POSTED ON: Saturday, June 8, 2013 @ 4:55 PM | 0 comments
Today is the 8th of June.
Also World Oceans Day (which is the theme for this week's #PolishTogether) and also Day 8: Ocean of the "The totally doable I have a life" June nail art challenge by @californails.
World Oceans Day is where people around the world honour and celebrate the body of water which links us all, for what it provides humans and for what it represents. To me, the ocean is limitless, is mystical and is full of life (millions of species of sea creatures in the ocean!). It also gives us life since all living things need water to survive and helps to regulate our climate. So I guess today would be a good day to stop and think about how much our oceans have done for us, what we can learn from it and how we can protect it, conserving it for our future generations.
So here's my mermaid mani for both themes. Have been wanting to try doing 'fish scales' for some time so this was a good chance to do so. My scales were not aligned properly so the end product didn't look anything like fish scales or mermaid scales. Nevertheless, I love the colour combination. (:
Colours used:
- OPI's Tomorrow Never Dies
- OPI's Silver Shatter
- OPI's No Room For The Blues
- Barielle's Falling Star
And of course one coat my trusty OPI Nail Envy as a basecoat and one coat of Seche Vite topcoat.
On a sidenote, remember my last post with the floral nails as Day 4 of the nail art challenge? Yes, I would like to thank all of you wonderful girls who have been supporting me by reading this blog or liking my photos on Instagram. The previous photo of the floral + polka dot nails gained quite a number of likes on my Instagram (@strangerslovers). So here's a BIG THANK YOU to all of you for showing so much love! Do continue to show your support! (:
Have a great weekend ahead everyone!
Love,
Lorraine
Day 4: Flowers
POSTED ON: Monday, June 3, 2013 @ 9:27 AM | 0 comments
Saw this on Instagram over the weekends. I haven't done nail art challenges for some time so I thought why not give this "Totally Doable I have A Life Challenge" by @californails! (Oh yes I love the name of her challenges hehehe (: )
I already missed the first day of the challenge when I saw this on Instagram so I decided to skip it and start with Day 4: Flowers. Even though I'm early by one day, I suppose it's better to be early than late? I don't really buy the idea of being late than never though...
Pictured here are the two base colours before I start on the nail art. I used two coats of each. The bright pink is OPI's Suzi's Hungry Again from the Euro Centrale collection and the nude colour is OPI's Glints of Glinda from the Oz collection. And of course my trusty OPI Nail Envy as my basecoat.
Pinkish white dots using a dotting tool and flowers using a normal paintbrush. I haven't gotten my hands on nail art brushes yet and I'm still contemplating if they are worth spending on. Any advice?
I started the flowers by blotting random patches on my nail with a dotting tool, using a light pink from Etude House. Then using my paintbrush, I painted on a few lines to define each flower with OPI's Suzi's Hungry Again. The green leaves were also painted on using the same paintbrush with CG's For Audrey. For Audrey is probably my most used polish for nail art, and of course one of my favourite nail lacquers too!
Alright it's time to start work. Have a good Monday everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Floral Nail Wraps
POSTED ON: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 @ 9:44 PM | 0 comments
Hello dears!
Sorry I haven't been blogging much ever since I've started my internship. It's been a really busy but fulfilling 1.5 weeks at my new job and I am really enjoying it although it also means that I have less time to do my nails. Many new things to handle and of course many learning opportunities along the way. This internship in the F&B industry is literally a dream come true. I get to sample food from our competitors as well as food+desserts from our company's own menu. (:
Alright so enough of my job and back to nails.
Used the nail wrap/ nail foil I showed you guys in the last post. Bought these for $2.50 from the market on Sunday. They're really pretty and have stayed on my nails for three days now (although they are chipping and peeling a little at the edges). Application was a breeze since all of them except the thumb, fit my nail width perfectly so I only had to trim the one for my thumb a little. Lined them up, stuck them on and filed away the excess using a nail file. No drying needed, it was done in seconds. I was wondering whether they would stay on my nails longer with topcoat over. So I used my Sally Hansen's Green Tea + Strengthener topcoat but the topcoat wrinkled the nail wrap a little. Seems like I won't be using any topcoat over nail wraps in future! The nail wraps have a glossy finish on their own anyway so a topcoat really isn't necessary.
I have another design left and I can't wait to try it on! Hope the uncle would sell these awesome nail wraps at the market again this Sunday, I really love these quick and easy nail designs! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Nail Foils
POSTED ON: Sunday, May 26, 2013 @ 9:21 PM | 0 comments
Bought some pretty nail foils/nail wraps at $2.50 each from the market when I went down with B for breakfast this morning. Really cheap as compared to the usual online prices which are around $5/$6 (of course there are random cheaper ones but I have trust issues...).
