NOTW Valentine's Day 2013: Love Is In The Air

Hello everyone ^^

First of, Happy Chinese New Year for all of you who celebrated <3 Hope you all had a wonderful celebration and may the year of snake will be better in everything :D

Moreover, I do apologize that I was a bit behind for publishing blog posts lately. I was overwhelmed with my work and personal matter. But I always try my best to spare some time to write a blog post at least once a week. Today's post will be another nail art tutorial, dedicated specially for this coming Valentine's day <3

I can't believe that Valentine's day is only 2 days away. I know that most of you might spend this special day with your beloved partners. It could be your boy/girlfriend, husband/wife, family members or best friends. Therefore, to make it more special let's make something fun with our nails too ^^ 

The theme of this nail is still all about love and hearts, and I named this design as "Love Is In The Air", because I personally believe that love could be everywhere, just like air. 

Products used:
1. Base coat and top coat
2. Light blue polish - China Glaze Flyin' High
3. White polish - Orly French Manicure Nail Lacquer
4. Red polish - Revlon 745 Frankly Scarlet
5. Dotting tools
6. Blank paper

Tutorial:
1. Apply base coat to protect your natural nails
2. Apply your choice of base color, for example light blue color to represent the sky
3. After applying your base color, start drawing clouds.
a/ Using a dotting tool dipped into the white polish, start to create white dot next to each other until it looks like cloud
b/ Repeat the same steps to create random other clouds
4. Add little hearts between clouds using dotting tool dipped into red polish. Place two small red dots next to each other until it looks like heart.
5. <<Optional>> You could add fimo (heart shaped with love sign) for nail decoration, like what I did on my both thumbs.
6. Let it dry for 30 minutes, then finish with top coat to seal your design.
7. And voilà...you are good to go with this cute Valentine's nail!!!

I hope you all enjoyed this tutorial and having a lovely Valentine's Day celebration; whether you are going on a date with special someone or just chilling with your family and friends at home, you can still have fun look on your nails, just for you :)

Happy Valentine's Day <3<3<3

Amour,

NOTW Christmas 2012: Christmas Reindeer Nails

Dear all nail art lovers,

Today I'm back with my second Christmas Nail Art, Reindeer Nails. Not forget to mention that Reindeer is other popular Christmas symbol, especially the flying Santa Claus' reindeers who help him to deliver all the Christmas presents. But for you who do not specially celebrate Christmas, you definitely still could rock this design anytime you feel like it. I guess the design is pretty versatile, not necessary only for Christmas time. 

Honestly, I really enjoy to recreate those cute reindeers on my nail and often get compliments on it ^_^. So, if you would like to recreate this design, let's get to the tutorial!!

Before jumping into the tutorial, let's see what you need to prepare first!

Products used:
1. Base coat and top coat
2. Pink polish, OPI Pink Friday
3. Black polish, China Glaze Ink with Ultra-Fine Nail Art Brush
4. White polish, Orly French Manicure Nail Lacquer
5. Brownish taupe polish, OPI Over the Taupe
6. Your choice of base color; I chose OPI Did You Ear About Van Gogh, a light beige creme polish
7. *Optional* Red polish for the female reindeer bow, China Glaze Red Satin
8. Nail art brushes
9. Dotting tools

Tutorial

1. First, apply base coat to protect your natural nails.
2. Apply your own choice of base color. I used light beige creme, OPI Did You Ear About Van Gogh.
3. Using a nail art brush dipped into the brownish taupe polish, draw a vertical line at the center down to the edge of your nail, as the guide on how tall your reindeer's head would be. Then, draw a half oval shape as the reindeer's head.
4. Using the brush, fill in the head shape with the same brownish taupe polish. You may adjust the shape or the height of the head as you do this.
5. Add two small ears on each side of the head.
6. a) Using a nail art brush dipped into black polish, draw two vertical lines on the top of  the head as the antlers. To finish the antlers, continue by drawing small horizontal lines at the right and left side of the vertical lines you made earlier. If the lines go over the edge of the head, you could simply correct it by painting over using the same brown polish you used for the head. b) Paint a small half black circle near the edge of the nail for the reindeer's nose.
7. Using a dotting tool dipped into white polish, create two small white dots for the eyes. If you wish, you also could dab a small white dot on the reindeer's nose too.
8. Use a smaller dotting tool to put two smaller black dots inside the iris of the eyes. Then dab two small pink dots on the cheeks for cuteness.
9. Actually I draw female reindeers on my both thumbs for some variation. You simply just add a small bow on the top of the head using red polish and nail art brush. Then, dab a small white dot on the middle of the bow.  
10. Let the design dry about 30 minutes. But, you might see some irregular strokes are too noticeable.
11. That's why, don't forget to apply top coat to seal and smoothen the design. 
12. Now, you are good to go!! ^^

Finish look, inspired by simplyrins design

So, what do you think of this nail design?? This is fairly an easy design to recreate. You might just need to practice to handle the brush as you wish. 

