MoYou Nails: Dachshunds in love

Hi Everyone,

Remember I few weeks ago I posted the Dinosaur nails and showed you the plates I got from Moyou Nails I then promised to do another mani with both these plates. Well here it is, I did this earlier but did not had time to blog about them yet.

The base a subtle yellow gradient with Boulevard Ice Cream polish yellow, OPI Need Sunglasses and Essence Cherry Blossom Girl 01 Fortune Cookie.  Stamped the black Dachshunds with Moyou nails 66 and the red and orange flowers from Moyou nails 216. Added some dots in the flowers and dotted the little hearts .Used Konad stamping polishes. I mirror stamped one Dachshund (from stamper to stamper and then on the nail).

Here some pics of the gradient base.

My sister has a wire haired Dachshund and know that these ones aren't the same but still I had to do this Dachshund mani :)

Like I said in my Dinosaur post the plates stamp really well and so does the stamper. The quality is great! Make sure to check out their site for more great plates. And they also have facebook and instagram and twitter for those who have that ;) 

Thanks for reading :)

xoxox

Fashion inspired: pink bats

Hi Everyone,

Today I mani I've done in April ;) I haven't done my nails in 1,5 weeks was not feeling well. So time to show the older ones that I still need to blog about ;)

This mani is inspired by a new t-shirt I bought back then.

Base Essence Show Your Geet 05 Flashy Pink. Stamped the bats from a Halloween no name/number plate from the Tedi shop in Germany using Konad SN black. Dotted little white eyes on them with Konad SN white.

Here a pic of just the mani.

And some swatches.

Thanks for reading. I will post some more older not blogged about mani's this week.

xoxox

Monthly Palette Project May with "acid wash" technique

Hi everyone,

Every month in WON there is a color palette with rules. You have to use at least 2 of the colors and the technique rules are different each month. Last month we had to use the "acid wash' technique. I had never tried this before, so it was a challenge. Don't think this is my cup of tea but it sure was fun to try.

Started with the light blue Flormar as a base, then the dark blue Flormar, then the pink from Essence. On ring finger I changed the dark blue and pink layers. Acid wash technique so I used a q-tip with remover to rub over my nails so the layers underneath become visable. I stamped over that with Moyou Kitty 01 sort of gradient Konad SN pastel violet and Konad SN pastel blue butterflies with little light pink (almost white dots in their wings) I had to try using all the colors again :)

Close up of the stamped mani.

And here just the acid wash base

Like I said not really my "style" but it was fun to do.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Cinco de Mayo

Hi Everyone,

I did these a week ago for some of the FB challenges, they had the theme Cinco de Mayo and I love doing themed nails :) So ofcourse I googled what Cinco de Mayo meant and I had some special plates for this holiday too.

Today may 5th we here in Holland celebrate our Liberation Day, that means all kinds of Liberation music festivals across the country :) Will show you those nails later this week ;)

Sponged the ring finger in the Mexican flag colors with Konad SN green, SN white, SN red. The gradient on the rest is Essence Cherry Blossom Girl 01 Fortune Cookie, Konad SN orange pearl and P2 Summer Love LE 020 Summer Affair. (I loved this gradient) Plates Winstonia Store W211 (pinkie) and Bundle Monster BM H24 (the rest).

And a pic of the gradient (forgot to take pic and I already stamped my ring finger).

Happy Cinco de Mayo for those who celebrate and Happy Liberation Day for the Dutchies ;)

Edit: I was featured together with the amazing Nicky at Nailart of the week on Bundle Monsters' facebook. So honored and proud.

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Bad Hair Day

Hi Everyone,

Today something fun, I did this last week. As you all know I love being challenged and get creative, I was invited for a "Bad Hair Day" contest over at Upload And Share Your Own Nail Art Creations and felt so honored (she is amazing). I was challenged to think outside the box and use unusual things for nail art. So I used my own hair haha :)

"The moment you wake up in the morning and look in the mirror (pinkie)
Trying to brush and comb your hair (ring finger) 

But nothing works you are having a bad hair day (middle finger) 

Blow drying, combing, brushing...you even consider cutting because nothing works (index finger) 

But then you make the cutest braid with bows (thumb) 

And you bad hair day is saved"

We had to include a paper with a smiley face on it so she could see it was new and made for her contest :)

Gradient with Essence Show your feet Flamingo rose, Konad SN pastel violet and Essie Full Steam Ahead. Stamped the mirror from Moyou Princess 07 and colored it with a mini silver from Color Club, stamped the comb, brush, sciccors, blowdryer, hand mirror from parts of Cheeky CH40. Stamped and colored the girl on Moyou Suki 10 and used a little freehand coloring, adjusting her hair and eyes.  And added my own real hair on my middle finger and made a little braid in my own hair cut it off and paste it on my thumb haha LOL Also added one silver and one pink fabric bow.

Also a picture without the smiley face.

And this what it look liked without my own hair.

And some swatches of just the pink and lilac gradient base.

I had so much fun doing this :)

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Bzzzzzzzzz

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick post with my nails for this weekend. I broke my poor pinkie nail earlier this week so don't mind my short little nail ;) I messed up my thumb a little but probably nobody IRL will notice that ;)  

Base a yellow ETOS mini (no name or number) on top BK 02 (Born Pretty Store glow in the dark yellow) stamped/colored with Konad SN black, P2 eternal, Klean color metallic white and Essence Cherry Blossom girl LE 01 Fortune cookie. Using Fab Ur Nails FUN5 and FUN7.

