CNY theme ..

Quick one to hit my first post of the year 2012 :)

A Mini Update

Hi people, it's been a longggggggg July for me. Many things happened until I do not have the mood to blog about it. Even my giveaway is long overdue. :( Sorry!

To start boosting myself up, I went for my usual medi/pedi session at Nail Hansen @ Queensbay.

Seriously speaking, I'm really tired after all that have been through for the past few weeks as my grandmother just passed away. :( But anyway, let's not move into that part.


So here's what I have done for my toes.

Color: OPI Merry Midnight Holiday Wishes Collection 2009.

When I saw the sample picture of this color, it was darker. I would prefer to have this 3 coats instead of 2 though.

For the Fingers.

Some Korean Brand nail polish. I don't remember if it's Lumico or Lumino/Lamino. Probably got the names wrong anyway. :P

Loving the silvery sparkles. I bet it might be a pain to get them off. -_-

Anyway, that's all for a short update before my next giveaway (I promised!).

See you people soon! :)

An Affair with OPIs

My affair with nail polishes is getting "wilder" these days. I can even foresee my drawer space getting lesser and lesser with these babies. xD

Anyway, I went for a medi pedi session again two weeks ago for a birthday treat (not sponsored by anyone thou..). And that was really a good reason get pampered since my last visit with Nail Hansen were 2 months ago (during CNY). LOL!

*Queensbay Penang Nail Hansen, doing pedi on my friend. :)

Here's what I got.

*the chopsticks were there because I was camwhoring during dinner time. xD

Product pic of OPI - Italian Love Affair.

It's a classic color from OPI. Very sweet pink with slight peachy undertone. However, only two coats of this on my nails. IMO, you'll need 3 coats to get them fully covered.

As for my pedi color, I got this.

*no flash.

* with flash.

Product pic of OPI - Play til midnight.

This was from one of their LE collection :OPI's holiday in Toyland.

Too bad I couldn't find this around anymore. The color is such a beauty!

I really envy beauty bloggers that could do their medi and pedi so nicely. My nail polish application is still streaky and patchy. >.< " aah.. practice.. practice!!

Anyway, have a great week my lovely people. =)

China Glaze Khrome Collection - 2030

First and foremost, "No" to converting this blog into nail-polish-related-review blog. :P

Sorry, just my current obsession. My bad, but I promise this will be the last one for this month! =)

So, here you go. 2030 from China Glaze Khrome Collection!


Here's the promo pic from China Glaze website:-

The 2030 doesn't look the same compare to the real color though (the second one from the right).

Aren't 2030 pretty???

Especially with jeans! xD *loveeeee*

But I think the application is a little streaky though. =\

Only one coat of 2030 is sufficient. I did tried 2 coats but the application became uneven and streakier. x\

With the bottle.

The color swatch pic from Transdesign is even worst. LOL! Totally not in sync with the real color.

Anyway, this 2030 cleans off like a dream. Unlike my Ruby Pumps and Dorothy who?. Those two are driving me crazy with their shimmers.

Last but not least, the product code & ingredients.


Okie, gotta run now! A new work week! Wishing all having a good week ahead! =)

China Glaze Four Leave Clover (super salah foto)

I haven't been able to blog these days. Either it's because of the housework, or it's is because of me. =\

Anyway, back to my nail polish fever. I got China Glaze's Four Leave Clover during my first ever haul with Transdesign.

And my-my, such a pain to get the real color out....

And I gave up! x(

*taken under sunlight*


PLEASE DONT LOOK AT THE UGLY APPLICATION (even though my CAPS has draw your attention to it. :P).

Seriously, if China Glaze Four Leave Clover looks like that, then it's pretty! xD

But too bad, the camera couldn't capture the real thing! The color is all W-R-O-N-G. =(


See the product pic? I got this by searching from Google, but still it's wrong. The actual color looks more green instead of bluish green.
If you look at the pic above, the swatch color code looks pretty similar to the actual color in real life.

Anyway, PolishPolice has a good one that looks pretty similar.

picture credit: polishpolice.com

See? A lot of difference compared to mine. I saw quite a few review sites has the same color effect as mine too but I don't think it is the right one. =\

Anyway, anyone has tips how to capture the correct Greens and Reds in the photos? It is really annoying especially when this kind of photos need extra time & patience(!!) to edit them. *pulls hair and runs away*

Nail Polishes: China Glaze Lubu Heels and Dorothy Who?

