So I just recently posted on a nail polish haul and I couldn't wait any longer I had to to try them out. I used the Coco Nail Lacquer in Teal and Maiya Nail art Pen in black. This is the simple look I came up with, I didn't do the lines on all my nails because I still wanted to see the original color of the polish. It's actually  a teal color but it just doesn't seem to show up all that well on the pictures.

I also wanted to do my toes the same way but I felt the lines would muddy up the smaller nails so I ended up only doing the big toes. ;D I think it came out ok.

 

  These are the polishes I used:

Bobbie clear nail polish

Coco Nail Lacquer in Teal

Maiya Nail Art Pen in Black

 

This is what I did:

I cleaned,cut and shaped my nails.

Then I coated a clear base coat to protect my nails from polish stains.

Next, I put on my base color which is the Coco Nail Lacquer in Teal.

After letting it has dried, on my ring finger and thumb, with the long thin brush of the Maiya Nail Art Pen, I made random horizontal and diagonal lines varying in thickness going across making them criss-cross each other.

After it has dried, I topped it all of with a clear polish to protect the color and design of my nails. ;D

I hope this has been of help.

Thanks for stopping by to read.

Have a nice Week!

Nail Polish Haul

ok I may have gone alittle crazy buying all these all at once but mind you they were very inexpensive so I wanted to give them a try. 

did i really buy this many polishes oh my... gosh I think I really did. ;D

Then again how could I not have purchased them.

Coco Nail Lacquer Php25 at the local market

Blue

White 

Bobbie Smashed Nail Polish Php59.75 at SM Department Store

Purple

Black

 

HD Nail Lacquer Crackle Polish Php35 at the local market

Purple

Red

Black

Meiya Nail Art PensPhp15 at the local market

White

Silver

Black 

Red

I hope this has been an interesting read. Thanks for stopping by.

Swatches and nail art to follow. ;D

 

Day of Love

HAPPY HEART'S DAY TO EVERYONE!

 

Heart's Day

So we all know Valentine's Day is just right around the corner. Getting a little excited myself actually. As preparation for the occasion cause you never know what special people in your life have planned, you must be ready for anything and with that said, I have painted my nails which I think is Valentine's Day ready.

How I did this? It's really quite simple. All you need are 3 types of nail polishes. 1 Base/Top coat, 1 white nail polish and 1 pink or red  nail art polish. Any brand will do so use your favorite.

I used White Caronia nail polish, Nail Up pink nail art polish and San San clear polish to use as base and top coat.

1. Prep your nails with a layer of protective base coat to prevent stains and let dry.
2. With the white Caronia nail polish, I layered 3 thin coats letting each layer dry before layering the next coat of white polish.

3. After it has dried, I drew on little hearts randomly on each nail and placing tails on some heart while leaving some tail-less then let it dry.
4. To protect the design, I coated a layer of clear polish on top. and viola, you are done. 

I hope this has been helpful. It would be nice to see you all try this and share with each other. Thanks for reading.  Have a  nice day!

Green with Envy

I just love this green skirt sent to me by my aunt from abroad. It may possibly be secondhand but it's beautiful just the same. I'm totally in love with the black band detail with flowers and vines around the bottom of the skirt.  It makes me feel all girly and prim and proper or some sort of character in a 50's movie. I just paired it with a black tank top and black slideFitflop. Outfit done! Comfortable, simple and easy to wear! 

hope you like it!

The best @38. ;D

This birthday has to be the Best birthday of all in spite of the fact that it was also my grandfather's 21th death anniversary. We (my huge family from my mom's side of the family) usually just have a small get-together to pray for the soul of our grandfather, my mom's dad, and have dinner together. To my surprise some of my cousins brought there share of food as well as birthday goodies... for good ol' me. Ninang Beck by the way is me. Ninang means godmother and Beck is my nickname amongst family and Darren and Danielle are my cousins kids.  The lady behind me is my mom  and as I look at our picture, we seem to be looking more alike as I get older.

