Diwali Festival and Happy B-day Bob

Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow is the Diwali Festival and it is also the birthday of the sweet Roberta over at Bob Plays with Polish. She asked on her blog and facebook if people wanted to join her Birthday Party and do a Diwali mani. I always love learning more about other cultures. So of course I also wanted to do a Diwali mani for her birthday.

Diwali also known as Deepavali and the "festival of lights", is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year.The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair.

I googled images and read about it and this is what I came up with. I was inspired by all the candles and the red/orange color tones.

A gradient base with Kleancolor metallic red and metallic orange. Stamped the swirly image with Konad SN yellow and XL plate O and stamped the candles with Konad SN white from Winstonia W215 (later colored over the candles with black, blue orange and yellow).

And another picture.

I forgot to take a picture of just the gradient base..sorry.

Happy Birthday Roberta! Hope you have a lovely day and may all your wishes come true.

And for those who celebrate Diwali..I wish you all a Happy Diwali Festival :) It sounds like a beautiful thing.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Easter eggs and hatching chick

Hi Everyone,

Here one of the 4 Easter mani's I did the last 2 weeks....I guess that means more blogging or I'll be showing Easter nails after Easter too ;) (I am sure that will be the case haha).

I was again invited by Nail Polish Canada to enter their contest, always a honor and so much fun to be show cased between all those amazing artists. But stupid me thought the deadline was the 17th not the 16th haha oopsie. I did them like monday, so I should have just blogged about them then hahaha.

You can see all the amazing entries and vote for your favorite by clicking the link.

Base China Glaze Lemon Fizz, sponged with Konad SN pastel green, China Glaze Peachy Keen, Konad SN pastel pink, Konad SN pastel blue and Konad SN pastel violet. Plates BM H09 and Winstonia W212 using Klean color metallics and Konad SN black (colored with Konad SN yellow and Konad SN white).

Another picture.

And a picture of the sponged gradient tips.

Normally just before Easter I break a nail (happened to me 2 years) seems like my Easter tradition. And it is always my middle finger. And then looking back at my Easter mani's I am like well that sucks one shorty :P So I really hope I don't break a nail this week ;) 

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Happy 2014!

Hi Everyone,

For some people in the world it is already 2014 so for those I say Happy 2014 :) I still have to wait a little less then 10 hours before it is midnight here. Hope you all have a wonderful and safe New Years Eve. Be careful with fireworks.

Here are my New Years nails from this year :)

Base Barry M Multi Glitter 333, sponged with Kleancolor metallic green, pink, yellow and blue. Stamped the firework full nail from BM-H14 in these colors on my thumb. Made a stamping decal of the clock on that plate, colored it with Kleancolor metallic yellow and Konad SN white. Stamped the Happy New Year from Nailways Snowwhite - New Years A-NW00004 plate and also the fireworks from that plate with Konad SN white. The numbers are the plate numbers from BM-H20 and BM-H14.  

I figured that when I put topcoat on the white with the sponged metallic underneath it would change color (that often happens with these metallics)...but in this case I don't mind :) and like it.  

A little inspired by a freehand mani from Polish Dept who put color underneath white fireworks.

Some more pictures with different lighting.

And here before I put topcoat on. As you can see the stamping is still white ;)

Wish you all the best for 2014 with ofcourse also lots of polish, stamping and other nail art :)

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Christmas Angels... in loving memory of my Mom ♥

Hi Everyone, 

Hope you all have a lovely Christmas with all your loved ones. As you all may remember I’ve lost my mom on 2nd Christmas Day 2011. So that is exactly 2 years ago today. Just like last year I wanted to do something special for her, to honor her. And just because I miss her. This way she is kinda with me/us on my nails (lol I know that probably sounds stupid ;) but I like doing something special).  

I chose to do Angels (or Cherubs or how you want to call them ;)) Cause my mommy is an angel and hope she is looking down from Heaven.  

A nude base from P2 680 glamour. On top of that a white/gold shimmer polish from a really old LE from Catrice called African Beauty C01 Savanna Lodge. Stamped twinkle golden holo stars with China Glaze GR8 and Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01. Made stamping decals from the Angels from Moyou Artist 10 and also from the heart on that plate (removed the arrow). Colored the angels with a  Konad stamping polish mix I’ve made and China Glaze GR8 (also used that to color the heart). Stamped gold and black stars from Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01 using China Glaze 2030 and Konad SN black. Stamped the word Mom in the heart from Moyou Biker 08 with Konad SN black.

Here another picture of my nails with different lighting.  

The images are pretty big so they’ve lost most of their wings ;) wish Moyou made these a little smaller, my nails aren’t that width. But I do really like this mani ♥ 

Also a picture of just the base with the holo twinkle stars.  

Thanks for reading.

