Mini Nail Blog + ♪♪♪

The Beginning!!

Hello~!!

Did you enjoy your Christmas and New Year's holiday??

I had the most wonderful holiday ever!!!

\（＾∀＾）/ yay

It is a Japanese tradition to have Soba soup noodles

on new year's eve ☆

I cooked some prawns and sea weed tempura as well...

 

（・∀・）～♪

And added them on top!

 

And then

it is also a Japanese tradition to have rice cakes on new year.

ｖ（＾ω＾）ｖ

Putting them in a bowl of simple vegetable soup

and it'll make your body nice and warm!!

Well,

it's summer and very hot here in Australia!!

This is my pedicure photo

which was taken at the beach, with a little present that I found（＾ω＾）

 

It's hard to see but there are white stars

on the yellow base ☆

Hee hee!!

It's been a while for me to write my blog!!

I'll keep going nice and slow, he he,

so it'll be great if you could check my blog once in a while

this year too!!
 　

Thank you~♪

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010!!

 

Hello~!!!

Greeting from hot Australia!!

 

I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas holiday

and ready to start another great year!!

Thank you very much for reading my blog in 2009,

I know I couldn't keep going without your wonderful support!!

I would love to be able to help and entertain as many nail art lovers

as possible in 2010 through this blog(^-^)v

Thank you~!!

I'll see you super soon!!

Mitsue xxx

Hellooooo!!

Hello~y!!!

I'm still alive~!!!

I just don't have much time recently to write posts...m(u_u)m

I'm sorry!!

I'll write a new post and reply to your comments

ASAP!!!!!!

Kisses!! xxxxx

New Macaron Earrings♪

Hello~!!

Did you have a good weekend??

I had a very good weekend!!

Well, it's not that big a thing but

I finally broke my Scotch Finger biscuit successfully!!

 

Yaaay!! he he he...

This is a very short post,

I just wanted to show you my new handmade earrings☆

 

There are strawberries, blue berries and whipped cream

sandwiched in a baby pink Macaron (^-^)

If you'd like to see more photos, please click here!!

I hope you like them(^-^)

I did some more drawings...he he he.

 

It's hard to see, but It's Charming, my bird(^-^)v

When he is sleepy, he gets puffy like this!

Thank you for visiting!!

Winter Nails & Christmas Nails ミ☆

Hello~!!

Look at this!!

 

It was over 40 degrees yesterday!!

(The middle number is the outside temp)

Few... Luckily it's much cooler and even rained a little today.

I just added some new nail designs

in my nail tip store!!

I hope you'll like them.

(If you're interested in more details, please click the name of each Nail Tip)

This is Princess Rose,

decorated with acrylic roses and small holograms.

 

This one is Pink Snow,

these snowflakes are designed with an airbrush.

 

This is Winter Fairy,

soft airbrush and sparkling stones are very princessy(^-^)

 

And this is Happy Holiday!!,

this design has lots and lots of decorations!!!

My favourite is Winter Fairy(^-^)

I like twinkles with lots of stones and holograms!!

Were you able to find your favourite??

Or are you looking for different colours or designs??

Please let me know what you think about these designs!!

I would also love to hear what type of nails

you'd like to wear daily or for special occasions(^-^)

 

 He he, I did some drawings

and this is one of them!!

 

...sleeping?? ha ha ha!!

Thank you for visiting!!

Pen Tablet ＿Ф（°∀°）ー☆

Few...

It's very hot in here lately...

My  thermometer is showing the room temp (top)

and outside temp(middle).

 

I'm scared to see 40 in this...I'll definitely melt,

 I'll melt like a piece of chocolate...

mmm...I feel like eating chocolates....

...yes this warm temp makes my brain work in a weird way

 (well, mine's originally works in that way!! ha ha!!).

Anyway!!

I've got my new toy the other day!!!!!

Which is...

 

A Pen Tablet!!!

Yaaaaaa（°∀°）aaaay!!!!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!

 

Where it all begins~!!!

すべてはここから始まる～!!!

(Inside of the box...)

What you can do with this is

write and draw super easily without using a mouse!!

Like this...!!

Drawing is one of my biggest hobbies, but

it was very hard for me to draw things using a mouse,

 because I'm left handed!

The savior who told me about this pen tablet is

a graphic designer and my sister,

Princess Violet!!

