Salon Cherie pink/lavender mottled deco nails

I wanted to get my nails done, and there's no other nail salon that I'd rather go to than Salon Cherie for great deco work and design. I called to make an appointment and apparently I haven't visited in so long that I didn't even know my go-to nailist, Anri, has retired from the salon wtf. No matter because I had a great experience with Mariko last time, so I was still happy to request her again for this time.

 View from the Salon Cherie waiting area

I intended to just get gel done on my natural nail (length) but wtf two nails on my left hand broke about a week before my appointment and obviously they were not going to catch up with the rest of my nails in that time, so I had to get them sculpted. Which is not a big deal of course, but it's just an added expense :|
My nails before -

I always get really "stressed" to come up with a nail design. That probably sounds really silly but I'm going to be spending at least $100 for it, and it's something I will want to live with for at least a month if I want to get my money's worth, so I'm always nervous about picking something I won't be happy with or having regrets about not going grander or something like that.
I decided to go simple with the gel design (no hand-painted complicated stuff like last time) and used this photo as inspiration -

ahhh I'm so sorry but I can't find the source for this photo but I know it's from somewhere on Twitter...which obviously doesn't narrow it down.

I told Mariko I liked the look of the tips, but I wanted more pink and lavender. We decided to do a full glitter color for both ring fingers and the rest would have a semi-deep french of this mottled pink and lavender color. After she combined the two, I asked her to add a little white as well.
Then the fun part is the deco! I had a few pieces I knew I wanted to use, and then she worked around that.
Here is the result -

Sorry I don't have time right now to take DSLR photos in the daylight (wtf suddenly very busy) but hopefully these iPhone photos will do for now. I think by the time I have time to take good DSLR photos with natural light, they will be grown out a little bit at least. -__- As a result, this will be a pretty short blog post :|
[Ofc I will edit this later if/when I have time to take better photos but unfortunately I'm not sure when that will be wtf.]

I really love the subtle tip color. It's not just pink or lavender or white. It's a nice blurry pastel color which has a bit of "design" to it without being too showy. It almost reminds me of Rady? I think it will easily match with a lot of my Liz Lisa wardrobe. I love how the combination of colors allows for a lot of variation in color with the 3D parts which isn't TOO matchy.
Overall, I'm happy with my nails. I usually like a little more length to balance out the heaviness of the 3D parts, but that's really my fault because I cut my nails done like a centimeter or so in mid February, and they didn't grow back as fast as I wanted wtf. This is my first time getting sculpted extensions (without a plastic tip) for the nails that broke and Mariko did an excellent job shaping them and worked really quickly. I hope they are as durable as my other nails. I was expecting the appointment to last 3 hours, but I was out in 2.5, even with Mariko moving back and forth between me and another patron and switching with another nail tech who did the more mundane, simple tasks.
I wasn't really going to mention this, because I don't want to be disappointed with the nail set, but I'm pretty sure that the butterfly that was applied to my thumb nail is missing 2 pink rhinestones on the right wing. This kind of ruins it a little for me, but tbh it's not very obvious. I just wish I had noticed while in the salon and had asked her to just stick a few to add on. I know it's not that they fell off since I left the salon because the gaps are filled with gel lol. Anyway, small grievance about a small detail, but otherwise I'm pretty happy.

here's my ootd for getting my nails done :)

  Check out my post about my last pink/white nail set from Salon Cherie here if you're interested. It also includes all of my previous nail sets as well.

Salon Cherie
1888 Kalakaua Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815
(808) 277-3027
http://saloncherie.com/
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FULLMOON (nail) deco closing sale order

One of my favorite deco shops, FULLMOON, is closing! I got an email about the sales, and I decided to check it out and see if I wanted to get anything. This was my last chance to get some of my favorite nail deco pieces, so I gave myself a dollar amount limit (keeping the shipping weight in mind) and picked a few things :)
I chose to ship with regular (untracked and uninsured) mail instead of registered mail or EMS because I wanted to keep the cost down. I submitted my order and paid on Sept 3. I received an shipping confirmation email on Sept 5, and my small package arrived on Sept 11.

Clear Size Mix V Cut 60 pieces

I have a number of flatback rhinestones already, but I noticed that a lot of salons are using these V cut ones more and more so I thought I'd jump on and get a few for myself as well. I love the variety of sizes.

  Light Pink V Cut 5mm 60 pieces

I think I meant to get the mix size for the pink as well but I didn't realize I added the 5mm to my cart instead? Lol. Not sure, but I'm not unhappy. Either way, I don't already own these so it'll add a little variety to my selection when I'm trying to do my own 3d nail designs.

 Ribbon 6x11mm (light pink, purple, black, red)

I already own a few of these, but I do use them so I decided to just pick up a few more. I mostly only use them in the light pink color but if I do nails for other people, maybe they'd like the black or red? Or if I change my style suddenly idk lol. Doesn't hurt to have a variety when there's a sale!

 Glitter Ribbon 6x11mm (light pink, silver, gold, red)

Lol I also already own these...in all these colors already...but just wanted to restock a little since they were on sale. I love the glitter look.

 Lame Ribbon 6x11mm (light pink, blue)

More of the same but these are more lamé. I definitely have a number of these already -___- but wanted to get pink and blue because I like my pink and baby blue nail polish a lot right now. 

The three different "light pink" ribbon bows side-by-side.


 Love Heart 7mm (light pink, purple, white, light blue, red)

Not sure why I wanted to get these lol. I don't use hearts that much on my nails? And these are a little on the big side. Well, now that I have them, maybe I'll use them lol. I had thought about buying these a lot in previous orders, but this is my first (and last) time buying them. The purple is quite dark. It's more like an indigo. And there is a light glitter/shimmer on them.

 Rose 8mm (light pink, purple, red, black)

I definitely already own these in light pink and purple, but decided I couldn't have too many? Lol. Just wanted to get a few more while I had a chance. No real reason haha. They're a bit big but I don't mind it on longer nails. Depends how you use it.

I only ordered small nail deco pieces, but there are much more items on sale than just these/these kind of items, such as nail tips, pearls, regular deco items, and lots of other stuff!
Although I already have too many deco things that I don't use (I'm more of a hoarder -__-), I'm sad that FULLMOON is closing! Yuki is a really reliable shop owner, and I always felt like the prices were reasonable based on the quality of her goods. I also liked that she had such a variety of different things including jmags + 3 different shipping options. I also like that she lists the weight for each item in the listing so you can easily keep track of your weight total (and therefore shipping price) while you're shopping if that's important to you.

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