Velvet Nails 101 (How to & FAQ)

Hi loves!!

It’s the first time you see me lol. I have to film my part because for the FAQ  part, there were not much video, and mostly just me talking.  It took me a while to sum up the courage to finally film the “me” part. So, please don’t leave any cruel comment, okay? :)

I’m so glad I finally finished editing this video. This one definitely took the longest to edit.

Anyway, about the velvet nails. Like I said in the video, I was really surprised by it! It was REALLY unique. I kept touching my nails all the time. It’s soft and furry, kinda like petting your stuffed animals lol.

I hope this Velvet Nails 101 can get to a good start if you want to go ahead and try the velvet manicure trend.

It’s similar (the same, I think) to ciaté velvet kit, except the ciaté velvet kit was on the higher end price and I’m just not fancy enough to spend my money on them lol.  In this video, you can do it yourself just by buying the flocking powder/velvet powder and use your own nail polish which can save you some money :)

Hmm, I want to rant a little here hehe

*I think the velvet nails trend was started by ciaté (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong here) with their velvet nails kit. Personally, I’m not very fond with the brand because they claim almost everything as their innovation (again, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong here). The latest one I know they claim is the foil nails they called colourfoil nails kit or something like that. They call it their newest nail innovation. Oh, please, the foil nails has been around for a really long time. I even have a stack of foil I haven’t used since I bought them LAST year.*

Okay, I’m done ranting.

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PRODUCT USED
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- Velvet Powder (use LIEW10 to get 10% off) - http://www.bornprettystore.com/flocking-powder-manicure-nail-nail-polish-pink-p-4477.html
- Etude House Petit Darling Nail Polish in PK003 Strawberry Milk
- Etude House VIP Girl Nail Polish in PK011 Vivid Baby Pink
- The Face Shop Lovely Meex Nail WH001 (Clear nail polish & Top Coat)

Thank you for watching! Take care, xoxo

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Now, I'll talk a little bit about bornprettystore (in my opinion). 

Mainly, they sell nail art supply, but they also have some other stuffs too (accessories & jewelry, apparel, make up, toys, etc).

And  yes, their collection of nail art supply is very wide, but what I love the most about them is that they do free shipping WORLDWIDE. That's like a huge plus on my notes. I can't tell just how many times I want to order something online (from international online shop), but have to cancel because the shipping cost more than what I actually bought, or the shipping is really expensive. (Some of them also offer free shipping, but it's usually US only). Other than that, they do shipping within 24 hours.

Now, with all the perks of free shipping and shipping within 24 hours, I have to say Bornprettystore.com doesn't have the cheapest price. They are not expensive per se, but I've seen a cheaper price for the (some) items -albeit, the difference is not big-. But, I see it this way, even though I spent money a little bit more on the items, I don't have to pay shipping and I end up spent less than the one that I do have to pay shipping.

I guess that's it for my opinion about Bornprettystore :) I hope it helps you decide whether you want to purchase from them or not.

FTC Disclaimer: The velvet powder/flocking powder were sent to me by Bornprettystore.com for a review. I am not paid or compensated whatsoever to do this video/review, I use it because I like it :) All opinions are my own.

Lynlynshopaholic Experience (Updated)

*Updated below, originally posted on January 28th*

I know I haven't been posting lately, but I've been swamped with assignments and upcoming final exams *sigh*


Anyhoo, I just want to make a quick post on how disappointed I am with lynlynshopaholic customer service.

I've ordered from them before once and had no problem although I'm not impressed with their cs either. They just didn't give out friendly vibe at all. It was through a text nevertheless (You know, like how you can tell how someone is nice or sort from the way they text?), so I didn't think too much of it.

A couple days ago, I was browsing through their website and they have kleancolor sets which caught my eyes immediately.

Since I haven't spend my monthly allowance this month, I decided to buy 9 sets + 1 for a gift. I was sooo excited for it and placed my order.

I texted the customer service asked whether they're available or not (I assumed they were, because they're still on the website), it took about an hour to get a reply (which is not so slow either), but apparently they only had 1 set readystock (why they didn't remove the items from their web or at least write that the items are not readystock).

I didn't really blame them on this because maybe they don't have the time to update or I don't know for whatever the hell reasons there are.