(Please visit her wonderfully creative blog!!) 

(Thank you very much for telling me about

such a useful thing, Violet!!!!)

He he he,

I've tried drawing something as soon as I opened the box(^-^)

This is step 1- rough sketch.

 

Step 2- I don't know what this step is called.

 

Step 3- colouring and done!!

 

This is Charming, my cockatiel.

He often appears on my nail website

Create Magical Nails.com.

Well, after enjoying drawing Charming,

a good girl (me) went back to work and

did some winter nail designs...(^-^)

 

Please let me share my new designs with you

as soon as they're completed!!

Thank you for being patient with half melted me~!!

See you~!!

☆A Little Break☆

I've been doing lots of nail designs and tutorials lately,

so I had a little break(^-^)v

He he he~,

this is my best break time friend

 

Arnott's Scotch Finger biscuits with chocolate~!!!

yaaaa（°∀°）aaaay!!!!

I love this brand "Arnott's"

because all of their snacks I've bought so far

are very yummy,

and they have such a cute birdie on their logo.

 

Anyway!!

The biscuit itself looks like this,

you break it in half along the middle line.

 

I normally use a tissue so that

my hands don't get chocolaty...

Ok, let's crack this in half....

...oh.....

 

It broke everywhere...lol!!!

Well, it wasn't that successful,

but I really enjoyed this biscuit, especially

when I dip it in nice hot chocolate and whipped cream(^-^)v

 

He he he, it was my little break...

Please try this, I promise you won't regret!!

Thank you~!!

Nice to be here again!!

Finally I can start writing my blog again...!!

I have to apologize to wonderful people who check this blog regularly

for me not being able to update for weeks.

Now I have a lot of things I want to share with you(^-^)

During this absent time, I wasn't sick or anything, but

my computer was really sick and had to go to the repair shop,

and also my boyfriend and I went on a trip to Melbourne, Australia,

with my parents!!

(that's why I couldn't write at all...I'm sorry!!)

I'll write about my trip and a few nail tutorials super soon!!

I have to run and look after my website and store

which have been abandoned for a while!!!!

See you!!

☆☆☆New Nail Design☆☆☆

Hello hello~!!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!

My new nail tips are finally ready to wear(^-^)v

He he he, putting lots of acrylic decorations is my favourite thing to do!

I hope you like them!!

When I wear them, they look like this...

...twinkle twinkle...(^-^)

I used Cherry Blossom Candy from Nails Etoile.com

as base tips, he he.

Thank you for visiting!! Have a good day!!

°・○。○・°☆°・○。○・°☆°・○。○・°☆°・○。○・°☆°・○。○・°

This is very personal thing, but I can't hold it back!!

Please let me share this with you!!

My favourite Australian Football League(AFL) team won the grand final!!

This was the first time for me to follow a sporting team passionately,

and the team finished with the best possible result!! I'm so lucky...（´∀｀）

My boyfriend and I watched on TV, and when the last siren went off　

we went crazy!! Jumping up and down and crying and screaming...!!!

It was fabulous...（≧∀≦）ｖ

Thank you Geelong CATS!!

☆

☆Halloween Nails☆

Good evening~!!

...and long time no see~（＾＾；

I'm sorry...

I started designing another set of

new nail tips for my self!

Big bows and a lot of pinks again（＾＾；

I still have to dry the top coat

and apply Ready To Wear Coat on the back

so that I can wear them and show you（＾ω＾）

By the way!

I've deigned a few Halloween nails,

using mainly acrylics...

What am I making??

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Yep!! It's a pumpkin~!!

Please try it when you design your Halloween nails!!

There are more Halloween Nailsthat I designed recently at Nails Etoile.com!

Please visit and have a look!!

(My nail tip store: Nails Etoile.com)

He he he.

Hope you don't mind if I share my favourites with you...

This is Princess Gisellefrom the Disney movie "Enchanted".

She is sooo beautiful!! One day, I'll become like her...lol

Thank you for visiting~!!

xxx

☆

☆New Nail Designs☆

Hello~(^0^)/

I'm very happy lately

because

the weather here is getting better and better!!

It started getting warmer and I can see

some blue sky more often(^0^)yay!!

I went to the park with my boyfriend on Sunday

and practiced kicking a football(^^)v

 

I'm not a very good kicker as you can see(^-^;

Anyway!!