The uncle selling it was doing demonstrations on random customer's nails and they look good enough so I had to give them a try.
Will use them soon so keep a lookout for them in the next post!
My mum went overseas over the long weekends so I had to take the opportunity to play as much as I could. Since I'm still hobbling and can't move around much on my own, thank you dear friends who were ever so patient and for taking care of me.
Tomorrow's Monday! Have a good week ahead everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Pink Glitter French Tips
POSTED ON: Thursday, May 23, 2013 @ 9:38 AM | 0 comments
Pink glitter french tips for today!
(I suppose larger photos are more pleasing to the eyes? ^^)
French tips were done freehand so they aren't as consistent as they would be if I had used tape. Do pardon the dry cuticles as I've been cooped up in a very cold air-conditioned office for the whole week.
The pink glitter polish is from Beadstreet at Orchard Cineleisure. I got them at 2 for $2.50 during a sale so that's $1.25 each! Really cheap I must say, and the quality is definitely acceptable for such a price.
The mixture was pretty sticky though so the end result on my nails were pretty rough. But all it took was 2 coats of my trusty old Seche Vite topcoat to even out the surface.
Yes I quite like this simple mani! Have a good long weekend everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
#SGSwatchFest - Emerald
POSTED ON: Sunday, May 19, 2013 @ 8:11 PM | 0 comments
It's time for #SGSwatchFest again!
Today's theme (19th May) is Emerald, the birthstone for the month of May and also Pantone's colour of the year 2013. Hosted by @perpetualfunk, pretty ladies of Singapore paint their nails Emerald and tag their posts on Instagram with the hashtag #SGSwatchFest.
Here's two coats of CG's Cherish. Not exactly emerald I suppose, but I consider this colour green nonetheless. On my accent nail is CG's Sun Of A Peach from the previous mani and pretty nail stickers to brighten up the mani (I loved the flowers too much to clean them off).
#SGSwatchFest that was started by polish enthusiasts from Singapore has now upgraded! With the increasing number of non-Singaporean polish enthusiasts wanting to participate in the event as well, the lovely ladies came up with #PolishTogether. Now international ladies can join in the fun too! They even started a new Instagram profile called polishtogether just for this!
So hey all international ladies do join in the fun in the next event! Meanwhile, do check out what our local lovelies have done for today's emerald themed nails on Instagram. (:
First day of internship tomorrow. May my bosses/managers be nice people, may I learn many many new things that will broaden my horizons and help me grow. Good luck to myself and all my friends who are starting their internships tomorrow too! (:
Quote from TohSongMing:
"Let not fear fill your heart, but let hope and faith conquer it."
Love,
Lorraine
Sun Of A Peach #OrangeNailsForMarie
POSTED ON: Friday, May 17, 2013 @ 10:52 PM | 0 comments
#OrangeNailsForMarie
For a very special girl fighting leukemia. Doesn't really help her much, but doing this just to show my support to all the girls fighting for themselves and never giving up despite all the sufferings. Somehow I could relate to how these people would give anything to be normal, just like everyone else. So please don't give up, zhuan3 jiao3 you2 cai3 hong2!!
Do show your support too by posting your orange themed manis on Instagram and hashtag #OrangeNailsForMarie.
The colour here is China Glaze's Sun Of A Peach, a bright almost neon orange. This one was taken in my room at night so the lighting was a bit dark and yellowish. Woke up this morning with the sun shining brightly through my windows so I decided to take another picture of my orange nails. Here's my dominant hand with two pretty nail stickers on the second and fourth fingers. I love how the flowers add such a soft, summery feel to the neon orange polish. (:
KY took me out for lunch today. We had yummy dim sum at ION Orchard's Taste Paradise. Last nice lunch for the rest of summer. Then headed to Shaw Centre to catch I Give It A Year. Pretty funny M18 rom com. I did enjoy myself but it definitely would have been better if I could walk normally. Thank you KY for bringing this girl on crutches out to play! (although I have a very swollen ankle tonight...)
And yes, today will be my last free weekday of summer. Internship starts next Monday so I'll be heading to work already! Appreciate how my daddy has been taking me out for nice lunches and being patient with this girl hobbling around on crutches for the past three weeks. From next week onwards I'll be left on my own to work and settle my own meals everyday. May I be able to walk normally soon!
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POSTED ON: Saturday, June 8, 2013 @ 4:55 PM | 0 comments
Today is the 8th of June.
Also World Oceans Day (which is the theme for this week's #PolishTogether) and also Day 8: Ocean of the "The totally doable I have a life" June nail art challenge by @californails.