There was soo much food, pancit, spaghetti, and pancit palabok. it's an old saying here that a noodle type dish should be prepared for long life of the birthday celebrant. Suffice to say, there was 3 kinds thus a super long life for me. There was also cuchinta, sweet sticky rice cake, delicious. coffee jelly desert and alpahol, a local sweet dessert. fried chicken and liempo (roasted pork) with hard boiled eggs, onion and fried tofu. 

So we ate, we bonded, shared stories and had loads of good time. I always find myself having the best time when surrounded with family.

This is me at 38. I can't believe it myself, time has gone by so quickly. I may not be the most accomplished but I must say I am the luckiest for having such supportive loving parents, and extended family not to mention an awesome boyfriend who loves me not only for who I really am but also accepts me for who I am not.

The blouse I'm wearing was an early birthday  gift from one of my cousins and the Fitflop I'm wearing on my feet are from my boyfriend which were also given to me as an early birthday gift. The jeans I'm wearing are quite old, but love them so much that I can't get rid of them. They were black but so worn it's turned grey as well.

I had planned on wearing these pair of Charles and Kieth wedges (another birthday gift) but the Fitflop won me over.

Make-up: 

Estee Lauder skin perfector

bareminerals loose powder foundation

MAC loose powder eyeshadow in hepcat

FAshion21 black eyeshadow for the crease of my eyes

EverBilena liquid eyeliner in black

Clinique mascara also in black

Chapstick in spearmint

2kool lipstick palette in the darkest shade, no name available

Nails: Cherry Blossom tree nail art

Silver base color

black nail art polish (with a thin long brush) for the branches

pink and white Caronia polish for the cherry blossom flowers

protective clear top coat

I had so much I just to share all this with all of you. Simple and as random as it was,  it was the best birthday yet!

So to many more birthdays to come.

Hope it has been a good read!

My 2012 Bag Content Essentials

I love bags, and purses, clutches, book bags, satchels, whatever you want to call them, I love  them. But in whatever form i want to carry for the day are a few basic essentials.What I means is that when you go out and you happen to take a car with you, you'll need keys right? RIIIGHT! and of course your driver's license and such. When it's hot you might need a hankie or a fan not the electric kind just the hand held one etc, etc, you get the point right. 

So the current bag I've been using is this DKNY bag given to me by my boyfriend Erick a year ago for my birthday, such a sweetheart.

OKAY! So on with my basic bag content essentials, they are as follows:

1. I always have this rosary where ever I go. This rosary is made with garnet semi precious stone with silver chain links, Blessed Mother medal and cross. My Mom gave me this many many years ago as a birthday gift. It may have been my 16th or 18th Brthday, so long ago I can't even remember. She has a beautiful collection of rosaries but this one was particularly bought for me as it made with my birth stone Garnet. I love it and I try to use it as often as I can to pray the rosary.

 

2. Of course I also carry my older model cellular phone that I keep in a silver candy designed little wallet. The cellular phone was a present from a cousin so it is very dear to my heart and can't seem to part with despite of newer and more highly techie phones that are available in the market.   

3. I also carry another wallet that contain a gamut of things. From money and change, cards, driver's license, a small plastic type magnifying card for when I bring a book to read, prayer cards, cause it's always good to pray when ever or where ever you are, a few picture of loved ones, a little Clinique mirror, Clean & Clear oil blotter, nail clipper, another bracelet style rosary given by one of my best friends & Chapstick in spearmint. I carry this alone when I don't need to bring a whole bag or just to run a real quick errand.

4. Pictured here are the other things I carry in my bag. Wipes for when I use the rest room, a small light blue wallet to contain my unmentionables wink wink, baby powder, a handkerchief hand sanitizer hanging out of my bag and a fan that doesn't seem to be here in the picture or the umbrella as well.The weather here in the Philippines is somewhat unpredictable so you really need to be ready for a down pour comes.

So what about you? What are your basic handbag essentials?

I hope this has been an interesting read if not anything else. Have a nice day!