BFF Challenge: Flowers~

Wow!
I can't believe this is the last BFF Challenge. It feels like it was just last week since we started it.LOL!
Since this is the last challenge, i recreated one of my personal favorite among all the ones that i made.

If you had seen my Camellia Nail Art, you know what i'm talking about. Making it this time is a lot easier compare to the first time. It took me an hour & a half, i think compare with half a day before so i think i am already improving my painting skills,no?

Taking pictures for this was so frustrating because my camera isn't focusing (it really needs to be saved asap) & the fact that the design on my thumb is leaning on to the left area, i can't quite take full nail pictures of the whole design. tsk!

Sorry about the dust particles there.
Bf said that i can take it out by using an air spray thingy but i'm scared that it will just push the dust further to the lens.

A close-up look of the thumb. I think the thumb has the best design of them all,don't you think so?
I didn't watermark it just because i don't want to alter the resolution of it anymore since i can't take macro shots anymore.

Here's to hoping no one will steal my picture & claim it as their own. I'll be seriously pissed if someone will take credit for this when IT IS ME who shed sweat & effort trying to make this as perfect as i can.

So, what do you think?
I have a tutorial for this nail art HERE. You can just take a look at it if you want to try making this nail art too.

I am really liking this base .
It's a duochrome,actually. I'll blog about it tomorrow. It's another Ebalay polish!yay!
It is really gorgeous under the sun together with the silver design that i painted on, makes it really pop!

Another design i made earlier this week. This looks a lot better in person just because the base is a glitter polish. The glitters go all sparkly & shiny every time you move your fingers.

Well,i had fun doing the challenge.
I'm not sure if we'll start another one but for now, my main priority is to have my camera fixed. I don't want to buy another one because this camera has a sentimental value on me. I sure hope that Samsung will be able to fix this asap.

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Happy Saturday to y'all!

Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge:Cath Kidston

We're down to the 2nd to the last BFF Challenge.
This is Sally's week & i love her chosen themes! Cath Kidston & Flowers!
Cath Kidston for now...

I do not really know who or what is Cath Kidston so i did some googling & when i found out about it. I fell in love! It screams girly & you all know i love girly prints!

So, here's my version of a CK nail art~

You have to check out Cath Kidston to know what i'm talking about!
It just screams homey & cuteness!
hahaha

This is an easy nail art, except for the thumb but the polka dots & that flower bud is easy.
Again, i promise to make a tutorial for it once my camera is up for it.
Just a couple more & i'll be able to send it to the service center. I'll be without a camera for a while but i guess it's ok.hehe

A close up look of them...
The thumb~

 I love this design!
I'll make a tutorial on how i did the rose sometime.
 Then the rest of the nails~

What do you think?
Kawaii,ne?
I got lots of compliments about my nail today! I'm just grateful that no one insisted that these are stickers or else i will be slapping their faces..LOL!

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

I'm looking forward to the last challenge because i adore flowers.

Don't you all?
hehehe

Have a happy day!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge:City

I went all out for my nail art for this challenge & i am on time this time! hahahaha!

I was really planning to do it last black & white because i really adore black & white combo but i was sick at that time. I already had everything planned out... such a shame. So this time, armed with my acrylics & faux nails, i set out to paint Manila, the capital of my country.

dum! dum! dum!

*the song Manila playing on the background*

Manila, Manila.

I keep coming back to Manila.

Simply no place like Manila.

Manila, I'm coming home!

I don't live in Manila, mind you. The city where i live in belong in the Metropolitan Manila though. Manila is just 30minutes away from where i live so i can go there whenever i want to. Let me give you a tour of the city by my nails!

Manila Cathedral~

Officially known as Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception & i just quoted Wiki there. .. hehehe
Located at the heart of Manila, this church has been one of my favorites. We mostly go here on Sundays when we are celebrating something special in the family, specifically birthdays!

Rizal Park

Commonly known as Luneta, a place that has a special mark in our history. The place where our national hero was executed thus igniting the revolution that freed our country from colonization.