If you do recreate it, don't hesitate to send me the picture to my Twitter. In case you have any request for certain Christmas nail design, let me know in the comment, I might try to recreate it. Thank you for reading <3 <3 <3

Amour,

NOTW Christmas 2012: Christmas Holly Nails

Happy December everyone ^^ Hohohoho...

Hard to believe that this month is already the last month of the year 2012. Before the year ended, make sure you all are enjoying December. Every time in December I always feel so happy and festive, especially because the Christmas spirit is just all around. 

What are your favorite thing to do during Christmas guys??

I personally love that it is decorating time. I like to decorate my room with Christmas ornaments, or even by simply decorating a Christmas tree. I absolutely adore the festive ambiance brought by. I also never forgot to dress up or just decorate my nails with something Christmas-y. 
Back in October, I  posted some tutorials of Halloween nail designs, and I admit that I had a lot of fun doing it. That's why, I decided to challenge myself again for this month to make another nail design post series with Christmas theme. I will try to post new nail design each week before the Christmas time; so you still get some time to practice.

For this nail design I was frankly looking for recreating something simple and easy, but still have Christmas-y feeling. One of cutepolish video did inspire me and I feel it will be the perfect design for what I'm looking for. So, here it is...Christmas Holly Nails!!!

Do you actually know what is Christmas Holly??

Image Courtesy by bbc.co.uk

Based on its definition from dictionary.com, it is basically any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, usually having bright red berries and glossy evergreen leaves with spiny margins. Its foliage and berries traditionally used for Christmas decoration. You might find those as Christmas holly wreath too. 

So back to the tutorial, let's see what you need to prepare!!

Products used:
1. Base coat and top coat of your choice
2. White polish for french manicure ( O.P.I Alpine Snow )
3. Green polish (O.P.I Jade is The New Black)
4. Red polish ( China Glaze Red Satin )
5. Dotting tools / toothpicks
6. Nail art brush 

Instructions:
1. First of all, don't forget applying bare coat to protect your own nails
2. Start off the design by doing basic french manicure
3. Create three small dots, as the berries, in the corner of the nail using a dotting tool dipped into the red polish. I actually dotted the berries only on my thumb and ring finger.
4. On the same nail, using the nail brush dipped into the green polish to draw the leaves (look like double arrows)
First, create the line coming out from the berries
Then, continue it by drawing two vertical lines on each side
Repeat the same step for drawing the leaves at the other side of berries
5. For your other nails, create more simple design by creating small alternating dots in red and green using a dotting tool
6. Finish off by sealing your design with a layer of top coat

Finish look

under natural light

If you decided to recreate this nail design, don't forget to post the picture in my Twitter because I would love to see it. I hope you all enjoy the tutorial and have fun for recreating this cute nail design. 

Besides, I also have other good news which is that NOW you can get 3% off for minimum purchase of Rp.150.000,- in Enchanté Yourlittlesecret, just by mentioning the code: CLASSYJ. In case you have any further questions regarding the procedure, you might drop me some emails, and I would be happy to help.

Last but not least, don't forget to follow my blog to get the updates of my next Christmas nail designs ;) 

Amour,

NOTW : Halloween Nail Edition #1 - Cute Frankenstein

Dear lovelies,

Halloween is coming really soon... Therefore, for Nail of The Week (NOTW) posts of October, I challenged myself to do three different Halloween nail art tutorials that will be uploaded one by one each week. You are welcomed to recreate the design as many times as you like. I will try my best to upload it as early as possible, so you could practice your desired design first before the big day. I appreciate if you could share some photos of your re-creation to my twitter account @classyjezzie.

For the first design, I choose to recreate a Frankenstein look. This design requires a bit more details compared to the other two upcoming designs. However, it is still pretty easy yet cute. And let's see below is the finish look!

