2NE1 CL Inspired Nude Nails with Swarovski Crystals

Hey nail junkies!

The weather was particularly gloomy recently and my fingers naturally reached for my neutral polishes. I've gotta say Allure by Ulta3 is one of my favourite polish shades, the prefect nude shade for my skin tone, not too brown, not too peachy. It was instant love when I first applied them and for only $2, everyone needs to get one!

It's been a while since my nails have been one plain colour and a had to add a lil sumthin' sumthin' to jazz up my nails.

Then I remembered a picture of CL and her sister's nails I've seen online and I have a pack of brand new Swarvoski crystals from bornprettystore.com.

Behold, the prefect classy nails!

Starry Night Nails

Have you ever bought nail polish that looked gorgeous in the bottle but looks totally different when applied to your nails?

This Russian Navy annoys me whenever I look at it. Lol.

While rummaging tru a box filled with discounted OPIs, it saw this extremely beautiful mystical purple  nail polish which I loved! Without looking at it's name, I immediately grabbed and paid for the nail polish.

Mana tau (Malaysian slang for 'who knew'. Lol.) the nail polish was some kinda weird navy blue which I didn't like one bit. The gorgeous red and purple micro shimmer did not show up one bit!

Boy, was I annoyed! 

Here's a picture of a thin layer of polish swatched on a piece of paper and held against the sun.

The poor polish laid unused for a year till I decided to use it and give it a twist to suit my liking.

I layered my polish.

Ever tried that?

I painted a layer of MAC Nocturnelle, which is basically a cream black, as the base and applied a thin layer of OPI Russian Navy on top.

It turned out to be a really pretty nail colour which appeared black, navy blue and purple under different lights! I was really happy with it! =D

I also applied Ulta3's Silver Glitter for gradient tips, just to add some pizzaz. Hehe.

Have you ever purchased a nail polish which you didn't like at all?

Cheers!!

♡ ♡ ♡

M.May

Matte Tips Nail

Hello my girlies!!

Does my nails look familiar??

If you've read my previous post, you'd know that I've gotten rid of the salt nail art cause seriously the wine red was starting to freak me out!

So for all of you asking if the sale will last, I'm sorry I can't give you an accurate answer! I will be trying it again with a cute pastel colour then I'll be able to tell you about it's lasting power!

Till then, the answer's gotta wait. =)

Good thing about my previous manicure is that I only have to repaint one nail. Yay!!

Matte french tip nails are everywhere online. However, a large majority of pictures I've seen have a matte base and shiny tips.

I decided to 'flip' the idea around with a matte tip cause frankly, it was way easier! =P

For this manicure, I used Ulta3 in Twilight Fever from Tezza's giveaway (yayyyy!!) and Chi Chi matte nail polish reviewed here.

Twilight Fever has a real unique colour. It's kind of a dark plum-brown with purple micro shimmers.

I managed to pick up the shimmers in the picture!

To achieve a straight clean matte line, I used the tape technique I used previously here.

It's really simple and fuss free!

Try it!! =D

Hope your enjoyed this!

I prefer this sooo much more than the last bloody looking salt one!

Hehehehehe...

Cheers!!

♡ ♡ ♡

M.May

Subtle Neon Nails

Hey!

Did you notice these nails in my Teal look? Just saying. =P

I have a feeling the neon trend will be huge this year!

* Probably not in Australia yet, but I'm guessing this trend my blow up for Spring? Don't take my word for it tho. =P *

Anywhoooo... I'm determined to rock this trend.

I'm gonna take baby steps into this trend, so this is definitely on option on how to rock neons for anyone.

Before we get into the yummy stuff, I wanna apologise for the quality of this post and my nails with the smudging. I didn't wait for the yellow to dry so please learn from my mistakes and wait till the polish dries. ^.^

For today's nails, I used the Ulta3 in Allure and NYC and BYS in Sunshine.

This style is crazy easy, utilising tape like how I did in in my Zebra Nail Art post.

First up, I started with 2 even layers of Ulta3 Allure.

The next steps are pretty self explanatory.

Tape -> Paint -> Rip off tape -> Tahdahhhhh!!

Seal it off with a top coat, but don't me impatient and paint over it while it's still semi-wet. Mine ended up looking like those horror movies with blood running down the words during the credits. Only mine was yellow.

Yellow blood?

I hope you like this subtle neon look. I will be trying more neon looks in the future!

Cheers!!

♡ ♡ ♡

M.May