Camel Whoa

Today, I managed to snag my major nail polish lemmings- China Glaze Classic Camel and China Glaze Ingrid! :) (I decided to grab Swing Baby as well. I love the Vintage Vixen collection!! Today in Vegas it feels disgusting. I know that I shouldn't complain, but after living in the desert for 2.5 years, 41% humidity is HELL. (on top of the 100°+ temperatures. It makes me think of the days in Michigan where you step out of the shower, and then feel like you have to shower all over again. Humidity is the devil, and the devil is in Las Vegas. I did another relatively simple design today, since a few people expressed that they dug the simpler stuff. I think it sort of has a vintage feel to it as well, so I think it fits with the color collection I used. :) BTW Class Camel was so totally worth the wait. I am in love with this polish, even though it looks horrid with my skin. :-P

I used China Glaze Classic Camel as a base, China Glaze Ingrid for the scrolls, China Glaze Swing Baby for the dots. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

There's No Place Like Home!

It's GIVEAWAY time!!! To thank all my lovely readers, (new and old) I decided to do a giveaway!!!

The theme? HOME.

The challenge? I want to see a nail design that reminds you of home, whether it's a place you love to go when you're home, what you think of when you think of home, or what home means to you.

The rules:

You MUST be a follower. When you send your entry, please put your Google ID in the Subject. Also, I ask that after you send the entry, please comment on this post. :) All entries should be sent to thedailynailcontest@gmail.com by August 8, 2010. One entry per person please! Depending on the number of entries, I will post all of them in one post for you all to vote on, or I will whittle them down to a reasonable number if there are a lot. YAY!

Now the important part: THE PRIZES!!

A special thank you to reader Patti, who donated some fun (and a tad naughty- sorry dad) chapstick holder keyrings, and to the First Place winner, an eyeshadow quad palette with choice of colors! Check out her sites Etsy (chapstick holder) and Bella Sugar Cosmetics.

FIRST PRIZE:

The Daily Nail cosmetic bag (hand screen-printed and sewn by yours truly!)
Color Club Rebel Debutante Set
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Color Collection mini set
essie Berry Hard
Claire's Mood Polish in Calm/Wild
Piggy Polish Free Toes
Piggy Polish Teeny Pink-ini
Eyeshadow quad with choice of colors from Bella Sugar Cosmetics!
Naughty Chapstick Holder- ADULT WINNERS ONLY

SECOND PRIZE:

The Daily Nail cosmetic bag (hand screen-printed and sewn by yours truly!)
Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine Nail Color Collection mini set
Orly La Playa
Orly Top 2 Bottom
Dare To Wear Inspiring Surrounding
Rimmel Tequila Sunrise
Revlon Lavender Light
LA Colors Live
Naughty Chapstick Holder- ADULT WINNERS ONLY

THIRD PRIZE:

The Daily Nail cosmetic bag (hand screen-printed and sewn by yours truly!)
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Color Collection mini set
Orly Bailamos
Orly Top 2 Bottom
Rimmel Night Before
LA Colors Phenomena
Naughty Chapstick Holder- ADULT WINNERS ONLY

Who else is excited?! I love giveaways!!

Franken #1

I picked up a bottle of Wet N Wild Clear and Wet N Wild Black nail polish today at Walgreens. I've been wanting to franken polishes for a long time, and that's why I got fyrinnae samples a while back and I've been saving them. The day has come where I finally tried frankening for the first time. If you don't know already, frankening is the term used to describe the mixing of nail polishes to create your own; you could use nail polishes, glitters, fyrinnaes or any other cosmetic powders.

For my first franken, I used:

• half a bottle of Wet N Wild Clear
• some (no measuring instrument) of Meerkat fyrinnae sample
• some of Android Angel fyrinnae sample
• some of Chrome fyrinnae sample

TADAA~ the finished product:

metallic purple gray. The swatch is 3 coats and I love it! It's my first franken and I'm proud of myself! :) I absolutely love this color and it's so unique. I'm really glad that I tried frankening. This is one of my grails now haha! :P?

Would anyone like to name it? I'm open to suggestions! :)

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

What I do when Im bored

Here are a few blogs I read regularly :

http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/

(Hilariousssss ! Check it out)

http://ekimura.blogspot.com/

(Gyaruuu stuff, j-mag scans)

http://stylesuzi.com/

(Classy Fashionista with fun posts)

http://lotuspalace.blogspot.com/

(Asian Product Reviews Galore)

Here are a list of my Fav youtube channels.

