Pinailpple

After my Beauty and the Beast nails were mutilated by everyday life, I decided I wanted something quick to paint, easy to wear but still funky-looking. The days you find me wearing one colour of nail polish on all my finger nails is a day you'll know I was far too busy to care! I ended up choosing:

Pineapple nails! The photo may be upside down but I think the desired effect is still there! So now from afar my nails look simple but upon closer inspection the detail (which is not too overboard) is evident. I wanted it to look effortless and I personally am pleased with the results. Only took me minutes to complete too, as an added bonus!

panda nails

A few weeks ago, I was invited to an 18th/Going Away party themed crazy Asia or "crasia"! I absolutely adore pandas and handily had a panda hat lying around, so I decided to dress up as one!

And to match the theme, I - of course - painted my nails!

Aren't they cute! I thought so.

Namira :)x

nailopoly

All day Saturday it had been pouring rain and I thought it'd pass by Sunday. Wake up the next morning and there's that incessant rain as well as huge gusts of wind! The people on the news are telling people to stay inside and to potentially brace for tornadoes. Well, there goes one of my two shifts at work this week! Anyhoodle, we weathered the storm (heh heh heh can't help myself) and at about 2 pm we lost power. Woo. Despite that, we coped fairly well. Had a candlelit dinner and everything. It was relief to see that we got it back this morning though!

ANYWAYS: my sister and I started playing Monopoly when the power when out. Once the game was over (where I was triumphant - obviously) I needed to use up more of my time!

And knowing me, what  better way to spend my time then paint my nails?! I present to you Monopoly nails  a pictorial representation of my afternoon in the "dark". 

Namira :)x

web nails

I did these ages ago but I never posted them because I kept forgetting/I couldn't think of a witty title incorporating webs and nails... As you can see by the final title, I have announced defeat.

So yeah, web nails.

Namira :)x

disnail's mickey mouse

My sister suggested I do Mickey Mouse nails of some sort. She provided the inspiration and I used all my creative forces to produce these bad boys:

I'm currently loving simplistic designs that let me show off the vast majority of pretty colours I own! All the nail colours get their time in the limelight. 

Namira :)x

naildy bugs

I remember a while back when I was overwhelming this blog with constant posts that I did a set that had an assortment of depictions - a mushroom, an eye, a tuxedo, a shoe and of course - a lady bug. The last one got me thinking on ways to expand it and how to renew it!

What better way then to rainbow-fy it! I really wanted to use a whole range of colours but I wanted to make it creative at the same time. The result combines my two desires perfectly.

Namira :)x

PS. If you have any requests/ideas for themes or whatever to paint on my nails, please let me know!!

nailsters Inc

Monsters Inc nails!!

From the thumb you've got the Monsters Inc logo, Mike Wazowski, Sully, Boo and Celia. Boo looks a bit bizarre.. but come on. She's a human! It's hard for her to look normal!

Namira :)x

why nailt zoidberg?

Another fantabulous request! Zoidberg nails:

I have heaps of posts lined up but I honestly keep forgetting to post! Silly Namz
Namira :)x

nailpy birthday!

Two days ago was my birthday! Woo! It felt like it took forever to finally arrive yet it seemed to disappear so quickly!! Oh well. I had an absolutely lovely time - cutting the cake at midnight with my family, opening presents the next morning, meeting up with friends during the day and having a delicious family dinner...at a restaurant. For quite somet ime I've been wanting glittery nail polish that contains different size and coloured sparkles! One of my presents happened to be exactly that, plus more! It was an awesome Chi Chi gift pack:

It came with two sparkly polishes! Eeee! So of course, I tried them out as soon as I could!

 Aren't they beautiful? ;') Think I'll keep them for a while because I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday (yep, the day after my birthday) and so have to rest up for at least a week. At least nothing bad can happen to my nails!

Some other snaps from my birthday (snappy birthday hehehe):

1. Birthday Cake 2. Birthday Dinner 3 + 4. Pretty Lanterns I got as presents! Set them up myself

Namira :)x

monumentnail

I've been living in this vicious cycle where I come on to the blog to create a new post but then I check something else on the computer then BAM I've forgotten to post and so I get off. When I have been off the computer for a while, I remember again that I have to post! It's like these are my assignments now and I'm procrastinating from doing them!

