2012.11.22 - slender nails and flowers

Here's some of my recent nail art.

For Halloween this year, I decided to do something that had been trending more recently: Slender Man. I started out by making a simple gradient of grey on my nails. Then I added the dark silhouettes of trees, and finally I added Slender Man reaching forward to grab his victim. I got this design from thissss video; this wasn't an original idea. c: She is super talented though and it was really fun duplicating her art.  

This was the first design I did at the University of Washington. I decided it was finally time to do my nails again, but I didn't have time to look up any cool ideas. I ended up doing a really simple flower and vine pattern, but I rather liked the way it looked. It reminds me of the holiday season for some reason...

Lastly, this design is actually from a while ago. I believe I did this one over the summer. Those flowers would probably be much more impressive if I had painted them, but they are just pressed flowers. I got the idea from a youtube video, went out and picked some tiny flowers, pressed them for a week or so, and plastered them to my nails. I didn't think about the fact that they would brown after a while, which they did. After having them on my nails for around a week, the edges of the petals began to brown and I was forced to remove this design! It was definitely worth trying though and would be a great way to get a beautiful design in no time at all!

Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving and I am thankful for all of you coming to check out my page. Come back soon to see more nail art and outfits!

AprilLily

2012.09.07 - updates!

I'm backkk! And I'm on YouTube!! I've recently been inspired to start blogging again. I think I'll have a lot more time now that I'm out of high school; it was senior exams that made me stop blogging months ago. I've been carrying my camera with me everywhere and trying to snap photos of myself and my surroundings on a daily basis. 

I'm starting my first year of college at the University of Washington in a couple weeks, so I decided that through this big transition, I wanted to keep better records of my experiences. I've always been one of those people that loves keeping a journal and taking pictures to remember everything. I thought the easiest way for me to do this would be to start a personal blog, as well! I had been wanting to for a while, and finally set aside a bit of time to get it up and running. Check it out here if you're interested. It only has a few posts at this time, but I will be updating it pretty often, so come back soon to see more! 

I'm very excited to be back and will be posting new outfits and fashion tips soon, so stay tuned for those. For the time being, check out my first YouTube video! It's a little shaky, but hopefully I'll get the hang of filming myself soon. I probably won't update my YouTube channel as often as I do my personal blog (or this one), but I will attempt to upload videos regularly. 

Thanks for sticking with me through my hiatus, and come back soon to see more! 

AprilLily