Nails by NaiKay

girlwithalessonplan: hisnamewasbeanni: socialismartnature: (Ph...

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:34:29 +1000

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(Photo) MELBOURNE, Australia: The public school system was shut down today (8/4/12) by the biggest teachers’ strike in Victoria’s history.

The Education Union, representing some 50,000 teachers, held a mass stop work meeting at the Rod Laver Arena. 15,000 attended and later marched on Parliament House in the city.

Public school teachers were joined by education support staff. Teachers from the Catholic school system also took illegal strike action to join the protest.

IMPRESSED.

These is my people.

radicalpostbacc: rookiemag: theblackship: tinydragongina: ron...

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 00:30:09 +1000

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Elle Woods was hollering back before the movement. This is why i love this movie. It’s so progressive. Elle is a femme feminist who comes by it the hard way. She doesn’t change for the bookish people, the elitists, or for the feminists. She just does what she needs to do, and what she wants, even when at first it was chasing a boy. Then the movie drops the romance. IT DROPS THE ROMANCE. chick flicks don’t do that. Emmett asking her out is a footnote at the very end. And this whole time, she is classy, and lady like, and has pride in herself and her work. She’ll go to a costume party as a playboy bunny, but like hell will she sleep with her professor for an internship. Elle is my feminist role model

Same.

Elle Woods 4ever

I remember listening to my DAD defend Legally Blonde. An uncle was saying “Oh look, it’s that stupid movie again.” as he flipped through the channels. My dad responded with “Oh yeah, that movie where the blonde girl with great grades works really hard to get into pre-law, studies hard and proves herself to her peers and bosses while maintaining her integrity and not sleeping with her boss? What a terrible message to send girls.”

Also, I love this movie because Reese Witherspoon.

My very favorite thing about this movie is that Elle doesn’t have to sacrifice any of the femininity and bubbly optimism that make up her personality for the sake of succeeding. She tries to undermine her true self in favor of what others want her to be, but in the end she finds the balance she needs to be successful. Elle Woods doesn’t need to give up one stereotype just so she can conform to another. Elle Woods defies them both.

-naomi

I never thought about it this way, but yeah! What’s the thing I always misquote? “It’s the expectation, not the act, that is abhorrent.” Go Elle Woods.

Yes! Never properly been able to articulate just why I love this movie so much!

Purple tape mani with some glitter placement.

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:59:50 +1000

Purple tape mani with some glitter placement.

Blinged up my stripes. Cuz I can.

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:58:34 +1000

Blinged up my stripes.
Cuz I can.

Nude and neon stripes. Again, trying to tone it down a bit. Did...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:46:41 +1000

Nude and neon stripes.
Again, trying to tone it down a bit.
Did I manage it, you reckon?

Glittery half moon mani on a friend’s existing shellac.

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:45:31 +1000

Glittery half moon mani on a friend’s existing shellac.

Black and white designs. Trying to keep it a bit toned down...

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:43:06 +1000

Black and white designs. Trying to keep it a bit toned down while I’m on school placements.
There are enough things about me to distract the kiddies without adding ridonkulous nails into the mix…

Skittle designs on top of a Tiffany blue and coral. Quite liked...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 03:14:20 +1000

Skittle designs on top of a Tiffany blue and coral.
Quite liked this one, and good thing too, cos I haven’t had time to change them all week!

Not so sure about these. In the right light, they’re...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 03:12:36 +1000

Not so sure about these.
In the right light, they’re holographic, plus multiple colours and designs. A bit busy, I reckon.

These are nails I did for a contest, which is still actually...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:52:19 +1000

These are nails I did for a contest, which is still actually being voted on!
I’ll post the inspiration pic soon, but it’s for a nail polish brand geared towards men called manglaze. Very cool, and the prize is pretty awesome as well.
I’ve never wanted to win a comp more, because these nails took me TWO HOURS to do.
So worth it, I reckon they’re awesome.
If you’d like to help me out, go to @lacqueredaffair on instagram, and like these nails.
On fb go to A Lacquered Affair, head to the ‘mani-faces of manglaze’ album and like them there, or go to alacqueredaffair.onsugar.com and vote for them there.
It would mean the world of you guys would help me out. :)

My current mani. Loving the colours on these! So electric.

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:49:21 +1000

My current mani.
Loving the colours on these! So electric.

I’d been trying for weeks to work out how to do this lava...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:46:57 +1000

I’d been trying for weeks to work out how to do this lava lampy interlocking dots mani, and then found a tutorial, altered it to suit, and voila!
The middle finger is pink and orange. The contrast’s not too good, but idc!
So vibrant irl!

The after shot. I used striping tape, and a sheer nude to create...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:45:27 +1000

The after shot.
I used striping tape, and a sheer nude to create this pattern on top.
I love the way the glitters show through the nude, creating a sort of opalesque effect.

This is a before pic. I was trying out all the glitters I have,...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:43:25 +1000

This is a before pic.
I was trying out all the glitters I have, and decided to make them into a funky mani.
I especially love the glitters on right (bottom) hand’s index and middle fingers. So gorgeous.

Here’s the inspiration pic. I took one of their ad images...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:41:03 +1000

Here’s the inspiration pic.
I took one of their ad images (the bottom right) as the background, and the skull comes from the imagery on the bottles themselves.
So hardcore.

This is the tutorial I made for the previous three manis. I hope...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:34:12 +1000

This is the tutorial I made for the previous three manis.
I hope it’s helpful, and if you’d like the step by step written instructions, head on over to @nadeekay on instagram.

Alternatively, ask, and I can write them out for you here!

And number three. On my own nails. I left all my nails without...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:32:42 +1000

And number three.
On my own nails. I left all my nails without the black to show what the base colours look like.
I made a tutorial for these.

Number two. Different colours, but same deal: gitd stripes and...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:31:00 +1000

Number two.
Different colours, but same deal: gitd stripes and multicoloured.

The first of many laser manis that week. These were done for...

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:29:05 +1000

The first of many laser manis that week.
These were done for gaga that night, so I used UV reactive pink, and a glow in the dark top coat underneath the black so the stripes would glow. So flipping cool!

Blue skittle nails Especially love the patchwork hearts.

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:27:46 +1000

Blue skittle nails
Especially love the patchwork hearts.