Nail Tutorial - Happy Deepavali

Happy Deepavali to all Hindu friends!

The most colourful celebration in Singapore. Women prepares the festive with henna applied on their hands, new traditional outfit Sari and jewelries, cooking a stomp of their delicious food and Indian sweets, colourful Rangoli in the entrance of their humble homes and of course the star of today's blog a new bhindi to finish up the look.

Bhindi is a a forehead decorative worn by the Hindus . Traditionally a red dot but with times changing a jewelry could replace the red dot and match with the tradional sari.

The range of stick on bhindi goes from plain old red dot to decorated bindis with diamonds.

So I thought using bhindi is an awfully genius idea to celebrate Deepavali.

Here's what you need:

Base

1. Base coat
2. Top coat
3. Models own - Lemon Meringue (yellow)
4. China Glaze - Be more pacific (light green)
5. China Glaze - Exotic Encounters (medium green)
6. A set of Bhindi

*i am contrasting the nail colours with the bhindi hence China Glaze Exotic Encounters will not have a bhindi decorated.

Tools

1. Scissors
2. Tweezer

Here's how:

 Step 1 - Clean your nails with Basic Manicure (click here to see my version)

                  - apply base coat

 Step 2 - Apply nail polish on nails

                      * I alternate the colours

 Step 3 - Using a Tweezer, carefully peel off one bhindi from its packet

 Step 4 - Place bhindi beside your nail and measure where you need to cut / 

                    if your bhindi is small then you would skip this step

 Step 5 - Carefully stick the bhindi on the center of your nail

                 *I start placing at the middle bottom of my nail bed and slowly work my way up

                 - continue Step 3-5 for the rest of your nails

 Step 6 - Apply 2 layers of top coat for best coverage of the bhindi

Let traditional decoration be your bestfriend

Faith.Love Feline

Hair - 2 tones coloured hair

2 Tones Crazy Hair

Recently I started my own Home Hair Services. And my very first customer wants Purple hair with Blue streaks. Of course i jump to the challenge as i can't do streaks on myself. 

hmmmm maybe i could? 

So off to my good 'ol reliable ony distributor in Singapore , 77th Street @ Bugis Junction, store to find the perfect colour from Brand Manic Panic. I chose Ultra violet and Bad boy blue, 2 Ultra violet bottle and 1 Bad boy blue bottle. I'm using 80% Ultra Violet and 20% Badboy blue.  My customer's hair is waist length so about 2 bottle would do the job perfectly but since i'm using Badboy blue 20% means i will have remaining Ultra violet. Which is good cause we NEED to have balance colour to mix in with conditioner to keep colour stay on longer. (Click here for staying longer tips)

Lets Get Down to Business....

As you can see she had previously dyed her hair and new hair growth is about 5cm-7cm long. 

I would need to bleach her hair in order for Manic Panic colour to clinch on and colour to be vibrant. After mixing ratio1:2 (bleach powder:developer) in a mixer bowl, i applied onto her new hair growth first. Started applying from the bottom and worked my way up. 

*p.s. Please part hair into sections for easy application

After i did applied bleach mixture onto her new hair growth,  I then applied it to the remaining of her hair. And let the mixture work its magic for about an hour.

Wash off with ONLY shampoo, blow dry and the fun starts here..

Remember I said Ultra violet 80% and Bad bor blue 20%? so ... when doing streaks, i would dye Ultra Violet for about 3 cm thickness of hair : Badboy for 1cm thickness of hair. Keep alternating the order.

Once done, wrap hair with cling wrap or shower cap and allow its magic work for at least 1hour (longer would be best) and wash off only with water. Blow dry and you are jet set to rock.

* Do  alternate the colours at the side of your head, you want to create the streak look when you tie up.

Let Crazy Colour hair be your best friend

Faith.Love Feline

Nail Tutorial - Henna on Nails

Henna On Nails

Henna is an age old traditional temporary body tattoo which is widely popular for its use on bridal. Its dye comes naturally from a plant. Designs for bridal are flowers that are made up of lines and dots, or mandala. Here today i'm recreating henna design onto my nails in celebration of Deepavali, Festival of Lights, celebrated by the Hindus.

