Manicured Mom

"Blue & White" - After a long busy Monday, I decided to unwind a bit today by embellishing a plain boring gelicure (gel manicure) with stamping, stones, marble swirling, pearls and matte/gloss top coats. My only complaint is that the polish is more teal than true blue… another lesson learnt on buying polish without having sufficient swatches to refer to. 😔 #sgignails #nailstagram #DIY #Gel #manicure #gelicure #nailart

Party on the toes! #DIY #nails #pedicure #nailpolish #nailart #nailstagram

WHEEE!! We just opened our presents and most of mine were nail polish!! ❤️❤️❤️ I was so overwhelmed when I saw the Ciate advent calendar that I called up the gifter, sobbing about how much I loved it. (How utterly embarrassing.) These are my first bottles of Ciate, and I'm already blown away by the quality of the bottle brush. Many colors I am loving too!! Thank you so so so much @michteo! 😘 The OPI and Color Club are from my 2 boys, while the Sally Hansen Miracle Gel is from Hubs' work associate. She's seen my massive collection and has been gifting me polish every now and then. I've been wanting to try out this new "gel" range that doesn't need a UV lamp and removes with regular acetone! The husband got me a rechargeable LED lamp (with dimmer!) to facilitate manicures outside of my little home office. The lighting is just not precise enough when I do manicures out in the living room. It's not nail polish, but it's definitely related! 😁

Have yourself a minty little Christmas: 2 coats of Face Shop "Apple Mint Yoghurt" over 2 coats of #Essence "That's what I mint". Because I don't particularly feel like going "semi-nude" with the translucent jelly base but I wanted the jelly sandwich look with pastel colored glitter. 😁 If anyone is interested in the Face Shop polish, it's only 2 for $5 in local stores now! I bought the white jelly base "Vanilla Sugar Yoghurt" along with this one. What a steal!! 😆

What a lazy (and busy) woman does to force her manicure into lasting through the weekend: Cover chipped tips a la French manicure using light reflecting holographic polish, then hide (more) minor imperfections with a holographic glitter topper - all in shades of purple and pink. I probably should have tried to cover the nail growth too, but heck, didn't have time. Now comes Monday and it's truly time to trim down the nails and prep them for another manicure. A gel one maybe? #glitter #DIY #manicure #nailpolish #holographic

Fresh stock of #Essence #nailpolish in the house! Pity the local distributors didn't bring in #183 "Be My Lucky Star" and some other nail colors and products, like the peel off gel base coat. Oh well. 😔 At least it fueled some of my #retailtherapy and #stashtherapy 😁

A sponged manicure in two shades of blue to resemble denim… Different variations of an accent nail on each hand (just because), as well as a test to see if I should go glossy (top) or matte (bottom)!

Haphazardly sponged #pink #gradient #manicure another classic example of "good from far, far from good"… No harm done since it won't last past a week anyway. 😁 But look how well it matches my dress! Gradient made up of #OPI "Mod About You", #Essence "free hugs" and "ultimate pink". Accent nail is OPI "The Power Of Pink". Both OPI shades are from the Pink of Hearts 2014 duo for breast cancer awareness. ☺️

Some days when I start without any concept in mind, I end up with mismatched styles, patterns, or worse. You can see I totally changed my mind about the base of the accent nail there. 😝 The only thing that's "artistically cohesive" in this gel manicure is the colour scheme, I guess.

"Stony marble" #nailart done with Saran wrap technique. Ended up with more dark grey than I'd like, but still passable for a first attempt I guess… #nailpolish #addiction #DIY #manicure

I thought the combination of #coral and #gold was pretty sweet… until the firstborn told me it "looks like Chinese New Year"! #nailart #nailpolish #essence #shatterpolish #manicure

My #pedicure stood up for Singapore's #NDP 2 weeks, and it's still surviving… just like our little island! #red #white #nailpolish #nailart

Suddenly I realise how creepy it is that my 2-year-old comes and says:"Mommy! Clean nail polish? Put pink colour?" Are 2yo kids even supposed to know about nail polish, let alone say it?! #BimboTales #nailpolish #LifeOfMoms #MotherDaughter

Matching orange pedicures for us! 😄 [wearing #Essence "Wake Up!"] I'm amazed at how patient & careful she has become through her weekly Friday manicure/pedicure sessions. But come Monday, she would have peeled off most of the colour… #nailpolish #bonding #FamilyTime #SGIG #mother&daughter

Very cute and summery hot pink pedicure! Love the colour. ❤️ Wearing #Essence "Hugs & Kisses" TE in "01 sugar baby love" #nofilter #pink #pedicure #nailpolish

#Gradient & #Greens #toenails #nailart - Sponging technique using #ChinaGlaze and #Essence #nailpolish colours.