Werewolf under a full moon

Hi Everyone,

Remember the black cat on the wall mani I've showed you last week? Well I changed that mani later. I felt like something was missing and also the challenge from Bundle Monster was werewolves. So I decided to remove the kitty and add a wolf ;) And I also added some stars in the night sky.

Base Seventeen 545 (kinda has a suede look to it). Stamped with Konad SN yellow the peace sign from BM320 so I could color it and it could be my moon (see I do combine stamping with a little freehand  haha). Used Konad SN pastel orange (this isn't really a pastel) to color part of my nail and stamped over it with BM422 in black to make it look like a brick wall. The SN Konad yellow and silver stars are from BM14 and the black wolf is from plate LLC10.

Thanks for reading :)

xoxox

Black cat on the wall

Hi Everyone,

Today one of my Halloween themed mani's I've made this week. I made a couple of them I love Halloween themed mani's. I wish Halloween was a real holiday here too :) Julep contacted me and asked me if I wanted to participate with their Halloween challenge...and I said yes cause always love a challenge and especially when it is a fun theme. I don't own any Julep polish since it isn't easy for me to get, but ofcourse I've seen their polishes on blogs and facebook of my fellow nail addicts :) 

They send me a Halloween nail art tutorial....we all know my freehand skills aren't that great. And I have many other Halloween ideas but I thought it was fun to do a stamping mani based on their freehand tutorial..since I am a stamping girl ;) It isn't my most favorite Halloween mani I did but it was fun to do and I did gave my own spin to it...they used a fence and I made it a wall ;)

First I'll show you my mani and then I'll share Julep's tutorial with you. I would love to see your version of it if you decide to make it :)

I needed to use a blue for the night sky color, I could have used a darker more midnight blue but I wanted to use my new polish from the Greek brand Seventeen that I bought on my vacation there ;) It is opaque in one coat so that is nice and it also stamps, so win win. Will show swatches at the end of this post.

Now here is my mani.

Base Seventeen 545 (kinda has a suede look to it). Stamped with Konad SN yellow the peace sign from BM320 so I could color it and it could be my moon (see I do combine stamping with a little freehand :P haha). Used Konad SN pastel orange (this isn't really a pastel) to color part of my nail and stamped over it with BM422 in black to make it look like a brick wall. The black cat is from Nailways Darker Period- Halloween.

Here the tutorial from Julep. 

You have to zoom the read so to make it easier for you a cut it in pieces so you can easily see the steps.

You can see all of Julep's nail polish colors online.

Like I said if you make this look please let me know I would love to see :)

Here as promised some swatches of my new Seventeen polish. I only used one coat for this.

I really like this brand and every time when I am in Greece I have to buy at least one polish :)

Thank you for reading :)

xoxox

Snow globes :)

Hi Everyone :)

Today I'll show you my first winter nails :) Nail polish Canada invited me again to join their Holiday challenge, just like last year. I always feel honored when they invite me to join. And I love joining even though I am not eligible for the prizes (since I am not in the US or Canada). Maybe you are allowed to just give an US/Canada address, I don't know that. But just joining is already a lot of fun with or without prizes :) 

The theme of this first week is Snow you can see all the participants by clicking the snow link. So I decided to make snow globe nails hahaha. I saw some snow globes online and I wanted to make that on my nails. And since I am a stamping girl...it is all done with stamping :) 

It was hard to capture so my thumb is in an oblique angle. And it isn't all perfect and neat but I still like it :)

Basea beautiful blue holo polish... Jade Hypnose. Stamped with Bundle Monster BM320 and BM07 (peace signs) the snow globes and colored them with white blue and silver and a little glitter topcoat. Stamped the globe/bulb standard with Konad M19 (part of the french tip) first in white went over it with red. Used QA19 from Born Pretty Store for the reindeer, house, snowman and golden snowflakes on the standard. Winstonia W115 for the penguin. HB33 for the little Christmas trees. And dotted white snowflakes. I used Konad black, white, pastel blue, silver, brown, yellow, red, green, pastel orange and Essence A piece of forever for stamping (stamping decals), coloring and dotting.

