Teddy bear + biscuit nails

Hello, I hope you're well!! Man it's been a while, I've been scheduling stuff cause if I thought December was crazy that was nothing compared to January (in a different way). I don't know how I get myself into this much stuff, I'm never saying that a month'll be less busy because I really don't know anymore.
There's been my school play which I was playing the keyboard which was so fun but I was wrecked after, and I sang at an acoustic night (amazing) and there were curry nights and all kinds of crazy stuff. So much fun but simultaneously so much work and it's a lot to handle haha.
As usual the blog has been taking the backseat and I don't see that changing any time soon. I did these teddy nails when I had a couple of minutes to breathe and they're pretty cute!! :)

I love bears, which is why I paint them so much but they have the cutest ears!! The cookies originally looked quite normal but then weird topcoat experiments happened and everything started to look weird. Still like dem biscuits for what they are. I added the pastel glitter cause it's so cute and childish and works really well for the feeling of this look. It's all v cute.

I freehanded everything as that's really all I can do. I used toothpicks and pens cause my white polish is running out quickly. I dabbed and placed the glitter on but that didn't stop the mani from being thick and yes I'm still on my matte kick.

Blue: Models Own - Asscher Blue
Glitter: Etude House - WH901
Yellow: Topshop - Naked
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White and No.7 - Snowflake
Pale brown: Nails Inc - Sao Paulo Streets
Brown: Nails Inc - Porchester Square
Copper: The Face Shop - GL112

Thank you for coming and reading this post, I hope you have a lovely day!! :)

Party Polar Bear Nails

Hey there guys!! This is what I had on for New Year's, I don't really do anything special but I attempted to do something a bit more appropriate. Like last year I spent New Year's chilling at home and like the cool dude I am I practised the piano as the clock hit midnight hahaha. I reckon we're still in winter so polar bears are still a thing.

I love bears. Ok real life bears aren't as cute (or probably friendly because real bears have to defend things in the wild but whatever) but cartoon bears are my fave. While I like the polar bears I painted I feel like they could be cuter. But I like the colourful eyes and ears. To make a party you overload everything with glitter, it's a rule. A real one.

I did a gradient that you can't see at all but it was actually a pretty good one. I drew the base of the polar bear with a white pen then filled in all the details. Positioning was harder than I anticipated, I wanted the eyes and nose balanced and the white shine to not be overbearing (see what I did there). Added all the glitter around the bears and you can guess that that leads to a thick manicure. My bezzie gave me a matte topcoat for my birthday and I had to rock it, and it's so much better than my other matte topcoat, everything is going to be matted.

Base: M&S - Champagne
Black: Rimmel - Black Pearl and Topshop - Gypsy Night
Flakies: Essie - Shine Of The Times and M&S - Light Mix (which looked so sweet)
Glitter: Claire's - Fluffy and Barry M - Amethyst
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White and Barry M - Matt White
Black details: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Blue: Essie - Bikini So Teeny
Teal: Barry M - Guava
Purple: The Body Shop - A Grape Affair
Pink: Barry M - Superdrug Summer LE 2013 A

Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a lovely day!! :)

Presents for the little one

Hello there guys!! Ok last post I said I'd be posting everyday, then I go and don't post yesterday :/ Honestly I forgot and was tired from coming home late so you'll see that post later in the month and instead you'll get to see this design. I decided to paint presents you'd give to a young child cause of cuteness and my pastel glitter inspired me. All to go with my unconventional Christmas nail designs.

I also used tartofraise's teddies as inspiration cause they are SO cute!! I really like this design, come on cute teddy bears and pastel glitter, I'm so done. Also I love all the colours used, bright and happy. Also so childish and I love having that feel in a design, it's wonderful. As always I freehanded with the nail polish brushes, toothpicks and a nail art pen.

Light Green: China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint

Green: Max Factor - Cool Jade

Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black

White: Barry M - Matt White

Purple: Barry M - Prickly Pear

Light Pink: Barry M - Dragon Fruit

Pink: Barry M - Fuchsia

Blue: M&S - Ultraviolet

Teal: Barry M - Guava

Peachy Orange: Essie - Tart Deco

Pastel Glitter: Etude House - WH901

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a fantastic day!!! :)

Rilakkuma (Relax Bear) Nail Art

Oh hey there!!! How are you? I'm feeling ok-ish, I was meant to post yesterday but I got out of hand revising (I am one party). But really I started writing notes at 5pm and by 11pm I still hadn't finished. My maximum break could've been 2 hours so that was some intense writing. Unfortunately the test was today and I'm not so sure if I did great.
Whatever moving forward, I wanted bear nails and automatically an image of a bear appeared in my head. I could not for the life of me figure what bear it was, and that annoyed me. Of course I proceeded to ask the internet (the internet knows everything), where I typed in "cartoon bear" which did not work. Then I typed in "korean bear" which also was not so helpful but there was an image with the bear I was looking for. Turns out the bear is Japanese and called Rilakkuma (translated to relax bear). I am positive I've seen this bear before but I can't remember where (it's going to annoy me), but he is ADORABLE.

Ok forever I love him and I need him more in my life. I didn't copy the cartoon exactly I added some elements that I tend to do with everything I paint. I was put off animal nail art for a bit (I. Do. Not. Know. Why), but I am definitely back on cause ANIMALS ARE ADORABLE.
Yes I am a fan of this design cause bears are adorable, I think I love bears now. Obviously not the grizzly scary kind but the cute bear cubs etc. I melt (in a good way). The chick on my pinky is another character in the show. Oh man, SO CUTE.
Base: Revlon - Blue Lagoon, Models Own - Indian Ocean and OPI - Last Friday Night
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White (for details) and Models Own - Snow White (for base)
Brown: Nails Inc - Porchester Square
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Yellow: Rimmel - Sunshine
Orange: Essie - Fear Or Desire
Porchester Square is beast for nail art cause it's so opaque, and in general it's a nice colour (just not my thing). I want to like Sunshine more, but once I had it on my nail (singular I don't know what I was doing, probably some kind of nail art thing) and it stained. I was not happy about this. Otherwise it's still a decent yellow, but you know yellows, they have many coat formulas.

Picture spam!!! Cause it's cute ^_^

I now want a ton of Rilakkuma paraphernalia, just because that bear is so stinking cute and he can just chill with me :P

Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day!!! :D