I Miss My Grammy.

Day 110

Hey all, Grammys tonight!!! In honor, thought I'd do Grammy-themed nails. :-D



I used OPI Alpine Snow Matte as a base for all nails with OPI for Sephora What's a Tire Jack? Matte for the musical notes. For the grammy, I used a mix of Zoya Angelina and Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme for the base, China Glaze 2030 from Khrome Collection for the metal part of the grammy, with Zoya Angelina and China Glaze White on White to shade and highlight the metal.Two coats of Seche Vite top coat to top everything off.

Who do you want to win tonight?

Gosh - Gasoline

Oooh no! It's monday already! Time goes by way too fast, or the weekends are ridiculously too short ;-). I hope you had a good one! I couldn't resist playing with the lightbox again as you can see! :-D.

Onto the nail polish! Meet Gosh's Gasoline, a pretty purple jelly based shimmer/glitter. I adore the color of this one, the jelly base is darkmagenta, but the shimmer is a blueish purple, which really adds more contrast.

As you can see the color really depends on the lighting! The formula was pretty good, like with all the Gosh polishes I own. However, I did find this polish to be too sheer. I applied 3 coats and left it at that, but it would've been prettier with 4.

On another note: I received a lot of tags, thank you guys!! I think it's really sweet and appreciate it a lot! However, I don't think I have the time this week to address them all and wouldn't know which one to choose since I got four different ones, so hope you'll forgive me..:-(

Thanks for reading and till next time!

Leopard Prints!

Both sets are two tone glitter acrylic sculpture extension.


The colors don't really show up here. In fact, the orange glitter is really bright! Love it! Alternating between pink and orange glitter, then painted on gold leopard prints. And of cos, blings!


So glossy and bling! Leopard prints are damn IN now. hahaha.


Light pink purple glitter with pink leopard prints. So kawaii!


Rainbows and ribbons on both thumbs n middle fingers.


See the acrylic glitter! They are so sparkling. :D

Now I think I might just do this on my nails for CNY. Then again, I might just be too tired and lazy.

Leopard Prints!

Both sets are two tone glitter acrylic sculpture extension.


The colors don't really show up here. In fact, the orange glitter is really bright! Love it! Alternating between pink and orange glitter, then painted on gold leopard prints. And of cos, blings!


So glossy and bling! Leopard prints are damn IN now. hahaha.


Light pink purple glitter with pink leopard prints. So kawaii!


Rainbows and ribbons on both thumbs n middle fingers.


See the acrylic glitter! They are so sparkling. :D

Now I think I might just do this on my nails for CNY. Then again, I might just be too tired and lazy.

Nubar - Indigo Illusion

Hi everyone! How's everybody doing? Since it's sunday I decided I wanted to play around with the lightbox my dear stepdad made! The picture above is made in the box but with natural light, and the picture below is with the lights on. I'm still practising, it's hard to simulate natural light, especially without creating weird shadows!

I'm loooving the polish I'm wearing today, it's a duochrome by Nubar, Indigo Illusion. Duochrome is my favorite finish ever, and this one has so many colors! Blue, pink, yellow, green, it's amazing. The formula is wonderful too, this one's already a favorite!

Bridal nails - gel and acrylic

2 sets of bridal nails I did in Dec, I think.


White petals and crystals on a pink champagne glittery acrylic extension.


So bridal-ish and blissful.


Silver glitter gel overlay on client's natural nails, and yes she's got long nail beds and nice curvy nails, thus it looks pretty even without an extension.


A super bling set for her wedding. Thumb nail design is from Nail Max if I don't remember wrongly. :)

Bridal nails - gel and acrylic

2 sets of bridal nails I did in Dec, I think.


White petals and crystals on a pink champagne glittery acrylic extension.


So bridal-ish and blissful.


Silver glitter gel overlay on client's natural nails, and yes she's got long nail beds and nice curvy nails, thus it looks pretty even without an extension.


A super bling set for her wedding. Thumb nail design is from Nail Max if I don't remember wrongly. :)

SHOCKING PINK

These are acrylic nails in shocking pink and black onyx with 3d acrylic hearts. I used nail polish to paint the swirls.

These nails have clay dots and conversation hearts.

