Brazil: Hits Speciallità Sorvete 402 (with nail art)

This is one of the beautiful polishes from Brazil that I got (see previous blog). It's a very bright pastel pink almost pastel neon pink. Unfortunately my camera couldn't capture the true color :(

First let's start with the nail art on it. As you've probably seen I broke a nail last week so my nails are shorter and I can finally use my full nail designs, so ofcourse I used a full nail design ;)

Base Hits Speciallità Sorvete 402 stamped with Konad SN pastel blue and XL plate B. I had major problems taking a normal photo, I couldn't capture the true color and I suck in taking photo's with left hand of my right hand. I always shake, but then I shake even more. Photo without flash in natural daylight.

  

My sad short nail (that grew a little bit) photo without flash under artificial light.

Now here the swatches.

Like I said I suck in taking photo's with left ;) Photo without flash under artificial light.

Here the color is most accurate, it's realy bright. I love it, it also covers really well and is a great polish for stamping too.

I got some presents....nail polish from Brazil ♥

My friend is from Brazil (she is the girlfriend of my best friend) and sometimes she goes back to Brazil, a couple of weeks ago she went there for a wedding and the carnival. She already said to me that maybe she was going to buy some polish for me. When she was back her boyfriend told me that she had presents for me...and this weekend a saw them and she gave me the presents.....it felt like my birthday or christmas :)

Look it's a paper bag.

A paper bag filled with polishhhhhhhhh :)

Look how many she got me, I'm so happy thank you Debora thank you ♥ I got 10 new colors and 5 neons (in the back of the photo) that I already have but she knows I like them and sometimes use them as prize for a giveaway or contest (I did that last summer she already got me the neons again for a contest) I'll show you the neon photos and swatches later ;)

Now let's see them closer ;)

These 3 are from Impala (I love this brand and the shape of their bottles). They are specially made for São Paulo Fashion Week (see the  holograpgic logo SPFW) and are inspired by a millitary theme. There were 5 colors made, these are 3 of them. The first one is really special I love it sooooo much, it's called Na Mira 3D and it's a holograpghic one ♥ The second one is a dark shimmer called Metal Glam and the third is a blue/purple/blurple cream polish called Azul Aviador.

These 4 are from the brand Hits Speciallità, new for me but I like them, they cover really well. The last 3 are way more brighter in real life, look almost like pastel neons. The first one is Passeio 412, the second one is Sorvete 402, the third is Caipirinha 415 and the last is Edição Limitada 205.

The first two are from Ana Hickmann (a Brazilian model who distributes her own cosmetics line). It's a red/orange cream called Salsa and a purple shimmer called Techno. The last one is from Colorama Nutriverniz, Rosa Mosqueta pink with shimmer the color is darker in real life (see photo below).

My 10 new lovely polishes :)

From left to right: Impala Na Mira 3D, Impala Metal Glam, Impala Azul Aviador,  Hits Speciallità Passeio 412,  Hits Speciallità Sorvete 402, Hits Speciallità Caipirinha 415, Hits Speciallità Edição Limitada 205, Ana Hickmann Salsa, Ana Hickmann Techno and Colorama Rosa Mosqueta.

Swatches on a wheel same order of polishes as above. Top with flash under without flash (you can see better how bright the pink one is)

I got quite a few Brazilian polishes brands such as Impala ♥, Risque, Colorama and Hits Speciallità. The first ones I got were a souvenir last summer when my best friend went to visit her in Brazil (she was there for a few months) while she was there she also took a photo in the store and I chose some colors I liked, so she bought a few for me. When she was back in Holland I paid them. A few weeks after that it was my birthday and I got some more Brazilian polish and now these 10 new ones. So I think I'll start Brazil week on my blog and show you all my polishes and some swatches and creations I have made so far.

