Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Hey Hey! It's a Giveaway!

Giveaway is Closed


Ive been absent a lot lately. I find that to be truly unfortunate because I love blogging here. Its such a great place and the blogging community really has been welcoming. And now Ive hit a little milestone in my blogging life: 50 (well 51 now!) followers!

As a little thank you for being awesome even when I become a slacker, I am hosting my very first giveaway :D



There it is!
Prize includes....


  • Color Club in Resort to Red
  • Color Club in Red Velvet
  • Color Club in Covered in Diamonds
  • Color Club in Ms. Hautie






  • Sinful Colors in St. Thomas
  • Sinful Colors in Let's Meet
  • Zoya in Roxy
  • Sally Hansen in Blazing Blue







Alright, now to the rules and all that jazz.
  • You must be a follower. New followers welcome :)
  • You must give me your email address
  • The giveaway ends February 18th at 6pm Eastern Time
  • The giveaway is open internationally
Entries...
    • name and email count as 1 entry
    • first 51 followers get an extra entry ^_^
    • sharing the giveaway on blogger or any other blogging community (tumblr, livejournal, wordpress, ect...) earns you an extra entry for each
    • tell me what you want to see more of on Asa Nisi Masa Nail Spot for 1 more entry
    • I am twitter-less so I cant accept tweets. Sorry... Maybe one day Ill get one...
    • The winner will be announced on my blog and will receive an email. They have 48 hours to confirm, after that another winner will be picked.

    OK. I think that's all.... Now fill out the form below to enter! 


    Monday, January 17, 2011

    Candy Nails (and unexpected glitter)

    its a cold and rainy night here in South Carolina, well colder than what I wish it were, so to cheer up the mood  I have for you: Candy Nails!!

    Kind of. They remind me of candy. Maybe theyll remind you of something else?

    Please excuse the "glitter fingers". We all know how much of a pain Glitter removal is >_<

    Just a little swatch of LuciDarling Tender Mint. It has a really nice shimmer that I cant resist!


    Candy Nails!
    Etude House in Tender Mint
    Petites Color Fever in Fiji
    Sally Hansen in Lively Lilac
    Zoya in Demi
    The lines are not very nice close up. For some reason, my hands were shaking like crazy! eh well, it looked nice from a not so zoomed distance :D

    Now on to the unexpected glitter...

    in my Etude House swatch post I showed you this little thingy:
    if the spoons look familiar, its because I used the empty side of the Zoya color Palette >_>
    The second polish from the left is simply called Black, but as you can see it has some nice green/teal glitter flecks
    I left this laying on my desk, and when I walked by it one morning, I noticed something else.
    not only  does it have green flecks, it also has purple!

    This sadly named Black polish is a lot more exciting than its name would make you believe.
    Can you guess what Ill be wearing next?

    Until next time ^_^

    Wednesday, January 12, 2011

    Circles and Cells

    This mani was created out of boredom during my holiday break. I had been wearing BB Couture's Michael which held up like a beast! this color hardly chips, it's ridiculous! Michael is a very pretty purple with blue shimmer, but after 2 days of him, I needed a change. It's not him, it's me... >_>

    So out came the Konad!





    BB couture in Michael
    Chameleon in Calypso
    Etude House in Fantastic Heart Topcoat


    Turns out Calypso makes a neat stamping color. Subtle but pretty :D 
    And the BM stamp kind of reminds me of the cells we had to draw in Bio class

    Until next time ^_^

    Saturday, January 8, 2011

    Because Zoya is awesome

    I decided to do a mani using a couple of my favorite Zoya colors in celebration of the amazing promotion they  had this week ^_^ 3 free bottles of good quality polish of my choice? beyond awesome!

    I used a trick from Chloe's Nails that she called the shredded mani. Click on the link to see how to do it for yourself. It really is super easy!





    Zoya in Charla
    Zoya in Ibiza

    If you have ever seen Charla for yourself, than you know that this picture does not do it justice. It is simply amazing. A foiley blue base with green micro glitter creates polish perfection.
    Ibiza, though not as fancy, is a remarkable navy creme.

    So there you go! A thanks to Zoya for their amazing promotion. I can't wait to get my stuff in the mail!

    Until next time ^_^

    Tuesday, January 4, 2011

    Black Holo Goodness!

