Indian Nail Art Blog

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...

Ain't no damn cold's gonna stop me from my weekly finger painting ritual! This week's theme was Glam/New Years and I went for a subdued glam look. After a month full of Red-Green-Golden-Glitter manis, I was feeling sort of overwhelmed with anything and everything glittery. And lets be honest, removing that glitter is a right pain in the ass. Polishes used are 'Bold Gold' by Maybelline, and the gorgeous rose gold and black are from a local brand - Juice; all topped up with Revlon's Matte Top Coat. I did these while watching criminal minds reruns and can we talk about Shemar Moore? I thought I was totally over my silly little Derek Morgan crush but nOPE. NEGATORY SIIIR. I wish they'd do a spin off with him :)

Claire's challenges are one of my absolute favourites on IG. I was racking my brains for her next prompt, Winder Wonderland; when I remembered Nailstorming's elegant black and white snow nails . She's my go-to nail artist when I'm low on nailspiration. I decided to pair it with some Christmas trees over a black background. Painting over darker colour sucks! My trees were lot slimmer in their white base version lol. What I love about this mani is Gianna's base. I would have never thought of black and white on my own, but its so elegant. The idea of tiny snowflakes drifting around in the dark... ah. I wished it snowed here.

As December continues to be a major nail fail month, I whipped out my trusty watermarble to cheer me up. And to reassure my fragile self esteem. (But we don't talk about it.) I usually rely on IG prompts for nail inspo, but this month's challenges are getting bit to Christmass-y for me. So, consciously avoiding those festive colours, I channeled my inner Claire and turned to some bright neons! I wish I had taken a pic of my wm cup, the pattern was so trippy and dizzyingly bright. For my desi sisters, Juice is one of the cheapest local brand that works well in water. They are very thin and runny, and they spread really well in the water. Plus, they cost only 50 Rupees for a 15ml bottle, so its a win-win! Even managed a macro!

Stamping seemed like such a harmless little fluffball when I first saw a stamped mani. Then I saw another, and another, and yet another, and then I was sufficiently hooked it. I get hooked on everything that involves least efforts, and the notion of stamping pretty things on my nails was admittedly alluring. The first stamping plate was duly booked and received, which was followed by several spectacularly failed stamping attempts. After much google-ing, I was introduced to seemingly alien terms like priming, stamping polish, and an otherworldly invention called 'Clear Jelly Stamper' (one day, you'll be mine CJS). Who knew, huh? Equipped with this new found wisdom, began my never-ending hunt for affordable and easily available stamping polishes. (looking right at ya, international shipping.) TheNailz4fun95  who has ever so helpfully done a video about Indian stamping polishes, suggested Maybelline India's Bold Gold, which was probably one of the best advice given in...

Finally a nail blog!! Being a master procrastinator that I am, it's a miracle that I summoned enough motivation to start a blog. But here I am, and it's very, very weird talking to non-existent people who're supposed to be my blog readers. So without embarrassing myself further, I'll get on with the swatches of my latest haul from Stay Quirky. As most of you all know by now, they are an online start up from Pune, and make badass nail polish on a daily basis. I wish I had a job that has me making glittery goodness all day long. I'll never go home! (hire moi, Stay Quirky) They have literally everything under the sun, textured polishes, holo glitters, flakies, duochromes, jellies, crellies, EVERY-DAMN-THANG. And its Big Five Free! It's still a rare thing here, more so because there's lot less awareness about the process and contents of a nail polish. On another hand, neither have the brands ever projected themselves in this light before, focusing on their ...