♥ Debora thanks again for getting me and giving me all those great polishes ♥

It's springtime on my short nails ;)

Like you've seen in my previous blog I broke my middle finger :( I mean my nail not my finger haha. So I made everything shorter, not as short as my middle finger because that is really sensative. I do like the rest of my nails with this lenght, and one positive thing I can finally use my full nail designs.

Look how sad it looks ;) Base China Glaze He's going in circles. Full nail stamped with Konad SN pastel green and XL imageplate B. Flowers stamped with Konad SN green and XL imageplate F. Yellow dots made with a dotting tool and Konad SN yellow.

I tried to take a photo of my right hand, but I find that really difficult because I'm shaking all the time and then most of the time the photo's are blurry. But this one is okay :) photo with flash under artificial light.

Here you can see my short middle finger without the sad smiley face ;) I think this shows that nail art is also nice on short nails :) and there is lot to make on shorter nails. Photo with flash.

A photo of just the base and the full nail stamp. Photo with flash under artificial light.

Have a nice weekend  ♥

Catrice 420 Dirty Berry swatches (+ nail art)

In Germany I bought this polish it's one of the new colors from Catrice. I really love this one, it's a bit lilac with some sort of holo in it.

First I'll show the nail art photos below are the swatches.

Catrice 420 Dirty Berry, I stamped flowers from Konad M20 with SN white, and 3 colored butterflies from Konad M25 with SN pastel pink, pastel blue and white. Photo with flash.

Photo without flash under artificial light.

Photo with flash under artificial light.

Now here the swatch photos you can see the sort of holo effect in it ♥

Photo with flash.

Photo without flash under artificial light.

Photo with flash under artificial light with lighter settings.

Photo with flash under artificial light normal settings.

Close up, so you can see the slightly colored  holo effect.

 It's spring and my butterfly decided to fly away to freedom :( 

I was having a bad day and then this happend, I was combing my hair and my nail was stuck in it. Then I saw this hugeeeee tear in my nail. It was already up to the middle, so I just took it all off :( Now I have this really sad short nail. Don't know how it teared, my nails almost never tear (it's been more then 2 years since I had something similar).

I've cutted them all now but not as short as my middle finger, that hurts. So you probably see some short nail creation from me, I'll hope I can take photo's of my right hand, otherwise it look so sad one really short nail in the middle (fortunately I have also a lot of older creation to show you when I didn't had a blog yet).

Shopping trip to Germany

Saturday I went to Germany with some of the girls from Beautiful Nails 4 You. First we picked up Giuditta at the railway station then we drove to Germany (ofcourse my boyfriend was with us because I can't drive). At the parking place Brenda called me because she and her mom where already there. Together we walk to the city our nailpolish heaven ;) You have to walk underneath this arc before entering the city and Giuditta was joking she heard angels singing hallelujah. Henny, her husband and cute son were waiting for us on the plaza with benches in front of the DM (really lovely drugstore sooo cheap). First we swapped some polishes and other nail stuff we'd brought and together we visited the DM. I believe we stayed there more than one hour :) 

I made some photo's of that day and from my new goodies, the photo's in the stores aren't that good, but I was not sure if it is allowed to make photo's so I took some really quick snapshots...so sorry if they are blurry.

P2 display in the DM. (you see the golden crack is empty and also a lot of other P2 colors...we love P2 haha)

Essence display in the DM.

Brenda and Giuditta  in front the hand cream and P2 caring products display.

MNY LE Girls ♥ Preppy Pastels. I loved the colors but they looked really thin and sheer so I didn't buy any.

MNY display.

After the DM we visited another DM, Douglas and some stores. Then we were hungry and went to our favorite bakery to eat and drink something.

Henny's husband took this photo.

After our lunch we continued out nail polish chase and we ended it in the Muller..also a great store. They had a very big Essence display ( I totally forget to take a picture of the new Catrice display :( but it was crowded there and the diplays are close to eachother so taking photo's is hard).

Really big Essence display they had all the new stuff :)

We were exhausted but soooooo happy, but couldn't walk anymore so we had to sit in the shopping mall in front of the Muller for a few minutes. Henny and Giuditta.

