New designs and about acrylic

Hello my dear nail art lovers!
I have 2 deigns to post for you today. Why such a spoil? This is crazy but i make different designs on my right and left hands.
I also decided to try put acrylic over my natural nails, to make it stronger. Because right now my nails are at the point when they always brake - and brake painful.
I have been thinking of it for a long time, but finally decided to give it a try.
Even cheap drug store acrylics turned out to be really easy to apply but ridiculously stinky :)
So far nails feel really well and protected under it. First i tried it on my pincky and have been wearing it for 2 weeks, and today i covered my all nails on the right hand.
Pluses : Nails looks and feels stronger, better shape of my curvy nails, hopefully i ll be able to grow it pass my dead zone.
Minuses: I guess only non acetone polish remover works with acrylics, and this is not really cool, for people like me who paint nails really often. For most population it will be however a plus, because polish stays on nails as long as you want - no chipping and acrylic.
Now i am thinking to order a professional colored acrylic set and try to learn how to sculptur acrylic nails on myself. Most purpose is to make some cool special effect designs.
I know i am a Nail-Art junky, and i can go really far with it.
So here is my acrylic covered right hand with some decent comics style flower


And here is my festive right hand, i know this is crazy to have both hands painted differently, but i really wanted to try out this design, but cleaning black from acrylic will be pain in a Butty, so only left hand got this one

Claire's - Minty Mani

Hi everyone! Today's mani is one I don't particularly like. It's a mint green from Claire's, which I picked up at Claire's when I was looking for Dream Catcher. Dream Catcher is an almost dupe of Chanel's Jade, but it seems that it's not available in the Dutch Claire's :-(. The nail polish I got has no name or number whatsoever! So let's just call it Anonymous.

Anyway, mint green, well at least this one, is not for me. It really clashes with my skintone. I already suspected this, but wanted to try it nonetheless :-D. This was a 2 coater and the application wasn't good but not bad perse. But that's mainly because I used a different brush. The brush that comes with this polish is insanely big! Think OPI's wide brush times two. Don't really know what they were thinking..:-D. Well, thanks for reading and till next time!

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Let's Draw (with) Straws!

Day 89

Hey everyone! Today's nails are to show that you can find inspiration and tools everywhere around you- even at your local fast food restaurant or in your drawers! I decided to try using everyday drinking straws to create patterns on my nails, so here you go!



I used American Apparel Passport Blue as a base, with China Glaze TMI, China Glaze L8R G8R, and China Glaze DV8 'stamped' on with straws. :) I think it gives an interesting effect, not always circles, sometimes lopsided circles, etc, but I like it!! :) I topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Also, try to find the hidden face, I noticed it after I took the picture! :-P

Rainbows ♥

Did this in Dec for one of my favourite girls ever. ♥


It's a design from Nail Max! And rainbows are sculpted using coloured acrylic powder. :D


Rainbows and fluffy clouds on a 2 tone pink glitter base.


Totally cute and lovely! ♥ it!

Rainbows ♥

Did this in Dec for one of my favourite girls ever. ♥


It's a design from Nail Max! And rainbows are sculpted using coloured acrylic powder. :D


Rainbows and fluffy clouds on a 2 tone pink glitter base.


Totally cute and lovely! ♥ it!

OPI - Midnight in Moscow - Vampilicious

Hi! Hope everyone is doing well today! Today I decided I wanted to go for something vampy. So here it is: OPI's Midnight in Moscow. It's from the 2007 fall Russian collection. This is such a pretty color, but very hard to capture on camera! I'd say the color is an almost black with red shimmer.

When I received this as a christmas present this year, I thought that it would be very similar to Black Cherry Chutney, which I also own. But Midnight in Moscow is more red toned, where BCC is more leaning towards a very dark shade of burgundy.

Anyway, I think this is a very classy nail polish, what do you think?

Oh btw, I found out that this Disqus commenting system is a pain in the *ss, but I can't seem to remove it, sorry! :-(

Psychedelic Cotton Candy

Day 88

Hey all!! Feeling tons better today- still not 100%, but much, much better. YAY! Sorry today's post is so late- I was at the office working all day...

Anyway, I got a package in the mail today from American Apparel!! They sent me three of their new polishes to try out- so of course- I decided to use them for my nails today!! I was excited because of the 3 she sent me, the only one that I had already purchased myself was Peacock, so I'm totally stoked- it's my first polish sent to me to try out EVER!! :) (Ok, so I'm a big dork, and this totally made my day- I never expected to get free stuff because of this blog!!) Also, I'm super excited because my cuticles are starting to look far less crappy!! Hooray for LUSH Lemony Flutter. It's a cuticle godsend, I swear.

Anyway, I've tried 4 of the AA polishes so far, 3 of the ones I've purchased myself, and one of the three sent to me, and I have to say, they apply well, my major qualm with them is the smell. They smell unlike any other polishes I own, and not in a good way, I generally like the smell of polish, but not these...at all. However, that said, I had no problems with streakiness in application, but the pink, Coney Island, did take 3 coats to be opaque, and probably could've used 4. As you can see though, Peacock is more than opaque enough for Konading, and it's a really, really pretty color. While Coney Island is a pretty color, it's not really my thing, I'm not much of a pink kinda gal, but I can totally see where others would love it, it's just too girly for me. :-P



Today's nails were inspired by The Swatchaholic's Hello Kitty nails the other day, where she layered the swirls in two different directions. I used American Apparel Coney Island as a base, with American Apparel Peacock and Essie Foot Loose applied with Konad Plate m69. Topped it off with Seche Vite top coat.


Disclosure: American Apparel Coney Island and American Apparel Peacock were provided by American Apparel for me for review.

Let Me Seduce You...

Met Misa Toxic Seduction. ;)

English: With Misa Toxic Seduction. ;)

With flash




Without flash

Een prachtige groene shimmer en mijn foto's doen haar geen recht.

English: A beautiful green shimmer and my pics don't do her justice.

With flash



Without flash

Ik zal haar nog een keer moeten laten zien als ik de juiste instellingen en opzet voor mijn lichtbox uit heb gevonden.

English: I'm going to have to show her to you again when I figure out the right settings and setup for my lightbox.

Comparison: The Taupes!

Het moest er natuurlijk een keer van komen met mijn voorliefde voor blubberige kleuren dus bij deze!

English: It had to happen with my preference for blubbery colours so here goes!

Essence Matryoshka Doll, OPI You Don't Know Jaques, OPI Over The Taupe, Sephora by OPI Metro Chic

OPI Over The Taupe, Sephora By OPI Metro Chic, China Glaze Channellesque, Orly Country Club Khaki

Welke vind jij het mooist? Ik houd van allemaal!
Ik ben van plan om binnenkort nog een tweede serie te doen met lichtere kleuren.

English: Which do you like best? I love them all!
I'm planning on doing a second series with lighter colours.




Wil je wat Australische lakjes proberen? You've Got Nail houdt een giveaway waarbij je vijf mooie lakjes kunt winnen!
Check de details hier.

English: Want to try some Australian polishes? You've Got Nail is having a giveaway where you can win five beautiful polishes!
Check the details here.