Nails of the Day - Yellow & Blue Cheetah Print

What a creative title for this mani, hey?

I was planning on doing an entirely different design tonight but it was really late when I finally sat down to do my nails so I just decided to do something quick and simple. Basically, any type of animal print is always my fall back when I'm not feeling very creative or when I don't have a lot of time so of course, that's what I ended up doing tonight.




Products:
Seche Clear Base Coat
Color Club - Almost Famous (base)
Zoya - Robyn (spots)
OPI - Black Onyx (outline of spots)
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Collective NOTD Post

Hi everyone,
I have a few nail polishes I want to show you that I wore lately :) I just didn't have the time to post them all separately, so I put them into one post. Hope you don't mind! Tell me if you want a review for a certain color, because I will now just tell you the names and show you the pics :) I will link posts where I already swatched them and talked about the colors in detail.
Here you go:
- China Glaze - Knotty *click*

- China Glaze - Sea Spray *click*

- OPI - Suzi Says Feng Shui *click*

- Catrice Floralista LE - C01 Pink Spring *click* with p2 crackling top coat in black *click* over it

- Catrice Urban Baroque LE - C02 Rock Barock *click*

Do you like these colors?? And do you want my NOTD posts in the future in separate posts, or collective like this one??
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

Nails of the Day - Funky Plaid

Hey guys!

Today I have a manicure for you that was inspired by a fellow Newfie nail blogger who I really like and respect. She got her design from WAH Nails and the colours she chose are less in your face than the neons I chose so some of you might prefer that look. Check out her blog here and be sure to check out the rest of her awesome designs!

(By the way, this design might look easy but trust me when I say that it was very difficult! It was tough trying to get the lines straight, even with my striper brush and since neons are relatively sheer, I had to go over my lines several times, making it even more difficult than it should have been.)

Anyways, onto my interpretation of the design:



Products:
Seche Clear Base Coat
OPI - Alpine Snow (base)
China Glaze - Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (on top of Alpine Snow)
China Glaze - Towel Boy Toy (blue lines)
China Glaze - Kiwi Cool-Ada (green lines)
China Glaze - Flying Dragon (purple lines)
Seche Vite Top Coat Read Full...

Valentine's Day Nail Art Series - Cute Hearts

Hey guys!

I want to start off by apologizing for only posting nail art recently but I've been completely swamped with school work this whole week! Once things start to calm down I'll get back to more regular posting. :)
In the meantime though, today I have for you the last in my Valentine's series - a simply but cute heart design. I had a few other ideas in mind but I won't get to do any of them before Valentine's Day so I guess I'll just have to save them for next year!



Products:
Seche Clear Base Coat
OPI - Alpine Snow (base on all fingers except ring fingers, white hearts on ring fingers)
China Glaze - Something Sweet (base on ring fingers, light pink hearts on others)
OPI - I'm Indi-a Mood for Love (dark pink hearts)
OPI - Rumple's Wiggin' (purple hearts)
Seche Vite Top Coat

So what does everyone have planned for Valentine's Day? My boyfriend is working in the morning and I'm working in the evening on Monday so we're actually exchanging gifts tonight. We're also planning on going out to supper at some point or another but right now is just too hectic for me with school. Plus, I'd rather go when the Valentine's crowd calms down since I'm not a fan of big crowds.
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Valentine's Day Nail Art Series - Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Hey everyone!

One of my favourite things about Valentine's Day is that my boyfriend always makes me delicious chocolate dipped strawberries so I decided to do a nail design inspired by that!

One of the best things about this design is that it's a pretty versatile! You could remove the chocolate portion of it and it becomes a fun design for any day of the year and if you used brighter colours this would be a great summer mani.



Products:
Seche Clear Base Coat
Nicole by OPI - OMB! (strawberry)
China Glaze - Starboard (leaves)
Revlon - Hot for Chocolate (chocolate)
China Glaze - Lighthouse (seeds)
Seche Vite Top Coat
China Glaze Matte Magic (on top of chocolate portion only)

(By the way, OMB! by Nicole by OPI is STUNNING. I seriously considered leaving it on by itself because I hated to cover some of it up! If you don't already own this colour, I really recommend considering it.) Read Full...

8 Balls

HI ladies.. happy Monday everyone.. just like to share my previous mani.. on this design,  I was inspired on one of my fave game.. "billiard"

this is the only Chez-delaney D series image plate that I have, thanks Lily..
I really like this image plate so much, but it gives me a Lil pain on stamping the pattern on my nails coz the design was a little bit deep engraved on the plate, thats why u get a lot of polish from the plate,   so u really need to be carefully stamp the design on ur nails or else the design will smudge..before i do my konading I always put top coat on my base polish, it protects my base color polish whenever ever I made a  mistake on stamping..
Using a cotton and non-acetone remover I carefully wipes my mistake design...
this could make ur base polish looks so dull but dont worry coz u will apply another top coat after ur konading and will make ur mani look pretty again..