    Hello all

    Today I have a simple little mani to show off my new black holo from Etude House



    The color was so shiny and shimmery that I didnt really want to cover it up so I just added some silver swirly stamps



    Etude House Black Glam
    Sally Hansen Celeb City

    The only downside to this color is how weirdly it dried... It was very matte and bumpy...
    Took about 3 coats of Seche Vite to get this result
    in the end however, I do like Black Glam. It's a lot more holoey than my Petites Color Fever which is what I was hoping for! Maybe one day I can get my hands on My Private Jet *_*

    Until next time ^_^

    Friday, December 17, 2010

    Smudgy Gradation

    In the past I have mostly done gradients that used colors of the same family  because its a lot easier... So I decided to try it with 2 completely different colors, purple and green. Blending was a little hard so I decided to smudge the line with some Out The Door which worked great! I just glopped a ball of Out The Door on the middle of the nail and used the brush to blend the 2 colors together.



    Etude House in Beach Green
    Etude House in Plum Chou
    Etude House in Heart topcoat

    Topped the whole shebang with some glittery topcoat (with hearts) and tadah!

    Until next time ^_^

    Monday, December 13, 2010

    Etude House Polish

    Etude House is a Korean brand cosmetic company. One of their spokesperson is Lee Min Ho, gorgeous actor from Boys Over Flowers ^_^


    I have been wanting Etude House polishes since the first time I laid eyes on them on a friend's Facebook page.
    The bottle is so cute and the colors available are actually really interesting!
    So I arranged a swap with a wonderful person in Singapore who had access to this brand.

    There they are!

    Dear Darling Nails Bling Bling collection
    Black Glam, Black, and Spangle Purple

    Peach blush and Strawberry blush


    LuciDarling Collection
    Tender Mint, Ruby Purple, and Mint


    Petite Darling Nails HD Beam and High Heel Pedicure (white cap)
    Plum Chou, Beach Green, Fantastic Heart PealTop coat
    I have no idea what the blue one is called. It was a gift from the the swapper :D

    Out of the 12 I have tried 8 of them and I have found the formula to be quite good. The cremes are opaque in  2 coats and they are neither think nor runny. Glitters are amazing! The black glam required about 3 coats of topcoat before it became shiny, but the color only took 2 coats to be opaque.

    The LuciDarling collection is by far my favorite. The mint colors have this amazing shimmer to them and the ruby purple has cute silver stars and hexes


    Here is a quick swatch of some of them. Expect to see the rest of the colors pop up soon!
    Glam Black, Black, Peach Blush, Strawberry Blush, Purple Spangle, Purple Ruby
    as always, you can click on the picture to make it bigger! :D

    I am getting more Etudes at the end of the month because I am so pleased with these. The colors are so unique and the pretty bottles are too awesome to pass up!

    you can get these from directly from Etude House USA for around $4 to $7 a bottle
    you can also get these on ebay from rubyruby76  for $1 to $8 a bottle. I have never purchased polish from her but I did get some BB creams. She ships directly from S. Korea but she is very prompt and very nice.

    Thursday, December 9, 2010

    Classy Stripes

    Black and white stripes are amazing. I wear them all the time. Black and white in general is usually a win.

    Here is my stripey black and white mani!



    Sally Hansen in White out
    NYX in Black
    Sally Hansen in Celeb City
    Stripe Rite in White
    Art Deco in Black and in Silver

    So classes are out for winter break! woooo! which means I will have more time to do  my nails and upload what Ive got :)

    Until next time ^_^

    Wednesday, December 8, 2010

    Purple Mani

    I have a lot of purple nail polish. Mostly because I like purple so much :)
    So I got out all of my purple shades and glitters and made a purple mani!

    These pics are from the day after I did it so some colors (Chameleon for example) started to chip. Also after I broke my index nail changing the trash in the Rat-Cave
     :(


    from left to right
    China Glaze in Agent Lavender with Jesse's Girl in Confetti
    Color Club in Pucci-Licious with Stripe Rite in White
    Hard Candy in Beetle layered over black
    OPI suede in Lincoln Park After Dark with BM10
    Sally Hansen in Lively Lilac with BM19
    ...
    China Glaze in Agent lavender with LA Colors in neon purple
    LA Splash in Sparkling Fushia
    Color Club Pucci-Licious with BM20
    Chameleon in Calypso
    LA Colors in neon purple


    I ended up covering my right hand thumb in OPI Sparkle-Icious....

    Until next time ^_^

    Monday, December 6, 2010

    Exam break :)

    Im taking a break from finals so I decided to post a quick picture of some nails I did earlier. Nothing fancy, I just wanted to try out this holo looking black I got. Not so very holo after all, but it was pretty shimmery!


    Petites Color Fever in Black Diamonds
    Petites Color Fever in Fiji
    OPI Suede in Lincoln Park After Dark

    I will be back with more posts as soon as finals are over. Ive got some pretty neat things to show you, like my new Etude House polishes!! :D

    Until next time ^_^

    Tuesday, January 25, 2011

    Hey Hey! It's a Giveaway!