People mostly flock the park for picnicking or just simply unwinding. I grew up going to Luneta together with my uncles & grandmother before. Last time i went here was together with bf just because i'm curious to see how it is.

Manila Bay

Watching the sunset has always been a pleasure especially if you are along the banks of Manila Bay. The myriad of colors displayed for everyone to see is a true beauty which is quite hard to capture on the camera.

Modes of transportation:

Jeepney

Tagged as the King of the road, i don't know if they are still considered as king of the road now.lol
I don't drive & im not even that tempted to learn how to drive. Why?
I might sound weird but i actually do enjoying riding the public transportation. There are fun & interesting things to see on a public transportation. I love riding the jeepney. I'm serious!

You know, one of my lifelong dream is actually to ride at the edge of the jeepney just holding on to the railings. When i told the bf about it, he laughed at me. I know it is funny but i would really love to try it. That also goes with having my hair shaved & selling balut at night. I have simple dreams. lol!

Kalesa

I am proud to say that i grew up in a time where riding kalesa is very common.
Kalesa is a horse carriage that was used way back when tricycles are not yet widely used. I remember my grandma taking me along the market with her big straw basket at hand. Line of kalesas would be waiting for passengers from their trip to market. I love love love sitting at the front where i get to sit beside the Kutsero (the kalesa driver), on this plank of wood that serves as a chair.

You can still see few kalesa's at select places in Manila.
It costs way too much than before but the experience is something!

I tried writing in cursive. I know it's not perfect but it's so hard to achieve perfection if you are just using a brush, but i tried.hehe

So, what do you think?
Interesting enough to try visiting Manila?

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Hope you all are having a great day!

Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge:Movies

This week's theme was chosen by Alyssa.

Let's talk about movies!
I'm sure most of you like to watch movies. I'm not a frequent movie-goer but i do watch movies every now & then. i have lots of movies that i like but every time someone asks me the question "what is your favorite movie?" the first thing that will pop on my mind would be Moulin Rouge.

I love it~
If you love romance movies then you have to watch it. That's it!

I do not have an idea how i'll go about making a nail art about Moulin Rouge so i tried looking for pictures. As i did, i just saw the lovely combination of black & red so i also made a franken polish inspired by it. I'll show the nail art first.

I just had to draw the windmill.
Moulin Rouge is not Moulin Rouge if not for it,no?
I love the elephant scene so i just decided to do a part of it where it overlooks the city, hence the heart.

This is how my thumb looks like.hehe

The design are just accents, but what i am really liking in this is my base polish.
This is my franken.
I call it as dark pixie.

Originally, it is Moulin Rouge but i can't use the name for polish because there's already something like that. I was thinking of Cancan but in the end i just had to change it too so i just opted for dark pixie.hehe

I love how this sparkles under the piercing rays of the sun!
The dark magenta jelly makes this polish stand out. It's so dark it almost looks like black,no?
But it's really magenta.hehe

Here's a close-up of it.

I must make more of these polishes, they look really pretty!

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Until this saturday for the next BFF Challenge.
Have a great day,ladies!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge:Texture

Texture nail art, picked by Emma.

I'm not a fan of 3d nail arts. In fact, i don't like using rhinestones.
I'll only use rhinestone if the the top coat that i am using is thick enough to be able to really cover the whole nails making sure that it has a smooth finish. This is when Seche Vite comes in handy though.

I never did like the bead mani so there's no way that i'll be doing that. Well,unless i don't have any idea what to do. It would just be the last resort.hahaha!

But i already knew what i'm going to use.
At first i thought of colored sand but since i can't go out that much to buy it & it would cost a little since i planned a colorful nail art. I was perusing our house thinking about little things that i could use. Lace is out of the question because i've used all of it when i was making my scrapbook. I was taking a bath when i saw my body scrub & i remember sugar!

Sugar!
Why not?!
Sugar, i think, would be translucent so i tried making a base design & covered it with sugar.
This is the final effect, with top coat.

Me thinks, it's not that bad.
A close-up of how it looks like.

