vrijdag 19 juni 2015

Greece Kos week 2: seashells


Hi Everyone,

Today a mani I've done on holiday in Greece in 2011. Yes 2011 haha :P I still have so many mani's to post. But I always forget about my holiday nails, because there aren't in my nail album.

I took many pictures with the beautiful scenery backgrounds, so won't type much just enjoy the pictures.

Base Risque Cintura Baixa stamped with Konad White and HB46, topcoat made it pink. Also used INM Nothern Lights gold.












And a swatch of the base color.

Thanks for reading!

Have a nice weekend.


xoxox


zaterdag 13 juni 2015

MoYou nails: pretty girl

Hi Everyone,

Today something I've done a few months ago. I bought this pretty holo in Germany and had to use it. I also had some new plates from MoYou nails that I wanted to use. 


 Base Rival de Loop Young Holo Cute Candy, stamped with Konad Black and MoYou Nails 91 and 123.

And some swatches of this pretty lilac holo.



 
Later I needed to do a Betty Boop mani so I removed the girl and stamped Betty Boop with FUN1.



Remember if you want to order some MoYou nails plates and want a discount use code: Diana for 20% off. This code is valid for www.moyounails.com and also for my American friends on http://www.moyou.us/

Have a nice weekend.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

vrijdag 5 juni 2015

Dry Brush with roses


Hi Everyone,

Just a quick post for the weekend. This is my current weekend mani. It was the second time I tried the dry brush technique. The first time was with my Elvis blue suede shoes mani I did last month. I really needed something quick but fun so here it is.



Dry Brush base with a white (Essence), grey (Catrice) and red (Colorama) stamped the roses with MdU black and bornprettystore​ BP-03.

Have a nice weekend!

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

woensdag 3 juni 2015

Monthly palette Project August 2013


Hi Everyone,

Here something I've made for the Monthly Palette Project in August 2013....told you I still have so many mani's to show haha ;) The rules were to use at least 2 of the colors on the palette and tape ofcourse my goal was to use them all ;)


Base Glitter Gal The Award Goes To, then added striping tape and painted over it with P2 Denim Delight 020 navy washed denim. Sponged the tips with P2 Denim Delight 050 indigo denim and removed the tape again so you can see the Glitter Gal stripes. Stamped with Konad SN white and Pueen 26. Added dots with Flormar 394.


And here all the seperate pictures.

 Also from my right hand.

 Another one from my hand.

The base.

And all the polishes I used.

I remember I really liked this mani, not sure why I never posted it before haha.


Thanks for reading.

xoxox

dinsdag 2 juni 2015

Sailor Moon mani and pedi


Hi Everyone,

I did this a few months ago when we went to Germany on a short break. I have to confess I just thought this was a cute girl on the moon, until I posted them on fb and several people pointed out that is was Sailor Moon. I never heard of her so I had to google haha.


Gradient with Lime Crime Crema de Limon, Lime Crime Pastelchio and China Glaze Neon & On & On. Stamped with Born Pretty BP-03 and BP-06 and Konad Black.

Also done a matching pedi.

Here a picture taking in the wildlife park. You can see the racoon sitting in the tree cave.

And an underwater picture of my mani/pedi.

And a picture of just the gradient base.

I really love the plates from Born Pretty Store they have such pretty designs and the quality is amazing. If you order from them don't forget to use KONG10 for 10% off not discounted items.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox



maandag 1 juni 2015

Niagara Nights nail foil with stamping


Hi Everyone,

Here a mani I did about 2 weeks ago. I got some nail foil from Nailways and really wanted to try it. I never played with foil before. It wasn't perfect and I still had some bald spots but it wasn't that bad ;) I also stamped over it, to try and cover up the bald spots.


 I stamped some birds over the foil with Konad white and BM 508.

I really liked this foil pattern.


Thanks for reading.

xoxox

donderdag 28 mei 2015

Tiger nails with MoYou Nails 303


Hi Everyone,

Today something quick I did a few weeks ago. In one of the fb groups the challenge color was Bronze. So I thought this pretty Bronze from Catrice would be great. And this color really asked for tiger images on it haha, so I could use one of the new concept plates from MoYou nails.


Base Catrice C03 Spiced Bronze stamped with MoYou 303.

And here some swatches.

This is from an older limeted edition from Catrice I think I bought it like 5 years ago in 2010.

And here again the MoYou plate I used.

Use this discount code: Diana to get 20% off your entire order (can't use this code in combination with other codes)

Thanks for reading.


xoxox

dinsdag 26 mei 2015

Military nails



Hi Everyone,

I have still so many older mani's to show you but here is one I did today ;) In one of the facebook groups the alphabetchallenge is the letter M so I thought M is for military :) In another group the challenge is Memorial Day, we don't celebrate this we had something similar earlier this month. But I thought this kinda fits that theme too, for all the soldiers who fought or are still fighting for their country.



Made the camo base with P2 Your Wild Side matte 010 Vibrant green with Camo from MyOnline Shop MJ XXVII stamped with Konad brown, jungle green and grey pearl. And stamped with Konad black the rifle, soldier, grenade, tank and tags also from MyOnline Shop MJ XXVII.

Here is picture of just the camo base.


I already swatched this polish some years ago so I did not take a picture of only the base now. But it is a beautiful matte polish.


Thanks for reading.

xoxox


zaterdag 23 mei 2015

Flowers and butterflies


Hi Everyone,

For this weekend I did a matching pedi and mani. I am going swimming so I love to do a matching pedi. And it is inspired by the colors of my bikini.

