My Space Nails

I've been meaning to do these nails for a while. SPACE NAILS and credits go to Asami's Space Nail tutorial. I hope you enjoy, they don't look much like space to me (compared to Asami's) but it reminds me more of a nebulous cloud in space, maybe because I sponged too much =P

Materials I used:

OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede (since I didn't have ManGlaze Matte is Murder or Zoya Dovima)

OPI DS Original (for the holo part)
Misa No Shrinking Violetta (for the sheer duochrome part)

Pa Nail Color A125 (for the stars)

I got a compliment today when I wore them out for the first day. :)
Hope you like them as much as I do!~

happy polishing

and don't forget to enter into my CSN giveaway (ends March 12) and my 300 follower giveaway (March 26)! Just to clarify, the picture is from google and it is not the actual polishes that I will be giving away :P
<3katherine

Late Post

Helloooooo everyone! Sorry for not posting in a while, I've been busy a lot but that doesn't mean I've neglected my nails! :P This is from the vault, you might be able to know that it's been a while - Zoya 3 Free Nail Polishes because they reached 20,000 Facebook followers. So here are my swatches, which weren't that great, in my opinion since I'm looking back at these. :P

First one is Astra, it's mostly a clear base with red/fuchsia packed glitter and there's barely any clear spaces. The swatch is 2 coats and 1 layer of top coat, pretty nice and shiny :)

The second, which is my favorite, Crystal. I've been wanting this for a long time after seeing it on blogs *drool* and I jumped on this chance to get it :) It's a metallic blue with gold flecks and silver glitter packed in. VERY BEAUTIFUL. I believe the swatch is 2 or 3 coats and 1 layer of top coat, which looks the same to me :P

The last one is Nova, my least favorite of the 3 :\ but it's a red-purple but more purple tone jelly base with silver glitters packed in. The swatch is 2 coats and 1 layer of top coat.

hope you all enjoyed & happy polishing! :)

<3katherine

p.s. don't forget to enter into my CSN giveaway (ends March 12) and my 300 follower giveaway (ends March 26)! :)

Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to those who celebrate or does something special on this day. :) I spent my morning at work until 2 and then had lunch with the bf :) walked around and shopped around-ish. Saw this cute bag at Aldo which I'm sooooo going to buy the next time I'm near my workplace, lol. Anyways no Valentine's Day mani. but I do have a nail wheel full of colors. These nail polishes were brought back to me from Bangladesh from my bf. :) I love the colors despite wonky brushes and weird-ish formula. But the colors came out great and I don't even know which ones to use first! :P So hard to choose!!

1-5 were from the same brand and I love the formula

I also looooove 8-13! Definitely awesome metallic streaky finish which came out nice. During the process of swatching, it didn't look as nice until the finish product! 

Hope you all enjoyed your Valentine's Day! & happy polishing!

<3katherine

Lunar New Year

Here's my Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) mani. :)

OPI DS Reflection is a golden red with pink holographic polish. The holo doesn't appear that much as other DS polishes though, but nonetheless still beautiful! :) The mani. has 2 coats of Reflection and 1 coat of top coat. And since it's the year of the rabbit, I added that to my mani. (don't mind the emo smudge eye LMAO). Originally I wanted to use the nail art to write the Chinese characters but it doesn't work that well and my nails are not wide enough for me to have enough space. :(

hope you enjoyed & happy polishing!

don't forget that Manhattan 610K is ending today! (check out the sidebar!)

<3katherine

Rodeo

I received these 3 precious babies from a swap because after seeing swatches, I definitely wanted them. Can you guess, here's a hint... Fall 2008 Rodeo Diva!

China Glaze Branding Iron
extremely beautiful burgundy! 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

China Glaze Cowgirl Up
shimmery red toned purple. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

 

China Glaze Side-Saddle
brown-plum with gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

Overall, the formula was great and the application was smooth and easy! I love love love these polishes and I'm so glad I got these! My babies haha♥ ;)

Don't forget to enter in for a chance to get Manhattan 610K! Just click the picture on the sidebar :D

Happy polishing!
<3katherine

New Year!

It's another year coming up in a few hours and just before it hits New Years, I wanted to show you my mani. It's pretty simple though but I like it.

First, I finally got my lemming, Sephora by OPI Worth My Weight unfortunately it looks ODDLY VERY SIMILAR to Sephora by OPI It Looks Like Raindeer. Which I will do a comparison post soon. Anyways I used 2 layers of WMW and then I layered it with OPI Bring on the Bling to add more glitter to my mani.

hope you enjoyed,
happy polishing
& HAPPY NEW YEAR!
<3katherine

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

Midnight Kiss

China Glaze Midnight Kiss is a gold foil with awesome brightness! It's like the gold version of Cheers to You that I showed before. The picture shows 2 coats of Midnight Kiss and 1 coat of top coat. 

hope you enjoyed & happy polishing! (:

<3katherine

Catrice Week [Day 3]

Catrice Week Day 3.

Catrice Clay-ton My Hero

light brown taupe with gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I really like how it suits my skintone and shimmers!! Another one of my favorites♥

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Buuurlesque

November 10, 2010

Everyone has probably seen these a ton of times already, sorry for slacking! :( But here are my swatches of the Burlesque Collection by OPI. I've shown about two of them previously but here they are all together. Instead of overloading one post with the swatches for the whole collection, I decided to do a skittles swatch instead so it's easier to see and compare. :) {Sorry for some blurry parts of the picture, my camera isn't the best & I don't have any room to have a lightbox in my room. I'm hoping to save for a better camera though!}

* Ali's Big Break - red with fuchsia glitter. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Bring on the Bling - mainly gold glitter & other colors. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Extra-va-vaganza! - mainly orange & silver glitter. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Glow Up Already! - mainly silver & gold glitter. 2 coats and 1 coat of TC.

