POSTED ON: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 @ 1:55 PM | 0 comments
It's time for Polish Days! Here's my first post for Polish Days started by Hannah from Polly Polish. She comes up with a theme every month and this month's theme is "7 Deadly Sins" - lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy or pride.
And when I saw these 7 sins, the first thing that came to my mind was "green with envy". So I did a simple mani with a green gradient and silver nail tape. I finished this in about 1.5hrs when I woke up this morning and it's pretty messy so I guess it won't stay on my nails for long. Definitely not more than 2 days.
As you can probably see from the picture, my Seche Vite topcoat shrank the darkest green quite a bit, revealing the tips of my nails. Annoying Seche Vite, and I still have 2.5 more bottles of it to go before I can change to another brand of topcoat.
Here are the 4 greens I used for this mani. From left to right, Sally Hansen's Mint Sorbet, China Glaze's For Audrey, OPI's Can't Find My Czechbook from the Euro Centrale collection and a dark green from Beadstreet.
Please do check out the other lovely nail enthusiasts with their take on the "7 Deadly Sins" below...
Love,
Lorraine
Golden Eye
POSTED ON: Sunday, April 7, 2013 @ 2:19 PM | 0 comments
Here's Golden Eye from the OPI Skyfall collection. Very dense bright yellow/gold glitter in a clear base. I think it looks a bit too over on its own so I tried a darker base underneath it. The picture on the left shows two coats without topcoat and as you can see, it's thick enough for full coverage. My fourth finger has OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark as a base and one coat of Golden Eye over it. I think that looks somewhat better and less in-your-face. I guess it'll be more for designs instead of on its own then!
I kind of miss doing designs but i have so many untrieds, so more swatches to come in the next few weeks!
Summer's just around the the corner, exams will be over soon! Hang in there everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
POSTED ON: Thursday, April 4, 2013 @ 10:00 AM | 0 comments
It's been two weeks since our cheerleading competitions.
Even though we didn't achieve our original goal of Top 3, I still think we're awesome and will still be champions in my heart. Despite all the injuries suffered, it has been a fulfilling journey nevertheless and I would like to thank a few special people who made this journey so unforgettable.
First of all, my dearest girls team SMU Flare Team Gold. Clara, Huiting, Azel and Sandra. Thank you Clara for agreeing to compete with us despite your busy work schedule and other commitments. Thank you for fighting every stunt so hard for us and compensating for our lack of skills. Thank you Huiting for putting up with my nonsense/black face, you're really strong I and really enjoyed basing with you. Seeing you roll around and do funny random things made training less painful, stressful and tiring! And my dear juniors Azel and Sandra, thank you for dedicating your time to Flare and for training hard with us for this competition. I know you both would love to fly too, I assure you that you girls will definitely get your chance during summer performances. So train hard, continue to do Flare all girls team proud and continue this legacy!
Next to our dear coed team, SMU Flare Team Blue. Thank you for always spotting us, encouraging us and pushing us to never give up even when we're dead tired. Seeing you guys improve so much over a short 3 months is really an inspiration and I'm glad you guys did well in the end. Congrats to Rachel and Ernie for their achievement at their final competition with Flare. Kangwee and Cow do continue to train hard and bring greater glory to Flare. And of course, thank you Cassy for training and competing with Flare despite your busy schedule as a law student. Hope that you've enjoyed training with us as much as we enjoyed your company. We'll really miss you when you leave Singapore!
Coach Zhaoming for believing in our team and pushing us to do greater stunts with higher difficulty levels. For always spotting us and correcting our mistakes (be it in a nice manner or not). For choreographing a routine that we really believed in and had great potential. For never giving up on us even though we were all new bases and had significantly less strength as compared to the previous girls team.
Also. thank you all the calaFlare kids for supporting us in one way or another e.g. buying food for us, encouraging and supporting us all the way, doing our hair and makeup for us. Flare would never be complete without you guys.
And last but not least, a big thank you to all my friends and family who were understanding of my busy schedule, who were concerned about my injuries and who supported us throughout this journey.
Alright back to nail stuff. Here's a swatch of my first Barielle polish, Falling Star. I quite like the contrasting colour of the orangey gold glitter. They're quite pretty but really hard to capture on camera. Maybe it's time I start taking photos with a proper camera instead of using my phone's camera...
Saw this shark bite nail design online and I think it's pretty cute! Probably gonna try this design soon! (:
Love,
Lorraine
OPI Swatches
POSTED ON: Monday, April 1, 2013 @ 8:35 AM | 0 comments
So cheerleading competitions are over and I'm starting to grow out my nails again. The OPI Nail Envy for sensitive and peeling nails are working pretty well so far as I noticed my nails are less brittle and are peeling less. Definitely better than the Sally Hansen one so I'm sticking to this.