I thought that if the items are still on the web, I could at least pre-order, right? because if the items were still there, meaning they're still selling them, albeit not readystock.

So, I texted back asking whether I can buy the other sets via pre-order or something. And their reply was just that pre-order is not available *screaming in silent "THEN WHY THE HELL THE ITEMS STILL ON THE WEBSITE???!!!WTFHHKP!*!@" *

I was disappointed, but not particularly on lynlynshopaholic, 'cos I'm sure they have their own reasons and such, but more because I can't buy the kleancolor sets which I've read some really good reviews about (I've searched more on local online store but to no avail).

Since the kleancolor sets are not available, I wanted to buy the NYX Living in a Dream set instead as my second choice, so I texted back asking whether the NYX Living in a Dream set is available or not.

AND



They didn't reply.

AT.

ALL.

WTF.



I waited all day and have no reply at all.


This may not seem like a big deal to some of you, but it is to me. It's as if they don't care and just decided to ignore my text -___-"

I was just downright disappointed and chose to purchase the set from another shop even though it's a little bit more expensive.



Will I buy from them again? Probably yes *updated, NO*, but I just want to express my disappointment on the customer service. That's all. Other than that, I actually like the shop. The price is not bad, the items arrive quickly, and there are wide-range of items.

Okay then, I'm done ranting and going to sleep for now.

Bye, xoxo

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Okay, I thought I've done ranting, but apparently, I'm not. I placed another order on March 4th. *This one went way worse than before, thus the longer rant*

This time, I was tempted to order the Etude House Sweet Recipe Ice Cream Nails Set and some other little stuffs. I contacted them through BBM first. I have two of their BBM contacts and tried them both. This time, to my surprise, they were actually very nice with the response.

The first one said they were out of stock, but then the second one reply that they were availble. I guess I was trying my chance and go with the second reply and transferred the money on the same day I ordered.

Since I was just trying my chance, I wasn't surprised or disappointed the next day (March 5th) when they said the items were out of stock. (On the side note, I think I misunderstood the second reply and the CS had a mixed up with other order or something like that, so that was my fault actually)

Anyway, other little items on my order are ready stock, so they asked if I want to continue the order or a refund. Since my main order wasn't available, I chose refund.

This is where I got disappointed all over again.

On that same day, I already gave them my bank account number data for the refund. 

The next day (March 6th), I asked them how's the refund via BBM. 

Guess what? 

It wasn't just there were no reply, they didn't even read the BBM wtf (the symbol still 'D' until now). I think it's either they "end chat" me without reading my BBM (which would be incredibly rude) or bad signal/error on BMM causing the 'D' didn't turn into 'R' when they read it. 

Let's give it benefit of the doubt here and assume it was an error on BBM (which has occured from time to time), and even then, they still didn't reply to me about my refund wtf.

I was so pissed then and just didn't bother to contact them anymore. They'll refund when they refund.

And I actually forgot about this whole refund thing for couple of days afterward until they sent me a text on March 9th, saying a lot of the items on my order were out of stock and asking (again) whether I want a refund or not. I said refund. Again, they asked for my bank account number, so I gave them. After that, there were no more reply.

On March 13th, I texted again asking about the refund, but there weren't any reply from them wtf. (this happens too often that I'm not even going to act surprise to the fact that they didn't reply)

Then, on March 16th, they sent me another text.

The text was to ask me whether I have transferred the money for my purchase.

There I was, waiting for my long overdue refund, and you texted me asking whether I have transferred the money or not???!!!

SERIOUSLY???Are you freaking kidding me???

I know that your online shop is not run only by 1 person and I might talked about the refund to other owner/partner, but this is just far from professional, or a good customer service in that matter.

I am actually quite a polite person (not trying to self-praise here lol), so I wasn't going to go all gangster on them. I texted back saying I haven't got my refund yet (with smiley face too! How was not nice enough you tell me)

Anyway, they asked to whom I confirmed my payment, so I gave the BBM pin I contacted, then they asked my BBM's name. I answered (I was using my bf's BBM when I ordered). Then, there were no more reply wtf. 

At least tell me did you find the refund data or tell me when you've already transferred the refund. Is it that hard?

