Burnin' Rubber

So, if you've been reading the blog recently, you know that my sister was here in Vegas last week, and that it was awesome. Well, she's doing a month-long cross-country motorcycle trip, so today's nails are in honor of her awesomenosity, she's pretty much the most badass chick you're likely to meet. It was super awesome having her here, and makes me miss home, where I actually got to spend time with her more often than once/twice a year. (sucky) Anyway, enough saptastic stuff, she knows I love her, and think she rocks. Today's nail design was painted to look like tire tread rubber that was burnt onto cement. (I even tried to paint the same tread as her tires!)



I used BB Couture Opposites Attract as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the tire tread, with more BB Couture Opposites Attract sponged over part of it. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Also- today L'Oreal held a makeover event at the Venetian Walgreens here in Vegas, and Collier Strong was there!! For those of you who are like- 'Who is Collier Strong?!' I recommend that you climb out of your hole and either watch some TV, read some magazines, or check him out a little thing called the internet!! :-P He is the consulting makeup artist for L'Oreal Paris, the beauty consultant for Project Runway, as well as many other things! Anyway, I got to meet him, get some tips, and he was SO super nice!! I also got a touchup from the lovely Monique, and chatted with a very friendly guy from L'Oreal named Gary. Overall it was a cool experience getting to try some new products and some established products that I hadn't tried yet, as well as meeting some nice new people!! I got my picture with Colllier (but I look like a total bum lol):

Awesome-sauce!

lol sorry, ik ben gewoon helemaal weg van deze combinatie! Helaas ben ik vergeten om de Eyeko alleen op de foto te zetten maar de kleur spreekt voor zichzelf denk ik. Hoe kan je nou niet van taupe houden?!

lol sorry, I just love this combo! Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic of the Eyeko without the glitter but I think the colour speaks for itself. What's not to love about taupe?!

Dit is drie laagjes Eyeko Posh Polish met een laagje Essence Nail Art Twins Glitter Topper Louise en Nubar Diamont.

This is three coats of Eyeko Posh Polish with one coat of Essence Nail Art Twins Glitter Topper Louise and Nubar Diamont. 

Had ik al gezegd dat ik helemaal weg ben van deze combo? Als er niet een hoekje van mijn duimnagel geknapt was vanmiddag toen ik mijn tas op mijn fiets aan het binden was had ik deze wel een paar dagen gedragen. Ik heb mijn nagels wat korter moeten vijlen om bij de duim te passen maar dat is wel OK. Ik heb een druk weekend voor de boeg en kortere nagels zijn wat praktischer.

Did I mention I love this combo? If I hadn't snapped a corner of my thumb nail this afternoon while strapping my bag on my bike I would have kept this mani on for a couple of days. I had to file my nails a bit shorter to match the thumb but that's OK. I have a busy weekend ahead of me and shorter nails are more practical.

Eyeko Posh Polish is mij toegestuurd voor review door Eyeko.

Eyeko Posh Polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko.

Calla Lillies Manicure

Hello Dear Nail-Art Lovers.
Callas are my great weakness, this is probably first time i came up with something that i can present to you with callas. I like how the flowers came up, however the leaves looks like a cabbage to me. Well where is really a lot of room for improvement.

Eyeko - Coral Polish

Wow. That's what I thought after I put this polish on. Wow. I don't really own anything THIS bright, and I think this polished unleashed a secret longing for colors like these, haha. I'm not sure whether this is considered a true neon, but it sure is BRIGHT. I do have some coral-y colors, but I certainly don't own anything similar. I think I'll be wearing shades like this a lot this summer!

Besides the color, I'm in love with the packaging of Eyeko polishes, every color has it's own designed label, cute huh?
The only thing that bothered me a bit, was the application. It's definitely on the thick side. It took 3 layers to even everything out. But if you add some thinner, it's pretty much perfect! I wore this polish for about two days, and experienced some chipping on my thumbs.

Check out this cute packaging!

Eyeko polishes cost £3.50 (€4.- or $5.40) for 8.5ml. Eyeko products can be bought online at www.eyeko.com. Their shipping is extremely cheap: either free (if you're in the UK or Europe) or $5.40 for all international orders.

This polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko

Bundled Up With Butter

Howdy!!! So recently, I read about Bundle Monster on amazon, and of course, had to order the plate set, I mean come on - 21 plates for $17.99 with free shipping? Yup, I'm in. These plates are exactly like Konad plates, but with different designs. I've purchased all the Konad plates I really wanted in the last 6 months, so after I saw the new images on these- I had to get them- the images are awesome, and right up my alley, not a ton of girly stuff, great patterns, and other great images! Plus, for $17.99, I couldn't really beat it. Today, i decided to use one of the plates along with one of the new American Apparel colors, Butter, which I reviewed today on The Daily Nail Reviews. Hope you like it! I learned that Damone Roberts 1968 is not great for Konading, argh!! lol This is pretty subtle, but has a lovely spring feel to it.