Have a nice weekend!

xoxox

Essence Blue-jeaned with gradient FUN stamping

Hi everyone,

I am so behind with blogging...sorry. But I do post on facebook more often ;) Today a mani made a few weeks ago. I really like suede looking polishes so I had to have this one from Essence. 

Base Essence effect polish Jeans sugar 07 blue-jeaned..a pretty blue sort of suede looking polish. Gradient stamping with Konad SN Sky pearl, SN pastel blue and SN white and FUN 3.

And some more pictures.

And of course some swatches of this polish.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Holiday Memories ♥

Hi Everyone,

Today a special mani for me :) The final week of the Nail Polish Canada Holiday challenge is “Holiday Memories” this can be whatever your favourite part of the holidays is, whatever gives you that warm fuzzy feeling. 

This theme was really special for me, as most of you know I lost my mother on 2nd Christmas Day 2011, so my favorite memories are the ones with my mom.  Especially when she was “playing” Santa and when she was wrapping our presents. Cause me and my sister always knew what was inside the presents just by looking at the shape and feeling it. That is when she started to wrap them inside objects or make strange shapes of the presents.

Like when we got a lipstick she would put it inside a “toilet roll” or using old boxes from other stuff. Then we opened the present and saw a pack of candles, but the real present was inside that box. The weeks before Christmas she spend hours in the addict wrapping the presents. And my dad always mumbled why she would always keep old boxes/packages from stuff….then she would say well it is for Christmas ;) Unwrapping them on Christmas Eve was always so fun ♥ 

This is my favorite Holiday Memory…sure miss those days.  So I did a mani representing these things, with on my ring finger a heart with the word mom and a Santa hat on top, cause my mom was our Santa. And on the other nails different presents. 

Base Color Club winter affair mini Berry and Bright and P2 010 Pure White with P2 260 Divine on top for the shimmer. Gold full nail stamp with Essence A piece of Forever (Pueen 45). Made a stamping decal of a piece of the mom heart (Moyou Biker 08) stamped a Santa hat on top (Winstonia W120). The present are from Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01. Using Konad SN white, SN black and SN red.

And another pic with different lighting.

I really love participating in this 3 weeks challenge :) Like I said I believe I am not eligible for any prizes since I am not in the US or Canada, but I do love entering for the fun. You can vote for your favorite by clicking the link above (also still time to join yourself). If you like mine best I do appreciate it ♥

These days are always extra hard for me, but my mom loved Christmas so I think it is also kind of pretty she died on Christmas day cause she loved that holiday. 

Thank you for reading :)

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

Stampaholic ST03 on a beautiful duochrome polish :)

Hi Everyone,

I am soo behind with showing my nails...still have Halloween nails to show you haha. But for today something I did last week.I broke one nail, so I decided to make them all shorter :) Haven't had them this short in a while, the older Konad full nails even fit now haha :)

You know when I showed you all the ST02 Halloween mani's I also told you about ST03 the 3rd Stampaholics plate, well I now finally used that plate too. And I love it. I really like all the full nail patterns and so many on one single plate too, together with some nice words stamps. And the full nail sizes are big 2cm length and 1,5cm width. 

I used a pretty duochrome for the base or maybe it even is a multichrome it switches from purple to gold but also has a bit of blue/green in it. I got this polish last year on holiday in Greece from my boyfriend. Seventeen is a Greek brand that I really like. I used to buy one or 2 every year when we were in Greece too bad we did not went this year :( I really miss the warmth and beauty of the Greek islands.

I have made a lot of pics cause the duochrome and stamping is so difficult to capture.

Seventeen 539 (very pretty duochrome polish :) ) stamped with Stampaholics ST03 and Essence a piece of forever.

And some swatches of this polish, again a lot of pics cause it looks different is all kinds of lights.

 Here you can see all the colors in the bottle.

I really really love this polish and also this plate.

 A picture of the plate.

And a scanned picture of the plate.

You can buy ST plates on her facebook page Stampaholics by sending her a pm or emailing her.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Green with flowers and dragonflies

Hey Everyone,

I don't really know why but I haven't really felt like blogging much and I am soo behind with posting. So today something I've made a couple of weeks ago (could be over a month ;)).

Base P2 Summer Attack (LE) 050 green palm tree. Stamped with Essence plates. Using 2 colors Konad SN white and SN yellow for the dragonflies. And the rest stamped with white adding the yellow dots later.

In the Summer I love to make a matching a pedi too :) 

I really love this base color it is sooooo pretty but it was hard to photograph. 

Thank you for reading.

xoxox

Soft Kitty on a flocking powder gradient

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for not blogging for a while but I really felt bad, feel a bit better now. So I did my nails today. Jen's nails files had a great and fun contest on her page, you had to do a mani inspired by the name of a Darling Diva polish. I am not in the US so I thought I could not enter, but to have a US address was fine too, and I have some US nail friends. So I decided to enter anyway also for the fun, cause when I was searching DDP names I had sooo many ideas, I decided to chose "Soft Kitty" for my mani. 

So here are my Soft Kitty nails, I made Kitty really feel soft by stamping here over my flocking powder /velvet gradient. Making a flocking powder gradient was something new for me too, but it was fun to do. The rest of my nails have a trail of kitty paws or bigger kitty paws on them.

3 colors of flocking powder (light pink, lilac, purple) for my flocking powder gradient on my ring finger, 3 colors for my holo gradient on the rest (Catherine Arley 670, China Glaze IDK, Catherine Arley 673) stamped with Konad SN black and GCOCL A02, Essence plate and HB37).

Another picture of my hand.

And some pics of the holo and flocking powder gradient.

I love how soft flocking powder feels :)

Here the polishes and flocking powder I've used for this mani.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox