Behind a Mask

Happy Friday, everyone!! :) Today's nail design was inspired by an episode of Weeds in which the character Ignacio is a Lucha Libre wrestler who goes by the name Perro Insano (insane dog). I think the masks are funny, and colorful and fun, so I thought they'd make an interesting nail design! :) On a more personal note, the root canal saga comes to an end today- I get the final filling!! WOOO!! (this is the third installment/appt in the saga).



I used Urban Outfitters Matte Nude 3 for all of the exposed skin and American Apparel Hassid for anything black.

Left thumb:

Essie Mint Candy Apple for the base, with Pure Ice French Kiss for the darker blue and Zoya Trixie
for the silver.

Left index:

American Apparel Manila as a base, with American Apparel Downtown L.A. for the red.

Left Middle:

American Apparel Downtown L.A. as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the black.

Left Ring:

Green Scene as a base, with American Apparel Downtown L.A. for the red.

Left Pinky:

Sinful Colors Let's Talkas a base, with China Glaze 2030 from Khrome Collection for the outlines (for some reason the purple underneath dyed EVERY other color I put on this nail. (even through seche vite)



Right Thumb:

American Apparel Cotton as a base with American Apparel Hassid for the black.

Right index:

Pure Ice French Kiss as a base, with Orly Snowcone for the light blue, and Zoya Trixie for the outlines of silver.

Right Middle:

Zoya Trixie as a base with China Glaze DV8 and American Apparel Hassid for the lines.

Right RIng:

Electric Orange as a base, with American Apparel Downtown L.A. for the flames, outlined by China Glaze 2030 from Khrome Collection.

Right Pinky:

American Apparel Hassid as a base, with Sally Hansen All the White Stuff for the white outlines.

Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Orange Juce manicure and pedicure

Love it!!! First time in this year finally wore flip flops.
Base color is beautiful Zoya Jancyn from flash collection

MORE FUN NAIL ART TO COME...

I will be attending the IBS Las Vegas show and I can't hardly wait! I am hoping to come back with tons of new exciting ideas for all of my fabulous clients. See ya soon!

Today's .Com-Post

Happy Earth Day, everyone!! I hope that you are recycling today! (and every day!!) Today's nails were (obviously) inspired by Earth Day and the recycle symbol. I tried to make the background look like recycled paper, too! :)



I used Urban Outfitters Beige 1 as a base, with Zoya Dea sponged over it. For the recycle symbol, I used Nubar Forest.


Do your part- even if it's something simple, like getting a reusable water bottle, or bringing your own shopping bags... or even doing Back 2 MAC, where you bring in 6 of their empty containers to recycle and get a free lipstick!! (excludes Viva Glam)<---WIN/WIN SITUATION!

Another great company that recycles that I love is Bear Naked, a great granola company that has AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME granola (check out the Apple Cinnamon, Banana Nut, and the Chocolate!!), which has no refined sugars, and no preservatives or other gross stuff. This stuff is amazing- and this is coming from someone who'd rather eat Cheetos than carrots, and I'll eat this stuff over Cheetos. :-D

There are so many easy ways to do your part to save the environment... so get off the internet and do 'em! :-P

Sock it To Me

Guten Tag! :) The inspiration for today's nails came wile watching GLEE! (but aren't related to GLEE... lol) The new KIA Commercial with the toys came on (which I love- especially the sock monkey tattoo), and I thought to myself that a sock monkey design would be funny and cute! So to work I went!! :)



I used Essie Mink Muffs as a base, with American Apparel Cotton sponged on top to give the marled look of the sock, for the forehead and mouth area I also used American Apparel Cotton. For the red, I used a mix of China Glaze Salsa and Zoya Angelina. For the eyes, nostrils, and mouth line, I used American Apparel Hassid, and also mixed American Apparel Hassid with American Apparel Cotton for the highlighting on the button eyes. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Now that's one funky monkey.

Shrek Collection: Rumple's Wiggin' and a pupdate!

