eid nailbarak 2

For my second outfit on Eid I decided to match my nails again, hoorraaayyy

So here it is:

In the background you can see the dress I'm wearing, the print I was aiming. It's a little different  because I didn't have gold nailpolish or the slightest bit of patience. Still turned out nicely though.

Namira :)x

eid nailbarak!

After one month of fasting, the month of Ramadan is almost over! (google keywords if you want to educate yourself) Tomorrow we'll be going round to a ton of houses in new clothes and eating a stack of delicious finger food. I simply cannot wait. I've picked my outfit and I'm super pumped. To show my excitement, I decided to paint the pattern on my nails. It was a big task to set myself.

The goal:

The result:

I've got to say I'm incredible happy with this outcome! It looks really pretty and I cannot wait to show them off tomorrow :)

Namira :)x
(can't believe I forgot to sign off on my last post - shame on me!)

crackalackin'(ail)

Yes yes yes, I just posted this morning but I was too excited to postpone this post so! Today my mother, sister and I went shopping for her upcoming birthday. So while she was looking at perfumes, I managed to sneak a peek at the nail polishes! From the first place I scored 3 $2 nailpolishes! I got a base coat, a white which will be really helpful for themed nails and a gold glitter one for some sparkle and fun. So I was pretty smitten with my purchases at that point. But then, at the next store, I got something awesome. Far awesome than petty, one dimensional polishes. I got...

A Crackle Nail Set! What does this mean, you ask? If you use one of those nailpolishes over your already painted nails, it does this crazy shatter effect. As soon as I got home, I just HAD to try it. So to visually explain what the crackling looks like, I have an image:

Voila! Cool, right? Because I struck gold with this set, I have five different crackling nailpolishes. So that means five times the possible combinations! Ooh plus, I added a little of my gold glitter that I purchased today also, just for some STHPARKLE!

Namira :)x

oceanail

Hello all! Firstly, thirtieth post woo! I don't know why thirty is an exciting number in any way but I like rounded numbers... for some reason. Secondly, I finally have a theme for my nails! I know you are all rejoicing so without further ado:

Under the sea nails! Yeah okay, so it is a bit messy but I've been wanting to do this one for a while so I thought I'd just bang it out. So from the pinky we've got seaweed (sooo difficult to paint lal), coral, a fishy blowing bubbles and a starfish! I couldn't think of what to do for my thumb.. so I ignored it. Sorry, thumb.

In addition! I went to a Chocolateria called Sans Churro on Thursday! This is what I ordered:

And I finished every bit of it. The drink is "Cookie Cha Cha" - a shake with chocolate cookies and white chocolate icecream. My "meal" is a Choc Banana sundae which consists of chopped banana, delicious melted chocolate and MINI CHURROS!!! It was a seriously amazing meal. But if I had to choose between Sans Churro and Max Brenner.... I.. don't think I could (diplomatic answer). Max Brenner.

ALSOO, to continue my binge week, on Friday I had a cute mother daughter lunch with my mum and sister at Capri. They have gooooood pizza:

It was a lamb pizza that had delicious Middle Eastern flavours. And yes I ate it all. You should not be doubting my eating abilities by now, come on. To top it off, Nahila and I were cheeky and had Baskin Robbins ice cream on the way home heeheeheeee.

Namira :)x



binailry

Hey all,
I've been pretty busy these past few days, hanging with friends and eating COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF JUNK FOOD. You shrug me off with a smug laugh and say "Welcome to holidays" but no. More than that. Let me break it down.
Monday = pancakes at Pancake Manor
Tuesday = A full chocolate pizza at Max Brenner (below picture for reference)

It was deeeelicious. And yes. I ate it all...

Wednesday = A raspberry brioche and hot chocolate at Banneton Bakery (again, look below)

SO GOOD. OH MY GOD.

As well as this delicious chocolate birthday cake made by my friend's grandma AND a caramel apple upside down cake my sister made. Goodness.

So yeah, don't underestimate the amount of food I've eaten. Did I mention that tomorrow I will be continuing my ill-eating ways and devouring chocolate dipped churros at Sans Churro tomorrow? Photos (of course) will be shown later.

