Jacq's Instagramming #21

Yes I know.  It has been a while since somebody posted in this blog.  I am just here to share my life story through instagram pictures and to tell anybody, if there's any, who reads this, that, somehow, I still want to keep this place alive, despite we're too busy 'living' our lives!

我們都很忙……　無論如何，我都希望可以讓這空間久不久有些生氣。希望大家不厭棄我再次分享比較省功夫的相片日記～

1. 和妹妹逛尖沙嘴，看見海洋公園吧冰雕企鵝放到烈日下曝曬。不忍心，就拍了拍照。
2-12.  太懶寫了，加減看看吧。。。（（這篇文寫得真省功夫……））

1.  Ocean Park promotion, putting ice penguin out to display in the Sun and melt. / 2.  Learning from the Observatory website. / 3.  FOTD of a certain day. / 4,5,7. Beauty swap box with mycherrylane (link to the blog post) / 6,8. FOTD of another Summery day. / 9,11.  The Victoria Harbour, and Central.  Views of Hong Kong. / 10. Yay for cheap sushi takeaway lunch! / 12. Curry dinner with Mr Boyfriend. :)

What I Got for Christmas | Non-Beauty Gifts

It has become an annual tradition for me to share my Christmas gifts on this blog.  Last year's post (link) is still fresh in my mind.  How swift time pasts!?  As usual, my family and friends aren't particularly keen on giving gifts, we tend to share the happy moments together doing fun, sometimes silly, things.

Anyway, the lovely Holy Family clay decor was from C, a church friend of mine.  It is from Pakistan, which is rare itself, but it also has special meaning to me.  When I was a baby, I am baptised in the Christian name Marie, i.e. Mary in French.  When my fiance was baptised last year, he was baptised in the name Joseph.  Got the picture?

I got a shirt and Japanese Sumo Wrestler magnet from one of my god-sisters.  Glass necklace and Rilakumma earphone accessory are from family friends.  The tiny Praying Monk Statue is interesting, a Catholic nun, Sister Joanna brought this back from Mainland China.  I find this a very sweet reminder to keep praying.  Every now and then, I have thoughts about my Chinese heritage, the fact that I'm a descendant of the Dragon race, the yellow skin I'm in, and the fact that I read and speak Chinese (both in the Cantonese and Mandarin/Putonhua dialects); on the other hand, the fact that I was raised in a British Colony for a good few years, and that I am greatly influenced by the Western culture, especially the fact that I'm a Roman Catholic, views and values are very much driven by my faith, more than anything else.  Perhaps there is something out there for me, persoanlly?  Or perhaps, there is something inside me for me to find out?  Hmm... To conclude, I'm loving Sis. Joanna's little monk-y note.

If you fancy knowing what beauty gifts I got, head over to my beauty blog for more (link).  Wishing you a lovely start of the new year!  Once again, thanks for reading.  :)

Jacq~

Season's Greetings \*0*/

Hope you gals/guys are having a great Christmas!!
After all, we all 'survive' from the 'End of the World' LOL
I am doing Christmas nails right after my finals :P
So, I have already did a few~
Some on my nails and some on Jacq's :D

Christmas Tree and Glitter

First, I started with the base coat then with my chosen colours (white, gold and green).
For my left hand's thumb, I used the dotting tool to dot different greens and yellow to shape a triangle out.  I would like to create a Christmas tree.  So, I used red to dot a tree top for it. :P
I think it's cute for a tree to be dotted out XD
For my left hand's middle finger, I just used some greens and yellow to dot on the white nail to make it more colourful and match with the rest of my fingers.  It's easy and I think it looks quite good to me. :))
For the rest of the glitter nails, I was too lazy to do anything special to them.  So, I just used two different glitter polish to paint on the base colours.  Glitters always help to create the Christmas feeling on the nails. :DD

Polishes used (from left to right)

#Base Colours

**YMCK, Somewhere In Time 

**China Glaze, 5 Golden Rings
**China Glaze, Outta Bounds

Polishes used (from left to right)

#Detail Designs

**Dobest, No.02
**China Glaze, Electrify
**Deborah Lippmann, Happy Birthday
**YMCK, Mosaic Green
**OPI, Comet Loves Cupid
**Ciate, Mojiton