Actually, there's a way to have that watery effect when using sugar. This i found out accidentally.
As i finish my mani, i had this sudden urge to wash my hands but since i have sugar on my nails, i just can't let it touch the water because it would melt. So i carefully wet my palm, trying so hard not to wet my nails. But, of course, since i'm clumsy no matter how hard i try i know i would end up with at least 1 finger wet. Sure enough, my pinkie nail got a tad bit wet. I immediately wipe it dry, hoping that it won't melt right away.

As soon as i pat it dry, i applied top coat to my nails. Surprisingly, my pinkie has that wet-look compare to the rest of my nails. I don't know if you'll be able to see it clearly. I still haven't bought my cam to the repair shop because i am doing the BFF Challenge. It would take weeks before i'll be able to have a camera again so i'll just have it repair after the challenge.

I nicked the right side of my thumb as it was drying. hehehe

I thought i won't like it but for some reason i am digging this nail art.
In fact, i still have it until now. I usually snap pics of my nail art then take it off afterward if i hate it but i am still rocking this so i guess this is a keeper.

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Do tell me if you are into 3d nail arts,hunnies!
Hope you are enjoying your sunday!
Till next time!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge:Coffee

Once again, im late in posting the bff challenge.

tsk tsk tsk!

Before, i start my story, let me tell you first that this theme was picked by Emma.

I have a valid reason the last time because i was feeling poorly but this time that's not the case. I am just having a hard time doing this nail art. I know what i am all set out to do before. I have really been thinking of water marble just because i love looking at latte art but i really can't do water marbling. I have tried everything but it just doesn't seem to work on me. I have watched tons of videos, asked lots of people & read many blog posts but i still can't get the hang of it. I altered water temperature, room temperatures & different polishes but to my disappointment.

*sigh*

So, i just had to use acrylic to try the marble effect that i wanted to do.

It's still a fail though. hehehe

but i tried! lol

I don't drink coffee just because my body can't handle caffeine so whenever i go to coffee shops, i only order matcha (it means green tea) latte, i love it! So i only have to use the color green since i only drink matcha.

Let me tell you, im not really satisfied with this but i'm so dead set on marble effect so this will do for now.
This was my inspiration behind this:

I'll make it up on the next theme which would be textured. Now, that is gonna be really interesting! hehehe

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Hope that you will have a good start for this weekend!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge:Music~

I wasn't able to post my music-inspired nails last thursday for the BFF Challenge. I'll be putting it up now even if i'm almost a week late. The theme was chosen by Caitlin.

The weather has been pretty bad the time when i did this so the picture is not that good because the lighting is not enough. I have been thinking of a specific song that i could base my nail art on but i can't seem to find a specific song so i just thought of painting on musical notes & piano keys.

It looks quite dull so i just had to add the shaped rhinestones for an added flair.


You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Until the next challenge!
Hope you all are having a great day.
Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge:Black & White

Hi,ladies!
It's been a while since i blogged because i am feeling quite poorly the past couple of days. Actually up until now i am feeling this terrible pounding headache & i don't have an idea what the heck it is...if it is just a simple tension headache or migraine or something worse. I have to wait until my doctor's appointment to find out what it is.

I am still missing the last BFF Challenge which is supposed to be music but since i can't find my camera for now so i'd rather do the current challenge which black & white chosen by Caitlin.

I already did this mani weeks ago.

I even forgot to watermarked it.

Then i also wore this water decal before which is think is pretty nice too.

I'll post my music-inspired mani as soon as i can find my camera already.hehehe

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Hope you all will have a great start for this week,ladies!

Jaa ne~!
^_^

BFF Challenge: Neons + giveaway winners

OMG!
I can't believe it... i've been slacking this week. But i have a reason for that. I guess this rainy season is just getting the better part of me because i feel so lazy & it's like my creative juice had been zapped dry all of a sudden.

The challenge this theme is Neon by Kerrie~

I went over to my stash & i was surprised to know that i only have a couple of them. 1 violet, 2 greens & 3 pinks. I don't even have the usual yellow one. tsk!

