Hello everyone! My nails missed you all! Can you imagine how I used to do different nail art designs on a weekly basis? That's almost 50 nail art designs in a year!
Since things has been super busy - very hands on mom, no house help to help me do chores so I cook a lot and work at the same time, doing nail art is a luxury!
Thankful that I have home UV gel KIT from Cathy Kathy to help me create faster and easier nail art designs with no waiting time for drying!
I have been following Nail artists from Korea, Japan and Taiwan. I am envious of their “jelly nails” and wondered how it was done.
With constant research + All thanks to Lazada and Shopee, I was able to purchase Gel Nail Polishes that are meant to have jelly, shiny nails outcome. I also love how they added a new element like Foil and I actually bought gold ones so I actually tried this nail art design for the first time and it took me less than 10 minutes!
I ordered from the Shopee store URSugar and you have several options.
Here’s how mine looks like, I bought option 3 and it came rolled inside a plastic bottle, all you need to do is to cut the right size/piece and press it on top of UNCURED Gel Polish layer and top it with top coat before you cure it together.
The result? I love it! There could be some random sharp edges from the foil, you don’t have to worry, all you need to do is gently file it once the gel polish is completely dry!
I haven’t been doing nail art much when I turned into a mom but things are starting to go back to the usual....well, the nail art and nail polish application but NOT the super crazy nail art designs or complicated ones like my PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY Inspired Nail Art Tutorial Last 2011.
This particular nail art design inspired by the colors of Philippine Flag was done in less than 10 minutes with my inquisitive 8-year old son hovering around grabbing every single polish on my hand asking me: “What shade is this?” Constantly! Hahahahaha
Thankful for Gel Polish as I was able to do everything and not worry about having my nail polish ruined!
The Philippine Flag consists of Blue, Red, Yellow and White.
The National Flag of the Philippines features two equal horizontal bands of blue and red. The blue color stands for peace, justice, sacrifice, and truth. The red color symbolizes bravery, courage, and patriotism. The white triangle represents fraternity, liberty, and equality. The center of the triangle is a golden-yellow sun with eight primary rays, each representing a province At each vertex of the triangle is a five-pointed, golden-yellow star, each of which representing one of the country's three main island groups—Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
I know people are more sensitive nowadays with anyone wearing the Philippine flag as clothing or people are even bashed using the flag as accessory. So I don’t want to make people sensitive about this so I did not draw the Philippine Flag on my nails to respect the flat and its’ people. I used the colors instead. So please...don’t bash me :P
It isn’t perfect as I am being disturbed by my 8-year old son while I was doing this!
For the base, I found a perfect color in Cathy Kathy No Soak Gel Polish in shade 13. I used a gel polish underneath so I don’t need some waiting time to be able to draw on top of it!
If you are a long time follower of Askmewhats’ Blog, you’ll know that Nail Art plays a huge role in my life! I have been doing nail art for so many years and have done various designs!
It stopped when I gave birth to my son and I just find it hard to juggle between motherhood and nails - let’s face it, what’s the point of having cute and beautiful nails when it has to be short all the time for my baby’s safety?
Now that he is older, I am going back to doing nail art because —- you wouldn’t believe what I’m going to say —- My son actually awaits for new nail art! He would say “Mommy, where is your March Nails?”
Obviously, my son is exposed in the “Beauty World” where his mom lives in ! :)
So recently, I was contacted by the brand Cathy Kathy to try out their products without the pressure of posting! They just wanted me to try it while I record it and maybe, let them know if I like the products are not. Without the pressure - plus the products are made in Japan. I said yes because I really want to see how good “home Gel Polish” would be.
I always have my heart on regular polishes with the challenge of wet base while I do my nail art designs! I mean I always prefer the harder and hassle route #NOT :P
After trying out Cathy Kathy Gel Polishes, I COULD be a convert! Could be in a sense that I love how shiny and perfect my nails look! How easy it was to do nail art as the base coat are completely dry! How I can easily continue with my day to day activities without having to worry about smudging my nail polish!
The only downside? The exposure of UV Light! I mean the brand did say it isn’t harsh but I can literally feel the heat whenever I put my fingers inside the UV Lamp!
That is my ONLY CON! But overall, I am saying this for the brand and only brand I used as of the moment - this brand is amazing in a sense that these are SOAK FREE! I dislike Gel Polishes because of bad experience with soaking and removal - my nails were PAPER THIN when it was supposed to be done professionally but they obviously didn’t know what to do!
With that scare, I swore of Gel Polishes forever and this brand changed that! They have Nail Polish Remover that can remove gel polishes with NO SWEAT.
Best of all, I’ve had this nail art for a week now, I cook, wash the dishes and do a lot of stuff and it remained fresh as freshly applied! No Chipping (as long as you apply them well!)
I won’t blab more, watch my quick and easy-to-understand tutorial coming from someone who was literally using this KIT for the VERY FIRST TIME!
Can’t wait to use more of these products and create more art for you guys!