Okay, going to make this quick since these were my NOTD for last week. Now my nails are "naked" at the moment since I'm doing a lot of crazy house chores. >.<

As you might have seen my Ruby Pumps.. I actually got these colors as well.

NOTD: China Glaze Lubu Heels.


Another up close with my recent SkinMD Shielding Lotion. =)

It looked pretty "black" when painted on the nails. The texture feels like "watery" black paint. I did this for two coats, then only the glitters will show up. These has finer glitters than Ruby Pumps!

The consistency of this is watery, which is not the same texture as Ruby Pumps even though they are both from the same company. BTW, the color on the nail polish bottle shows red but I'm really curious why the nail polish turn out to be "black" when painted. -_-

And this lovely color was on my feet.

NOTD: China Glaze Dorothy Who?

Please excuse the funky application. LOL!

It was a tough one when painting the toe nails. >.< Or maybe I have a stiff backbone. :P
And I love love love this color! =) Maybe I should paint them on my finger nails. Super bling!!

ahhh.. sexy. (please ignore me. :P)

China Glaze Dorothy Who? is such a nice color! Totally recommend this if you are up for challenging colors! =)

The consistency is very similar to Ruby Pumps. Not runny and neither too thick. Just nice. These are applied with two coats. And it covers up the nails well. My Dorothy Who? still stays on nicely on my toes after 5 days of application! No chipping.

As for your question on where do I get China Glaze Polishes.. It's from Transdesign. =)

Another note about Lubu Heels and Dorothy Who? nail polishes, they are such a pain to remove! -_-
The glitters take some time to remove them off. >_<

But they do stay "longer" on the nails than those nail polishes without glitters.

Have you tried these yet? Do share some interesting colors if you have. I'm obsessed with them now. (help!!!)

Nail Polish #1 Ruby Pumps from China Glaze

Hello all!

I'm very excited to show you what I did (without the help of Nail Hansen) to my nails!

PIC: 2 coats Ruby Pumps + Seche Vite Dry Fast topcoat

Even though it is still freaking messy, but I don't care! muahaha. Hopefully I have the determination to practice, practice, practice!

This is from China Glaze by the way!

Damn freaking cool color! Ruby pumps!

I actually didn't know what to get at first since I'm torn between OPI's I'm not really a waitress and China Glaze's Ruby Pumps. But I'll go with the cheaper one first. =p

BTW, it's so freaking tough to get the actual color out! RED is my camera's enemy. (LOL!)


Anyway, have you tried China Glaze's nail polish? I'm reading too many good reviews For Audrey but needed more suggestions though!

Do share away if you have any color that you like from them!

Nails : The Love + CNY = Weird

Time really flies, in another 3 days it will mark the 1st day of the Tiger Year. *rawr*

Being a kiasuism (I created the word :P), I have to make myself look presentable, especially my nails, so I can received angpaos (red packet) gracefully. LOL!!! =P

And this is part of the damage that I did... at Nail Hansen.


Little did I know even the Nail Salon's business follows the trend a normal hair salon (I got into this late last year =D, so yea.. baby boomers. blek).

Why did I make that comment is because they also did hike up their medi & pedi services by RM10. No free nail designs too. Boo boo. =(

BTW, now I know I shouldn't be going to visit them this late is because they are filled with many customers!! -_-

Nuff said. Here's what I did for myself.

*please don't ask me why I used this color, I didn't know why too. *
Maybe I was lemming for Chanel's Jade nail polish. T_T


OnMyFatHairyToes. =P


Seriously speaking, this is the worst options that I've picked. I shouldn't pick the weird love design from them. -_- The blue color nail polish doesn't go with these cute things. -_- And the color combination s*cks as well. T_T Argh. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... my fault anyway.

But my friend's one is nicer. Her RM5 is more worth it. >.<

At least a fish make more sense than multicolorlove.

Actually, this wasn't a satisfactory service from them. I paid RM100 (RM90 for Pedi & Medi) and some freaking nail art for RM10 (RM5/each). Why?

#1. The girl painted my green nails with only 1 coat. -_- And then she left since her shift hours ended already.
#2. No top coat (quick dry formula) were given after they painted my friend's toenails. >.<
#3. They were not even looking at the work they are doing. -_-

My nails actually were over-trimmed and their stencils even poked into my skin. I don't think it's on purpose, it is just that they are like doing the things fast so that they could get hold of another customer's request. Ahh.. too good business I guess.

