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It is  大年初一, meaning the first day of the Chinese lunar calendar. Once again wishing all Chinese a prosperous new year!

So, of course I have to show you what I have on my nails right? *winks*

I think I am starting to like negative space hehehe! This look somehow gave me the feel that my nails are done with gel, idky but just the feel! I purposely chose these three colors because Chinese New Year is all about that red, gold and silver!

I am really into reverse stamping now as I find it interesting and fun to work with for nail art. Today I am sharing with you Bornprettystore's stamping plate Qgirl-027. I used one design on the plate as pointed out below.

How did I do it? Let me walk you through, it is rather simple!

Firstly, you've gotta never give up and start picking up the image from the plate. Using Konad's black stamping polish and an old card as a scraper, I got the image on the stamper. I used both my MoYou London and BPS stamper (two is way more efficient!). 

Let's get into the pictorial!!

1. Pick up image, as mentioned previously.

2. Fill in the center using OPI - DS Classic 031 using a small brush

3. Carefully fill in the petals using a red, I used Zoya - Kimber

4. Then color in a silver on the outer petal area, I used Sally Hansen - Celeb City

5. Let dry for 15 minutes then add a top coat over the whole image

6. Wait at least 30 minutes and then peel off the decal from the stamper

It is important that you wait a while after you stamp then to color in with polish. Try filling in colors in a stippling motion as we don't want to smudge any lines picked up by the stamper! If your polishes are not opaque, you may want to do a second layer of polish.

How do you apply this DIY decal to your nail??? Well, you just have to apply a top coat on the area you want to place it, wait out 10-15 seconds and then place it nicely using a pair of tweezers for precision. If there is any decal sticking out, you can first cut them off with scissors then using a clean up brush with remover to slowly take them off.

Hey reader!

This afternoon, I helped my friend Amelia do her nails for Chinese New Year. It is the year of the goat/sheep/ram in the Chinese zodiac calendar, so she wanted some sheep themed nails. We decided on simple stripes for the other nails.

Leaving the funniest (or should I say cutuest?) design which is the sheeps again! It is a frontal view of the sheep and the more I look at them, the more it looks like a sheep with a fluffly hat that is worn in Russia or really cold places HAHA!

I blocked out almost half of the nail with a light grey polish Revlon - Pastel Punk and then went in with a big dotting tool and white polish to create the fluffy heads. And not to forget the eyes and the cute little mouth!

Tomorrow is the first day of CNY, wishing all Chinese readers a HAPPY NEW YEAR! Have a prosperous year ahead~ 

Hello readers!

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR, YEAR OF THE HORSE!

It's the festive time of the year again! This year is very different, because I was not into nails at all last time so now it's time I match my outfit with my nails! I planned on wearing this really nice blue floral print that (in my opinion) remind me of China glassware.

I knew that I could not do the same pattern on both hands so I decided that I shall treat myself and get my nails done by someone else. At first I was looking for home base salons that does gel nails but then I looked at the prices and they were a major turn off LOL. 

So one day I saw Kay's (IG@twentysixnails), post about cny bookings for normal polish nail art. And since I knew Kay personally I thought it would be more comfortable if I went to her place. And so I did, I booked an appointment for yesterday morning ^^

It was the first time I got my nails done by someone else and lemme tell you that the experience is SOOOOOO different. Anyway, I love love LOOOOVE my nails thanks to Kay's skilfullness!