First set of nails for the week! I let my nails rest over the first week of 2015 because I haven't really been doing so. For this design, I used Ciate's Pepperminty as the base and for the 1st stamp, I used white nail polish on Konad stamp m60 (criss cross) followed by black nail polish on Konad stamp m74. I carried on the black and white/silver theme onto the glitter accent nail. For the glitter, I used Ciate's Humbug and I really like how it has small black glitter together with larger silver ones.

If you like a different look, you can switch up the base to another pastel colour but keep the stamping colours to white and black. I chose a floral top stamp but you can always layer something else.

If you use a pastel pink as a base, you might want the accent nail to be a full gold glitter.

Trying out more nail stamping and trying to get the hang of it. I have to remind myself that my nails are very curved so I can't just roll it sideways, I have to remember to roll it downwards too. Anyway, I'm rather pleased with this monochromatic theme of dark and light blue. Instead of using the ring finger as the accent nail, I went with the pinky and used my Alice In Wonderland OPI glitter! I think I may need to purchase nail gloves because it's quite hard to clean the stamps with nail polish remover while trying to ensure that I don't clean off the polish on my nails. It's an art, I tell you.

Oh...let me reiterate. Those are my REAL nails. I've been asked several times by even my own Auntie whether these are my real nails. Yes, they are. I do not have extensions on or false nails glued on. They're real.

Sephora is evil. They made me buy S$70 worth of of Ciate nail polishes. 6 mini ones that come in Tree Trinkets and 3 regular ones in fabulous summer shades. The mini ones were on sale. Seriously. Some friends of mine should expect to get a tree trinket from me for Christmas. Haha. I do like shopping for Christmas gifts early. I can't wait to try out the new polishes BUT...I must construct my new container to hold my polishes. Yup, I'm horrible...I've managed to stuff the toolbox till it's too full. In my defence, that toolbox isn't large enough for most tools. It's more suitable for sewing kits or medical stuff. Uh huh. It's a multi-purpose box.

Anyway, there are quite a few designs that I've seen that I may want to try out but they'll have to wait till I'm back from my trip to Krabi! :) 

My Konad nail stamps have finally arrived in the mail (bought them on Aliexpress) and I decided to use them this week. Since it's my virgin experience with stamps, I decided to be less adventurous with colours and designs. I opted to do a simple white on pastel pink with an accent nail. For this, I used plate m60 and the large stamper as it is one of the larger designs meant for the whole nail. I must say that I'm really pleased with this! All I need is more practice to get the stamping perfect! Don't be surprised if the next few designs are all stamping because I'm really excited to try all the various plates. Heehee...