Stone Stud Mani;

hey!~

Recently, Alice of Born Pretty Store sent me some items to review. I was sooo excited, I just had to do my nails right away with them!


This is what I came up with .. and I love it! The designs were inspired by nina_nailed_it and nail_swag on IG. I used Wet n Wild's White Creme and OPI's Don't Burst My Bubble as base. The stone studs are BEAUTIFUL! I've been waiting for these and I love them! I also received the gold striping tape and white round glitters. This was my first time using striping tape, it was fairly easy to work with. I've also been in search for round glitters and I'm so glad I found some!

I did, however, purchase the gold squares from BPS and the bullion beads were purchased from Sally Beauty Supply.

A big thanks to Alice of Born Pretty Store . Don't forget, you are always more than welcomed to use my coupon code & save 10% off your order when you order from Born Pretty Store!~ Here's the code is 'KL5X31' :)

Have a good one!,
<3KATRINA

Chained + Studded Mani;

Hi~


Here is a mani I did a while back; I received the gold chains from Born Pretty Store to review a while back. The rest of the studs are from this stud box which I've reviewed here. The white is 2 coats of Wet n Wild's White Creme and then I topped a coat of Etude's Matte Top Coat over it.

As always, a big thank you to Nicole of Born Pretty Store. Don't forget, you are always more than welcomed to use my coupon code & save 10% off your order when you order from Born Pretty Store!~ Here's the code is 'KL5X31' :)

Have a good one!,
<3KATRINA

Zebra Stripes + Pink Plumeria Mani;

hi~

Here's a simple mani I did a few weeks back;





The pink is two coats of China Glaze's Pink Plumeria; a bright, neon pink with golden shimmer ... beautiful ! The white polish is Wet n Wild's French White Creme and the zebra stripes were painted on with acrylic paint.

Have a good one!,
<3KATRINA

Another Jeremy Lin inspired mani;

heyyy :) Happy Halloween~

I'm going to the Pistons vs Rockets game tonight so I decided to do a(nother) Jeremy Lin inspired mani;

2 coats of OPI's Bullish on OPI & 2 coats of Wet n Wild's French White Creme. the '7' & the 'LIN' was really easy to do, the Rockets logo took a bit more work but I'm happy with they way it turned out :)

Anyway, for those who are going out trick-or-treating tonight, have fun & be safe. If your city is kinda crazy like mine and has decided to push trick-or-treating back until Friday, Nov 2, then ... that's just great. I'm sure there are quite a few kids who will be disappointed. haha Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Since people complained that the weather tonight is 'too cold' for kids to be out, the city is allowing people to trick-or-treat on Friday night; for those who still want to t-o-t tonight, they're also more than welcomed to. hahaha Yep, craziness :P

An update on the giveaway: the giveaway is closed. I've contacted the winners and I'm just waiting to hear back from them. Once I've received responses, I'll post up who the winners are.

Alright, well, be safe & enjoy yourselves~

Have a good one!,
<3KATRINA

vintage rose mani;

hi~ just wanted to share my current mani with you :)



i used a bit of this tutorial for this mani~

the pink is China Glaze's Laced Up & i used Wet n Wild's French White Creme.

have a good one!,
<3KATRINA

Recent Manis

ok, well, not too recent. the following manis were done some time between yesterday & 2 weeks ago :P


this is Joe Fresh's Powder Blue & Sally Hansen’s White On.


for this mani, the pink is Etude House’s PK010, the silver glitter is Studio M’s Sex Symbol, the white is Sally Hansen’s White On, and then black acrylic paint.


i used China Glaze's Secret Peri-Wink-Le for the tips & the pink is Essie's Beach Party.


Nina Ultra Pro's Black, Wet n Wild's The Gold & The Beautiful, & that dark, burnt copper-ish color is Pure Ice's Magic.

as you can tell, i was in a polka dot mood. haha k, thats all the manis i have to share for now!

im excited for tomorrow because im going on another outing with Rachel! :) we're gunna have lots of fun!

have a great one!,
<3KATRINA

Handwriting Tag + Giveaway Update

first, my mani from last weekend-ish.

my awesome friends from Malaysia sent me an awesome package of polishes the other week... which i'll post about later. but im using 2 of my new polishes in this mani. the polishes i used in this mani is Wet n Wild's French White Creme, the minty green is Sasatinnie's FCW032, & the periwinkle blue is Sasatinnie's FCW034.

onto the handwriting tag...