I didnt put the obvious ones like michellephan

& communitychannel but I love those of course.

Korean Food Recipes:

http://www.youtube.com/user/aeriskitchen

Cool Japanese Lady doing unique makeup:

http://www.youtube.com/user/manwomanfilm

Adorable British  Girl doing beauty vids:

http://www.youtube.com/user/beautycrush

Crazy fun woman doing not so great makeup tuts

but gives good advice for life!

http://www.youtube.com/user/SugarFreeTV

Girly Gyaru Sewing Tutorials:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Himehood

Fun sewing videos and other creative beauty stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/user/SecretLifeOfaBioNerd

Current Fav Youtube Channel :

Im addicted to the BeautyQQ channel.

I love her ! The problem is she only speaks

Cantonese in her vids and doesnt always

have english annotations. Her acne vid

does have a lot of eng though which is great.

But, somehow I still love watching her videos

even without the subititles.

She uses like a million products

and recommends laser treatments & boy

does her skin thank her. It just inspires me

to do more masks and take better care of myself.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BEAUTYQQ

My next holiday Im going to get either

a laser treatment or chemical peel

done on my face so I can finally kiss these

darn scars goodbye.

Alsooo - check out my Favorites listed on

my Channel. I add to them often.

You will see some fun stuff there such as

adorable decos, recipes, skin care and other

useful & fun stuff to pass the time.

MOVIES / DRAMAS

Besides blogs and youtube - I watch Korean Dramas on

www.veoh.com or www.viikii.net

Movies I watch here :

http://vitamovie.com/movies/korean-movies/

I recommend "Changing Partners" if

you havent seen it.

Great Movie !

My Top 5 Asian Movies

in no particular order are :

Shutter ( you can find this in my YT favs)

Tada Kimi Woh Aishiteru ( Heavenly Forest)

Maundy Thursday aka

Our Happy Time

My Love

Changing Partners

(Some of these can be

found on other sites or youtube.

Google them ^ ^ )

I lovvee watching dramas on
viikii or dramacrazy. 
OH how I miss Crunchyroll...
Leave me a comment if you
miss the old Crunchroll days... 

Collezione Glitterissima by N. 6!!

Ecco una piccola panoramica della

Collezione Glitterissima
di N. 6 Beauty Experience.

Uscita in occasione del Capodanno ve la propongo ora perchè non la conoscevo ma l'ho trovata eccezionale e, secondo me, adattissima anche all'estate.

Vi do un'anteprima ma troverete gli swatch dei prodotti ad Agosto.

Duo Fantasies crema e glitter

Crystal Nail Color smalto

Fancy Glam gloss colorato

Vi incuriosisce???

Lo so.....ma la pazienza è la virtù dei forti.......


Un grazie a N. 6 che ci ha permesso di recensire questi prodotti inviandoceli.

Dolly Wink Nail Polish

If you are into asian stuff then you probably

know about Dolly Wink lashes. For

those that dont know they are perfectly

packaged pricey lashes for girls dying to

look more big eyed, cute or gyaru-ish.

They have lashes for top and bottom as well

as eye liner and other things.

I totally love the packaging. They couldnt

have marketed it better. Esp since that

dolly look is so in right now.

Now, they have come along with

some nail polishes & wanna get some

so much !! Even tho I dont need em...

The colors look like nothing super special

But, when I saw a pic of the colors on...

I just fell in love with the fresh brightness

the pastel colors have.

You can buy them on ebay.com !

You can find the lashes by the way at sasa.com

as well as ebay and tons of other places.

Im curious to see what the formula of

these are like.Do they take forever to dry..etc.

Love the colors,love the packaging &

http://www.koji-honpo.co.jp/tsubasa/

Retro Zig Zaggin'

Today's nail design was quick, I'll admit it, I'm in a rush today- lots to do- Colin Hay concert tonight! woo! The design was inspired by the paint job I saw on the side of a building in southern California, I just thought that it had a really retro vibe to it, which, of course, I love. I also got to use a new polish I picked up from Milani- they have a new collection of nudes out now!! :)

I used Milani Teddy Bare (which is pretty close to Essie Mink Muffs) as a base, with American Apparel Cotton for the ivory line, and Zoya Jancyn for the orange line.

