The past week has been rough, but filming a nail tutorial perked me up a little. Took me longer to edit, and somehow it became a 4 minute video, but hey, it's worth a watch!

But hey it feels good to be painting again! If you look closely, you can see how white my nails are. Oh thank you, OPI Original Nail Envy. The base coat I'm using right now (Revlon's Base+Top coat) isn't half bad either. It smells pretty awful, but I like how thin it comes out. Nail Envy has a thicker formula, so once you're done with your manicure, your whole nail looks pretty thick. It all depends on where your priorities lie I guess, and mine still lies in maintaining healthy nails, and for that, my money's on Nail Envy.


For once, I actually had the thought of pushing back my cuticles. Usually, I hate pushing my cuticles back because I feel like it should be untouched. I've read a few horror stories and doctor testimonies against removing and pushing cuticles, because they're what keeps the bacteria (and all that polish) away from your body. It could affect nail growth, and result in infections if not taken care of properly. I've got two cats at home, so I already have to keep everything clean, so I didn't want to make my nails even more vulnerable than they already are.

I get the reason why girls push or remove their cuticles though, it makes your nails look so much neater, and the border of the polish looks more defined. But I don't think I can ever overlook the health of my nails, which are already attacked weekly with polish and polish removers. If you're like me, and you prefer keeping your cuticles the way they are, you just have to learn to work with them. If your cuticles are in an irregular shape, buffing the surface of your nail lightly with a buffing sponge will remove the bits that's in the way, but don't file your cuticles directly. That way, I keep my cuticles in a neat line as untouched as possible. Perfect.

Next time you're at a nail salon, ask to push your cuticles, don't cut them away. Don't push too much either - just enough to make sure you have a nice, neatly curved outline. In this design, I got a bit of black nail polish on my cuticles, which resulted in a choppy line at the top. The next time I do outlines, I'm going to be more careful to stay away from the cuticles, heh.


Overall, it was a quick (but satisfying) design to do. You can do the same thing with toothpicks and black nail polish - all you really need is a steady hand.

Now to get round to making those tutorials I promised...

But in the meantime, what do you think of this design? Or any other design for that matter. Give me advice, design requests - just talk to me or leave me a comment!

WOW I've missed blogging! The past 2 weeks have been pretty rough, and my spirits got so low that I didn't even want to paint my own nails. Crazy, I know. But im back on track and my spirits are high yet again.

Both my best friends were back in Singapore for about 2 weeks, so I had the rare chance to hang out and paint nails (of course!). It just took me awhile to upload these pictures, heheh. Wendy came over to spend the afternoon, where I tried to mother-fy her by teaching her how to bake. Somehow, she found the henna that was lying around in my fridge so I drew on her hands before starting on the nails.

Best thing about this design was that I only did one of her nails, she did the rest! I taught her how to apply the bullion beads using this technique that's up on my channel, and in about half an hour (and many cries of anguish), she completed both hands! The base colour is Butter London's Fishwife - a colour I've featured before here. Not bad for a first try, though some of the beads are off center.. heh heh.





Had a nice tea drinking session with June at Hoshino at Plaza Singapura (their pancakes are to DIE for by the way), and painted her nails while we drank our tea. Thankfully, there were no other customers near us, and the staff allowed us to take out the polish.

Was inspired by Chinaware, and I thought it'll look nice with June's nail shape. Super simple, only requires patience to get the designs on right. I painted out of memory, and whatever I felt reminds me of Chinaware, so it's more of a mish mash of other patterns too.