POSTED ON: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 @ 2:51 PM | 0 comments
So i went to Nail Deck again yesterday to get CG's Holographic polish Astro-Hot after contemplating for about a week. I couldn't resist a bottle of Barielle since they were much cheaper than departmental stores and other pushcarts. So I got myself Barielle's Falling Star, a marine blue polish with orangey gold glitter.
Barielle's nail polish are advertised to be safer as they use more effective and natural alternatives in their formulas. I've seen nail salons that advertised this brand as being safe to use for even pregnant mothers and someone also told me that she could only use Barielle nail polish and not other brands of polish or she will develop rashes! I don't know how true this is since these are not promised on their website but it does sound great! (:
They have a few other nail and skin care products too so check them out on their blog! http://www.barielle.com
2012 All-Girls Team came back to visit during training on Monday. I had a chance to stunt with them again, and reminded of their immense strength. Really miss this team, how we trained hard together, how we talked/gossip about random things together.
Enough with the reminiscing, back to reality where the competition is less than 1.5weeks away. Yes ohmygoodness it's next Sunday! May we ASU next Sunday, group stunts champions please!! ><
Oh and here's a little shoutout to Oli's sister since Cassy told me she recommended my blog to her! Hope you liked the polish Cassy asked me to recommend from Etude House, I think their cream glitters are quite cute! (:
And of course, thank you Cassy for promoting my blog!! xx
Love,
Lorraine
I love OPI
POSTED ON: Saturday, March 9, 2013 @ 11:02 PM | 0 comments
Hello dears! Here's a simple mani using two polishes from my new mini set of OPI Euro Centrale. Can't Find My Czechbook and You're Such A BudaPest.
Some tips for taped mani...
I painted one coat of You're Such A BudaPest first, waited for it to dry completely before taping my nail and applying one coat of Can't Find My Czechbook.
Make sure the tape sticks to the nail properly and not leave any gaps between the tape and the nail or the second polish might seep under the tape during application.
The first colour has to be completely dry before taping or the polish will come off with the tape.
I stuck the tape to my skin before putting them on my nails so they will be less sticky too and wouldn't ruin the first colour.
After applying the second colour, the tape has to be removed immediately before moving on to paint the next nail so that the polish doesnt dry up and come off as a clump together with the tape.
I added a little pink bling to each nail after I sealed it with a topcoat.
Here's a picture of the set of pretty rhinestones. I got these 2400 piece 12 coloured round nail art rhinestones from www.mashnails.com for only $7.99. Mashnails sells other pretty shaped rhinestones, fimo canes, accessories, stamping plates and of course polishes. They ship worldwide so that's awesome too!
IHLCC (Institute of Higher Learning Cheerleading Competitions) in 15 days. Getting really stressed up and excited at the same time. It also means that training is gonna get more intense and I need to cut my nails so they wont accidentally scratch my fellow team mates. So I guess I wont be posting photos of my nails for the next two weeks or so but me being a nail polish addict, I will most definitely start painting my mum's nails so look out for them! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Euro Centrale
POSTED ON: Sunday, March 3, 2013 @ 11:38 PM | 0 comments
Yay my new set of mini polish! OPI's Euro Centrale! (Yes I got this from Nail Deck too, that's where all my money goes to these days)
4 pretty pretty colors:
Can't Find My Czechbook
Suzi's Hungary AGAIN!
You're Such a BudaPest
OY-Another Polish Joke!
Can't wait to swatch them soon!
Azel suggested I do some design with Can't Find My Czechbook and You're Such a BudaPest. She thinks these two colours would look cute together. I thought that was a great idea so do check out subsequent posts for swatches/designs! (:
Also mentioned in the previous post that the nice guy from Nail Deck helped me pre-order this OPI Nail Envy nail strengthener. Using it now and I think it's better than the Sally Hansen one.
Shall continue using it for the rest of the week and review it after that.
On a very random unrelated to nails note, we are left with 20 days to IHL cheerleading nationals. May the best team win.