I just forgot to introduce you to my new nail tip designs

which were added a little while ago

on Nails Etoile...（´∀｀；

 

Pop Butterfly Nail Tips

Cherry Blossom Candy Nail Tips

Wonder Land Nail Tips

The 3rd one,

the Wonder Land design is my favourite（≧∀≦）ｖ

Please visit and have a closer look at

these new additions and more designs（・∀・）/

↓

☆Nails Etoile.com☆

Have a good night!!

（＾３＾）/smooch!!

☆

Wow Photoshop!!

Hello!!

I normally use Photoshop for writing

" Mini Nail Blog" or "Nails Etoile"

on top of my photos.

But!!

I found a drawing tool as well!!

And I decided to draw a little bit...

This is how it started...

 

Haha!! It's messy!!

And...

 

It's getting better...??

 

A squirrel!!

I drew this using the mouse, so it's not really neat,

but I enjoyed it so much!!

I made some scones too...

 

The little star is for my boyfriend(^-^)v

 

Don't worry,

I'm doing nail designs as well(^-^;

 

I will let you know what this is for soon

But for now, it is a secret(^0^)he he

I'm sorry for not writing so many blogs lately,

I'm a little busy(^-^;

This is my MESSY working area...

 

Haha!! Things are everywhere!!

Birdies of the day!!

↓

 

So colourful!!!!

I LOVE Australia~!!!!

Thank you~!!

☆

MEL（°ω°）MEL（°ω°）MELBOURNE（°ω°）BOURNE（°ω°）BOURNE

LONG TIME NO SEE~!!!!
。°・（´д｀）・°。
I'm sooooorrryyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!


I've been super busy for the last few weeks(-.-; few...
BUT!
I'm so happy that I can start writing my blog again!!


At the end of last month,
I went to MELBOURNE~~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!WOOOOOOO（°∀°）HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Melbourne is in Victoria, Australia,
and it was my first time to visit there with my boyfriend!

It was good!! it was sooo Good!!!!!
The people were so nice and the food was really yummy!!


We were so lucky and it didn't rain at all
even though some rain was expected at that time.



This is very popular and big casino.
We went to a few restaurants in this complex.



Of course I took my nail tips with me!

This is my new nail tip case(^-^)
I made it with acrylics, silicon and lots of gem stones!!
Lots of my yummy favourites(^-^)v


And in inside...

Tadaaaaaaa!!
My Football Cheering Nails!! ha ha ha!!



Its got a little kitty charm as well!!
Meow!!（°ω°＝）


Yep!!
We went to watch a football match as well!!!!

This is the outside of the BIG stadium in Melbourne,
it's called MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground).



This is the inside!



This good looking doll was in the shop
in MCG(^-^)



On one night,
we had HUGE oysters for dinner!!
And they were the best oysters we have ever had（°∀°）!!!!



It was a beautiful dusk...sigh（´ω｀）




It's me...ha ha ha.
I'm wearing my favourite football team uniform☆
It was a super cold day,
and my boyfriend bought me that scarf before the game（´ω｀）he he


Ah...it was a fantastic trip!!


Well!!
Thank you very much for reading my short vacation blog(^-^)v
I'm sorry it isn't really about nails m(u_u)m


Thank you~!!
See you soon!!



☆

○°☆Miracle Magic○°☆

Good Morning~!!

I saw a magical rainbow this morning!!
↓


What a MIRACLE!!!!

 


I wish everyone I can share this miracle with
will have a wonderfully happy day today!!!!


Yaaaaaay!!!!!!


☆

Disposable Gloves (^ω^)/

Every Monday is my big cleaning day!!

I use a LOT of VERY dangerous detergents...he he he~!!
...Just joking(^-^)v


I mainly use cleaning agents which are not harmful
for animals, soil or water,
but, they still can dry my hands out(^-^;

So, I use these disposable plastic gloves
↓


I was cleaning Charming's (my birdie's) cage...



I wear these gloves after applying thick cream on my hands.

This is like wearing a wrap,
and will make my hands nice and soft
by the time I finish cleaning everything p(^-^)q

The reason why I don't use proper gloves is
because of the soft feeling linings inside which
will absorb the hand cream and
get dirty.


If you're interested,
 I recommend to use powder free or
powder less disposable gloves,
so it doesn't make your hands powdery white in the end.



