12: Lacking On Bunny, Boosting On Eggs

Easter is just around the corner little chicks!

Who still does the egg painting and scavenger hunt fun times? Nooming on chocolates? catching the easter bunny? I do (in my easter-rainbow-fantasy-island). I love the celebration of easter, it's so childlike and colorful. With this ocassion I made a special design for the 2013 easter. 

so this is it:

CHICKY EASTER

If I have a Mr. Chicken running around my house, I would love him to look like this but he would have a crazy sense of humor!
ain't he cute?

11: And My Favorite Things (for now...)

feeling like sharing my personal nail designs at the moment. although I have been under the weather, lotsa colors have been intriguing me, especially these chosen ones. I got them on several websites, these are just a few from the many bunch that I like (at the moment). 

09: Shine Bright Like The Gold!

Hello all,

how was your weekend? Those who celebrated CNY, did your fortune do good? mine, not so much (read: I didn't go out at all). 

But enough about CNY, did you all see the Grammys? There are some moments that entertained me so much. But, there are also some acts that doesn't seem appropriately current (read: boring). Though someone once told me "when you feel bored sometimes it's because you're boring.." so I guess, I might be a boring person at that time (LOL). 

Before we go to this year's Grammys, here are some of the highlights from the previous 54th Grammy Awards, they were:

08: Flying Hearts!

HAPPY  SHARING CHOCOLATE & FREE HUGS DAY!

I think just for the fun of it, I like to have this post with a soundtrack.

Faith Hill - This Kiss

Which coincidentally also the ost of Practical Magic. Did anyone watched that movie back in the day? I loveee it! still do. There's magic, romance and sacrifices; just a great combo for a quirky love story! I also like Sabrina the teenage witch and The Craft... what does it say about me? (secretly I'm a witch too)

07: Ling-Ling Goes Celebrating!!

means...

Lunar New Year is just around the corner! you know what that means?..... open houses!!

Since I can remember during CNY (Chinese New Year) me and my family would go do rounds of open houses to family's and relative's house. Big feast and dressing up, also the tradition of giving out the red envelopes (in Hokkien would known as âng-pau ). They have the tradition of giving out the red envelopes filled with money to unmarried juniors/kids in general (those who are married/parents who usually gives these out). Now it gets embarrassing to receive one of these, because my age is NO young NO more.

05: Nailing Golden Globes!

On the 70th Golden Globes big expectations on my fave actors & actresses. Some of my fave did win and I am o so happy (it's as if like I'm really related - sad). did yours win? see more here.

aside from who wins or losses, fashion is also the highlight of these types of events. 

I'm loving it! I love a lot of make up do's and dresses on the red carpet. and I just want to share some of the wins on make up, dresses and of course nails! 

we'll start with the overall look on red carpet's fashion. my do's list:

DRESSES

I've selected a few looks for the dresses (12 looks to be exact). some i like because of the silhouette, some because of the color and some because it suits the person's personality. 

I looveee her look. for most red carpet she has done, I just love each one of em. she dress appropriately like her age, but willing to try new stuff, put on colors and wears a tiara like any princesses will do on such occasion. 

might look like it goes towards to boring, butI actually love it. it suits her character and at least she dresses more appropriately than the sister. zooey didn't cut to my do's on dresses but she'll be in one of my other do's. i love emily's shoulder plate details.

on my previous post Helen also made to my do's on dresses, and she did it again. I love this dress, there's sparks, compliments her shape and just lovely how the tone of her dress goes adorable with her skin tone! love!

I always get her and amy adams mixed up, do u do that too? I love her dress here, i love how the it almost look like  an abundant caviar made out of stars. 

I just looooove the dress, because it reminds me of a cotton candy. it looks, sweet.

my modern Audrey Hepburn, and not yet bored of her. She does simple, amazingly. She still looks priceless with no effort at all. (note to self: dress to impress, but less it up)

princess, princess, princess. that is what comes up in my head when I saw this. I just loveee how the bottom part of the dress seems to float and very lightly resembles to a perfect meringue. 

a late christmas present for me or an early present? I love the detail on the neck and it doesn't overwhelmed her at all.  don't you think it wraps her body just perfectly?

Marion wore this tangerine perfectly. Jennifer (Lawrence) wore the same tone, but different shape, I think she (Jennifer) made a horrible mistake wearing a bell shaped gown. As for Marion looks amazing with it, but unfortunately really disappointed with her hair.

when someone is already sexy, no need to show a lot of skin. Rosario looks gorgeous and classy.

Oh Sally, you dress appropriately for your age and you still manage to attract hunky young lads... young at heart I guess does wonders to your persona. 

I looooove Sienna's dress, but very unfortunate for her make up. she looks like she just finished showering but couldn't have time to put some make up. her dress' tone is quite similar to Ariel's, don't you think?

MAKE UP

My top 5 on my do's make up list wasn't that hard. 

I like it, that this year most of them toned down on the colors and concentrating on their best feature. It can be their hair color, eyes or even skin. So here it goes, the list:

I love it that she didn't try so hard to compliments the tone of her dress. very light and simple. and I love the way her hair just like that. simple wavy hair.

thick lashes and the perfect shade of her lips. I love how she does simple. this jersey girl comes a long way from liking long hair and short shorts (yes, she used to wear shorts for some interviews)

isn't her eyes magnetizing!!!! it almost freezes you instantly. that smokey do and thick liner, really quite haunting.

i mean who can pull of a purple died hair and still managed to look appropriate and adorable? only Kelly Osbourne who can do sucha task.

