Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Etude House Dear My Deep Nails DBE101 Lazy Beige & DGR701 Tint Mint Swatch and Review

Hi again guys! I've just got back from Bangkok, Thailand for a meeting with my father's company, but today I have 2 of Etude House's Dear My Deep Nails collection.



First things first, from the new collection I got DGR701 Tint Mint, and from the old collection I got DBE101 Lazy Beige. The brushes are different, as you can see in the photo below.

  
 The new brush is thinner, with a curved end so you can apply it much easier. The old one has a flat ended wide brush that can be hard to maneuver on small nails.

First up is DBE101 Lazy Beige. Swatches are without topcoat. 3 coats on each fingers.


 Formula wise, DBE101 is more like creme-jelly hybrid, on the thick side. I had a problem getting it even on my second coat, so I added one more coat and it's back to smooth :)


And next up is DGR701 Tint Mint. Swatches are without topcoat, 2 coats.
 I've been buying lots of blues and greens lately, it's creating a big hole on my wallet :(

Compared to DBE101, I prefer DGR701's formula better. Not so thick, but not to runny either. Perfect!



So, what do you think? ;)

Sunday, June 09, 2013

Rainbow Tie Dye NOTD + tutorial

 Hi again! Today I have another tutorial for you.

 The ingredients:
 


 Step 1: Paint your nails with your base coat.

 Step 2: Paint your nails white. Wait for it to completely dry and put a drop of red nail polish on a piece of paper of whatever you use as a base if you do nail art.
 Step 3: Using your brush, thinly trace the way you want your tie dye to look like. In here I made it looks a bit like conch shells (?).
Step 4: USing the same red polish, paint the thin line onto something bigger using 'dragging' motion outwards.
 Using the other colors, do the same thing as step 4.
 On the 3rd or 4th color, start doing the same thing to the edge of your nails.

 On your 5th or 6th color, paint the your nails to create that circular tie-dye effect.


 Step 5: After you're done, do it again to make the colors POP.

 
 Step 6: Seal the design with top coat.

Optional: Add a glitter top coat. (Here I use OPI Servin' Up Sparkle)


And this is the whole design on all 4. What do you think? :)

Friday, June 07, 2013

Etude House Dear My Summer Glitters Nails Swatches and Review (bilingual post) OR203, PK003, WH901

 Hi again everyone! Today I'm back with swatches of the new Etude House Dear My Summer Nails Glitter!


The collection itself consist of 4 glitters, PK003, OR203, WH901, and WH902. Sadly, my supplier only has 3 of them, without the WH902, which will come later this month. Can't wait!!
Meanwhile, I'll show you guys what I did with the rest of the collection.

All the swatches are with The Face Shop Face It Base Coat.


Hai semuanya! Hari ini aku akan men-swatch Etude House Dear My Summer Nails Glitter!
Koleksi ini sendiri terdiri dari 4 warna, yaitu PK003, OR203, WH901, dan WH902. Sayangnya, saat aku memesan kuteks ini, supplier ku sedang kehabisan WH902, yang mungkin nanti akan datang pada akhir bulan ini. Can't wait!!
Sementara itu, aku akan memperlihatkan sisanya.

Semua swatch ini menggunakan The Face Shop Face It Base Coat.

OR203 Bottle Shot
First up, OR203.
It's a glitter topper consist of yellow, matte white and orange assortment of glitters, even star glitters and silver 'wajik' glitters in a clear base with micro holo shimmer.

Pertama, OR203.
OR203 adalah glitter topper yang terdiri dari glitter berwarna kuning, orange, dan matte putih dalam berbagai bentuk, bahkan bintang! Ada juga glitter berbentuk 'wajik' atau 'lupis' yang berwarna silver dalam base yang dipenuhi dengan kilap shimmer yang holo. 
Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter OR203 (1 coat) over Etude House Dear My Deep Nails DBE101 Lazy Beige (3 coats).
 Formula wise, I think Etude still hasn't updated the old lumpy base, which can cause a few problems, such as bubbling on the nail because the glitter base can't dry quick enough.

Secara formula, menurut aku, Etude belum mengeluarkan formula cat dasar bening yang lebih baik, karena base nya masih terasa agak kental dan susah diatur, yang bisa menyebabkan bubbles pada manicure-mu.
Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter OR203 (1 coat) over Etude House Dear My Deep Nails DGR701 Tint Mint (2 coats).

