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Nailin’ It – Poodles!

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Nailin' It

So I finally decided to go with the obvious and call my nail-related posts “Nailin’ It” because sexual innuendo is always hilarious and I lack creativity generally (thanks Janie for the suggestion).  Today’s nails are pretty damn special and probably my most favourite of all. I present to you… POODLES WITH UMBRELLAS:

Poodle nails
Oh yeah that’s right, poodles and umbrellas. Plus hearts, bows and jewels, of course. It’s totally random but as I got this sticker pack in Japan it’s no big surprise they’d match such random things together like this. I imagine they were going for a Parisian feel or something. I used a nice pale pink as the background (it’s Napoleon, some free stuff I got ages ago, I’m too lazy to check what colour it is though) which I never get to use as it’s usually a bit too dull for me – in this case it was perfect for the little black poodles and fancy umbrellas! The big silver hearts are super 3D as are the other jewels so I am worried they’ll pop off pretty quickly, though I added a tonne of top coat on them to keep them for as long as possible. Yep, definitely the cutest nails ever :D

Meanwhile Brisbane is in the process of flooding, I swear to god. I am so glad there’s a bus that takes me from directly outside my work to 20m from our front door because I’ll be damned if I am getting caught in this monsoon! This is a picture of how Fortitude Valley looks from our lounge room window right now (you can’t see the rain too well but believe me it’s there):

Brisbane is rainy
Mmmmm bleak! Here’s to a cheery start to Autumn, eh?

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Fireworks Nails!

Friday, January 15th, 2010

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So I was a bit slack and didn’t post my nails when I got them done the other week! It was only now, as I was taking ripping the diamantes off with a scalpel after half of them had randomly fallen off that I realised I’d not posted them and decided I probably should! I did this for NYE actually, and chose these stickers (which I got in Tokyo) as they reminded me of fireworks. Except for the bows which reminded me of KAWAII! The black nail polish I used is “Blackest Black” by Revlon which is a bit of a lie because a) I got this colour because of the blue glitter (that only shows up when NOT on your nails, unfortunately) and blue glitter don’t = blackest black and b) because it took three coats before it was even opaque which does not imply “Blackest Black” in any way whatsoever! Boooo!

Anyway these nails lasted a lot longer than my previous fancy diamante nails which I ruined thanks to my filing job where papers knocked the jewels off very quickly :( These nails have also attracted me the most attention which I find odd because I don’t think they’ve been my cutest nail art yet. They were terrifically 3D though, so maybe that was it.

Oh and um, I still can’t think of a snappy title for my nail art posts so would REALLY appreciate some suggestions! The best suggestion will get something…probably some nail stickers? I dunno, I only just thought of offereing a prize just now… But it will be special and FUN! Once I think of it… :D

Oh and check out my bitchin’ new ring (middle finger). My first ever brand-name jewelry! It’s DKNY and was on sale and is so bling-tacular!

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Black with diamante hearts

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

Pink & Black nails close up

Nail change! The teddy bears lasted three weeks so it was definitely time for a change. I got my nails done in black and then added these amazing diamante heart stickers which I bought in Tokyo. They’re really, really 3D so I am hoping I don’t lose any of the jewels for their duration as they’re so cute and I want them to last for as long as possible.

Today I am going to Stereosonic today (an electronic dance music festival, featuring artists like Axwell, Fedde le Grand, Deadmau5, Chicane, Bloody Beetroots etc) so I am dressed all in pink and black to match the nails :D

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Pink Teddy and Hearts Nails

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Pink teddy nails

After seeing the blog The Daily Nail I thought to myself “You’ve been making your nails extra fancy and beautiful for ages now, so why haven’t you been posting pictures on your blog for all to see?”. I didn’t have an answer so instead I decided I’d just start posting pictures here instead. No idea what to call the posts about nails, so if anyone haas any fun names they want to suggest, please do!

Today’s nails are so cute I could be sick! I got my nails refilled yesterday (at American Nails in Toowong, if you’re in Brisbane and need a recommendation) and got them painted an illuminous pink. Unfortunately their nail polish was the slowest drying of all times ever and by the time I got home I’d smudged a few nails pretty badly. So I had to touch them up with my own colour which was a bit darker, but a favourite of mine (Revlon Strawberry Electric). Tonight I added these teddy bear and heart decals which I bought in Tokyo. They are too cute for words, they’re even kind of 3D!

Anyway I usually change my nails each week so I will try and post a photo each time I do. I wish I’d thought of taking a picture of my amazing Halloween nails :(

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