Something I picked out from a Facebook posting…
…and I guess, sometimes, things will somehow just sort themselves out.
September 27, 2012
Discovering Gelish
Category: Random
A girly-girl I will never be, but every so often, I do appreciate a nicely coloured manicured and especially pedicured nails.
The only gripe I have with having them painted is the fact that I hardly have the time to maintain them in their grandeur. I don’t have the time to get it re-done every other day, and most often than not, the colour on my nails will be ruined after a day or two post a mani-pedi session. Most times, while I will always remove the nail polish on my fingernails usually 2 days after applying a new coat, I tend to keep the colour on my toenails till they all looked rather grossed out.
That being said, while I tend to keep my fingernails short and nail-polishless for practical reasons, I have to admit that I do have a certain degree of obsession in getting my toenails painted.
I heard about Gelish quite a while back, and after getting fed-up with all the chipping and the imminent lack-luster after applying a new coat for only a few days, I decided to give Gelish a shot.
And I love, love, love it! I love that the brand-new shine stays on even after several days of “roughing it out” with an open-toe footwear.
Gelish is a new generation of nail polish, but with the key difference that they last for up to 3 weeks (!!!), with no smudges, chipping, or fading of the nails. I was pretty much sold because of that. (Ahem. I AM a laggard in this department and my apologies for sounding like a bimbo in the nail-polish world)
Apart from that, you cannot just use a regular nail polish remover when removing Gelish. In fact, the surface of the gel apparently needs to be buffed to rough it up, soak off the Gelish and then using a nail pusher tool to scrape it all clean. It takes about 15 minutes to remove the Gelish.
With normal nail polish, it is usually painted with the base coat, and then the selected colour polish. Gelish is a UV nail gel that is applied in several steps, requiring a 36 watt UV or LED lamp to cure the gel.
While it is more expensive that your regular nail polish, I think the benefits do outweigh the costs, especially when I don’t have to keep repainting it every week.
This is very unlike me, and I generally don’t do reviews of girly stuff like this, but this one is certainly worth a mention in my opinion.
I’m currently obsessed with the shade of deep, dark red. At the risk of being a lousy feet model AND sounding like a resounding bimbo, I’m really loving my pretty-looking pair of feet in its high shine!
September 26, 2012
Wet! Wet! Wet!
Category: Thaism
It’s raining…it’s pouring…it’s looking like it’s flooding…
The weather continues to be wonky wet again as it has been raining non-stop in the evenings. The downpour was so massive that I could hardly see the car right in front of the cab I was in. With such lovely weather, it is no surprise that there have been major, major gridlock of the roads in Bangkok. Traffic has been so horrid that it has taken Silver Bullet almost four freaking hours to get home!
Here are some shots from around the neighbourhood just to show you how crazy-wonky it has been in the last few days. The sub-sois had been flooded, and whilst the expressway right behind our home looked so empty, that was likely because no traffic had been able to get through to the expressway as everywhere else was gridlocked.
I love the rain – but only when I am settled and comfy at home! These days, I don’t particularly like the rain too much as it caused so much chaos and inconveniences when I still have a few more hours to go being in the office.When it gets too wet to walk, getting a taxi can be difficult. And, when I finally do get one, it will take ages to get home.
My going back home on time has become a real challenge. This whole raining thing has really been quite a pain in the ass. The traffic here is causing so much agony and disruptions to our daily lives that it is just absolutely insane.