Love,
Lorraine
Don't Teal Anyone
POSTED ON: Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 11:03 AM | 0 comments
KB Shimmer Don't Teal Anyone.
Second time using this polish and I still love the little fuchsia, teal and gold glitters with the teal base.
However, I still dislike the application and the polish chips really easily (Unlike the Revlon colours that stay on for really long...which means I'm gonna buy more Revlon nail polish!).
Ordered a bottle of OPI Nail Envy for sensitive and peeling nails this Monday at my school's pushcart stall that sells nail polish and I'm collecting it today!
The guy at the stall was really nice when I told him what I was looking for and he said he would order it in for me. Took down my name and contact number and he whatsapped me yesterday saying that he's got the stock already! Super efficient!
They're selling all the awesome polishes at great prices too. This OPI Nail Envy that I'm buying costs about $45 per bottle at BHG but they're only selling it at $25!
Great service Nail Deck, thank you so much! (:
Here's a photo of their pushcart stall located at Singapore Management University's School of Information Systems Concourse Basement, 80 Stamford Road.
Check them out on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/NailDeck
Love,
Lorraine
Neon
POSTED ON: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 @ 9:15 PM | 0 comments
This is one coat of LA Girl's Fiery Orange without topcoat. Will add another coat over later on to make it look less sheer. I quite like the brush since its bristles are really nice, smooth and close together which makes application easier and neater. Love this polish overall and will definitely buy more colours from this brand!
In the previous post, I mentioned buying a Sally Hansen maximum growth daily treatment. Been wearing that either alone or as a base coat under my chinese new year mani. So after two weeks, my nails are stronger and don't chip as easily as they used to. It's great as a bast coat as well as compared to the OPI base coat I always used and my mani can last for almost a week (surviving two rough cheerleading trainings too)! But unlike the name suggest, my nails didnt grow out much and they're still pretty short. I got it for about SGD15 a bottle from Watsons and it really does work pretty well as a strengthener and a base coat so I would recommend you all try it too!
Meanwhile, school's getting really busy with all the midterms and projects and presentations lined up so I apologize for blogging less these two weeks. Press on everyone, summer's just round the corner!!
Love,
Lorraine
Happy Chinese New Year!
POSTED ON: Monday, February 11, 2013 @ 2:45 PM | 0 comments
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
Yes, we celebrate Chinese New Year here in Singapore. With reunion dinners on Chinese New Year's eve and visiting our relatives on the first and second days of the new year. Visiting is exciting if you're still young. Children (unmarried people to be exact) get red packets filled with money for good luck from their married elders, all the greedy people gather around the food table and munch on yummy new year goodies, relatives gather to drink and talk about mindless stuff and being a busybody, and sometimes even try our luck at Blackjack or mahjong hoping to win some money.
So here's my mani for CNY. A simple dark red Raisin Rage from Revlon. That's two coats without topcoat. Sorry for the tip wear, it's already been 3 days. And I bought Sally Hansen's Maximum Growth treatment, hoping that it'll really strengthen my nails so that they will not chip off or peel off so easily. Read reviews after I got it, doesn't sound good but I hope it works anyway.
Pretty set of lipgloss from F21 to look forward to using this year! No more pale looking, dry/cracked lips! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Florals
POSTED ON: Sunday, February 3, 2013 @ 5:10 PM | 0 comments
Hello everyone! Here's my first attempt at floral patterns for my nails. Painted them using a dotting tool and a little old paintbrush. Entered them into the #showclyourpink contest that ended last week but I didn't get choosen to be in the final ten. But there were really some great entries for both the beginner and the pro section. Good luck to all the finalists!
Some bunch of students were doing fundraising for their OCSP and were selling these cute little cakes in jars. I bought two jars of kiwi cheesecake! Yes they're really yummy, I wish they came in larger portions though! (:
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POSTED ON: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 @ 2:51 PM | 0 comments
So i went to Nail Deck again yesterday to get CG's Holographic polish Astro-Hot after contemplating for about a week. I couldn't resist a bottle of Barielle since they were much cheaper than departmental stores and other pushcarts. So I got myself Barielle's Falling Star, a marine blue polish with orangey gold glitter.