Because there's no news from them, I texted on March 26th asking about the refund. They replied that they'll check on that.

And that's it.

No more reply after they said they'll check on the matter.

Little did I know, they actually already transferred the refund on March 18th -still, it took 2 days to refund wtf (from the text asking whether I have transferred)- 

How did I know they've already transferred the refund? I actually went ahead and checked the mutations on my bank account. Not from them, I have to find out myself. @#$@$#@!#%$!!!

I'm buying from you, you're the one running the business, why do I have to go all the trouble for God sakes? I though shopping supposed to be a stress relief, it seems the other way around now.

Is it really that hard to just reply a text or just give me some information about my purchase?

I get it you've got tons of other customers to take care of and it can get exhausting. But it's YOUR business, and by opening a business, YOU agreed to take the responsibility that comes with it, like cater to your customer's questions and doesn't ignore them for example. It's one thing to take a long time to reply (which I will understand), but it's a whole other thing to not reply altogether.

I know some of you might think I make a big deal out of nothing, but I've done a lots of online shopping before, and by far, this is the worst one. It took 12 freaking days to refund with back and forth same text. It just doesn't worth the agony. If they were an International online shop I might be okay with 12 days for refund. But they weren't. They were local Indonesian online shop. It just doesn't make sense that it took almost 2 weeks for refund.

Will I buy from them again after this? Definitely NO. I don't want to go through all the trouble again. 

And I've found other online shop. I haven't received my orders yet, so I can't say anything about the online shop, but so far so good :)

Okay, I'm done ranting now.

Monthly Montages - March I

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1. Another doodles from a bored me at Artificial Inteligence class lol
2. It's always such a mess when I'm filming a tutorial. I usually just leave it for hours, sometimes days until I get the mood to clean it up --"
3. Starbucks waiting for class. The one with the 2 color is some kind of Sumatran coffee. So pretty :)
4. This is probably one of my most joyous moment in March. My velvet powder from Bornprettystore finally arrive!! Apparently it already arrived in the beginning of February to my boarding house, but the maid didn't give it to me. When I finally received the package, it was already opened and the brush was missing. Oh, well.. I already finished filming the video for this one. Will upload it in the next couple of weeks and share the coupon code to get 10% off your purchase from bornprettystore :) 

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1. First networking practicum and studied crimping. The twisted pair cable really reminds me of Twizzlers lol
2. Date night! TV Series marathon and domino's cheeseburger pizza, chicken wings, and molten cake. No less :p
3. Our 1st anniersary <3 I made breakfast pancake from a box haha
4. Finally used my 50% off coupon at Zoodle and I'm in love with their Vegetable Samosa. Sooo good! And that's a lot coming from me. A true meat eater.

Ok, off to edit a video now. xoxo

"Welcome Spring" Flower Nail Art Tutorial

I've been up since 2 am for whatever reason, so I only get less than 5 hours sleep. I do need my 8 hours sleep, but now I can't go back to sleep cause I'll overslept my morning class at 7 am, so I decided to just write up this long overdue entry now.

I've posted the tutorial almost 2 weeks ago and did not bother to make the blog post.


-------------------------- PRODUCT USED -------------------------- The Face Shop Lovely Meex Nails WH002 The Face Shop Lovely Meex Nails PP405 The Face Shop Lovely Meex Nails PP403 Etude House Petite Darling PP905 Etude House VIP Girl Nail Polish BL505 Oriflame Pure Color Nails Polish in Pearly Purple --------------------------
Basically, this is how I used to draw my flower back in the day when I just started to get into nail art stuff and didn't have dotting tools or brush or anything like that. So I just used the handy-dandy toothpick. This method is super simple and easy and I really do love it :) It's another tutorial that I've recorded a year ago, but never got around to edit it lol. Anyway, I hope you like this one ;) xoxo

"It's just sad when you realize you get to the point where even a stranger makes you feel good about yourself more than your loved one does."

Monthly Montages - February

Of course, the ones that I've been looking forward to the most in February is Chinese New Year, Valentine's day, and my lil' brother birthday :)

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This picture pretty much sums up my CNY this year, which went so much better than last year! Last year, I didn't get a chance to go to my hometown, so I spent it here. It was fun, but CNY is the best when spent with family, yes?

