christmas nail art

i got the design from askmewhats.blogspot.com and i know, hers is better, but i love what i did anyway ^_^

that's yvaine's hand at the background :)

and here with askmewhats as as background :)

merry christmas!

barenaked

i have no interest in painting my nails since last week.  maybe because their awfuly short now... ill just have wait for a few more weeks.

though i received my most awaited rimmel insolence, CND stickey and Seche vite from amazon already...

which confuses me.  CND said their stickey is 3-free (that's why i bought it), which means there is  no toulene, folmaldehyde or DBP, but when i checked the ingredients in the bottle, hello toluene!  seche vite has it too, but at least they don't advertise that they are 3-free.  which also adds to my disinterest for nail art this week.

toluene, DBP and formaldehyde are the ingredients that health buffs are rallying against nail polish manufacturers to be removed because of harmful effects to the body, although its still being debated because of the 'insignificant' amount of it in nail polish to cause a concern.  but still i did not use any during my first trimester, when the baby's organ development is crucial.  and also i hated the fumes...

good thing my sally hansen and rimmel is free of those... but for konad?  good luck, DBP and toluene are both present.  that's why i would never paint konad straight on my bare nails again.

in the meantime im just using the cuticle oil i received last week from a seller in hong kong.  and i love cuticle oils on bare and buffed nails, so after using magiff buff (you know those three-way buffs?) i just use these pen dispensers and voila, presentable bare nails.  

bagong nailpolishes...

nag ayos ako ng nailpolishes today... since back to zero ako nung binenta ko kay irish lahat nung nalaman kong buntis ako again, nakakatuwa kapag meron uli akong nakakalikot na mga nail polish :)

strawberry-scented nail polish remover, sally hansen pink and blue, claire's violet and chocolate brown, small avon mirror shine nail polish, clear nail polishes, avon liquid freeze quick dry spray, cuticle oils, collection 2000 nail polishes, china glaze matte magic, konad nail polishes, stampers, scrapers, metal plates, magiff buff, konad emery board, butterfly canes and rhinestones.

and, eto ang nail polish ko this week, pangalawa na to kase ayoko nung una, kaya nga hindi ko na pinicture-an...

konad m25 with red wine konad nail polish + green rhinestones

a different one for my thumb, but still from the same plate...

actually kakarating lang ng rhinestones ko from an ebay seller in hongkong, super mura, parang 2-3 dollars lang ata, grabe at ang dami... kaya ginamit ko na agad hehe...

ok lang kahit sa karton na lang sya nakalagay...




photo of the week: fisheye! haha

actually galing kay ate lourdes ang gold ball na ito, na may lamang mabangong lotion!  hindi ko alam kung bakit nya ko binigyan pero bongga di ba, charitable! 

review: avon liquid freeze quick dry spray

if, like me, you get impatient waiting for your nails to dry...

and if, like me, you tend to feel like going to the bathroom as soon as you put the top coat on your nails...

and if, like me, you wake up with bedsheet marks on your nails...


and you get so pissed off because you worked so hard on your nail art, or you just felt like all the efforts waiting for the first coat, second coat, konad, then top coat on your nails to dry have been useless...

then this is one solution for you!

i have seen so many fast dry spray but this is the most environment-friendly coz it doesn't have aerosol propellants.

and the most important answer of course - yes it works!

it does dry your nails like magic, and with just three sprays on each hand since one spray can reach 2-3 nails.

problem is, the oil.  it's super oily.  so if you are super impatient and you spray after each coat, you have to wash your hands thoroughly afterwards because the next coat will not stick if your nails are oily.

so i only spray after konad and after top coat.  i just let the first two base coats dry naturally.  but, since it still cuts my nailpolish time in half, im pretty satisfied with it...

hooray for avon!

also: quick review for sephora purifying brush shampoo

of course, when my baby's shampoo ran out i tried to buy a more professional brush cleaner since the OC in me wants to wash them every week (daily for the foundation brush, which, i found out, was the cause for my previous pimples just because i didn't realize you have to wash it daily...)...

and i found it in sephora, which is triple the price of a baby shampoo but makes my brushes so soft, plus the fact that it is antibacterial :)

ive been using this bottle for 5 months now and it is still half-full, so i think you're money's worth it, and your face, too.  my bare escentuals kabuki brush never felt softer even when it was new until i wash it with this, and it decently cleans my eyeshadow brushes and eyeliner brushes, too.

never mind the eye primer on the photo, too faced shadow insurance works, everyone knows that.  im just trying to finish it so i can compare it to urban decay primer potion.

konad A Set

ayeee....

finally!

super saya ko talaga... nabili ko na sya finally!!!  at ang bait pa ni ate, pinapili nya ko ng mga plates kaya nakakuha ako ng magaganda, pati nail polish nakuha ko rin ung mga wala ako dati tulad ng pink, black pearl, may gold at silver pa!  im so happy!!!

