Nominated for The Liebster Award ♡♡

 

Last week I was nominated for a Liebster award by Patrycja from Drenched in Lacquer. While I was still writing this post, I was nominated again by Midwest Lacquered Momma!! The Liebster Award is given to bloggers to nominate other bloggers which have under 200 followers. Leibster is a German word that means "beloved person, darling, or favorite." I was so surprised when I saw that I was nominated (that too twice!) because I haven't been blogging for very long. I'm really excited for this!

Rules:
You must link back to the blogger who nominated you.
Answer the 11 questions given to you by the blogger who nominated you.
Nominate 11 other bloggers with less than 200 followers.
Go to the blogs you nominated and notify them of your nomination.
Give your nominees 11 questions to answer.

Because I was nominated by 2 people, I'll answer a few from both because there were a lot of common questions.


1. If you had to paint your nails only one color for the rest of your life, what color would it be?

It's hard to choose because I love so many colors but it would definitely be a pastel shade (they are my favs!!). Probably lilac or pink or maybe even blue (ughh I am horrible at making decisions!!)

2. Why did you start blogging?

Because I really wanted to write more about my nails, which was hard to do on instagram because most of the people didn't bother to even read the caption. And maybe even because I want to review samples ;p

3. What is one thing that most people might not know about you?

I do not own a single China Glaze polish *_*

4. Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?

I have no idea :s

5. Do you speak any languages aside from English?

Hindi (mother tongue) and French (but I suck at it)

6. What accomplishment are you most proud of?

Winning a monthly nail art contest

7. Are you open to trying new foods?

I don't mind if they don't look or smell weird :p

8. Where would you love to travel to?

US. I have never been there :(

9. How big is your nail polish collection?

130

10. Do you have any pets? If so, what are they?

Yes, a golden lab :)

11. Do you have any siblings?

Yes, a younger sister.

I nominate:

1. Jenna from Polish Pals

2. Tonya from Rainey Day Nails

3. Jo from Lacquers Of Kasterborous

4. Tyeisha from Lacquer Nerd

5. Sarah from Lethal lacquer

6. Polish all the nails

7. Our Painted World

8. Daniela from Awesome Brush

9. Melody from The Manicured Amateur

10. Zoe from When Life Gives You Polish

11. Sarah from Polish Perfectionist

My 11 questions :

1. Since when have you been doing nail art?

2. Do you have any polish peeves?

3. What is your favorite nail paint?

4. Acrylic paints or nail polish?

5. Why did you start blogging?

6. Who inspired you to start doing nail art?

7. What else do you enjoy doing besides nail art?

8. On a scale of 1-10, how much do you think you have improved at nail art from when you started?

9. What is your favorite nail polish brand?

10. Which camera do you use for taking your nail pictures?

11. Which nail shape do you prefer?

Sorry I haven't posted anything for like 2 WEEKS! but I'm really busy with my exams and it took me so long to even finish this post! I'll try to do something soon but my exams will be over in a week so I can be regular again! ^-^



-Rupali♡

Golden Glitter Gradient

Hey guys, thanks a lot for all the lovely comments and follows. It's amazing to see such response in so little time!

Anyways, today I have a gold and white glitter gradient on my nails. I always thought glitter gradients were hard to do because the only time I tried it was on my nail wheel, and it was a fail. But when I actually tried it on my nails, I found it super easy to do!!

Polishes I used:

OPI Alpine Snow, OPI Goldeneye

And some extra hex glitter!

Isn't that tiny little bottle of glitter so cute? ♡♡

Ask below in the comments if you want to know where I bought it :)

-Rupali♡

OPI You're Such a Budapest

Last week I got one of my dream polishes!! OPI You're such a budapest. I've wanted this polish since forever! It was my favorite from the entire Euro Centrale Collection. I couldn't find it anywhere because its hard to find good OPIs here in India. It was just last week when my dad went to Russia and sent me a picture of couple of polishes for me to choose. This was one of them and I was 99% sure it was You're such a budapest just looking at the bottle. I was right. I couldn't breathe when I received it! So bear with me because I have a bit too many pictures of this as it was hard to choose just a few. 

I thought the polish was a bit too thin and kind of hard to work with but I guess my expectations were too high for this polish :p 

Fully opaque in 3 coats. 

Dries fast.

And one last picture

Which polish was your favorite from the Euro Centrale Collection? :)

-Rupali

Pretty Lace Nails

I love everything lace, so I made them on my nails!