Look at the orange star glitter! Love it so much <3

With Etude House Matte Real Nail Top Coat (1 coat)

Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter OR203 (1 coat) over Etude House Dear My Deep Nails DGR701 Tint Mint (2 coats).
Out of the whole bunch, this is my favorite as it's very versatile, and can be a topper on any color and they'll still pop! (except yellows or orange, obviously.)

Dari semuanya, ini adalah favoritku karena bisa digunakan dengan base warna apa saja dan tetap kelihatan (kecuali base kuning atau orange, tentunya!)

the 2nd one, WH901.

Dan yang ke-2, WH901.
WH901 Bottle Shot
 It looks a lot like OR203, but instead of staying in the citrus-y color palette, this one ranges from pastel pink, purple, green, and matte white on a clear base with less micro shimmers than OR203.

 WH901 terlihat mirip sekali dengan OR203, tetapi jika di OR203 glitternya berada di palet warna yang orange-kuning, WH901 terdiri dari glitter berwarna pastel, mulai dari warna pink, ungu, hijau, dan glitter putih matte yang terdiri dari beragam bentuk dalam base bening dengan shimmer yang lebih sedikit dari OR203.
Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter WH901 (1 coat) over Etude House Dear My Deep Nails DGR701 Tint Mint (2 coats).

With Etude House Matte Real Nail Top Coat (1 coat)
and the 3rd, PK003.

Dan yang ke-3, PK003.

PK003 Bottle Shot
 PK003 is an assortment of baby pink glitters with matte red, white, and black square and hex glitters in a clear base.

PK003 terdiri dari berbagai bentuk dan ukuran dari glitter berwarna baby pink, dengan glitter kotak hitam dan putih yang matte dan glitter merah berbentuk segi enam yang matte dalam dasar warna yang bening.
Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter PK003 (1 coat) over Etude House Dear My Deep Nails DGR701 Tint Mint (2 coats).




Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter PK003 (1 coat) over Etude House Dear My Deep Nails DBE101 Lazy Beige (3 coats).



With Etude House Matte Real Nail Top Coat (1 coat)

Left- Etude House Dear My Party Nails PPK007 brush. Right- Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter Nails OR203
As you can see in the picture above, Etude has new brushes which is slightly smaller and thinner from the old collection. I prefer the new brush :)

Seperti yang bisa kalian lihat di gambar di atas, Etude House mengeluarkan kuas baru yang lebih tipis dan tidak selebar kuas kutek koleksi lama. Secara pribadi aku lebih memilih kuas yang baru :)






 Overall, I really like the collection because they look like the now booming indie polishes. I'm just disappointed with the formula for WH901 and OR203. Because of the dense glitter, the formula in PK003 is a tad better. 
If I have to pick only one from the whole collection, I'll pick OR203, because they're super gorgeous, formula aside.

Secara keseluruhan, aku suka banget sama koleksi kuteks ini karena mereka mirip dengan koleksi kuteks Indie yang lagi booming di Amerika. Aku agak kecewa dengan formula untuk WH901 dan OR203. Karena glitternya yang banyak, PK003 memiliki base yang lebih baik. 
Jika aku hanya boleh memilih 1 dari semua koleksinya, aku akan memilih OR203 karena mereka super cantik, jika mengindahkan formulanya yang kurang baik.



All the Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter Nails are bought from Warxisister OS (website/Facebook) for 35.000 IDR each. They sell ready stock Korean and USA makeup, but are also open for Pre-Order. They are one of the cheapest original makeup seller I've ever encountered :)


Semua kutek Etude House Dear My Summer Glitter Nails aku beli di Warxisister OS (website/Facebook) dengan harga Rp35.000 per botolnya. Mereka menjual make up Korea dan USA ready stock, tetapi juga bisa diminta untuk dipesankan (PO). Mereka adalah salah satu penjual makeup asli termurah yang pernah aku temui :)

Thursday, June 06, 2013

I'm Back! + tons of NOTDs

Rainbow Tie-dye nails. Inspired by K Nailart
 Hi everyone! Sorry I've been missing for the past few weeks, I'm having my exams and I can post this because tomorrow's a holiday! Yay! :D
Anyway, being absent here doesn't mean I've stopped making nail arts and painting my nails. I still post lots of them on my Instagram
And here I post some of my favourite nail arts that I made while I was gone.
Eiffel Je t'aime!

Chevrons inspired by Nails by Jessie K

Blue Roses

My (quite successful) attempt at Water Marbling!

Rainbow Geometrical Tribal

Blue Mix n Match

Summer Inspired Nails

Distressed Denim Nails inspired by Chelsea King
Sadly, this has to be a super short post, as it's almost 1 a.m. where I live.
Ciao! :D