These are my new nail tips
↓

 Pink and blue bows with lots of stars!!



↑Thumbs...(^-^)↓


And there is a nail pierce as well!!
↓

                                     ...this one.


These little additions will be available at
my nail tip store soon!! He he he~!!!


Thank you~(^0^)/


☆

Charming had a bath today,
and he soaked his tummy!


He is like "...huh? What are you lookin at??"

Don't catch a cold Charmin!!

☆


 

～(＝＾ω＾)★Go☆CATS☆Go★(°ω°＝)～

Meow~!!
∧,,∧
＝°ω°＝
∪∪
How are you~??
I'm doing super good!!


I think mainly ladies check my blog(thank you~!!),
but how many of you are interested in sports??

Do you like playing any sports? or
do you like watching people playing??


My boyfriend and I really love watching
AFL-Australian Football League(^ω^)v

There are 16 teams and most of them have
 animals for their nicknames!! How cute!!

My favourite team is called the CATS, Geelong Football Club!!
And we went to see one of their games
last weekend!!


yaaaaa(°∀°)aaaay!!



Of course I did my nails for that!!
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Hand painted after air brushed on dark blue nail polish,
decorated with silver bullions and gem stones.
It's the CATS logo on the thumb(^ω^)v


They look like this on the nails...

he he he he....



This is AAMI Stadium....

Wow...a lot of people...(°O°)!!


Players try to kick the ball in between
 these high posts...looks difficult.


My uniform and nails(^ω^)
 


It's so funny because
I had never been interested in ANY sports before,
I was a typical lolita girl
who loves peace, pink, frills, twinkles and sparkles!!

...But
after watching some games with my boyfriend,
w(°O°)w
I found
THAT IT IS VEEEERYYYY INTERESTING!!!


Do you have any experience like this??
Something that you're not interested in before but
changed your mind to the totally opposite direction...


HA　HA　HA～！！

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Thank you~!!

Easy Chocolate Cake \(°∀.°)/三三

Hello~!!

When you are a little tired of doing nails,
how do you take a break??

I love having nice sweets and a cup of tea(^-^)v


I'd like to share a recipe with you today,
and that is an easy chocolate cake!!



=INGREDIENTS=
160g Cooking Milk Chocolate
75g Butter
3 Medium size Eggs
110g Icing Sugar
70g Plain Flower
3tbs Liquor(Rum or Brandy)
Small amount of Icing for decoration



=PREPARATION=
Take eggs out of fridge to make them room temp.
Measure all the ingredients.
Break chocolate into small pieces and sift the flower.



=Let's Start!!=
1. Boil some water in the kettle.

2. Put a piece of baking sheet in the tin.



3. Pour a small amount of boiling water into a bowl,
and put the chocolate bowl in it.



4. Separate egg whites from egg yolks,
and beat egg whites with 1/2 of icing sugar.



5. Beat beat beat beat beat beat...
for about 10 min till it gets fluffy.

From left, 3 min later, 5 min, 8min, and 10 min...

Now you can turn the bowl up side down!

It is the key to make the cake nice and soft!!


6. If the hot water in the bottom bowl gets cold,
please change to hot water to melt the chocolate completely.
(Preheat oven to 180C)



7. Add butter to chocolate and mix them together.



8. Add liquor and mix.



9. Check the egg whites, if it looks bumpy whisk a little
to make it smooth.



10. After checking the egg whites, beat the egg yolks
and add the rest of icing sugar (using the same whisk is ok).


Beat till it looks like mayonnaise.



11. Add a half of the egg whites...



=HOW TO MIX KEEPING IT FLUFFY=
Cut the egg whites with a spatula 3 times.
1. Pink 2. Red 3. Purple


Then, scoop whites from back and flip it over without pushing.
(Dotted lines are where you cut)


...So, cut, cut, cut, scoop and flip!!
Repeat this method until the ingredients are mixed.

☆★☆


12. After mixing them lightly, add 1/2 of flower
and mix in the same way...
 
cut 3 times, scoop and flip!!


13. Add the rest of the flower and keep mixing
till no powdery texture.



14. Add the rest of the egg whites and mix.
Cut 3 times, scoop and flip again(^o^)/
(Do this as quickly as you can to make your cake fluffy!!)