Red and White Christmas Nails

This time I chose the 'Comet loves Cupid' polish (OPI) as my base colour.  I think this red is very Christmas to me. ;D
As I am not professional, all the designs made are easy.
For the thumb of my left hand, I used a nailart brush to paint some white lines on the nails.
For the pointer of my left hand, it looks weird. LOL
Some cotton accidentally got stuck on my half-dried red nail, hence I stuck cotton all over the nail to create the Santa's beard texture. XDD  It doesn't look good but it was fun to play with the nail. XP
For my ring finger of my left hand, I used the dotting tool to dot some white dots at the tip of the nail~ :)
For my little finger of my left hand, I used the nailart brush to paint a white border for it :P
For my right hand, I used the nailart brush to draw a ribbon on my pointer.
The Snowman is cute, isn't he? It's really easy to do it!!!! ;D
First, I used the nailart brush to draw the outline for the two circles, then use the polish brush to fill in the colours.
Then, I used the nailart brush to draw the eyes, nose, scarf and buttons for him.
Lastly, I sealed up my design with a top coat :P (except the cotton nail LOL)

Polishes used (from left to right)

**OPI, Comet Loves Cupid (Red)

**Etude House, WH702 (White)

Blue Snowy Night

These are Jacq's nails!!!! I think you can distinguish mine with hers by the shape of our nails~

Hers are round in shape and mine are a bit more 'squary' XP

She came to me and say she want some snowy nails :)

After she painted the blues she chose for the base colours, I started the drawing!! ;)

The left thumb, I used the end of the nailart brush to dot two big dots at the middle and then use the small dotting tool to dot two small dots at the side~  Then, link them together and formed a moustache ^o^ (I don't know how to explain it in more details, maybe we can snapshot how we did it next time~)

The left middle finger, I used the nailart brush to draw a big snow flake and then used dotting tool to dot some snow all over the nail.

The left ring finger, I did the same thing what I did on my red nails above~

I like the right thumb most!!!!!!! It's so cute <3  Basically, I did the same thing whenever I draw snowman. This time I used more colours for it and added an earmuff to him!!! :) 

I used Konad stamps for the right ring finger, and added some glitter on the right middle finger. ;)

Polishes used (from left to right)

#Base Colours

**Illamasqua, Strike

**OPI, Ski Teal We Drop

**Revlon, Radiant

**Essie, Below the Belt

Polishes used (from left to right)

#Detail Designs

**Konad (Yellow)

**Color Combos, CBL129 

**Daiso Nail Art Pen (Black)

Metallic Christmas Gradient

Well, I really love gradient nails!!! <3

It's easy to create and it's gorgeous no matter what colours you used!! >3<

This time I used the metallic colours to create the feeling of the Christmas decorations.

First, I started off with the base coat, then two coats of metallic red. :P

After the polishes are all dried, the most entertaining part came! XP

I paint the gold and silver onto the sponge and then sponge the colours onto the nails!! :)

(I see this part using the sponge to paint on the nails as fun ;P)

Sponges help to create the gradient feeling.

However, if you fail to create the gradient feeling with the sponge, you can always use the top coat to help.

Sealing up the design with top coat can help merging the colours together:)

Polishes used (from left to right)

**Orly, Rockin' Rockette

**Orly, Dazzle

**Orly, Glitz and Glamour 

Hope you all like my nails for this holiday ^O^

Merry Christmas everyone ;$

Jen (\^o^/)

Prom Nails

Well I have done this way back to July 2012~

I helped my friends and myself to paint the nails for our graduation dinner :)

We three wore different colours of dresses~

We have three different styles~

Therefore, I created three different designs :D

Yellow Prom Nails

I first painted the base coat for her~

Then with the milky yellow I chose for her :)

I used some of my fimo heart sticks, and heart stickers to decorate her cute nails :P

I have also used neon pink and orange polishes to draw some hearts on her nails using the dotting tool ^^

Pink Prom Nails

Well,this picture is a bit blurred~

I used two pinks my friend chose~

As she preferred simple nails, I just used a few fimo star sticks and used silver polish to draw some stars on her nails~

I think it matches with the dress she wore :P

Orange Prom Nails

Haha this is my turn :P

Because I have a stupid left hand, I just did some nail art on my left hand~

I used some fimo ribbon stick and used black polish to draw some ribbons and dots for my nails~

It's simple and not bad~ ;P

At least I think it matches with my outlook that night LOL

Well, it kinda turned out to be sharing the use of my fimo sticks stock LOL

Hope to see you gals/guys comment :)

Jen(\^O^/)

Practice on Jacq

Hey there! Long time no post on the blog~

I have been a bit busy with my school work and extra curricular activities ;P

I have tried hard to continuous with the nail work :D

Here are two designs I have done on Jacq's nails^o^

Lavender Gradient

Jacq told me she likes the gradient nails too

And because it's easy to do, I have tried out many times 

This time Jacq chose the colour purple~

Well, I started off with the base coat, then two coats of the lightest purple Jacq had chosen.