How to do it?

1. Apply ur green base coat let it dry & put top coat

2. Using Sponge, apply  a small amount of  white polish on the center of ur nails

3. Use black special polish and stamp ur 8 ball design where u sponged ur white polish

4. Apply & sealed ur mani using ur top coat

polish used:

essence in the jungle

konad special black & white polish

chez-delaney D14 image plate

sponge

2010 is the most memorable & exciting year for me.. I won in some previous of nail art contest & giveaways, meet a lot of people who are also into nails and nail arts...I was able to get some of my lemming stuffs.. and most specially I'd  reached 900+ followers..I want to thank u all.. the bloggers that im following, thank u for always keep us update on whats the new trend, for inspiring me to some nail designs, for posting some tips & tricks.. to my followers, for reading and leaving comments.. i can't explain how happy I am whenever I read ur comments on my post.. ur comments are priceless.. XD to my  FUNKZ friends, I really love on how we shared our ideas, thoughts and point of view.. to my family.. for always being there.. THANK U!! XD  here are some photo of the gifts that I received last Xmas...I forgot to take some photos of what my dear friends Shiverly & Elsa gave me.. thank u all... xoxo

from Saudi with love...LOL from Katherine!! thanks girl love it! XD

 Manicure set from My sister-in-law & her hubby

OPI swiss collex from my Brother-in-law XD

konad special polish from hubby.. thanks han.. XD

OUMAXI acrylic paint from my mom & bro XD

really need to practice more on one stroke..

 water decals & striping brush from Onestopkikay shop.. thank sis den!

pink stuffs from one of my nail art buddy MAE.. thanks sis..

 Xmas gift from France.. thanks LILY!! ur really such a doll... XD.

special gift from GB.. thank u so much Sarah.. ur so sweet

loads of love from Tiffany... thanks Tiff!! U ROCK!! Ü

from one of my very pretty talented friend Bless.. thanks sis!!

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Valentine's Day Nail Art Series - Glitter Kisses

Hey guys!

Today I have the second design in my Valentine's Day series and this is one that I'm actually going to leave on for longer than half an hour! I removed my Lovebug design about half an hour after I posted it and put on my Neon Rainbow Cheetah Print for the second time. However, I actually really like this Valentine's Day mani so this one will be a keeper. :)



Products:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
OPI - Alpine Snow (base)
Orly - Winter Wonderland (white glitter)
China Glaze - Pom Pom (pink glitter)
Color Club - Art of Seduction (red glitter)
Revlon - Belle (silver glitter top coat over everything)
OPI - Black Onyx (lips)
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Valentine's Series: Nail Art #1: Hearts

Hey everyone,
as I did an EOTD series for Halloween and then a NOTD series for Christmas, I'm gonna do one for Valentine's Day :) I'll be doing not only one category, there'll be some EOTDs and NOTDs for sure!
Tell me if you want a certain design or anything!

Today I did a really cute nail design with hearts that is kinda ordinary for Valentine's Day, but I still liked to do it! To some of you it might be too cute, but you don't have to do it ;)

That's what you need:
- your favorite base coat (mine is Essence pro white french)
- a nude peach shimmer base color (I used China Glaze - Sunset Sail)
- a black nail polish (I used p2 eternal)
- a toothpick or any other tool (I used the Essence nail art stylist)
- a multi-color glitter polish (I used one by Essence, don't know the name, sorry)
- your favorite top coat (I used Essence Nail Art Sealing Top Coat)

That's how to do it:
1. Apply your base coat all over your nails to protect your natural nails.
2. Paint your nails with your nude peach color, use as many coats as needed.
3. Pour some black polish onto a piece of paper and pick it up with your tool/toothpick. Draw some hearts onto your nails. You decide how big they are, if you fill them in or not, how many you put onto one nail - just how you like it to be! :)

4. Add your glitter top coat if you want to, but this step is optional, of course!

5. Add your clear top coat to seal the design.

Btw, this is the China Glaze Polish on it's own:
I like it a lot, it's pretty :)

And that's it! Do you like it, or is it "too cute" for your style??
I'll see you soon!
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

NOTD January 31st: OPI - Java Mauve-A

Hey everyone :)
First of, I'm really sorry for not posting more. Just a few more days and the main school stress will be over for a while. Then I'll post more regularly again! :)

Today I'm wearing Java Mauve-A by OPI on my nails, and it's the first color from my haul I showed you here *click*

I already described the color in that post, so I'm not gonna do that again. For now, let's just say it's a warm pinkish brown color, like rosewood.