When you think "The Seven Wonders of the World", I'm sure you think of seven different monuments from the person next to you. I certainly did not know what those seven were, and when I researched it (thanks Wikipedia), it was very different to what I once thought: there are like a bajillion different "Seven Wonders" lists! How am I to choose! So I just painted well known monuments and kinda ditched the idea of tying it in with the Seven Wonders of the World theme.

From the thumb we've got: The Taj Mahal, The Great Pyramids of Giza, a segment of The Great Wall of China, a segment of The Leaning Tower of Pisa and The Eiffel Tower!

Namira :)x

patterned nails

A few posts back, I mentioned my new found interest with patterns. Little did you know that I was actually alluding to a future post. This is that future post! The future is now :O :O :O

So, I had a nail painting session at mine, where I gave some hints and tips about painting nails to my young grasshoppers. But mostly it was us, just having a girly old time! The results:

The photos were taken outside because we went for a swim afterwards - it was just so disgustingly hot! As you can see, I kept Lumpy Space Princess from my Adventure Time nails(here here here!) because she's just so lumpin' awesome.

Namira :)x

totally beachin' nails

I'M SORRY I'VE BEEN NEGLECTING YOU! (nailglecting? no. that was bad. i'm sorry) 

Now that it's holidays, I've just been busy!! But I have been painting my nails. I've just been forgetting to post it on here! So the question is... should I give you all my posts now or space them out?

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I reckon anyway. 

I don't know what I'm doing. This post is going to look so weird. 

Just know that these posts are not in order. I did these nails most recently but they are cooler so I'm posting them now!

I called my girlfriends (Robyn, anyone? no? cool) and I had a nail painting session at my house. With my 50-odd amount of nail polish bottles, we sat down and painted socially. It was loads of fun!

Just the day before, we hit the beach to catch up with our friends who stayed at Schoolies for the entire duration. To commemorate the time spent at the beach, I painted beach themed nails!

From the thumb we have a beach scene, a beach umbrella, sunnies, a beach ball and a haphazard sandcastle. The past two days have been a blast! The night before we head to the beach I went to see Coldplay!! And The Temper Trap :') the evidence:

It was an absolutely amazing concert. We were so close!!

But with excitement and fun also comes tragedy. Someone I had met quite a few times - an acquaintance if you must label - passed away on the second last night of schoolies. Out of the blue and completely devastating.

Rest in peace, Izzy.

Namira :)x

nailventure time

As an obvious side effect of my holidays, I've been recently getting into more TV shows. Just so I have something to do. A couple of days ago I decided to check out the show "Adventure Time" that was playing on Cartoon Network. And LOVED IT. To show my love, I - of course - immortalised it on my nails:

They're so cute! So from the thumb we've got Finn the Human, Jake the Dog (I feel like they should be said - sang - the other way around haha), Princess Bubblegum, Lumpy Sapce Princess (oh my glob, she's so great) and Lady Raincorn. There were so many characters available to do so I'm thinking I might do another round of nails!! I'd really loved to get Tree Trunks in there.

Namira :)x

plants vs zombnails

HEEEELLLLOOOOO! I just finished my last ever high school exam on Tuesday so I am freeeee! This is pretty much the biggest holiday period I will ever experience :D so of course, one of the first things I do is paint my nails! I was requested to do Plants vs Zombies (it's a game, I think?)  themed nails. I was given a picture and pretty much followed that as much as possible. But when I couldn't see the picture on the nail, I took it upon myself to research some of the characters involved. The end result:

I usually tell you what is on each nail but I honestly had no clue what I was painting! I have to say, out of all the nail art I have done, this was definitely the hardest. It was very detailed! I also had no prior knowlege of what I was painting so I just hoped it looked somewhat authentic! Still was a fun time though. As always!

