How Geeky!

For those of you not in the know, today (May 25) is known as Geek Pride Day! :) So in honor of the day, I painted 'geeks' on my nails. Not the carnival sort of geek, but the nerdy sort... since there are two definitions. ;)



I used MAC Abalone Shell as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the frames of the glasses, as well as the eyes and outline of the nose. For the shading/mouth line, I used a mix of MAC Abalone Shell and Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme. For the lenses of the glasses, I mixed Sally Hansen All the White Stuff with Orly Snowcone, and for the unibrows, I used Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme for all but the ring finger, which I used CND Electric Orange mixed with a touch of the Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme, also, for the teeth I used Sally Hansen All the White Stuff. I topped everything off with two coats of Seche Vite top coat because who doesn't like shiny geeks.

So, how many digits of pi do you know? Do you speak 1337? What is your character in World of Warcraft? ;)

Dare Mani!

Missnono op MUA (oftewel EvilAngel van http://blacknailpolishandlipgloss.blogspot.com/) heeft een ouderwetse 'dare' op de nailboard gehouden afgelopen weekend. Iedereen die mee wilde doen kon een 'dare' krijgen voor een manicure. De mijne was "De felste paars die je hebt met groene stippen" dus hier is ie!

Missnono over at MUA (AKA EvilAngel from http://blacknailpolishandlipgloss.blogspot.com/) organised a good old-fashioned dare on the nailboard last weekend. Everyone that wanted too could get a dare from her for a manicure. My dare was "the brightest purple you own with green polkadots". So here it is!

 In the sun

Sinful Dream On, een paarse neon, gestippeld met een groene neon zonder naam of merk. De schaduwfoto komt het meest in de richting van de kleur maar dan veel intenser.

Sinful Dream On, a purple neon polkadotted with an unnamed, brandless green neon. The shadow pic is closest to the real colour but it's much more intense.

In the shade

Helaas is het onmogelijk om neons goed op de foto te krijgen maar geloof mij maar als ik zeg dat deze mani OPVALLEND is! En ik ben er gek op!

Bedankt voor de uitdaging Andrea!

Unfortunately neons are impossible to capture on camera but believe me when I tell you this mani is In. Your. FACE! And I love it!

Thanks for the challenge Andrea!

Ik heb mijn oude camera weer in gebruik genomen. Hij werkt alleen nog als hij aan de stroom ligt maar de foto's zijn zoveel beter dat het de moeite wel waard is. lol Hij is van mijn opa geweest dus ik zou het erg fijn vinden als ik hem gewoon kon gebruiken. Hij was dol op deze camera! Mijn opa was sowieso nooit bang voor nieuwe gadgets. Hij leerde gebruiksaanwijzingen haast uit zijn hoofd als hij weer een nieuw elektronisch speeltje had. Hij heeft zichzelf geleerd om een computer en digitale camera te gebruiken en hoe hij foto's moest editten en dat allemaal terwijl hij al over de 80 was.

Toen hij 85 werd hebben de kleinkinderen hem deze digitale camera gegeven en we waren allemaal verbaasd toen we de volgende ochtend begroet werden door een email in onze inbox met een foto die hij zelf had gemaakt en ge-e-maild terwijl hij de computer ook nog maar pas had.

Dus deze camera mag dan een nieuwe batterij nodig hebben en hij mag dan rottig in gebruik zijn op deze manier maar ik moet hem gewoon gebruiken en hem maken. Daarnaast zijn de foto's ook gewoon veel beter, scherper en kleurechter.

By the way, I brought back my old camera. It only works when it's hooked up to the power cord but the pics are so much better it's worth the trouble. lol It used to be my grandfather's so I would really like to be able to use it. He loved this camera! My grandfather was never afraid to try new gadgets. He used to memorize the manual whenever he got a new electronic toy. He taught himself to work a computer and how to use a digital camera and edit photos and all that when he was well over 80 years old. 