So my first swatch here is OPI's Don't Burst My Bubble from the Oz The Great and Powerful collection. It's really really sheer and even three coats wasn't enough to completely cover the nail till it's opaque.
The second one below is OPI's What Wizardry Is This? Pretty bronze coloured textured polish with a rough finish that shines beautifully under artificial light. For those who prefer a smooth shiny finish, a thick coat of topcoat would do just the trick.
Oh yes and I bought another bottle of polish today from Nail Deck. OPI's Golden Eye from the Skyfall collection. Been wanting to get a gold polish ever since I lent mine to someone who never bothered returning it. Golden Eye contains dense bright yellow glitter in a clear base. Can't wait to swatch it soon so look out for it! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Jacqueline Burchell
POSTED ON: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 4:39 PM | 0 comments
Hello hello. Just bought my first two bottles of Jacqueline Burchell polish from Nail Deck. From what I understood from the owner of Nail Deck, launched in 2011, Jacqueline Burchell is a Singapore based brand that specializes in nails products such as nail lacquers, soak off gels, extension gels, top coats, base coats, cuticle oil and cuticle softeners. They have over 250 nail lacquer colours to choose from so you can imagine how happy I was when I found out that Nail Deck was reducing the prices of these little polishes today!
Yes so here's my first two bottles. I first heard of this brand last year when I saw their nail art contest but I didnt pay much attention to them then.
The one on the left is Stargazing and the one on the right is It Takes Guts. I couldn't find Stargazing on their online catalogue anymore but they still have It Takes Guts up there so here's a close up swatch of it from their website. http://www.jacquelineburchell.com
And yes, just like most other nail lacquers these days, they are Big-3 free as well. They come in really small 5ml bottles but I guess they're value for money now that Nail Deck is selling $8 per bottle at their pushcart stall in my school! The formula's thick enough for me to use just one coat for Stargazing and two coats for It Takes Guts and I quite like the big brush too. I've only tried both on my pinky so far and I love the high gloss look even WITHOUT topcoat.
Keep a look out for full swatches soon and I'm definitely gonna buy more of these cute little things!! (:
Love,
Lorraine
POSTED ON: Thursday, March 21, 2013 @ 6:03 PM | 0 comments
I couldnt resist the beauty of this! OPI's Oz The Great and Powerful mini collection!
4 mini bottles:
I Theodora You
Don't Burst My Bubble
Glints of Glinda
What Wizardry is This?
The first three are very sheer and three coats wasn't even enough to completely cover the nail till it's opaque. But the sheer/jelly-ness of these polish gives them a very feminine dreamy feel which I absolutely love! Great for layering and for jelly sandwiches too! I didn't know What Wizardry is This? was a textured polish very much like the MC liquid sand but less glittery. Not sure if I like the colour with the texture but I like it better with topcoat on.
There's another polish from this collection that I quite like too but its not in the mini set. It's Which is Witch... but I still love this mini set anyway. (:
Shall swatch these lovely polishes soon and need to stop buying so many new ones when I have so many polishes and designs I've yet to try with my current collection!
Love,
Lorraine
First Holographic Polish
POSTED ON: Sunday, March 17, 2013 @ 12:13 PM | 0 comments
Here's a swatch of my first holographic nail polish on my mum's nails. It's CG's Astro-Hot. Was considering between this one and a similar pink one from Colour Club. The Colour Club one had a more rainbow-ish holographic effect as compared to this CG one so it took me really long to decide which one to get in the end. This photo was taken with artificial lighting so the holographic effect doesn't show up very well. I dont really like the colour on my mum's fingers cos of her darker skin tone. I will definitely swatch this pretty pink polish again on my own nails (when they grow longer) and photograph them in natural sunlight to capture the beautiful holographic effect!
Spent almost an hour chatting with the owner of Nail Deck this Monday and I thought he really is quite amazing. So here's a little background on Nail Deck...
Daryl first started out as a little pushcart stall at NUS in Oct 2011 since he was an NUS alumni. This young entrepreneur saw potential in this market and started out as a distributor for Blaze Colour Changing Nail Lacquers. He made friends with other nail enthusiasts/retailers of nail polish and it's amazing how he gets all his stocks now. The little pushcart stall at SMU now boasts a collection of over 10 brands of nail polish (now you know why I can't help but pretend to walk past and take a look every now and then) going at really reasonable prices. I think it's really awesome for a guy to venture into to female dominated market segment so dear nail enthusiasts in Singapore, please support Nail Deck! (: http://naildeck.com http://www.facebook.com/NailDeck
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POSTED ON: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 @ 1:55 PM | 0 comments
It's time for Polish Days! Here's my first post for Polish Days started by Hannah from Polly Polish. She comes up with a theme every month and this month's theme is "7 Deadly Sins" - lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy or pride.