    Giveaway is Closed


    Ive been absent a lot lately. I find that to be truly unfortunate because I love blogging here. Its such a great place and the blogging community really has been welcoming. And now Ive hit a little milestone in my blogging life: 50 (well 51 now!) followers!

    As a little thank you for being awesome even when I become a slacker, I am hosting my very first giveaway :D



    There it is!
    Prize includes....


    • Color Club in Resort to Red
    • Color Club in Red Velvet
    • Color Club in Covered in Diamonds
    • Color Club in Ms. Hautie






    • Sinful Colors in St. Thomas
    • Sinful Colors in Let's Meet
    • Zoya in Roxy
    • Sally Hansen in Blazing Blue







    Alright, now to the rules and all that jazz.
    • You must be a follower. New followers welcome :)
    • You must give me your email address
    • The giveaway ends February 18th at 6pm Eastern Time
    • The giveaway is open internationally
    Entries...
      • name and email count as 1 entry
      • first 51 followers get an extra entry ^_^
      • sharing the giveaway on blogger or any other blogging community (tumblr, livejournal, wordpress, ect...) earns you an extra entry for each
      • tell me what you want to see more of on Asa Nisi Masa Nail Spot for 1 more entry
      • I am twitter-less so I cant accept tweets. Sorry... Maybe one day Ill get one...
      • The winner will be announced on my blog and will receive an email. They have 48 hours to confirm, after that another winner will be picked.

      OK. I think that's all.... Now fill out the form below to enter! 


      Monday, January 17, 2011

      Candy Nails (and unexpected glitter)

      its a cold and rainy night here in South Carolina, well colder than what I wish it were, so to cheer up the mood  I have for you: Candy Nails!!

      Kind of. They remind me of candy. Maybe theyll remind you of something else?

      Please excuse the "glitter fingers". We all know how much of a pain Glitter removal is >_<

      Just a little swatch of LuciDarling Tender Mint. It has a really nice shimmer that I cant resist!


      Candy Nails!
      Etude House in Tender Mint
      Petites Color Fever in Fiji
      Sally Hansen in Lively Lilac
      Zoya in Demi
      The lines are not very nice close up. For some reason, my hands were shaking like crazy! eh well, it looked nice from a not so zoomed distance :D

      Now on to the unexpected glitter...

      in my Etude House swatch post I showed you this little thingy:
      if the spoons look familiar, its because I used the empty side of the Zoya color Palette >_>
      The second polish from the left is simply called Black, but as you can see it has some nice green/teal glitter flecks
      I left this laying on my desk, and when I walked by it one morning, I noticed something else.
      not only  does it have green flecks, it also has purple!

      This sadly named Black polish is a lot more exciting than its name would make you believe.
      Can you guess what Ill be wearing next?

      Until next time ^_^

      Wednesday, January 12, 2011

      Circles and Cells

      This mani was created out of boredom during my holiday break. I had been wearing BB Couture's Michael which held up like a beast! this color hardly chips, it's ridiculous! Michael is a very pretty purple with blue shimmer, but after 2 days of him, I needed a change. It's not him, it's me... >_>

      So out came the Konad!





      BB couture in Michael
      Chameleon in Calypso
      Etude House in Fantastic Heart Topcoat


      Turns out Calypso makes a neat stamping color. Subtle but pretty :D 
      And the BM stamp kind of reminds me of the cells we had to draw in Bio class

      Until next time ^_^

      Saturday, January 8, 2011

      Because Zoya is awesome

      I decided to do a mani using a couple of my favorite Zoya colors in celebration of the amazing promotion they  had this week ^_^ 3 free bottles of good quality polish of my choice? beyond awesome!

      I used a trick from Chloe's Nails that she called the shredded mani. Click on the link to see how to do it for yourself. It really is super easy!





      Zoya in Charla
      Zoya in Ibiza

      If you have ever seen Charla for yourself, than you know that this picture does not do it justice. It is simply amazing. A foiley blue base with green micro glitter creates polish perfection.
      Ibiza, though not as fancy, is a remarkable navy creme.

      So there you go! A thanks to Zoya for their amazing promotion. I can't wait to get my stuff in the mail!

      Until next time ^_^

      Tuesday, January 4, 2011

      Black Holo Goodness!

