Friends who know me well, will know that I have quite a large collection of nail polishes.
I've started playing with nail polishes since I was 11 (I know I'm very hiao since young). That time I was still a very poor Primary 5 student, so I'd only enough money to buy from those cheapo neighbourhood beauty stores like Sinma or the shop below my tuition agency at Kovan where I used to attend my tuition at.
Then, Korean beauty stores like The Face Shop and Missha came to Singapore. I was super happy 'cos they sell nail polishes at very low prices (like $2 or $2.50, I can't really remember)! So, I started buying, and buying, and buying! I had almost collected all the shades I could find in The Face Shop.
Later, I discovered Skinfood, another beauty store from Korea. They carry nail polishes too, but at a slightly higher price ($4.50). I love their colours more than The Face Shop's, as they have more nude colours and shimmers!
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| my babies! <3 |
You can see that almost half of my collection is from Skinfood! My favourite shade is the white pearly shimmer. I often use it for french manicure (refer to picture below).
I have a few bottles from Sally Hansen. I do not really like Sally Hansen as I find them take a longer time to dry. But, I like their Hard As Nails and Maximum Growth Nourishing Nail Colour and I use them as a base coat.
My recent craze is OPI. I'm starting to build up on my OPI collection and the most crazy buy was 10 bottles at a go from *Scape flea market :p I find it really good and lasting as those from The Face Shop or Skinfood can only stay on my fingernails for at most one week, while OPI can stay for two weeks!
Below are some nails that I've done.
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| Don't they look like fake nails? :p |
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| White pearly shimmer from Skinfood on tip |
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| Strawberry! |
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| Watermelon! Hehe~! |
Even though I like to do my own nails, I will also have my manicure done in salons. They always comment that my nail beds are very long. Maybe it is in the genes; my bro got even longer and prettier nail beds (jealous much)!
I did this at Milly's and I love this colour A LOT! But I couldn't find it anywhere else. I think it from OPI and i forgot to ask the name ):
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| The bottom one is mine |
First time I'm doing Gellish. It was kinda scary 'cos the person will file the nails to make it rough. And the nail polish hardens very quickly under UV light. I was wondering if I will get cancer from this while she was doing the manicure for me! But the results was satisfactory and my nails are super GLITTERY! I LIKE!
I might venture into higher range of nail polish, like Chanel, in the future. Stay tuned!
