RAWR Shop- Beautiful Bali

Hello Lovers!

I'd like to wish all you beautiful people a very happy Valentine's Day! 

I'm celebrating today with work, nail school and a test! It's going to be the best Valentine's ever.....

Today I have a completely non Vday related post for you!

My friend Ceci came to visit The RAWR Shop and brought her beautiful daughter Alex along.

This mother-daughter combo is off to Bali for a whole month tomorrow. I'm slightly jealous.

Anyway, without further adieu, here are their mani's

 -Ceci-

-Alex-

In this bonding session, I decided to USE ALL THE China Glazes

Flying Dragon

Flip Flop Fantasy

Turned Up Turquoise

Fairy Dust

Masai Red

Eye Candy

Ceci wanted something shiny....and without any hesitation, we went with red and gold combo.

For Alex, she wanted something vibrant and fun...like any 12 year old would...

I had my first experience with drawing palm trees....something tells me I'll be doing a lot more of them now.

:D

It's like a part of me is going with them to Bali!!

('coz that's totally not creepy....right?)

RIGHT!

Enjoy your trip, Ceci and Alex! Hope you like your manis! <3

Have a loverly day folks!

*psst*

When I get to 100 followers, I'm going to be holding a giveaway!! Only 9 more people to go!!

So keep your eyes peeled.

RAWR Shop- Weekend Getaway

Why hello my wonderful lovers. 

Wow, 2 posts in one week! I've really outdone myself this time (not)

Today I have a RAWR SHOP post for you.

Remember Kira? Of course you do! She came in for a rebalance on her gel set...

So naturally we had to put something even MOAR epic on her this time.

(Photo Credit: Hair By Katie Rose <-- she's really awesome)

Since she's going away for the weekend, we decided to sharpen her claws and match them to her newly purchased Betsy Johnson bag...and WOWZA, what a great idea that was.

Her nails literally blends in with her bag!!

When she first proposed the idea, I was petrified...because YOU GUYS! I've NEVER done roses on nails before!!

So after some research, thanks to the power of the interwebz, we decided to just go with it.

Thank goodness they turned out lovely!

I used Color Club's Black Is Black and acrylic paint for all fingers except for one! The ring finger is OPI's Liquid Sand in The Impossible. It's impossible NOT to love this polish, I tell ya (see what I did there?)

During this session, we've discovered the following:

Boys are dumb

We *squee* at the same things

She's going to have TONS of fun this weekend

and I'm jealous

:) 

That's all for me today! Hope you enjoyed this mani....because I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT THEM.

Have a good trip Kira!!

Guess what?

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Tomorrow's FRIDAY!!

Featured: Valentine's Mani

Hey lovers! How's everyone doing on this fiiiiiiiine Wednesday morning?

If you've been stalking me for a while, you'd know that I'm usually not one for festive designs...

But today I have a....not so typical....Valentine's Day mani for you!

I'm pleased to also share that this mani was featured in an article on Glo.MSN.com
(see full article: here)

Now, on to this mani...
I started this mani with absolutely NO idea what I was going to end up with....I find that at times I come up with the MOST random things when that happens. You guys, I LOVE RANDOM THINGS!!
Now that I look at it some more, I figured out what it kind of looks like: INSA!!
This guy's work is amazing, so make sure you go and check out his website.

To achieve the marbled background, I used a kitchen sponge and dabbed on the following :
China Glaze- Flip Flop Fantasy, Flying Dragon, Fairy Dust, Aquadelic and OPI- DS Magic

I really love how the colours turned out!!
I then added outlines of hearts and the details around it with a very thin brush using black acrylic paint.
The results was heart pumpingly good, and I'm extremely happy with the way everything worked out!

Wanna see my other hand? OK!

It's really blurry, so I won't blind you with a huge picture...haha!
I like both! ^_^

YAY for more features in articles!
YAY for Schmalentine's!
YAY for all you good looking peoples (yes you!)
Hope you enjoyed this mani as much as I did.

Have a wonderful day, peeps!

RAWR Shop- Sponge-Mania

Well hello friends! Hope you are ALL doing fantastic! It's been a week since we last talked...felt like years :(

Today at The RAWR Shop I have prepared something "spring-like".

Since school started, I haven't really been able to do much nail art...but yesterday, the beautiful Dani @ Call It Beauty and I FINALLY got to see each other and make magic.

For this mani, we used the following:

China Glaze- Aquadelic, Flip Flop Fantasy, Glistening Snow

Zoya- Zuza, Ginessa

OPI- DS Magic

Rimmel London- Wild Orchid

Silver Hexa-Glitters

 (I know...so many)

I'm experiencing a little bit of blog identity crisis...

Not sure if I should stick with a black background or white...I must say though, the colours did come through more vibrantly with a white background...

So I guess it all depends on the mani.

I'm still undecided...help?

