sunshine, lollipops, hearts and butterflies

Hooray for cute nails! Over the past month, my nails have never had a boring moment. Sure, they’ve had their chipped and dry moments but overall I’ve loved experimenting with different polishes and tools.

Shortly after my pandas, I got these cute nail stickers at Nature Republic and decided to experiment a little bit!

Mine weren’t exactly like this but you get the idea!

They were so easy to stick on then I just added some of my own little designs like dots and hearts. I was pretty happy with how they turned out although my base coat was a little sloppy as you can tell! I think next time I will try it with girlier colours.

Pretty butterflies and hearts!

Speaking of girlier colours! For the past 2 weeks I’ve been wearing this super girlie pink from Innisfree (colour #8 if you wanted to know). It’s just so sweet and goes with a lot of different outfits. I tried doing a heart stencil using scotch tape BUT it took me several tries to get a shape that I liked then it broke after the first nail (#pinterestfail)!! So I just took a toothpick and made little hearts on a few fingers.

Girlie in pink!

My most recent nail colour is also from Innisfree! It’s number 104 and it is really really cool!! It’s a sparkly purple but depending how the light hits it, it can look blue as well. It’s very 3-dimensional-looking and reminds me of the “galaxy nails” that I’ve been seeing a lot on pinterest.

AH! Giant man fingers :P!!

Nail art is not nearly as scary as I thought it was! If I can do it, anyone can :)!!

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panda-licious

Yesss… my first nail art ever!!! Korean women are ALL about the nail art. So many people spend incredible amounts of time and money at nail parlours, changing their nails to match their mood, the latest trends or the season. After watching Bubz paint mini pandas on her nails I thought “hey, I might just be able to do this”! Watch her video tutorial here.

So here is my first attempt at nail art:

Supplies! My nail polish is from Nature Republic. Wine is optional.

First I put a light taupe as a base coat. Easy!

Next, I painted a “squished circle” as Bubz calls it on the tip of my nail. This was also pretty easy. I just used to the nail polish brush. I had to do two coats but the second coat was a lot easier than the first!

Then I used a bobby pin to make the ears. They’re all lopsided and different shapes but I figure real pandas don’t have perfectly shaped ears…

Then I took the same bobby pin and made the eyes. I was always hesitant about nail art because I didn’t think I had the right tools (or steadiness-of-hand) but who doesn’t have a million bobby pins lying around!?

For the nose and whites of the eyes I used a safety pin since I don’t have toothpicks. Just don’t press too hard ;)!

Finito! I just added a top coat once it was dry. It was so easy and quick… the only frustrating part is the drying time. I did little paws on some of my fingers just to test it out! The result was so cute, I can’t wait to try another style!! Awesome!

Mr. Panda loves them too!!