Tag: China Glaze
Nail-job craving: Nine weeks ago, I saw BeautyGeeks Janine Falcon with her Louboutin mani and knew I had to have it right away. Then why the heck did I wait nine weeks to get it then? Because at the time, I had JUST cut my nails as short as they could go — doh! And it took me this long to get my nails to grow long enough for this lil nail job.
How I satisfied that craving: I trekked on over to Tips Nail Bar. In terms of colour combo, Leeanne and I discussed how the best combos are with a big contrast in between the colours. Since I wasn’t keen on having a dark shade underneath my nails (nor on my nail — feels wrong to me since it’s spring now), we went with a pastel blue with the subtlest of glitters on my nails with a subtle empty moon — it’s Artistic Color Gloss in Tease. Then, on the reverse side (the underside of my nail tips), Leeanne applied neon pink China Glaze in Pool Party, followed by a top coat.
How this nail colour make me feel: Like I perhaps need some therapy to help me with my nail obsession, as it’s reaching all sorts of new levels. How’s that? Well:
- I never have my nails this long, so I’m constantly touching the tips.
- I usually have my nails in a squoval shape — this oval shape is brand new to me so I can’t stop looking at them (even more than usual). In fact, I think some chick on the subway thought I was some weirdo as I saw her watching my staring at my fingers, ha ha. I totally think my oval nails look like those fake nails they use to show you what a nail polish colour looks like. (And btw in case you want to make your fingers look slimmer, I think this does the trick.)
- Now, not only do I have my nail colour to look at lovingly, I just have to turn my hand over and there’s a whole new shade to admire — doubling my nail-admiration time.
Love it or hate it: Love.
April 13, 2012
Nail-job craving: After I made the mistake of not choosing goldleaf when Leeanne Colley (owner of Tips Nail Bar) suggested it to me a few weeks ago, I put myself in her skilled hands and just said I wanted a Chicago-worthy manicure. (I’m off to the Windy City for vacation).
How I satisfied that craving: Leeanne started with Artistic Color Gloss in Sassy, a pretty pale pink. Then, using small balled up pieces of saran wrap, she dabbed on white art paint, then China Glaze in Pool Party (a neon pink), then CND in Plum Truffle (a purple) and finally, some black art paint. Then using a brush anbd acetone, she tidied up the tips to reveal the Sassy (I think this step was a must; it cleaned up the look so that it looks on purpose rather than like I was overzealous in art class and got paint all over my nails) and lastly, a coat ot topcoat.
How this nail colour make me feel: Chicago-ready, after all it’s a city known for its’ art and graffiti. I’m pretty sure these nails will be conversation starters in Chi-town.
Love it or hate it: LOVE.
March 22, 2012
Went backstage to check out the Cover Girl and Pantene beauty looks and to the shows at The ShOws last night, which included David Szeto and Ruffian (and just found out it’s pronounced roofian, like the roof of your house, and not as in, say, how ruffneck is pronounced, which is how I’ve been saying it all this while — oops).
Love this suitcase ‘o hair extensions backstage for the David Szeto show.
Also, some cool illustrations from my fashion show seatmate, illustrator/comic book artist Adrian Alphona. This one’s from the David Szeto show.
And this one’s from last week at the Joe Fresh show at Toronto Fashion Week.
And these are the kickass nails Tips Nail Bar did for the Ruffian show — it’s China Glaze in Scarlett with gold leaf overtop (silly me, Leeanne offered to do gold leaf last time I was in to try OPI GelColor and I instead opted for loose glitter atop my Russian Navy, now kicking myself big time). Check out this photo of the Ruffian models with the nails Leeanne snapped.
(no pics of the collections themselves, sorry — my basic digital camera doesn’t take the best pics (or maybe I just don’t use it properly, which is very, very possible)
March 20, 2012
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