When he turned 85 the grandchildren got together and bought him this digital camera and we were all amazed that even though he had never worked with a digital camera, and he had only gotten a computer very recently, we all had a picture, emailed by my grandfather himself, waiting in our inbox the next morning.

So this camera might need new batteries and it might be a pain to use it in it's current state but I just have to use it and get it fixed. Besides, the pictures are also a lot better, sharper, cleaner and more colour-accurate.

The Collection as of 5/24/10

I get quite a few requests asking to see my collection of polishes, so for those of you that are interested....


The Daily Nail polish collection, modest compared to some, excessive to some people (like my mom ;)) but perfect for me (until the next pretty polish comes along)....

China Glaze:



Zoya:



Essie/OPI:



American Apparel (not all are shown- I have all but the topcoat and Rose Bowl, just thought the polish rainbow was pretty ;)):



American Apparel/butterLONDON/Sinful Colors/Color Club:



Nubar/MAC/Creative Nail Design (CND):



ORLY/Piggy Polish/Milani:



Sally Hansen:



Urban Outfitters/Pure Ice/ULTA/Barielle:



Dare 2 Wear/ALDO:



Miscellaneous 1 (Nfu Oh, Hot Topic, Kleancolor, Goldie, BB Couture, etc):



Miscellaneous 2 (mostly minis, with some striper polishes):



There ya go. :) Hope you don't think I'm as nuts as my family does. ;)

Beware the Koopa Troopas!!

Proof I'm a nerd, but the totally rad kind of nerd: if you call my phone, instead of you hearing ringing, which is a normal thing, you hear my ringback...which is the Super Mario Bros. theme. Awesome, right? Anyway, from time to time, I forget that I have that ringback, so when people comment on it after calling for the first time, it always makes me chuckle, and today, it provided inspiration for my nails!! (I didn't even know that there was a new Mario game out recently- I'm behind on things, obviously) I did the question mark blocks on one hand, and on the other hand, I did coins and a growth mushroom! :)


I used



Left hand - Question Mark Blocks

American Apparel Palm Springs as a base, then mixed with American Apparel Pinto for the question mark symbol. For the black, I used American Apparel Hassid.



Right Hand - Coins and Growth Mushroom

Orly Snowcone as a base, with Love & Beauty Bronze for the coins (from Forever 21), Sally Hansen All the White Stuff as a base for the mushroom, China Glaze Salsa for the red, then American Apparel Hassid for the black on all 5 nails. I also mixed a little of the American Apparel Hassid with the Sally Hansen All the White Stuff to shade the stem of the mushroom.

Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat to make it gleam. :)

Now get going- you have to save the princess!!!

Bridal nails, flowers.

This set of pink glitter gel nails is super bling in real. The glitter alone is very outstanding. :)

With soft pink flowers and crystals.

 
Dusty pink glittery acrylic extension. Lots of blings and pearls added.

The white bridal flowers. :D

Bridal nails, flowers.

This set of pink glitter gel nails is super bling in real. The glitter alone is very outstanding. :)

With soft pink flowers and crystals.

 
Dusty pink glittery acrylic extension. Lots of blings and pearls added.

The white bridal flowers. :D

I Would Like to Buy a Vowel, Please.

So this weekend in Las Vegas, the Wheel of Fortune Wheelmobile was at the Venetian holding auditions...and yes, of COURSE I went. I've watched WOF ever since I was probably 10 or 11, it was right before or after Jeopardy!, which my mom loved (and so do my sister, Uncle Mike, and I), so we watched it as well. I am that girl yelling the puzzle's answer at the screen, heck, I even remember playing the board game! Anyway, I could hardly go to a WOF audition without doing Wheel of Fortune nails, so today I give you... the nails of fortune!



I used

Thumb:

CND Green Scene as a base, with American Apparel Downtown L.A. for the red, CND Anchor Blue for the blue, and American Apparel Hassid for the black.