Konad A Set Contents:
-10 Large Special Polishes 10ml
- 1 Top coat 10ml
-10 Image Plate (Assorted Round)
- 1 Rhinestone Set
- 1 Emery Board
- 1 3-Way Buffer
- 1 Stamp
- 1 Scraper
- 1 Tweezer

at me libre pa kong strawberry scented nail polish remover at collagen masks... weee...

andaming plates!  omagasshhhzzz!

with old stamp/scraper/plates and new ones

ang sipag sipag ko na naman magnail art nito....

konad m61 at different colors

konad m61 with red konad, m57 with avon mirror shine (coz silver konad nail polish is not that opaque, and the gold? the gold sucks), m56 with white konad on sally hansen pink base, m61 with white konad on sally hansen blue base, and black konad on m57 plate.  you choose.

konad m57 with avon mirror shine nail polish, claire's chocolate base with china glaze matte magic.  and rhinestones~

and i love china glaze matte magic!!! its like having a whole new set of polishes because your nail color changes from glossy to matte after this top coat and i love it!!!

it makes my pink sally hansen look frosted!

some good things never last...

wala pa ngang 2 linggo, maggugupit na naman ako ng kuko... gustong-gusto ko pa namang mahaba sya.... pero at least hindi ako nasugatan!  kaya ok lang...

oo nga pala, eto sya this week:

konad m64 and konad black pearl + clear top coat...

claire's nail polish

after two coats, di pa rin bonggang violet ang kulay... medyo hindi pa opaque.  at ang tapang ng amoy.  killer high.

verdict:
*will not use again*

nail polish attack...

maybe we'll go to bcc later.  pls pls pls pigilan nyo ko bumili ng konad!!!   napapanaginipan ko na sya at pinapangarap kaya hindi ko alam kung kaya kong pigilan ang sarili ko mamaya...

here's my dreamthing:

ok lang, can't afford ko pa yan..

hmmm.. me sakit si irish, baka macancel na naman ang lakad for the 4th time! naman, kakasweldo lang.  this is the perfect time!  killjoys.

my parcel came!  bumili ako ng benetint sample bottle at benefit some kinda gorgeous foundation faker.  feeling ko ang ganda ganda ko na naman...  kaso talagang nakakadry sya ng face.  ano kayang pwedeng gawin...

now im just waiting for matte magic... ang super awesome na nail polish para magmukhang hindi nailpolish ang nasa kuko mo... hahaha.

sample:

ganyan! walang shine, matte na matte, parang bato lang...

haha.

ok, i admit it -  i regret it so much!

been denying it these past few days but i finally realized that i do, i do regret selling all my nail polishes, especially my konad ones!

from top to bottom, left to right: 2-way nail art pens, deep and light violet, whites, orange and red, deep adn light green, blues, silvers, golds, yellows, black, clear top, bubblegum and french and dark pinks, blue and pink glitter tops, and konads (green, red, white, black, super new unused blue, and yellow)

when i found out i was pregnant, again, i gathered all my nail polishes and sold them to irish.   what's more, i gave her some freebies to encourage her to buy all of them...

bonus: rhinestones, clipper and special nail art brushes.

(i also told her to sell our wii at that time)

i know, im an idiot!  i was actually thinking about not using nail polish until mid-2011, because i don't want to when im pregnant, and i probably cannot when i give birth (and a few months afterwards)...

this was my last nail polish last january...

black nail polish with silver french tip and 3 rhinestones on my ring finger.  

and unfortunately, i saw my butterfly nail art last weekend and started doing nail art again.  i did not sniff the polishes ok, and im 4 months pregnant - as far as my research tells me, there are no more harm as my baby has finished developing the major organs and is simply growing nowadays...  yes, i did my research, and although they said there are no medical proofs that nail polishes poses any harm, i was decided not to use it especially on my first trimester - where the baby's cells are developing into organs, coz i don't want any harmful fumes at that time.  so i thought i won't be using them and they might as well harden by the time i was going to use them again, i should sell them and get good money for it right?

but now i really regret it because i have collected some really good colors and i like them all...

just last weekend i began painting my nails again.  i did it in the bathroom (to let the smell be carried away as i did it near the big windows) and i did not want the scent to linger in our bedroom.

since the only nail polish that was left to me were sally hansen's blue and pink, and claire's violet plus the  mirror shine from avon, i skipped the nail plates and just used the blue polish and added some butterflies.

and now i really really regret selling all those beautiful nail polishes...... now i have to start collecting again.

thank You, for all the blessings, especially the one inside me..

it has been a great week for me!

i was originally planning to write a post about my terrific tuesday, but my luck ran through the rest of the week!

