Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Some toe nail-art

My friend Lena have visited me today, and certainly i did some design on her toe nail, since her job require her not have anything on her finger nails.
This is what i came up with.
In the beginning idea was different, but she is a very picky "client" , she like things to be done her way, so i had to find a compromise. But in reward she broth me some dry flowers and other decoration stuff.


Polishes used for gradation.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Gradation nails ( by hands)

As i bet any of you i have quite a collection of polishes , with the bad level opacity.Those are type of polishes that takes more then 2 layers to get any solid color, but even fter hours of drying all those tons of layers you still can see what is going on under the polish .
Now here is a bright idea how to tern whose whose useless polishes into the powerful nail-art tool.Those polishes are just perfect to do the graduation on your nails, so i hope you didn't throw all of them away.
I played a little with this idea and here are some result.




You can easily create the graduation by following those steps:
1. Find the right polish, it must be very transparent, polishes without glitter or chips works the best.
2. Put the really thick layer of the transparent polish on the entire nail, and let it dry just a litle
3.Put the next layer on the 1/2 of nail, starting from the middle and going up, let it dry just a little again.
3. Put the 3 layer of polish on the 1/3 nail.
4. The best result you get if you use a glitter top coat, however you can use a regular one too.
As a top coat i used the one i have got from Brook "Colorama top coat" by maybelline

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Simple mess

Oh yeah! i am almost back on the stamping marker.
As you may mentioned from the pictures here, i used to have a stamping kit, but left it in russia , because my friend wanted it so bad, so i decided that i may get another one here. But, you know all this economy stuff.. so haven't got one yet, but i was struggling so much without it. i mean no creativity can really replace good old stamping, especially when you ahve so little time for nails.
So yetoday my second excitement was gettign a new stmping kit.
I have got a chep one from e-bay, and i am not recomending it at all, plates are so poor, and polishes dont work at all, very transperent, you cant see it on any color. And moreover the colors i have got are not the colors i inteneted to have according to the sellers picture. But on the other hand it worth trying,m because it only was like 5 buks.




But where is another one comming. With more plates and polishes, so i will only keep stamp and scraper from this one.
I wanted to see if this cheap one will work, so i can tell my friends get it or not.
Since polishes wont work, i used regular polish and surprizingly it worked pretty good.
So here is my pink mess.

Thank you, Brook

Hi dear flowers!
Yesterday i have got a package from broke bacon , she sent me a lot of useful stuff and i am really really happy. You guys, seriousness cant even imaging how excited i was to open and try it all.
So i ahve got - 2 Wonderful top coats with glitter effect - i just love it!!! Mirrow shine 2 polishes kit - havent try it yet, but i am sure it is going to be a lot of fun, Evening base coat, ton of orange sticks, Beautiful dark polish with boobs :) , polar block and gorgeouse souvenir from VEGAS!!!
Broke - thank you so much!!!! You gave me so many positive emotions and i am sure that it all will comme back to you.
And thank you so much for you time to send it all, and that you like the nails, and for everything.




Tuesday, March 17, 2009

I am number 2 :)

Today Brooke finally annonced the results of the nail -art contest, i have got a second place, which is really not bad. I am very proud of myself, because i honestly wanted to beleive but nether really expected.
Thank you very much Brooke! i am so so happy! it was really fun to make the nails and to wait for the results too. i really wish i could see other submitions too.
I feel like i want to take part in more contests, because this is really exciting.
For those who want to see the my contest design and a winer design, here is the link
http://getchanailsdid.blogspot.com/2009/03/nail-art-contest-winner.html

And here is another nails that i did for the contest - fish bone


Monday, March 16, 2009

Aloe Tanaman Untuk Perawatan Kulit

Seperti yang kita ketahui Aloe vera telah dikenal cukup lama sebagai tanaman untuk penyembuh dan perawatan kulit dimana telah menguntungkan manusia selama lebih dari 4000 tahun.... uda lama banget ya..... sekarang ini aloe masih dipakai sebagai bahan perawatan kulit yang paling popular dan efektif.






Beberapa pertanyaan yang sering ditanyakan :

Mengapa aloe begitu Spesial ?