Haih. Seriously, I was thinking to pick these "nail coloring" thing to do them myself. But I always don't have the determination like what I see Nikki/Xin/Ashley/Lavender has. Why?!!! (too lazy bah...) huhu. T_T

Did you have encounter things like this especially before the festive season? Or maybe I'm the only one. >_<

Gong Xi Fatt Chai !! =)

hahaha. I want to be the first one to greet this time! =) Oklah, just teasing anyway. lol.

I went for a second visit to Nail Hansen actually. And this time they did my nail color in gold color.. actually this was done on Christmas Eve in 2009, but then I thought it matches the CNY mood as well. =)



I did my Pedi too! Coz you know lah, their price is much more affordable if you did them both at the same time.

**Warning:Please do not consume food at this point of time. Ugly feet ahead xD **

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Up close:

In dark grey color actually.. but not sure why it became black when I tried to captured flower design...



I did both Medicure + Pedicure for RM80. At Penang Queensbay's Nail Hansen (beside F.O.S).

Here's why I did it:

1. I'm pretty bad at "maintaining" my nails. All these years, the only thing I did was only cutting and trimming my nails with a normal cheapo nail cutter (about RM1 at any supermarket). And also because of my "danceyfeet" (via wearing tight jazz & sport shoes), my toe nails (especially my big toe) became so rough until I can feel the "wrinkles" and "pathways" on the surface of the nail. After I had my first nail treatment, it became so smooth that the previous "wrinkles" are all gone. This is really true!!! =
   
2. To eliminate ingrown nails and fungus. I know it's hard to "screw away" those fungus, but at least the nail experts can tell us how healthy our nails were. Also, I don't know how to file/cut my cuticles properly as well. I know some of these can be learn, but it's the "patience" that wears off easily on me. lol.
3. I want pretty nail color so I can show off, especially when wearing flip flops and open-toe shoes. xD Again, this skill can be learn like some beauty bloggers out there.. but yours truly doesn't have a steady hand, and keep drawing "out of line". Or in another word - lazy. :P

I'm not saying I'm rich or trying showing off here, but sometimes we do pamper ourselves with our own likes. Talk about enjoyment and own "beauty time". :D

If only I have the determination to do my own nails, then I can sure say bye bye to the Nail Salons and save a lot of $$ here. =)

Nail Hansen @ Queensbay Penang

Okay, to start off, this is just a random post that I wanted to share. Cuz' it is my first time. *shyyyy* :P

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I went to Nail Hansen (in Queensbay Penang) last Wednesday, which is something I never did before in my whole life - Mani & Pedi. Serious.

I neither do my own nails as well. Other than cutting my own nails twice a month (maybe..). I really do envy people that did their own nails, like Nikki and also Ashley.

Not that I never try, I tried but with my shaky piggy hands, I have to re-do almost every nail because I failed miserably. Either the nail color looks messy, or the color doesn't like my nail. -_-Or maybe in other words, "lazy" :P

Since I got about 2 hours time before I meet up with my colleagues for lunch, I opted to go for a quick (sort of..) nail "spa" at Nail Hansen.

And here's what I got at the end of the whole spa session. *Please excuse my fugly foot pics XD*

I have ugly feet but I like the floweeerrr :D

The flower design is free when you do both mani and pedi spa. :)

I don't have a decent photo for these because I just took them for the sake of my "first time". XD

Then my fingerssssss.

*gosh, I just noticed my "hand wrinkles" ... :( *

Shiny shiny bling bling :D


And here's how it looks like after 4 days (on Sunday).

Still looks okay. But my toe nails doesn't look nice already. Because orang kasar ma. What to do.. :P

I did the "spa" or they called them "treatment" for hands & feet, which cost RM100. The lady there said this is their current promotion (which I don't know when they will end..) and she mentioned that treatment for feet only originally was RM80 wor... The treatment for hands was RM60, so add both was RM80 + RM60 = RM140, and now it is RM40 ringgit cheaper.

Overall, the experience was good. They scrub, cut, trim my toe and finger nails. I can imagine 20+++++ years of not maintaining them is.... $%$^$&^%! LOL! They also did soak my hands and feet into their parrafin wax. So hot can! -_-

This was really something for me. At least now you ask me about mani & pedi, I sure got the experience in them already! HAHAHA. I would pamper myself once in a while, but on a regular basis.. erm, maybe next time. ;)