World Oceans Day is where people around the world honour and celebrate the body of water which links us all, for what it provides humans and for what it represents. To me, the ocean is limitless, is mystical and is full of life (millions of species of sea creatures in the ocean!). It also gives us life since all living things need water to survive and helps to regulate our climate. So I guess today would be a good day to stop and think about how much our oceans have done for us, what we can learn from it and how we can protect it, conserving it for our future generations.
So here's my mermaid mani for both themes. Have been wanting to try doing 'fish scales' for some time so this was a good chance to do so. My scales were not aligned properly so the end product didn't look anything like fish scales or mermaid scales. Nevertheless, I love the colour combination. (:
Colours used:
- OPI's Tomorrow Never Dies
- OPI's Silver Shatter
- OPI's No Room For The Blues
- Barielle's Falling Star
And of course one coat my trusty OPI Nail Envy as a basecoat and one coat of Seche Vite topcoat.
On a sidenote, remember my last post with the floral nails as Day 4 of the nail art challenge? Yes, I would like to thank all of you wonderful girls who have been supporting me by reading this blog or liking my photos on Instagram. The previous photo of the floral + polka dot nails gained quite a number of likes on my Instagram (@strangerslovers). So here's a BIG THANK YOU to all of you for showing so much love! Do continue to show your support! (:
Have a great weekend ahead everyone!
Love,
Lorraine
Day 4: Flowers
POSTED ON: Monday, June 3, 2013 @ 9:27 AM | 0 comments
Saw this on Instagram over the weekends. I haven't done nail art challenges for some time so I thought why not give this "Totally Doable I have A Life Challenge" by @californails! (Oh yes I love the name of her challenges hehehe (: )
I already missed the first day of the challenge when I saw this on Instagram so I decided to skip it and start with Day 4: Flowers. Even though I'm early by one day, I suppose it's better to be early than late? I don't really buy the idea of being late than never though...
Pictured here are the two base colours before I start on the nail art. I used two coats of each. The bright pink is OPI's Suzi's Hungry Again from the Euro Centrale collection and the nude colour is OPI's Glints of Glinda from the Oz collection. And of course my trusty OPI Nail Envy as my basecoat.
Pinkish white dots using a dotting tool and flowers using a normal paintbrush. I haven't gotten my hands on nail art brushes yet and I'm still contemplating if they are worth spending on. Any advice?
I started the flowers by blotting random patches on my nail with a dotting tool, using a light pink from Etude House. Then using my paintbrush, I painted on a few lines to define each flower with OPI's Suzi's Hungry Again. The green leaves were also painted on using the same paintbrush with CG's For Audrey. For Audrey is probably my most used polish for nail art, and of course one of my favourite nail lacquers too!
Alright it's time to start work. Have a good Monday everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Floral Nail Wraps
POSTED ON: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 @ 9:44 PM | 0 comments
Hello dears!
Sorry I haven't been blogging much ever since I've started my internship. It's been a really busy but fulfilling 1.5 weeks at my new job and I am really enjoying it although it also means that I have less time to do my nails. Many new things to handle and of course many learning opportunities along the way. This internship in the F&B industry is literally a dream come true. I get to sample food from our competitors as well as food+desserts from our company's own menu. (:
Alright so enough of my job and back to nails.
Used the nail wrap/ nail foil I showed you guys in the last post. Bought these for $2.50 from the market on Sunday. They're really pretty and have stayed on my nails for three days now (although they are chipping and peeling a little at the edges). Application was a breeze since all of them except the thumb, fit my nail width perfectly so I only had to trim the one for my thumb a little. Lined them up, stuck them on and filed away the excess using a nail file. No drying needed, it was done in seconds. I was wondering whether they would stay on my nails longer with topcoat over. So I used my Sally Hansen's Green Tea + Strengthener topcoat but the topcoat wrinkled the nail wrap a little. Seems like I won't be using any topcoat over nail wraps in future! The nail wraps have a glossy finish on their own anyway so a topcoat really isn't necessary.
I have another design left and I can't wait to try it on! Hope the uncle would sell these awesome nail wraps at the market again this Sunday, I really love these quick and easy nail designs! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Nail Foils
POSTED ON: Sunday, May 26, 2013 @ 9:21 PM | 0 comments
Bought some pretty nail foils/nail wraps at $2.50 each from the market when I went down with B for breakfast this morning. Really cheap as compared to the usual online prices which are around $5/$6 (of course there are random cheaper ones but I have trust issues...).
The uncle selling it was doing demonstrations on random customer's nails and they look good enough so I had to give them a try.
Will use them soon so keep a lookout for them in the next post!
My mum went overseas over the long weekends so I had to take the opportunity to play as much as I could. Since I'm still hobbling and can't move around much on my own, thank you dear friends who were ever so patient and for taking care of me.
