China Glaze Monte Carlo with nail art

This was one of my first China Glaze polishes but I never used it (I did marbled with it sometimes). It is a beautiful pink polish. I did some quick nail art on it after a "killed" Keroppi :(

Base China Glaze Monte Carlo, stamped with Konad SN pink pearl and imageplate M69. White flowers stamped with SN white and imageplate M7. In the white flowers some SN pastel pink dots made with a dotting tool.

Here some swatches, it looks like I still have a visable nail line on these photo's.....that wasn't showing in real life. But I guess I could have used a third coat ;)

With flash.

With flash under artificial light.

Without flash under artificial light.

I received the Liebster Blog award again, although I already got it, I still feel honored everytime I get an award. I got it from Liquid Jelly I'm not going to do al the rules again but I did want to mention it. You should really check out here blog!

I aslo got the Kreative blogger award again this time from Diava's Lacquer Box she has a great blog too!

Thank you so much sweeties for those awards.

Both blogs are great go check them out ;)

Have a nice weekend!

xoxox

Keroppi Nails (on OPI Bikini Envy)

My big sister is a huge Hello Kitty/ Sanrio fan, and she collects all kinds of stuff from it. Mostly small Hello Kitty figures, but also stuffed animals. Not only from Hello Kitty but also Hello Kitty's friends the other Sanrio characters. Last christmas she gave me a cute stuffed animal of Keroppi (Hello Kitty's frog friend) and she said I should make Keroppi nails and then take a photo with the stuffed animal :) And that is what I finally did ;)

Base OPI Bikini Envy with self made water decals of Keroppi (and I believe his sister). I stamped with Konad PSN Cool Red some water lilies up side down with imageplate M66. Also from M66 water lily pads/leafs with PSN Apple Ggreen.

All my nails.

On my thumb I colored his eyes and clothers with a white nail art pen from Essence.

My nails with only the decals and cute Keroppi stuffed animal.

My nails with the decals without the stamping.

Here a swatch of OPI Bikini Envy:

Very sweet light green color with  some sort of white shimmer in it.

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Flowers, pink, sailing and holo (Nfu Oh) all things I love ♥

Last week I mentioned I had Nfu Oh 63 on my nails and I wanted to post that friday but blogger was down. And in the weekends I normally am not online. So I will show you this today. Not last weekend but the weekend before that we hired a small moterboat in Giethoorn, and my best friend, his girlfriend, my boyfriend and I had so much fun that day. Ofcourse I took some photos of my nails there, the last time I was there I took the photo that is my blog logo now with the big water lily. I wanted take a new one with a lily but unfortunately it was to early in the season and the lilies were not in bloom yet. I did take some other nature photos. So I have a lot of photo spam for you :)

Base Nfu Oh 63, self made water decals of this cute pink flower (Frangipani). Stamped with XL plate B and OPI Rosy Mistletoe-sies.

Photo made from to boat in the background some sort of a small windmill.

It was such a beautiful sunny hot day ♥

Debora ♥ Dennis aren't they cute. (she is the one who always gets me those nice Brazilian nail polishes).

They call Giethoorn also the Dutch Venice because of all the water and bridges.

Just a pretty photo :)

Me and my boyfriend captain Dave ;) He's was at the rudder most of the time.

Some cows.

 Isn't he sweet?

Me at the rudder :)

Now here are the regular photos ;) I also took a few because with decals and holo it sometimes is difficult to take a good photo.

Photo with flash under artificial light.

 Photo with flash.

 Without flash or any direct (sun) light. So you can see the decals a bit better.

Without flash under artificial light.

Ofcourse I also took some swatch photos:

With flash.

 With flash a bit of different angle.

 With flash different angle...look at the rainbow ♥

 With flash under artificial light.

Without flash under artificial light.

I sooo totally love Nfu Oh holo's and also loved this creation I had it on my nails for more then a week.

I also painted my toe nails. I wasn't really matching but it did matched a lillte bit because I used this Nfu Oh for stamping. For those of you who don't like the see foot photos..... DON'T look ;)

 Base Teeez Outta Control a beautiful bright dark purple holo nail polish.

I stamped some flowers from XL plate F with Nfu Oh 63 and Nfu Oh 65.

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Nfu Oh 65 with nail art made in 2009

This weekend I had Nfu Oh 63 on my nails a beautiful light pink holographic polish, I will show you this later this week. I thought lets show Nfu Oh 65 first, that I had on my nails in July 2009. Nfu Oh 65 is a gorgeous light blue holo polish....I love Nfu Oh holo's. First I'll show you my nail art on it, later the swatches.

