Hello Kitty Easter Nails

At first, I wasn't going to blog about my new nails that I had gotten done for Easter, but eventually, I decided that I was too nitpicky about it.

Below are Easter theme colored nails of light blue, green, yellow, and pink. An added touch is white. All colors are glittered to make it shine a bit more. More plain and less expensive than my previous Hello Kitty nails.

Overall result, I'm a bit unhappy with it, but then again -- it's an experiment style that I am trying for Easter. For next year, I have already found my next Easter inspiration to do and I'm excited to once again try another style.

While my nail pattern is somewhat a ray of whimsy colors, it isn't too bad when light hits it and my fingers shine all over the place. I'm just not in love with the nail art of Hello Kitty. The nail technician didn't make the nose yellow enough because it looks like the character has no nose. Unfortunate, but an experiment fail. At the end, she didn't even ask me if everything was all right -- meaning if I was okay with my nail art. Always at the end of the session, all nail technicians have checked with me if there was any problem. At the end, I decided to choose a favorite technician and stick with that person when coming to get my nails done. 

I was aiming for a different nail style than just all glitter nails. It's similar to the glitter style, but more of a textured tone to it. Another thing is that the nail technician didn't want to mix colors to create a lighter Easter effect. The only option similar to the style that I wanted had to use glitter. 

I guess if you're designing nails for your career, wouldn't you expect that they can create really cute 3D nail art characters?

At least now that I can cross off Easter nails on my bucket list for Hello Kitty. Eventually, I'll make my way to other Sanrio characters for Easter. What do you think of this style? Do you like?

Halloween Nails

I wasn't planning on having my nails done for Halloween this year. It all started with a simple design from a talented nail artist from Kawaii Nails in Tustin, California. When I first saw the picture on Instagram, I thought it was a perfect yet simple design for Halloween.

I have always wanted to have my nails painted all black and it felt like perfect timing for a spooky season in October. 

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Magic in progress

When I get fascinated by a simple design, I won't be able to stop thinking about it. While I was making an appointment with my favorite nail artist at Marie Nails in Koreatown, I just knew I had to have that nail design replicated.

Spooky yet glamour fun

And I did just that -- my nails are black and ready to celebrate Halloween. Mika did an excellent job as usual. The details that Mika added are exquisite. When my hands move, my eye catches a glimmer of shine. The black matted nails match perfectly with the zombie and skeleton Hello Kitty art. Simple but fun. 

Having my nails done makes me get into the spirit of the holidays even more. I feel ready to head on to the end of the year and face a new beginning. I'm looking forward to next year's Halloween nail design to try out.

Happy Halloween!

HK Con Diary 2014

As it gets closer and closer to the first ever Hello Kitty convention, I have been preparing and planning out my two kittified outfits for the last few months. I didn't need to buy anything extra for my Thursday outfit because I had the clothes and accessories already in my Closet. 

What I needed to plan out and purchase was mainly for my Halloween outfit and of course, my Hello Kitty nails.

I love how it turned out 

Since I wanted my nails to be done by a talented nail salon, I found that Marie Nails in Los Angeles to have an excellent reputation for creating lovely nails. The nail salon is Japanese owned and their nail techs are very talented Japanese artists. With a nail salon picked out, I made my appointment three months in advance. 

The result for my nails was very kawaii-meets-sophistication. I am a simple girl and love simplicity the best. As I type this blog post, I am fascinated with how very cute my nails are as my fingers are spread out on the keyboard. With both hands, the Hello Kitty face on each hand seems to be winking up at me as it blends nicely with the other white colored nails. I like the very fact that my nails are not overly done, but has that simple touch of kawaii-ness.  

This being my first time to have my nails done in a nail salon, I plan to get a more detailed nail art design for my next visit. I am not sure if I'll go with a Hello Kitty theme again or a Sanrio-fied theme.

After getting my nails done, I kept asking myself why I don't get my nails done more often by professional artists. I really should...