Sunday 25 July 2010

Puttin' on the Ritz


High hats, and arrowed collars, white spats and lots of dollars....

Who'd have thought that a song would inspire a nail design? Well, whether you like the Fred Astaire version or the Taco version, this is a great song, and it DID inspire today's nail design, spats!


I used Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the black of the shoes and the buttons. Topped with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Why don't you go where fashion sits?

WHAT I DID THIS WEEKEND




Strawberry shake 2

I found this manicure in one of the blogs, and just fell in love with it, such a fabulous idea. I can not remember who did this manicure originally, but if this is you please let me know and i will link to the original mani here.
Anyway here is my interpretation of a strawberry shake nails, i live this look.

Helmer says Hi!

Hi guys! Today I decided to show you how I organize my stash and what's in it! I'm not posting this to show off or something like that, but I'm posting this because it's one of the requests I get most often! I'm not sure how you'd qualify my stash, small or big, I guess it all depends on what you compare it to.

I've been holding out on this request for a long long time, but I finally managed to put all my nail polish in one place: my Helmer from Ikea. Normally nail polish is everywhere, in different rooms, in my bag, on my desk, in my pockets, in bed, you name it. After putting everything where it belongs, it started to dawn on me: my Helmer was full.

By brand or color?

I started 'collecting' nail polish years ago, but from the moment I started blogging, my stash doubled in size, whoops. Luckily for me I'm only crazy about nail polish, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if was collecting makeup too :D.
At the moment I organize everything by brand, but I'm debating to organize by color, so I can spot similar colors more easily.. Anyway, here goes :D


  • Nfu Oh
  • OPI
  • Nubar
  • Ciate
  • Color Club
  • ManGlaze
  • Nicole by OPI


  • H&M
  • P2
  • Gosh
  • Pieces
  • Eyeko
  • Models Own
  • BeYu
  • Sephora


  • China Glaze
  • Collistar
  • Deborah Lippmann
  • Rescue Beauty Lounge
  • Chanel
  • Misa
  • Catrice
  • American Apparel
  • Essie
  • Diamond Cosmetics
  • Superstar Nail Lacquer
  • Kiko
  • Koh


  • Essence
  • Yves Rocher
  • Herome
  • Max Nails
  • Etos
  • Bourjois
  • Claire's
  • Allesandro
  • Hema
  • Theatre
  • Frankens


  • base coats
  • top coats
  • matte top coats
  • whiteners
  • cuticle remover
  • cuticle oils
  • cuticle creams/balms
  • files & tools
  • glue
  • silkwraps
  • glitter
  • bundlemonster plates
  • nail art pens
  • nail polish remover
  • brushes
  • gloves


  • card, notes & receipts
  • Incoco products
  • some nail polish for swap/giveaway
  • hand lotions

I hope you enjoyed this peek at my stash! And see? It's pretty full. I could empty the last drawer but I wouldn't know where to put everything.. And there's still so many brands I want to try out (Orly, Illamasqua, BB Couture, more Zoya, Misa & Color Club etc etc..) I'm afraid I'll have to get a second Helmer..