And when I saw these 7 sins, the first thing that came to my mind was "green with envy". So I did a simple mani with a green gradient and silver nail tape. I finished this in about 1.5hrs when I woke up this morning and it's pretty messy so I guess it won't stay on my nails for long. Definitely not more than 2 days.
As you can probably see from the picture, my Seche Vite topcoat shrank the darkest green quite a bit, revealing the tips of my nails. Annoying Seche Vite, and I still have 2.5 more bottles of it to go before I can change to another brand of topcoat.
Here are the 4 greens I used for this mani. From left to right, Sally Hansen's Mint Sorbet, China Glaze's For Audrey, OPI's Can't Find My Czechbook from the Euro Centrale collection and a dark green from Beadstreet.
Please do check out the other lovely nail enthusiasts with their take on the "7 Deadly Sins" below...
Love,
Lorraine
Golden Eye
POSTED ON: Sunday, April 7, 2013 @ 2:19 PM | 0 comments
Here's Golden Eye from the OPI Skyfall collection. Very dense bright yellow/gold glitter in a clear base. I think it looks a bit too over on its own so I tried a darker base underneath it. The picture on the left shows two coats without topcoat and as you can see, it's thick enough for full coverage. My fourth finger has OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark as a base and one coat of Golden Eye over it. I think that looks somewhat better and less in-your-face. I guess it'll be more for designs instead of on its own then!
I kind of miss doing designs but i have so many untrieds, so more swatches to come in the next few weeks!
Summer's just around the the corner, exams will be over soon! Hang in there everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
POSTED ON: Thursday, April 4, 2013 @ 10:00 AM | 0 comments
It's been two weeks since our cheerleading competitions.
Even though we didn't achieve our original goal of Top 3, I still think we're awesome and will still be champions in my heart. Despite all the injuries suffered, it has been a fulfilling journey nevertheless and I would like to thank a few special people who made this journey so unforgettable.
First of all, my dearest girls team SMU Flare Team Gold. Clara, Huiting, Azel and Sandra. Thank you Clara for agreeing to compete with us despite your busy work schedule and other commitments. Thank you for fighting every stunt so hard for us and compensating for our lack of skills. Thank you Huiting for putting up with my nonsense/black face, you're really strong I and really enjoyed basing with you. Seeing you roll around and do funny random things made training less painful, stressful and tiring! And my dear juniors Azel and Sandra, thank you for dedicating your time to Flare and for training hard with us for this competition. I know you both would love to fly too, I assure you that you girls will definitely get your chance during summer performances. So train hard, continue to do Flare all girls team proud and continue this legacy!
Next to our dear coed team, SMU Flare Team Blue. Thank you for always spotting us, encouraging us and pushing us to never give up even when we're dead tired. Seeing you guys improve so much over a short 3 months is really an inspiration and I'm glad you guys did well in the end. Congrats to Rachel and Ernie for their achievement at their final competition with Flare. Kangwee and Cow do continue to train hard and bring greater glory to Flare. And of course, thank you Cassy for training and competing with Flare despite your busy schedule as a law student. Hope that you've enjoyed training with us as much as we enjoyed your company. We'll really miss you when you leave Singapore!
Coach Zhaoming for believing in our team and pushing us to do greater stunts with higher difficulty levels. For always spotting us and correcting our mistakes (be it in a nice manner or not). For choreographing a routine that we really believed in and had great potential. For never giving up on us even though we were all new bases and had significantly less strength as compared to the previous girls team.
Also. thank you all the calaFlare kids for supporting us in one way or another e.g. buying food for us, encouraging and supporting us all the way, doing our hair and makeup for us. Flare would never be complete without you guys.
And last but not least, a big thank you to all my friends and family who were understanding of my busy schedule, who were concerned about my injuries and who supported us throughout this journey.
Alright back to nail stuff. Here's a swatch of my first Barielle polish, Falling Star. I quite like the contrasting colour of the orangey gold glitter. They're quite pretty but really hard to capture on camera. Maybe it's time I start taking photos with a proper camera instead of using my phone's camera...
Saw this shark bite nail design online and I think it's pretty cute! Probably gonna try this design soon! (:
Love,
Lorraine
OPI Swatches
POSTED ON: Monday, April 1, 2013 @ 8:35 AM | 0 comments
So cheerleading competitions are over and I'm starting to grow out my nails again. The OPI Nail Envy for sensitive and peeling nails are working pretty well so far as I noticed my nails are less brittle and are peeling less. Definitely better than the Sally Hansen one so I'm sticking to this.