Index:

American Apparel Manila as a base, American Apparel Downtown L.A for the red, CND Green Scene , and American Apparel Hassid for the black.

Middle:

American Apparel Downtown L.A for the base, ALDO Got Grapes? for the purple, CND Electric Orange for the orange, and American Apparel Hassid for the black.

Ring:

American Apparel Hassid as a base, with American Apparel Cotton for the lettering, CND Anchor Blue for the blue, and Zoya Luna for the glittery silver.

Pinky:

ALDO Got Grapes? as a base, with CND Anchor Blue for the blue, CND Green Scene, and American Apparel Hassid for the black.

Topped everything off with two coats of Seche Vite top coat for that extra bit of shiny glamour! :-P

Are you a Wheel Watcher?

Green spring mani!

Hola dear readers! I hope everyone had a great weekend, the weather in Holland was amazing, spring at its best! The weather was so good, I felt like bustin out another spring mani. I even dug up this nail art carousel by Essence. You all know I'm such a wuss when it comes to nailart, so it was still unpacked, covered by a layer of dust haha. I used Sephora's Picnic at the Park as base color, I'm planning on doing a comparison with it soon, so I'm not really going to get into that right now.But if you're planning on using it: it stains like crazy. Be warned.

I topped this with a layer of Nfu Oh 50, a really pretty lilac base with duochrome flakies. The flakies weren't as dense as I hoped so I applied a 2nd layer.

I must have gotten a sunstroke because after that I took my Essence Nail Art Glitter Mix, called Glam it up and chose some pretty duochrome flower glitters. These glitters flash seagreen and purple depending on the light, really cool! I applied them when a toothpick in the still wet layer of Nfu Oh. These glitters are quite thick and definitely not bendable. I think this is a really pretty nail art kit, the other glitters look really cool too. There are 2 kinds of flowers, 2 kinds of circle thingies and 2 kinds of teardrops.

Does good weather influence your manicure as well?

Essence Nail Art Glitter Mix - 01 - Glam it Up!

Fiercely Fluorescent

Ok, so it's not fluorescent, but I like alliteration in certain titles, and definitely wanted to used the word 'fiercely', since I used Fiercely Fiona as a base! :-D I adore this color, its a yellow with a springy green tinge, its downfall? it took 5 coats to be opaque for me. I dunno about you, but I rarely have that kind of time! Anyway, I also used two polishes from the new polish collection at ALDO Shoes! :) They're gorgeous colors, and I'll be reviewing them, as well as Fiercely Fiona on The Daily Nail Blog Reviews in the next couple of days, I bought three of them the other day! :)



I used OPI Fiercely Fiona as a base, with ALDO Berry Flirty for the hot pink stripes, and ALDO Poolside in Malibu for the teal stripes. Topped it off with Seche Vite top coat.

Essence - Rock it baby!

Hi everyone! As you might have noticed I made some minor changes to the blog! I had to make myself stop because I can seriously spend hours and hours searching for plugins and change this color and that font.. I've also added a 'reply to comment' feature, because replying in a text file was driving me bonkers, haha! Ok ok, enough of this talk! Essence Rock it Baby! Rock It Baby belongs to the Colour & Go line, which consists out of tiny bottles in pretty colors. These polishes have the reputation of being one of the cheapest on the block, but a bottle only contains 5ml, for a price of €1.25. Still no biggy of course, just sayin'. This color is awesome, a blurple with tiny pink and turquoise shimmer, that shows especially well in sunlight. Application was pretty good, considering it's Essence. It wasn't thick, and it didn't bubble, so consider 2 of my most common Essence problems tackled! I applied 3 coats, just for camera, 2 could work as well. Another funny thing worth mentioning: the bottle claims "1 second per nail", so this mani was done in only 10 seconds, yay! Haha, riiiiight. Still head over heels with this color though, it's almost kicking my beloved All Access to the curb! That's all for today, Thanks so much for stopping by! - Michèle