first, i was so happy to go to bcc with maricel last tuesday, coz with a girl i can go to shops that bambi cannot, and test their products on another person without complaints!  when we were with irish before, we always pass by mac to put on eyeshadows and liners. 

even if we were there for only two hours we went home happy coz we both had what we came for.  

she bought a nipper (which made her very happy,  as in very happy, because of a nipper)... and i was able to buy too faced shadow insurance.  at last! they have it in stock!

i always check it in sephora but its always out of stock, so even if i am waiting for my primer potion, i still stocked up on it and maybe sell the potion to maricel or irish, if i find shadow insurance better than it.  or maybe keep them both :) *vain*

i also bought a purifying brush shampoo, but im gonna return it coz the sales lady demonstrated the spray one, but she placed the gel type on my bag.  i was so disappointed when i found out at home.  

in fairness, she gave me a lot of sephora mattifying primer samples.  and these can last me for almost a month!

i also bought a nice-looking violet shade of nail polish from claire's... i was so excited to use this!

but all of my nail art will be put on hold because of a surprise!

then wednesday morning, four parcels from ebay came!  

first was the nyx lipglosses from u.s.!

in three beautiful shades!!!

pinky natural is my best lip gloss color coz it matches with any eyeshadow, apricot is a little turn-down coz the color is diluted, and soap opera queen is the most glamorous!  although, since i have been satisfied with long-lasting lip products i find that they fade too quickly.  and i hated reapplying.

i also received my avon mirror shine silver nail polish (for subtle konad effects like this one i found online:)

and 2 bottles of cuticle oils (coz kristelle took mine away),

and the rhinestones for my nails:

1800 rhinestones, and two clippers

sample nga! :D

then, wednesday night, bambi gave me quite a shock when he gifted me with a blackberry curve!  what?!!&*@(*?  this is for me?!?

i cannot believe that he bought this.  i told him so many times that i don't need a new mobile.  actually, i was really hoping to buy the hello kitty one.  but this is so freaking amazing and did not hesitate to accept it!  haha!  now i have my n95 as my roaming mobile.  *evil laugh*

then thursday morning i received my nail art brushes.  they are so cute!  and soft, and stiff, and i was so excited to use them.  but, as i was saying, all nail art sessions are cancelled until further notice... 

for an explanation of their purposes, watch this long and boring video...

then, (i saved the best for last), thursday night was the night when we found out that jared is officially a big brother!

the biggest surprise of my week!  i am 6 weeks pregnant!!!  i think i am still in shock and in awe, i cannot feel that im pregnant, nothing has changed in me, and there were no signs except that i was delayed, but there it is (with jared's result last 2007), and it is confirmed - i will be a mom of two!!!

what a blessed blessed week for me!  that's why i was so engrossed in cleaning our room today, as in super cleaning, not just wiping and stuff, and doing the laundry.  and it is a two-week's worth of laundry!




this is where i say thank You, for all the blessings, especially the one inside me.  

hello kitty plush & pink makeup holder

is it tuesday night already?  i was just wondering why last friday came so fast and tomorrow is our last full-day at work again...

*no complaints here*

yes! one month with X!

since last week i have planned to blog but decided to sleep instead.  ok, real reason is that downloading images halts my plan.  but i really wanted to blog about a lot of things.  one, because i have begun changing my nail polish every two days again, and two, because bambi bought me the cutest, softest, most amazing hello kitty stuffed toy last friday!

"she sleeps most of the time" :)

weeeeee!!! so cute!

i have decided that my character now will be hello kitty, jared has long been kero kero keroppi (because he smiles like him), and bambi, well, maybe bad badtz maru XD

also, since i have been feeling artsy early this week i have decided that instead of buying a brush holder from ebay (below), i'll just make one.  seriously.

ok, apart from the ridiculous price of brush holders and the limitations in design, i have also tons of foam boards in the office, so i just visualized the design and cut the foam boards in different heights.  it took me three hours just to have these:

pretty decent yeah?

hold on...

after much double taping (a little help from bambi, coz im no genius in measurements :)) and stickers and painting, tada!  my own makeup brush holder is done!

it now owns the front area of my drawer because of its cuteness:

im pretty proud of myself! haha...

apart from that, i also had some art on my nails... 

first it was this one, manually made.  good thing i didn't use red or it will look like marlboro... its supposed to have rhinestones in the middle v like i saw on the internet but my order from hong kong hasn't arrived yet.

after the blue is the pink!  i was trying to make it like a double french manicure with pink at the end but i made the white area so wide that it looks like a normal stripe design.  bummer.

and last but not the least is the summer color of orange and green!  although its just starting to get cold here i cannot help but like the brightness and happy color feeling on my nails :)

and in one week i have already used up my my acetone bottle. 

that's pretty much it.  i have used up all my bragging powers, too...