Next, I used the sponge to paint some medium purple on half of the nails.

After the layers are dried, I sponged the tip of the nails with the darkest purple.

Then, I painted the sponged area with the glitter.

Finally, finished off with the top coat! :)

Nail polishes used (from left to right)

**Castle Dew #9392 Lavender Garden (lightest)
**OPI Purple with a Purpose (medium)
**AC #81 (darkest)
**i. color VN12 (glitter topcoat)

Pastel Union Jack Nails

This was way back to the London Olympics~

I have been obsessed with the nail arts for national flags <3

So, I decided to draw on Jacq's nails (because mine are occupied at that time).

To try something special, I used the pastel colours instead of the blue and red on the national flag of the UK.

First, always remember to start with a base coat! ;)

Then, I painted the nails I will draw the flag on with light blue.

After that, I used a paint brush to draw a horizontal line in the middle of the nail, and followed by a vertical and two diagonal lines.

This time I chose two pastel pinks, one lighter and one darker.

Waited til the coats are completely dried, I used another paint brush to draw on the white stripes I have drawn.  To create the feeling of the UK flag, I left some gaps between the pink diagonals and the pink center.

Nail polishes used (from left to right)

**No7 Minty Fresh (blue)
**Ciate Strawberry Milkshake (pink)
**OPI B86 Shorts Story (dark pink)
**The Etude House WH702 (white)

I personally like this design very much ^3^

I will try to post more posts during my semester break :)))

Hope you like my posts :DD

Jen(\^O^/)

P.S. I will not type Chinese for the time being because it's a bit time consuming for me to write bilingual posts as I don't know Chinese input method :P

Instagramming #19 by Jacq

我的圖片日記已經落後「現實」約兩個月了。。不想看＜過氣＞圖片的請 follow 我的 instagram (username: jacqlibra)...

1-3.  為中國跳水隊打氣的指甲彩繪。想看詳細分享，請催促 Jen 寫...
4.  和英國交換禮物 swap.  我送她的 (link) 她送我的 (link).
5.  和男友午飯短聚：日式飯餐。樂富比較新開的店鋪（name: 丼丼屋食堂 Dondonya Shokudo)，味道不錯，可惜價錢偏高。。。
6.  阿拉伯主題妝。。文章已寫。 (link)
7-8.  同日的妝跟午餐。和 Jen 吃傷心酸辣粉 Sour and Spicy Noodle (openrice link).  我愛蒜泥白肉!!!!
9.  等接船的手滑。。有些給 Jen 用的指甲畫筆／刷子。也有打對折（買一送一）的定妝噴霧～ 文章已寫。(link)
10.  敷面膜時間 。。我有需要清貨，我的面膜應該超過 300 塊 :S 。。這塊 Body Labo Supermoist 已寫。(link)
11.  炒洋蔥。（確實沒什麼特別，而且看上去很素。。。）
12.  和 A 去 MAC 的活動 (link)。。。 我當日出門的妝。(link)

1-3.  Nail art by Jen on me, inspired by Chinese Olympic Diving Team.  I am a big fan.
4.  Beauty swap mail sent to My Cherry Lane.  Basically means exchanging a bunch of beauty products to and fro 2 continents.  Read what I sent her (link) and what she sent me (link) in our blogs.
5.  Lunch with Mr. Fiance in Lok Fu.  A relatively newly opened Japanese restaurant called Dondonya Shokudo.  Food was decent but over-priced.
6.  Arabic-inspired make up.  I love it so much it was my facebook personal and fanpage cover photos for quite a while.  ;)  Read the full blog post in my blog (link).
7-8.  A face-of-the-day on a shopping date with Jen.  We had lunch at a local Sour and Spicy Noodle restaurant, which makes my favourite fresh garlic pork dish.  It makes my breath stings but so satisfying.  Fresh garlic is so good for one's health, too, you know!?
9.  Went on a little shopping spree at various beauty stores.  Got some nail art supplies, Skindinavia setting sprays *on buy 1 get 1* and an oily skin formula Bioderma.  Everything I got in August was documented as a brutal reminder to self.  (link)
10.  Mask time in the evening, and the review (link).  It is a local brand, which I'm not too impressed with~
11.  JUST pan-fried onion.  Nothing fancy.  Plain as it looked.
12.  Went to a MAC event/ party (link) with A.  This was the look I wore out the door.  (link)

Feel free to follow me on instagram for updated pictures (username: jacqlibra).

Have a beautiful day,
Jacq

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Instagramming #17 by Jacq

Hello~ It's Jacq again... :P  The other editor(s) on this blog is/are busy with their school and work life, so, here I come again, with these easy but interesting Instagramming post!