Of Sunglasses And Nails

Well, before I start to ramble about my nails again, I shall start off with something else. I got a new pair of sunglasses!! haha!! I don't think my switch of topic really makes much difference does it? Non of them are really important X) but, I'm bored, and this is what I do~~

My new love ♥

It's not any Chanel or Gucci or Ray Ban or Oakley that would cost you hundreds, or maybe even thousands. Mine is brand-less and cost RM180, already very expensive to me, cheaper compared to the rest though, but at least it's a proper pair to protect my eyes.

Here's something that I would like to share with you all especially frequent sunglass wearers. If you're wearing cheap shades, I think it's best to throw them out and get a new pair. Not that all are bad, but do make sure that they have proper UV protection or it will actually cause more harm to your eyes compared to not wearing at all. Why? Because as most of you would know, when your eyes enter a dark surrounding, your pupils dilate (in another word, enlarge), to allow more light to enter so that you can see clearly. And when you put on a pair of sunglass, the same thing happens. So, if your lenses don't have proper UV protection, it will result in more UV entering and damaging your eyes, which might lead to cataract or other eye cancer.

If you're wondering if polarized lenses alone is enough to protect your eyes, answer is no. Polarized lenses only act as a blind to block out reflected light, so that you do not get the glare when looking are things, but it does not block out UV rays. So it's best to get a pair that is certified instead of getting cheap, fashion shades. However, like I've said, not all cheap glasses are bad, they should be fine as long as you get them from a proper retailer and they are certified. But it's best to run them through some test at your optician before being sure, though it's a bit odd to bring a pair of pasar malam sunglasses to your optician to be tested X)

Anyhow~~ back to my nails!! I'm pretty free so I'm into my nails again (I lost interest when I started college cause I don't have the time but now that I'm on holz, so I'm back baybeh!!) ^^ I saw this nail art technique online (*credits to cutepolish) and thought that I'd give it a try.

Newspaper nail art! (*enlarge to see clearer)

Close up

It's very easy to do actually, I didn't draw the words on my own, it's transferred from newspaper, so close your mouth if you're in shock of how I drew the words on, haha!! Actually, for all design students, we have already learned this method in college, called image transfer. It's pretty similar, just that the medium used to transfer is different that's all.

The transfer I did isn't very good, most of the wordings are really light and looks a bit like stain on my nails. I think I didn't use the proper medium that's why, the original artist used rubbing alcohol but I don't have any so guess what I've used? Vodka!!!! and it's non other than Absolute Vodka~~ hehe, I'm sure all you clubbers/drinkers out there are going to start cursing me for wasting good liquor on my nails X) but I've only used very little, barely even a shot glass, so chill~~ I shall try again another time with rubbing alcohol and post a picture of it if it turns out nice, hehe~~