Orange nails and orange walls

These nails were done during the repainting of our house. Our walls were painted orange, haha yes, annoying orange! But it looked good, eventually. Got used to it! And so I also painted my nails with the same shade of orange. I loved it! Which is unusual. :)

I used Caronia Sun Kissed. The photos are not color accurate. They appeared brighter than the actual.

I looooooooooove it! But I took it off after 2 days cause it annoys me at times. :p I don't know what's with orange. But it gets annoying.

Stamped it with zebra prints. And I tried the watercolor effect on my thumb. I didn't do it well. It was lumpy!!

That's it! Good night!

24k 's Dazzling Colors

I'll be sharing two of my recent polish purchases - 24k's Dazzling Colors! These are local polishes available on Watsons and Department Stores. I bought mine for 38 pesos each. I bought two of their dazzling polishes - orange & purple. They also have one in green. I think they only have three. They are more commonly known as FLAKIES.

I found them very similar with the flakies by Gosh. Below is a photo from cookingchinchillas with Gosh flakies.

These are my polishes. I can say that they're great dupes to Gosh's flakies! I've seen in eBay that they're sold for around 7 USD which is about 350 pesos. Mine is only 38 pesos! That is why i really love local polishes ♥

I tried the orange flakies first. And here are the pictures. Sorry for the ugly cuticles! I really liked it!

As opposed to my orange flakies, I didn't like my purple flakies that much. They're hard to see! 

 

Look at this. I put it over different colors to test its "visibility" and to my dismay, they're hardly visible at all! Guess they'll only show over black. Below is five coats already. Hmm. They look blue. But they're really purple. 

There you have my flakies! :) Goodnight! 

Flowers and an owl

Happy weekend everyone! Before I leave the house for worship practice, I'd show you a mani where I used paper hole reinforcements. Paper hole reinforcements are used to make half moons. A nail tip guide can be a good alternative too! The cuticle area of your nail is covered to achieve a half moon mani.

This is how hole reinforcements look like. 

I bought mine from National Bookstore for 15 pesos, I think.

Johanne advised me that they are available in NBS, thank you sis! You are so helpful :) 

I used the following polishes for this mani: 

 I was really into Nail Nerd's designs lately. One of her designs served as my inspiration.

Paper reinforecements are big help!

 I used a detail brush in drawing those leaves. This is a freebie given by Johanne for my purchase of a 12pc brush set. I'll post about it too! She also gave me nail tip guides. Thanks again! :) 

These are the brushes I bought from Johanne. Check out her shop at Facebook, Fab UR Nails Shop. 

This would be all for now. Stay posted as I post the pictures of my brushes! 

Orange Franken

At first, the term franken appeared strange to me. It is strange, right? FRANKEN. Reminds me of Frankenstein. Can't help but laugh. Frankening is mixing polishes together to achieve a desired color. This is my second franken. My first try wasn't so nice. Came out too dark. So here it is. . .

An empty nail polish bottle is needed. I used acetone in cleaning my polish bottle. I used three shades of orange polishes and a white polish. I'm not a big fan of the color orange that's why I decided to franken a shade of orange that I would want. I want something subtle and close to tan.

I cannot really use my Caress neon orange polish. It is too neon! Imagine having a road reflector on nails. So to put it into a better use, I frankened it! 

I swatched the polishes on the paper.

Maybelline Mini Colo rama has some shimmery little glitters. 

THE FUN PART!

Here is how it turned out when applied. I am really happy with the result! This is my mom's hand! 

It was a really subtle shade of orange. Just the way I expected it!

It kind of looked like China Glaze Osaka to Me Orange. Photo courtesy of polishaddict: 

                                                      

And then, I was inspired with one of Nail Nerd's designs. Check out her blog! She has amazing freehand designs. 

Now, please don't laugh! They're supposed to be roses. But they look more of strawberries than roses. What do you think? Hahaha! I was running late to school that time. Just had to finish the design. So..there!