1. What is your name? And your blog name?
2. Blog URL
3. Write: the brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
4. Favourite quote
5. Favourite song
6. Favourite band/singers
7. Say anything you want
8. Pass it along to a few bloggers

im tagging Rachel, Katherine, Tara, Che, & anyone else who wants to do this!

thanks to Julie & Ivana for tagging me :)

last order of business for tonight, i wanna update you guys on my giveaway. i had planned the giveaway to end on "Sunday, March 18" but we all know that March 18 is a Thursday! i -honestly- really wanted it to end on Sunday, March 20 so i changed it. its not gunna affect anyone but im just letting you all know.

have a great one!,
<3KATRINA

Bad News, Pink Mani, & Award

hi~ so i have to start this post with the bad news..sorry!

so, on Monday, my computer died. we're currently trynna get it fixed..but all my files are gone. so, my pictures of swatches & manis..and other pictures..they're all gone. im not sure how long its gunna be before my computer gets fixed, but i just wanted to let you know. [im currently on my sisters netbook. its rather slow T__T]

so, onto my pink mani. i did this one i think on Saturday or Sunday. i posted it up on tumblr but didnt get to post it up on here yet. but since my computer died, the only picture that i have of this mani is the one with my tumblr tag on it..oh well..here it is.



i believe this is 3 coats of Wet n Wild's True Love.

onto the award!~ i've actually have been putting this off for a long while now, but i figured this would be the best time to post it... so...



1. Thank and link the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers
4. Contact these bloggers to tell them about this award.

big thanks to Brittany of Beauty By Brittany, Morgan of Pass The Polish Please!, Katherine of Necessary Nails, Sharon of Polish Infatuated, and Carissa of Love, Carissa for tagging me~ :)

hmmm, seven things about myself?..

1. i am a caffeine addict. every morning, i must have a cup of coffee or else i have caffeine withdrawals. im not even kidding. i get the worse migraines throughout the days that i dont drink my morning coffee. plus, there is always a 2 liter bottle of pop in my house.

2. i am have the worse luck in the world. i NEVERRRRR win anything, something is always going wrong, and something worse always happens. i know some people have the best luck out there, but please, share me some!!!! it would be nice to win something every once in a while, ya know? haha

3. my biggest pet peeve is repition. i cannot begin to tell you how much i hate repeating myself..and especially, how much i hate hearing something being repeated. hate. hate. hate. hate.

4. i hate almost everything and everyone. you probably wouldnt believe how much i hate everything & everyone. i dont like to open myself up to people because this world is fully of shitty people and you cant ever tell who to trust & who not to but i'll talk to people... and i'll be nice to them... but i dont like them.

5. i dont mind doing things for people, but just ask me. i HATE it SOOOOO much when people TELL me to do things.

6. i dont like seeing people i know in public - especially if that someone is someone who i graduated with. HAHA. i will turn the opposite direction if i see someone i know...and i will definitely pretened like i dont see them. yupp, im shady. :P

7. i really wish i was a dedicated student again. i was an all A student in high school and now im a bigggggo slacker in college. it really aggrivates me but i cant seem to find the dedicated student in me anymore T__T

im not gunna specifically tag anyone..because most people have been tagged already. sorry!~

ok. i'll be back when i can!~

have a good one!,
<3KATRINA

Super Pink

hi, hi~ i hope your weekend has been well so far :)

here's a mani i did a few hours ago..


i mashed up a whole bunch of pink polishes & design for this. since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, i wanted to sport a fully pink mani. [& October is also Depression Awareness month so i plan to do a fully green mani too.]

i honestly dont remember what polishes i used..so i wont even try to name em. sorry~

i THINK i know which polishes i used..since i left a biggo pile on my computer desk =P lets see.. from left to right, from thumb to thumb..:

Icing Paparazzi with 2 hot pink glitters; China Glaze Something Sweet for the tip & CG Rich & Famous [& black polish] for the cheetah print; Wet 'n Wild True Love, Essence Sweet As Candy, OPI Elephantastic Pink + CG Something Sweet for the dots. then we have... Color Club Angels N' Pink, CG Something Sweet + white lines, China Glaze Sugar High, China Glaze Rich & Famous + glitters, & Essie Beach Party.

wheph! i think thats right! =P


anyway, i have a mini story to share today.



i’ve been waiting for my package to come in allllllll week! and my brothers missed the mail man today & so i got this notice instead. right after i found the notice, i drove straight to the post office in hopes to pick it up before the post office closed at 2pm… but the package wasnt back from the mail man yet so now i have to wait til Monday to get my package. daaaaaamn. it was a bad ass package of nail stuff & i wanted to play with my new stuff. shiiiiiiiiiet. - - - but i guess i can wait til Monday morning.

thats it for me!
have a great rest of the wkd!,
<3Katrina

Catching Up on Manis

woohoo! its Friday! i hope your week has been well! the weekend is JUST around the corner! -not that im doing anything fun over the weekend..just working. hopefully your weekend will be better than mine =P

time to catch you up on some manis of mine.