I made this design really easy as I filmed a tutorial for this and I wanted to do something even beginners would find easy.
Talking about the tutorial, I filmed it 6 MONTHS BACK(!!) but I was able to upload it only TODAY after deleting over 1500 items from my laptop *-*

Anyways here's the tutorial:

Tell me what to record next? Now that I have some space on my laptop, I really want to make more videos :)

-Rupali

Working with a spoilt striper - Beach Nails inspired by TheNailTrail

I don't usually use stripers for my designs unless they are really easy and can be done without thin brushes. And because I don't use them a lot, my only 2 stripers are spoilt. They have become really thick and gloopy and I can't even thin them out :/ I didn't realized that until I tried doing this gorgeous beach design by The Nail Trail - 

Beach Nails by The Nail Trail

My version:

My Version

I told you my striper was spoilt. I mean look at those birds! They look obese! 

Beach Nails

The only thing I liked about this mani was the gradient in the background so I made a tutorial for it :)

1) Start with a base coat

2) Apply a thin coat of white polish and wait for it to completely dry

3) Paint on purple, red and orange stripes on a sponge and slightly blend them

4) Sponge it on your nails 2-3 times

5) Apply a topcoat to smooth it out

6) Clean up around your nail

Some tips to get a perfect gradient:

• Use acrylic paints whenever possible because they blend easily
• If you are using polishes, then wet your sponge before applying the polishes. The water will help them blend.
• Don't press on the dry sponge too many times. Re-apply the colors alternatively.

How do you think it turned out? I think it was pretty good for a spoilt striper :P 

And don't forget to check out Hannah's (TheNailTrail) blog and instagram

L'Oréal Paris Nail polish Review and Swatches

Today I'll be swatching and reviewing 6 of my L'Oréal Paris Polishes - Addictive Plum, Exotic Canaries, Green Couture, Sky Fits Heaven, Rebel Blue and Ingenuous Rose.

L'Oréal Paris nail polishes 

First off I have L'Oréal Paris Addictive Plum

L'Oréal Paris Addictive Plum

This high gloss maroon was such a beautiful polish. So easy to apply and perfect finish in 1 coat! 

It is a little more darker in real life, especially in the shade, so here's a picture of how it looks indoor:

L'Oréal Paris Addictive Plum

Next I have Exotic Canaries.

L'Oréal Paris Exotic Canaries

This is such a perfect yellow! A yellow everybody must have. 

It is completely opaque in 4 coats. Application was really easy and it dries fast so 4 coats didn't seem like much of a hassle.

 Here is a picture showing different coats.

L'Oréal Paris exotic canaries

You can't really tell much of a difference between 3 and 4 in the picture but trust me, 4 coats is way more opaque.

I apply really thin coats, so you if you put them a bit thicker, you might be good in 2-3.

Next up is Green Couture

L'Oréal Paris Green Couture

Totally loved this dark, forest green polish♡

Opaque in 3 coats (2 if you apply it a bit thicker). Smooth and Easy application.

L'Oréal Paris Green Couture

Next in line is Sky Fits Heaven.

L'Oréal Paris Sky Fits Heaven

This was fully opaque in 2 coats, however you can just put on 1 thick coat.

Even one coat wasn't that bad, and it would look opaque in a picture, but you could kind of see the ridges on your nails in real life, so I went with two.

For some reason, I really liked its name. In fact it was my favorite out of the 6

Next is Rebel Blue

L'Oréal Paris Rebel Blue

Oh my God! This polish's application was a dream!! I think I like this even more than Addictive Plum and Sky Fits Heaven.
Also, you see in the picture but this has a slight, subtle shimmer in it. I'm not a big fan of shimmer but I don't mind this ;)


And finally I have Ingenuous Rose

L'Oréal Paris Ingenuous Rose

Isn't this such a pretty pink? One of my favorites! 

It looks like a lovely coral under yellow light.

Opaque in 4 coats

L'Oréal Paris Ingenuous Rose

I have a little nail art on this too ;)

Puppy nails

So these are my swatches of some gorgeous L'Oréal Paris nail polishes.

Which one is your favorite? :)

-Rupali♡

Scooby Doo Nails ♡

@amylovesnewave on Instagram was hosting a 80's themed contest and I was so desperate to take part in it because she had an "intermediate" category. So I googled some 80's cartoons and games because I was born in the 90's and I found a lot of common ones. I listed them down to my 2 favorites - Richie Rich and Scooby Doo. I went with scooby doo because that existed for a longer time and also for some reason I thought that would be easier? This is what I came up with:

I did a water marble too trying to do their background like this one

But it didn't turn out as expected so it just looks like a random water marble on the side haha (I suck at water marbling)

I don't have a lot of pictures of this mani but I've had it on for 4 days! I don't usually wear something for so long(especially if its the weekend) but I really really loved how this turned out because I rarely do any characters on my nails. 

Also when I started making this, it looked kind of gross and I had a feeling I would have to redo it but as I continued making it, thankfully it started taking shape.

After making this I think I'm going to try out more characters because I really enjoyed doing this♡♡

-Rupali♡