Sunday, November 4, 2012

Neon-tastic!

   Well, hello there y'all! Good morning! It's currently 6:51am here in Australia and I've yet to catch a wink of sleep.. probably because I napped after work in the afternoon (whoops). I guess you could also attribute my insomnia to my need for a new manicure! I knew I wanted something bright and fun and ikat-y (let's pretend that's an actually adjective, and it isn't made up at all). I spent the night painting, removing, painting, removing... and painting, and removing nail polish trying out different patterns, different colour combos. Here are the ones I was bothered to snap pictures of:


   So, in conclusion, I decided to smush these 3 designs together and got this:


   There is something about the ikat design I just love. Partly because it's so easy and less tedious than trying to create straight perfect lines. Painting those black dividing lines were a pain enough to get straight and even *sob Though I have to admit, in this mani I used black acrylic paint (yes, I've finally bought some!) instead of regular polish; it is so much (SO MUCH) easier to create opaque straight lines. Top it off with a coat of top coat and you can't tell it's not polish *grin



   For some strange reason, these remind me of Fresh Prince of Bel Air.. or is it just me?


   OH AND while I was absent for the most part of this week (on blogger and tumblr) I had a mani that I had only uploaded onto instagram. Just for your viewing pleasure, here they are:


   Just a basic pastel green to blue striped gradient ^^ There were requests on instagram for a tutorial, so I whipped one up real quick.


   Also as a special request from my mum, I made pistachio macarons! And they have feet!


   Andddddd... I think that's all for now. I've bombarded you all with enough photos. Until my next post that is ^^ 

Toodles~







6 comments:

  1. I love these! I can't believe you stayed up ALL night though...I thought I was bad! x

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    1. thanks! haha my semester for uni is over now so the late nights (or early mornings XD) are back!

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  2. Hello gorgeousness and creativity!

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    1. Gorgeousness and Creativity wave hello back! haha

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  3. Both manis are so elaborated! such a great job. and the macarons look yummy!

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  4. Thanks so much! Macarons are a guilty pleasure of mine :D

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