* Let Me Entertain You - red-fuchsia and fuchsia glitter. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Rising Star - orange-copper foil metallic. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Show It and Glow It! - purple, silver & blue glitter. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Simmer & Shimmer - turquoise blue and silver glitter. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Sparkle-icious - gold, purple and blue glitters. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* Take the Stage - reddish bronze foil. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC

* Tease-y Does It - deep vampy plum with red microshimmer. 2 coats & 1 coat of TC.

* The Show Must Go On! - hot reddish pink shimmer. 2 coats and 1 caot of TC

My favorites in this collection is Simmer & Shimmer and The Show Must Go On! :)

PS - I'm thinking of having another give away, perhaps at 250 or 300 followers :P I haven't decided yet but just putting that out there! ~ Don't forget to check out Necessary Nail's Facebook page! You can also find the Facebook link on the Facebook Icon at the top right along with the Twitter link to Necessary Nails!

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Go Green!

Yay! I took my exam today and now I feel less stressed! (for now..). Today's post is my last awareness post for now, green for depression awareness.

from left to right:

- Zoya Midori - lime green creme with gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

- Essie Turquoise & Caicos - turquoise jelly creme. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

- China Glaze Zombie Zest - olive green glitter. 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

on another note, I got some nail mail the day before yesterday. :)

China Glaze Poolside Collection (top row)

China Glaze Tuned Up Turquoise
China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway

China Glaze Shower Together

China Glaze Adore

China Glaze Elephantastic Pink

OPI DS Extravagance (extra goodie♥)

Thank you so much Chou Khang!! You got me such an amazing package that got me all giggle-y inside! I hope you enjoy the Inglot palette♥.

annndd

Catrice Clay-ton My hero

Catrice Be My Millionaire

Catrice Blue's Brother

Catrice I Scream Peach!
Catrice Big Spender Wanted!

Catrice London's Weather Forecast

Essie Jackie Oh My

An awesome swap with Kassandra on makeupalley. Totally awesome!!! Looove it.

Overall: I love all my nail mail! I can't wait to try these on♥ Ahh I was so giddy inside when I was opening the packages =P

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Love Pink

Another awareness post for this month. PINK! for Breast Cancer Awareness. I've become more aware of this because my mom was diagnosed with it early this year. Thank God the doctors found out about it early that she doesn't have to go through Chemotherapy. So this awareness is closest to my heart♥

from left to right:
- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Flashy Fuchsia - fuchsia creme with blue duochrome. 1 coat and 1 coat of top coat
- Nox Twilight in Citrus - coral pink with gold frost. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat
- OPI Pink Me I'm Good - barbie pink jelly with gold glitters. 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat

hope you enjoyed

<3katherine

Glow Up Already!

Today I bring you another glitter nail polish from OPI's Burlesque Collection, Glow Up Already! It's a clear base with mainly yellow-gold glitter as well as other colors such as some pink/purple and blue. It's totally awesome! For my mani. I used 3 coats as opposed to 2 coats just to make sure that I get full coverage at the ends of my nails and 1 coat of top coat. :) I love love love the Burlesque glitters!!

Soo much school work to do! :( But my lack of focus has led me to post today! LOL.

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

[Part I] Barielle Swatches

Hello! :) Today's special because it's my 100th post! My swatches are going to look different because for Falling Star I used my right hand. Normally I always swatch with my left but since I had 2 nub nails I didn't want to swatch with my left hand but then as I was removing Falling Star, the nail polish remover stung my small cut on my index finger, which I was totally unaware of having. :P But swatching with 2 nub nails will actually help in this case, to see what looks nice with short nails :D

barielle part I

A Bouquet For Ava. a medium teal blue green water-y but not jelly base. This definitely reminds me of American Apparel Peacock, which I shall do a comparison later! :) I love it and it wasn't thick like Falling Star. :) It was easy to apply in 2 coats and the swatch does not have top coat and still so glossy. The only problem I have with this one is that it stains your fingers when you're removing it and you get oompa loompa fingers. :(

Decadence. a medium blue green but more green than blue shimmer. Okay, so I looked to compared my swatch with others and when I looked at other nail bloggers who blogged about this swatch, it was bluer than mine. I'm comparing mine to the screen and mine seems very green. Maybe I got a bad bottle? o___O;; I think I'm going crazy! The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat.

Falling Star. a medium cornflower blue creme with orange-y copper glitter. It was a little gloppy on my brush when I was applying but it didn't overflow onto my nail though. A great color and the glitter really stands out and it's unique. The different 'odd' (but not really) glitter really fasinates me. :P 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat. The third coat wasn't really necessary but I felt that I didn't apply it evenly. You probably need 2 coats, if you apply it evenly and well, unlike me. :\

Lava Rock. deep burgundy-purple-black with burgundy red shimmer. Such an amazing colorrrrr!!♥ The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

Uninhibitied. a light pearl with gold shimmer. Really cute and shimmery. :) The swatch is 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

what's your favorite in part 1?

5 more followers until my first giveaway!! and I have everything ready for my giveaway

hope you enjoyed and there's more coming!

<3katherine