Namira :)x

in the wildernails

My exams are like two weeks away! I should really stop.
I was requested to do this one by a friend and KABLAMY HERE YOU GO:

After revealing this masterpiece, I am requested a snake on the other hand DOUBLE KABLAMY:

Namira :)x

bandanail day

Once again my nails were inspired by promotional work I needed to do! Bandana Day is coming up, Friday 26 October, so for it we're selling CanTeen bandanas at school for $4. There were heaps of prints and patterns on offer and to show these off and promote at the same time I may or may not have painted...

BANDANA PRINT NAILS! As you can see I've painted 10 designs but there were even more then that! From my right hand inky we have a camo print, a birds print, a video game print, a geometric pattern, the australian flag, stripey pattern, polka dot pattern, hearts print, a sailor themed bandana and a pattern called Mexican. There were at least 5 different colours of the Mexican but I decided on yellow.

Also, fiftieth post! :O hooray
Namira :)x

glitter nails!

So my obsession for nail polish clearly evident if I can manage to score two nail polishes from grocery shopping with my mum! And they're good ones too! (sorry ulta3, you're special in your own way)

GLITTER NAILS! And they're Sally Hansen which are good (I don't actually know, I'm just guessing)! As soon as I got home I put them on!

"Showgirl Chic"

 As you can see, they aren't just your average one toned glitter polishes. These bad boys have sneaky speckles of other colours! Showgirl Chic is predominately silver with a hint of blue while Cha-Ching! is mostly red with bits of silver incorporated in it.

"Cha-Ching!"

Although tomorrow is Monday, I'm still going to rock these nails to school because - quite frankly - I'M A PUNK. I CAN DO WHAT I WANT. Plus, I only have 4 real weeks of school left so I've let loose! My little jab against the system. REPORT ME !?>?!

Namira :)x

mentnail health week

It's the first week back of the last school term ever! And because it's only 6 weeks long (technically only 5 weeks as the last one is exam block) we were hurled straight into it! This week is actually Mental Health Week and to acknowledge this, we organised a Free Dress Day for today that was themed patterns. It was gold coin donation and the proceeds would go to Kids Helpline. Using this information, I conjured up some nail art!

The thumb nail (that's a legitmate word on its own hehehe) is the Kids Helpline logo while the other nails represent the pattern part of the event! It was real quick to whip up so I may expand my nail painting horizons and experiment with patterns a little more!

Namira :)x
And yes. That is the task sheet for my English assignment in the background. I've obviously got  my priorities straight ;)

celebrationail

On my second last day of holidays, my family and I partied it up at one of our very dear family friends.. That are a family.. so like our family friend-family... ANYWAYS! It was the parents, 25th wedding anniversary party and it was mighty fun! To convey excitement I, of course, painted my nails to match my outfit. 

The outfit:

The outcome:

The design on my clothes was so intricate and large that I had to break it up into two segments. I think it looks nicer that way!

Namira :)x

matte nails

Hey all! Yesterday I had a day off from the hectic holiday schedule because I had an orthodontist appointment.. But after that I had a lovely time on my own just perusing through shops, looking for any good buys. I was just in the mood to shop. And because I had not spent a single cent since I started working at Subway a couple of months ago, I had some money saved up wahoo! Introducing my newest additions to the family:

Although at first I was only looking at budget stores for cheaper nailpolishes, I could not help but be drawn in by Myer and their enticing sales! As you can see, I purchased - simply put - a gold, red and green. But what is the Chi Chi lurking in the background supposed to be!? WELL! That's a matte top coat which is totally the new craze. Basically, if you paint this over your regular polished nail, it takes away the shine and reflective ability of the polish. So it goes matte. It looks so cool! I did some experiments with this interesting polish:

 In addition to the matte, I reapplied the original nail colour on top so it stands out! These designs are definitely a lot more subtle than my usual outrageous nail art. I wasn't sure if it's subtle intricacy would be easily identified from a distance so I tried another time. This time round I added more normal nail polish to make it more obvious.

Still very understated but it's very fun to be wearing. Just a little secret to yourself teehee!

Namira :)x
PS sorry about the lack of creative title. I just wanted to show you matte polish!