Gothic 09. This is Gothic girl Raven. How awesomely cute is she? And how gorgeous is this plate?!
まずGothic 09。そしてこの子はゴシック・ガールのRavenちゃん。は・・・・・初めましてRavenさん(*´д`*)初対面でこんなこと言うのもなんですが、タイプです。どストライクです。一目惚れです。顔も佇まいも服装も名前も全部好きです。ちなみにRavenとは「オオガラス」の意味です。Game of Thronesでも出てきますよね。
Gothic 10. Another stained glass type of plate
Gothic 10。またRavenちゃん。教会と宗教画を思わせる荘厳なプレート。
Gothic 11. This plate has a Gothic Halloween feel to it
Thursday, October 30, 2014
by Cassis P
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I hit my middle finger hard on the fridge the other day and had to cut all my nails short. This is about the same length my nails used to be, but I'm really missing my long nails already. I took this as a good opportunity to do this mani. This is inspired by my awesome friend Louise @louisenails over at Instagram. Not only does she have awesome stamping skills but her freehand skills are totally incredible also. I saw her shirt mani during MoYou London contest in May for the theme 'Fashion', and I instantly fell in love. For this mani, I started off with my off-white franken KINARI (mixture of beige and white) and stamped butterfly and rose pattern from MoYou London Princess 12 and tribal pattern from Pro 06. Stamping polishes are Mundo de Uñas Mexican Pink, Geranium, and Lavendar. I then used french guide tips near the cuticle to create triangle shape and painted Sinful Colors Steel Reserve on it. The rest is freehand topped with yellow rhinestones. When I first saw Louise's original mani, I thought it looks cute on her pointy nail shape. So glad I got to try this while my nails are short, because I was worried it may look silly on my long nails :P This mani made me realise I should practice freehand more! I even struggled with getting those easy lines nice and neat... I'm so in awe with Louise's skills and creative design!
Off-white franken KINARI (生成)
Sinful Colors Steel Reserve
Sinful Colors Innocent
Mundo de Uñas Lavendar
Mundo de Uñas Geranium
Mundo de Uñas Mexican Pink
Pinkie is done with straight Nail Vinyl, painted with Sinful Colors Innocent. The fleur-de-lis embellishment comes from a Japanese online shop
Cherry Red SpectraFlair Franken with Rose Stamping
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
by Cassis P
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Any Internet Explorer browser readers out there? I was pointed out that my posts look distorted when they have Instagram videos at the end. I'm looking into it but still have no clue as to how to fix it. As far as I know, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari users shouldn't be affected, so I recommend using those browsers (if you have them installed) until I find a solution. Sorry for the inconvenience! Onto today's nails. It's middle of the spring here in OZ but it's already like summer where I live. You know what that means? Perfect season for holos! I don't know why but I felt like wearing bright red holo; the only problem is that I don't have any red holos in my stash. No problem, I can franken myself. It was a long time ago when I frankened a holographic polish. The last holo franken was 'Aizumi' you can see on this post. If you're interested in where I got my franken supplies and what I got, you might wanna read this post (sorry only minimal English back then). For Aizumi, I used a blue shimmer polish (Sinful Color Midnight Blue) to colour it blue, but this time I use Adirondack alcohol ink for the tint. For this franken, I filled about 1/3 of the bottle with SpectraFlair liquid and another 1/3 of the bottle with suspension base. I then added 10 drops of Adirondack 'Watermelon', swatched on paper to see colour intensity, did the same for 20 drops/30 drops/40 drops, and ended up adding 50 drops all up. I wanted a very red holo like blood, but this one turned more like a pinkish cherry red. I realised afterwards that Adirondack 'Watermelon' has some pinkish tint to it. Still it's a pretty colour and I'm happy with the result. I enjoyed wearing it so much and did a quick rose stamp using BuNa-A plate. I really adore this look!
I'm happy with this cute and wearable mani! What do you think?
というわけで、久々のフランケン非常に楽しかったです\(^o^)/ ホロ特有の塗りにくさはなく、2度塗りで乾きも早く持ちもいいです。オージーインディーズのほとんどがここのお店のフランケン材料を使っているそうですが、Picture PolishやらEmily de Mollyが絶賛されている理由が分かる気がしますね。今度は白のTinterを買ってクリーム作りにも挑戦しようかな。
Mirrored Stamping with MoYou London Explorer 23
Friday, October 24, 2014
by Cassis P
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25th Oct UPDATE: I created YouTube version and replaced the insta video at the end of this post. I woke up in the middle of the night and went straight to my 'nail station' to work on something. I actually had this idea in mind for a while but didn't get to try it out until this time. For this mani, I started off with off-white franken (mixture of beige and white) and stamped an animal silhouette pattern from MoYou London Explorer 23 with Mundo de Uñas Black. Then, using the same image, I made a decal and flipped it and simply sticked the other surface onto my nails to create mirror image. Before placing the decal, I applied clear polish onto the tip of my nails as a glue because the other surface is too dry to stick otherwise. After decal was placed, I took a piece of makeup sponge and my homemade jelly colours, blue, orange, and yellow, to colour the background. I'll show you the picture I found while googling that I got this inspiration from. If you look at my video at the end of the post, you'll see it's a real simple technique, but I honestly haven't seen this done before. I'm so happy to find a new trick that I haven't seen anywhere before! I'm preparing YouTube video and will upload here as soon as it's ready.