Jawab :

Soalnya aloe vera atau nama lainya aloe barbadensis itu merupakan salah satu tumbuhan yang udah dikenal sejak dahulu kala. Tau ga bentuknya seperti kaktus ( lidah buaya itu lho ) , tapi sebenarnya dia itu adalah lily, sari yang diambil dari daunya dapat meningkatkan kadar kelembaban pada kulit dan membantu membentuk sel kulit yang baru. Selain itu aloe vera juga memiliki kandungan bahan yang bisa untuk mengatasi peradangan untuk menyejukkan kulit yang cedera atau teriritasi atau terbakar, makanya kalo panas dalam kadang ada jus lidah buaya :p . Selain itu aloe vera banyak mengandung macam - macam vitamin, mineral dan asam amino yang bisa menutrisi kulit.


Mengapa Kamu Harus Menggunakan Aloe Vera ?

Jawab :

Soalnya rangkaian produk dari aloe enggak nyebabin alergi dan cocok banget untuk semua jenis kulit bahkan sampai kulit kamu yang sensitif sekalipun. Rangkaian produknya memiliki keharuman yang lembut dengan wewangian yang gak nyebabin alergi. Formulasinya juga uda di ujicoba secara ekstensif jadi aman dipake en yang paling penting adalah Tidak mengandung alkohol en zat pewarna lho....


Gimana Cara Ngenalin Kulit Yang Sensitif ?

Jawab :

Caranya gampang banget kok :) biasanya kulit yang terlampau sensitif bisa ngakibatin rasa gatal, terbakar, pecah-pecah dan membengkak. En tambahan juga biasanya orang yang kulitnya sensitif itu kulitnya tipis jadi urat - urat biru di kulit terutama di wajah itu keliatan jelas.


Apa aja yang nyebabin iritasi ?

Jawab :

Biasanya hal yang nyebabin kulit jadi iritasi adalah udara yang dingin, udara yang kering, air yangkotor dan sinar ultraman eh salah ultraviolet :p. Terutama bagi kamu yang memiliki kulit sensitif cenderung kesulitan saat hendak make kosmetik.... soalnya pada produk perawatan en kosmetik itu digunain zat - zat bahaya kayak wewangian en zat pewarna... jadi bagi kamu-kamu mesti pintar milih kosmetik en skincare ya... nanti di bawah saya akan coba referensiin produk aloe vera yang Hypoallergenic atau aman en bebas kimia :)


Apa yang dimaksud dengan Hypoallergenic ?

Jawab :

Nah sebelumnya saya jawab dulu nih produk Hypoallergenic yang saya referensiin itu adalah produk dari oriflame yaitu produk aloe vera ini produk bagus banget. soalnya cari produk yang Hypoallergenic itu susah banget sekarang ini. Hypoallergenic berarti produknya enggak nyebabin alergi atau reaksi dari kulit sensitif. Hal ini bisa terjadi soalnya digunakanya wewangian lembut yang tidak menyebabkan alergi, dan enggak gunain zat pewarna.


Bagaimana Cara merawat Kulit Yang Sensitif ?

Jawab :

Saran saya sih pake produk yang Hypoallergenic dari Oriflame, terus selain itu yah mesti perlakukan kulit kamu dengan lembut, hindarin perawaran yang kasar dan selalu gunain air yang hangat en hygienic tentunya. Yang pasti lindungi dan hindari kulit kamu polusi dan gangguan lingkungan lainya en jangan lupa jangan terlalu banyak stress be happy en be yourself :)



Nih produk Hypoallergenic yang saya saranin :

1.) Facial Wash Cream

Aloe Facial Wash Cream (4870) yaitu pembersih bebas sabun yang mengandung eksrak aloe. Cara pakenya gampang banget, gunakan tiap hari padah wajah yang basah en pijat perlahan terus bilas pake air anget.... (150 ml)

Kandungan Bahan :

Aqua (water), Sodium C12-15 Pareth Sulfate, COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE, (LEAF ECTRACT), PEG-7 GYCERYL COCOATE, GYCERIN, DISODIUM LAURETH SULFOSUCCINATE, PEG-150 PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRASTEARATE, GLYCOL DISTEARTE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, LAURETH-4, PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), 2-BROMO-2-NITROPROPANE-1,3-DIOL, LIMONENE, BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, LINALOOL, HEXYL CINNAMAL, FORMIC ACID



