I am back :)

Hi Everyone,

I feel so sad for neglecting my blog. I have been pretty active on instagram and facebook though but still this small little space online deserves attention too ;)

So I promise to write here again. Part of the reason I did not blogged was that my laptop is very old and slow...just starting it and trying to type took a while that I stopped trying. I downloaded the app but keep getting an error while posting a new post. But I will figure it out and try to blog from my phone.

Here is a mani I did yesterday for a tone on tone challenge in one of the FB groups.

A pastel blue and pink base. A little wonky ;) but I stamped the lines 5 times with 5 different pink tones and blue tones ( MdU and Konad stamping polishes). The lines are from Nailways Back to Basics - Lines.

Thank you all for reading. I hope I still some readers left haha :)

Xoxox

Diana

Nani the dog nails with MoYou Nails 405 and 408

Hi Everbody,

Remember in my review about the new MoYou Nails Square plates I showed you these doggy nails and I promised to write a blog post about it too. They/we are still so busy at home with the new bathroom and everything got delayed again :( I have been doing my nails, just not as often. 

But I did these nails about 2 weeks ago when we went to pick up our adoption doggy Nani.

Base a gradient with  China Glaze Tickle my Triangle and How About a Tumble, stamped the paw prints from MoYou Nails 405 using Konad and MdU polish. The puppy is from 408. The letters come from Nailways Back to Basics - 123ABC.

Nani is 11 months old and from Spain, she was dumped as a small pup in the fields to die :( But since August she was in a Spanish shelter and November 8th she arrived here in Holland and stayed with a foster mom. We decided to adopt her. We already showed interest in her when we saw her "adopt me" poster on facebook and we filled in the application.  They liked us and we were allowed to contact her foster mom. When we called we heard she ran away in the forest when she was with her foster mom and got scared from 2 bigger dogs. So the next day we helped search for her. And I was the one who actually found her.

 Her first night with us and she met her "niece" Yoshi the red wired hair Dachshund.

This were my nails for good luck when we helped searching for her. And you see me with her when we just found her. Then it was not even sure we would be her adoption parents but who could resist that cute little face. I was so happy we found her. 

Base is Essence Happy Girls are Pretty LE 02 Happy Girls Rock. Stamped the paws with HB 37 and the dog is from MoYou Nails 66.

We are so happy to have this sweet little girl with us.

Thank you for reading.

xoxox

Halloween 2015: Bones and Skulls

Hi Everyone,

Here another Halloween mani I did for the Bundle Monster challenge. I am trying to catch up with their challenge and ofcourse rocking my new shorties ;)

Base I made a sort of radial gradient base with NailNation3000 Awesome Sauce and Color Club Revvvolution. Stamped with BM225 and on my ring finger with Konad M28.

Here also a picture of just the radial gradient base.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you like it that I post a lot again :)

And like I said I post a lot more on instagram so make sure to follow me there too ;)

xoxox

Halloween 2015: Ghosts

Hi Everyone,

I haven't posted for a while since I was on vacation for a few weeks. And when we came back I busy dealing with stuff at home, not so fun stuff (loosing 2 pets).

But I'll promise to post more and if you follow me on instagram you can see a lot of posts there :)

The last day of my vacation I broke my nail from my middle finger, so I decided to make them all short (not as short cause that is a little sore) but as short as they can without bleeding or hurting ;)

Meet my new shorties.

A gradient base with China Glaze When Stars Collide and Catherine Arley 806, shadow stamped the ghosts and bats with Konad white and black and also mirror stamped one ghost using BM213 and BM223. Colored the eyes with MdU Avocado.

Here also a picture of just the gradient...it looked more orange in real life.

Some pictures like these I took with my phone instead of camera so you might see different kinds of watermarks ;)

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Ladyqueen review: HeHe 055 plate over a gradient base

Hi Everyone,

I recently received some products from Ladyqueen as you all know I love stamping so I got a pretty plate Hehe 055 and this silver knuckle ring. And ofcourse I had to do a mani with it. So let's show the mani first and then a close up of the plate.

Look at all those cute little toys. The base is a gradient with  Lime Crime Lavendairy, Once in a Blue Mousse and Crema de Limon. Stamped the images from Hehe 055 and used MdU 5 for stamping. I really liked how cute this was. 

Now here a close up of the Hehe 055 plate.You can find it on Ladyqueen under this name NA0587 Nail Art Stamp Template. 