I have tried doing 3 neon nail arts for the past couple of days but i can't seem to make the colors work together. Among the 3 that i've done this is the one that looked ok at least. I'm still not satisfied with it, mind you, but this will do. I hope that the weather will clear up by tomorrow because it is seriously affecting me.

Ill tell the details about how i made this nail art sometime soon but not now because i'm really feeling that giddy.
:(

I need the King Sun!
hahahaha!

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

On to the second part, the HBC giveaway winners.
Sorry it took me a while.
Winner 1:

GFC: Ida
FB: Ida Lamban de Roma
Email: idalorena@gmail.com
Twitter: MakeUpnBeautyPH (I tweeted about the giveaway there)

My major skin care woe is acne. =/ Dry skin, blackheads, and hyperpigmenation I can deal with, but acne flat out sucks. I thought my acne problem was over, but recently it's come back with a vengeance! I just hate it but try not to think too much about it or let it get me down. It's difficult to ignore it completely though because I review beauty products almost everyday.

So if I could make a wish to the Beauty Fairy, it would be for me, and for my daughter, when she's in her teens na, to never have acne! If that were to come true, I'd be pretty happy. :)

Winner 2:

Email: quiamoi_tres@yahoo.com
Facebook: Vintagekawaii Onlineshop
Twitter: @quiam
GFC: notyourordinaryteacher
Tweet: https://twitter.com/quiam/stat...
FB post: https://www.facebook.com/vinta...

I am bothered by the dark spots caused by my pimples and chickenpox scars. Beauty Fairy, please grant my wish and give me
H-Hortaleza, M.D. clear soaps
B-Beauty Certificates for Diamond Peel
C-clear and smooth skin :)

Congrats,hunnies!
^_^
Please email me with your contact details.

Hope that this week would be a better week for us.
Jaa ne~!

BFF Challenge:Animals

I almost forgot to do my nail art challenge. haha!
This time the theme is Animal chosen by Kerrie.

You all know that i love my pets. I am an animal-lover.
We've had Charlie for a long time now & now he already got white "beard". He is a very gentle & loving dog. So is our Queen Sassy!. I call her Queen now just because she lays around like she owns the place plus the fact that when you step around her without saying 'excuse me' or even greeting her, she'll sink her teeth on your legs! LOL!

So since i don't have the luxury of time drawing cats & dogs on my nails so i just have to settle for something quick so that means it's gonna be paw prints!

This is an easy nail art. It just took me 15 minutes to finish up.
You can easily do it too!

My stupid camera is acting all weird again. I hate it when it's gloomy, even the flash of the camera makes my hands look...weird. Just focus on the design,ok? hehe

I'll try to do a proper tutorial for paw prints next time.
I'm gonna leave you a picture of Charlie deep in his sleep & dreaming. lol!

This pic cracks me up every single time i see it!
hahahahaha

I love my pets!

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Have a great day!
^_^

ps:
I'll announce the winners of my giveaway later on. So stay tuned
^_~

BFF Challenge:80's nail art

80's nail art chosen by Bec...
whoo hoo!
I haven't done retro, well,except if you'll count my retro dots (which i don't!) so this theme is also challenging as well.

I had spent lots of hours researching what designs i could do but for some reason i can't find any. So i wracked my brains up thinking of 80's related stuff. The things that kept on popping on my mind were Madonna, Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue, Chaka Khan, etc...
Then i remember that people love disco-ing (is that a word?) to these tunes so it's disco fever days!

Hence i came up with disco balls!

This is an easy nail art but i have to say that it takes a lot of work!
You have to perfectly line the glitters to make sure that they will look like a disco ball.

But this is a very fun nail art!

See?
Look at my thumb & pinkie!
Love holo glitters!

Oh, if you're planning to do this nail art, i used hexagon-shaped glitters. Start at the center,ok? So that everything is all lined up nice & even~

I did it. You can do it too!