Things you need:

1. Base Coat
2. Top Coat
3. OPI - Got the Blues for Red
4. China Glaze - Be more Pacific
5. China Glaze - Sugar high & Pom Pom
6. OPI - Jade is the new Black 
7. China Glaze - Atlantis

Tools:

1. Green, Red & Brown Acrylic Paint
2. Thin nail art brush
3. Bobbi pin (for dotting)

Here are pictures to show you step by step :

Henna Nail 01

Henna Nail 02

Henna Nail 03

Let Henna nail be your bestfriend

Faith.Love Feline

Nail Tutorial - Shades of Blue Strips

Shades of Blue Strips

This nail art does not need any nail art tool. Only requires the existing nail polish brush and a good steady hand.

This technique used is called Layering. You could layer the colours and there is no right or wrong on which colour to use. Sometimes relayering heps to thin a certain colour strip.

Things you neeed:

Base

1. Base Coat
2. Top Coat
3. Couleur Inc - Liatris 143 (Lightest blue shade 01)

Strips

1. China Glaze - Hanging in the Balance (Medium blue shade 03)
2. OPI - No room for the blues (Light blue shade 02)
3. OPI - Incognito in Sausalito (Dark blue shade 04)
4. OPI - Haven't the Foggiest (Silver)

Here's how:

 Preparation - Start with cleaning your nail bed with basic manicure
                              (Click here for my version)

 Step 1 - Apply your favourite base coat

 Step 2 - Apply 2 coats of Blue shade 01 on all nails

                  - Allow to semi dry for at least 10 mins

Below i'm going to show two ways to paint on strips;

Example 1

 Step 3 - Paint on a strip of Silver

 Step 4 - Paint on Blue shade 04, just beside Step 3

 Step 5 - Paint on Silver , covering half of Step 4

 Step 6 - Paint on Blue shade 04, over Silver in Step 5, allowing a thin strip of
                    Silver to be seen

                  - Paint on Blue shade 03 , beside Silver

 Step 7 - Paint on Blue shade 02 ,directly above Blue shade 04 and Silver

 Step 8 - Paint on Blue shade 04, at the left side of nail

Example 2

 Step I - Paint the middle of nailo bed using Blue shade 04

 Step II - Paint Blue shade 03 on both side of Blue shade 04

 Step III - Paint Blue shade 02 on both side of Blue shade 03

 Step IV - Paint Silver on both side of Blue shade 02

From the examples i gave above, I hope you could see how i layered my colours. I did different layering and played with colours with each individual nail.

Hope you love this nail tutorial.  Similarly you could change the colours and mabe create rainbow using Layering Technique.

Let Shades of Blue be your best friend

Faith.Love Feline

Nail Tutorial - Pimping Creative Shapes

Pimping Creative Shapes

This idea is inspired by nailsup_ ,an amazing nail tech that I follow on Instagram. Check out her nail art, it is impressive.

I tried to recreate the nail art, breaking it down into a similar form. So here's my simple version.

Things you need:

Base 

1. China Glaze - Pelican Gray (grey)

Shapes

1. OPI - Grape...Set...Match (purple)
2. China Glaze - Sugar High (pink)
3. China Glaze - Orange Knockout (orange)

Lines & Dots

1. Acrylic Paint Black
2. Acrylic Paint Titanium white

Tools

1. Medium size nail paint brush
2. Thin size nail paint brush
3. Dotting tool

Here's how:

 Preparation - Start off by doing your own basic manicure, cleaning your
                              cuticles and prep your nail ready. (Click here for my version)

 Step 1 - Apply your fav base coat

Step 2 - Apply 2 coats of Grey nail polish on all nails

Step 3 - Remove excess orange nail polish, leaving only a tiny bit on the tip
                  of nail polish brush

                 - Paint on a triangle at left side base of nail bed

 Step 4 - Remove excess pink nail polish, leaving only a tiny bit on the tip of
                    nail polish brush

                  - Paint on a rectangle at right side base of nail bed

 Step 5 - Remove excess pink nail polish, leaving only a tiny bit on the tip of
                    nail polish brush

