Stamping over marbeling

Hello dear readers. I spent wonderful Thursday walking in the city of Denver with friends, we did some mild shopping, just walked arrounf and ate in teh surprisingly delicious indian restaurant.
By the end of the day i was super tired but also inspired to make something special on my nails.
I started with making some water marbles. In this manicure the base is silver textured polish by Zoya, And for the marbling i used light violet and dark purple .I really like the effect of the light transparent violet layer over the silver - turned out wonderful new shade.
I finished this manicure with some partial stamps and Jewels. I think this mani look kind of different - and OMG! I cant believe i finally figured water marbles.
P.S. Just a friendly reminder - if you struggle with water marbling too - the useful tip from me is to use worm water, rather when cold one.


This is my right hand
This is full right hand too

OPI - Dating A Royal - Jelly goodness!

This is today's mani, a blue jelly. Dating a Royal was so easy to apply, I was stunned. It did take 3 coats for maximum coverage though, but like I said, it went on like a charm!

I actually bought this one over 6 months ago and never used it, so since I'm going through my untrieds, I figured it was time for this little darling. And I don't know why it took me so long, because I absolutely adore this color!

Hope This Makes the Grad-ient

Day 87

Hey everyone! Day 6 of the plague- feeling marginally better, thanks to handfuls of Tylenol Sinus Severe Congestion pills. I'd estimate my head's weight at approximately 39 lb. now!! (Which goes to help out my New Year's resolution #1- lose a few lb.!! WOOOO!)

Anyway, so I fell asleep on the couch at like 8:30 last night, without eating dinner even, and woke up this morning at 7:00, and was shaking so bad I couldn't hand paint anything, so I decided to sponge a gradient, and do some Konading. :-P YAY FOR KONAD!!! I also got to use the American Apparel polishes I bought the other day, and they're great. Really great. Honestly? I'm a tad surprised at how much I like them, and at $6, or since I bought 6 of them, 3 for $15, you can't really beat em.



I used American Apparel Mouse as a base, with American Apparel Mount Royal sponged on top of it, and then China Glaze Millennium applied with Konad Disc C05 from the Coraline I Kit. Topped it off with Seche Vite top coat. :-)

Happy Friday!!

OPI - Reflecting Pool / First Post

Welcome to my blog! First, let me give you a short little intro on who I am:
I'm Michele, a 25yr old Dutch girl, who, well you probably already guessed, happens to like nail polish, a LOT.
I've already posted quite a bit on a Dutch messageboard (www.fok.nl), but I figured a blog would be nice as well :-D. When I'm not busy painting my nails, I'm mostly at work, being a front end web developer, or working on my thesis.

Second: This blog wouldn't be a nail blog without pictures of pretty nail polish! The picture on the left shows OPI's Reflecting Pool. It's a medium blue with gold polish. It kinda has a foil finish!
And since I live in Europe, it was very easy for me to get my little hands on this pretty one.

Thanks for reading and I hope you'll enjoy my blog!

Holo Konad!

Ik kon het niet laten om er wat konad aan toe te voegen. Volgens mij heb ik iets soortgelijks al eens op The Nailphile gezien maar het zou ook een andere blog kunnen zijn.

English: I couldn't help myself, I had to add konad. I think I saw something similar on The Nailphile but it could have been another blog.

Dit is konad plate M45 met de donkerblauwe special polish uit de Coraline kit.

English: This is konad plate M45 with the dark blue special polish from the Coraline kit.

Holo Awesomeness!

Wat is Nfu Oh toch góed met holo's!

English: Isn't Nfu Oh great with holos?

Ik weet niks te zeggen. Het is te geweldig!

English: I don't know what to say. It's amazing!

Sorry voor de pre-clean-up foto's. Ik moest het gewoon direct delen!
Dit is Nfu Oh #65, een lichtblauwe holo.

Wat ze zo geweldig maakt is niet alleen het geweldige regenboogeffect maar ook dat ze zo ontzettend snel drogen en dat je kale plekken in de lak gewoon bij kunt werken zonder je hele nagel van een extra laagje te hoeven voorzien.
Je kan alleen beter geen topcoat gebruiken met deze holo's want dan gaat het holo-effect verloren.

English: Sorry about the pre-clean-up pics. I just had to share this right away!
This is Nfu Oh #65, A light blue holo.

What makes these so amazing is not only the insane rainbow effect but also the very short drying time, and that you can patch up bald spots without having to paint an entire coat of polish.
It's better not to use a topcoat with these holos because the holo-effect will diminish.