1. CNY Eve's Feast with family
2. CNY morning breakfast. I really missed my mom's mee sua last year. Her mee sua always so good! And, of course, mandarin orange! You just simply cannot celebrate CNY without it ;)
3. Lunch after went pai cia to relatives. Peking duck and roasted chicken. The sauce and chicken definitely one of the best I've ever tasted. The duck so so only.
4. That day's loots *whoop whoop* 

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1.  Sweets I bought on CNY at Paris Bakery. First time I tried candied orange peel and I'm in love with it :D. 
2. Nutella Souffle I made for Valentine's day using Laura's recipe. It was good and surprisingly easy. I brought this back to here and by the time I gave it to Sam, it has already sunk and messy lol. He still ate it and said it was good though ♥

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1. Chains & charms I bought for some craft project. It wasn't expensive either. All that and I got so much more charms (a bag of flowers and a bag of leafs) and other crafts supply only come down to 160k idr (around $16) #prettylittlethings
2. I was so bored at Artificial Intelligence class, so I doodled.
3. Nail polishes haul from The Face Shop while waiting Sam got his haircut.
4. The mess while doing my nails T.T

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1. Crème brûlée from Garlic Grill & Pasta. Their food was so so only imo, but I freakin' love their dessert. This one doesn't really taste like Crème brûlée (except the caramelized top), but it was so good that I don't even care. Their Panna Cotta also quite yummy.
2. Feast to celebrate my little brother's birthday. Me and my older brother gave him PSP. Going to be broke for the next few months :'(
3. Finally tried Pizza Hut breakfast menu after drooling over it for so long. It wasn't that good. I'm gonna stick to their usual menu.
4. Made caesar salad. I love mine with lots of croutons.

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1. Giving myself a nice relaxing at home manicure :)
2. Rainbow nails I attempt a couple weeks ago. Not sure if I liked it though.

And that's wrapped up my February. I had a blast. Plus, I came to my home town three times last month!! Which makes me a really really happy girl :) 

Take care, xoxo

NOTD - Pink Ombre Heart Nails

Hi loves!! I hope you all are in a cozy lovey dovey mood as valentine is coming your way. This is an easy and fairly quick valentine's day nail art you can try if you like it.

I had a post about the same nail art months ago, only it was with puple nail polish and I didn't like how that one turned out and I said I would difinitely give it another try. Since valentine is coming, I think it's the perfect timing to give this ombre heart nails another try :) 

And I love how it turns out!! 

So I hope you like it as much as I do and give it a go :D 

Ombre Nails Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFl99tLNWk

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• Oriflame Base Coat
• Etude House Dear Darling Bling Bling WH012
• Etude House Look At My Nail SPK002 "Brilliant Pink Pearl Syrup"
• Etude House Petit Darling Nail BR301
• Oriflame Pure Color Nails Polish in "Intense Pink"

xoxo

Back2Basic: Ombre Nails (How to)

Back2Basic is a series where I will show you some basic nail art like ombre nails. Next will be half-moon mani :)

I do hope you guys find this helpful!

And if you have any video reqest, just comment below or tweet me ♥

Till then, take care xoxo

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PRODUCT USED
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Etude House Dear My Deep Color Nails DGR702 Meet Mint
Etude House Dear My Neon Pop Nails NGR702 Ultra Green
Etude House Look at My Cotton Candy Nails CGR702

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MUSIC 

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Music by Dano - The Living Physicist

http://danosongs.com/

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xoxo

Bachelorette Party Nails: Nude, Lace, & Sparkles

This video was filmed almost a year ago, so the quality is worse than my last video.

I also have part where I don't have the footage, which is one of the reason I'm considering to not uploading this video, but I do love the design, so I'm gonna put it up anyway :)

And this nail art is actually not that hard to do with your non dominant hand, so give it a try if you want to :)

Anyway, I do hope you like this nail art as much as I do.

And till then, take care xoxo

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PRODUCT USED
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The Face Shop BR802 (Nude)
Arezia (Glitter)
Oriflame Base Coat

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xoxo

Little Sapri ♥

A precious gift from friends for my b'day in December!! xoxo