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Crackle Nail Polish

Posted on December 17, 2011 | 5 comments

Few days ago, I commented on my colleague on her new manicure. It looked really nice with a sliver and pink cracking design. I had seen something similar before but what surprised me was her response that she did those designs herself. She said she used cracking nail polish.

So I went to my best friend Google and searched for information on the polish. I found Sally Hasen Crackle as one of many options available in the market. So when I went to the mall yesterday, I bought Sally Hasen Crackle Silver Overcoat and tried that over my peach colour nail polish. As it was my first attempt I tried a few different methods and am writing down the process in case you want to do it too.

  • First use the base coat for the polish as normal. I apply two coats so it works well with the top coat. It is best to use contrasting colour so the cracks stands out. I used bright peach as it is summer here.
  • Let the top coat to dry completely. Have patience otherwise you may need to do the whole process again which is very time consuming.
  • Once the base is 100% dry, apply a thin coat of the Crackle Overcoat. If you apply too think coat, there will be less cracks so it is best to have a light hand. Now let it dry naturally.
  • You will see as the Crackle Overcoat dries out, it will start to crack making really nice patterns.
  • Now apply a clear over coat to make it last longer.

I will be buying different colours next time to try out. Let me know if you have tried a different company’s crackle nail polish and how the results are.

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Prabal Gurung : A Fashion designer from Nepal

Posted on November 22, 2011 | 14 comments

It is always so good to see anyone from Nepal doing well in an international level and I am so glad to see Prabal Gurung in the international fashion arena.

I saw his designs on Michelle Obama, Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana and Oprah Winfrey. I just love him and his creations.

Here is the excerpt from his website introducing him.

 “Gurung was born in Singapore and raised in Kathmandu,Nepal. It was in New Delhi,India that his design career truly began. While studying at New Delhi’s National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gurung freelanced at several production and fashion houses and apprenticed with Manish Arora. His travels took him to Melbourne and London, where he assisted stylists for various fashion shows and editorials at international publications. In 1999, Gurung moved to New York City. He began his career in New York interning for Donna Karan while attending Parsons School of Design. In his first year, he was awarded the “Best Designer” title at the annual Parsons /FITdesign competition.

After Parsons, Gurung spent two years with Cynthia Rowley’s design and production team, which allowed him to gain even more invaluable experience within the fashion industry. Soon after, he was appointed design director at the iconic Bill Blass. After five successful years, Gurung left his post at Blass to launch his own collection, PRABAL GURUNG.”

Look at his collection from Spring 2012 collect here . They are so amazing and beautiful. No wonder so many celebrities loves his collection.

 

Sarah Jessica Parker  was in Australia recently and she wore Prabal Gurung. It was just beautiful.

 He is also the goodwill ambassador for Maiti Nepal .  This is what he told ekantipur about his association, “A society free from human trafficking is possible and we must realise that it is our responsibility to make this world a better place for all mankind. By simply stating our desire, we sow the seeds of great change,”

 Best wishes for all the good work.

 Sources

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Black nail polish

Posted on November 9, 2011 | 6 comments

I was talking to one of my older relatives a while ago regarding how my Dashain went. She told me that she saw my Dashain photos in Facebook and really liked the fact that I was traditional and wore sari while doing Puja and even made an effort to grow Jamara. She was happy that I was holding on to my Nepali roots. Then she said everything was perfect but…

I wasn’t sure what was coming next but she said, “Everything was perfect but you were wearing a black nail polish. Red would have been 100% perfect.”

Seriously I didn’t even notice what nail polish I was wearing until I talked with her.  I know I was wearing a Red sari and all the traditional jewellery but it didn’t occur to me to change my polish according to my sari.

Anyway I love black nail polish. I have been wearing them for a decade now. I find is easy to maintain and goes with everything I wear. I have never have Goth look but I find it looks great with short filed nails. And these days there are so many companies that are doing black nail polish with different shade and glitters. I had Chanel black nail polish which was the best so far as it was used to last so long that I didn’t have to maintain for weeks.

Different people have their own opinion on black nail polish. Few years ago, one of my male friends told me that if you see a girl with black nail polish in a night club it means that the girl is ready to mingle. Then I have few friends who see black nail polis as bad omen but for me I like the way it looks on my hand.

I am definitely not wearing the polish to mingle with anyone nor do I believe in bad omens. I know we have all seen them on witches or vampires in horror movie but that is just movies. After all, we haven’t stopped eating apple pie after watch American pie!

I have seen lots of celebrities wearing black polish and in every fashion magazine I have read, they think black polish are so in so I don’t care what people say I am not going to give up on my black nail polish. Also I think 100% perfect is boring, you need to have

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My love for shoes

Posted on November 3, 2011 | 15 comments

After we got engaged, and AS was coming here, he went to see my parents. One of the things my mum warned him about was how many pairs of shoes I have. I know it’s funny, out of all the things my mum could have said to him; she remembered to mention my shoes.

Every time my parents visit me here in Sydney, I try to clean up my wardrobe and the shoe racks. So my mum hasn’t actually seen all my shoes but she still thinks I have too many of them.

I might be highly inspired by character like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City or Rebecca Bloomwood from Confessions of a Shopaholic but I know I live in the real world. I don’t have 100s of pairs of Jimmy Choos or Manolo-Blahniks. Neither will I buy the latest issue of Vogue instead of buying dinner, max out my credit card while shopping or become a shoe lady .But I just love shoes.

I think I started buying lots of shoes when I started wearing dresses. I thought it would be cool to have matching shoes and handbag like in the movies. So every time I go shopping I buy a pair or two. Thus started my shoe collection.

Once I started going on holidays overseas, my collection boomed. When I went to the US, I saw that all the shoes we buy here were 50% or even cheaper in the US so I had to buy as much as I could carry. And it was the same with my holidays to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Nepal.

I love going through the shoe sections of a magaine and checking out what is on this season. The best part is to see a shoe similar to mine in the magazine.

I had never counted the number of shoes in my collection. When we were moving the last time, AS was really curious as to how many pair of shoes I owned so he stared counting them but he stopped when it reached 100. He said “I give up now!”. So now I know that I own more than 100 pairs of shoes.

I own all types of shoes: High Heels, Ballet Flats, Wedges, Ankle Boots, Tall Boots , Open Toe Dress Heels, Low Heel Pumps, Summer Sandals, Evening Shoes, T-straps, Ankle-Straps, Sneakers and even Sports Shoes for workouts. I have shoes in every color of the rainbow and even shades in between.

It really feels good when I open my shoe rack and find the shoes that goes perfectly with my outfit. That always makes me smile.

I think I will never stop buying shoes as there will always be new models and new styles on the market but I have slowed down a bit after my wedding.

If you have watched the movie Sex and the City and remember the scene where Mr Big takes Carrie to their new penthouse and shows her the new walk-in wardrobe, that’s the moment my heart nearly stopped because that is exactly what I want. To have a walk-in wardrobe with one whole wall just for my shoes.

 I hope one day my dream will come true.

Till then – “If the shoe fits… buy it in every color.”

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