Mani of the Week: Midnight Meteor Shower

Ok, so that's a really gay name for a manicure. But anyway, that's pretty much my inspiration for this week's manicure feature.

What to Use:

1. Caronia Blue Velvet- a nice, metallic, dark blue. I love the consistency of Carnia nail polishes; could actually rival those from foreign brands

2. Bobbie Glaze in Big Bang- has two different sizes of glitter. Lots of tiny gold glitters, and slightly bigger ones in blue, violet, green, red and also some gold.

How to Apply:

1. Apply 2 coats of Caronia Blue Velvet. This will be your base color. Let dry
2. Appy the glitter polish, spread it out across the nails
3. Apply clear top coat

With only the base color

Nail of the Week: Cracking Nail Look

My aunt and mom had to do some last minute Christmas shopping today, so we headed to Limketkai Mall (in Cagayan de Oro) to buy gifts. My aunt didn't want to walk around the entire mall to look for gifts for everyone so we went to the mall's bazaar area. I did some browsing of my own, looked for kikay stuff, saw a stall selling overpriced Maybelline cosmetics, and finally, found this stall that sold a lot of inexpensive make up (but it was stuff from China, which I'm kind of hesitant to use). They also sold nail polishes in cute colors, so I picked a bottle up and saw that it was cracking nail polish. And they sold it for only like Php 50! I only bought two shades to try out because my praning side was telling me to google the product as soon as I got home to make sure it didn't contain toxic ingredients or something.


When I got home, I was excited to try it out.  Luckily, I was still wearing my gold glitter polish from last week, so it was the perfect base color.

I totally loved it! Talk about a super quick, easy and inexpensive manicure. It took me less than 10 minutes to do since I already had a base color; and since it was cracking nail polish, I didn't have to worry if it goes on smoothly or not. I'm definitely getting more of these babies. (BTW, I did google the brand and didn't find any alarming articles about it being toxic :D )

A little how-to guide for cracking nail polish manicure:

1. Apply base color of choice, let dry

2. Apply cracking nail polish (it's best if the colors are contrasting)

    tip: apply a thin coat if you want numerous, small cracks, and a thicker coat for bigger cracks

Shiny Discoball Nails

On a random trip to the mall today, my girlfriend and I dropped by one of our favorite kikay places- Etude House. I wasn't particularly looking for something specific, I was just browsing around and spent most of my time at the nail polish section. I love their nail polishes! They have lots of great colors in a variety of finishes (glossy, matte, glittery, high beam), they don't chip off easily, and unlike most locally produced nail polishes, they don't dry up quickly inside the bottle. If there's anything I hate more than a broken nail, it's globby nail polish that leaves clumps of color on the nails.


And since I was totally feeling the holiday spirit, I tried on glitter polish-something that I have never, ever been a fan of before. And it was love at first swipe! I got the Lucidarling Fantastic Nails Spangle in #9, with gold hexagon glitters in a clear base.

How To:

1. I used Etude House Nail polish in BR209 as a base. Now, this part is optional. You can just use clear polish as base, or experiment with other colors as you please. Let dry.


2. Apply the glitter polish. Layer on as many coats as you like.


3. Coat with clear nail polish to make the manicure last. I used Etude House nail polish in WH701.




And tadaa! The result:

Shiny disco ball nails! I opted to cover the entire nail area with glitters, giving it a very nice gold foil effect. Very christmasy I.M.O. But for those of you who prefer the glitters in moderation, what's great about this product is that you can easily control how much glitter you want.


It's official, I am now a glitter convert.