With a Flourish

Day 83

Hey all! Sorry today's post is on the late side, even though I'm not on vacation- got in late last night, so I am still on the wrong time schedule. Tomorrow's will be in the morning as it was before Christmas. :)



I used Diamond Cosmetics #326 Don't Teal My Heart Away as a base, with freehand flourishes painted in Diamond Cosmetics #319 Lemon Yellow Zest. I am really loving these polishes, they were really inexpensive, only $2.25 apiece, and the colors are great- the teal only took 2 coats to be completely opaque- it was pretty close to opaque with one coat! I love it! I totally recommend you check this brand out, I just recently discovered it on another nail blog, and ordered 6 colors. :)

Anyway, I'm going to go lie down, I feel like crap, caught the plague while I visited Michigan.

OCNailArt coupon code!

Hey everyone!! Just wanted to let you all know that if you like the Konad designs that I do occasionally, and want to give Konad a whirl, check out OC Nail Art, it's where I get all my Konad supplies, and can't say enough good about the site! Recently, I contacted the lovely Kathleen, and asked if she'd extend a discount to my readers, and she did! If you enter "dailynail" at checkout, you get 30% off, and free domestic AND INTERNATIONAL shipping with $20 purchase. International free shipping requirements change from $20 purchase to $40 purchase on January 15, 2010, so order quick! This code doesn't expire, so shop away!

UPDATE:Forgot to update this post, but Konad USA has required that all sellers of Konad products had to discontinue any and all coupon codes for their products as of March 5, 2010.

Illamasqua Hectic

Nu we toch bij het onderwerp Illamasqua zijn: dit is Hectic.

English: While we are still on the Illamasqua subject: this is Hectic.

Foto zonder flits bij kunstlicht/Pic without flash under artificial light

Ik heb haar niet zelf maar mocht hem van IceRozie proberen op de play date. Dit is drie laagjes over een basecoat en met Nubar Diamont als topcoat.
Ze lakt in eerste instantie wat streperig en heeft die drie laagjes echt wel nodig om goed dekkend te zijn maar wat een schitterende kleur! Net niet helemaal troebel genoeg om in de categorie blubber kleuren te vallen maar ze heeft wel een wat stoffig uiterlijk.
Ik zal vandaag of morgen ook even een post maken met foto's van de play date die ik beloofd had!

English: I don't have her but IceRozie let me try her on the play date. This is three coats over a base and with Nubar Diamont as topcoat.
She is a bit streaky at first and she definitely needs those three coats to be opaque but what a beautiful colour! Not quite murky enough to fall in the category blubber colours but the us a bit dusty.
I'll upload a post with the pics from our play date that I promised soon!


Short 'n Chic heeft een leuke giveway en dit kan je winnen:
Opulent Cloud! W00t!

English: Short 'n Chic is having a fun giveaway and here is what you can win:
Opulent Cloud! W00t!

THE LOOT:

1. Sally Hansen HD Hi-Definition Nail Color in Opulent Cloud (to fulfill that hard-to-find lemming)

2. OPI Shorts Story (to brighten up your winter blues)

3. OPI Shim-merry Chic (in case you missed it in stores)

4. Sinful Colors San Francisco (a favey-fave of the drug store variety)

5. Lay It On Thick body lotion (distributed through Bath and Body Works, the perfect size for your purse!)

6. Avon Bubble Bath in Hot Apple Pie (a HUGE bottle that smells amazing)

7. A ridiculously cute nail file (I know you're supposed to use a crystal file, but how cute is this? Very fucking cute is the answer)

Hier kan je meedoen!
Enter here!

Book your appts early!

Just a gentle reminder to all my cynfulnailers.

*I'll be only doing acrylic/gel services during this period of time.

Book your appt early to secure a slot during this festive period!
Kindly sms/email me with your preferred time and date and the type of nail service(gel/acrylic) and I'll get back to you as soon as I can on my availability.

Thank you!

xoxo,
Cynful Nails
HP: 98270271
email: cynfulnails@gmail.com

Book your appts early!

Just a gentle reminder to all my cynfulnailers.

*I'll be only doing acrylic/gel services during this period of time.

Book your appt early to secure a slot during this festive period!
Kindly sms/email me with your preferred time and date and the type of nail service(gel/acrylic) and I'll get back to you as soon as I can on my availability.

Thank you!

xoxo,
Cynful Nails
HP: 98270271
email: cynfulnails@gmail.com

Bridal gel nails...

Bridal gel nails! Did these 2 sets a few months back!


This is a design from Nail Max. Puffy white acrylic flowers on a glittery silver base. This is done on gel overlay.


The flowers look so dreamy... like clouds. :D


Gel overlay and some nails are extended. White with pink tinted roses on silver tips.

So.. what should I post next?

Bridal gel nails...

Bridal gel nails! Did these 2 sets a few months back!


This is a design from Nail Max. Puffy white acrylic flowers on a glittery silver base. This is done on gel overlay.


The flowers look so dreamy... like clouds. :D


Gel overlay and some nails are extended. White with pink tinted roses on silver tips.

So.. what should I post next?

Cheaper Version Of Illamasqua Baptise And a Giveaway!

Zonder flits/Without flash

Wil je Illamasqua Baptiste zonder het prijskaartje? H&M verkoopt Goddess On Stage en deze is een haast perfecte imitatie!
Ik heb nog geen vergelijkingsfoto's voor je maar tijdens de play date een tijdje terug heb ik ze wel naast elkaar gezien op een nagelwiel en ze zijn nagenoeg gelijk. De een heeft een iets grovere shimmer dan de ander maar de kleur is identiek.

De geweldige IceRozie heeft aangeboden om als gastblogger een post te maken over deze en andere dupes die ze ontdekt heeft dus die post kan je nog verwachten. Ze is een wandelende nagellak encyclopedie!


English: Do you want Illamasqua Baptiste without the pricetag? H&M sells Goddess On Stage and it's an almost perfect imitation! I don't have comparison pics yet but I did see them together swatched on a nail wheel on my play date a while back and they are practically dupes. The shimmer in one is a bit coarser than in the other but the colour is identical.

The wonderful IceRozie has offered to do a guest post on these and other dupes she discovered so you can expect that in the future. I swear: the woman is a walking polish encyclopaedia!

Met flits/With flash

Dit is drie laagjes maar twee laagjes was genoeg geweest als ik niet zo spastisch gelakt had of als het niet met supermacro op de foto gezet hoefde te worden die uitvergroot kunnen worden tot een 15" scherm. Foto's zijn gemaakt bij kunstlicht.
Er is verder weinig te zeggen. Geweldige lak, geweldige kleur en ik ben er zeer blij mee!

English: This is three coats but two would have been enough if I hadn't been such a spaz while polishing or if I didn't have to take super macro pics that can be enlarged to a 15" screen size. Pics are taken with artificial lighting. There isn't much to say. Great polish, great colour and I'm very happy with it!

Anna van The Nail Nerd heeft haar eerste giveaway! Je kunt 5 Viva la Diva Nagellakken winnen in een paar prachtige tinten. Viva la Diva is nergens buiten Zweden te krijgen dus als je deze altijd al eens hebt willen proberen is dit je kans!
Hier staan de details.

English: Anna from The Nail Nerd is having her first giveaway! You can win 5 Viva la Diva polishes in some great shades. Viva la Diva isn't available outside of Sweden so if you've always wanted to try them here is your chance!
You can find the details here.