*click on the picture to see the full awesomeness! a link will automatically open up in a new screen.* 2 coats of OPI's My Private Jet. this one isnt the original-way-more-awesome holo one. this is the non-original-less-awesome holo one. =P and then i added some stars stickers.


*click on the picture to see the full awesomeness! a link will automatically open up in a new screen.* you can see more of the holo on my thumb. i had highhhh hopes for this one. its a beautiful polish, but i prefer Color Club's Revvvolution :)


here, i have 3 coats of Orly's Retro Red from their Plastix collection. besides for the bad picture, you can see finger indents & smudges on my nails. i painted my nails at midnight - like usual - and i didnt apply topcoat so that it can keep its satin-ish finish...and then i woke up with fugly nails =/ application of the polish was alright..and just to say, the picture shows the polish as RED..but when its on my nails, it looks more pink. weird, right?


next i have 3 coats of Essie's Van D'Go, which is the adorable peach-ish color, and 3 coats of Wet n Wild's Tropicalia. i sure do love my stripes & roses! haha

my nails had layers & then two of my nails chipped..so i had to chop off my nails. so now i have little nubbins for nails =P


my first mani with short nails. something simple. 3 coats of Revlon's Silver & 3 coats of Sally Hansen's Black Out. and then my free-handed leopard print.


*click on the picture to see the full awesomeness! a link will automatically open up in a new screen.* this is 2 coats of Studio M's Magic Attraction. [Studio M is a brand from Meijer] this is an awesome, silver packed glitter polish with red-burgundy glitter and its also an awesome holo !!


*click on the picture to see the full awesomeness! a link will automatically open up in a new screen.* here's a picture in bad lighting but you can see the holo-awesomeness! this polish is closely following Revvvolution as my favorite holos! :)


again, all of those picturs were taken with my phone's camera. i usually take pictures of my nails when im on break at work - the lighting is so much better in my car! haha

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also, please check out Alison's blog! :)

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i also want to mention that i start a new semester of college on Monday!!! so soon! ALREADY!! it hasnt hit me yet...but i guess i better get over it & realize its SO soon already! i realllllly want to do good this semester...so i gotta make sure i focus. hopefully i'll still be blogging like usual. - - are you going back to school this semester? when do you start?

have a great weekend!,
<3KATRINA

IM BACK! + Fruit Fimo Mani

yay! im back! its almost been 3 weeks...wow!

i posted a blog post last week or something & then all of a sudden, it disappeared! totally weird! so i'll just recap last weeks post right now;

since my computer broke [3 weeks ago] - - i have been slacking on nail art & all. honestly, it got so bad that when i went to repaint my nails one night, my hands were super shaky & unsteady. and i was just trying to paint my nails, no fancy nail art! it was quite sad =/ i also mentioned in my last post that disappeared that i havent been up to date with blogs. i started slacking & i wasnt reading blogs much. sorry! but i will say that i've been digging through old posts..trying to catch up! theres a lot that a girl misses in 3 weeks, ya know!? haha im trying though =P so now that im slowly trying to catch up, i'll be commenting your blogs again!

while i was out, i did manage to pick up a few polishes. here's my hauls:


in my last post [the one from the 12th of July], i mentioned that i picked up OPI's Rumples Wiggin, Who The Shrek Are You?, & Heart Throb.


OPI's You Don't Know Jacques! Suede & My Private Jet. i also picked up my first three Color Club polishes; Angels N' Pink, Take Me To Your Chateau, & Revvvolution.


Orly's Glam, China Glaze's Yellow Polka Dot Bikini & VII, and Essie's Red Nouveau & Van D'Go.


Pure Ice's Free Spirit, Nicole's Imagine If..., Savvy Femme Couture's Magic Pumpkin & Fairy Twinkle.