Sorry for the lack of complexity today, I feel kinda guilty when I don't do crazy stuff. :-P

2 checked off my wishlist

After hearing and reading about Deborah Lippmann's Nordstom exclusive nail polishes Across the Universe and Bad Romance, I knew I wanted them, badly. So I checked the website and at first it was sold out - devastation yet determination hit me. When I checked again a few days or a week later, it was available again. I waited until I got paid for the little hours I've worked and bought both of them! :)

For the swatches, I only swatched on 2 fingers because I didn't want to use them up. Yes I know there's plenty in there for more manicures but still, as much as I can save since I did pay $18 per bottle not including shipping for them lol. It's the first time I've spent $18 on one bottle, yes that will probably change in the future if I ever decide to buy some Chanel nail polishes, but not yet hehe.

Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe

dark blue jelly base with blue hexagon and round glitters. The swatch is 3 coats and no top coat on my index and middle fingers. I'm absolutely estatic that I got this polish from Nordstrom online because there is no location of Nordstrom in my area ~ but at least I was able to get it online hehe. I love this polish ~ but I might need to use a black base before applying :P

Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance

I love love love love Bad Romance?~ It's black based jelly yet kind of a creme with purple hexagon and round glitters. Absolutely amazing. :) I can't wait to use this as a manicure!! The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat (ring and pinky fingers).

I'm very pleased with Deborah Lippmann nail polishes, and I'm certain in the future that I will get some more bottles :) hope you enjoyed!

<3katherine

Ancora uno scrub...Gel Esfoliante by Collistar!!

Ha forza di esfoliare avrò una pelle morbidissima.....ma sono così tanti da provare che come si fa a dire di no??

Questo è l'ultimo scrub sperimentato di una lunga serie.

Gel Esfoliante Multivitaminico di Collistar specifico per pelli normali e secche.

Cosa contiene.

"finissime microsferule cerose, disperse in uno speciale gel dall'alto potere idratante ed emolliente che liberano la superficie della pelle da impurità e cellule morte. Viene così garantita alla pelle un'azione di rinnovo che la rende più tonica e vitale mentre il viso appare più levigato, luminoso e puro. Con vitamine A-E-B1-B3-B5-H".






Come vi dicevo l'ho provato proprio oggi e vi do il mio punto di vista avendo una pelle secca.
Discreto come prodotto, effettivamente non è aggressivo sulla pelle ma personalmente non ho sentito al tatto una differenza notevole rispetto a prima dell'applicazione.

Un pò più morbida questo si e l'effetto si è mantenuto da mattina a sera.

Ha un colore rosato ed è facilmente spalmabile sul viso.

Se dovessi esprimere un voto dare un sei e mezzo.

Il prezzo è nella media confezione maxi taglia da 100ml circa 19,00 euro!!

Grease is the Word

Lately, Paramount decided to re-release the movie GREASE in select theaters, but this time with a little twist- it's a SING-A-LONG! They added graphics throughout the movie when there were songs to be sung, and how they handled some of the lyrics was pretty damn amusing. The graphics were amusing, but some were distracting and too much. All in all it was a fun experience. In honor of the re-release, I did GREASE nails!! :-D

I used:

Thumb:

American Apparel Hassid as a base, with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base for the red, and for the letters in 'GREASE', with Nubar Sexy Red for the red of the car.

Index:

Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base with Nubar Sexy Red for the Rydell High logo.

Middle:

American Apparel Hassid as a base, with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud for the T Birds logo.

Ring:

Yachty Yachty Yadda as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the words.

Pinky:

Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base, with Nubar Sexy Red for the lightning outline, and China Glaze OMG for the silver.

Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

We go together like rama lama lama ke ding a de dinga a dong, just thought you should know.

Confetti

On Tuesday (27th), my bf and I decided to stay in my area instead of going to the city for the day. We ended up going to eat sushi and I really wanted to go to Rite Aid or Walgreens in my neighborhood to pick up some polishes. But we waited until after we've had lunch. The only 2 places there was CVS and Rite Aid. We both agreed to go to CVS since there's a Rite Aid at my house and I could find different polishes at CVS.

