On these nails I used nebula acrylic and fushion fire sparkles. I added polish stripes to add even more fun. You really have to click directly on this picture to get the full effect of how cute these sparkles really are.
Thursday, 7 January 2010
MY OWN NAILS
These are actually my own nails! I do not do my own nails because it is so nice to have someone else do them for you. I did however paint the stripes on myself. What can I say I just started playing around with my striping brush and this is what happened.
On these nails I used nebula acrylic and fushion fire sparkles. I added polish stripes to add even more fun. You really have to click directly on this picture to get the full effect of how cute these sparkles really are.
On these nails I used nebula acrylic and fushion fire sparkles. I added polish stripes to add even more fun. You really have to click directly on this picture to get the full effect of how cute these sparkles really are.
TRIPLE WORD SCORE!!
Day 86
Hey all, day 5 of the stupid plague, pretty sure it's the worst day yet, and that my head weighs about 45 lb., still I plugged away on my blog and painted my damn nails. lol :-P Today's nails are inspired by the board game we all know and love...SCRABBLE!! Fun fact: The highest score ever achieved in one turn at Scrabble was achieved by Michael Cresta, in 2006, with the word QUIXOTRY, scoring him a whopping 365 points! Another fun fact, Jason Mraz, geeky crooner extraordinaire, whom I adore, is a Scrabble lover! :)
Anyway, on to the nails, (sorry the pinky got dented- I guess they weren't totally dry when I went to bed, whoops)...
I used Urban Outfitters Matte Nude 3 as a base, Zoya Dea to paint wood grain, topped off with some Zoya Charlize to soften the grain a bit, and then Zoya Raven to paint the letters and numbers. I wasn't terribly in love with the way the woodgrain turned out, but there's always next time...wait... umm...I guess maybe in 279 days? ;)
What's your best scrabble score?
Berry Pink?
Dit is Catrice Vibrant Violet. Twee laagjes zonder topcoat. Oh wat houd ik van Catrice! Hoe kan een 2 euro nagellak zo'n goede kwaliteit hebben? Geweldig gepigmenteerd, goed kwastje, het enige nadeel is het beperkte assortiment kleuren.
English: This is Catrice Vibrant Violet. Two coats without topcoat. Oh how I love Catrice! How is it possible that a 2 euro polish is such a good quality? Incredibly pigmented, good brush, the only downside is the limited assortment of colours.
Het was heel moeilijk deze op de foto te krijgen. Zo'n lastige kleur! Op geen van de foto's wordt de juiste kleur weergegeven. In het echt is ze veel mooier maar jullie zullen het hiermee moeten doen.
English: This was such a difficult colour to photograph! None of the pics are colour accurate. She is much prettier in person but this will have to do.
English: This was such a difficult colour to photograph! None of the pics are colour accurate. She is much prettier in person but this will have to do.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
My Nails Have Gone Viral!!
Day 85
Hahaa, just a different sort of viral than some of the other designs... ;)
I did my nails with these designs today for two reasons....#1. I'm sick. lol #2, My sister, Stacey, works in the lab at St. Mary's Hospital as a Med Tech, and she's gotten a bunch of her fellow co-workers there interested in the blog, and I thought they might get a kick out of these designs... :-P From Thumb to pinky, the viruses are (or cause) : Sore Throat, Common Cold, Flu, Swine Flu, and The Plague. :-) (based off the images from the awesome Giant Plush Microbes)
UPDATE: So I was informed by my sister that I misspoke, and infact, the pinky and thumb are bacteria, not viruses. The thumb is the bacteria Streptococcus Pyogenes, and the pinky is Yersinia pestis
I used:
Thumb: Sore Throat
Zoya Ravenas a base with Zoya Dakota, China Glaze Salsa, Zoya Stephanie, and a bit of mixing with Stephanie and Salsa, applied with a dotting tool to make the virus.
Index: Common Cold
Zoya Raven as a base, with Zoya Yummy to paint the viruses, and mixed with Diamond Cosmetics Giddy for highlight, and BB Couture Opposites Attract to shade.
Middle: Flu
Illamasqua Rampage as a base, with LA Girl polish in Army Girl for the viruses, and mixed with American Apparel Cotton for lighter green, and then Zoya Envy lightly sponged on top for texture and spots.
Ring: Swine Flu
American Apparel Cotton as a base, with BB Couture Opposites Attract
sponged on top for the grey splotchy texture, then the viruses are painted with China Glaze White on White as a base, then covered with Zoya Stephanie, and shaded with a mixture of Zoya Stephanie, Zoya Dakota, and BB Couture Opposites Attract, and the dark red is a mixture of Zoya Dakota and BB Couture Opposites Attract. The outline is Zoya Raven.
Pinky: The Plague
Diamond Cosmetics Giddy as a base, with Orly Mirror, Mirror for the virus, and outlined with BB Couture Opposites Attract. BB Couture Opposites Attract was also lightly sponged over to simulate the gunk around the virus. lol (so technical, right?)
