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The funfair at St. Joseph's Church yesterday was a blast! The church organized a funfair in conjunction with their 165th anniversary, and I took up a stall there since I'm from that church as well. The church will be undergoing renovation after next week, so all proceeds from the funfair will go toward the church's building fund.

My Primary 2 cousin, Fhilis, stayed over at my house on Saturday to help out on Sunday as well. Hence, I took the opportunity to use her as my model. Some of the designs were taken from http://www.rina-alcantara.com/ and I tried them out.

Tadah !! Decided to try out designs that I've never tried before. Some are repeated cause I really couldn't think of 10 different designs at 9 in the night.

A closer view on her left hand. Featuring a few characters - the cow, bear (which turned out like a hamster), panda which I've done before during the Singapore Poly event, the minnie mouse ribbon and a simple flower. I really love the cow! It was the love of many parents at the funfair as well.

A closer view on her right hand. Featuring the usual polka dots, cupcake which I really love as well. The "cherry" wasn't suppossed to be so big! Somehow the OPI polish for that was exceptionally runny and it flowed down. Tried to rectify it and that was the best I could do. The heart, need to brush up on my outlining! The tree with clouds in the sky, wanted to add in the sand, but her nails are too small. Probably workable for adults. And the bumble bee! It looks opposite in the picture because of the angle I took the picture.

Business was really good! All my OPI were sold out. So were the mother's day packages and top/base coat bundles. Majority of my customers who did manicures were children! They were so cute. According to the parents who told me, in past years, their children would pull them to the game stalls. But this year, they pointed and said they only wanted to come to my stall to do their nails! Hhahha. All of their coupons went to their children's nails already. It was a waste that I didn't manage to take pictures of their nails cause many were queueing to get their nails done. If any of you have the pictures, do tag me in facebook!

Some parents approached me and asked if I do nails for children's parties and functions. Why not! Just call me. I'd definitely be more than happy to go if my time allows me to. It feels like a great joy to be able to integrate my job as a teacher into doing nails for children. I see a little link there now. (:

The children were really sweet. One of them even turned around to say thank you to her mummy for giving her the money to paint her nails. It's a joy to paint for children. Will want to do it more in future!

My dented mani that was totally worth it :)

Morning guys!! Okay, so a friend/neighbor came over Friday night carrying this tiny pet carrier, and inside was an adorable baby bunny!!! She had found him at her work, and she didn't want to leave him, thinking he would die. She had plans Saturday morning, so I of course volunteered to bunny sit. She named him Junior, and after some research, discovered he is about 2 weeks old. OMG you guys, his cuteness is almost too much to handle. My Chihuahua Rolo, seemed to even love him, and let Junior snuggle next to him. They had fallen asleep in my lap and I had to share some pics. I'll get to the mani after this :P

Here he is eating. Eeeek, too cute, I even woke Jack up from his nap to watch, lol.

So here is my dented mani. Well he was back in his cage when I did my nails, but a little while later, I got him out again to eat, and he is feisty, and his tiny nails, dented my mani, but ti was totally worth it. This is 1 coat of Urban Decay Bruise over 2 coats of Ulta Cocktails Anyone, which is a dark purple.

Ummm....Nope! DO NOT WANT

This is one of those manis, that didn't turn out how I expected, but it actually looks better in the pics, lol. I received my set of new Bundle Monster plates a few days ago, and only had 1 night of play time so far. I saw what appeared to be peacock feathers, and since I'm kind of on a kick, I decided to use that image first :) Okay, well I started with a coat of black and a coat of Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal. I figured that all the colors in Turq. Opal, would resemble feathers better. I'm sure I would have liked this better, had I used different colors, and didn't eff up the design placement on my pinkie. It drove me crazy, lol

Then I used China Glaze Millenium and plate BM 212 for my design

HELLO KITTY NAILS

Meow! This is my version of hello kitty nails.


On these nails I embedded lace for my very first time! Yep that is real lace on the ring fingers. I also used gold and silver confetti from youngnails.com On the pinky I used a #3 golden halo sparkles from sparklesnailproducts.com




These are natural nails with gel polish. I marbled different colors together. Gel polish lasts for 2 weeks or longer with no chipping!

Doing a full coverage nail is the new trend. I faded 2 glitters from artglitter.com. A chunky silver called biker babes and another glitter called pewter.

Another full coverage set of nails. The big glitters at the tip are #69 Dark Nite from sparklesnailproducts.com


Dragonflies with 3d flowers on the ring fingers.


This is 2 glitters I mixed together from sparklesnailproducts.com #123 Desire and #125 passion.



I did these nails to look like butterfly wings.

Exciting Polish News: New FingerPaints and a chance at a $250 GC!!!

Okay, I had to let you all know about some exciting news I have received. Lets start off with FingerPaints new collection called Peace, Love & Color. It will be available May 1st!! I already have my eye on the purple and teal So keep an eye out!!

2nd bit of exciting news!

SkinCareRx is having a Beautiful Mom Mother’s Day giveaway! Win a $250 SkinCareRx Gift Card and give your mom the products she's been wishing for (and get a little something for yourself as well). All you have to do to enter, is post a comment on their giveaway page, explaining why your mom deserves the $250 Gift Card.

To enter, click here. Be sure to fill out your email when posting the comment so that they can contact you with your prize!

The deadline for entries is May 5th. The winner will be announced May 6th.

Secret Periwinkle gets tattooed!

So I couldn't resist using the bigRuby tattoos again, lol. Except this time I used 3 of the ones from the Star set. I started with 2 coats of China Glaze Secret Periwinkle, then after I applied the nail tattoos, I used Wet n' Wild Black for the tips.

Black Shatter Orders ( FULL )

Thank you for your support! The pre-orders for black shatter has been overwhelming. I've reached the maximum bottles that I'm able to take in. Sorry to those who were unable to order. I'll be trying to bring in more black shatter if I can.You can check this website for updates. Thank you once again.

Why have I never heard of this one???

So a while ago a sweet woman that goes by Synthecide on MUA, posted a picture of this AMAZING blue polish by OPI. Now, I know I haven't been a hoarder of polish forever, but I had never even heard of it, and was shocked! It's way too pretty to go unnoticed! It's name..........Midnight Blue Glitter. So like usual, I scurried my butt to eBay instantly, and snatched one up. Just look...*sigh* I absolutely love the bright blue sparkles that stand out. Now, it is a tad sheer, so I did 2 coats over Wet n' Wild Black.