Tag: What's in your purse/bag?

A couple of weeks ago the lovely and funny Miki from ♥ OneChicBella ♥ tagged me. This tag is to show you what is in your purse/bag.

For this tag it's okay to do a video or make photos of your purse/bag, no cheating ;) I don't know if there are any more rules some blogs have a few questions with this tag but I did not get those. I think the rules are like the most tags/awards, thank the person who gave it to you, write a blog post about what is in your purse/bag and give this tag the other bloggers (don't know how many it varies on blogs but I say 10  ;))

I took some photos of my bag it isn't that interesting.

I have a brown leather bag it is not very big, I got it from my mom and dad a couple of years ago for my birthday. They bought it on Lanzarote (one of the Canarian Islands) It's a spanish brand I think called...... The zipper is broken and can't close anymore but I don't want a new bag, I'm attached to this one ;)

My hands are not that big so you can see the size of my bag it think it's about 25 cm.

My bag goes everywhere with me so it's a bit discolored as you can see in the midde it's darker.

Look at my cute Monchichi monkey that hangs at my bag ♥

Inside my bag: my manly wallet, my old phone (with Hello Kitty sock) and my keys. Normally my camera is inside too but I needed that one for the photos ;)

Inside my wallet my cuteeeee debit card (is that the correct word?) with my rabbit Nero on it (he died a couple of years ago and now I carry him with me all the time. I just had to share this photo with you :)

Some chewing gum and old make up and lip care products.

Some pens, a hairbrush, a lighter (I don't smoke but you never know when you might need some fire ;)) batteries (normally I have a mp3 player inside too but it wasn't there so it's probably at my mom and dads place) and a cute Hello Kitty jar with some LUSH Lemony Flutter.

Also a coin that you can put in the shopping carts instead of a real money coin.

And the final stuff: my girly pocket knife (it's pink and it's for girls, because next to a knife and scissors it also has a nailfile, nail clippers, toothpick and tweezers), some paracetamol, an extra SD memory card for my camera, a glass nailfile from Herome, some teeth floss and the key to my boyfriends place :)

Don't know where all the other stuff like tampons and sanitary stuff were I did not cheat normally they are in there ;) guess I must have used them and forget to put them in my bag again ;)

I would like to tag these 10 blogs:

1. Giuditta's Nails and Beauty
2. Passion for nails
3. Sugar Styles
4. Spellbinding Nails
5. The Nail Addict
6. Nagelzone 
7. A place for my nails
8. a1001addictions
9. Canadian Nail Fanatic
10. Nails for Fun...

xoxox

Summer Citrus nails (+ Color Club You Got Soul-Ar swatches)

Last week I made some happy summer nails. That was before I heard the terrible swan news. I really wanted to something sunny and happy because the sun was shining :)

Base Color Club You Got Soul-Ar, a really bright orange neon color with holographic glitters (see swatches below) I stamped some citrus fruits with Konad SN yellow, SN white mixed with China Glaze Kiwi-cool-ade and SN yelllow mixed with SN white from imageplate M55. Photo with flash.

Photo with flash under artificial light.

Photo without flash under artificial light.

When it's summer I always like to match my toes with my hands :)

Here some swatches. I took a couple of photos because it's a really bright color so bright I could hardly take a realistic photo. It reminds me of neon orange traffic cones.

With flash.

With flash different settings.

With flash different settings.

Without flash under artificial light.

With flash under artificial light with different settings, here you can really see how bright it is.

I really love this color.

Have a nice weekend!

xoxox

In loving memory of the Swan ♥

At my boyfriends place his backyard lies at the water. A couple of months ago we saw a love couple of Swans and later they had 8 babies ♥ I am really an animal lover so I was really happy to see that and from our backyard I gave them something to eat every time I saw them swimming by. The last time I saw them daddy swan was alone with his 8 babies (they grew tremendously) we found that really weird but I thought mommy was behind some bushes or something....untill friday......I heard horrible news from my neighbor. Mommy swam was murdered, they threw a rock on her head and the animal rescue could not do anything anymore. HOW CAN THERE BE PEOPLE WHO DO SUCH A HORRIBLE THING!!!!!! People who do that deserve death. Animals are so defenseless, and Swans are such beautiful, gracefull animals.

I was really sad and I cried, they were my friends and I loved feeding them (they made me happy when I was feeling blue) now daddy is alone with his babies. Swans are monogamous and stay together they entire life, sometimes you hear that if one of them dies the other one dies too because his is lonely. I hope daddy finds strength to live also when his babies leave. I know he takes good care of them, because he was already alone the last time I fed them and still very protective. They now are moved to a pond some streets away.

Because I was soo sad and find it horrible that people can do such thing I decided to honor mommy swan with a nail art creation.

Base Essence Ballerina Backstage LE 05 Grand Plié in Black (black polish with orange glitter) ringfinger is P2 Ship Ahoi! LE 010 Pure White. Stamped with Konad SN white and imageplate H21. Ringfinger stamped with Konad SN black the Swan from HB34, black hearts from M18 and with Konad pastel orange hearts from HB29.