I topped everything off with 2 liberal coats of Seche Vite top coat. :)
Steer clear of these bad boys and you should stay healthy this season!! :-P
VALENTINE'S NAIL ART
So I guess this is what happens when you are done with winter! We are moving on to bright fun colors and even some Valentine's nails. Woo hoo! I am just too excited to do Valentine's nails. I couldn't help myself. This is pink acrylic in "barbie". The little red hearts I embedded into the acrylic and I painted on the red and white stripes.
These nails have 3 different colors of purple clay dots. The dots are from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com. I also added a little coordinating clay flower on the ring fingers.
These are acrylic nails in purple passion. I added all sorts of different pieces of glitter strips, dots, sparkles, and sequins. They are extremely sparkly!
These nails have 3 different colors of purple clay dots. The dots are from oaktreedollshouseminiatures.com. I also added a little coordinating clay flower on the ring fingers.
These are acrylic nails in purple passion. I added all sorts of different pieces of glitter strips, dots, sparkles, and sequins. They are extremely sparkly!
My Favourite Jeans
Dit is twee laagjes H&M My Favourite Jeans met een topcoat. Applicatie is prima en de dekking ook.
Normaal draag ik niet vaak dit soort glitterige shimmers maar ik vind haar wel erg mooi.
English: This is two coats of H&M My Favourite Jeans with a topcoat. Application was fine and so was the pigmentation.
I don't normally wear these kinds of glittery shimmery polishes but I do like her very much.
Ik was erg benieuwd of ze mat op de OPI Suedes zou lijken dus ik heb China Glaze Matte Magic erbij gepakt. Het heeft er wel wat van maar toch haalt de shimmer het niet bij die van de suedes.
English: I was curious to see if she would look like the OPI suedes matte so I busted out China Glaze Matte Magic. It is similar but it still doesn't come close to the suedes.
With flash
Without flash
Bedankt voor het kijken!
English: Thanks for looking!
English: Thanks for looking!
Metallic Sponged nails
I hope you, guys did not get tired of my painted nails, it is just so much fun to do this one stroke on the nails, that i just cant resist. My konad is crying is asking me to come back...
Those painted nails are just so cool looking in real life, especially now, that i am getting better at it. Do you guys miss my Konading?
For this manicure i used China Glaze Khrome and sponge - i mean for background. I did not believe that this was gonna work, but in fact turned out that those metalliks are so cool lookign for sponging.
Those painted nails are just so cool looking in real life, especially now, that i am getting better at it. Do you guys miss my Konading?
For this manicure i used China Glaze Khrome and sponge - i mean for background. I did not believe that this was gonna work, but in fact turned out that those metalliks are so cool lookign for sponging.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
TAXI!!
Day 84
Hey guys! I passed out on the couch last night at around 830, so sorry these nails are kinda simple & a bit sloppy, I had to wake up this morning before work and do them! I like the idea, just not the execution so much, it was hard to line up the Konad plate checkered french tip with the freehand white tip without the Konad design drying out before I got it matched up. Y'all get the idea tho. Let's chalk it up to my head weighing about 45 pounds, and my throat feeling like I swallowed emery boards. :)
I used Diamond Cosmetics #319 Lemon Yellow Zest as a base, with China Glaze White on White for the tips, and Zoya Raven applied with Konad Plate m56. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat too, of course. :)
Take care- don't get sick!!
Play Date Pics!
Hier dan eindelijk de beloofde foto's van de play date!
English: finally the promised pics from the play date!
Wat krijg je als je vijf vrouwen bij elkaar zet in een kamer met een heleboel nagellak? Er is niets ontploft! Echt niet!
English: What do you get when you put five women together in a room with a lot of nail polish? Nothing exploded! I swear!
Dupes zoeken! Aan de rechterkant van beneden naar boven: China Glaze C-C-Courage, Nfu Oh #68 en P2 Gracious. Zoals je ziet zijn de P2 en de Nfu Oh perfecte dupes en is C-C-Courage iets warmer van kleur en de shimmer is wat grover van structuur. De prijsbewuste frankener zou wat donkerrood en misschien een druppel donkerblauw bij de P2 kunnen gooien en daar genoegen mee kunnen nemen als dupe.
English: Finding dupes! On the right from bottom to top: China Glaze C-C-Courage, Nfu Oh #68 and P2 Gracious. As you can see the P2 and Nfu Oh are perfect dupes. C-C-Courage is a bit warmer and the shimmer is a bit coarser. The price concious frankener could throw a couple of drops of dark red and maybe a drop of dark blue in the P2 an be perfectly content with that as a dupe.
English: finally the promised pics from the play date!
Wat krijg je als je vijf vrouwen bij elkaar zet in een kamer met een heleboel nagellak? Er is niets ontploft! Echt niet!
English: What do you get when you put five women together in a room with a lot of nail polish? Nothing exploded! I swear!
Dupes zoeken! Aan de rechterkant van beneden naar boven: China Glaze C-C-Courage, Nfu Oh #68 en P2 Gracious. Zoals je ziet zijn de P2 en de Nfu Oh perfecte dupes en is C-C-Courage iets warmer van kleur en de shimmer is wat grover van structuur. De prijsbewuste frankener zou wat donkerrood en misschien een druppel donkerblauw bij de P2 kunnen gooien en daar genoegen mee kunnen nemen als dupe.