15. Add The chocolate at once and mix quickly!
AGAIN!! Cut 3 times, scoop and flip!!



16. Pour everything into the baking tin
and remove a little bit of air by dropping the tin on the table
a few times.



17. Bake it for 25-30minutes.



TING!!

18. Stick a toothpick in the middle of the cake and see.
If there is no liquid attached to the toothpick, IT'S PERFECT!!!



19. Remove the cake from the tin and turn it over.
Then let it cool down...



20. When it gets cooler,
decorate with icing sugar!!



Yaaaaay!! Handmade sweeeets!!!
Yummmmy and Healthy~~~~~~(°∀°)/
(If you eat this everyday, it's not going to be healthy of course(^-^;)


I hope you'll enjoy having a break from nails
and enjoy creating some other things too!!!

Yaaaaay!!
 

☆New Designs at Nails Etoile☆

Hello~(^o^)/
Looong time no see~ m(u.u)m I'm sorry!!


I hope you had a wonderful St.Valentine's day
on 14th of February(^3^)/

Did you do anything special??

I've heard that boys give girls lingerie for
a Valentine's day in western countries.
How interesting!!


In Japan, it's common for girls to give boys chocolates.
There are two types of chocolate...

One is for general boys.
For example, class mates, colleagues and family.
Girls tend to buy "good value for money" chocolates for these boys.

The other one is for a boy who is special
like a boyfriend, husband or
someone you want to become your boyfriend.
Girls normally cook something using chocolate
and give it to the special boy.

It's a really good chance for a girl to show a boy that
she is in love with him(^-^)♪


Oops!! It became such a long story(^-^;



I just wanted to tell you that some
new designs have been added in Nails Etoile

 


I hope you'll like them p(^-^)q




This is a chocolate cake which I made
for my boyfriend(^o^)v
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ha ha ha!!


Thank you for visiting!!
See you soon!!



 

☆Getting Ready for Nail Tip Store~☆

Helllooo~ヾ(＠^▽^＠)ﾉ

It's less than 1 week to X'mas!!!!

How are you going to spend this X'mas??
Staying with your family or
going away for holiday??

In Japan, a lot of couples spend X'mas time together,
going out for dinner, enjoying the romantic decorations in town,
and giving each other presents!!

Very good time for kids and girlfriends!!!
...but not so much for dads and boyfriends...$$$$$$haha!


By the way!!
Preparation for my nail tip store is going very well!!

So I'd like to share a little bit of my nail tip designs with you!

These are the examples of the new nail tip designs
which are going to be sold online.



Nail tips will be shipped all over the world
 in the love heart container on the left hand side.



I'm so sorry that I can't show you the photo fully just yet...
But soon you'll be able to see all of the photo from
a lot of different angles p(^-^)q

°・;。☆°・，。○〇★°・;。☆°・，。○〇★。;・°

i enjoy playing flute when I feel tired from designing
or doing something on the computer(^▽^)v
↓ This is my flute


Do you have any hobbies apart from doing nails??
Please share them with me~(^o^)/

Thank you~!!

Anniversary Nails \(＝^▽^＝)/☆

Hello hello~!!

I'm so sorry for leaving my blog again!!

he he he...

The reason was...

my boyfriend and I had our

3 year anniversary...(●´ω｀●)ゞ

te he he he...

I made a cake too!!

(It looks funny, doesn't it? he he)

And these are the nails I made

for the celebration☆

I made nail tips this time

because I needed to do some cooking

on the day, and I really didn't want to ruin

my nails before we went out(*^▽^*)

I like wearing nail tips

because I can make exactly the same

nail designs for both hands,

I can put them on and take off any time,

and they don't need any refill or after care treatment!!

...he he he...I'm lazy!!

I'll show you how to wear nail tips(^v^)v

I normally use nail tip tape instead of glue 

so that I can reuse the nail tips again.

1. Remove the tape from the paper

using tweezers.

2. Attatch to the back of the nail tip.

 

3. Push to ensure the entire tape

is attatched without making air bubbles inside.

4. Remove the paper from tape.

5. Place the nail tip onto the nail,

pushing down from the cuticle line.

This is how they look like on the hand!

To remove the nail tips use an orange wood stick,

and push up the tip from the cuticle side.

I hope you'll enjoy designing your nail tips

and wearing them too!!!!

Thank you so much(^o^)/

See you~!!