2.) Gentle Toner

Aloe Gentle Toner (4871) yaitu sebuat toner penyejuk lembut dengan aloe ekstrak hazel, dimana produk ini non alkohol atau tidak mengandung alkohol. Cara pakenya gampang, gunakan aja setiap pagi dengan kapas setelah anda membersihkan kulit anda. (150 ml)

Kandungan Bahan :

AQUA (WATER), SODIUM C12-15 PARETH SULFATE, COCAMIDOPROPYL, BETAINE, ALOE BARBADENSIS (LEAF EXTRACT), PEG-7 GLYCERYL COCOATE, GLYCERIN, DISODIUM LAURETH SULFOSUCINATE, PEG-150 PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRASTEARATE, GLYCOL DISTEARETE, PEG-6 CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC GLYCERIDES, SODIUM CHLORIDE, LAURETH-4, PARFUM (FRAGANCE), 2-BROMO02-NITROPROPANE-1,3-DIOL, LIMONENE, BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, LINALOOL, HEXYL CINNAMAL, FORMIC ACID



3.) Soft Scrub

Aloe Soft Scrub (4872) adalah scrub pembersih yang berfungsi mengangkat lapisat sel kulit kamu yang uda mati dan memberikan tekstur kulit yang lebih halus dan berkilau. Sebaiknya scrub digunakan maksimal 1 minggu 2 kali. (75 ml)

Kandungan Bahan :

AQUA (WATER), ALOE BARBADENSIS (LEAF EXTRACT), GLYCERIN, PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, DISODIUM LAURETH SULFOSUCCINATE, IMIDAZOLIDINYL, UREA, PHENOXYETHANOL, HAMMELIS VIRGINIANA (WITCH HAZEL EXTRACT), ALLANTOIN, PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), METHYLPARABEN, ALCOHOL DENAT, ETHYLPARABEN, BUTYLPARABEN, BUTYLENE, GLYCOL, LIMONENE ISOBUTYPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN, BUTYLPHENYL, METHYLPROPIONAL, LINALOOL, HEXY; CINNAMAL, CITRONELLOL, BENZYL SALICYLATE.



4.) DAILY PROTECTIVE MOISTURISER

Aloe Daily Protective Moisturiser (4873) dapat membantu menjaga kelembaban kulit kamu sekaligus melindunginya dari kerusakan yang disebabkan sinar ultra violet. Cara pakenya gampang, Gunakan pada wajah sebagai alas tata rias yang efektid setelah kamu membersihkan dan memberikan toner. (75 ml)

Kandungan Bahan :

AQUA (WATER), ALOE BARBADENSIS (LEAF EXTRACT), GLYCERIN, PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, DISODIUM LAURETH SULFOSUCINATE, IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA, PHENOXYETHANOL, HAMMAMELIS VIRGIANA (WITCH HAZEL EXTRACT), ALLANTOIN, PARFUM (FRAGRANCE), METHYLPARABEN, ALCOHOL DENAT, ETHYLPARABEN, BUTYLAPARABEN, BUTYLENE GLYCOL, LIMONENE, ISOBUTYPARABENE, PROPYLPARABEN, BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, LINALOOL, HEXYL CINNAMAL, CITRONELLOL, BENZYL SALICYLATE.




5.) 80% PURE GEL

Aloe 80% Pure Gel
(4875) gel multifungsi yang dapat meringankan kulit teritasi akibat teriknya sinar matahari, bercukur, dan lain sebagainya. Selain itu juga dapat membantu menjaga kelembaban dan kelenturan kulit kami dan daat digunakan dibawah tata rias atau day cream untuk menenangkan dan menyeimbangkan kondisi kulit kami. (50 ml)

Kandungan Bahan :

AQUA (WATER), ALOE BARBADENSIS (LEAF EXTRACT), GLYCERYL POLYMETHACRYLATE, PROPYLENE, GLYCOLM GLYCERIN, METHYL GLUCETH-20, TROMETHAMINE, ACRYLATES/C10-30 ALKYL ACRYLATE CROSSPOLYMER, IMIDAZOLIDNYL UREA, PHENOXYETHANOL, ALLANTOIN, DISODIUM EDTAM METHYLPARABEN, ETHYLPARABEN, BUTYLPARABEN, ISOBUTYLPARABEN.




