Last month, I kept a nail diary for CandyMag.com. It was both fortunate and unfortunate that I did it during a very eventful month – I was up to my eyeballs in work, Justin Bieber arrived, I got sick and then I had to leave for my short action-packed vacation in the US. It was fortunate because the diary stayed exciting – at least for me – and unfortunate because the craziness of my days didn’t leave a lot of time for really playing with polish. I had some really elaborate manicures planned that I didn’t get to execute.
But I still enjoyed my 31 Days of Nails. It was a lot of fun. June actually felt weird – it was odd not having to paint my nails every day.
Here are some of my 31 Days of Nails favorites:
You’ve seen this fantastic red before – RD102 from Etude House. And since I was attending the store opening of Etude House in Megamall, I thought it was the perfect polish to wear.
We had a last-minute Mother’s Day photo shoot. We shot four different actresses and were in the studio the entire day. I actually brought polish with me thinking I’d have time to paint in a quiet little corner there but I was wrong. I had to do four interviews, fix the props, check the outfits and ride a tricycle to a nearby supermarket to get an emergency pie so nope, no time for polish. And because I had no time for a fresh new mani, I just asked Jill to turn my red nails into little ladybugs.
I got sick. And I knew I was really sick because I had absolutely no desire to even touch polish. I decided to post one of my all-time favorite manicures instead. You’ve seen this before – Essie Pink Parka on my thumb, OPI Who The Shrek Are You? on my index finger, Essie Bermuda Shorts on my middle finger, OPI Ogre The Top Blue on my ring finger, Zoya Paz on my pinky with OPI Black Shatter.
After days of being sick, I forced myself to get up and paint my nails in hopes that the bright colors would chase away my flu. I used Santee Vikini Green and Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream.
No flu was going to keep me away from Justin Bieber. Remember the Nicole by OPI Bieber colors the awesome Miss Bun sent me? I rocked them that day and wore them to Justin Bieber’s press conference and concert.
And here’s the awesome part – I was able to tell Justin that I was wearing his polish. And he said, “NICE!”
Click here to listen to me tell Justin Bieber that I was wearing his polish.
Yes, I sound like a doofus, I’m breathless and stuttering and it’s as if I have forgotten that I’m no longer a 15-year-old but I don’t care because I love Justin.
Days into my break in the US, I wore China Glaze Fault Line over my beloved Dior Aloha. I loved it. And I loved how I managed to have little polish parties with the girls on our trip to Big Bear – Jill, Janna, Kate and TIffany.
I brought a set of dry nail appliques from Tony Moly on the trip and it felt like a good time to try it. I couldn’t believe these little stickers really give you a full manicure complete with base coat, color and top coat. And I also thought they’d come off in the shower. I was wrong. I shamppoed just minutes after applying and they didn’t budge at all. There were no dents either. It really felt like nail polish and it wore like iron. When I tried to remove it, it was just like removing polish. The best part was that it looked like I spent a long time doing my nails but it just took a few easy minutes.
Stranger Tides was the first polish I tried from the OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection. My good friend (and twin sister) Lala gave me the entire set and I was over the moon. I love Stranger Tides – it was the perfect polish to wear on the day we kicked off an insane road trip across California, Utah and Nevada.
I had a feeling RBL’s Look Rich Be Cheap would look fantastic over Stranger Tides and I was right.
I went back to black with RBL Iconoclast. I wore Iconoclast as we explored Yosemite National Park and Jill took this photo while we took a quick break from walking to the different falls.
This is Aldo Marrakech with Bryce Canyon in the background. I painted my nails the previous night while doing our laundry in the scary laundry room of our hotel.
I took photos of Chanel’s nail polish display at the Hong Kong airport when we landed after our 16-hour flight from LA. I didn’t buy any, I just looked. I love staring at Chanel’s polish bottles. And I know you do too.
And those were my nail diary favorites.
Keeping a nail diary was harder than I thought it was going to be but I found that two magic weapons worked. When there was no time for a full mani, I pulled out one of two things – crackle or glitter.
Speaking of crackle, if you still haven’t had your OPI Black Shatter fix, Digital Traincase has stocks now. OPI Black Shatter is still my favorite crackle polish so far. There’s an order form on Digital Traincase’s Facebook page. Each bottle is ₱490.
Thank you to Macy for asking me to do it and to Roch for her patience with my sporadic e-mails. I hope to have a polish party with you girls soon.