 Look at all those tiny toys those images are great as as a full nail but you can also use them as single images, they are a great size for small kids nails or use them to create a scene :) And all the icecream, pie, cupcakes looks yummy too. I really like the party flags too. Think this is a great plate with lots of options to make different mani's. And the quality is great too.

Here a picture of the gradient base. I really like these pastel colors.

As you can see on the first picture I also have the knuckle ring on my finger, you can find it on Ladyqueen under this name SP0420 Knuckle Ring. I have never wore a knuckle ring before so I had to get used to it but will show it more often on mani's :)

Ladyqueen sells lot's of other plates and nail art stuff and also jewelry on more beauty related items. If you use the code: NQLC15 you will get 15% off (also see the banner at the side of my blog). They also have these Flash Sale items make sure to check them out :)

You can als find them on facebook, instagram and Google+

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Gradient stamped butterflies

Hello Everyone,

For one of the facebook groups the challenge was gradient stamping and also the theme was butterflies, so I thought why not combine those 2.

Base Essie Coat Azure stamped with Mundo 5,24 and 42 using FUN-WON for the big butterflies and FUN15 for the smaller ones.

And a swatch of this pretty blue polish.

I also used it on my toes with will share that in me pedi blog post.

Thanks for reading have a nice weekend!

xoxox

Truckstar 2015

Hi Everyone,

Last weekend was the yearly Truckstar festival, we went there for a day. I do not really care much about trucks but my boyfriend likes it. And I do like the special paint trucks, cause they are great nail art inspiration hahaha.

 

Subtle gradient with Essence Brazil Jungle and China Glaze Kiwi Cool Ada. Stamped with BP-64 the full nail stars Konad​ M3 for the single stars and MyOnline Shop​ MJ XXVII for the Trucks.

I also did a matching pedi for Truckstar, too bad the weather was so bad so I could not wear my flipflops.

Sorry for not blogging much (lot's of stuff going on), I do post a lot of mani's on instagram so you can always follow me there too :)

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

In loving memory of our rat Faith

Hi Everyone,

Last thursday our ratty Faith died. She would have turned 3 in about 4 weeks so she was pretty old. And she even had tumor surgery twice in her life. She was a very strong lady. Now she died very peacefully because of old age and joined her sweet sister Hope who passed away in January.

Ofcourse I had to do a mani to honor her. In the fb group WON we had a chance to submit images for a special WON plate made by Fab Ur Nails ofcourse I had to submit ratties and cheese. I drew the images myself from pictures I saw online. I once submitted these for the BM CYO too but they did not pick them so I was happy they made it on the FUN-WON. The plate also has some Arctic images on it that were my idea and some of them I drew too :) 

Gradient with China Glaze Son of a Peach and Neon & On & On. Stamped the full nail with FUN16 and MdU pastel pink. The word Faith is from FUN17 and the ratties and cheese are the images from the special FUN-WON plate. If you look close you see the one one my thumb has wings too stamped with Konad M90.  I try to color the images to match Faith her colors.

And some more pictures.

Here also one with Faith so you can see her colors.

And the last picture we took about a week before she passed away she was still very active then.

We were at the pet store this weekend to get some food and other supplies and we always look and cuddle the ratties there. But there was one who kept climbing out towards us, she was adorable and she misses part of her ear. We did not plan to get a new ratty, I said 3 were enough but I fell in love. Also because of her ear I was afraid she might become snake food...cause maybe other people would not want her. When we decided she had to come home with us and the employee saw the ear he said half price is fine....that is how little a small animal life is worth. But for us she is perfect.

On instagram there is this tag #mynailsandmyrat so I had to take a picture of our new ritten Scar and my memorial nails for Faith :)

Thanks for reading.

Have a nice weekend!

xoxox

Summer with MoYou Nails 307

Hi Everyone,

It is very hot here in The Netherlands, so I thought it was fun to show some Summer nails I did a few weeks ago. I used the  MoYou Nails Concept Collection for this mani.

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 :)

Base Essence 28 Hello Sunshine and China Glaze Surfin' For Boys. Stamped with Konad SN white the waves and with Konad SN black the letters. I really liked this mani :)

And some pictures of just the gradient.

 And also a swatch of this matte yellow polish from Essence. 

Here you can see all the plates again.

And remember my name Diana is a 20% off discount code for their website valid on the .com and the .us website.