It takes a while to finish but believe me when i say that the outcome is ridiculously beautiful!
Pop in your hot pants, fluff out your hair then strut your stuff!
*Kylie Minogue's Lucky playing in the background*
Now time to party!

You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Hope you all are having a great day!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

Don't forget to join my ongoing giveaway,ok? CLICK HERE

BFF Challenge:Punk Nail Art

Thursday once more!
Time for the BFF Challenge again. This time, it is hosted by Bec & she chose Punk as our theme.

Honestly, im clueless. This theme is something that i haven't tried before but at the same time it is challenging! Isn't that what this challenge is for? To try things out that we haven't tried before for fun?

This is what i came up with:

Surprisingly, the process of making this design is not difficult!
The only thing that i found difficult is the research. hahaha!
I spend lots of hours researching & looking at pictures/colors related to punks.

I just painted this on my thumb for a twist & also sponged some black afterward for that punk-y feel.
I think punk is not about being neat, the charm about the design is the haphazard way of it!

Hence, the rest of my nails look like so.

I won't do a tutorial anymore because this is quite easy.
I just painted the black base then sponged some white on it (randomly) then added splats. You can click HERE for the splat tutorial. Skulls haphazardly drawn too.

After 15mins, im done with it!
If im not a stickler for details, i could have done this a fraction of the time i spent researching. lol!

Again, im not much into such designs, but for some reason this design is somehow growing on me.

I'm curious about what the girls did wit their punk nail art!
You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Hope you all are having a great day!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

Don't forget to join my ongoing giveaway,ok? CLICK HERE

BFF Challenge:Book theme

Another nail art challenge!
Bear with me,girls. I know that i am not able to blog regularly about other things, it's mostly because i have a lot of things on my plate lately. I promise, i'll get back to blogging one of these days. I'm just happy that i joined the BFF challenge. It keeps my blog alive for the meantime.hehe

The theme for now was chosen by Pram. It's all about books.
I have been a bookworm ever since. I love reading! I can't live without books, actually.
I love romance novels~!

I was originally planning to do something by Bertrice Small (seeing as she is one of my favorite author) but the cover of her books are mostly real paintings with beautiful women. Not that i could not do it (but i probably can't.haha!) it's just that it won't look good on short nails & blending colors would take lots of time.
*sigh*
So i just have to give it up.

Next is the 50 shades trilogy since i just finished reading it.
In fact, i already have painted my black base last night. It's just that for some reason when i was already drawing it I can't seem to quite get the colors. You know how i fret about my designs if they do not look like the original image. So out with it.

Since i'm running out of time (it was already 11pm), i knew that i just had to make something easy.
Then i remember Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Now that's more like it! hehehehe!
So, after 15 minutes, im done with it! Here ya go~

I just had to outline them with the color of the cover so that it would at least be about the book & not just the characters.hehehe

Have you read this?
I love it!
The kid in me giggles every time i read Greg's adventure!

Presenting the Heffley family~

Here's the main character~ Greg Heffley

Being a middle schooler is not easy, definitely not!
Greg enters the world of middle school & that's when the fun started for him.

Rodrick~the big brother

Being the eldest kid in the family has its merits... as what Greg keeps on saying.
Clearly Roderick also agrees with him!

Manny ~ the youngest kid

Manny can get away with everything since he is the baby!

Dad ~

Dad loves his civil war figure collection & hates Roderick's friend.
hehehe

Mom~

Mom writes an article in parenting in the local newspaper.
Guess what she mostly writes about?
^_~

I hope i was able to get them well drawn, if not exactly alike at least.

How about you?
What book have you read recently?

I can't wait what my ladies had done with their book nail art.
You can check out these ladies doing the same challenge with me:

Pram of My Nail Polish Addiction

Bec of Lacquer Dreams

Kerrie of PishPosh and Polish

Caitlin of Caitlin's Creative Corner

Emma of Manicurity

Alyssa of Fancy Phalanges

Sally Of Nail Pron

Hope you all have a great weekend,hunnies!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

Do you have skincare woes? Then you have to join my HBC Giveaway!