I've been wearing it for a week straight and had no chipping, just tipwear, so I'd say it's the normal good OPI quality. It needed two coats to get opaque, but you could get away with one if you paint your nails were carefully :)

I love this color, because I have nothing like it, and it's such a pretty  neutral color <3 LOVE!
Do you like it, too?
I'll see you soon :)
xoxo, Misch Read Full...

Valentine's Day Nail Art Series - Lovebug

Hey guys.

So I actually had no plans to do a Valentine's Day series but the only idea I could come up with tonight was a Valentine's inspired one so I guess this will be the start of a series!

Unfortunately, this isn't a great start to this series because I really don't like this mani at all. In fact, it probably won't last a whole day.

To start, I filed my nails before doing this mani and I wasn't paying enough attention because I didn't do a very good job. So now i just want to remove the polish just so that I can re-file my nails.

Next, when I had the whole mani done, I started to put top coat on and the colour from the little heart spangles started to drag and run all over the rest of my nail. I seriously could have cried because I had spent so much time on the design and then to have it ruin before my eyes was painful. I ended up fixing it by putting new spangles on top of the old ones that had no colour anymore and I placed a dollop of top coat on each of the hearts before putting top coat over the entire nail which prevented the colour from dragging.

Nevertheless, I was still very frustrated at the end of everything.

Anyways, enough whining, here's the mani:



Products:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
China Glaze - Naked (base)
OPI - And This Little Piggy... (over base)
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Black (body)
China Glaze - Lubu Heels (over black of body)
OPI - Alpine Snow (white of eyes)
OPI - Black Onyx (pupils)
Heart spangles from eBay
Seche Vite Top Coat Read Full...

NOTD January 23rd: China Glaze - Strawberry Fields

Hey there!
Today I have a polish for you guys which is Strawberry Fields by China Glaze. It's part of the Summer Days collection from 2009, but still available. Strawberry Fields is a pink with gold glass flecks. For those of you who don't know what glass flecks are: they're glitter particles that are bigger than normal glitters, and they almost look like little glass particles. The finish of these polishes is very shiny and smooth, even though there are so much glitter particles in it.

The glass flecks in this polish are very noticable, especially in the sunlight. I love this polish a lot, it's gorgeous and screams SUMMER! :)

I used three coats to get it opaque, but you could get away with 2 thick ones. It lasted 3 days before it showed some tipwear and I removed it after a full week because there were a few chippings.

Do you own this polish, too? What do you think of glass flecks?


xoxo, Misch Read Full...

Nails of the Day - Neon Rainbow Cheetah

Hey guys!

The mani I'm about to show you was a long time in the making. I really badly wanted to do a neon water marble because I think it would look awesome but I officially suck at water marbling so that didn't work out too well. I really don't know how some of you do it because I just can't get it right! Anyways, after epically failing at water marbling, I still wanted to do something with the neon colours that I had picked out. So, this is what I ended up with:



This is my vert first attempt at a colour gradient mani and I'm actually VERY happy with it! It's so blindingly bright and in your face!

Products:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
OPI - Alpine Snow (base)
China Glaze - Pool Party (pink)
China Glaze - Sun Worshipper (orange)
China Glaze - Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (yellow)
China Glaze - Kiwi Cool-Ada (green)
China Glaze - Towel Boy Toy (blue)
China Glaze - Flying Dragon (purple)
OPI - Black Onyx (cheetah spots)
Seche Vite Top Coat Read Full...

Nails of the Day - Wonder Woman Inspired

Hey!

So after I saw the press release photos for the new MAC Wonder Woman Collection, I was totally inspired to do a nail design.
At first I was going to wait until the collection actually came out but then I thought that more people might be doing this kind of mani then so I wanted to do it now and it be original. So here it is:





Products:
China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat
OPI - Dating a Royal (base)
OPI - The "It" Color (logo)
Star shaped spangles from eBay (stars)
China Glaze - Salsa (I had to paint the spangles red because I only had pink ones)
OPI - Black Onyx (outline of logo)
Seche Vite Top Coat Read Full...

NOTD January 14th: Essie - Merino Cool

Hey there!
Here's another color for them Essie Mini Fall Cube I reviewed here *click*.

And honestly, I'm a little disappointed. I already swatched it in that review, but there I did get that disappointed. My disappointment comes from the color. It looks so pretty purple-grey mulberry in the bottle, on the promo pics, and on swatches I saw, but on me it's just a pewter grey.

And it also chipped on me after one day. I don't know maybe it's just my bottle of it, or my nails, but I'm not so happy about it. It's still pretty, but not the color I actually wanted. But whatever! I still like it. The purple does show up, but not as much as I thought and not in every lighting.

What do you think of this color? Does it look purple-grey mulberry on you??
I'll see you later!
xoxo, Misch Read Full...