To stray away now from food, as this is a nail blog, I did my nails in a pattern again. I know, WHERE ARE THE THEMES? But I've just been so busy and I wanted something nice to wear outside that was quick, simple yet statement (mhmm gurl). So I present to you these dual tone nails:

One side has pearly white and maroon and the other has silver and blue. I think both colours really stand out nicely but still compliment each other. Which is nice. I really hope I can get some themed nails out there soon but in the meantime, satiate your demand by constantly checking back! :D The food pictures get better and better the longer you stare at them.

Namira :)x

trinailgular

Hello!
It was Saturday night at 6.30 and my mum informs me that we will be leaving for a party at 7 to 7.10. I say that's fine, sitting and idly watching the time. Then, I look at my outfit. And with 20 minutes to go til we leave, I was inspired to paint! This is the source of inspiration:

And this is what I came up with:

Just some nice, geometric print nails :) I know it's different from my usual stuff by I thought I might get into this kind of nail painting too, you know, stuff you can wear in public haha. This isn't to say I did not wear my Daria nails out and about! I did and it was awesome.

Namira :)x

Daria Mornaildorffer

Hellloooooo my lovelies!

After like a two week hiatus, I HAVE RETURNED. Why? Because holidays are upon us! So that means an intense number of posts coming your way in the next two weeks!!

I've made a to-do list for different paints throughout the term and I've already started my first one. Here it is:

Daria-themed nails!! Man I love that show. I watched it when I was a kid... but then I recently rewatched the whole series again. So good. From the pinky we've got Quinn, Trent, Jane and Daria! Forgive my for Jane's weird little blemish on her nose... I'M NOT PERFECT OKAY!?! It was fun, regardless :D

YAY HOLIDAYS! Just hit me again...

Toodles!
Namira :)x

nailetubbies

Howdy y'all! What.. Ignore that.

But hello! I am pretty much near the peak of Grade 12, once the exams in two weeks are done, I am halfway there!! Well a little bit more than half way because Term 4 is like.. 4 weeks.

I'm posting because I feel I need to give the MASSIVE HORDES of viewers that I have something to look forward to again. I did this paint last week but thought I'd save it for later. Space out my posts for optimum viewer enjoyment :) I care about you. So view my blog. Like a million times. And tell everyone about it. Everyone you know. Yep, all four of them.

THE TELETUBBIES! Inspiration for these nails came from our 90's themed school dance which we (the SAC Exec - no point in explaining) slaved away to organise. To advertise, we were teletubbies having a classic little conversation around the podium. We kept our costume for the actual dance a secret so everyone was convinced we'd be teletubbies. Then BAM. Furbies. Best surprise ever. And have to admit, it was a pretty awesome event in the end. We did an awesome job, regardless what anyone thinks!
But yeah, you've got Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Lala, Po. If you didn't read that in your head like the theme song they had on the show then...That's okay. Thank you for actually reading my blog, for starters.

Namira :)x

if nailtical nonsense be something you wish, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

Should've been doing my Economics, oh wellsies!
I'm too excited, without further ado, I present to you:

Spongebob Squarepants themed nails! We've got from the thumb: Spongebob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr Krabs and Plankton :) pretty proud of this :') After attempting to do some schoolwork, I had the midnight urge to paint Spongebob on my nails. Took me a quick 20 minutes, so in the morning, after a brisk 5 hours of sleep, I just felt like I needed to finish off the rest! So now it's 10... I should do something productive with my life...

Plus, I took this on my new phone woowhooeoooooowhiahwowowoohhooo!! Nokia Lumia 710, Google it ;)
Namira :)x

precipinailtion

Hellllllllloooooooooooo there. What are you doing posting again? You ask. Why aren't you at school!? You ask again... a bit aggressively. You should really apologise, that hurt my feelings. Nevertheless, I am posting and am not at school because I am sick! A case of the damn sniffles. Fear not my avid followers, I reckon one day of rest should get me back into the groove. But yes, I'm staying at home today, recuperating. Which leaves plenty of time to catch up on missed schoolwork, get further in assignm--- LOL JKS IT'S PAINTING TIME

Umbrella nails! The idea came to me a while ago and I have been dying to try it since. So voila! I had thought I would outline sections of the umbrella with thin black lines but I didn't want to taint their already perfect shapes. Plus I thought of putting little blue dots as raindrops in the background, but I thought it would be confusing that you'd be seeing raindrops when you put up an umbrella. I'm stifling my own creativity. I could have easily branched out into dimensional nail art, but I've just decided to stick with one dimension. Forgive me, artistes.