English: Finding dupes! On the right from bottom to top: China Glaze C-C-Courage, Nfu Oh #68 and P2 Gracious. As you can see the P2 and Nfu Oh are perfect dupes. C-C-Courage is a bit warmer and the shimmer is a bit coarser. The price concious frankener could throw a couple of drops of dark red and maybe a drop of dark blue in the P2 an be perfectly content with that as a dupe.
Konad spullen en het liefste nagellakremoverflesje ooit!
English: Konad supplies and the cutest nailpolish remover bottle ever!
De play date was bij Thess van The Nail Farm thuis en zij heeft ons allemaal voorzien van nail-art voor we naar huis gingen!
English: The play date was at Thess' from The Nail Farm and she did all our nails with nail-art before we went home!
Romika draagt Nicole by OPI Ego Alert met een funky french van hex glitter.
English: Romika is wearing Nicole by OPI Ego Alert with a funky french with hex glitter.
English: Konad supplies and the cutest nailpolish remover bottle ever!
De play date was bij Thess van The Nail Farm thuis en zij heeft ons allemaal voorzien van nail-art voor we naar huis gingen!
English: The play date was at Thess' from The Nail Farm and she did all our nails with nail-art before we went home!
Romika draagt Nicole by OPI Ego Alert met een funky french van hex glitter.
English: Romika is wearing Nicole by OPI Ego Alert with a funky french with hex glitter.
snkr-xxx draagt Essie Chinchilly met een french van Nicole by OPI Ni-Coal en bladzilver.
English: snkr-xxx is wearing Essie Chinchilly with a french with Nicole by OPI Ni-Coal and sheeted silver.
IceRozie ging naar huis met op haar nagels Magnetic Deep Purple en een french van China Glaze LOL en paarse hex glitters maar daar heb ik geen goede foto van en na de Illamasqua Hectic heeft Thess mijn nagels gelakt met China Glaze LOL met heel schattige paarse en zilveren hartjes maar jammer genoeg was dat heel erg beschadigd onderweg naar huis. Stomme sneeuwduinen!
English: IceRozie went home with Magnetic Deep Purple on her nails with a french with China Glaze LOL and purple hex glitters but I don't have a good pic of that and after the Illamasqua Hectic Thess painted my nails with China Glaze LOL with the cutest hand painted purple and silver hearts but unfortunately my mani got wrecked on the drive home. Damn snow dunes!
Hier zijn onze nagels bij elkaar, behalve die van Thess want die was zo druk met gastvrouw zijn dat ze bijna geen tijd heeft gehad om erbij te zitten. *schaam* Dat moeten we de volgende keer anders aanpakken!
English: Here are our nails together, except for Thess' who was so busy being a hostess that she almost didn't have time to sit down. *shame* We definitely have to arrange that differently next time!
Thanks for looking!
English: snkr-xxx is wearing Essie Chinchilly with a french with Nicole by OPI Ni-Coal and sheeted silver.
IceRozie ging naar huis met op haar nagels Magnetic Deep Purple en een french van China Glaze LOL en paarse hex glitters maar daar heb ik geen goede foto van en na de Illamasqua Hectic heeft Thess mijn nagels gelakt met China Glaze LOL met heel schattige paarse en zilveren hartjes maar jammer genoeg was dat heel erg beschadigd onderweg naar huis. Stomme sneeuwduinen!
English: IceRozie went home with Magnetic Deep Purple on her nails with a french with China Glaze LOL and purple hex glitters but I don't have a good pic of that and after the Illamasqua Hectic Thess painted my nails with China Glaze LOL with the cutest hand painted purple and silver hearts but unfortunately my mani got wrecked on the drive home. Damn snow dunes!
Hier zijn onze nagels bij elkaar, behalve die van Thess want die was zo druk met gastvrouw zijn dat ze bijna geen tijd heeft gehad om erbij te zitten. *schaam* Dat moeten we de volgende keer anders aanpakken!
English: Here are our nails together, except for Thess' who was so busy being a hostess that she almost didn't have time to sit down. *shame* We definitely have to arrange that differently next time!
Thanks for looking!
Garden Rose
I have been drawing many roses recently, here is another instance.
Unfortunately, the paint is not very contrast on the pictures.
I base is sponged Zoya polish, i realized that sponging works really well as a base for painting, because it creates a nice background and also uneven structure, that allow paints lay better on the nails.
I think this manicure is very tender and nice looking.
Now i only spend about 20 minutes on left hand and about 25 on the right. However drawing on the right hand is still not an easy task for me. I hope you like this manicure
Unfortunately, the paint is not very contrast on the pictures.
I base is sponged Zoya polish, i realized that sponging works really well as a base for painting, because it creates a nice background and also uneven structure, that allow paints lay better on the nails.
I think this manicure is very tender and nice looking.
Now i only spend about 20 minutes on left hand and about 25 on the right. However drawing on the right hand is still not an easy task for me. I hope you like this manicure
