Indian Nail Art Blog

Hello loves! I know, I know, I've been a bad mother to my blog. Its a good thing Google doesn't have child services! Anyways, new season dictates I must abandon my pastels and neons, and that's exactly what I did for these two manis. To be completely honest, this was a challenge to me, because as a rule, I avoid mani ideas that have become quite common over the period of time. It doesn't mean I don't love them, it's just that I feel like there's nothing I could add to them apart from following the tutorials to the T. I mean who doesn't love planning manis, right?!   But thats not to say that recreating the look is easy peasy. It's NOT. When you are recreating someone else's work, the pressure's high because it's someone else's work and you can't eff that up! 😓😓😓 First one I did was a classic dark gradient transitioning from Red to Black. When done right, this is literally the chic -est look ever. Keyword, 'ri

Look at me, reviewing stuff and silently making my way to the cool kids table! Everybody knows you are cool when you receive goodies to review right? Yep. Thought so. So when Cynthia from BPS contacted me, I was honestly gobsmacked as to why would someone want to give free stuff to a person who has less than a thousand followers on IG. Without dwelling much on the reasoning, I asked for a stamping plate and stamper . The shipping was a surprise, since I had heard so much about BPS packages taking 3-4 weeks to ship. But my geographical proximity to China came in handy, and I received my package on the 9th or 10th day itself. The plate I received An image of the plate designs from BPS website The products I got were exactly as they were described on the BPS site. I had asked for Geek Pattern Stamping plate BP-L022, which is a large rectangular plate measuring 12.5 x 6.5cm. The plate is well etched, and has a sturdy plastic back unlike the smaller plates, which makes me lov

SO. MUCH. HOLO!!!! I recently got my hands on a couple of ILNP polishes, including their an Ultra Holo from their Spring 2016 collection , Deja Vu . It's a pretty wisteria hue, with holo flame running through. Right now, just about everybody in nail world is gushing over holos, (all thanks to Cristine of Simply Nailogical ) so I had to get one too! And what does a newly initiated holo addict do when she gets her holo polish? Take tonnes of pictures, of course!  Here's what I did with it ;) I used square vinyls from Angel Nail Studio , and Sweet Apricot from Faces India to layer over it. I decided to matte them, but unfortunately it dimmed the blingy holo. It does look more blue-er in pictures, but in person it has a soft violent hue to it. I'm still not a pro at photographing holos, hence the grainy flame :(  Deja Vu in its color accurate glory! This was the only picture I could manage, which is truest to the actual shade. As you can see, I c

May is turning out to be the month of nail mails! And a month of splurging too, but lets not talk about that. I was part of a group haul Veeral of  Angel Nail Studio  hosted a while back, and some major lemming squashing happened :) I got my first MoYou London plates, and they are soooo good. I'm always looking for stamping polishes in lighter colours, so I snagged a white stamping polish by El Corazon as well.   Obviously, I had to come up with a pretty pastel gradient for the background :) Pardon the wonky placement please, I don't own a clear jelly stamper :(  I love how the warm colors blended together. This is definitely one of my favorite gradients I've done so far. Next step, Diagonal gradients! The image is from MoYou London Illusion plate 05, probably my favorite from this collection. I find it easier to work with such concentric-esq images, they go so well over a gradient and make your mani stand out.  The white polish used for stamping is

The season of soft pastels and all things flowery is here! I love seeing floral manis all around, but I can't do one to save my life. I've grown to love those soft daisy manis that pretty much everyone with an ounce of talent is doing, so here's my recreation of them.  I couldn't get those petite petals right, so I improvised (read cheated) and made them dotted! And of course I needed an holo accent :) Purple base is Purple Nail Swag by Stay Quirky with yellow flowers dotted by a lovely yellow called Passion Fruit also by Stay Quirky. Accent is Bombay Lights by Faces India, topped with Revlon's Holographic Pearls. A closer look! Are you feeling spring vibes yet? 

Ever since I discovered that I actually don't like textured polishes, (which was after buying quite a few of them, mind you) I've been looking for ways to cover them up. And what better way to hide yer ish than stamping pretty things over it? I picked Stay Quirky's My Bae, a gorgeous purple packed with holo madness and Maybelline's Bold Gold as stamping polish. The abstract patterns from OSI plate went so well with the colour scheme! I've always admired the purple-gold combination, and it definitely didn't disappoint me :)  I still suck at placement though, and the ring finger is a clear testament to that! I was aiming for that trippy pattern for all the nails, but sigh. Life's so unfair :( I should probably make decals for these placement sensitive manis! 

Back after so long! One of my new year's resolution was to blog regularly, but like all new years' resolution do, this one too went straight outta window :D Moving past the very, very unoriginal whining, here are my Valentine's Day nails! Ooh yeah, so much PINK. I was initially going to do a holo heart as my accent, but some unmentionable-y horrendous incidents with DIY scotch tape stencils have made sure that your eyes are safe from that disaster. So we have a plain holo accent instead! I've heard a great many things about nail vinyls, but I don't think I'll be able to pull one sticky thing off another wet thing. Guess I'll just have to stick to free handing shapes for now! Holographic pearls needed 3 coats to be this opaque, but dayum that BLING!! The white to pink gradient looked to pretty on it's own, I'm kicking myself for not taking pictures before stamping over it. I think I need to do more pastel gradients! ➺Pink - Pink U

Finally some sexeh swatches!! I was DYING to put this beauty on my nails because gosh it looked so pretty in the bottle. This textured rose gold polish is Gilded Rose , from Maybelline India's latest Gold Digger collection. (they couldn't have gone for a more apt name!) It's a textured polish though, so you might need a top coat to smooth out that ish if you are like me. mandatory swatch pose! Just LOOK at that glitter. SO MUCH PERFECTION RIGHT THERE ooh look an artsy macro! Proof that I am a complete fail at 'balancing the bottle on your fingers' pose . Final verdict? I LOVE this. The glitter makes for a interesting addition along with the texture, and the whole effect is quite catchy!

Am I in the cool club yet?! I finally found an authentic Indian seller for Bundle Monster plates on ebay! I've always adored the Shangri La set, and boy, I wasn't disappointed :) They stamp wonderfully, and the images are crisp and well etched. I don't own any special stamping polish, but my cheap drugstore polish worked flawlessly on these. Yay for saving my money BM! I tried out two polishes, a metallic gold from Maybelline India, and a black creme from a local brand called Juice. Playing it safe with black and gold, I know, I know. Imma definitely try decals with this plate.  Look at that crisp stamping! I like my pointer finger the most, my topcoat smudged the rest of three :( Probably time to bid Revlon's matte top coat adieu. 

This one's for my desi nail addicts! Maybelline launched their Gold Digger collection back in December, but I was too caught up with things to buy these beauties -.- I'm always on the lookout for interesting polishes, which we all know are a thing of rarity in Indian brands. You can always order from foreign brands, but well, shipping costs a fortune :(   Stay Quirky has been a godsend for Indian Lacquer lovers, but a large part of me prefers to physically buy the lacquers from a store. Don't ask me why, I just do! Photos are often tricky, and you never know how the colour would look on your skin when you're buying online. Swatches help a lot, but eh. So you can imagine how glad I was when I spotted these beauties on the shelf! Sadly, I didn't have time to do proper swatches, the pictures are of the manis I did using them. I bought three of them - Gold Me Baby, Gold Gluttony, and Gilded Rose. Tbh, I'm in love with their names, and I'm glad Maybelline is