Also, this last Sunday was Mothers Day!! I hope you all pampered your mothers and showered her in gifts. Not gonna brag, my sister and I did a pretty awesome job...

 My fully sick napkin folding skills

 Banana cake I whipped up on a whim of procrastination

And now our mother loves us even more. Mission accomplished!

Namira :)x

egyptianail

After 1 week of hiding, I have returned! We have been blessed with a long weekend - thanks Labour Day - and I decided to utilise this special extra time by painting. Take a look...

Look..eye.. get it hehehe. This is an ancient Egyptian symbol for the Sun God Ra, but I just think it looks awesome. It was difficult to make the lines look nice and smooth and refined, so forgive me for its jagged appearance. I plan on wearing it only on the big toenail of my left foot because I don't want to ruin the overall look of it by having to completely different looking symbols. And the other small toenails will be painted plain white to make the eye pop more. If anyone out there wants to try this, I suggest using a gold background, that'd look cool. Unfortunately, I do not have a gold nailpolish. Must invest!

Namira :)x

confectionailry revisited

I couldn't think of another name which is synonomous to confectionery that could incorporate nail into is somehow. So I apologise for my lack of creativity in that aspect. Today was ANZAC Day - a day remembering the many heroic Australian soldiers who have fought or are currently fighting. I went to a lovely ceremony and had the honour of carrying The Gap High's wreath! Although my hands were violently shaking after 20 minutes of holding it and it felt weird to bend my arms in any direction other than the wreath holding position, I really enjoyed the ceremony. Anyways, I'm rambling. CHECK OWT MA NAILSSS GURRL!

I'm sorry for that weird gangsta outburst...and assuming you were female. I mean it with a kind heart, I assure you. But I have m'n'm nails! Just something I can leave on my toenails for a while and be pleased with :) I had become bored of the stripes, plus they were chipping. Fiddlesticks!
Namira :)x

social nailwork

Well this is a little sad of me.. I was totally ready to settle into some Economics research and then went on facebook. And I saw the little "f" icon and thought... Hmm... that'd look cool on a nail. Why am I so willing to procrastinailpaint?! Yes, that is a new term and I very readily claim I coined it and it is now trademarked. Regardless, take a look...

Icons of social media sites - from the thumb we've got YouTube, facebook, Blogger, Myspace (bringin' it back, woo!) and tumblr. (look at it. So indie because it has a fullstop in its logo. Pssh, I'm too mainstream for it *flicks hair*) Once again this was my left hand's handiwork and I truthfully think my left hand is better than my right when it comes to detailed paints.

Also, I did this while watching the King's Speech. It's a totally awesome movie.
Namira :)x

aninailia

Although a week of schooling has passed - quite rapidly, might I add! -  I have not yet feel the pull of assessment. I'm not sure if that is because I'm unaware of the actual pressures prevalent or the pressures are not yet existent. Regardless, I was aimlessly browsing on my computer tonight for a few hours and thought... Hang on. I can use this time to paint! And because it is a weekend I can just remove it Sunday night! So I painted this idea in about an hour..

 Cute little animals to grace my nails :) from the thumb I have a panda, a bunny, a (slightly munted) froggy, a piggy and a penguin! The beak of the penguin was very pesky -  and on the topic of p words, three out of five animals I painted started with p! And painted starts with p too! Man I love words too much.... But once again, on another note, I have vastly improved my touch typing skills. I honestly think it is because I have blogged in the near dark so many times that I've just been forced to guess where the keys are. It's honestly a lot more fun typing in a weird yet comfy position and seeing the screen materialise with words. Makes you feel like you're in a movie. They can always type so clearly and fluently in movies... I am rambling. And seriously my only reason of my rambling was to touch type a little more and pretend I'm in a movie.

Namira :)x

convivinail

So after two days of school - when I said I would neglect this blog - I'm back! I realised that although my fingernails have to be sparkling clean during school hours, my toenails will indeed be hidden under black college leather lace ups. Take a look...