Here some swatches of these polishes, you can click to enlarge them:

With flash.

Without flash under artificial light. Holding the Essence bottle.

Here you can see the P2 bottle.

I also have some photos of the Swan family ♥

At the end of May one big happy family, daddy, 8 babies and mommy.

June 10th I'm feeding them from the backyard, still one big happy family of 10.

June 23th daddy alone with his 8 babies who grew a lot. Took this photo from our backyard and I was hanging over almost fell in the water.

Even though daddy is alone he is a proud and protective daddy never leaves his babies behind. I was feeding them from the backyard in the rain. This was the last time I saw them, mommy was already murdered then but I thought she was hiding :(

Sooo sad, R.I.P. mommy Swan ♥ ♥ ♥ I will never forget you and your babies and loving partner will also never forget you!

While I'm typing this blog and watch the photos my eyes get all watery again.

xoxox

P2 Into Lace 010 Sensuality with flower nail art

Today I'll show a really nice color from the P2 Into Lace LE. This collection had 5 colors but I only have 2 of them. 010 Sensualtity is a nice greenish color, it reminds me a little bit of OPI Mermaid Tears, but this one has more blue in it. It also has a nice subtle shimmer in it. I did some summer flower nail art on it.

First the nail art photos.

Base P2 Into Lace LE 010 Sensuality. I stamped flowers with Konad SN psyche pink, leafs with SN green both from XL plate F and some SN yellow dots made with a dotting tool.

Just another photo of my hand.

Here are the swatches.

With flash.

With flash under artificial light.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

xoxox

China Glaze Kaleidoscope How About a Tumble swatches + nail art

I made this more than a month ago, when I got back from my short holiday to Centerparc. I needed to do something fast, and what dries faster then Kaleidoscope polish ;) Just added a simple full nail stamp anddecals. These decals I bought I did not made them my self ;) Although I lost all my photos since April 2011 I still had these photo's on my Dutch page called Hyves (something as facebook) so I was really glad.

First the nail art photo:

China Glaze How About a Tumble stamped with Color Club Wild at Heart and imageplate H29 and I added some love decals :)

Here a photo of only the full nail stamp without the decals.

And now the swatches, as you know I really am a big holo fan and this one was still one of my untrieds. And was missing a few months ago when I had Kaleidoscope week on my blog.

With flash.

With flash different angle.

Without flash under artificial light.

With flash under artificial light.

xoxox

Awards, awards and more awards :)

I'm sorry for not blogging for a week :( My own laptop died almost a year ago, since then I used my boyfriends laptop. But that one crashed after some necessary updates from Windows Vista. I lost all my pictures since April 2011. And all my decals from August 2010 :( My dad and I wil try to get some files back hope it will work.

Anyway in the last couple of weeks I received some great awards ♥ I always feel soooo honored.

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I received a couple of award from the lovely and funny Miki from ♥ OneChicBella ♥ she said they were 2 but one of them you see 3 award photo's. So they are probably 5 award :)

The first one I got is the Sunshine Award, I also got this award from the sweet Sarah from Spellbinding Nails.

Thank you both so much ♥

The rules are as followed:

- Thank the person who gave you this award

- Write a post about it

- Answer to the questions below

- Pass it on to 10 bloggers who you think really deserve it and send them message to let them know.

The questions:

1. Favorite color: That is really difficult because I don't really have a favorite color I really like all colors, but if I have to choose I think blue.
2. Favorite animal: I really suck in questions like these, I also love all kinds of animals, but I think I have to say Hamster and Rats because I have those 2 as pets ;) I also really have a thing for dolphins.
3. Favorite number: 9
4. What perfume am I using right now? Escada Taj Sunset, I have a lot of perfumes also more from Escada but this one I got from my boyfriend last week for my birthday.
5. Something you always wear with you and identifies you: My silver Greek necklace with the Meandros sign that I got almost 10 years ago from my mom and dad. I love silver and Greece and almost never wear any other necklace.
6. What’s your passion? My passion???? Uhmm nails and nail art ;)
7. Getting or giving presents? I'm really weird with that, I do like to get presents but sometimes also feel kind of embarressed or something so I have to say giving. Love to give things even if they are small.
8. What was the last eyeshadow you used? My 4 colored older brown palette from Catrice and my 88 color palette.
9. Favorite day of the week:  Saturday, I love hanging out with my boyfriend and doing something fun.
10. Are your nails painted right now? Yes they are almost never without nail polish (only if I just removed it) I'm wearing P2 Into Lace LE 010 Sensuality right now.

I would love to give this Sunshine Award to the following 10 lovely blogs:

1. Giuditta's Nails and Beauty
2. Balletbalm
3. heartNAT
4. Nails by Alice
5. Concrete and Nail Polish
6. Pixie Polish
7. Pretty Nails
8. Turtlechicks Nails N Tales
9. Sugar Styles
10. Nagelzone / Nailsszone 

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The second award I got from Miki from ♥ OneChicBella ♥ is the Best Blog Award, but this one also has the photo's of the Blogger Luxery award and Inspiration Award, so I guess these 3 awards have the same rules. So I will keep them together as a set of 3 when I pass them on.