Heel erg bedankt aan iedereen die hun beste wensen en felicitaties heeft gestuurd voor ons huwelijk. We hebben een fantastische dag gehad! We hebben wat tijd genomen om te genieten na de bruiloft maar ik zal ergens in de komende week weer normaal gaan posten.

Thanks to everyone who sent their best wishes and congratulations for our wedding. We had a great day! We've taken some time to enjoy our post-wedding days but I should be back to regular posting somewhere in the next week.

Dusss eerst de swatch is ik al dagen beloofd heb. OPI Nederland heeft mij twee lakken uit de nieuwe OPI Shrek Collection gestuurd voor review. Dit is Rumple's Wiggin', die gebaseerd is op een nieuw karakter uit de volgende Shrek film.

Sorry voor de zwarte stipjes, Ik had wat bubbeltjes in mijn topcoat die irl niet echt te zien zijn maar blijkbaar op de foto zwart lijken.

Sooo first the swatch I've been promising for days now. OPI Nederland was kind enough to send me two polishes from the OPI Shrek Collection for review. This is Rumple's Wiggin' which is based on a new character from the next Shrek movie.

Excuse the little black dots, I've had some bubbles in my topcoat that don't really show irl but apparently show up black in pictures.

Iedereen die mijn blog regelmatig leest weet dat ik paars bijna net zo mooi vind als modderkleuren en deze is geen uitzondering. Het is een heel mooie lavendelkleurige pastel die net een beetje warmer van kleur is dan China Glaze Light As Air. Wat kleur betreft vind ik deze mooier omdat deze niet het typ-exeffect heeft op mij.

Anyone that reads my blog regularly knows I love purples almost as much as I love muddy colours and this is no exception. It's a very nice lavender pastel that is just a bit warmer toned than China Glaze Light As Air. Colour-wise I prefer this one because it doesn't have that white-out effect Light As Air had on me.

Ondanks dat ik erg houd van een goede paarse pastel was ik een beetje teleurgesteld in de dekking van deze. Ik had drie laagjes nodig om het dekkend te krijgen en op sommige nagels zelfs vier. De formule is wel erg prettig om mee te werken maar ik zou hem liever iets gepigmenteerder zien. Desondanks ben ik helemaal weg van deze!

As much as I love a good purple pastel I was a bit disappointed with the coverage of this one. It took three coats to be opaque and on some nails I even needed four. The formula is very nice to work with but I would prefer it if it was a bit more pigmented. That said, I really love this one! 

Daarnaast heb ik nog een pupdate. We gaan de leuke tijd in nu alle ogen en oren open zijn en ze beginnen te lopen, grommen, blaffen en spelen. Het is zo'n grappig en schattig gezicht als ze per ongeluk blaffen en dan in paniek raken omdat ze iets engs gehoord hebben! lol

We hebben besloten om een van de reutjes te houden omdat deze nu al als twee druppels water lijkt qua karakter en ondeugendheid. Die links bovenaan richting de hand loopt is onze Wammes.

On unrelated news here is another pupdate. We are entering the fun stage now that their eyes and ears are open and they are starting to walk, growl, bark and play. It's so funny and adorable to see them bark by accident and then freak out because they heard something alarming! lol

We've decided to keep one of the male pups because it already is the spitting image of his dad where attitude and mischief are concerned. The one on the left going towards the hand is our Wammes.

Als je je nog niet hebt ingeschreven voor mijn Surprise Puppy Giveaway doe dat dan snel! Je kunt negen Catrice lakjes naar eigen keuze winnen en misschien zelfs een puppy een naam geven! De giveaway is open voor idereen, overal ter wereld!

Please remember to enter my Surprise Puppy Giveaway if you haven't already to win nine Catrice polishes of your choice and maybe you even get to name a puppy!The giveaway is open to everyone, anywhere in the world!

That's it for today. Thanks for looking!

Urban Decay Meets Hautelook!

Another Urban Decay sale on Hautelook!

Stuff starts at $4.25! They have the Apocalypse Nail Polish set for $13 (50% off!!)

They also have lipglosses, the big Buddha brush, pigments, etc for cheappppppp!

Urban Decay sale on Hautelook!