      Hello all

      Today I have a simple little mani to show off my new black holo from Etude House



      The color was so shiny and shimmery that I didnt really want to cover it up so I just added some silver swirly stamps



      Etude House Black Glam
      Sally Hansen Celeb City

      The only downside to this color is how weirdly it dried... It was very matte and bumpy...
      Took about 3 coats of Seche Vite to get this result
      in the end however, I do like Black Glam. It's a lot more holoey than my Petites Color Fever which is what I was hoping for! Maybe one day I can get my hands on My Private Jet *_*

      Until next time ^_^

      Friday, December 17, 2010

      Smudgy Gradation

      In the past I have mostly done gradients that used colors of the same family  because its a lot easier... So I decided to try it with 2 completely different colors, purple and green. Blending was a little hard so I decided to smudge the line with some Out The Door which worked great! I just glopped a ball of Out The Door on the middle of the nail and used the brush to blend the 2 colors together.



      Etude House in Beach Green
      Etude House in Plum Chou
      Etude House in Heart topcoat

      Topped the whole shebang with some glittery topcoat (with hearts) and tadah!

      Until next time ^_^

      Monday, December 13, 2010

      Etude House Polish

      Etude House is a Korean brand cosmetic company. One of their spokesperson is Lee Min Ho, gorgeous actor from Boys Over Flowers ^_^


      I have been wanting Etude House polishes since the first time I laid eyes on them on a friend's Facebook page.
      The bottle is so cute and the colors available are actually really interesting!
      So I arranged a swap with a wonderful person in Singapore who had access to this brand.

      There they are!

      Dear Darling Nails Bling Bling collection
      Black Glam, Black, and Spangle Purple

      Peach blush and Strawberry blush


      LuciDarling Collection
      Tender Mint, Ruby Purple, and Mint


      Petite Darling Nails HD Beam and High Heel Pedicure (white cap)
      Plum Chou, Beach Green, Fantastic Heart PealTop coat
      I have no idea what the blue one is called. It was a gift from the the swapper :D

      Out of the 12 I have tried 8 of them and I have found the formula to be quite good. The cremes are opaque in  2 coats and they are neither think nor runny. Glitters are amazing! The black glam required about 3 coats of topcoat before it became shiny, but the color only took 2 coats to be opaque.

      The LuciDarling collection is by far my favorite. The mint colors have this amazing shimmer to them and the ruby purple has cute silver stars and hexes


      Here is a quick swatch of some of them. Expect to see the rest of the colors pop up soon!
      Glam Black, Black, Peach Blush, Strawberry Blush, Purple Spangle, Purple Ruby
      as always, you can click on the picture to make it bigger! :D

      I am getting more Etudes at the end of the month because I am so pleased with these. The colors are so unique and the pretty bottles are too awesome to pass up!

      you can get these from directly from Etude House USA for around $4 to $7 a bottle
      you can also get these on ebay from rubyruby76  for $1 to $8 a bottle. I have never purchased polish from her but I did get some BB creams. She ships directly from S. Korea but she is very prompt and very nice.

      Thursday, December 9, 2010

      Classy Stripes

      Black and white stripes are amazing. I wear them all the time. Black and white in general is usually a win.

      Here is my stripey black and white mani!



      Sally Hansen in White out
      NYX in Black
      Sally Hansen in Celeb City
      Stripe Rite in White
      Art Deco in Black and in Silver

      So classes are out for winter break! woooo! which means I will have more time to do  my nails and upload what Ive got :)

      Until next time ^_^

      Wednesday, December 8, 2010

      Purple Mani

      I have a lot of purple nail polish. Mostly because I like purple so much :)
      So I got out all of my purple shades and glitters and made a purple mani!

      These pics are from the day after I did it so some colors (Chameleon for example) started to chip. Also after I broke my index nail changing the trash in the Rat-Cave
       :(


      from left to right
      China Glaze in Agent Lavender with Jesse's Girl in Confetti
      Color Club in Pucci-Licious with Stripe Rite in White
      Hard Candy in Beetle layered over black
      OPI suede in Lincoln Park After Dark with BM10
      Sally Hansen in Lively Lilac with BM19
      ...
      China Glaze in Agent lavender with LA Colors in neon purple
      LA Splash in Sparkling Fushia
      Color Club Pucci-Licious with BM20
      Chameleon in Calypso
      LA Colors in neon purple


      I ended up covering my right hand thumb in OPI Sparkle-Icious....

      Until next time ^_^

      Monday, December 6, 2010

      Exam break :)

      Im taking a break from finals so I decided to post a quick picture of some nails I did earlier. Nothing fancy, I just wanted to try out this holo looking black I got. Not so very holo after all, but it was pretty shimmery!


      Petites Color Fever in Black Diamonds
      Petites Color Fever in Fiji
      OPI Suede in Lincoln Park After Dark

      I will be back with more posts as soon as finals are over. Ive got some pretty neat things to show you, like my new Etude House polishes!! :D

      Until next time ^_^