Koh - Black Stars

Hi! Is everyone enjoying their weekend? I hope so! Yesterday I decided I wanted to spend a gift voucher I got for Christmas. Normally I really don't like spending a lot of money on nail polish, but gift certificates kinda take that guilty feeling away :-D. I got 2 nail polishes by Koh, a Dutch brand that many actually don't like. And this is probably due to the higher price (14 euros a bottle) and the weird formula. I didn't like it at first either but I learned that I need to use a different top coat and all is well. They do have an amazing color selection, so it's getting harder for me not to like them ;-).

Today I'm wearing Black Stars, which reminds me a bit of the $OPI 212, but I think Koh's version is more vivid. The black base is a jelly and consists out of multi colored glitter and some duochrome flakies! I think you probably either love or hate this polish, it's definitely a bit weird :-D. It's so festive and hysterical, I wish I had this last New Year's eve!

Oh btw, my dearest stepdad made us a lightbox, since the weather wasn't playing along, so I had to try it out and change pictures! The normal closeup macro's didn't turn out that great, I think the lights may be too bright or the camera isn't cooperating, but pics from further away were kinda nice!

The Results Are In...

I was seriously surprised with the amount of entries I got- so many of you did the limit of 5!! I absolutely loved seeing everyone's interpretations of the designs from this site, and plan on updating this post with some of the entries when I'm not in a rush like I am today... :-/ (check back tomorrow probably!!)

Ok, on to the winners, which were picked by a random number generator from all the submissions!

Prize #1 goes to: Krista, this was the design that she submitted:



Prize #2 goes to Susan Holak, this is the design that she submitted:



Prize #3 goes to Bonnie Yang, this is her submission:



So, a big fat thank you to all of you that entered the contest- your designs were charming, fun, and well-executed!! I'm so glad to have such awesome readers!!!

And to those that entered, but didn't win, not to worry- I'll come up with another giveaway soon! :)

-Melissa


All the entries- alphabetically (CLICK TO ENLARGE):

It's in My Jeans...

Day 109

Ok, so in theory, these nails are fun and cool and shit, in practice, and let me tell you I PRACTICED, they didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. The process was to paint the nail the dark blue and when it was almost dry, press a piece of jean material onto the paint to leave an indentation that I would later paint with a lighter blue... like jeans? Not so much. lol every time I pressed the jean into the paint, it smeared, and I'd have to repaint the nail and start the process over. ARGH! :-P Anyway, I wasn't about to give up... and finally managed to get all 10 nails done, and mind you, they're not perfect, but I tried...thats what counts, right?!



I used Charlotte Russe nail polish in Rocker as a base, with the jeans pressed into it, and Essie Sag Harbor brushed with dry brush against the grooves from the jean. For the copper rivets, I used Urban Vibe nail polish in Charged from Wet Seal, for the seams, I used China Glaze Liquid Leather, and Diamond Cosmetics #319 Lemon Yellow Zest
for the stitching. For the Levi's tag, I used China Glaze Salsa with China Glaze White on White for the lettering.

Hope you like? :-P

Viva la Diva #61

Viva la Diva #61 is ook weer een van de lakjes uit de swap met Anna en ook dit is weer een exclusief Zweeds merk.
Niet heel erg dekkend maar wel een erg mooie paars met blauwe, zilveren en fuchsia shimmer! Dit zijn vier laagjes en op de foto lijkt ze nog niet helemaal dekkend maar irl zie je daar niks van.

English: Viva la Diva #61 is another one of the polishes I got in my swap with Anna and this is also a brand that is exclusive to Sweden.
Not very opaque but it is a very nice purple with blue, silver and fuchsia shimmer! This is three coats and in the pic it doesn't seem very opaque but irl it looks fine.



Zie je die fantastische glans? Het lijkt haast alsof mijn nagels nat zijn. En dat zonder topcoat!

English: Do you see that amazing shine? It's almost as if my nails are wet. And all that without topcoat!


Ik denk dat ik deze de volgende keer eens ga proberen over een andere lak.

English: I think I'll try this one over another polish next time.

From all my heart !

Yes with this manicure i am giving away a piece of my heart to my beloved reader :)
Wow, i guess this is the most "Hearty" manicure i ever had.
I realized that i missed stamping a lot, recently i was all about hand painting,m that have not done much of the Konad.
I am eying really hard all those new image plates available at OC Nails - they are delightful, i should definitely get it.