embellished nails

hi again. apparently living in a small midwest college town has killed my desire to dress up, 

so fancy nails will have to suffice.  

i got the idea for these beauties from a sophy robson youtube video.  

surprisingly, it's much easier to do than it looks.  plus it reminds me of japanese gel nails (which i've always wanted, but i can't bring myself to pay that much for a manicure. perhaps someday...sigh).  

-jina

houndstooth

(plate m63)

i can't stop! 

-jina

the adventure continues...

the konad adventure that is!  this is try #2.  i used plate s10. 

little silver bears! please excuse the ugly cuticles and bits of extraneous nail polish.  i got lazy to clean them and i figure it'll get taken care of in the shower anyway :/

-jina

konad!

my new-found obsession with konad is so exciting that i had to post!! it's been a while. it's been so sad and wintery here in illinois that i haven't had much to share fashion-wise :( as a side note, it's kind of amazing that i actually remembered all the information to sign in! :)

so after reading all these nail polish blogs (thanks eden) and learning what konad is, i finally got my own konad plates and here are the results...

 cherry blossoms!

 

it turned out kind of crappy because i'm still trying to master the whole process, but pretty nonetheless.  this is plate S9, by the way.

-jina

once again

nordstrom earrings

these earrings are great for dressing up an outfit or if you just want to throw on dangling earrings other than hoops. love that they look like little fans. nordstrom definitely has some great jewelry for sale in their bp section. usually can find some awesome deals. if memory serves me right, i believe i got these for less than 5 bucks.

no name bracelet

i got this at one of the wholesale jewelry stores here in nyc around herald square. it reminds me of a leopard print. actually looks more like pieces of gold leaf were pressed onto it. definitely a great chunky bracelet to wear alone or with a bunch of other bracelets.

urban outfitters double finger bow ring

nice plain silver ring. i'd been looking for a double finger ring for awhile, so after hunting for one that wasn't ridiculously expensive i was so happy to stumble upon this ring while waiting around at urban outfitters. wearing rings has been on pause for the last couple of weeks due to the heat wave here. it's just not the best weather for rings. your hands get hot and sometimes a little sweaty. fingers get fat as the day progresses, so rings get tight on them. not fun. well, this happens to me don't know about everyone else. don't judge. ;P

-eden

jade rose

this is Chanel's Jade Rose nail polish. it actually came out last fall, but it came out again this summer because it was overshadowed by the popularity of Jade. i really like this shade of pink. it's very subtle and goes with every outfit.

-eden

east coast - jina visits

@ the museum of natural history - nyc

@ lincoln memorial - dc

@ the white house

(final touch strapless dress, mango side bag)

@ my fave place in dc - the national archive

yum eats @ cafe habana

(me: monteau open back tee, uniqlo shorts, harajuku girls sandals, mbmj mouse gray classic q hillier hobo)

fun, fun times with jina! thanks for visiting me lady! it was like college again. roomies and seeing djs. ;P actually, it was just nice having a girlfriend to hangout with. it's been awhile. we hung mostly in NYC, but we did get to spend a weekend in DC. unfortunately, she came during like the most super hot part of the summer. it was kinda ridic. LOL alas, we did manage to have some fun and eat tons of yummy food. 

-eden