Grey and red holo gradient with pumpkins...ST02 plate :)

Hi everyone,

In my previous post I showed you the new StampAholics plate ST02 :) Like I said I already made a couple of mani's with it. Today a mani I've made after I cut my nails :)

Base a gradient with Catherine Arley 800 and Color Club Revvvolution. Stamped with Konad SN black and the full nail image from ST02.

Another pic.

And a picture of the gradient base without the stamping.

Again a scanned picture of the entire ST02 plate.

More info see my previous post ;)

Thanks for reading :) I still have many more Halloween mani's to show you :)

xoxox

A day on the water :)

Hi Everyone,

I've made this a few months ago really quick. My sister and doggy were staying with us the entire weekend and it was nice weather so we rented a small boat in Giethoorn (also called Dutch Venice ;)) and had a lot of fun.

Color Club Eternal Beauty full nail stamped with Nfu-OH 65 and Nailways A-NW00010 Vive La Vie - Beach Baby. The boat stamped with Konad SN white and colored over it with neon stripers used Nailways A-NW00011 Vive La Vie - On the Water .

Holo on holo is always hard to photograph so here some more pics.

And some swacthes of this pretty holo from Color Club.

Also some pics of that day ;)

  A little stop to visit some of the cute shops there.

Captain Davy ;)

No no nooo don't go through that tree there are all kinds of insects living in there....eeeks :(

 Rock rock rock that boat.

 Beautiful water lily.

 Playing with the lily.

 Of course you see some cow on the route

 Yoshi had the day of her life :) loved sitting there seeing everything.

 Pee stop ;)

Pretty old house. Looks like from a creepy movie or something.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Neon Sunset Summer nails :)

Hi Everyone,

I made this last week and I am soooo happy with them. I love these kind of nails. So when I saw the new plates from Nailways I just had to have them. I love scenery /landscape nails and I just love Summer time. 

Also I am sick again :( I am really sick of being sick, my snotty cold was finally away for a week. But now it's back really bad, hopefully it will go away soon. I was in the hospital Monday for something else and later that day I felt really bad, snotty, sneezing, glowing red cheeks :( Maybe I got something from the hospital, anyway I hope it will be gone soon.

I still have this on my nails today, cause I was sooo happy with them :)

Base China Glaze Snow, sponged with CG Towel Boy Toy, CG Splish Splash, CG Sun Kissed, CG Orange you Hot?, CG Love's a Beach and Color Club Puccilicious. A Spectraflair topcoat. Stamped with Konad SN black and the new images plates from Nailways: A-NW00010 Vive La Vie - Beach Baby, A-NW00011 Vive La Vie - On the Water and A-NW00012 Vive La Vie - Vacation (for the little plane on my thumb) The waves are stamped with Sally Hansen Blue it and also from those plates. Also colored the light from the lighthouse with Snow and Sun Kissed.

Another picture (this is actually the first a took the rest I took a few days later)

The sort of gradient sunset base.

Another picture without flash.

A picture of both my hands, my friend Judith made this of my nails when I was at her place to show some of her friends :)

And playing with a little UV light, I love it how bright neons look with UV light :)

I was sooo happy with this mani, these kind of nails are so my thing (not all the time cause I do like simple nails too but I just love making these every now and then) And in the hospital I got lost of compliments that was soo fun cause I hardly get any compliments in real life :)

I also got the Sunshine award from the lovely Mishka (Michelle) from Lacquer or Leave Her! I always feel soooo honored to receive an award, I already got this a while ago so not gonna do everything again (part of me wants too, the other part just feels too sick :( ) But I did want to mention her and her awesome blog, so you should all check it out if you haven't already.

Thanks for reading

xoxox

Color Club Angel Kiss with roses

Hi Everyone,

I made this a couple of weeks ago. I still wasn't feeling well but really needed to do my nails and if I want something quick I always choose a holo polish :) So it was time to try my new Color Club Angel Kiss (the only one I have from the Halo Hues :( ) I first had it on without any nail art for a few days but somehow I forgot to take a swatch picture (I always take swatch pics, so I blame it on me being sick).

Also the new camera is sent back for repair, so had to use another camera (one that I don't like for nail pics) but did my best to capture all the colors and designs.

Base Color Club Angel Kiss, stamped the full nail with B310 and Konad pastel green. BM14 for the rose with Kleancolor metallic red and BM04 for the leaves with Flormar 50.

And some more pics (like I said I don't have my regular camera so it is hard to take a great pic).

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Fashion Inspired: very colorful gradient dress

Hi everyone,

Today I have another Fashion Inspired mani for you :) It really is one of my favorite theme's. I wanted to do something colorful, so I looked for a colorful dress that I really like. This weeks theme for Sassy Saturday is Fashion Inspired, so it was a good oppertunity for me to do this again :) I now have so many more ideas and saved some pictures of dresses :)

A gradient with CG I'm with the Lifeguard, CG Towel Boy Toy, CG Hang Ten-Toes and Color Club Pucci-licious with a holo glitter topcoat from Catrice on top. 

Stamped with H20 using Konad PSN apple green, SN pastel blue, SN pink pearl and SN pastel violet. Stamped again over it with Kleancolor metallic green, aque, pink and purple.

And another picture of just the nails.

The gradient base.

