~*Nail Design*~ Wednesday, Apr 23 2008 

Art and Fashion fablala 5:01 pm

Okay. The French own the “French manicure”. It’s their thing. Everyone loves them! I’m a fan of them too.

I find that they make your nails look more ‘Posh’. The good thing is, you can get a french manicure set to help you by following simple steps. 

A French manicure sure seems a lot easier to do by yourself than for example, nail designs you can get done with flower or animal patterns, or actual animals, stars, hearts – anything! You can even get Hello Kitty nails if you’re a fan of those! 

Below you can see a range of different designs that you can get in a typical nail beauty store in South East Asia.


It’s interesting how not only can you put diamonds onto handphones or earphones but on nails too. It’s a fashion trend that seems to continue to spread all over the world. It started off with simple body glitter tattoos that you can stick on. Maybe in a few years time we’ll find out where else you can wear small diamonds. 

A manicure contest was held in BeautyAsia in Singapore last year in 2007. It’s amazing with the unique creations these ladies have come up with. When I saw these pictures I was stunned. I didn’t know that anything like – what you’ll see – was even possible to do on nails.

Pretty good though, isn’t it? I’d call creating something that another talent. We all know there’s singing, acting and dancing. But this – wow – this takes a lot of time and patience as well. Creativity especially! 

 

~*Make Up*~ Wednesday, Apr 23 2008 

Art and Fashion fablala 10:05 am

In relation to my earlier blog, I thought I’d give a quick overview or a few tips about what kind of make up is best for the Chinese skin colour.

It’s important to have colours that work with each other and not contradict each other.

Also it depends whether you want it as an everyday make up or going out at night make up.

For the everyday, I’d stick to simple eyeliner. Doesn’t matter if it’s liquid or pencil. Liquid is definitely becoming trendier though.

Many like to wear a flick at the end of the eye. Like this:

You can put on a light bronze – brownish colour to give you a natural look.

At night, feel free to experiment. I find the smoky eye a classic. It looks elegant and stylish. Works with pretty much anything you wear as well.

I personally also like blue. It’s not too bright like pink or green. Green might actually look nice as well but I think it depends on what your personality is as well. It might suit some and others not.

I find that purple can be quite nice too! Be careful how to apply it though, because otherwise it can look like someone gave you a punch. Mix it with gold, that’ll look very glamourous!