Wishing you all a wonderful day ♥

Big Christmas hugs  

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

Keep it Simple ;)

Hi Everyone,

Today a quick simple mani I've made last week. I love the ST03 plate I wanted to another mani with it.

 Base Pupa 402 a dark metallic base. Stamped with China Glaze Sci-Fi and Stampaholics ST03.

And some swatches of the Pupa.

Thanks for reading. You can buy Stampaholics plate by sending her a pm an facebook.

xoxox

Christmassy saran wrap with ST03 flowers

Hi Everyone,

I really wanted to use the awesome ST03 plate again since I still want to do so many manis with them, but I also want to do Winter/Christmas themed nails. So I kinda made this look Christmassy ;)

Base a Saran wrap with Kleancolor metallic green and metallic red. Stamped with Konad SN black and Stampaholics ST03.

And a pic of just the saran wrap base.

Thank you for watching/reading :) Already did another ST03 mani too will show that soon too. (I am so behind with posting lol)

xoxox

Blue on blue

Hi Everyone,

I did these about a month ago when my nails were super long (too long haha) but I needed the extra space for some nail art back then. I thought let's share them today, cause I feel a little blue :(

I am not so happy today, I received my Bundle Monster products that I ordered with part of the coupon I won in their Halloween contest and I had to pay $25 (€18,46) at the door before I could receive it. I had to pay sales tax :( it made me a bit mad, cause that is almost twice the value of the goodies. And the products aren't even worth that much. And for me that just is a lot of money. And it makes winning stuff let's fun. Plus I just don't understand why a few plates and binder are charged for sales tax, I understand when it is done with more valuable products and even with polish, but something likes this never happened to me before. Thing is that when the value was below 22 euros it would not have happened, this was written value 26 euros :( Anyway let's show the mani a did a month ago...it was just something quick between some other mani's.

Base a light blue holo from DA (local Dutch drugstore) called Turbulent. Stamped with Kleancolor metallic aqua and image plate Pueen 32. 

Some more pictures.

And some swatches of this nice light blue holo.

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

Happy Halloween :)

Hi Everyone,

Happy Halloween! Today another Halloween mani, again this isn't my current creation. Will show those later, still have 2 more to show you ;) So Halloween on my blog will be a bit longer ;) Hope you don't mind haha.

Like I said before Halloween isn't really celebrated here, but I do plan to go to a Halloween party this Saturday, just like last year :) Me and my sis love Halloween, she also carved a pumpkin. Sometimes we wish we live in the USA ;)

This was a really quick mani I just painted over me neon base lol cause I knew the metallic polishes are opaque in one coat. For this one I've used Konad plates.

Base Flormar Supershine 50 and 47 gradient. Stamped the pumpkin from Konad M13 first with Konad SN yellow (colored it) and stamped over it with Konad SN orange pearl. The cats are from Konad Coraline C01 and C02 stamped in Konad SN black (dotted SN yellow eyes) and the stars are from M14 stamped with Konad SN yellow.

And here a picture of just the gradient base.

I really like these flormar polishes :)

Hope you all have a great Halloween. My sis and I are going to a concert tonight (she got free tickets) but we will dress up saturday for the Halloween party.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Summer neon gradient: Turn Up The Beach

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for not blogging for a while but I haven't felt like blogging (some bad/sad stuff at home) that keeps me busy. But that doesn't mean I haven't done my nails ;) On Saturday July 13th I went to the Turn Up The Beach music party so of course I had to make some matching beachy nails. And also have some pics of that day :)

A white base and sponged with China Glaze - Sun-Kissed, China Glaze - Orange you Hot?, China Glaze - Surfin' For Boys, Digital Color Cream Make Me Up - F1 and Digital Color Cream Make Me Up - F20. And a holo spectraflair mix topcoat on top. Stamped with Nailways Vive la Vie A-NW00010 Beach Baby and Kleancolor metallic black. And a self made water decal of the logo of Turn Up The Beach.

My nails on the festival with the main stage and the music tower in the back.

Some pictures of the gradient base.

 With different lighting.

Some pictures of our day there, unfortunately 2 friends could not come so we were just with 4 people.

 My boyfriend, me and my big sister.

 Chilling on the ground with our stamped feet and the sun.

 My best friend, my sis, and my boyfriend.

My nails and the Ferris wheel.

 The view from the Ferris wheel on the main stage.

 My sister and I in the Ferris wheel.

 The rest and part of the dunes, beach and sea.

My nails and the main stage from the Ferris wheel.

 The smaller stage and lotsss of people.

 The other stage and all the food and drink tents.

Inside the Ferris wheel.

The see and the sun.

 Main stage at dusk.

With different light shows.

Me and my big sister.

It's getting darker :)

 And some fireworks at the end.

And it was finished.

Of course I also had a matching pedi.

We had a fun day there, it isn't really my kind of music but I always love a nice party at the beach when the weather is good :)

Thanks for reading.

xoxox