Fun Nail Ideas

Was just browsing some nail blogs and I came across this apple nail design that was just too cute not to share! It's from Cosmetic Cupcake so click on the link to find out what polishes she used and how to go about painting the design!



Next, I also came across this youtube video I saw on tumblr and it teaches how to do a pretty cool floral design just by using a dotting tool and tooth picks (for the flowers)!

Hope you get some inspiration the next you you do your nails! (:

Magazine Nails: September

Bought Elle and Cleo this month and I dutifully tagged the pages with interesting nail features!



First up, Cleo!



The crackle trend continues with TFS' crackle polish. I tried the grey version out in Malacca and it dried matte as most crackle polishes do. The thing was, I didn't apply a top coat on top and by the end of day two, the crackle polish started fading.



Cleo didn't have much nail features but I did spot a cute mint coloured manicure on the model in this vintage-inspired spread.



I think the mint really compliments the vintage feel!



It's a little greener than in my picture.



Love the nails with the skirt!



And we're done with Cleo. Now for Elle!



I LOVE FANN'S NAILS!





Close ups! Gonna try this design soon!



They used Yoga-ta Get This Blue and Play the Peonies on her nails!

Love this picture of her in the magazine! So Twiggy-inspired!



On the inside, loving the colour block nails!







And they said they used Color to Dine For, Black Onyx and Sparrow Me the Drama. REALLY? Either they photoshopped the pictures too much (AGAIN. Remember last month's cover?) or they simply stated the polish names wrongly. Both are equally bad!





I think they used the same colours for the next page, or rather, the same model and she didn't change her nail colours. The colours stated on this page are more like it!



Also found an interesting article! Click to enlarge and read!



Your nails can be the first signs of aging so take good care of them and moisturise! I've been trying to apply glycerin to my nails everytime after I wash my hands after reading this article!



I love it when they have a page full of polish! But oh, too much photoshop / messing up the polish names AGAIN!





I've seen Revlon Midnight Affair in Watsons and it's NAVY BLUE. My guess is they used Revlon Steel Her Heart or Sliver Screen.



I also think they meant Chanel Peridot!

I know they've got major datelines and they don't have much time to do each article but at least make sure to get the names right! It's so important because some people actually see stuff they like and get them based on the pictures in magazines!

Anyway, absolutely loving the colour block nails and I tried tham out a few days ago! Pictures will be up soon in a separate post!

Magazine Nails: August

I was flipping through the August issues of Elle and Cleo magazines and I found a couple of interesting nail features/pictures I thought I'd share! You can click to enlarge all the pictures!



This is the Elle cover and look at her nails!



Close up of her nails! I love how they gave her a funky coloured french mani instead of the blah pink base and white tip ones. I was pretty interested in the colours they used so I flipped away to find out more and guess what?



They apparently used OPI Yodel Me on My Cell and Ski Teal We Drop and the problem is, they both don't look like they're supposed to on the cover! I think this is a classic case of too much photoshop! I'd be really bummed if I saw what I liked on the cover, went online and spreed they two polishes without doing my research and then be totally bummed that they don't look like the colours on the cover at all. But I guess it serves you right if you don't do your homework before buying!

Anyways, Elle had a little additional beauty booklet and they had a small nail feature inside!



I love how they featured green / turquoise polishes! I even went to check out the Uslu Airlines nail polish at A Curious Teepee and oh, I'm so tempted to get two shades but they're $38 each!! :(



They even gave suggestions on how to match your crackle polishes with different base colours! Thought this might be useful! I think I Vant to be a Lone Star will look fab with Navy Shatter on top!

And for the final picture from Elle, I saved the best for last!



They friggin used Chanel polishes for this spread!!! I guess they had to use more expensive polishes to compliment the expensive jewels (the feature was actually on jewels) but c'mon! You're wasting good polish here! One bottle of Mimosa, Pulsion / Rose Insolent and Black Pearl (I'm only guessing at the colours, don't quote me please)! But I guess the artistic value to them should triump over the cost any time right?

Moving on to Cleo, there wasn't much nail pictures, let alone interesting ones something did catch my attention!



I love the half-moons they did and the colour combination was so rad too!



They used OPI Need Sunglasses and Mavala Smoky Blue in case you're wondering! I like how they used the yellow as a base for the half-moons because yellow can be quite a hard colour (read: too bold / attention grabbing) to pull off so pairing it with a darker blue seems like a perfect way to tone it down a little and glam it up! I might try this combination the next time I do half-moons!

I hope you guys liked this entry! I thought it was kinda cool to flip through magazines for nail ideas! It's kinda sad though, that magazines don't have a dedicated polish section. Let me know if you want to see more of such "magazine ideas" and I can flip through my 2 year catalogue of Cleo magazines and scout out interesting pictures! Of course I'll continue buying the new issues and can share stuff from there too!