French Manicure Ruby Deer and Where's the Soiree

Hello dear readers, welcome!

My last post was on how much I love ruby deer from China Glaze, a lovely sexy striking red creme, but the sad fact that it chips faster than, well, you can say chip.

So I did a french manicure with it because I wasn't ready to take it off, nope! Lovely red makes me feel happy! Here's how I improvised it with Color Club's Where's the Soiree, a black creme opaque in just 1 coat! Awesome!

Where's the soiree from Color Club

A red and black french manicure! Sexy and mysterious, no? Somehow it's just pull in all the right directions. I love how the starkness of the color compliment each other. Both are colors, a red and a black, and it just goes so well together, it just spells out confident, no? A I-know-what-I'm-doing look.

Modern Red and Black French Manicure: China Glaze Ruby Deer  and Color Club Where's The Soiree

Sorry for the little hiccups in the tips, I'm kinda clumsy, but I guessed you've already known it by now.

Modern Red and Black French Manicure: China Glaze Ruby Deer  and Color Club Where's The Soiree

I hope you dear readers love it, and would like to try out this look some time. Till then, cheers!

China Glaze Refresh Mint French Manicure

I've been pretty rough with my fingers these few days, so arghhhh.... I got some tip wear and small chips on my forefinger especially, and on my left hand too! But I like this color too much to take it off, so I made some changes to extend the life of my mani.

China Glaze Refresh Mint, Tips OPI Alpine Snow

Haha... yeaps~ french tips. I saw it somewhere on the web, can't remember where exactly though, but it was so so sweet with the milky green and pure white tips, that I copied it too. It's so nice! I don't have to change my manicure for the chips on my tips anymore~

I used the little french tips stickers to do this. 

But I tried to konad with M19, the french manicure plate on my right hand. It didn't turn out too well. Ah well, maybe next time. 

Using the french tips will make the tips feel much thicker, whereas if you stamp it, it's actually pretty smooth and natural, so I would really love to master stamping french tips with konad plates.

I used seche vite to smoothen my nails, but I used the Konad Top Coat on the forefinger in the photo, and look what it did! It bubbles like craaaaazy! Argh.... my smooth manicure bubbles and now it looks like the surface of the moon. NOT cool. I'm gonna avoid using the Konad Top Coat even though I've still about 90% left. Such a waste!

French Manicure Bubble Bath and Alpine Snow

I love love love traditional french manicures, but I know some think it's boring... but it's so clean, and crisp and nice... and so damn hard to do!

I have no artistic genes in me. Yeah, my mom's an artist and all that but I just can't draw. It's not in me. I can't draw a straight line without a ruler. I cant draw a flower without looking crooked... somehow. So.. french manicure IS rocket science... to me.

But I did one. :D
Recently. Be nice. Please.

Before and After French Manicure

I used them little strips of french manicure tapes for painting my french tips. Free hand is totally out of the question. Are you kidding me??? Freehand? 

My Final Product of French Manicure

French Manicure with Bubble bath and Alpine Snow + Poshe top coat

I did contemplate to buy OPI bubble bath or not. But I'm glad I did! :D

Application of Bubble bath is smooth, formula is kinda watery, but I like it!

I know there are two versions of Bubble bath running around, but I must have gotten the pink version, but I like it! It makes my nails look so natural and healthy! Yes yes, it's boring, but it's nice... I think. :D

Alpine Snow is OK, no biggie there. Just something to paint my french tips with. Opaque and a little thick, but it's white. I'm not gonna ask too much from it. Plus, it's only on like.. less than 20% of my nails, I'm not gonna be too hard on it.

OPI Alpine Snow (l); OPI Bubble Bath (r)

And they shall live happily ever after

I'm gonna marry them and they are going to live happily every after. Well... maybe Alpine snow is going to be paired with others, but these two are the perfect mate! 

OPI My Daddy's The King

 My favourite of the lot from my last haul, OPI's My Daddy is the KING.
Haha... it's true that what work for others might not work for you.
This has gotten pretty bad rating in the MUA, but I just love love love it.


OPI My daddy's the king has been released for a long time, and has been discontinued. I must be one of the last few lucky ones to get it.

OPI My daddy's the king

 This hasn't been on my list, but since the seller ran out of Malaysian Mist, I thought I'd give MDTK a try.
It's a lovely peach which looks so girly and a little bit of pearly sheen which is very very subtle. It makes me think of laces and ribbons.

OPI My daddy's the King

I got an idea from Polishhoarderdisorder, link http://polishhoarderdisorder.blogspot.com/2009/11/bubble-bath-bouquet.html

She is such an expert in Konad-ing, and she used OPI's bubble bath and the pattern below. I'm such a noob compared to her. Gosh, my skin must be inches thick to post my own pic up.

Konad plate M40 with OPI MDTK

This is a sort of french manicure, but instead of using the normal white tip, I used the flower pattern on Konad M40 for the tip. It's definitely sweet and girly and I've gotten tons of compliment on it. You should try it too. Credits to polishhoarderdisorder.com. Her ideas are really great!