What can you say about my FIRST EVER GEL POLISH applied at home?
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KC Conception is an Actress, TV host, Jewelry Designer and so much more.
I am not surprised when she collaborated with Happy Skin Gel Polish to create her own collection. I mean this girl is a Jane of all Trades!
So I got my hands on the two shades from the limited edition collection. These shades were personally chosen by KC herself inspired by her favorite flower: The Rose.
I created a very simple nail art design inspired from the bottle and the design printed.
I call this Falling Petals.
Step 1:
Apply 2 coats of Beauty. Beauty is a luxurious apricot color, a striking modern nude.
The polish itself gives off high shine. 1 coat is enough to cover your nail base but I always like 2 coats for extra boost of color! Let dry.
Fimo nails started in the AMW household quite early! It was year 2009 when I ordered online and had Mr. AMW manually cut them for me (Read FIMO CLAY HERE)
I've done several nail art designs featuring the Post Cut Fimo Clay here ---
And expect me to share more because, Girlstuff came up with pre-cut Fimo Polymer Clay and they are even cuter than ever! So my nail art design is inspired by the cute clay and Kyle can't get enough of these!
Step 1:
Apply a base coat to protect your nails. Apply 2 coats of Sally Hansen Miracle Gel in shade Tipsy Gypsy.
Haven't gotten the chance to pamper myself for months! So this photo, I tell you, is priceless! Let alone having a foot spa, manicure, pedicure...the most exciting part is trying out Gelish for the first time! YES! GELISH Gel Polish and it's available at Nailaholics!
I'm not sure about you but Nailaholics Nail Salon & Spa is one of my to-go-to nail salon whenever I needed some hands and feet pampering! The nail technicians are super professional and friendly (you just can't imagine what we talked about during this visit!) It is a big news to know that they decided to use only Gelish Soak-off Gel Polish for all its gel manicure services, including gel manicure, pedicure and extensions! That's great news because ever since I started learning about Gel Polishes, Gelish has always been receiving raves from international nail enthusiasts and artists! Aside from that, Adele, Lady Gaga and Khloe Kardashians are also singing praises for this brand..so who am I NOT to try this right?
All thanks to my good friend Joel for inviting me because I am IN DIRE NEED of manicure and pedicure --- these hardworking girls can attest to that!
I have been obsessed with Nail Polishes for the past 2 decades! Yes, I was in-the-know with what's-hot and what's-not for the digits as early as Freshman High! Of course, we weren't allowed to wear polishes back then but I remembered getting really exciting during summer season as I can freely experiment on different shades of polishes on all 10 fingers! (Yes, I tried wearing 10 different colors for 10 fingers!) Who says I am conservative? :P
One of the first polish brand I've tried is Caronia, and I'm happy to say, they are coming up with better colors and BETTER finish! The Caronia Popsicle Collection reminds me so much of my favorite ...uhm.. Popsicle! I may not be off to a beach this summer or enjoy travel with friends like I normally do, that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the heat! How? By adding a pop of color on my n ails!
All four shades are obviously inspired by the shades of summer --- ice cream and happy food! There are 2 glossy finish and 2 matte finish! Tequila Sunrise and Brain Freeze are matte finish while the rest are glossy! I personally love Peach Perfect on days I want to look "chill" while if i want to add a pop of color, I'd go for Brain Freeze!
Dear readers, I'm sure you knew by now how I played a huge role during the launch of Solique By Girl Stuff Gel Polishes.
Yes, I helped out in conceptualizing the Blogger/Media Event and I was even the host during the grand launch!
So you are probably expecting me to tell you just to BUY Solique by Girl Stuff just because it is the greatest Gel Polish on earth right?
Of course I won't! I am still typing this post as the usual AMW --- the ultimate product tester because I believe you guys deserve to know the truth about all the products I've tried and used!
Now let's get started.
Solique by Girlstuff is a Revolutionary formula combining the benefits of polish and gel. For this collection, they came up with 6 gorgeous shades and a Gel Top coat.
Happy Thursday AMW Friends! If you follow me on Instagram, you were probably flooded with my #SoliqueByGirlStuff posts! I'm sorry, I was just extremely excited because I am working again with the brand I wholeheartedly love! GirlStuff Polishes.
You've probably seen my first collaboration with the brand a couple of months ago via GirlStuff Bloggers' Elite Summer Collection and so far, I'm happy with the outcome! Thank you so much to those who bought not only AskMeWhats polish but the rest of the "Blogger" Shades!
When President of JRadiance Corporation, Dra. Janina Tan messaged me to help her out for her Gel Polish launch, I said yes in no time!
So here I was, haggard-looking but still happy! Thanks Mr. AMW for this test shot! I realized I don't have a "formal" photo because I was so busy running around!
Dress: Something Borrowed, Shoes: Zalora
The event was held at Chef Jessie, Rockwell. After all the guests get to have their photos taken, they were ushered to the registration booth to pick their "passport" as a guide on how to enjoy several activities prepared by the brand.