Barielle's nail polish are advertised to be safer as they use more effective and natural alternatives in their formulas. I've seen nail salons that advertised this brand as being safe to use for even pregnant mothers and someone also told me that she could only use Barielle nail polish and not other brands of polish or she will develop rashes! I don't know how true this is since these are not promised on their website but it does sound great! (:
They have a few other nail and skin care products too so check them out on their blog! http://www.barielle.com
2012 All-Girls Team came back to visit during training on Monday. I had a chance to stunt with them again, and reminded of their immense strength. Really miss this team, how we trained hard together, how we talked/gossip about random things together.
Enough with the reminiscing, back to reality where the competition is less than 1.5weeks away. Yes ohmygoodness it's next Sunday! May we ASU next Sunday, group stunts champions please!! ><
Oh and here's a little shoutout to Oli's sister since Cassy told me she recommended my blog to her! Hope you liked the polish Cassy asked me to recommend from Etude House, I think their cream glitters are quite cute! (:
And of course, thank you Cassy for promoting my blog!! xx
Love,
Lorraine
I love OPI
POSTED ON: Saturday, March 9, 2013 @ 11:02 PM | 0 comments
Hello dears! Here's a simple mani using two polishes from my new mini set of OPI Euro Centrale. Can't Find My Czechbook and You're Such A BudaPest.
Some tips for taped mani...
I painted one coat of You're Such A BudaPest first, waited for it to dry completely before taping my nail and applying one coat of Can't Find My Czechbook.
Make sure the tape sticks to the nail properly and not leave any gaps between the tape and the nail or the second polish might seep under the tape during application.
The first colour has to be completely dry before taping or the polish will come off with the tape.
I stuck the tape to my skin before putting them on my nails so they will be less sticky too and wouldn't ruin the first colour.
After applying the second colour, the tape has to be removed immediately before moving on to paint the next nail so that the polish doesnt dry up and come off as a clump together with the tape.
I added a little pink bling to each nail after I sealed it with a topcoat.
Here's a picture of the set of pretty rhinestones. I got these 2400 piece 12 coloured round nail art rhinestones from www.mashnails.com for only $7.99. Mashnails sells other pretty shaped rhinestones, fimo canes, accessories, stamping plates and of course polishes. They ship worldwide so that's awesome too!
IHLCC (Institute of Higher Learning Cheerleading Competitions) in 15 days. Getting really stressed up and excited at the same time. It also means that training is gonna get more intense and I need to cut my nails so they wont accidentally scratch my fellow team mates. So I guess I wont be posting photos of my nails for the next two weeks or so but me being a nail polish addict, I will most definitely start painting my mum's nails so look out for them! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Euro Centrale
POSTED ON: Sunday, March 3, 2013 @ 11:38 PM | 0 comments
Yay my new set of mini polish! OPI's Euro Centrale! (Yes I got this from Nail Deck too, that's where all my money goes to these days)
4 pretty pretty colors:
Can't Find My Czechbook
Suzi's Hungary AGAIN!
You're Such a BudaPest
OY-Another Polish Joke!
Can't wait to swatch them soon!
Azel suggested I do some design with Can't Find My Czechbook and You're Such a BudaPest. She thinks these two colours would look cute together. I thought that was a great idea so do check out subsequent posts for swatches/designs! (:
Also mentioned in the previous post that the nice guy from Nail Deck helped me pre-order this OPI Nail Envy nail strengthener. Using it now and I think it's better than the Sally Hansen one.
Shall continue using it for the rest of the week and review it after that.
On a very random unrelated to nails note, we are left with 20 days to IHL cheerleading nationals. May the best team win.
Love,
Lorraine
Don't Teal Anyone
POSTED ON: Thursday, February 28, 2013 @ 11:03 AM | 0 comments
KB Shimmer Don't Teal Anyone.