ベースはオフホワイトのフランケン(ベージュと白を混ぜたもの)。MoYou London Explorer 23の動物のシルエットをMundo de Uñas Blackでスタンプ。次に、同じ柄を使って今度はdecalを作成。decalが乾いたらそれを裏返して爪先にくっつければミラーエフェクトの出来上がり。いつもとは逆の面を爪につけるので、そのままだと表面がサラサラすぎてきれいにくっつかないと思います。貼り付ける前にクリアポリッシュをのり代わりにしています。インスタ動画をまた作りましたが、YouTube動画もそのうち作ります。
Homemade jelly - Blue
Homemade jelly - Orange
Homemade jelly - Yello
Sinful Colors Steel Reserve
Off-white franken "生成" - "KINARI" (mixture of beige and white)
Mundo de Uñas White
Mundo de Uñas Black
Sugar Bubbles Stamping Plate Review & Black 'n Mint Mani
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
by Cassis P
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I had some unpleasant experience on SNS recently. I got some nasty comments on my Instagram and had to delete them, and I accidentally saw someone talk about me behind my back on other SNS. Have I done something wrong? No, I haven't. Why worry then? Well, I'm a human and I have a feeling. I'm feeling better now because my precious friend over at Instagram cheered me up with a hilarious pic and she and another of my dear friend reminded me that I have those lovely friends who value me. SNS can do both harm and good, but I've decided to focus on having a fun time with my lovely friends rather than on nastiness. Onto today's mani. I bought 3 Sugar Bubble plates recently through Aussie group buy hosted by Nail Stamping Queen and thought I might give it a try. I started off with Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet and stamped a design from SB 018 plate with Mundo de Uñas Black. I then placed two sets of nail vinyl I bought from this shop near the centre and painted black on the side of the nails. For pointer and pinkie, I painted black and stamped with Mundo de Uñas Spring Green. It's a simple mani with only two colours but I like that it has a classy look. I get odd comments like 'this mani is a bit difficult to make', so I thought I might go for something easy. For Sugar Bubbles plates, I paid $12/plate including shipping. I didn't buy directly from Sugar Bubbles so if any of my readers are interested, I suggest going to their facebook page and find information there. Qualitywise, I had a bit of a trouble with some of the designs not picking up very well with normal polishes. When I switch to Mundo de Uñas, the result is a bit better. Still, the designs are pretty and some are unique. I will show you the plates and a quick swatch later in the post.
Finished product with Seche Vite (Smudging on pinkie is caused by Revlon Top coat)
ベースはSally Hansen Mint Sorbet。Sugar Bubbles SB 018から蔦のような柄をMundo de Uñas Blackでスタンプ。トップコートした後で、こちらのお店で買った直線のテープを爪の中央付近に2つ置き、爪の両端を黒で塗る。人差し指と小指は黒で塗ってMundo de Uñas Spring Greenで同じ柄をスタンプ。使用ポリッシュはこちら。
Polishes used
左から
Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet
one-coat black franken
Mundo de Uñas Spring Green
Mundo de Uñas Black
Some girls commented that the black lines make the nails even longer. Well said!
Three Sugar Bubbles plates I bought. SB 018, SB 028, & SBS 04
これが私が買った3枚のSugar Bubbles。SB 018、SB 028、SBS 04です。
Size comparison to MoYou plate (right). Plate itself is 10.5cm x 5.5cm. Each image on this plate is 2.1cm x 1.6cm
MoYou London(一番右)のプレートとのサイズ比較。プレートのサイズ自体は10.5cm x 5.5cm。やや小さめ。柄自体は2.1cm x 1.6cmとMoYouのXLプレートより大きめ。
Quick paper swatch of SB 018. They are stamped with normal polishes, not Mundo. Can you see the fine lines on the top left and top middle are a bit lost?
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
by Cassis P
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Hubby and I took a week off last week and visited Great Ocean Road. I brought two polishes with me on this trip - Dance Legend Pulsar & Milky Way from Galaxy collection. Not many nail pics but please read on if you're interested :)
Day 1 - Warrambool. This is Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village. It's laid out like an 1870s period village and has a museum featuring a large collection of items from shipwrecks
Back to Flagstaff Hill Village. Model of Loch Ard that shipwrecked around this area
Warrnamboolの町へ戻る。前日に見られなかったFlagstaff Hill Villageの博物館へ。この地域で難破したLoch Ard号のモデル。
There were only two survivors on Loch Ard shipwreck. And another one, which is this porcelain peacock almost as tall as a human, was recovered completely intact
Loch Ard Gorge, where the tragic shipwreck occurred. Loch Ard went aground here after over 90 days of travel from England, just an hour before it reached a safe port.
A Japanese cat-lover, married to an Aussie and living in Australia. This blog is about nails, polish, and anything in between.
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