I used American Apparel Butter as a base, then used OPI Damone Roberts 1968 applied with Bundle Monster plate BM06 Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat

Surprise Puppy Giveaway Winner!

Ik heb eindelijk alle inschrijvingen geteld! Het waren er heel veel, heel erg bedankt voor het meedoen allemaal! Ik vond de puppynamen waar jullie mee kwamen echt geweldig. Een paar vna mijn favorieten waren Wall-E en Wasabi. Als we niet besloten hadden om ouderwetse Nederlandse namen te gebruiken waren die zeker een optie geweest!

Helaas heb ik wel een aantal inschrijvingen moeten diskwalificeren omdat ze niet aan de regels voldeden en omdat dat niet leuk is voor ons allemaal ben ik van plan om de volgende keer de regels aan te passen.

Hoe dan ook... toen ik eindelijk alle inschrijvingen geteld had heb ik ze op mijn formuliertje ingevuld en www.random.org gebruikt om de winnaar te bepalen.

I finally counted all the entries! There were so many of them, thank you all for entering! I loved all the puppy names you guys came up with. A couple of my favourites were Wall-E and Wasabi. If we hadn't decided to go with old-fashioned Dutch names those would have definitely been an option!

I'm sorry to say I did have to disqualify some entries because they didn't follow the rules and because that's not fun for either of us I plan on changing the rules for my next giveaway. 

Anyway... when I finally counted all the entries and entered them on my form I used www.random.org to decide the winner.

De bijpassende inschrijving:

The matching entry:

"I, love to try this brand out. 
I'm a follower by Blogger and you are on my blog roll as well. 
If I got to name on of the puppies, I would call her Wendela, I feels suited to a soft and fluffy dog. 
I blogged about this here: 
http://polishpixelpig.blogspot.com/ "

Gefeliciteerd PolishPig! Ik heb een email gestuurd en hoop snel te horen welke Catrice nagellakken je graag wilt hebben. 


En omdat je niet over puppies kan posten zonder foto's...

Congrats PolishPig! I sent you an email and hope to hear from you which Catrice polishes you'd like to win.

And because you can't post about puppies without pics...

They grow so fast! They were on puppy porridge here but they are eating kibble with a bit of water now.

Proud mommy

Wamke, one of the two puppies my sister is keeping.

Bushes are there to be attacked, right? This is Wammes, the one we are keeping. He's a hand full!

Daily Nail: UNGPLUGGED.

Today's nail were inspired by something we ignore, and something there is never enough of when you need them. (cue powerstrips) OUTLETS, PLUGS, POWER SOURCES, whatever you call them, without them, I couldn't do this blog (mainly because my laptop is almost 6 years old, and the battery lasts approximately 10 minutes, or 3 minutes when it is cold out). I used one of the new American Apparel colors, California Trooper, which I also reviewed and swatched on a new branch of this site The Daily Nail Reviews.



I used American Apparel California Trooper as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the plug holes, Sally Hansen Metro Creme for the shadow around the holes, and American Apparel Cotton for the highlight. Topped it off with Seche Vite top coat.

So there it is, no acoustic guitar, just nails. :-)

And because I get SO many people that ask if my nails are real, etc, here you go- naked nails.. very yellowed naked nails, I've tried everything, lemon juice soaks, denture cleaner, hydrogen peroxide, buffing, etc, nothing makes it go away!! :( If anyone has tips, lmk.

Eyeko Jade Green

Direct zonlicht

Direct sunlight

Dit is Eyeko Vintage Polish Jade Green en die is onderdeel van de Eyeko Spring Collection. Oeps, deze is niet uit de lente collectie maar onderdeel van een Limited Edition Collectie. Ik ben gek op deze kleur! Het is waarschijnlijk de eerste mintgroene lak die me geen kreeftenhanden geeft en ik kan er maar niet achter komen waarom niet. Meestal lijken mijn handen heel rood met koele mintgroene tinten maar deze mintgroen is ook koel van kleur met duidelijk blauwe ondertonen en toch heeft deze dat effect niet. Ik denk dat ik mijn perfecte mint-/jadegroene lak gevonden heb!

This is Eyeko Vintage Polish in Jade Green and it is part of the Eyeko Spring Collection. Whoops, this isn't part of the spring collection but it's part of a Limited Edition Collection. I love this colour! It's probably the first mint green that doesn't give me lobster hands and I can't for the life of me figure out why not. Usually the cooler shades of mint green make my hands look really red but this is a mint green that is definitely cool-toned, has strong blue undertones and still doesn't have that effect. I think I may have found my perfect mint/jade green! 