6.) Refresing Eye Gel

Aloe Refreshing Eye Gel (4876) Adalah gel yang di formulasikan secara spesifik untuk membantu kamu menyegarkan kulit yang lelah atau sensitif di daerah sekeliling mata. Tahu ga kalo daerah mata kita itu tingkat dehidrasi kulitnya jauh lebih tinggi daripada daerah kulit wajah lainya makanya di buat pelembab yang formulasinya khusus :)

Fungsi lainya untuk membantu dan menutrisi kulit sekaligus membantu kulit supaya terlepas dari munculnya tanda kelelahan dan ketengangan. (15 ml)

Kandungan Bahan :

AQUA (WATER), ALOE BARBADENSIS (LEAF EXTRACT), GLYCERIN, PEG-40 HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL, TROMETHAMINE, CARBIMER, SACCHARIDE ISOMERATE, PANTHENOL, PHENOXYETHANOL, HAMMAMELIS VIRGIANA (WITCH HAZEL EXTRACT), ALLANTOIN, DISODIUM EDTA, MENTHYL PCA, MENTHYLPARABEN, ALCOHOL DENAT, SODIUM HYALURONATE, ETHYPARABEN, BUYTYLPARABEN, CITRIC ACID, BUTYLENE GLYCOLM ISOBUTYLPARABEN, PROPYLPARABEN.





Cara Merawat Kulit Wajah Anda


Ada banyak cara untuk merawat kulit wajah kita, salah satunya yaitu dengan membersihkan kulit wajah anda setiap pagi supaya minyak dan sel kulit mati yang terbentuk di malam hari waktu kita istirahat bisa di hilangkan.

Untuk membersihkan wajah kita, Sebaiknya mamakai air yang suam-suam kuku yah... soalnya air yang terlalu panas bisa nyebabin kulit wajah jadi kering terutama kulit yang sensitif lho...

Sabun biasa jangan digunain untuk wajah soalnya bisa ngerusak keseimbangan pelembab alami yang ada pada wajah kamu en membutuhkan waktu beberapa hari lagi untuk pulih kembali.

Tips lainya adalah olahraga rutin, meskipun hanya berjalan biasa, itu akan buat kulit kamu tampak sehat dan berseri. Nah jangan lupa minum air putih dalam jumlah yang cukup. bubuhkan sedikit lemon, jeruk, melom atau timun - pakai imajinasi kamu en nikmati minuman tersebut.

Tau gak bedak padat itu sangat idel untuk ngilangin kilau yang gak diinginkan, jadi bawa selalu bedak padat dalam tas kamu. Gimana cara mengetahui warna tata rias yang paling sesuai dengan kamu, caranya gampang coba aja beberapa warna yang berbeda dari cahaya lampu biasanya tepat di garis rahang bagian bawah. Hal ini disebabkan karena pada bagian ini kamu dapat melihat kalo warna tersebut cocok apa tidak dengan warna wajah dan leher kamu.

Untuk kulit wajah yang memerah bisa dinetralin pake krim wajah berwarna kekuningan. contihnya Rossy Tone Corrective Cream. Terus gunain alas bedak yang biasa kamu pakai diatasnya.

Hindarin zat jahat seperti kopi, alkohil, en rokok, soalnya semua itu bisa memberikan dampak negatif pada kulit kamu. Selain itu kulit kamu mesti beristirahat lho... sama sepert kita :) soalnya sel kulit bisa dibentuk lagi pada saat kita tidur. Nah tidur yang disaranin berapa jam ? jawabnya 8 jam sehari secara teratur itu adalah kebiasaan yang baik lho. Kalau ada pertanyaan silahkan ditulis di komentar di bawah...