Revlon's Silver, a Meijer's Mood Struck polish, & Confetti's Pink Confetti & First Kiss.

i also got a bunch of nail stickers, a glitter thingy from Meijer's, and my package from Viva La Nails finally came in.

since i have much to share with you, i dont wanna throw them all into this post so i'll just post my current mani & then i'll catch you up with everything later on.


sorry for the bad, blurry picture. its too hot outside & im kinda crabby so the heat wasnt making me feel better. haha but here's 3 coats of Wet n Wild's Tropicalia; i've had this polish for almost 2 months so i decided to finally try it out. its such a gorgeous pink-salmon color! for the stripes on my ring finger & thumb, i used two coats of my favorite Sally Hansen White On and then i used acrylic paint to make my colorful stripes. i used my fruit fimo & layered them on my nails. i added a few rhinestones & glitters onto my nails. the green rhinestones & [barely noticable] pink glitter are from my Viva La Nails package. [a review will be coming along soon..]


here's a picture from my phones camera. the pink looks a little darker but you can see the details on my fruit nails better. dude, my phones camera is pretty awesome! it takes great pictures--i think it takes better than my regular camera does. haha

uhm, i think this is it for now. thanks for sticking it out with me. i really did miss you all :)

hope you have been well!,
<3KATRINA

oh, p.s. i wanna order myself some Konad stuff soon. whats a good site to order from? i've read about a few but i wanna know your opinions too :) thanks!

Elmo Mani

Happy Monday! ;)

i hope everyone had a great & safe weekend! i know some people have today off too...youre so lucky! i have to head to work in a bit.. =/ but straight to the new mani --


Elmo themed! my baby nephew turned 1 on Saturday & his party was Elmo themed. for some reason, he really likes my nails..so i decided to do my nails according to his party theme.

2 coats of Wet n Wild's Cherry Pop. 3 coats of Sally Hansen's White On. acrylic paint. and googly eyes.

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also, Bella just started her own makeup blog. please check her out ;)

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enjoy your Monday!,
<3KATRINA

Wet n Wild Swatches

this past Sunday, i had a mini haul & i got 8 new Wet n Wild polishes. today, i decided to swatch them for ya =)


Berry Jubilee - 2 coats. bright purple mixed dark azalea + dark magenta. <--haha. what a bad description. but those are the colors that pop in my head when i look at the polish =P pretty decent application.


Blueberry Fizz - 2 coats. pretty, deep, vibrant blue. uhm, application was a bit better than Berry Jubilee.


Mint Fusion - 3 coats. 2 coats would've been ok but i used 3 to avoid bald spots. this one has a shimmer that you can barely see in the picture. Mint Fusion had awesome application and quickly became my favorite of the bunch! i couldnt stop looking at it =)


Lemon Drops - 3 coats. i always feel uneasy buying yellow polishes that havent been reviewed. the first two coats were really ugly. the polish looked like a dirty yellow/golden on my nails. the third coat finally looked like the bottle color.


Sunkist Paradise - 3 coats. first two layers were thin but third layer evened it out. better application than Lemon Drops. this polish color reminds me of a tangerine =P


Bubble Yum Gum - 3 coats. decent application. definitely reminds me of bubble gum! haha


Candy Apple Twist - 2 coats. pretty red-orange polish. good application.


Cherry Pop - 1 coat; thats right! ONE! well, i painted my ring finger with 2 coats just to show you. there isnt much of a difference besides for that fact that it is just a smidge darker than one coated nails. application was theeeee best! =)

the other 4 polishes from this Wet n Wild collection, which are a light/baby pink, a blue/green shimmer, a deeper purple, and another red polish..i probably wont go pick up. if i do pick any of the 4 up, it would probably be the light/baby pink or deep purple. but in any case, how do you like these colors? for $0.99 per bottle, its a good find! =)

oh! lastly, in yesterday's post, i was talking about how i wanted to try to avoid going into Sally's. i forgot to mention that i have two 15% off coupons that expire at the end of May..so of course that means that i have to go back, right!? cant let them expire & go to waste! -haha uhm...but when i went into Sally's the other day, i walked right past China Glaze's Poolside collection stand; the colors arent really my cup of tea...i've seen swatches & all...but still...not exactly digging the colors. although i will say that Flip Flop Fantasy caught my attention for 2 seconds... maybe i'll stop and pick one up at my next Sally's visit. do you think there is a MUST-HAVE Poolside polish i should pick up? ooh, and i also need to go back to Sally's to pick up a few more items for my giveaway =)

enjoy your day!,
<3KATRINA

-edit:
[513pm] i really have no self-control! i just got back from Meijer with 3 OPI polishes - from the Hong Kong collection! after Erin told me that she bought a bottle of OPI's Mad as a Hatter from Meijer, i've been visiting Meijer once every two weeks to see if the Alice in Wonderland collection had come in. sadly, they still are not in..but Meijer had all of the Hong Kong collection polishes on sale, $4.24 per bottle! thats HALF the regular price! so, of course, i had to pick up a few bottles. since i already have Suzie Says Feng Shui, Jade is the New Black, and Dim Sum Plum, i picked up these three....


Hot and Spicy, Lucky Lucky Lavender, and A Good Man-Darin is Hard to Find.

*excitedddd !~