April 30, 2012

Peacock Inspired Nail Art

April 30, 2012 2 Comments
Hey Dolls,

For the weekend  i did my long awaited and requested nail tutorial - Peacock Nail Art.  Since i finally bought the required nail colours for it, i thought i should give it a go, and the photos below are all done on my my first try and must say that i did get pretty good compliments on my Facebook page :) 

Product Used


Turquoise nail polish by Nail LACQUER
♥ Gold nail polish by Constance Carroll - Sandcastle
♥ Blue nail polish by Aisai
♥ Dark Blue nail polish by The Face Shop
♥Dotting Tool
♥ Toothpick

Steps:

 Apply a base coat to help protect your natural nails.

Start off by painting your nails a solid turquoise colour.

Then using your dotting tool, take some Gold colour to create some large circles.

Next go in with the Blue polish and create small circles.

The final circles will be smaller Dark Blue ones on top of the Blue circles.

And the last step is to take a toothpick with the turquoise nail polish and create a small line at the bottom of the dark blue circles.

Finally add a top coat to protect your design & that's it :)


Step 1


Step 2



Step 3



DarkBlue nail polish

The design


April 27, 2012

D.I.Y Bow Rings

April 27, 2012 0 Comments
Hey Dolls,

Here's yet another mini project that's really cool and fun to do and i really wanted to share and teach you girls on how to achieve your very own Bow Rings at a lesser cost.  Plus it's also  perfect gifts to friends and love ones.  So basically, what you'll need is four things :

-Ribbon (1/4" or 1/2")
-Needle & Thread
-Hot Glue
- Rings (Found in craft stores)

Steps:
1.  Taking any preferred colour ribbon, cut two & half inches of the ribbon.

2. Then bring the ends together,as your doing that do fold it so it kinda outlines the shape.

3. Next taking your needle and thread, go through in a in-out sequence for about 3 times. (see picture below)



4. Then you're gonna wrap the string around the ribbon a few times so this helps secure
the shape of the bow. Once done, keep that aside.(See pictures below)


5. Cut out another small piece of ribbon and fold it into two, glue the folded side.

6. Taking the bow, wrap the small piece of ribbon and glue it down firmly. 

7. Finally glue the bow to the ring and  allow it to dry ...

Vola and you got you're  very own  Bow Ring  :) Sorry that i forgot to take pictures of step 5 & 6, but by follow the steps mentioned i sure you'll be able to get it right :)

Ps: Do let me know  what you think about this D.I.Y project and if you do give it a try let me know xx



April 25, 2012

Titanic : The Artifact Exhibition in Singapore

April 25, 2012 0 Comments
Hey Dolls,

Last Sunday evening, my girlfriends and I decided to go check out Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, that was held at the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands Singapore, and we had an awesome time .  Tickets were about $20 per person and it is worth paying as it was an eye opener for us as we got to learn, view and experience what it was like to be in a ship that was now part of history.  We got to see actual artifacts that were found in the ship - old wine bottles, old cookery items, whistle pipe, binoculars and lots more.  As we entered the exhibition for our tour, we were given a boarding pass each with actual names of passengers who boarded the ship and
our task was to find out if they survived or died that faithful night, at the end of  our tour.  What i really liked about the entire exhibition was that it made you feel like you're really in the titanic, and also leaves you wondering what the actual passengers on board must have  felt when the ship hit the iceberg and when  water was rushing into ship,  and how lucky were the 706 passengers who survived among the two thousands passengers.  Anyway all i can say that, it's really amazing and would encourage anyone to go check it out..

Here are some pictures of the exhibition. 

Me, Anu & Jannah


My Girls
ArtScience Museum

The Grand Staircase
First Class Cabin
Third Class Cabin




Timing when the Titanic was sinking


April 23, 2012

All Things Nails Haul

April 23, 2012 0 Comments
Hey Dolls,

Just wanna share a very quick post on the nail polishes i got during the weekends on my mini shopping trip with my sis. I just couldn't resist seeing all the beautiful colours on the shelves of the store that i had to buy some, and ended up buying up to 9 nail polishes..hahaha plus some nail accessories like a new dotting tool & a 6 nail filers from forever 21 for a resonable price xx



Pinks



swatches of all the colours



Forever 21, 6 nail filers for $2
and dotting tool for $1.50

April 15, 2012

D.I.Y Collage

April 15, 2012 0 Comments
Hey Dolls,

I'm gonna teach you a way that can help jazz up your bedroom walls, cupboards, or maybe as a gift to someone etc. by doing your every own collage of the things you fancy, love, inspire, like basically anything of your choice.  It's really simple to do and inexpensive, plus you'll have an amazing time doing it :) So the things you'll need to get started :

  • Some old magazines
  • Scrape Booking Paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Blu tack
 Start off my going through the old magazines looking for interesting pictures and wordings that captures your attention.

Using a pair of scissors cut out the selected pictures and wordings. Once that's done, arrange them on the scrape booking paper so it gives you a rough picture on how you'll want it to look like and to see if you need more pictures or wordings to fill up any empty space.

After sorting the final layout, glue the pictures and wordings on the scrape booking paper and allow it to dry. Take some blu tack and stick it on to the back of the paper so you'll be able stick the collage anyway in your bedroom :)

Ps. the collage I did is a fashion/food inspired collage. The ones I took from the web may help you get started on one :) So do let me know if you did try this mini project out :) xx





 Examples from the net :


April 7, 2012

Neon Boom for Spring/Summer 2012

April 07, 2012 0 Comments
Hey Dolls,

So since Spring is here, i found some pictures of the Neon Trend that will inspire me to get ready and is also illustrative.   I have always been willing to try this trend but I'm not too sure if I'll be able to get the colours right or if the colours looked good on me etc, so after seeing these pictures that i have taken from  various websites, as my guide it has encouraged me to try out this trend step by step starting with bags by mix-matching them with my outfits giving the outfit a pop of colour and then moving on to shoes , lipsticks and not forgetting bright nails :) Another thing would be wearing coloured jeans as it easier to stay in trend and colour  block. I'm really excited to start and I'm also encouraging  people like me who was afraid at first in following this Neon Trend, to give it a go and who knows you'll have as much fun mix-matching..  xx


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