And some swatches of this pretty blue holo polish.

You can still join the Nail polish Canada challenge and also vote for your favorite on their website.

I am already looking foward to next weeks theme, I always like these challenges.

Thank you for reading :)

Have a nice weekend!

xoxox 

Starry night with howling wolf under a full moon!

Hi Everyone,

I feel like I could blog everyday, still so many mani's to show you also from weeks, months or even years ago haha. Today something I've made this week. I had to try an untried polish that I have over a year now. And also wanted to use some plates I had never used before.

The polish and his name kinda matched the mani theme :)

Base Essence Vampire's Love 02 Into The Dark. Stamped full nail holo stars with China Glaze OMG and Vivid Lacquer VL014 plate. Stamped the other stars also with VL014 and Konad SN pastel yellow and SN yellow. The moon is the peace sign from BM320 that I colored with pastel yellow, yellow and white. The howling wolf is stamped with Konad SN black and LLC10.

Here a pic of the VL014 plate:

And some swatches of this pretty base color.

I actually liked this polish more then I thought when I had it on my nails.

The LeaLaC LLC plate I bought at Llarowe, but it discontinued I believe :(
BM plates you can find at Bundle Monster.
And Vivid Lacquer you can buy in her etsy shop and can also check out her facebook page

Thanks for reading :)

xoxox

Colorful peace woodstock nails

Hi Everyone,

I've made these nails over a month ago but I forgot to blog about them. Did posted them on my facebook. I've made this for a small music festival in the place I live...it was called Woodstock at the Waal.

Base Barry M (yaay my first Barry M polish) black multi glitter 333. Stamped with Konad SN white and BM07 (weed leaf), BM 320 (Peace sign) and BM311 (flowers) colored over it with neon stripers from So Easy and Flormar.

And some more pictures of this.

Two pictures made at the festival:

And of course I did a matching pedi too :) don't mind my sandy toes...I took this later in the train when I came back from the beach ;)

Some swatches of Barry M black multi glitter 333

And some pics made at Woodstock.

My sis made me a Hippie headband out of pieces of grass and flowers while we were sitting in the grass enjoying the music :)

These nails were nail art of the week on Bundle Monster their facebook a couple of weeks ago :) I was soo honored :)

Thanks for reading enjoy your weekend!

xoxox

Dolphin Sunset nails

Hi everyone who reads this :)

The weather here in Holland is finally really like Summer and I loveeeee warm sunny weather. So I just had to make summer nails (again). And love how they turned out. I was inspired by a wooden painted dolphin statue, you can see it on the pictures below.

Everything is stamped even the little islands ;) only the blue/white waves aren't stamped.

A white P2 base, sponged with China Glaze Towel Boy Toy, China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise, OPI I Need Sunglasses, Essence 01 BBC Pink Heat, OPI Purple with a Purpose and China Glaze Beach Cruise-R. Added China Glaze Wireless Holographic topcoat on top. Stamped with HB46 (parts of shells for the islands),  BM315, BM320, H10, H18, M29 and S2. The white/blue waves are made with a small brush.

I love making summer nails especially sunset summer nails on the beach with palm trees :) I also plan on entering these nails in the summer contest of Nails and Stuff.

I make something like this every year you may remember these from 2010 Romantic Sunset and 2011 Romantic Night at the Beach..

but with those 2 I also used selfmade water decals..this year it is a all stamping mani :)

 Different light.

Without flash under artificial light.

Here you can see my inspiration :)

Also made matching toes again, stamped with BM315, M29 and GCOCL A02.

Again my hand with my inspiration in the background :)

Enjoy the weekend! I know I will with this lovely sunny hot weather :)

We also are going to celebrate my dads birthday...first one without my mom :( Last year even though she was really sick she/we organized a surprise party for him because he turned 60. She also said I wanna celebrate it because it might be our last B-day together :( I soo miss her and know my Dad misses her too.

Thank for reading I am really happy with the way my nails turned out. Just by looking at them it makes me smile and I imagine I am at this beautiful beach.

xoxox