So my first swatch here is OPI's Don't Burst My Bubble from the Oz The Great and Powerful collection. It's really really sheer and even three coats wasn't enough to completely cover the nail till it's opaque.
The second one below is OPI's What Wizardry Is This? Pretty bronze coloured textured polish with a rough finish that shines beautifully under artificial light. For those who prefer a smooth shiny finish, a thick coat of topcoat would do just the trick.
Oh yes and I bought another bottle of polish today from Nail Deck. OPI's Golden Eye from the Skyfall collection. Been wanting to get a gold polish ever since I lent mine to someone who never bothered returning it. Golden Eye contains dense bright yellow glitter in a clear base. Can't wait to swatch it soon so look out for it! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Jacqueline Burchell
POSTED ON: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 @ 4:39 PM | 0 comments
Hello hello. Just bought my first two bottles of Jacqueline Burchell polish from Nail Deck. From what I understood from the owner of Nail Deck, launched in 2011, Jacqueline Burchell is a Singapore based brand that specializes in nails products such as nail lacquers, soak off gels, extension gels, top coats, base coats, cuticle oil and cuticle softeners. They have over 250 nail lacquer colours to choose from so you can imagine how happy I was when I found out that Nail Deck was reducing the prices of these little polishes today!
Yes so here's my first two bottles. I first heard of this brand last year when I saw their nail art contest but I didnt pay much attention to them then.
The one on the left is Stargazing and the one on the right is It Takes Guts. I couldn't find Stargazing on their online catalogue anymore but they still have It Takes Guts up there so here's a close up swatch of it from their website. http://www.jacquelineburchell.com
And yes, just like most other nail lacquers these days, they are Big-3 free as well. They come in really small 5ml bottles but I guess they're value for money now that Nail Deck is selling $8 per bottle at their pushcart stall in my school! The formula's thick enough for me to use just one coat for Stargazing and two coats for It Takes Guts and I quite like the big brush too. I've only tried both on my pinky so far and I love the high gloss look even WITHOUT topcoat.
Keep a look out for full swatches soon and I'm definitely gonna buy more of these cute little things!! (:
Love,
Lorraine
POSTED ON: Thursday, March 21, 2013 @ 6:03 PM | 0 comments
I couldnt resist the beauty of this! OPI's Oz The Great and Powerful mini collection!
4 mini bottles:
I Theodora You
Don't Burst My Bubble
Glints of Glinda
What Wizardry is This?
The first three are very sheer and three coats wasn't even enough to completely cover the nail till it's opaque. But the sheer/jelly-ness of these polish gives them a very feminine dreamy feel which I absolutely love! Great for layering and for jelly sandwiches too! I didn't know What Wizardry is This? was a textured polish very much like the MC liquid sand but less glittery. Not sure if I like the colour with the texture but I like it better with topcoat on.
There's another polish from this collection that I quite like too but its not in the mini set. It's Which is Witch... but I still love this mini set anyway. (:
Shall swatch these lovely polishes soon and need to stop buying so many new ones when I have so many polishes and designs I've yet to try with my current collection!
Love,
Lorraine
First Holographic Polish
POSTED ON: Sunday, March 17, 2013 @ 12:13 PM | 0 comments
Here's a swatch of my first holographic nail polish on my mum's nails. It's CG's Astro-Hot. Was considering between this one and a similar pink one from Colour Club. The Colour Club one had a more rainbow-ish holographic effect as compared to this CG one so it took me really long to decide which one to get in the end. This photo was taken with artificial lighting so the holographic effect doesn't show up very well. I dont really like the colour on my mum's fingers cos of her darker skin tone. I will definitely swatch this pretty pink polish again on my own nails (when they grow longer) and photograph them in natural sunlight to capture the beautiful holographic effect!
Spent almost an hour chatting with the owner of Nail Deck this Monday and I thought he really is quite amazing. So here's a little background on Nail Deck...
Daryl first started out as a little pushcart stall at NUS in Oct 2011 since he was an NUS alumni. This young entrepreneur saw potential in this market and started out as a distributor for Blaze Colour Changing Nail Lacquers. He made friends with other nail enthusiasts/retailers of nail polish and it's amazing how he gets all his stocks now. The little pushcart stall at SMU now boasts a collection of over 10 brands of nail polish (now you know why I can't help but pretend to walk past and take a look every now and then) going at really reasonable prices. I think it's really awesome for a guy to venture into to female dominated market segment so dear nail enthusiasts in Singapore, please support Nail Deck! (: http://naildeck.com http://www.facebook.com/NailDeck
As you can probably see from the picture, my Seche Vite topcoat shrank the darkest green quite a bit, revealing the tips of my nails. Annoying Seche Vite, and I still have 2.5 more bottles of it to go before I can change to another brand of topcoat.
