I Nailed It #14: Lemonade

Hello! When I need a break from just everything, I take out my nail polishes and just make a mess on my nails. ^^ But it also helps when I see awesome inspirations on the Internet, kinda like this one from one of my most favorite beauty sites ever, The Beauty Department. From my sea-green and blue ombre hair to my nail art attempts, The Beauty Department was part of just everything.

This is their most recent Mani Monday entry and it just looked so cool so I decided to try it out. Fair warning okay? Mine is obviously not as neat and pretty. ^^

thebeautydepartment.com

I think my lemons need a little more love. 

Anyhoo, here's the stuff I used: Sassy Colors in Jungle Green, Twinkle in Mocha Malt, Klik in Regular White, OMG in Mojito, and OMG in Strobe for the top coat. I absolutely love Strobe. It just gives the nails a really cool reflective effect.

Enjoy your week! Cheerio!

I Nailed It #9: Red and Glitters

Hi! Happy Independence Day, if there is such a greeting.

Because today is a free day, I decided to play with my nail polishes. Free days like today is the only time I can properly put on nail colors because it can dry well, unlike when I put it on at night and wake up with messed up nails. ^^

I wanted to paint my nails with a patriotic design but ended doing my favorite gradiated red nails. But this time, I decided to coat my nails with clear polish with gold glitters.

I used: Sassy Colors in Neon Red, Jocarste in A61, and Twinkle in Glitter Gold. My nails don't look patriotic but they do carry some shades of the Philippine flag.

I put on a coat of the bubblegum peach color, did a layer of gradiation with the red color, then topped my nails with the glitter polish. Never mind if it'd be hard to remove. ^^

Cheerio!

I Nailed It #8: All that Glitters

Hi guys! I know, the title is not very original. I hope you can let this one pass. ^^ Watching K-dramas and Korean shows has been influential to the way I see nail art. Most Hallyu stars, at least those that I get to watch and read about, take nail art very seriously. I mean, we're talking Firmos and gems the size of your normal earrings glued to their nails! Although I am yet to glue huge bows on my nails, I've loved nail color gradation, colored French tips, and now, accented nails (I honestly don't know what it's called).

Yoon Eun Hye (Joy/Lee Soo Yeon/Zoe of I Miss You/Missing You; Coffee Prince, Goong/Princess Hours) didn't just under the limelight, yet again, hot pink lips and coral lips with her melodramatic character in I Miss You. She also had these nail art designs throughout the series that are so cute. Think: royal blue French tips and nails with accents.

I really love Twinkle's nail polishes. They're so small and affordable (less than 15 pesos a bottle. 12-ish)  so you'd definitely get to empty the bottles out before the product dries up. Yoon Eun Hye's nail art are definitely more dramatic and detailed but I figured this could work too. Plus, I don't have to suffer from trying to get the glitter polish off of every single nail. Just one nail. ^^

What I have on is three thin layers of Mud on each nail except the point finger, which has one. And four layers of Glitter Gold. Glitter Gold doesn't have a lot of glitter chunks so I really had to layer to get this intense glitter-y look. The layer of Mud underneath the glitter makes it...cohesive...with the rest. ^^

A little tip I learned from Buzzfeed: Get a cotton ball, divide it into five, soak each in acetone and put it on your nails. Within a few seconds, the nail polish comes right off. No excessive rubbing needed. Of course, it still depends on how many layers of polish you put on. The thicker the polish, the harder it is to remove, especially glitter-y ones. ^^

Have you tried this nail art trend? How do you like it? Lemme know. Cheerio!

I Nailed It #5: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Hi. Okay, the title is kinda lame. ^^ haha. Well, it was the only title I could think of since this nail color's yellow and the brand is twinkle so I had to tie both ends together and came with, well, a nursery rhyme.

This has been hanging out in my drafts bin for a while. I guess I just kept on missing it.
Twinkle is actually one of our favorite nail polish brands. By "our" I mean me, my mom, and sis. It's just a small bottle so there's no much worry on having a lot of polish going to waste when it dries up.

I grabbed this color the moment I saw it because I was looking for something neutral-looking yet fun. So tans are out. This one's called Mocha Malt, which is a light mustard color. A bottle of twinkle nail polish costs 17.75 and has about 5ml of product. I wear this color whenever I want my nail color to be a little toned down, like during events and such.

Their polishes are actually very good. They don't streak like other polishes I've tried. My nails here are wearing three coatings. I can't vouch for longetivity though because all nail polishes, except glittery ones, last on my nails for three days tops.

I have another Twinkle polish which is a cross of plum and hot pink which I will do a review on very soon. Twinkle polishes are available at some grocery stores, SM department stores, and Watsons.

Ever tried a Twinkle polish? Lemme know. Cheerio!