China Glaze Magnetix Drawn to You

Remember this polish? It's the one I broke last month! I used the polish I managed to save, but the bottle pictured below is an extra one. *hint hint* These mani were done on two weeks apart, so you can see the nail growth!

Both mani's had 1 coat of China Glaze Drawn To You from their Magnetix collection for the base color & another coat for the magnet. & Then finished off with Seche Vite. I only did the diagonal & chevron design because I had too much trouble with the star.

I love how the magnet has 3 different designs, but I don't like how you have

to purchase it separately from the polish.

w/ Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love

Drawn to You is such a pretty purple!

w/ Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love

I like magnetic polishes, it's an easy way to get a quick design on your nails if you follow the directions. I had trouble with holding the magnet too close to my nail & with the curve of my nails. Other than that, everything turned out okay. I'm pretty much finished with my "broken" bottle of Drawn to You.

Are you guys a fan of magnetic polishes? Do you own any?

Hello Kitty Polka Dots

Hi hi :) I took off my gothic lolita nails. The 3D bow lasted a good two days until I popped it off. Anyways, current mani was influenced by the two plushies in my previous post.

The base color to three of my fingers are three coats of China Glaze Something Sweet from their Up & Away collection & then dotted with white acrylic paint. My accent nail has three coats of China Glaze Dance Baby from their Electropop collection. The yellow Hello Kitty (Mimi) bow is a nail sticker & the blue dots are China Glaze Bahamian Escape & pink dots are China Glaze Something Sweet. Then finished it off with a matte top coat. Both of the pink polishes could have been applied with two coats, but mine need three because I applied it too thin.

Since the bow is on the other side & yellow, it turns into Mimi's bow =)

I was trying to find the perfect pink that matched my Hello Kitty plushies. (all 2 coats)

1 Wet n Wild Tickled Pink - 2 China Glaze Something Sweet - 3 OPI Sparrow Me The Drama

4 China Glaze Exceptionally Gifted - 5 Sinful Colors Beautiful Girl - 6 LA Colors Bubblegum 

7 China Glaze Dance Baby - 8 Sinful Colors Easy Going - 9 China Glaze Second-Hand Silk

w/ Seche Vite

w/ Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love

This post was too pink for me. I'm taking this mani off soon!

February Hello Kitty Plushies

Good morning! I have more Hello Kitty plushies to show you guys n__n It's only suitable for my birthday month! Plus I added another polka dotted friend. These two are the inspiration for my next mani! You'll see that tomorrow if I decide to take my gothic lolita mani off.

This Hello Kitty was given to me on my birthday 4 years ago. I'm loving the charm!

I have the pink version, but they also have a purple one.

I'm not sure if the plush are still available, but I've seen some in a few Sanrio around me.

Juggling Clown Hello Kitty

Week 8: Corset Mani

After wearing China Glaze Gothic Lolita for two days, I was trying to think what to do to my nails before I take it off & do the corset mani. Then I thought this was a great opportunity to do gothic lolita inspired nails. Knock out two nails ideas in one mani. Lolita fashion is so awesome! Every time I go to a festival at Japantown, there's always a few people dressed as lolitas.

The base color is two coats of China Glaze Gothic Lolita from their recent Electropop collection. Gothic Lolita is a grape purple with a tiny hint of blue shimmers. There's two corsets on my pinky and middle finger for this week's challenge.I used LA Colors Art Deco in black for all the black detailing you see. I also used rhinestones, 3D bow, & black lace stickers for the rest of the detailing.

 w/ Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love
I had to see what it looked like mattified, I prefer this mani shiny.

I love the look of this mani, I'm going to wear this for a few days n__n

What do you guys think? Does it pass as gothic lolita?

Week 7: Valentine's Mani

Late in posting my weekly nail challenge, as always. Here's a mani I tried last week.

I finally tried one of Rina's nail tutorial, heart patches! I thought this was pretty easy by watching her video. Oh man, it was a whole different story once I tried to attempt the design. Haha. I couldn't keep my hand steady or get my lines thin enough. I'm happy with how it turned out on my left hand!  My other hand looks like a bunch of doodles.

The base color is China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le and I used black & white acrylic paint for the nail art. Then used Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love for the mattified look.

Valentine's Day

Yay for the weekend! Here's what happened on Valentine's Day. The bf woke me up in the afternoon & told me to open the door. In comes Mr. Truffles & him w/ donuts & a bear hug!

Krispy Kreme themed donuts are the cutest! The two below are my favorites based on looks!

My favorite was the one at the bottom right, filled with custard! Yum <3

He would give me something related to his video games. Haha.

I think my bf likes Valentine's day more than I do. I just gave him a chocolate fortune cookie & then we went to eat Pho. Perfect for a cold day in San Francisco.

Valentine's w/ Hello Kitty!

Hi :) I've been pretty good with posting daily for now. Let me fit one quick post before I go back to studying for my test. Remember when I did the Halloween Hello Kitty plushies post? I said I was going to post every holiday or event, but I missed out on Christmas/winter during my move. Oops! Anyways, here's the Valentine's one! The bf got me this on Valentine's Day two years ago. ^___^

I was thinking that the Kiki & Lala would be perfect for Valentine's since they're coupled up. Then I thought, no way they're twins! Haha. I'll show you them anyways!

They're the cutest! I love love love them!

Who's your favorite Sanrio character? Mine is Pippo & Pekkle!

& Do you guys like this kind of post? I have plenty more plushies!

Fail Valentine Mani's

Happy Valentine's Day!

Did you know, I had another polish spill! Black polish on my carpet -___- The mani afterwards didn't turn out any better. Took this off right after taking photos.

The base is two coats of OPI Skull and Glossbones from their Pirates of the Caribbean collection, the red is Wet n Wild Red Red, & the black is from LA Colors Art Deco.

w/ Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love.

Two coats of OPI Sparrow Me the Drama from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection.

w/ Hard Candy Matte-ly In Love.

This one, I just not good at positioning the stamper.

& Here's the mani I did for Valentine's last year.