Natuurlijk licht, geen zon

Natural light, no sun

Ik was er zo blij mee dat ik de Konad en de nail-art spullen tevoorschijn heb gehaald. Ik heb gestempeld met Sally Hansen Grape Going en het vlinderpatroon van plate M16. Daarna heb ik een bloemetje met een  duochrome effect toegevoegd. De bloemen weerschijnen groen en blauw als het licht er op valt. Daarna heb ik Nubar Diamont gebruikt om alles mooi te laten glanzen en de bloemen op hun plaats te houden.

I loved it so much I decided to bust out the Konad and the decals. I used Sally Hansen Grape Going for the stamping and used a butterfly patern from plate M16. Then I added flower decals with a nice duochromey accent. The flowers flash green and blue when the light hits them just right. I topped the whole thing off with Nubar Diamont to give it a great shine and to keep the decals in their place.

Deze lak heeft niet de platte kwastjes die ik prettig vind maar ik had geen problemen met aanbrengen. De formule is goed. Ik had drie laagjes nodig om het dekkend te krijgen wat normaal is voor mij, zeker aangezien dit een pastelkleur is. Het enige nadeel dat ik tot nu toe heb ontdekt met dit merk is het formaat van de flesjes. (8.5 ml).


Ik ben op dit moment de inschrijvingen voor mijn winactie aan het tellen en ik hoop vanavond de winnaar aan te kunnen kondigen. Helaas heb ik een aantal inscrijvingen moeten diskwalificeren omdat ze niet aan de regels voldeden. Niet leuk om te doen dus voor mijn volgende winactie ga ik het een stuk simpeler maken. Ik dacht dat de regels nu al niet zo ingewikkeld waren maar blijkbaar heb ik me vergist.Ik wil dat mijn winacties leuk en makkelijk zijn en geen doolhof van opdrachten en regels dus de volgende keer gooi ik alle regels eruit!

This polish doesn't have a flat brush like I prefer but I didn't have any problems with the application. The formula is good. It took three coats to be opaque which is quite common for me, especially considering this is a pastel colour. The only down-side I've discovered with this brand so far is the size of the bottles (8.5 ml). 

I'm counting the entries for my giveaway as we speak so I hope to finally announce the winner by the end of the day. Unfortunately I've had do disqualify some entries because they didn't follow the rules. I don't really like to do that so for my next giveaway I plan to make it a lot easier. I didn't think the rules on this one were so hard to follow but apparently I was wrong. I want my giveaways to be fun and easy and not a maze of tasks, rules and regulations so for the next one I'll get rid of all of them!

Deze lak is me voor review toegestuurd door Eyeko.

This polish was sent to me by Eyeko for review.

Diamond Cosmetics - Monarch Masquerade

Hi guys! Things have been a little hectic lately.. As you might have noticed I've got some hosting problems, my bandwidth just keeps going to shreds. I figured something out though, but this means I'll have to edit each and every post, so a lot of pics are still inaccesible, I'm working on it!

For today I have this gorgeous purple to show you: Monarch Masquerade by Diamond Cosmetics. This was actually the first polish I've ever tried by Diamond Cosmetics and I have to say: I'm impressed. Thinking this had to be too good to be true, I tried another one, and another one, and...

...I'm still impressed. The application of this polish is pretty much perfect. I brushed on 2 coats, and it all went on smooth and evenly. No streakyness, no bubbling. And the color.. wow. This isn't just any purple, the color is so rich and full with glow and sparkle, this became one of my fave purples instantly!

Oh I almost forgot! Diamond Cosmetics nail polishes cost practically nothing! Depending on where you buy them, they'll cost around 4 euro! And the bottles contain 12.6ml, so pretty good deal for so much quality, I'd say!

This polish was sent to me for review by Boozy Shop. Boozy Shop is a lovely webshop, that sells a lot of great brands like Diamond Cosmetics, Essie, Sinful Colors, Milani, Wet 'n Wild and they even carry the famous 88 palettes. They ship throughout whole Europe.

Not for the 'Weekly' of Heart

Hi all!! :) Today's nails are inspired by and dedicated to the Las Vegas Weekly, a weekly news magazine here in Vegas that features nightlife, reviews, stories, etc. I was interviewed by the lovely April for a story! How exciting, right? Each nail is a header from one of the sections of their website, Arts & Entertainment, The Playground, Off the Record, Josh Bell Hates Everything, and Nocturnal Admissions.



I used

Thumb: Arts & Entertainment

American Apparel Cotton as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the black, and China Glaze Salsa for the +.

Index: The Playground

American Apparel Manila as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the black.

Middle: Off the Record

China Glaze For Audrey as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the record, and China Glaze Salsa for the record on the label.

Ring: Josh Bell Hates Everything

China Glaze For Audrey as a base, American Apparel Hassid for the black, and American Apparel Cotton for the words 'The End', which are hard to make out.

Pinky: Nocturnal Admissions

American Apparel Hassid as a base, with American Apparel Cotton underneath the China Glaze Salsa for the lips, as well as for the teeth, and the shine on the lips.

I used two coats ofSeche Vite top coat to top off all nails. :-D