Scratchin' the Seven Year Itch

Hey everyone!! Today's nail design is one I've wanted to do for ages, it was inspired by Andy Warhol's Marilyn, c.1967 (On Blue Ground). It's not perfect, but I think I did alright, given the size, and time I had. :) A few of them look a tad 'challenged' but what can ya do, I was already up til 1 am doing them! I hope you all like them!!



I used Orly Gumdrop for the background, a mix of American Apparel Manila and American Apparel Cotton for the hair, China Glaze Flyin' High for the eyeshadow, China Glaze Salsa for the lips and shirt, as well as mixed with American Apparel Cotton for the face. For the lines/shading, I used American Apparel Hassid. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

And a message for one of my readers: Tia- send your dad a text message! :-P

Glam-Rose with gold flakes

Hello my Sweet Nail-art Lovers.
Personally i really really love the manicure that i am posting today, i was honestly wearing it for more than 4 days which is absolute record for me. I think i nailed this design. The secret formula of the success is - a little of Konad, a little of glitter, and a lot of golden flakes.
I think this is a cool technique of using nail-art foils, since it is really hard to shape it, so i just randomly applied flakes around my design.
Please let me know how do you like this design and especially flakes. Thanks

Solar Powered

Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night!! (depending on what time it is when you might read this :-P ) Today's nail design is out of this world...literally. (It's the solar system!) :-P I've had this on my list for some time, but only just now got around to doing it. (too many other fun ideas kept presenting themselves!) Oh well, it's done now, and YES, I included Pluto, because to me, it will always be a planet, scientists be damned. I think Earth and the comet on the pluto nail ended up being my favorite things about this mani.

In correct order from the sun:


Left Hand:



Right Hand:



I used:

American Apparel Hassid as a base for all 10 nails, with American Apparel Cotton lightly sponged to make distant stars.

Left Thumb: Sun

American Apparel Manila as a base for the sun, with Electric Orange, Zoya Pinta and American Apparel Manila again sponged over it to give a fiery, mottled look.

Left Index: Mercury

American Apparel Cotton mixed with American Apparel Hassid and a touch of Essie Mink Muffs, and shaded with the same combination with more American Apparel Hassid.

Left Middle: Venus

American Apparel Cotton mixed with American Apparel Manila, the mixed that combination with American Apparel Pinto and a touch of American Apparel Hassid to shade.

Left Ring: Earth

Pure Ice French Kiss as a base for Earth, highlighted with Pure Ice French Kiss mixed with a touch of Essie Mint Candy Apple, For the continents, I used L.A. Girl Army Green as a base, then mixed with American Apparel Hassid and Essie Mink Muffs to create some topography. For the clouds, I lightly brushed American Apparel Cotton.

Left Pinky: Mars

American Apparel Cotton mixed with American Apparel Pinto as a base, highlighted with the same mixture with a bit more American Apparel Cotton, and shaded with straight American Apparel Pinto.

Right Pinky: Jupiter

American Apparel Cotton mixed with American Apparel Pinto as a base, with American Apparel Pinto to add in the lines and big red spot. :)

Right Ring: Saturn

Essie Sag Harbor mixed with American Apparel Cotton, then added a little Pure Ice French Kiss to the mixture to add more of the bright blue color that Saturn's Northern Hemisphere is supposed to have. For the rings, I used American Apparel Cotton.

Right Middle: Uranus

Essie Sag Harbor mixed with Essie Mint Candy Apple for the planet, and American Apparel Cotton VERY lightly used to create the almost non-existent looking ring.

Right Index: Neptune

Orly Gumdropas a base for the planet, then mixed with Pure Ice French Kiss for the outer shadow, and mixed with American Apparel Cotton for the highlight.

Right Thumb: Pluto and Comet

For Pluto, I used American Apparel Manila mixed with a tiny bit of American Apparel Cotton, then dabbed a little Essie Mink Muffs and American Apparel Hassid on it. For the comet, I used American Apparel Manila and Electric Orange.

Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Did you know that this past week the sun had it's most violent eruption in 15 years?!