The Nail Report

Nail-job craving: I just spent two weeks hopping about London, Mallorca and Rome on vacation (hence my disappearance blog-posting-wise, sorry!). For my trip, I just wanted something cheerful, more summery since the weather was going to be warm in my latter two stops.

How I satisfied that craving: At Tips Nail Bar, Melissa Forrest proposed doing a silhouette mani (have never had one before) and then suggested Entity in Not Off the Rack (that’s the coral-ish shade) topped with Artistic Color Gloss in Tease.

How this nail colour make me feel: Good — got loads of compliments on my nails during my trip.

Love it or hate it: Love the colour combination. I’m not so sure on the silhouette mani overall for me; I like the simplicity of it, but I think I prefer the V-gap.

3 Comments October 10, 2012

The Weekly Nail Report — Marathon manicure

Nail-job craving: Something EPIC. I’m running my first marathon (that’s 42.2 kilometres, for you non-running folk) and I’ve had some pretty fantastic manicures for my half-marathons (remember the colour-block manicure for my personal best half-marathon last spring? Or the hot pink and yellow pointed pinkies? And how about the sleek, streamlined black and white v-gap number I sported for the Nike Women’s Half in San Fran?) so this nail job has to be at least twice as amazing. Something as amazing as me, the former non-runner, running a marathon.

How I satisfied that craving: When I saw this manicure on Paige from Fashion, the first words out of my mouth? “Holy sh*t.” And I couldn’t get it outta my mind. The chevron shape, but way hotter with the tiny dots of colour? So I asked Leeanne at Tips Nail Bar to do a similar look. The manicure took a long while (although not as long as it’ll take me to run the marathon!) and it was very busy at the salon so she started my manicure and Emi Schneider finished up most of the dotting. Here’s what they used:

Base coat: Entity in Spotlight (that’s the white). Colours: Nars Amchoor (that’s the yellow), Nars Ratin Jot (that’s the purple), YSL Bleu Majorelle (that’s the blue), China Glaze Japanese Koi (that’s the orange) and Revlon Knockout (that’s the black). Dots were created using a dotter tool from a craft shop.

How this nail colour make me feel: I think this is my favourite “race manicure” thus far. It makes me think of both pretty glassware from Anthropologie, but also the pixelated colours of an Archie comic book. It reminded a makeup artist at Tips who was getting her nails done next to me of an MIA video. Emi’s dubbed it the “heavy chev-y” mani (chev-y as in chevron).

Love it or hate it: Love. Love. Love. Love. Love. I’m gonna take this as a sign that my marathon is going to be fabulous.

5 Comments May 4, 2012

The Weekly Nail Report

Nail-job craving: I didn’t even know I was craving this colour, but as soon as I spotted this bottle at the OPI media preview lunch yesterday, it just really spoke to me…

How I satisfied that craving: Did It On ‘Em from the Nicki Minaj for OPI collection, which is launching  January 2012.

How this nail colour make me feel: This acid yellow (I had to have it applied over the Entity in Spotlight soak-off gel I still have on from my San Francisco Nike Women’s half-marathon manicure — I’m thinking the white base gave the Minaj colour extra pop) is fresh and unexpected, so it makes me feel like I should be doing only on thing: having loads of F-U-N.

Love it or hate it: Love. I especially love it paired with Beauty Geeks‘ gorgeous manicure (in fact, she may find me trying to walk hand in hand with her all week long…).

7 Comments October 25, 2011