Classic Leopard

The picture shows the snow from LAST NIGHT which was already around the middle of my shins (around 10pm) because I really had to use the bathroom and we were 2 blocks from home so they told me to go home first. And when my parents got home (from the car) around 12-1am-ish, they said the snow was at their knees. It's even higher now & it's approx. 20 inches here in Brooklyn, which is a little bit outside of Manhattan. Luckily, some teenagers offered to shovel the front of our house. So my dad doesn't have to work so hard at it because it's been a tiring night and day since the car kept sliding yesterday on the way home, which made me realize that I will buy a 4 wheel drive car in the future.


So here's my first swatch + nail art (repeat) for China Glaze Classic Camel. Classic Camel is a beige-cashmere-kinda creme with gold glitter. It took 2 coats to reach the bottle color. The formula was a little thick and wonky, maybe because of the glitter not mixing very well with the creme? But top coat smoothed it over and made it look beautiful. Maybe for me, it feels odd for me to have it on my nails, not maching? IDK! Lol, but I like it. :)


* There's no regular picture only flash picture of the swatch because the regular no flash picture doesn't show the true color of Classic Camel.

* I don't know why my camera doesn't focus on the whole picture and it usually blurs out one nail at least :( I used zoom a little bit to 1.3 because flash close up sometimes ruins the outcome of the nail picture.

anyways, here's one of a few posts today! hope you enjoyed, hope you enjoy the snow (if you got any) and happy polishing! :)

<3katherine

Givenchy Spring 2011:Paris Fashion Week

Images courtesy of Style.com

PINK POW

New nails today :) It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do for my nails and I thought of different ideas. I will post in the future manicures that didn't work out for me though because not all my nails always come out perfect.

Bringing leopard/cheetah print back~

nail polishes used:

OPI Pink-A-Doodle

Nabi Pink M. Star

Sally Hansen Twisted Pink

LA Colors Nail Art Black

Here's OPI's Pink-A-Doodle by iteself, it's a shimmery sheer pink. It's soo adorable! The swatch is 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

Don't forget to enter in my giveaway ends October 6th~

Hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Roar into Fall with Shopping and Goodies Animal Prints

It's an Animal Print theme for this week's Shopping and Goodies guide!



A Few Goody Gumdrops has been "spotted" with her Cheetah Alexander Wang Diego Bucket Bag!

Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy proclaims that animal prints are not just for Vegas anymore!

Child Mode finds leopard print and diamante glamour in Sonia Rykiel's Enfant Collection

Couture In The City add a touch of animal print to your summer look with two of our favorite pieces of jewelry!

Fashion Cents went into the archives to find you the perfect cheetah pieces to make him growl and for only $7.00.

Use your prize from Fashion Fille's giveaway with Maurice's to buy some must-leopard pieces!

Fashion Hippo finds the best going out tops for every occasion

Ladybrillemag.com loves South African designer Thula Sindi's Animal Print Dress!

RedPoppy Fashion is spotty for these stylish animal print pieces. Just don't wear them all at once!

Shopping and Info loves that celebrities like Halle Berry are following their animal instincts by wearing animal print dresses and jackets.

SomeoneSpoilMe.com loves the leopard personalized Melamine Plates for the summer!

StyleMaven is lusting after three key pieces for fall including a Lanvin mini pop bag in leopard print.

The Well-Heeled Society predicts you'll make a splash when wearing the animal print this fall.

TheFind is fond of chic and understated python printed statement jewelry to show off her wild side!

Oh Happy Happy

So I found 2 bottles of Sally Hansen in my collection as I reoganized them today. In total, I have 115 bottles, not including top coats, base coats, cuticle oil, Essie matte about you and nail art bottles. That's not that bad but I hope I could get more! :)

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Twisted Pink

hot pink with gold shimmer. the formula was excellent, it looked great with only one coat except for VNL (visible nail line) so I thought I'd be better off with 2 coats. This is 2 coats with 1 coat of Seche top coat.

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Wet Cement

light grey with some taupe. the formula was very good and the drying time wasn't that bad. it's about the same time as my OPI's, Essie's and China Glazes. Love the gray! (: Not much to say about it though ahaha.

OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender

lavender with light pink. two swatches. the formula was good and the application was alright. the second coat evened out the first coat because it was applied unevenly. When I did this swatch, I thought why not and attempted leopard print (second attempt; first one was an epic fail). & then I added China Glaze's Medallion (from their glitter collection) on top. I think I'll do this idea later one hehe. I only did the leopard print on one nail because I was trying it out. :P

Hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Picture Tutorials

Since I'm horrible at detailing my tutorials - I will just provide pictures of the steps I took to reach the final look of each nail (that I provided a group picture of)

(2). Essie's Lather, Rinse and Repeat Mix Animal Print

(3) Misa's Disco Queen - Flower Tutorial {although the white part looks like teeth, lol}

(4). Misa Wishing on a Star - Tuxedo Suit Tutorial

(5) Misa Teddy Bear - Flower Tutorial