At CVS, I didn't see much that was different, except there were more Milani polishes there! But I found Confetti and reading from other nail blogs, they compared it similar to Sinful Colors except their color range isn't as wide. I believe that but the few bottles I picked up weren't bad at all and is basically at the same level as Sinful Colors ~ just less colors but some of them were different compared to Sinful Colors.

Here are the swatches of the Confetti polishes I got at CVS:

Confetti Belle of the Ball

dusty grayed out lilac purple. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. I love this color, its so cute and chic. :) This was the first one I swatched from this brand and I loved it. It was easy to apply and the drying time wasn't that bad either! This was the start of a good feeling and a new beginning with Confetti, hehe.

Confetti Centerstage

dark purple based creme with purple shimmer. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. I really was surprised at the look after I finished swatching. This was amazing! It was so different and really smooth. It gave me no trouble at all and it was so pretty.

Confetti Happy Birthday!

dark purple based jelly with purple shimmer. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. Amazing! I'm happy I picked this bottle up along with the other 2 bottles of purples. I guess I was attracted to these the most because it was purple, something that is so few in my collection. Application and formula was amazing for Confetti and drug store quality. :)

Confetti Party Palace Blue

blue opaque clear base jelly with shimmer and glitter. The swatch is 2 coats of Party Palace Blue over 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow without top coat for my index and middle finger. 3 coats of PPB on my ring and pinky finger without top coat. Honestly, this looked better in the bottle. I guess you could say that I'm disappointed in this one, but maybe if I tried it with a black base instead. I do wish that there was a solid blue base or that the blue would be thicker rather than a clear and opaque kind of base. But nonetheless, good for layering!

I hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Airbrushed tips.

Did this set of airbrush nails for a bride just this afternoon and I couldn't wait to post them up!


Stardust glitter on the tips! Pretty!



Something simple and nice. :)

The puff pink ribbons.

Gel pink glitter tips and puff pink ribbons! Weeeeee!

Omg. It's so super sweet. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

We're Gonna Rouge Our Knees

and roll our stockings down...

I have yet to come across a musical that I DIDN'T like, and CHICAGO is no exception. I LOVE this musical. I love the movie version, and though I've only experienced the soundtrack of the stage version, I adore that too! I love the glamour of it all, the sex, the crime, the Richard Gere?! :-P Anyway, today's nails were inspired by all that jazz...

The 'glow' is far more subtle in person, but the camera really seemed to pick it up.

I used American Apparel Hassid as a base, with the orangey red from the Color Club Yacht Club collection for the glow of the neon letters, mixed with a little American Apparel Hassid to try to fade out the glow a bit, and with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud to create the glowing neon of the middle C. For the black of the other letters, I used American Apparel Hassid.

So who's your favorite Velma? Bebe Neuwirth? Catherine Zeta Jones? Someone else? Are you more of a Roxie Hart fan? Maybe Mama? Billy? *rawr*

GGG

GGG - Gold Glitter Gradient. I decided to do my nails & sadly, I took them off not too long after ~ not even a few days. :( But I wanted to because I got more nail polishes to swatch! :) My nails this week was to attempt to do a better gradient with regular nail polish brushes rather than nail art brushes like I've done before (Sally Hansen Gunmetal + silver gradient [it should be the first post I made on my blog])

OPI Hey! Get In Lime + China Glaze Cleopatra

3 coats of HGIL & 2 coats of Cleopatra & 1 coat of Seche. After I added the gold, brushing from bottom to top, I used a cotton pad and slightly dabbed the top area of the gold so that it would have a "fading" look to it.

I hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Swap

Swatches from a swap I recently got. :)

Essie Haute as Hello (mini)

coral pink+orange color. very unique and I like it! Even though it's a mini, I'm considering buy the regular sized bottle. :) The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat.

Revlon Tropical Temptation

similar to Essie's Cute As A Button ~ but Tropical Temptation is a little darker and more coral. The formula and application was excellent for this and it surprised me. I don't have that many Revlons but I do like their formula. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat.

Sinful Colors Let Me Go

very sheer shimmery/frosty looking purple. The formula very sheer and should be used for layering over a darker base. The drying time wasn't that bad and I kind of like this~ The swatch is 3 coats and no top coat.

Hope you enjoyed there will be more swatches and some nail designs coming soon~

<3katherine