It was hard to photograph the pink flowers are better showing in real life ;)


Catrice LE Rock-O-Co C04 Apricoco. Stamped with BP-34 the flowers and Mundo de Uñas Avocado and Tulip and stamped with Catrice Rock-O-Co C01 L'Ombre A Sanssouci the grey butterflies from Born Pretty BP-22.

And my matching pedi.

I really love this base polish, it is actually a matte.

This is 3 thin coats and it dried really fast.


Have a nice weekend.

xoxox



maandag 18 mei 2015

MoYou Nails entire Concept collection + Tink mani/pedi

Hi Everyone,

Today I have an exciting and long blog post for you. I have the entire MoYou Nails Concept Collection to show you. This collection contains of 10 round plates that are fully etched and each one has it's own different theme. Like music, fairytales, Christmas/winter, summer, romantique, Halloween, animal (print) and more. So there is something in it for everyone and you can buy these as a set but also individually. I will show plate scans I've made, pictures, some details and my first mani and machting pedi done with these plates.


I know everbody loves a discount so when you use the code: Diana you will get 20 % off your entire order when shopping online. You can't use this code/ coupon together with any other codes/ coupons. Also valid on their US website, so this is great news for my US readers :)


* I used my own scans to make this.

I got all 10 plates together with a stamper, plastic scraper and their 2015 Catalogue.

Let's show the individual scans I've made of the plates.

Plate 300 music themed. You can use parts or go for full nail stamping but also single out images like the music noted and stars.

Plate 301 fairytales, how adorable is Tinker Bell I just had to use her for my first mani and pedi. This plate has this magical feel to it with the twinkle stars and unicorns and beautiful roses.

Plate 302 Christmas/ Winter themed. I love how this plate has small and bigger images. Like the snowman I can use as full nail coverage but it also has these smaller images to make winter sceneries. I almost feel like doing a Christmas in May mani ;)

Plate 303 animals and animal print. How cute is it that this plate animal heads and their print pattern.

Plate 304 Halloween. Even though Halloween isn't really celebrated here I love this Holiday and always do many Halloween mani's. I see myself using this a lot in October looks great for making sceneries (and that happen to be one of my favorite kind of mani's to do ;)) The Happy Halloween can be spread across 2 fingers and I just love the bats. I also see myself using the trees for non Halloween mani's like an Autumn scenery.

Plate 305 "Nibble, nibble, like a mouse, Who is nibbling at my house?" when I saw this plate it reminded me of Hansel and Gretel because of the house and the candy. I love that you can use the images as full nail but also single out the candy and other parts. This has lots of potential to get creative with, like french tip stamping or diagonal stamping.

Plate 306 Love/ Valentine themed. I like the text and all the cute hearts. Cupid is adorable too, but he is a little big for my nails but ofcourse I can use parts of it. And as you know I like doing pedi's too, so some of the bigger hearts are great for my big too.

Plate 307 Summer!!! Summer is my favorite season. I am born the day the Summer starts here, also the longest day...June 21st. The palm trees are so pretty and look at all those cute icecream images and shells. Yes I think I'll use this plate for my next mani :)

Plate 308 Ankh, crosses, spiders, bats and a skull. I think the crosses are pretty cool ands the spiders and web too. The Ankh is too big to stamp on his own but maybe for those with really really long nails or you can stamp it on something other then nails like your phone case. 

Plate 309 Wedding themed. Look at those champagne glasses and the wedding cake. I think you can easily single out images to stamp but also would look good as a full nail design. For me personally the rings are too big, that is little downside, even using the shrinking method these won't fit. But there are other ways to use parts of this like for stamping a plain french tip.

I think this is a beautiful collection that has something to offer for everyone. People with long/width nails and also small/narrow nails or even kids nails. On most of the plates you can easily single out images too (not that easy on plate 308). I like these kind of plates because you can just stamp parts of it too and it can also challenge you to be creative and think outside the box. There are more ways too use a plate then just stamp what your stamper picks up or what you see at first glance :)

Like I said I find it a little sad the Cupid, the Ankh, Tink and the Wedding rings are too big to stamp entirely on a nail, but you can use parts of it. And I did use Tinker Bell on my mani see pictures below. My nails aren't that big they vary from 1,2 cm pinkie to 1,7 cm thumb. I've seen other bloggers and Tink fits way better on their nails ;) But even though see does not fit me completely I still liked how she looked.

Here a scan of a page of their Catalogue with the Concept collection on it.

And some pictures of the plates.


Now ofcourse you want to see how they stamp too. I have done a mani and a matching pedi using plate 301. The qualilty of these plates are super good.
Base Catrice (S)wimbledon triple stamped the stars with Mundo de Uñas black, white and lilac. Made a stamping decal of Tink and used Konad black for her and colored with regular polishes. 

Also did a matching pedi.
Like I said my nails vary from 1,2 cm pinkie to 1,7 cm thumb so you can get an idea of the size. The image from Tink completely is about 2,1 cm in length.

And a swatch of this pretty base color.

I had a lot of fun doing this mani and pedi. And I promise to make many more mani's (pedi's) with these plates soon :)


Some more information: 

- The plates are 5,5 cm.
- They have a nice backing with the website printed on so no sharp edges.
- There are small and big images on these plates, like Tinker Bell is about 2,1 cm long but there are also images that are only 0,6 cm (snowmen) so it really is fun for everyone.
- You can also find MoYou nails on Instagram and Facebook.
- You can buy them for £39.99 as a set of ten on their website or £4.99 each.
- Shipping costs depends on where you live but you can calculate them while you view your cart with items.  
- Use the code: Diana to get 20% off your entire order (can't use this code in combination with other codes)

Thanks for reading.

Have a lovely day.

xoxox