Just a simple, rainbow stripe pattern. Forgive me for my messiness, I was poking around with a toothpick in the dark while watching New Girl... Not that easy. I only did my big toenails because that's all I had time for, but throughout the week I'll try and do the other nails!

Expect to see toenail projects throughout the term! Not two per day but two per.. month. Maybe.
Namira :)x

happy nail year

Yes I am quite aware that it is mid April but this actually the time that the new year is celebrated in Bangladesh! To show my patriotism and celebrational..ism (?), I painted my nails for our New Years Celebration tomorrow - the Boishakhi mela :)

1419 is the year we are currently in and it is written in Bangla on the top and English on the bottom. The background for each nail, thumbs included, is the flag of Bangladesh. Tomorrow many of us will gather at a festival-stall-fundraiser kind of event, for which I have made about 60 ginger cookies for! I don't think they'll sell as well as chocolate brownies or cupcakes but.. I tried my best. And it really doesn't bother me if I have to take them all home at the end of the day ;)

My holidays finishes tomorrow, so this is my last set of nails for now, I think. It was so much funthinking of crazy ideas to paint and know that someone out there somewhere has taken the time to look at it. So thank you! Keep looking throughout the term however, I may get the time to do some nailwork, you just never know. But definitely next holidays, expect a multitude of posts again :)

Thanks again, hope you enjoyed!
Namira :)x

allies and archnailmeses

Thought it was time to say good bye to the flags, despite only wearing them for like a day. I was thoroughly impressed by my left hands' skills so I decided to let them have another shot at painting! Here are the results...

I'm not sure what to categorise these nails as... Thinking of an appropriate title was difficult but I tried my best. Inspiration came from my random rememberance of the whole pirates vs. ninjas debate and how there are other random groups out there like robots, mummies and aliens.. So this is how the nails formed!

I realise I've only had this blog for a week and I've been posting more than twice a day! This excessive activity will stop within like four days because school starts then. We aren't allowed to wear nail polish at school plus I'll be drowning in my studies! But thanks everyone who has taken a look at my blog, even if you accidentally pressed the link to it when I shamelessly posted it to my facebook. Several times. I really hope my self-entertaining ways have somehow entertained or interested you :)

Namira :)x

technailogy

Once again I found myself bored out of my wits, just aimlessly watching TV or reading random Coles and Woolworths magazines. It then occurred to me that I could be painting my nails! I have to admit, thinking of themes has been difficult and I thought I had overjuiced my creativity. But, by some miracle, I came up with another theme...

Technologically themed nails. From the thumb we have a television, a CD (or DVD, whatever tickles your fancy), an iPod, a cassette tape and a speaker. This didn't take very long to do - if anything, it took more time to think of which five iconic technological items I'd use. I would have liked to put a phone in there but I just settled for the speaker, haha.

Namira :)x

internationail

Came home from my little sleepover and went straight into my next masterpiece. I really really loved my nails at that moment (Sesame Street and Pac-Man) but I knew I had to sacrifice one of them for my next project. That project is shown below...

Ta-da! They're flag nails. I wanted to get a flag from each continent (except Antarctica of course) to properly represent the whole world! From the thumb I've got the Union Jack - which pretty much covers the whole Commonwealth, Bangladesh - my ancestral home, Ethiopa, Switzerland and Honduras. Might I mention I did these all with my left hand. I know that flags are just basic shapes and colours but hey, that Union Jack was harder than it looks. I had fun doing this theme though, researching flags of the world and what not.

Namira :)x
I am currently so bored but I don't want to commit to painting another theme as it could take hours. So I've decided to give baking a whirl. Will keep you posted. Yes, on this nail blog. Shut up, it's my blog!

arcnaild games

Last post for today! After this I'm off to a fun-filled sleepover with tha gals, so that's why I've been posting really frequently this morning. Who knows how many fumes I've inhaled over the past few hours. Anyway, here's my creation...

Pacman nails! I didn't realise it, but the way the thumbnail is positioned makes it look like the pacman is eating the ghosts hehe. But then he'd die. Which is sad.Waap waap waap.

Alright, I'm going to go have a social life now!
Namira :)x