Henny's husband, Brenda's mom and Brenda. (my boyfriend took the photo's because there was no room for him to sit ;))

Me, Henny and Giuditta (Judith). After our little rest we walked back to our cars, dumped our nail goodies and did some groceries before drivingg home.

Thanks you all ♥ for the lovely day.

Now let's continue to the photo's of my new polishes.

From left to right first row:

- Catrice 380 Forget-me-not, Catrice 420 Dirty Berry, Catrice 430 Purplelized, Catrice 490 Iron Mermaiden, P2 530 Charming, P2 680 Glamour and P2 030 Golden Rush.

Second row:

- Essence stampy polish 003 Stamp me! silver, Essence 43 Where is the party?, Essence magnetic polish 03 magic wand!, Essence special effect topper 02 circus confetti, Essence Twins 06 edward and Claire's Mood polish Excited/Bored.

The mood polish I swapped with Giuditta for a China Glaze Kaleidoscope polish, and these two Catrice polish I also got from Giuditta as a thank you gift for riding with us to Germany....thank you so much it's so sweet ♥

Now the bottles sorted by brand :)

Catrice 380 Forget-me-not, Catrice 420 Dirty Berry, Catrice 430 Purplelized and Catrice 490 Iron Mermaiden.

P2 530 Charming, P2 680 Glamour and P2 030 Golden Rush.

Essence stampy polish 003 Stamp me! silver, Essence 43 Where is the party?, Essence magnetic polish 03 magic wand!, Essence special effect topper 02 circus confetti and Essence Twins 06 edward.

Some wheel swatches.

P2 530 Charming with P2 030 Golden Rush, P2 530 Charming, P2 680 Glamour, Catrice 380 Forget-me-not, Catrice 420 Dirty Berry (it's a bit holo), Catrice 430 Purplelized, Catrice 490 Iron Mermaiden and Claire's Mood polish excited/bored.

Essence magnetic polish 03 magic wand! with magnet effect,  Essence magnetic polish 03 magic wand!without magnet effect, Essence 43 Where is the party?, Essence special effect topper 02 circus confetti and Essence Twins 06 edward.

A close up of the glitter.

Essence special effect topper 02 circus confetti and Essence Twins 06 edward.

Catrice 490 Iron Mermaiden and Essence 43 Where is the party? look a like they are both a duochrome. Catrice one is a bit lighter and more sheer, the Essence one is darker and more opaque.

In the bottles they really look the same.

Left Catrice 490 Iron Mermaiden, middle Essen 43 Wher is the party?, Right Claire's Mood polish with a stamp made with Essence 003 Stamp me! Silver. I didn't have a real silver stampy polish (Konad silver sucks) and don't have China Glaze Millenium or Devotion so I'm happy with this Essence silver, it stamps great also on a light base.

And here my last photo, my adjusted wheel with magnetic polishes.

On 6 o'clock my new Essence 03 Magic wand! I said I wasn't going to buy more Essence magnetics but I really liked this light pink one, and fortunately the effect is way better that the other new one at 5 o 'clock.

Now I'm done with my blog for today, sorry it is really long ;) But I just love budget shopping.

OPI DS Extravagance (with nail art XL plate F)

I have OPI DS Extravangance in my stash for more then a year but I never worn it...I know shame on me ;) Some of my nail friend did, when they were at my place, but I never used it on my own nails....so it was about time to do that :) It is such a beautiful color.

Stamped with Konad SN pastel violet and XL plate F. I really like this  flower design. First I stamped with Nfu Oh holo, but I did not liked that holo effect on this polish. Photo with flash.

 Photo without flash under artificial light.

 Photo with flash under artificial light.

Ofcourse I also made some swatch photo's :)

 Photo with flash.

 Photo without flash under artificial light.

Photo with flash under artificial light.

A bit blurry close up, but look at those colors ♥