Summer Edge

It's insanely hot these days. Sometimes as I head back for the office post-lunch, I can literally feel my eyeballs boiling inside-out.

So I made some new nails! A close friend asked me how I managed to keep changing the nails. The answer is Youtube, filled with cute videos to inspire you. I'm not exactly showing you girls a good tutorial here, but most importantly if I can paint these nails so can you! It's not difficult, and practice is the key. And I will keep on adding to the palette for you to get inspired.

Summer nails for the summer days. Colorful, simple and sweet.



Initially I wanted to do a simple gloss French Tip. But, it was really boring, with the shimmery nude base and white tip. So I colored it, and unable to single out one color, I took on four shades.

Things you need:
- Deep blue, Sunny Yellow, Orangey from FaceShop
- Jade Green from Etude House
- Shimmery nude from FaceShop
- Base and Top Coat of your choice
- White from Chatmignon

Beauty Regime:
1. As always, prep nails with a good base coat
2. Fill in the nails with shimmery nude
3. Using white, sketch out a rough line on your nails of where the stripes begin
4. Mentally divide each nail into four lanes
5. Take one of the colors, and fill in the stripes at random lanes on every nail
6. Do the same for the other colors for all nails
7. When it has dried, finish it with a good top coat



And you're done!

For people with shorter nails - you can do it too!
I swim twice every week and I soon realize that the chlorine damages my nails extensively. Imagine if I didn't have the polish on, my nails will be inevitably brittle. It started eating into the edge:



I trimmed them all! It still looked great, so short nails can use this look too! :) For swimmers, always always have your top coat refreshed every few days!