All the polishes I've used for this.

 And a collage of all the pictures together :)

Thanks for reading!

Have a nice day :)

xoxox

Be Strong!

Hi everyone,

Today something special that is inspired by a song  from Delta Goodrem - Be Strong

"And when you're like a single flower, Whose colors have turned to shades of grey, Well hang on, Be strong"

I have made these for the Empowering Woman contest on  Lacquer Or Leave Her. She has this contest to raise awareness about Inspire me 2 Aspire and is looking for women from all walks of life to be mentors for a chat event on International Women's Day (March 8th) Click link for more info. I wasn't planning on entering since I don't feel like I can inspire anyone and see my self as a failure when it comes to career. Plus English isn't my native language so I am always afraid that can cause problems in a chat. But then I thought I can help raising awareness by entering and writing this blogpost about it ;) (maybe some of you want to be a mentot in that chat) So I made an entry for this contest, my entry is totally different from all the amazing entries she already received. But I thought this song and the story behind it is inspirational (see the rest of my blogpost).

I find her songs/ lyrics especially this one beautiful  and inspirational when you feel down for some reason it will gives you power to be strong and hang on and don’t give up. And Delta is a beautiful empowering woman who overcome Hodgkin's Lymphoman cancer at the age of 18. Be strong is inspired by that period of her life. She was strong did not give up and now is a beautiful strong adult woman with an amazing music career. And she got strength and inspiration from her bad period in life.

"And when you're like a single flower, Whose colors have turned to shades of grey, Well hang on, Be strong"

Base a gradient of Catrice Pebbles Beach and Konad SN pastel violet with China Glaze Wireless holographic topcoat on top, stamped with Konad SN black, SN green, Color Club Wild at Heart, Color Club Revvvulotion and Konad SN white and SN yellow for the dots. Imageplate M25 for the flower stalk with leaves and XL F for the flower.

From thumb to pinkie the flower turns in to shades of grey but from pinkie to thumb the flower gets his colors back :)

I used purple colors because I’ve read that purple flowers can represent dignity, mystery, success, magic and pride. Overall, this color represents admiration and accomplishment. So I felt that fits the theme of empowerment too. You can admire other women /men /things in live /songs… and they can inspire you to accomplish your own hopes and dreams.

Some more pictures of this creation in different lighting.

You can see the grey colors slowly fade away more on each finger and that the flower gets his beautiful purple and green colors back :)

I’ve read Delta Goodrem wrote this song for a fellow cancer patient who unfortunately died a couple of years later (it means a lot to me since my mom died a bit more then a year ago at a very rare type of non Hodgkin’s Lymphoman Leukemia cancer) and I am glad to read there are people who overcome cancer... well not exactly the same type my mom had but something a bit similar. And it makes me happy she survived at her very young age of 18 and makes beautiful songs. To be completely honest listening to this song also always makes me cry a bit because then I have to think of my mom who was also very strong but did not win the cancer battle. But kept believing in a miracle until the very end. And even I sometimes have to cry when I hear it also gives me strength.

So no matter how bad things seem, never give up, be strong, keep the faith, have hope and pursue your dreams!

I know it is easier said then down, but it sure is something I want to believe in or/and try.

"And when you're like a single flower, Whose colors have turned to shades of grey, Well hang on, Be strong"

Thanks for reading.

xoxoxo

China Glaze IDK holo with holo stamping

Hi everyone,

The photos uploading problem isn't fixed yet but I did find it way to upload photos again directly from my computer. Somehow the button where you can choose files isn't showing in Explorer but it does show in Chrome. So I guess I use Chrome now for typing a blog. (although I am not a fan of that, because it has automatically grammar control so everything I typ gets a red line underneath...since it isn't Dutch ;)) Oh wait while I am typing this I find a way to set it for English instead of Dutch or completely stop it yeey :)

Today I'll show you something I did really quick and easy. A holo base with holo stamping :) I still had some of the China Glaze OMG holo collection untried on my nails as a full mani...shame on me ;)

China Glaze IDK a gorgeous lilac holo. Stamped with Color Club Wild at Heart. Both images are from Cheeky XL (or should I say Jumbo?) plate L (but the site said K2 when I ordered it for Christmas but the plate itself says L) So I will call it XL plate L.

And some more pictures of this :)

And of course some swatches of this pretty lilac holo polish.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Fashion Inspired: Fairy stars dress

Hi Everyone,

 

Today I`ll show you another Fashion Inspired creation. Since it is almost New Years Eve I choose something a bit over the top :) a starry fairy dress. Thought it would be fun for this time of year ;)

Base Color Club Pucci-licious with a layer of Golden Rose Paris magic 307 and black tips with Beauty UK Midnight Minx black. Stamped with Konad SN pastel violet and imageplate M84 (on the tips) and M11.

 

 The nails.

 

 The fairy dress.

 

And a picture of just the base without the stamping.

 

The shimmer from Golden Rose Paris magic 307 was really hard to capture and some how looked a little streaky on the photo. But in real life it was prettier ;)

I mad these for Konad Irelands Fashion Inspired contest. There are only a few entries so far and still a couple of days to enter....so you should all enter too :) it is so much fun to do Fashion Inspired nails. And making them with only Konad is a challenge too ;)

Enjoy your Saturday!

 

xoxox