 For my pointer and ring fingers, I did "mermaid slippers," which is basically a gold glitter gradient, starting at the base and fading towards the tips. The gold Color Club's Gingerbread Man.

 For my middle finger, I took a medium-sized dotting tool and dotted on blues, purple, and silver in a scaly pattern. Then the tip was a light coat of  Color Club's Gingerbread Man.  And again with the torn up cuticles.  (I know, I know, I have to take better care of them!)

For my pinky, I carefully and very painstakingly used a blue glitter striper by LA Colors Art Deco to freehand more scales.  I then used a small dotting tool to dot each scale with a drop of China Glaze's Snow Cap to add that little touch of mermaid magic in each scale. 

No lie, I think I stopped every other row. It took a lot of work.

But the results were worth it!

And finally, one last sunlight pic to 'wave' goodbye to! 

You get it? No? Okay.

That's all for now<3

Arizona Tea!

Ever had an Arizona? The tea. It's so good. And they're only a dollar! 

The Green tea with ginseng and honey is my favourite..

Soooo of course they require a mani!

First off, sorry for the blurry pictures.  I used my sucky camera. But bear with me!

 My inspiration:

 And the corresponding mani:

But for my pinky, I did the symbol for "tea"

The bottom one!

And for the second set's inspiration:

From google images, I don't own it.

Arizona Lemon Iced Tea~! Which is my brother's favourite.

Yay~!

That's all for now<3

This one's late, too.

So, on March 17th of every year, it's St. Patrick's day!

It also happens to be my birthday every March 17th.

So when doing my nails, I usually do one hand as St. Paddy's and one as my birthday themed.

Pretty interesting, too.  Luckily, I had a great birthday this year, and I didn't get pinched. But really, who would pinch the birthday girl?

My birthday nails!

Pinky to thumb: blue to purple gradient with a 15 for my age, 3 coats of Claire's Candy shop (Lippmann dupe!), a pink cupcake, some balloons and confetti, and a glittery french tip. Ah, excuse the yellowing.

Very sparkly (:

St. Paddy's is such a fun day! Green everywhere!

Thumb to pinky: Glittery green french with a leprechaun hat and 3-leafed clover and green hexes, a green/gold (failed) splatter with gold hexes and glitter, a rainbow with a pot of gold at the end, a gold on green glitter gradient, a green gradient with 17 for the date!

Lots of green and glitter! Makes a girl happy(:

That's all for now<3

It's REALLY late, but here it is!

This is late. Like REALLY LATE.

Like over a month late.

That's how late this is.

Valentine's Day mani! <3

Indoors, no flash

I couldn't decide on just ONE design, so I did 10.

Indoors, flash

Wondering what's on my thumbs? They're half-hearts. And if you put them together....

Hearts! Yay!

And on my pinky, it says "amor" in cursive.  I chose "amor" instead of "love" because it sounded more romantic<3

That's all for now<3

Anxiety.

Okay, so, I haven't posted in about a month. Or so.

I have my reasons though!

One: I am busy with school and competitive season

Two: I will not blog if it feels like a chore that I HAVE to do.

Three: Right now, the thought of blogging makes me all jittery. In a bad way.

So, I decided maybe I'll TRY to post.

If it doesn't feel like a chore, and if I have time.

Agreed? Okay then.

That's all for now<3

Simplicity at it's finest

Sometimes simple is what you need.

Simplicity....

And outdoor evening sun pictures ;)

Half moon manis are very simple! But they're elegant and still chic.

I kinda liked the sun (:

I just used a basecoat, a black, and a pink for an accent nail on my middle finger!

And for the clean and easy half-moon, I used those hole reinforcers, that I mentioned in THIS post

I'll be sure to post my Valentine's mani next week!

That's all for now! <3