Neon Rays

So to start off I apologize for my late responses yesterday, I was without Internet all day, due to the weather here :(

Okay, so I had this idea right after I did my first tape mani in this design. So I finally had the time and just love how it turned out. For this I used China Glaze White on White for the base, China Glaze Four Leaf Clover, China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini & Color Club She's So Glam, and then Sinful's Black on Black.

This is China Glaze White on White

Then I added Color Club She's So Glam

Then China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

and finally China Glaze Four Leaf Clover

Finally I taped it off, you can see the tutorial here.



2010 Color Club Halloween Collection - Bewitching

Lets start off by saying I LOVE Halloween. It is my favorite holiday. This is my husband and I's first Halloween in our very own home, and we are already buying and planning for the fun. This is the set of minis from Color Club. The Collection is called Bewitching.

First is Bewitching, a classic solid black. This was 2 coats.

Charmed I'm Sure (2 coats)is a beautiful purple, I know it appears blue in some photos, but it really is purple, with teeny tiny hot pink sparkles in it.

Hocus Pocus (2 coats)An AMAZING glitter. Words can't even describe the beauty of this polish! Packed full of every color glitter! This is my favorite from this collection!

Spellbound (2 coats)A VERY bright neon orange, perfect halloween color!

2nd Justice Mood Polish - Green to Yellow

Here is the 2nd of the 3 mood polishes that I picked up at Justice. I posted the royal blue one earlier this week. This was 4 coats!!! But I will say each coat dried VERY fast! These like all other mood polishes, dry matte, but a tc handles that, and makes it shiny, and doesn't take away the mood effect at all.

Justice Mood Polish

I had to run to Justice, which if you're not familiar, is a little girls clothing store. I was in need of a b-day gift for my daughters friend. While I was checking out, I saw they had some mood polish, which I'm a complete sucker for. So I got 3, this blue one, a green & a turq. one. So far I have only tried this one. I love it. As Soon as I try the others, I will post them :)

Nox Twilight Beauty - Crush

Crush

Maybe you remember my post on Disco Darling by Nox Twilight Beauty? Today I'm showing you Crush. Crush is a perfect pink neon, kapoww!
Until recently neons didn't do much for me, but I'm really starting to digg them. They're fun, create an instant tan, and they sure attract a lot of conversation.

Application

Like a lot neons this one dries semi matte, so in order for you to get that high gloss I'd recommend using top coat. I'm really impressed by the quality of the polishes within this line, they're really easy to handle and the colors are quite cool! Crush needed 3 coats for complete opacity, not bad at all, after all, it is a neon!
Of course I still think the names could've been more Twilight-y, but I won't get into that every time.

You can order these at www.twilightbeauty.com for $6.99 each (for 17ml/0.58oz woohoo!) or the entire collection for $65 (12 shades!). If you don't live in The States you can check their UK distributor www.simplebeauty.co.uk to see if they ship to your country!

The products in this post were provided to me by Nox Twilight Beauty for consideration - for more information please read my disclaimer

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.

Eyeko - Coral Polish

Wow. That's what I thought after I put this polish on. Wow. I don't really own anything THIS bright, and I think this polished unleashed a secret longing for colors like these, haha. I'm not sure whether this is considered a true neon, but it sure is BRIGHT. I do have some coral-y colors, but I certainly don't own anything similar. I think I'll be wearing shades like this a lot this summer!

Besides the color, I'm in love with the packaging of Eyeko polishes, every color has it's own designed label, cute huh?
The only thing that bothered me a bit, was the application. It's definitely on the thick side. It took 3 layers to even everything out. But if you add some thinner, it's pretty much perfect! I wore this polish for about two days, and experienced some chipping on my thumbs.

Check out this cute packaging!

Eyeko polishes cost £3.50 (€4.- or $5.40) for 8.5ml. Eyeko products can be bought online at www.eyeko.com. Their shipping is extremely cheap: either free (if you're in the UK or Europe) or $5.40 for all international orders.

This polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko

H&M - Chicks Envy Me

Hi guys! Did you all enter my giveaway yet? I wanted to show you another polish that's included in the first set I'm giving away: Chicks Envy Me by H&M. Normally I'm not a red wearing type of girl, but this one is really something else.

First of all, it looks so different from what I'd expected, it's more coral/orang-y red instead of a plain orange. Another surprise: it's not a creme, it's a jelly. Can it get any better, you might ask? Yes! It's on fire! It's so bright, I'd say it's a neon. If I had lived in the 50ies and I happened to be a hot smoldering pinup (a girl can dream, right), I wouldn't go anywhere without this sizzling bottle of nail polish.

So what's the catch? There is none! The formula was wonderful, like with most H&M nail polishes, and it only took 3 coats, which is pretty damn good for a bright jelly. Also: clean up is not a problem with this red! Normally red will flow everywhere if you try this, but not with this polish. If you think you can handle this flaming bottle of fire, go get it or check out my giveaway!