新年快乐! Happy New Lunar Nails 🐲❤️

You guys know, if I have a chance to be festive, I would, and nail art is just something I often do just to express how festive I am. 😁🏮  ___ ___ ## 💅 Getting Ready 💅 ___ Still, this time I wanted to have long red nails, so I got the extensions and I asked her to please make it stuck to my real nails as much as possible. ___ As we went through matching and attaching the right size of plastic nails onto my real ones, I was getting sleepy because this process is the longest of getting nails done. The picture on the right is when one hand is done. I do wish I could keep the length but I know I won't be able to do anything without scratching myself, so let's shorten them for practicality purposes. Now, let's make the surface of the nails smooth and even. |||| |-|-|-| | Filing | Drilling | Done! | ___ ## 💅 The Red Base 💅 ___ Started with the clear base nail coat, making sure it was smooth even before we started painting the color on them. ___ *The red coat base, here we go!* |||| |-|-|-| *Is it just me? Or my hand does look brighter with the red nails?* ___ ## 💅 The Gradient Gold Effect 💅 This time, the effect I chose is to make the gradient with the color of gold. Why not? Red for luck and Gold for money! 😂 The nail artist using her hand and the brush to "scrub" (that's the word she used) the gold powder on the red base. |||| |-|-|-| With some smudging and decorating process, the gold and the red started to gradually blend into each other. |||| |-|-|-| This is the finished look from this step. ___ ## 💅 The Golden Tree Effect 💅 From the last two pictures, did you notice why I left some of my nails un-gradient? That's because I want those nails to have other effects, the golden tree. I believe it's a good sign for growing well into the new year. The way to do that is to draw a clear gel in the shape of a tree, then "scrub" the same gold powder on it to make it visible. Oh! One more thing. I want to show you this. My nail artist uses this gold powder. I'm not sure what it is but it looked like an eye shadow. So, if anyone knows what it is, please shed light on me. I wanna know what it is. ___ ## 💅 Finished Nails and My Opinions About Them 💅 That's the last step of the nail art for my Chinese New Year 2024, guys, and here are the finished product. The red base, the gradient gold, and the golden tree. What do you think about it?  For me, my super honest opinions is that I'm partly disappointed with these nails. I was expecting the red to be more darker and the tree to look more like a bamboo tree, to make it more Chinese. I think the nail artist didn't really get all the details as I hoped.