Tomorrow's Monday! Have a good week ahead everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
Pink Glitter French Tips
POSTED ON: Thursday, May 23, 2013 @ 9:38 AM | 0 comments
Pink glitter french tips for today!
(I suppose larger photos are more pleasing to the eyes? ^^)
French tips were done freehand so they aren't as consistent as they would be if I had used tape. Do pardon the dry cuticles as I've been cooped up in a very cold air-conditioned office for the whole week.
The pink glitter polish is from Beadstreet at Orchard Cineleisure. I got them at 2 for $2.50 during a sale so that's $1.25 each! Really cheap I must say, and the quality is definitely acceptable for such a price.
The mixture was pretty sticky though so the end result on my nails were pretty rough. But all it took was 2 coats of my trusty old Seche Vite topcoat to even out the surface.
Yes I quite like this simple mani! Have a good long weekend everyone! (:
Love,
Lorraine
#SGSwatchFest - Emerald
POSTED ON: Sunday, May 19, 2013 @ 8:11 PM | 0 comments
It's time for #SGSwatchFest again!
Today's theme (19th May) is Emerald, the birthstone for the month of May and also Pantone's colour of the year 2013. Hosted by @perpetualfunk, pretty ladies of Singapore paint their nails Emerald and tag their posts on Instagram with the hashtag #SGSwatchFest.
Here's two coats of CG's Cherish. Not exactly emerald I suppose, but I consider this colour green nonetheless. On my accent nail is CG's Sun Of A Peach from the previous mani and pretty nail stickers to brighten up the mani (I loved the flowers too much to clean them off).
#SGSwatchFest that was started by polish enthusiasts from Singapore has now upgraded! With the increasing number of non-Singaporean polish enthusiasts wanting to participate in the event as well, the lovely ladies came up with #PolishTogether. Now international ladies can join in the fun too! They even started a new Instagram profile called polishtogether just for this!
So hey all international ladies do join in the fun in the next event! Meanwhile, do check out what our local lovelies have done for today's emerald themed nails on Instagram. (:
First day of internship tomorrow. May my bosses/managers be nice people, may I learn many many new things that will broaden my horizons and help me grow. Good luck to myself and all my friends who are starting their internships tomorrow too! (:
Quote from TohSongMing:
"Let not fear fill your heart, but let hope and faith conquer it."
Love,
Lorraine
Sun Of A Peach #OrangeNailsForMarie
POSTED ON: Friday, May 17, 2013 @ 10:52 PM | 0 comments
#OrangeNailsForMarie
For a very special girl fighting leukemia. Doesn't really help her much, but doing this just to show my support to all the girls fighting for themselves and never giving up despite all the sufferings. Somehow I could relate to how these people would give anything to be normal, just like everyone else. So please don't give up, zhuan3 jiao3 you2 cai3 hong2!!
Do show your support too by posting your orange themed manis on Instagram and hashtag #OrangeNailsForMarie.
The colour here is China Glaze's Sun Of A Peach, a bright almost neon orange. This one was taken in my room at night so the lighting was a bit dark and yellowish. Woke up this morning with the sun shining brightly through my windows so I decided to take another picture of my orange nails. Here's my dominant hand with two pretty nail stickers on the second and fourth fingers. I love how the flowers add such a soft, summery feel to the neon orange polish. (:
KY took me out for lunch today. We had yummy dim sum at ION Orchard's Taste Paradise. Last nice lunch for the rest of summer. Then headed to Shaw Centre to catch I Give It A Year. Pretty funny M18 rom com. I did enjoy myself but it definitely would have been better if I could walk normally. Thank you KY for bringing this girl on crutches out to play! (although I have a very swollen ankle tonight...)
And yes, today will be my last free weekday of summer. Internship starts next Monday so I'll be heading to work already! Appreciate how my daddy has been taking me out for nice lunches and being patient with this girl hobbling around on crutches for the past three weeks. From next week onwards I'll be left on my own to work and settle my own meals everyday. May I be able to walk normally soon!
Today is the 8th of June.
World Oceans Day is where people around the world honour and celebrate the body of water which links us all, for what it provides humans and for what it represents. To me, the ocean is limitless, is mystical and is full of life (millions of species of sea creatures in the ocean!). It also gives us life since all living things need water to survive and helps to regulate our climate. So I guess today would be a good day to stop and think about how much our oceans have done for us, what we can learn from it and how we can protect it, conserving it for our future generations.
#SGSwatchFest that was started by polish enthusiasts from Singapore has now upgraded! With the increasing number of non-Singaporean polish enthusiasts wanting to participate in the event as well, the lovely ladies came up with #PolishTogether. Now international ladies can join in the fun too! They even started a new Instagram profile called polishtogether just for this!