Base Nfu Oh 65 stamped with Konad SN Blue pearl and Golden Rose Paris magic 313 imageplate M57.

Without flash or sun light, you can see the stamps better ;)

Photo in sun light.

I love to match my hands and feet :)

With flash.

A bit blurry :( without flash.

And here some swatches of this beautiful nail polish.

Photo with flash.

Daylight without sun or flash.

Sorry for my cuticles I did not had Lemony Flutter or some nail oil back then ;)

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Green and Glitter nails + Liebster Blog award

Ever since I bought the glitter Essence Twin duo 06 Edward I was thinking that it would look great over China Glaze Four Leaf Clover (that looks a bit like Essence Bella that belongs with Edward). So last week I decided to try that out.

Base China Glaze Refresh-mint and a french of China Glaze Four Leaf Clover. On top of the french Essence Twins duo 06 Edward. I stamped with China Glaze Four Leaf Clover and Konad imageplate M57. On my ring finger Istamped a flower from M31 also with China Glaze Four Leaf Clover, in the middle a silver rhinestone.

My camera had a bit of trouble to take a photo of the true color of Four Leaf Clover. The french and stamps really looked the same color in real life ;)

Photo without flash in natural daylight.

I received the Liebster Blog again, I know I already got it but I feel so honored so I would love to mention it again. And I thought I is also a great opportunity to give it away to 3 other bloggers too, because there are a lot of lovely blog out there who deserve more attention ;)

This time a got my Liebster Blog award from the lovely Yasmin from Oh What Fun you should really check out her blog! She has a really nice blog and deserves more followers ;)

The Liebster Award is designed to bring well deserved additional recognition to those bloggers with less than 300 followers. If you receive the award you link back to the blogger that nominated you and nominate 3 more blogs.

Like I said I already got it but I would love to give it to these 3 other blogs:

• Sugar Styles a beauty blog about all different kinds of trends and goodies. They also anounce which sales there are at local Dutch drugstores. It is written in Dutch but has the translate option.
• Obsessed a nail blog she is very creative and makes lovely nail art. Written in English
• Purrrpolish a nail blog from a young Dutch girl, written in English.

Thanks again to Yasmin from Oh What Fun  everytime someone gives me an award I feel sooo happy :)

Giveaway Nagelzone (I won)

Yeah yeah I won my first giveaway ever :) I'm so happy :) I won the giveaway from Nagelzone. She added some great other stuff too, like another bottle of nail polishes, this cute bracelet, rhinestones, stickers and some fimo canes.

I don't have any polishes from this brand, but love to try them out, they look really pretty a bit foil, shimmer, glittery. I sure want to try one soon ;) Thanks you so much Nagelzone for this giveaway. For my foreign readers she also has a english blog Nailsszone.

I'm so happy with my new goodies ♥

Disney: Beauty and the Beast contest entry

Confessions of a Polishaholic was hosting a Disney theme contest :) I saw this a while ago and was really excited, then I read the rules and I was like oh no never mind forget about it. I don't do really free hand nail art and don't have any tools for that. But then Orlica mentioned her contest again in the comments on my Disney Flounder nails and I said I thought I wasn't allowed to enter, then she said I was when I just add some free hand details to my creation. So I decided to enter and did my best to make some free hand details ;) Ofcourse I'm not an artist like most of them who have entered, but I just love Disney and couldn't resist to make Disney nails....as you all probably know I do make Disney nails often :)

Base is GOSH Powder I made my own water decals of Beauty and the Beast, on my pinkie Lumière, ring finger Belle, middle finger Mrs. Potts and Chip, index finger Cogsworth and on my thumb the Beast. On top a coat of China Glaze Wireless Holographic topcoat.

I never do any free hand nail art and don't have any good tools for it like I said but I did my best add some free hand details. I made the paws and flowers with a dotting tool and a toothpick with Konad SN polish.

You can see the rest of the entries when you click the link above, and you can vote if you follow her blog. I especially like no 5, 14, 18 and 22. I voted for no 18...just love Piglet. You can vote for me, but I don't expect that ;) because they are really great entries and mine isn't that great. But the the main thing is I liked my nails and loved making them.

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PS: this has nothing to do with nail art but will you vote for my photo?

You can vote by clicking on this photo or this link: http://foto.pearle.nl/zonnebrillen/foto/1013 that just click on "Stem op deze foto" that means vote for this photo.

