Review: Avone Beauty Secrets Nail Services

Monday 27 August 2018 at August 27, 2018

Ever since I was in primary school, I loved doing my nails. Yes, even though we're not allowed to have our nails painted in primary school, I would still paint them, in dark red, because that's my mum's favourite nail colour when I was a kid, during the weekends. I even remember an occasion where I had to run to my friend's house in the morning for nail polish remover because I completely forgot to remove them and I was already in school! *LOL*


When I grew older, this obsession definitely got more serious. I was rarely, if not, never, seen with bare nails. If you follow my Youtube channel since I started it, you might notice how often I buy nail polishes and how often I mention them in my favourites videos! That said, that was mostly 4 to 5 years ago when I was still working part-time or studying. Now that I'm a full-time working adult who is also trying to juggle a Youtube and Blogging career, and a healthy lifestyle, doing my nails is just... Impossible.

Therefore, since I've started earning money, I started visiting nail salons and I must say that it makes doing my nails so much more convenient, especially because they have all the right equipment and tools! One of the first nail salons I visited was Avone Beauty Secrets because this is where I got my eyebrow embroidery done. I did a nude x glitter set and I was completely in love with it! This probably happened in December 2017, so that's quite a long time ago, but if you follow me on Instagram, you might saw me rave about my nails then.


After my first nail session with them, they very kindly offered me a package of 6 sessions, and I can't express how delighted I was because I can now have pretty nails for half a year! So in today's blog, I will be sharing with you all the designs they've done for me during the past 6 months. All sessions, except the last one, were done by Crystal, their beautician from their JEM outlet and she's honestly the most attentive nail specialist I've ever met. Each session, I will prepare a photo of a set of nails I find either on Instagram, or Pinterest, or Google, and she always manage to recreate them for me.


Going back to the first session with Crystal in February, I've secretly always wanted to have Sailor moon-themed nails. I just find them super cute and 'extra' and so that was what I decided to go for. Avone Beauty Secrets has a huge range of nail decors, unfortunately they don't have the Sailor moon gems. But Crystal still tried her best to re-create those gems by using a mixture of what they have in store which I think is very impressive!


After a month of having extra-looking nails, I decided to go back to having nude, muted nails for March. I found this set of nail art from a Korean nail shop's Instagram and I like that even though it still has gems on it and various decor, it still look mature and classy due to the nude base and pearls. Again, Avone Beauty Secrets did not have the exact gems in stores, but Crystal actually drew on the missing gems with gold glitter nail polish! I think the highlight of this set is the pink marble design as well as the bits of seashells.


For April, I wanted a change of style again, so I decided to go with something more colourful and cute. I found this effin' cute nail art from another Korean nail shop but I'm not that fond of the colour green on my nails, so I requested Crystal to switch the colours for me. I chose the 3 shades myself and I'm pretty impressed with myself because it goes so well together! I think this was definitely one of my favourite because it's so simple and cute you can never go bored looking at it.


Ever since I started doing my nails with Avone Beauty Secrets, I've been following numerous nail shops on Instagram. One shop that caught my eye is a shop called ROLIE from Taiwan. I stumbled upon this gorgeous abstract looking nail set from them and it looked so complicated I was afraid Crystal would not be able to re-create it for me, but she did such a great job considering how this nail art seriously required so many layers of different colours! It's not a complete replica, but I think she got the overall vibe right and I was so pleased with the outcome.


In June, I knew I will be jetting off to Phuket and so I searched high and low for a summer, beach nail art on Pinterest. It felt like I took forever to decide because if you haven't realised, I love having nudes or pinks on my nails and I just know which colours suit my skin tone and which don't, and finally... I found this adorable pastel set from Pinterest and I believe it's from a Japanese nail shop! I love pastel colours on my nails so I think this is perfect and will suit all my beachwear for Phuket! Those flamingos and leaves require so many layers of different colours and not to mention, precision! I don't think I'm able to even re-create the flamingo on a piece of paper, moreover on a nail. I'd say this is also one of my favourite nail art!

Sadly, I have just done my last session of nail appointment with Avone Beauty Secrets and this time round, I wanted to go for another cute and simple nail art since I noticed that that is what I generally prefer. As you all know, I'm a BTS fan, so I wanted to go with a BT21 themed nail art. Once again, I went on a search mission for a BT21 nail set on Pinterest, Google and Instagram, but none of the designs suited my taste because I specifically wanted a BT21 TATA nail art. So ultimately, I decided to customize my own! The original colours of TATA is a bright red, yellow, and royal blue. I figured out that my main concern was that I wasn't sure if my skin tone would suit royal blue and bright red, so I decided to stick to what I'm comfortable with, pinks, and pastels. This nail set was done by another one of their therapists and I like that she constantly checks the design with me. Initially, I wanted all the pink nails to have TATA on them, but she also recommended to keep 2 out of the 3 blank so it will look less complicated.


Overall, I had a really pleasant experience at Avone Beauty Secrets as I love that they are able to re-create all my desired nail designs, and even tweak them slightly to suit my taste. Recently, they also brought in new nail polish shades which all looked so pretty and unique (especially the pastel shades!)! I think if you're the type who loves changing up the colours of your nails, heading to a nail salon is definitely more worth it compared to buying a bunch of nail polishes. I have a lot of nail polishes at home but I've never actually finished up any, and most of them just dry up overtime. Moreover, I find that most stores sell the same type of mainstream nail colours, especially for gel nail polishes which are so rare in the market. So if you're looking for something different like a periwinkle blue, or banana yellow, etc, a nail salon is more likely to have them available. At Avone Beauty Secrets, all their staff are very friendly and approachable, you can even swatch the colours on your nails before finalizing your choice if you're unsure about the end results.

If you're interested to find out more on their nail services, packages and prices, feel free to give them a call!

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