Friday, March 13, 2009

Not the best, but not the worst

Whose strips always work perfect on my little nails, when i run out of ideas, or too busy to do real art on nails.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

5 Tahap Untuk Memiliki Kulit Indah Berseri

  1. Bersihkan wajah kamu secara hati-hati pake pembersih di pagi dan sore hari. Karena kulit yang bersih pasti lebih tahan terhadap jerawat dan bintik - bintik lho.
  2. Tata rias itu harus di bersihkan lho.... karena kalo tidak bisa menyebabkan flek hitam, bersihkanya pake pembersih dan segarkan dengan toner.
  3. Tahap selanjutnya yaitu menggunakan pelembab supaya kulit kamu lebih lembut dan terlindungi serta mencegah dehidrasi.
  4. Nah berikutnya menjelang malah jangan lupa gunakan krim malam yang bisa menutrisi dan memperbaiki kulit pada waktu kamu tidur.
  5. Untuk tahap terakhirnya yaitu kategori khusus gunakan scrub, dan masker sekali atau dua kali seminggu dimana hal tersebut akan meningkatkan efisiensi dan rutinitas kamu.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Nail-art contest

i am very excited about it. the nail contest is on getcha nails did blog. i did couple designs today, but i don't want to post it here until the contest is over, and i make sure that can post it in my blog too. So , i am sorry guys, no nails this week
To revile a Little bit of details - i made fish bone design that i really like, even though it is quite simple, and also spend about an hour drawing on the nails the design of the blog. I mean it, i just transferred the blog design on the nails, i think i like it, and i hope i will be noticed by the contest organizator. Have a good week

♪How to Draw a Flower2 (Cherry Blossom)♪


I'll continue writing about how to draw a flower

for hand painted nail art!!


Today, I'll show you how to draw
a cherry blossom flower, my favourite spring flower!!


Before you start drawing on the nail,
let's check what cherry blossoms look like,
(See Cherry Blossom Images )

and practice on a piece of paper first(^-^)/

After checking a few different photos,
you can tell the flower shape is like this...


A round petal with a little cut on the end.


Let's practice the shape
following the steps that I showed you
in the last blog

How to Draw a Flower?!


Practice practice practice practice
practice practice practice until you find
a perfect shape, size and angle etc...(^▽^)~♪




Then, let's try painting them
using acrylic paint!!

I used black, so that I can see
how I'm doing better(^-^)

 Adding water little by little with the brush,
mixing mixing mixing
until the paste becomes very smooth : )


It is always good to start drawing the outline first.



Then fill inside.


When the brush becomes hard on the end
and doesn't separate any more like this,

please dip the brush into the water
and separate the hair.

With practice, I think your body will remember
how to move the brush to draw cherry blossoms.

OK!!
I'll show you how to draw these cherry blossoms
on the nail next time!!



Thank you very much for reading (´∀`)ノ☆







Wednesday, March 4, 2009

How to Draw a Flower?! (@_@)


Good afternoon~!!
How are you~??

It's getting nice and cooler here in Adelaide(^o^)yay!
I was wearing summer clothes this morning,
and my nails and lips turned blue! aha ha!!

The spring must be close to some countries(´▽`)~☆
Winter and spring are my favourite seasons!!
My favourite colours are pink and white too!!


Anyway!!

I think a lot of people will try flower nail art
during the spring period!!

I got a really good question from a girl who
wants to learn how to draw a flower*(^-^)*

I think a lot of people would start with a flower
which has 5 petals,
 but
sometimes those 5 petals don't fit in a circle,
or somehow end up with 7 petals(^-^)
(yes, this is my experience...haha)


So, let's practice!!

Please prepare a piece of paper and a pen.


1. Draw one dot.




2. Draw 5 dots around the 1st dot.


3. Draw a circle around each of the 5 dots.

4. A flower with 5 petals!

Well...the gaps in between petals seem to be
a little too wide, don't you think?


OK! Try again!!

1. Draw one dot and 5 dots around the 1st dot.




2. Draw a circle around each of the 5 dots,
a little wider circles this time!



Doesn't it look better?!


Let's try without 5 dots this time!



You see?? It's very easy if you practice a few times!


Then you can start changing the shapes of petals
...like...







raindrop shape, leaf shape and cherry blossoms p(^▽^)q


I hope you'll enjoy practicing!!


I'll show you how to draw a flower for hand paint nail art
next time!!


Thank you for visiting!! (^3^)/smooch!!