Have a nice weekend.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Ice Cream

Hi Everyone,

Today I have some fun Summer nails for you. It was a contest on IG by Moyou London to make an ice cream mani and take a picture holding an ice cream :)

Base a gradient with Boulevard Icecream polishes yellow and pink, Stamped the swirls with MoYou Mother Nature 08 and Mundo de Uñas neon orange. And made stamping decals of the cute ice creams on Moyou Suki 03.

Here just the base with the swirl neon orange stamping.

 

And just the gradient.

Have a nice Sunday and thank for visiting my blog :)

xoxox

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

Freehand: Beach scenery

Hi Everyone,

Here my 3rd attempt at a freehand mani...a Sunset beach scenery. With islands, palm trees, dolphins, a hammock, a boat etc. I did these about 3 months ago.

For the gradient base I used a blue, yellow, orange, pink and purple holo from Teeez and Catherine Arley. And painted with acrylic paint.

And here the gradient base.

For these kind of sceneries I'll stick to stamping  lol...a bit of fail with the messy palm trees and all, but I did like the base ;) 

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

A beautiful Spring day

Hi Everyone,

Here a mani I've done a few weeks ago for a Spring contest :) Just a short post today, cause did not take more pictures. And it is late so don't feel like typing a lot, but did wanted a new post up before the weekend ;) It does have a bunny in it so it could be the Easter bunny ;) Happy Easter!

A gradient with Lime Crime Pastelchio, Lim Crime Once In a Blue Mousse and China Glaze Too Yacht too handle. Stamped the trees, grass, sun, clouds, fox, deer and bunny with Emily de Molly EdM 07. The flowers and butterfly are from HB32, the dragonfly and jumping frog from the grass are from HB34. Dotted the flowers center and the blossom in the trees. Used Konad polishes for the stamping.

Wish you all a nice Easter weekend!

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Spring time...doggies in love

Hi Everyone,

Today a mani I've done a few weeks ago. It was one of my 2 entries in a Spring themed contest. They picked 5 finalist, this mani wasn't one of them, but my other entry was.

A subtle green/yellow gradient with Lime Crime Pastelchio and Lime Crime Crema de Limon. On top INM Nothern lights topcoat. Stamped the flowers with Konad PSN neon green and MoYou 216, the doggies in love are from MoYou 66, I made stamping decals of those and mirror stamped one doggy from stamper to stamper before coloring it. The heart is dotted with a dotting tool.

And another picture.

Also some swatches of the base. You can see the gradient better.

I really liked this base.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Enchanting Fairytales

Hi Everyone,

I did this mani for a guest blog over at The Beauty Of Nail Polish. You can read the full post there :) I was really honored when Tara invited me.

I did a Fairytale mani a few years ago using Moyou plates. And this mani is inspired by that one,  I really wanted to do another one with Nailways Darker Period – Fairy Tales plate.

For the base I did a gradient with Lime Crime Once in a Blue Mousse, Lime Crime Lavendairy and China Glaze Neon & On & On. On top I did Catrice C08 Have an ice day topcoat for the holo sparkles. I stamped the images from Nailways Darker Period – Fairy Tales plate using Konad black. And the yellow stars are from Konad M34 using Konad pastel yellow. The white stars are from Konad M3 using Born Pretty stamping polish white. Painted the black near my cuticles and the door and path to the castle.

Looking at my nails I really want to go to Disneyland….I have never been there and it is one of my dreams.

Here also some pictures of my gradient base with holo glitters.

Thanks for reading :)

xoxox

Happy St. Patricks Day

Hey Everyone,

Here my St. Patricks Day mani for this year. I recently got this Nailz Craze plate from a blog sale and ofcourse I had to use it :)

Gradient with DA magical, 10.1 PolishEvergreen and 10.1 Polish Reservations. Stamped with Konad SN Moss green and used Konad SN Green for coloring. All images are from Nailz Craze NC01 plate.

And here a picture of the green gradient base.

I so love 10.1 polishes :)

Hope those we celebrate had a great holiday.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year. 

This was another mani I did for Chinese New Year.

 Base a gradient with BK 18 (golden holo) and Catherine Arley 800 (red holo) stamped with Konad SN black and SN wine red and Bundle Monster BM-H15, the lucky cat face is from Konad S9.

And another picture.

And here the gradient gold and red holo base.

Have a great weekend!

Thanks for reading.

xoxox