Pink Wednesday - Stamp Succes!

It's still Wednesday in other parts of the worlds so this still counts, right?

No, you're not dreaming, those are really MY nails and yes, I used stamp art on them, and yes, I did it MYSELF. I just have to emphasize that because it's a fact that I suck at art. I am conquering my art-idiot self!

It's still far from perfect, but they do look pretty decent for a stamping newbie. And I'm so proud of it I think I'll wear it for a week!

I was hoping to use as base a pink polish that looks more pink than the one I have on - San San Tea Rose. But it was the only pink I have that's light enough to make the black (Calar) stand out. For the stamp I used Konad stamping plate S9.

I wasn't really planning to do a Pink Wednesday mani since I've been so busy these days, but the mani I had on chipped so I was forced to change it, so I thought, I might as well do a Pink Wed.

This was what I was wearing:

This is obviously the practice mani.

And I was so nervous at first. I was planning to stamp just the nails on my left hand but after seeing and liking the result, I got the courage to do my right hand as well. And it looked even better, I think.

Left hand

Right hand

I'm right-handed so it's really surprising that my left hand exceeded expectations. Maybe I'm like Rafael Nadal when it comes to nails - writes with right hand, kicks ass with left hand. Or maybe I was just lucky. I think it's the latter. :)

 

Bangkok Haul

   I'm back from the Land of Smiles, Bacolod! Just kidding. I'm back from Bangkok! That explains my silence these past few days. (My hotel had no free wifi!)

   I wanted to wear a polish that screams "adventure" during the trip, but I had been so busy checking test papers and other teacher-related activities that I wasn't able to devote time to my nails. So I ended up wearing my Pink Wednesday mani instead, which was this:

San San Tea Rose

   San San Tea Rose is a light pink shimmer. Not very me; it looks too demure. But I like it nevertheless.

   I used three coats.

   And in Bangkok, on the very first day of the trip, before all the temple-hopping and the picture-taking, I got these:

6 for 100 Baht. (My companion got the sixth one)

   And these:

3 for 100 Baht. Look at the handles!

    Thai nail polish. Somebody care to translate?

   Sawadee ka!

My First Pink Wednesday

   The Game 2/Final Game of UAAP Season 74 was postponed due to typhoon Pedring. You know what this means? I can remove my blue nail polish and finally participate in Pink Wednesday!

   So for my first ever Pink Wednesday, I thought of braving the unknown - nail art.

   Background: as early as preschool I already knew that Art is my Waterloo. While my classmates got  VG's (very good) or 10+star on their works of art, which were really just goddam splotches of color on Oslo paper, I received around freaking 8/10. Yes, as early as preschool I was getting B's on my artwork. For a 4-year-old, that was kinda traumatizing. Imagine the shame of getting 8 in Art. ART!

   Fine, I got it. I suck at Art. That's why my whole life I shied away from everything that involves creating things with my hands. It was only very recently that I discovered I can make some kick-ass jewelry, and even so I was  am insecure of my creations.

   But I digress.(I just really want to say I make jewelry, too.)

  The whole point of that preschool anecdote is simply to warn you that I was, am and probably will always be mediocre with anything that involves painting. Also so that you'll feel sorry for me and not bash my miserable attempt at nail art. 

   Here are the photos:

Photo taken in poor lighting (or maybe I did that on purpose to conceal the amateurish quality of my nail art)

It's totally the lighting that's bad.

   I used Tony Moly MK01 as my base and The Face Shop PP 406 as the tip.

   One last photo of the experiment and the horror is over.

   While doing my first ever Pink Wednesday manicure, I realized one thing: I have only TWO bottles of pink nail polish.

"No way."

   Yes way. Tony Moly MK01 and Etude House Matte 10, which I don't even like that much anymore.

 
   Believe it or not. And I bought both of them only about two weeks ago. Imagine, had I not thought of buying nail polish that day, I would have nothing to wear for Pink Wednesday. And what makes this lack of pink nail polish even more shocking is the fact that pink is my favorite color.

 

   Yes, pink wallet, pink notebooks, pink shirt, pink ring holder, pink envelope (containing letters from my students from Summer 2010, the envelope was from them, too), heck, I even have a pink stapler and pink staples!

   And yet only two pink nail polishes. :(

   Now I know what color to get the next time I buy polish.

PS: It's only Tuesday but I'm posting this already because I might not be able to do it tomorrow, what with the typhoon and the power interruptions.