I look so dumb hahahaha, but I can win these sunglasses. Maybe they look better in reallife *lol*

Thanks for voting, I hope you will ask other people to vote, it's really easy just one click ;)

Part of my stash + another award ♥

I asked my dad a couple of times if he can make me a nail polish wall display. But he had other things on his mind. Two weeks ago I had Konad Easter Workshop at my place and I really wanted that display before that. Because my glass case was really full and I had no idea where to leave the rest of my polishes. So it was a race against time, but my dad finally made me this wonderfull display. At first I had to pay only for the materials but now it is an early birthday present which is next month.

This is how it look like filled with all different kinds of bottles...there are more then 250 bottles of nail polish in it :) I still have some other polishes and sets in my glass case, along with (special) topcoats and nail art stuff.

Here it is empty hanging in my own nail/workshop room at my boyfriend's place.

The top rows are filled with my bottles of China Glaze.

The rest of my stash a plastic dresser with stuff such as remover, table towels, cotton pads, my extry stamps and scrapers for when I have a workshop etc. On top my Konad suitcase and a box filled with some topcoats and spare polishes. My glass case with my boxes of stamping polish on top, other polishes and sets, nail art and more stuff.

The glass case in the back is filled with stuff I still have for sale. So people can buy some goodies when then come to my place for a workshop.

I'm really happy with the wall display my dad made for me, thank you daddy ♥

It must be award week, because I also received the Liebster Blog award from The Nail Addict

Thank you so much for this award ♥ I gave her the Kreativ Blogger Award you should really check it out, she makes gorgeous stamping designs.

The Liebster Award is designed to bring well deserved additional recognition to those bloggers with less than 300 followers. If you receive the award you link back to the blogger that nominated you and nominate 3 more blogs.

There are many great blogs with less than 300 followers out there but I would love to give this award to these 3 ladies:

- Giuditta's Nails and Beauty

- Passion for Nails

- Buzzwheedle's Nails

They are great bloggers who make wonderful creations and really deserve to have more followers.

xoxox

Kreativ Blogger Award

I feel sooo honored, I am tagged by three people for the Kreativ Blogger Award.

The people who tagged me are:

- Sarah from Spellbinding Nails

- Giuditta from Giuditta's Nails and Beauty

- Elize from Purrrpolish

Edit: I also got it from the lovely Michelle from Passion for Nails. Michelle I knew you already got this award and you sure do deserve it!

Thank you so much sweeties for giving me this award. You all deserve this award too, when you wouldn't have got it already I sure would give it to you :)

Here's what you have to do:

- Write 10 facts about yourself.

- Pass the award along to 10 other bloggers and tell them about the award!

Oh wow 10 things about myself...lets see:

1. I have two places I call home ;) I officially live with my parents, but most of the time I live with my boyfriend especially during the week, in the weekend we are mostly at my parents place because I like that city better ;) It's about 25 minutes car drive between both homes.

2. I don't have my driving license, I don't think I will ever get that. Im affraid of driving (not be a passenger but driving myself) I grew up without a car (my parents didn't and still don't have a car) and I'm used to travel with public transport (especially before I met my boyfriend who is a driver).

3. I was born on the day the summer starts (June 21) That means it is the longest day with the most daylight hours.

4. I have freckles which I really don't like, when I was little I really hated them, but now I've "accepted" them as part of me being a summer child.

5. My hamster is more then 2 years old (they live to be 2-3 years old) and everyday I get up and check if he's still alive (he is still very active though but I'm just affraid of losing him so I check it ;))

His name is Bowser isn't he cute?

6. I still sometimes find it hard to imagine that I stopped biting my nails and now have long natural nails.

7. I don't have one favourite color, I always match some black clothes with something colorfull and ofcourse my clothes have to match my nails ;)

8. I love my boyfriend Dave for many reasons, one of them is that he loves shopping. Most of the time we shop clothes for him :) He also drives to Germany regularly to shop there, and he drives me and my nail friends there so we can go nail shopping. He doesn't mind that at all and sometimes even helpes us looking and choosing ;)

9. I love to drink fruit drinks, next to that my favourite soft drink is 7-up or cassis (when I go out I drink that or very occasionally a beer)

10. I love nail polish (that is totally new info right ;)) and all my lovely followers, thank you so much for following my blog ♥

Many people who'd I love to pass this award to already received it (or gave it to me, thanks again ♥) so I did my best to find (new)  bloggers who haven't received it (recently).

I would love to pass this award to:

- Konad Addict

- Nagelzone / Nailsszone

- The Nail Addict

- Das Experiment

- Canadian Nail Fanatic

- A place for my nails

- Confessions of a Polishaholic

- Jugando con mis uñas

- Simply Rins

- Adayn Nails 

I actually want to give this to all my readers and the blogs I follow ;)

xoxox