International Batik Day NOTD: Mega Mendung Nails

You've seen the tutorial, and now here's my version of the Mega Mendung Batik Nail Art!

OPI Alcatraz...Rocks Swatch and Review

Hi again everyone! Today I have another stunning textured polish, this one from OPI's F/W 2013 line, San Fransisco. Yes, it is the uber gorgeous Alcatraz... Rocks.

For these swatches I used 2 coats of OPI Alcatraz Rocks over a peel-off basecoat.

 See that sparkle? I fell in love at the first swatch <3.

I tried using Alcatraz...Rocks over a normal base coat, and upon removal, I found that even after with foil technique, there were still traces of gold /champagne sparkle on my nails. Nothing a swipe of cotton pad soaked with acetone couldn't fix, though.

 

 And with top coat, just look at that holographic sparkle!

A macro shot of my thumb. You can see the golds/champagne particles I mentioned earlier.

I bought this polish from Mrs. Lilis, for IDR95.000,-

What do you think? Are you digging the textured polish trend? I absolutely love shimmer textures!

Pink and Purple Roses Floral NOTD

Another sunny day here in Jakarta, which makes me want to cuddle with my pillows under my blanket with my AC blasting cold wind :p

But instead, I did more nail art, I don't know why I'm so in the mood right now :p

Anyway, I don't know if these type of floral method has been created before or not, so I can't take credit for it ;)

 Base color is A'Pieu Glow Nail Touch SYG01, and for the roses I used Revlon Fuchsia Fever, Etude House NPP501, and The Skin Food BW704, and a dot of OPI Goldeneye in the middle of the rose :) The leaves are made with China Glaze Holly Day and a franken I made called Don't Bamboo Me.

eek! Forgot to clean the roses :( and I hate it when topcoat ruins my nail art :(

I really like how abstract the flowers look, don't you? ;)

Pastel Rainbow Stripes NOTD

Hi everyone!

TOday I'm back again with a nail art. It's been a few weeks since had the energy and spirit to do any nail art, and it feels so good! I didn't realize that nail art has been one of those moment in my life when I have all the time for myself without having to remember how miserable or alone I am :)

Anyway, this nail art is inspire by nail28tsenwei on Instagram. Of course, mine still has a lot to improve, my lines are still pretty messy :(

 Colors used:

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Hardener for basecoat

Etude House Look at My Cotton Candy Nails CPP501 (purple)

Etude House Color Pop Nails CGR705 (blue)

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape (green)

Etude House Look at My Cotton Candy Nails CBE101 (yellow)

Etude House Look at My Cotton Candy NailsCOR202 (orange)

Sally Hansen Complete Manicure in I Pink I Can (pink)

Revlon Super Top Speed for topcoat.

I handpainted the stripes using my striper brush, painstakingly one by one ;)

I painted both of my hands because I have a party to attend today! :D

I really like how this looks, even though the lines were supposed to be of same width, but on my nails it looks like they're descending from wide to narrow :p

Because of that, only some nails get the pink stripes hehehe.

So, what do you think? Leave comment below :)