Without further ado, here is what you need to prepare before jump into the tutorial!

1. Base coat and top coat
2. Black polish - China Glaze Ink with Ultra-Fine Nail Art Brush. You always can use any black polish and separate nail art brush
3. White polish - Orly French Manicure Nail Lacquer 
4. Lime green nail polish - OPI Who the Shrek Are You?
5. Nail Dotting tools

Now, let's do it!!!

Reminder: Protect your nails with base coat!!

1. Paint your entire nails with a lime green nail polish

2. Draw Frankenstein's hair on the tip of the nail, with black nail polish and nail art brush

3. Draw his pair of eyes, with white polish and dotting tool 

4.a) Use black nail polish and nail art brush to draw the other details, such as: the mouth, eyebrows, and stitches for lips

  b) Use black nail polish and dotting tool, to dot in the iris of his eyes

5. Wait 15-20 minutes to let the design dry

6. Apply a fast drying top coat to preserve the design 

7. Repeat the same steps for your other nails, and voilà... here is the cute Frankenstein nail!

That's it girl... So easy, right??

In case you find it a bit tricky to use the brush, don't be stressed out!! You still have time to practice. When you are doing your own nail art, try to enjoy the fun!! It eventually has an impact on your finish result.

I hope you all enjoy this tutorial and thanks for stopping by. I will be back with other Halloween nail tutorial next week.

Amour,

NOTW : China Glaze Electric Beat

Dear lovelies,

As my promise earlier, I finally upload my review post about my favorite blue polish, China Glaze Electric Beat. This was the shade that drew me instantly among other polishes from China Glaze Electropop Collection, their Spring 2012 collection. Not forget to mention that the collection consist of gorgeous fun spring and summery colors. So, if you are interested with fun bright colors, you must check this collection.

China Glaze Electric Beat is a soft light dusty blue color with a cream finish. I did find quite challenging to find the exact blue shade that really pop on my skin color. Then when I saw this blue shade, I told myself that it's the one!! (haha...I know it sounds ridiculous, but that's true). 

I know that sometimes China Glaze formula isn't really the best, but in my opinion they have quite good formula for their cream polishes. I found that this polish has quite thick consistency, so you need to wipe it carefully while applying. I applied two coats and it was already opaque and streak-free. 

The only downside is the shade is quite similar to China Glaze Secret Peri-wink-le. Though if you compare both shades in real, CG Peri-wink-le has a slight more lilac undertone than Electric Beat. 

I absolutely suggest this shade if you're looking for a cheerful light blue shade for summertime.

Which one is your favorite shade within the collection?? 

Amour,

NOTW: DIY Ombré Nail Art

Hi girls,

Ombré trend is really hot right now. We could easily find this trend in clothing, hairstyles, and even nail design. This time, I would like to share how I do my DIY Ombré Nail Art. If you like to play around with the nail trend, I recommend you to try this trend too. It's just so easy and simple!!

Products I used:

1. Base coat

2. White nail polish, my usual Orly French Manicure Nail Lacquer

3. Soft light blue creme nail polish, which is China Glaze Electric Beat. It is my absolute favorite blue shade, and promise I'll do the review ASAP

4. Top coat

5. Makeup sponge (I'm using my unused powder sponge)

6. A piece of plastic

7. FIMO nail art (optional)

How to do??

1. Start off with applying base coat

2. Then apply two coats of white polish on each finger, and allow 3-5 minutes of drying time between each coat. I used white nail polish to make the gradient color shows up better.

3. Pour a small amount of your nail polish selection on a piece of plastic. Dip the tip of makeup sponge into the polish and stipple it onto your nails, covering the lower half of your nails (to the tips).

4. To make the darker gradient color, again, dip few more times the tip of your makeup sponge into the polish, and stipple the polish over the first layer of color, starting at the tip of your nail. Instead of using the same polish, you could use the darker shade nail polish to enhance the darker effect. You could repeat the same procedure until you like the way it looks. It should look like your nails are slowly getting darker as you go from the cuticle to the tip.

5. This step is completely optional—you can add decoration to your nail with a FIMO nail art, like I do with the blue butterfly on my both thumbs. 

6. Finally, apply a layer of top coat to preserve your nail design.

And voilà, you have trendy ombré nails that will be dazzling all summer long!! Please don't hesitate to share below if you try this trend too :)


Amour,