                  - Paint on a square in the middle of nail bed

 Step 6 - Using orange nail polish to paint a long rectangle on left top side of nail bed

* you could attempt same shapes for other side or be creative and play with filling in shapes on your nail bed

* don't worry if your shape is not clear or the corners are not sharp, Step 7 will cover that

 Step 7 - Prepare black acrylic paint onto work station, diluting 1 drop of
                    acrylic paint with 1 drop of water. Mix it well , you do not want the
                    paint to be watery but diluted enough to glide onto nails smoothly

                  - Coat medium size brush with black acrylic paint and paint on lines
                    around shapes you have created

 Step 8 - Prepare white acrylic paint onto work station, diluting acrylic paint
                   with water. Mix well

 Step 9 - Using a dotting tool (preferably small dots dotting tool), dip
                    vertically into white acrylic paint and start dotting onto nail

                  - Choose maybe 1 or 2 shapes per nail to add white dots in

 Finish - Apply your fav top coat and you are set to go!

For this nail art, you could let your creative juices flow. I create shape nail art only 1 nail per hand but if you like you could explore different shapes on all nails, play with shape colours and dots.

I had fun creating this nail art, hope you will too!

Let creative shapes be your bestfriend

Faith.Love Feline

   

                     

                     

Nail Tutorial - Classic french manicure & Lines

Classic French Manicure & Lines

I Love classics. From classic movies like Gone with the Wind to fashion icon Audrey Hupburn... Something about the word Classic stirs romance in my thought.

Think Paris. Well I never been there but the postcards on Effiel Tower and building surrounds it are , well in my words classic. So yes I am having a bit Paris fever now and decided to create a very simple Classic French manicure mix with brown,gold line manicure.

Here's what you need: 

Base

1. OPI - Chocolate Moose
2. Nicole OPI - That's Putting it Mild

Nails Art

1. OPI - Angel with a Leadfoot
2. Nicole OPI - That's Putting it Mild
3. Acrylic Gold

Nail Art Brushes

Here's how:

  Preparation - Start off by doing your own basic manicure, cleaning your cuticles 

                               and prep your nail ready. (Click here for my version)

 Step 1 - Apply your fav base coat

 Step 2 - Apply base colours (I have alternate the colours)

 Step 3 - Let's start applying our French manicure

                  - Wipe out one side of nail polish brush and on the other side wipe out 3/4, 

                    leaving only a small bit at the tip (you would want the polish on the brush 

                    as little as you could)

                  - Paint the center on the free edge of your nude coloured nail (It is entirely 

                    up to you how deep or low you want your nail free edge to be. A longer 

                    nail bed creates the illusion of longer fingers)

                  - Next, Paint on the left and right side of your free edge 

                    (try your best to keep it in a straight line)

 Step 4 - For this part you could either use the same white nail polish or acrylic paint

                  - Prepare a drop of white polish on your work station and thinly coat nail 

                    brush with the nail polish

                  - Paint a line on the very edge of your nail. Have this line longer then the 

                     previously painted free edge

                  - From the inner end of the line, paint a curve. Curving from the tip to the 

                    center of previously painted free edge

                  - Do the same for the other side of the nail and you would end up with a 

                    nice curve free edge

 Step 5 - After painting your free edge on all selected nails, add on a 2nd coat. 

                   Don't worry if the paint is not smooth, it will work out after applying top coat

 Step 6 - Now for Lines. I be using the nude colour for the line

                  - Prepare a drop of nude polish onto your work station and coat thin brush

                  - Gently glide a line of nail polish onto nail, the keyword is Glide 

 Step 7 - Do the same from Step 6 to other nails

                  - You could apply 1 or 2 nude lines onto nail

 Step 8 - Now to apply gold acrylic paint

                  - Mix a drop of acrylic paint with a drop of water, mix it well till you 

                    have a diluted paint

                  - Similar to Step 6, Glide on either a thin line or thick line

 Finish - Apply top coat and there you go, my version of a classic nail art

Hope you love my very simple Classic nail art...

Let classics be our bestfriend

Faith.Love Feline