China Glaze Jitterbug & holo glitter gradation

China Glaze - Jitterbug & holo glitter gradation, 2 coats

Party on my nails! Too bad we didn't get any sun so I only got to admire the pretty bling under supermarket lights (my camera is too large and clunky for any discreet photo sessions between the aisles, teehee). The gradation was done with a kitchen sponge (an unused one! :D) using Nubar Hologram Glitter, China Glaze Nova and Model's Own Silver Spangle - oh, and removal was a major PITA... Read Full...

Milani La Vie En Rose & DICI 063

Milani - La Vie En Rose, 2 coats

Son, I am disappoint. La Vie En Rose is darker and more red on the nail than it is in the bottle - I was expecting a daintier and more blue leaning colour. The formula was runny (not thin, though) and the polish flooded the sides of my nails on several occasions.

Milani - La Vie En Rose & DICI - 063, 2 + 1 coats

I love this blingy pinky purple glitter on my toes, but on my nails it looks a bit too chunky. This needs to be patted on because the clear base is quite thick in consistency, and the larger hex bits have to be fished out of the bottle and placed on the nail one by one.

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China Glaze Stellar

This is 3 coats of the beautiful China Glaze Stellar. I think this just moved into my top 5 polishes. It's a lovely beige or khaki with tons of silver micro glitter. You can click on the pictures to see the finish up close. Nice formula too!


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Color Club Pucci-licious, China Glaze Electric Lilac & IsaDora Black Tag

Color Club - Pucci-licious, 2 coats

Um, just wow. The formula in this was WONDERFUL, probably the best I've come across so far. Color Club calls Pucci-licious a neon but most don't consider it as such. It dries slightly matte, though but it's not retina-searing like neons tend to be.

Color Club - Pucci-licious & China Glaze - Electric Lilac, 2 + 1 coats

Electric Lilac has been in my untrieds since last summer and I figured it'd go great with the similarly coloured Pucci-licious. It was a nice combo, sure, but not really earth-shatteringly gorgeous.

Color Club - Pucci-licious, China Glaze - Electric Lilac & IsaDora - Black Tag, 2 + 1 + 1 coats

... And of course I had to see what the black IsaDora crackle polish would look layered on top of these two. I guess it looks okay but this combination devours top coat like nobody's business. This is with three coats of TC and it still wasn't smooth.

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Blowfish Blue + BK 902

Hi everyone! its 17:48 here right now, and i didnt have much time to think and did nail art. I had good time with aunty and mum today. But i still did nail polish today. So this time, i used blowfish blue and mixed it with BK902.

The "Blowfish Blue" from LA Splash :

Blowfish Blue (LA Splash ) and BK 902 (The Faceshop)

Close up :
The picture isnt clear and blur :(.

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Happy 2011!

My New Year's Eve manicure! I HAD to use my new OPI. Today is the last day I can use as much of it as I want withouth my nails looking overdone. And today absolutely needs glitters! So I added it to every nail with a dotting tool, unfortunately this picture doesn't show that properly.

A little explanation:
Thumb: pink and golden fireworks, made with a pink striper and a small dotting tool (I don't have a golden striper).
Index: made with a striper, no further explanation needed I guess.
Middle: these are oliebollen, Dutch food we traditionally eat at New Year's Eve. With icing sugar! I used a dotting tool for the oliebollen and a sponge for the white sugar.
Ring: champagne! I used Essence's great nail art pen for the glasses.
Pinky: it's almost twelve o'clock! (Well, some kindly mentioned that it's more like eleven o'clock...) Again, Essence's nail art pen helped me out.

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Butterfly!

My little neighbour-girl gave me a set of tips last night. And today she played in my room and beg me to try those tips. Then i decided to create a design on tips for the first time. I asked her what she want me to paint and she answered "Butterfly". And she picked the pink colour as base colour. And this is the result :

These are what i used :

- Base coat from Pixy
- PK212 from Skinfood (base colour)
- For butterfly : green from Eternally, red from Pixy, black polish, rhinestone
- Glitter from Eternally

Butterfly Nail Art

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Avon Splendid Blue & Sinful Colors Deep Blue Ocean

Avon - Splendid Blue, 2 coats

Yet another winner from Avon! Splendid Blue is a maelstrom of teal glass flecks in a blue base. Again, formula was spot on and the flat, wide brush is - well, splendid! I have a feeling that this one could be quite a stainer so be sure to use a good base coat.

Avon - Splendid Blue & Sinful Colors - Deep Blue Ocean, 2 + 1 coats

Adding a coat of Deep Blue Ocean over the Avon transforms it into a deeper, more violet toned blue. This combo required two coats of clear polish in addition of my regular top coat to get rid of the rough surface. Removal was a bit of a pain but this super pretty flakie & glitter polish is totally worth it.

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Icy gradient

I'm into sponging lately! I really like the gradient effect. There were many things I could do to take this design to the next level (painting snowflakes, adding rhinestones, etc.), but I couldn't decide and just left it like this. It actually doesn't need more!

I used two blue colours for making a perfect gradient (OK, nearly perfect). The lightest blue, in the middle, is Essence Choose Me! (a beautiful glittery greenish blue) and is currently one of my favourite polishes. In the end I applied Essence Glisten Up! (blue flakies) all over the nail. I really recommend these two if you like the colours, they have great application and are very cheap!

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Snowflakes 2.0

So here's the second version of the snowflake manicure, I used different colours but also added a silver gradient (using a sponge) on the background. I made this one on my sisters nails.

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Sinful Colors Color Scare & Precision Hazel & Gretel

 Sinful Colors - Color Scare, 2 coats

The gorgeous, glowing Color Scare has golden metallic particles in a burnt orange base. I'm really not into gold or bronze copper at all, but I have to admit that Color Scare looks great with my skintone, bringing out the warm tones (I usually look like a corpse with just about any polish on).

Sinful Colors - Color Scare & Precision - Hazel & Gretel, 2 + 2 coats

I'm not sure if Hazel & Gretel has a typo in the name ("Hanzel & Gretel") or if it points to the orange half of this silver and orange glitter polish. Anyway, these two make a great festive pairing that looks good under all lighting conditions.

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Brown Glitter Floral

Hello guys! Tomorrow is gonna big-nervous-excited day for me. Im so very nervous for tomorrow and super excited  also.  So today i made nail art for tomorrow. And im going to wear brown top , that why i used gold and brown color for my nails.

I started with base coat from Pixy, 2 coats of gold brown (Pixy), then one coat of  Glitter (Eternally), a french line with brown color from Pixy, then applied half-flower sticker of each nail. And the last is top coat from Pixy.

These are what i used :

Brown Glitter Floral

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First christmas nails

It's nearly christmas, so it's about time for some christmas nails on this blog! These nails are one of the first nail art designs I ever made, possibly even the very first! I made them for christmas a couple of years ago. I used a white striper and a silver/glitter one. It's not perfect, but I find that kinda charming for this design. I still like it! Read Full...

Sparkling Beach (LA Splash)

Hello everyone! I still need recovery from what just happened! i made christmas tree fallen down all over to the ground lol. i had no idea why it could happen, i didnt hit it strong, i just "very" little bit touched it but yes the tree very very very old like i ever told you, mum bought it when i was 4. i was speechless when it did happening in front of my eyes. and anyone laught of course. thats gross of me! some christmas stuff of tree broken and messy on the ground. lol that was funny actually.

Ok, to the nail now i have "Sparkling Beach" from LA Splash. The color is great and its glitter polish. One coat is good enough but i used to having 2 coats.

"Sparkling Beach" ( LA Splash)

2 coats of Sparkling Beach (LA Splash)

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