Got Misa(ome) Borders

Blogging from a walk-in clinic waiting room on a beautiful {so far} Sunday afternoon. My roommate needed to see a doctor to confirm she wasn't dying {she's been coughing for weeks} and so I decided to escort her because I am such a great friend, obviously.

Today's post consists of a new brand to me as well as a new design/trend. I picked up this Misa polish a week ago from Trade Secrets, called Deep Breath. The store is currently holding a buy-2-get-1-free promotion and based on what I've seen so far, I'll probably be picking up a few more myself {as if I needed the excuse to begin with}.

The trend I speak of is border nails but I've done a little something different than the solid border as some of you may have seen. Dotting tools are so simple and inexpensive, yet so fun to use at the same time.

{base coat} Julep's Nail Therapy {base colour} Misa's Deep Breath

{border} China Glaze's Smoke and Ashes & Misa's Heaven White
{top coat} Seche Vite Dry Fast

Misa's Deep Breath is a muted bluish grey that could have been opaque in just one coat {I used two here to make up for my less-than-stellar application skills}. The colour definitely leans more grey in person with just a teensy subtle bluish tint. It is a gorgeous colour and I am very happy with the quality of my Misa nail lacquers so far. What is disappointing however, is that my China Glaze Smoke and Ashes didn't show up in photos as I hoped it would {as many other bloggers and nail devotees have said, "It's a colour you just HAVE to see in person"}.

By now {the end} I hope the title to this post has not been lost on most of you :) I am a dork at heart. So what do you think of the border nail trend?

{NOTD} Sunset with Parker

We should probably start off with a truth, a disclaimer of sorts, because every healthy relationship is based on truth and honesty right? I am in no way a professional nail artiste. I probably wouldn't even call myself a nail aficionado—okay, that's a fib and I'm sorry {after all, I do plan on showcasing some nail polish stuffs on this blog}. Nail polish has become one of my favourite pastimes these last few years so from time to time, I will be posting pictures of my scraggly nails and hope that you will remember I am just a simple nail junkie when leaving me sweet, encouraging comments {a girl can dream}. Maybe I'll post about how I became obsessed with nail lacquer one day but who wants to start off a blog with so much text in today's fragmented, predominantly online skimming era? I doubt you do so here is my first nail of the day from a while back.

I could tell you this NOTD was inspired by blogger's signature colour or that I'm so in sync with the season's Pantone colour but truthfully I came up with this nail because {a} my Julep Maven April box had just arrived {b} I had some streaking near the tips and {c} I wanted to spruce it up a bit and make my nails pop.

{base coat} Julep's Nail Therapy {base colour} Julep's Parker

{tips} OPI's Designer...De Better! {top coat} Seche Vite Dry Fast

I couldn't have timed the sunset any better than this {I promise I finished painting right before this photo was taken} and so I like to think this manicure was destined to be named Sunset with Parker; now to find a boy named Parker :)

First Post of a New Blogging Era

AsianAvenue. Xanga. Friendster. Myspace. Blogger. Facebook. Youtube Tumblr. Twitter.

Evidently, I am no stranger to social media. I have cycled through my share of the big media outlets and wasted countless hours {still do} scouring them but I have rarely been one to keep up with my own "blogs", or at least made them interesting enough for others to keep up with them. Recently, a few friends have suggested that I start up again with nail polish as my focus and after voicing my concerns and objections, they told me to just suck it up and do it {in a more encouraging way of course}. With that, I am going to give this blogging thing another try and hopefully not let it go to waste {see below}. It's funny to know that I started this blogger in 2004 {filled with witty complaints about high school homework and early mornings; mostly deleted now to save myself some embarrassment}, came back about two years ago {for some strange reason and one odd post}, and am here again today.

{edit} It is actually June 16th now and I am finally getting back to this backlogged post—clearly this blog has been on the back burner of my mind for quite some time. Let's get this party started!

2004 to 2010: hello again

where has the time gone...

it seems like yesterday when I posted those words below and yet here I am, more than 6 years later, coming across my blog again out of the blue

procrastination sucks %*!...

wow wee 2.5 hours of sleep GG after being sick with the stomach flu (maybe) yesterday. studying for bio quest on photosynthesis. last minute learning newly assigned lines for drama play. unnecessary english prep for colloquy today. 7 o' clock rehearsal in studio 102. blah can't wait for 3:30 december 17th...will it ever come?

paycheck is a goooot movie but my ending is better than my boo and the actual ending! and in a way, I'm right and you know it ;) OC was good last night but the back and forth with summer and seth, ryan and lindsay is a-n-n-o-y-i-n-g! julie and jimmy are sooooo cute. I hope they get back together. who told you lindsay was that other redheads' daughter?! that's right -- the OC fanatic -- ME! I am genius and my boo knows it hehe yesterday was pure entertainment day baby and no homework whatsoever but it was worth it, cause I spent it with you...I wuver you ~