We were going to put more designs over top, but Dani liked the effect so much, she didn't want to cover them up.

By the By!! This design is on top of a gel set my friend and I did for our final exam!

Speaking of which...

I'M DONE LEVEL ONE of NAIL SCHOOL!!!!!!

...and you will be pleased to know that I passed with 98.66% in theory, and 100% in practical

That means in 5 months, I'll be a Certified Nail Technician!

*excite*

in the meantime...I'll just be this...

Who am I kidding, I'm gunna be FOREVER THIS!

...ngehehe...

Have a SUPER weekend, folks!

RAWR Shop- Kitty Tribal

Hello lovers!!

I hope everyone's been doing well! You should know that I've been thinking about you everyday.

Today I have a set of RAWR SHOP claws to show you!

Thanks to the power of social networking, Kira and I connected via Twitter.

She was looking for something fierce on her tips and I'm so grateful that she picked me to make it happen!

This is a full GEL set done with Amore products and nail art painted on afterwards.
Kira came up with the concept of her claws. I am very much in love with this.

We used China Glaze's Kalahari Kiss as base, and various neon pastels for colour accents.

Then on the ring fingers, we incorporated what matters most to her-- CATS

I couldn't stop staring at the kittehs!

...while we were making this happen, someone was supervising....

(photo credit: kixy_stabbs)

This took us into the wee hours of the night...but OH MY GAWSH it was so worth it!!
then it just so happened that she wore her RAWR shirt last night :D

Thanks again for letting me do your nails, love!
Hope you enjoy them CLAWS!!

Have a wonderful day, people!

Emerald Ikat

Hello beautifuls!

Last week, Brittney from Precious Polish came up with an excellent idea to do a group post on this year's trend according to Pantone: Emerald!

I personally do not think this colour compliments my anything...so naturally it was challenging coming up with something...went through my stash, and here's what I found:

More so turquoise than anything, it looks like...haha!

SO what's a girl to do? I decided to mix two polishes together:

China Glaze- Turned Up Turquoise

Cometic Arts- no name

I sponged them on as gradients, and the colour came out subtle but fitting to the theme!

Also, I developed a new obsession with glitters....I'm not sure what took me so long....but I bought these:

Look at them....it's like a party on your finger nails....

:D

Anyhoo...as you can already see...this mani didn't photograph as well as I had hoped...I have no idea why...but these Ikats are IMPOSSIBLE to photograph...maybe I just need better picture taking skills

-______- 

(Winnie Fail)

But you guys! Believe me when I say this: this print looks absolutely amazing in real life...

so very sophisticated in my opinion.

That's all for me today, hope you enjoyed my Emerald Ikat mani!

Be sure to head on over to check out all these lovely ladies' creation of Emerald Nail Art:

Precious Polish

DrinkCitra

Dressed Up Nails

Bellezza Bee

YAY FRIENDS!!!!!

Have a wonderful day, my lovelies!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello lovers!!

Before we begin, I'd like to give you the BIGGEST virtual hug known to mankind and wish you a very happy 2013!! Hope everyone had a good holiday, and indulged in copious amount of NOMS!

As you know, I haven't been blogging much since Nail School started.

But fear not! Today I have for you-- life update!! 

:D

We learned how to do gel sets in school, so here are a couple of gel sets I have done:

Here are some mani's I have failed to blog about....(I'm SORRY!)

 Wore this to a wedding.

and this to BF's work Christmas party

It was Alexis Leigh's 1 year bloggaversary last week and I did a guest post!

So make sure you head on over to wish her blog a Happy Birthday!

*NOW*

...on to some MOAR news....

On December 27th, I was named 2012's Best Self Taught Nail Artist on Jezebel.

I couldn't believe it when I found out...and I may or may not have done this stupid crazy dance of joy and tripped and rolled on my ankle then cried a little.

So here's my acceptance speech:

I am humbled and extremely honoured to be even mentioned in this article, as many of the nail artists I look up to are also featured. I want to express my gratitude to those who helped me every step of the way...

Without you, I'd just be this crazy person that likes to put crazy things on her nails.

Thank you to all you wonderful readers of The RAWR Shop for your continuous support.

Thank you to all that gave me the opportunity to express my weird self.

The blogging community is so amazing, the love that's flowing around here in cyberspace is unbelievable.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

*PHEW*

But wait, there's more!

Over the Christmas break, I collaborated with a team of talented people. We came up with 3 looks and here is a sneak peek of one of the looks we did:

Credit: Photography: Tony Lee, Model: Susie Clemens, Makeup/Hair: Joyce Yeh

^#^$%*()@!(@_!%&*$*&%@

Right?!

Can't wait to show you the rest!! This is eventually what I would like to end up doing.

So excited to see what's to come in the near future. 2013 is going to THE BEST YEAR EVAR!!!!!

I think that covers it all...mostly....

Thanks for visiting! :)

HAPPY 2013 LOVERS!!