Second time using this polish and I still love the little fuchsia, teal and gold glitters with the teal base.
However, I still dislike the application and the polish chips really easily (Unlike the Revlon colours that stay on for really long...which means I'm gonna buy more Revlon nail polish!).
Ordered a bottle of OPI Nail Envy for sensitive and peeling nails this Monday at my school's pushcart stall that sells nail polish and I'm collecting it today!
The guy at the stall was really nice when I told him what I was looking for and he said he would order it in for me. Took down my name and contact number and he whatsapped me yesterday saying that he's got the stock already! Super efficient!
They're selling all the awesome polishes at great prices too. This OPI Nail Envy that I'm buying costs about $45 per bottle at BHG but they're only selling it at $25!
Great service Nail Deck, thank you so much! (:
Here's a photo of their pushcart stall located at Singapore Management University's School of Information Systems Concourse Basement, 80 Stamford Road.
Check them out on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/NailDeck
Love,
Lorraine
Neon
POSTED ON: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 @ 9:15 PM | 0 comments
This is one coat of LA Girl's Fiery Orange without topcoat. Will add another coat over later on to make it look less sheer. I quite like the brush since its bristles are really nice, smooth and close together which makes application easier and neater. Love this polish overall and will definitely buy more colours from this brand!
In the previous post, I mentioned buying a Sally Hansen maximum growth daily treatment. Been wearing that either alone or as a base coat under my chinese new year mani. So after two weeks, my nails are stronger and don't chip as easily as they used to. It's great as a bast coat as well as compared to the OPI base coat I always used and my mani can last for almost a week (surviving two rough cheerleading trainings too)! But unlike the name suggest, my nails didnt grow out much and they're still pretty short. I got it for about SGD15 a bottle from Watsons and it really does work pretty well as a strengthener and a base coat so I would recommend you all try it too!
Meanwhile, school's getting really busy with all the midterms and projects and presentations lined up so I apologize for blogging less these two weeks. Press on everyone, summer's just round the corner!!
Love,
Lorraine
Happy Chinese New Year!
POSTED ON: Monday, February 11, 2013 @ 2:45 PM | 0 comments
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
Yes, we celebrate Chinese New Year here in Singapore. With reunion dinners on Chinese New Year's eve and visiting our relatives on the first and second days of the new year. Visiting is exciting if you're still young. Children (unmarried people to be exact) get red packets filled with money for good luck from their married elders, all the greedy people gather around the food table and munch on yummy new year goodies, relatives gather to drink and talk about mindless stuff and being a busybody, and sometimes even try our luck at Blackjack or mahjong hoping to win some money.
So here's my mani for CNY. A simple dark red Raisin Rage from Revlon. That's two coats without topcoat. Sorry for the tip wear, it's already been 3 days. And I bought Sally Hansen's Maximum Growth treatment, hoping that it'll really strengthen my nails so that they will not chip off or peel off so easily. Read reviews after I got it, doesn't sound good but I hope it works anyway.
Pretty set of lipgloss from F21 to look forward to using this year! No more pale looking, dry/cracked lips! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Florals
POSTED ON: Sunday, February 3, 2013 @ 5:10 PM | 0 comments
Hello everyone! Here's my first attempt at floral patterns for my nails. Painted them using a dotting tool and a little old paintbrush. Entered them into the #showclyourpink contest that ended last week but I didn't get choosen to be in the final ten. But there were really some great entries for both the beginner and the pro section. Good luck to all the finalists!
Some bunch of students were doing fundraising for their OCSP and were selling these cute little cakes in jars. I bought two jars of kiwi cheesecake! Yes they're really yummy, I wish they came in larger portions though! (:
Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
So here's my mani for CNY. A simple dark red Raisin Rage from Revlon. That's two coats without topcoat. Sorry for the tip wear, it's already been 3 days. And I bought Sally Hansen's Maximum Growth treatment, hoping that it'll really strengthen my nails so that they will not chip off or peel off so easily. Read reviews after I got it, doesn't sound good but I hope it works anyway.
