NOTD plus tips

hey guys. here's what i'm wearing for my third week in manila. wootwoot. it's so cute! it reminds me of hello kitty! don't know why. lol. :)

for the base color, i used my THEFACESHOP nail polish in PK106 and for the dots, i used THEFACESHOP WH002. btw, i also made use of my improvised dotting tool. nice, eh? :)

and it matches my earings! :D

ok ok. next topic! :)

i know that whenever you paint your right fingernails (if you're right handed) or whenever you paint your left fingernails (if you're left-handed), you also paint your cuticles with them (unless you're a perfect painter! lol). so here's a tip, DON'T try to remove them with your nail polish remover. it's hard to remove it and there's a big chance that you'd just ruin your manicure. it's just like writing with the other hand you're not used to. get what i mean? here's what you need to do. DO leave them that way and let the lacquer dry, and when it's time to take a shower, just rub off the polish on your cuticles. no polish remover needed. i swear. :)

after painting my nails...

and after i took my shower! ;)

i assure you. i did not use any nail polish remover/acetone here. promise! lol. toodles! :)

pins with head

i'll show you what my pins can do! lol. for odd reasons, i want to call them pins with head, cause they look like they have one! lol. :)

i did some random dots on my pinky, diagonal effect on my ring, my epic fail of flower design on my middle, and my horizontal thingy on my index finger. :)

and look! my thumb with a successful flower! yipee! :D

what can you say? do you like it? or my alternative is not worth a try? comment below. :)

haul again?!

yep. that's true. it's haul time again. lol. i went to National Bookstore for the, uhh, 8th time just to go to their 'arts and craft' section to see what can i get for my various nail art thingies. i know it's not the right place to go to for nail supplies, but it's the only place i have here near me! in fact, it's the only place i can think of! lol. so here are the things i got.  :)

NOTE: the things i got are only from a BOOKSTORE, so these things are only school or office supplies, not real nail products or what. but i bought them because they can be use as ALTERNATIVES for the different nail products i have on my mind. not only they're cheaper but they work just the same! now now, that's a cheap fix! :)

thin paintbrushes vs. striper brushes

SPEND:

$7.50

SAVE:

$0.61

pins vs. dotting tool

SPEND:

$3.25

SAVE:

$0.65

acrylic paint vs. Konad special nail polish

SPEND:

$3.90

SAVE:

$0.95 each

now, would you rather spend or save? :)

it's haul time again

yipee. first day AGAIN in manila. i have a review tomorrow so i need to stay here already. and i'm happy cause i bought my school stuff already. i prefer buying all my stuffs here in katipunan because there's a HUGE National Bookstore here! ain't that sweet?! lol. :)

here's the pencil case i bought. it's pink! :)

here's an FYI, as much as possible, i'd like my things to be all pink! and yep, ALMOST all my school supplies are pink! yey! i have a pink mechanical pencil, magic pencil, highlighter, scissors, sharpener, compass, eraser, correction pen, glue stick, stapler, staple wire, pencil case, name it! i love PINK for life. lol. and after going to national bookstore, me and my "yaya" went to HBC beauty supply store and bought some stuffs. here they are. :)

a magic strawberry-flavored lip gloss

a silver San San nail polish

and a berry-flavored lip conditioner from Allue

yey. love my stuffs. :)

pacquiao vs hatton

i never thought i'd blog about this but manny "pacman" pacquiao won with his match with hatton! wootwoot! pinoy pride! :)

ebay haul

just decided to show some pictures of the 45 image plates i got from ebay. i think the image plates are fake because there are some differences compared to the real one. but nevertheless, it works just like the original thing. btw, i've also thought of compiling my image plates on a cd case. i now have 48 plates. :)

here's where i keep 'em :)

my favorite plates. they are so cute!

especially the ones with characters on them. :)

now on to the comparisons :)

the real one has a label at the back.

it says "www.konadnail.com" while the fake

one doesn't have anything on it.

also, i've noticed that the fake ones

have a much bolder design. scroll down to

see a close-up view, and see what i mean. 

here's a closer look. can you see that the

side of the bow on the real plate is curvy?

while on the fake one, it is straight. nice observation, eh?

and look! on the fake one, the "KONAD" word is not written :)

2 scrapers and 2 stampers came with my order.

i think these are freebies. cool! :)

and that's my haul post. if you have any question, or if you want to see any particular image plate, don't hesitate to comment. thanks for reading! :)

konadicure plus update

it's been a while since the last update. sorry. i'm just busy with my review stuffs. so yeah, i just came home from manila yesterday, and i knew that our package from new york has arrived. the package consists of 45 image plates, 2 stampers, and 2 scrapers. it's for my konad collection. yeepee! that's a lot! and for my first konadicure, i chose the butterfly design on m36. but before painting my nails, i trimmed them (well, it's more like i cut them, cause holy cow, they're so short and im not used to it! boohoo!). my parents said that it was too long and i might hurt somebody already. :( but anyways, on to the pictures.

sorry for the glossy-ness. lol. :)

EDIT: btw, i got the 45 image plates on ebay for more or less $50 plus shipping. it's really a good deal. but i'm not sure if they are still selling it or what. the last time i checked, it was already sold out.