The rules for this one are:

- Link back to the person who passed you the award

- Complete the form below

- Share 7 random things about yourself

- Award 15 blogs

- Drop them a line and tell them about it

This is the form to be completed:

Name your favorite color:  I really have not one favorite color but if I have to choose I would say blue.
Name your favorite song:  Again not just one favorite song.. but the Summer of '69 from Bryan Adams always makes me happy and I want to sing along when I hear it.
Name your favorite dessert: Love all kinds of desserts but I really love fruit, so something with fruit in it.
What makes you mad?  A lot of things especially dishonesty.
When you’re upset you… :  I watch tv or cry myself to sleep. 
Your favorite pet?  My really old hamster Bowser and my 2 rats Trouble and Bubbel.
Black or white? Black, I always wear black clothes (pants or skirt) matched with bright colors on top. And ofcourse matching nail polish.
Your biggest fear is? I'm really scared of all kinds of insects and spiders especially when they are in my bedroom.
Your best feature is? I'm a good listener.
Everyday attitude: Just a normal boring dull girl ;)
What is perfection? Does perfection exist?
Guilty Pleasure: buying nail polish / nail art stuff.

The 7 random things about myself:

I already wrote 7 random things about me when I got the Stylish blogger award, you can read those things here if you scroll down: 7 random things about me.

I would love to give the next 15 blog this Best Blog Award (together with the Blogger Luxury and Inspiration Award):

1. JUGANDO CON MIS UÑAS
2. Spellbinding Nails 
3. Polish Freshie 
4. Silence is Loud
5. Liquid Jelly
6. Nail Crazy
7. Oh What Fun
8. Witoxicity
9. Ivana Thinks Pink
10. The Nail Addict
11. A place for my nails
12. Unhas Artísticas Nill
13. Candy Coated Tips
14. TATA NADA VER 
15. Nails, wanted!

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I also got the Stylish Blogger Award from the sweet Neelai

I already received this so I am not going to follow all the rules, but I did wanted to say thank you to Neelai.

Even though I already received it, it still makes me happy and I feel honored.

You should really check out her blog: Neelai.

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I also received the Top 10 Award, I got this award from Sugar Styles and the sweet Yasmin from Oh What Fun.

 The Top 10 award rules:

- Thank the person who tagged you and link to their blog.

- Put the Top 10 Award logo on your blog.

- List your top 10 cosmetics.

- Choose 10 bloggers to tag, link to their blogs, and let them know.

Top 10 Cosmetics random order:

1. Max Factor Aqua Lash mascara: black waterproof mascara.
2. China Glaze Octa Gone Wild: the best purple holographic polish ;)
3. Garnier Pure Skin Shine Control Moisturizer: my day cream since my teen years and I still like it.
4. P2 nail polish remover: the old green one with that nice Thai green coconut smell.
5. Catrice 4 colored eyeshadow palette: before they renewed their assortment they had a pretty brown set.
6. Max Factor cream puff powder: also my powder since my teen years ;)
7. Greek hand creams: no particular brand but I love the Greek hand creams with Mastic or Olives in it. Most of them are made locally on the Greek Islands.
8. Garnier Nutrisse creme no 40: my hair dye. It is just a little bit darker and more red then my natrural hair color. So you hardly see any outgrowth.
9. P2 Diamond Shine 3 in 1: a nice base coat and also a topcoat and it is even also a nail hardner (but that I don't really need)
10. My 88 shimmer palette: don't know if it has a brand but I love colors, and this one is really pigmented.

I would love to give this Top 10 award to the next 10 blogs:

1. The Polished Perfectionist  
2. Clothes Cosmetics and Chat
3. Canadian Nail Fanatic
4. Passion for Nails
5. Das Experiment
6. Neelai
7. a1001addictions
8. Konad Addict
9. Nuvolat
10. Diava's Lacquer Box

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Thanks again to all those lovely ladies who gave me these awards. I think all my readers who have a blog deserve these awards too!

xoxox

It's Summer ♥ Happy Birthday to me!

Today the summer offically starts here in Holland, but I think it got lost on his way ;) It looks more like autumn when you look outside. But today is also my birthday. So I made some birthday nails, no balloons or cupcakes but summer sunset holographic nails. I love holo polishes and also really love the beach and palm trees and other summer stuff :)

For the base I used 5 colors from the China Glaze Kaleidoscope collection: Kaleidoscope Him Out, It's my Turn, Rated Holographic, Don't be a Square and Tickle my Triangle. Together they create a beautiful sunset on the beach ;) I did not sponged it just painted it layer by layer. And I stamped some Konad SN black palm trees with M29.

It's a simple creation but I like it, the base is already sooo beautiful on his own :) I love holo ♥  So I took a lot of photos :)

Just my hand.

Without flash under artificial light.

With flash under artificial light.

I also took a lot of photos of just the base.

With flash.

Just my hand.

With flash under artificial light.

Without flash or any direct light/daylight. So you can see the different colors I used better.

Without flash under artificial light.

Under artificial light.

I hope you all have a nice day :)

xoxox