I can't stand her songs, but I sure do love her look on GG this year. she even look like she won't tell of her exes anymore.. or.... 

finally, 

NAILS

it's kinda hard to see some nail do's on red carpets, but I managed to glanced on some amazing ones. There are funny ones, (really) customized ones and cute ones. how I love creative nail looks. lets start shall we, so...

the famous movie reel on Zooey's nails made the top most searched on google for this year's GG nail look. it suits her personality, but she could've done better on the color. I would choose a sparkling or gold for the base color instead of white, it looks a bit underdressed for Golden Globes, don't you think?

not overdone but still cute nonetheless. a classic french manicure look with burgundy/red maroon  color as the base color and gold for the tip.

me likey a lot! although would hate to be scratched or poked by it, but it is soooo cute,  adorable and it shines too! love! and it resemble's last year's creation inspired by comme des garcons inspired nails.

now this special lady had Sally Hansen to make a special top coat. maybe that top coat brings good voodoo, cuz she won! go check @kimmiekyees (IG). she did her nails. 

That is it from the 70th Golden Globes. I love it and thoroughly entertained by all the fashion and this year's results. Did your faves won?

04: Fiore Nail

So,

Was anyone satisfied with all the result from the CCA this year?

Ben Affleck in Argo

Personally I’m happy that Argo so many awards, well deserved. 

And there are some ladies that caught my attention because of their lovely do, head to toe.

First we have Helen Hunt in tangerine. She is amazing with Philip Armstrong dress. It gives the curves & her sexiness without giving much away. And age appropriate.

Here we have the lovely Marion Cotillard. I love her works (Midnight in Paris, Inception, Love Me If You Dare, A Good Year) and she played her characters so beautiful and almost always so fairytale-ish. She wore Zuhair Murad Couture and may I say, it is perfect for her. (I just don’t like the shoes though)

Of course Anne Hathaway can’t do no wrong, plus she wore Oscar de la Renta amazing simple sparkly piece. No need an extra spruce of big design or big rocks, this is a proven look of, simple is better. I love love love!

And lastly, my current favorite actress, the bubbly and adorable Elle Fanning. It might not the best dress in CCA, but I think it is appropriate for her, and suits her. She is just 15 (this year) years old, she still have time to try on some weird looks and nonsense heels.

More on CCA’s 2013 results click here

Sooo, after being mesmerized by Marion & Elle my next tutorial I’m making a floral nail art. Excuse me for not being able to do a real deal, by photo/video; I don’t have the time yet to do so. Hopefully by next month I can do it regularly for you guys.

So here it goes, my tutorial on…

FIORE NAIL

STEP ONE

use a light color for your base. Here I preferably using  MAC Light Affair Nail Lacquer, because it looks simple and not far from the usual natural nail plate color. Though I suggest whatever color that is remotely close to ur natural skin color. Just think it as the perfect canvas.

STEP TWO

I chose Orly’s Orange Punch to make the flower petals by using a square brush. Just make brave petals-like strokes, almost braving yourself making small rounds mess. Explore which ways you do best.

 

STEP THREE

With OPI’s Banana Bandanna and using a narrow tip brush make smooth strokes around the previous orange petals to enhance the flower form that you’re trying to make.

STEP FOUR

For making the leaves, I chose butter LONDON’s Neon Lime Green Nail Polish. I still want to make it more like a soft feel and pastel look. Stroke lightly with a narrow brush draw a leave-like form.

STEP FIVE

Don’t forget to always put on a topcoat so it will give the finish look and smoothen the polishes that you put on. Technically I’m not even using a topcoat, but I like this product the best, Sally Hansen’s Hard as Nails, for a top coat as well. It’s does not give that thick-look, dries pretty quick.

EXTRA TIPS

ONE

clean your brushes with acetone/any nail polish remover after using

TWO

when the brushes (is) gets hard that means there's some of the nail polish left by

THREE

wash the brush after cleaning (with acetone/any nail polish remover) with water

have fun trying this!

toodles

03: Stick It!

So,

what do you guys think of nail sticker?

there are a lot of them out there. some are great, some are good, some are... so-so. what I love about them is that they are practical. Practical to use and taken off.

First time I knew about them was from youtube video back in 2011. And on mid July 2011, I went to Melbourne (AUS) and got me-self some nail stickers from Sally Hansen. They didn't have it yet in Indonesia back at the time (made it sound so ancient ago!?). 

Anywho, I got a few of them, and straight away tried them on. It was kinda easy, similar to most of the youtube vlogger used it. You just have to be precise on your nail plate. Make sure to clean your nails and no excess of dust or cottons (or anything you cleaned it with). 

And it would be best to get rid of the excess cuticles / dead skin. so it'll go perfectly on to your nails.

I don't have a personal tutorial on how to put it on just yet, but I can share a tutorial I found on Sally Hansen's youtube acc.

Salon Effects How-To Video

Also some of the pics of my nail sticker experience, the onces I bought and the onces I want.

THE ONCES THAT I BOUGHT

forgot the brand of it, but i bought in Debenhams (Kemang Village, Jakarta) in its nail polish section. i worn it for Blur Tribute Night at Marley's awhile back. seemed appropriate.. didn't it? 

it was from Sally Hansen's Salon Effect. Got it the end of July 2011 at Target in Melbourne. I love sparkly-confetti-like look, but a pain to take off though. 

This is from Sephora's collection, i got it around July last year. It wasn't the best (compare to Sally Hansen's), but it was ok. I think they have more options on the sizes. 

These 2 stickers was also from Sally Hansen's Salon Effect collection. I let my little cousin try it on when we had a little family dinner. It was fun and it was perfect for both of them. 

THE ONCES THAT I WANT

(but don't have yet)

Sally Hansen's Salon Insta Gel Strips

Sally Hansen's Salon Effect collaborating with Prabal Gurung

reminds me of strawberries

metallic (mirror effect)

Loreal's Color Riche collection #008

until the next post. have fun trying these on.

toodles