Manicure Monday: Cookie Monster Nom Nom Nom

Hello Monday everyone! Hope y'all had a great weekend. Now are we ready to take on the week? Let's go! :P

Something rare, absolutely rare happened to Arizona today. We broke the record (within our state) of most rainfall within a day! From my room, I first heard the rain at around 1:45-ish AM, I went out to check outside at 5 and the streets out front were flooded. FLOODED! That NEVER happens in my area. By morning when I watch the early news, it had been reported that we received 5 inches of rain in just a few hours. That, is insane! Although it isn't falling at the moment, we are to expect more rain falls before the day is over. That's fine, just please... no more black outs! :|

Two weeks ago, a follower on Instagram requested I do "cookies" on my nails. Unfortunately, last week wasn't the best week of my life, and I was in no mood to do anything special. I do feel better this week and I should fulfill my promise to that follower. :)

What's cookie nails without our favorite monster that loves to feast on cookies? Cookie nails for Cookie Monster to nom nom nom on!!

Sinful Colors Nail Color in Nirvana
Sinful Colors Nail Color in Endless Blue

Wet N Wild Mega Shine Nail Color in Black Creme
NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel in French White Tip

Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat

I started off by applying a top coat to my nails to protect and strengthen my real nails. This will prevent my nails from being stained by the dark nail colors.

I started off by applying Endless Blue to my thumbs in one thick coat. This Sinful Colors Nail Color is very pigmented and applies evenly, one thick coat will be enough.

I used Nirvana on the rest of my nails, creating cookie shapes. I alternated the designs, one full nail, one half. On my index finger, I decided to create a cookie that's been bitten into. After the first coat is completely dried, I applied another layer, this time, a thin coat. Immediately after, I took a damp beauty sponge and started stippling the wet nail color. I wanted some texture to my "cookies".

After everything has been dried, I used a dotting tool to create black dots for the chocolate chips. Try to not make it to a perfect circle, because obviously chocolate chips melt to irregular shapes.

As a final step, I went back to the damp sponge, picked up some Nirvana and lightly stippled it over the chocolate chip. You don't have to make it even, just a few stipple here and there. 

As for our little Cookie Monster, I used the brush of the black nail color to create his mouth. I used the biggest dotting took I own to create his eyes. After the white is dried, use a smaller dotting tool to dot his googly eyes. 

For extra details, I use some other dotting tool with Nirvana on it to make cookie crumbs.

Please keep in mind that you can substitute dotting tools with you do not own them, a toothpick, bobby pins are all great substitute. 

Thaaaaaank yooooou for visiting and thanks a whole lot for reading. Hope y'all enjoyed this monstrous manicure. Please come back soon! :)

Manicure Monday: Shades of Green

Heeeeeey guys! How are you guys doing this Monday? And how was your weekend?

It was a crazy weekend for me with the World Cup Finals and everything. It's been a while since everyone gathered and had a good time, so that was great. A bit ear-deafening with lots of screaming and cheering but it's all good. Asian family gatherings are normally like that..Haha.

On another note, for the first time in a long time, Arizona received our first major rainfall last night. Instead of being in the 100s, the temperature dropped to the mid-90s, which doesn't seem much but it feels a lot cooler. The only downside to rainfall is the humidity, 38% humidity to be exact. It feels like California weather to me and needless to say, I don't like it. :( Yet, I'm still hoping for more rain.

So anyways, it is Monday, ya'll know what that means. I get to switch up my nails! I welcome you to another Manicure Monday guys. This week, I wanted to go back to something simple and not too much on the eyes. Reason being, if you remember, I had my nails in flashy red, white and blue to display my Patriot Pride. I've looked at those for more than a week so it's definitely time to switch it for a more solid, less flashy shade.

Ulta Salon Formula Nail Lacquer in Mint Condition
Sinful Colors in Rise & Shine
NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel in French White Tip

Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Diamond Shine Base & Top Coat (not pictured)

As always, after prepping my nails, I paint a base coat to protect my real nails. I am still using Sally Hansen Diamond Shine.

Ulta Salon Formula Nail Lacquers are usually opaque with one coat. So that's what I did, one thick coat of Mint Condition. With the exception of my middle and ring finger, I left a tiny gap from the nail bed, so the color is kinda just floating. For the middle finger, I painted the whole nails, from nail bed to tip. I did the same for my ring finger, except I just used another darker shade called Rise & Shine. Again, what you see above is one thick coat of Rise & Shine and Mint Condition.

After those are dried, and it will take a while with this Ulta Lacquer. I used the biggest dotting tool I own, you can use a bobby pin, a toothpick or even a pencil for this, to make three big dots at the nail bed. For my middle and ring finger, I dotted four dots vertically (up and down).

That's basically it. After that was dried, I used the Diamond Shine as a top coat also. This top coat is by no means a quick dry one, so it'll take a while. It will help protect the lacquer from fading for this next week and will also help slow down the chipping.

I initially didn't really like the final product. I actually wanted to redo them, but after looking at them for a while, it doesn't look so bad anymore. What do you guys think?

So that's it for the manicures this week. Show me what's on your nails. I'd love to see your creativities or even nail polish shades.

Thank you for once again joining me on my blog. I look forward to your visits everyday and thanks for reading. Please come back soon. :)