Custom rings to match Nail design

Hello my Dear Readers.
I want to introduce you thE idea of custom made rings that would match nail design. I saw some pictures online and i think it looks really polished and stunning. The minute i saw this idea, i decided that i am going to have it :) For those sets i made freehand painted design, but i believe that Konad Patterns will work really great as well
As a base, i used transparent resin rings that comes really chip and in variety of sizes - i ordered it from e-bay - for about $8 for 50 pc. Rings can be painted with both - acrylic paints or regular polishes - to match fingernails designs.
When design is gone from the nails i guess ring can be left as a souvenir, or thrown away as disposable.
Please let me know how do you like it? On those pictures rings and nails that i made for my girlfriends this weekend, i was glad to know that they loved it. Would you try it yourself?
Sakura for Natasha

And sexy "Viktoria" for my friend Vika

P2 Swatches!

Ik heb veel vragen gekregen over P2 nagellak dus het leek me een goed idee om swatches te maken van zoveel mogelijk kleuren zodat we iets hebben om mensen naartoe te verwijzen als ze swatches willen zien.
De geweldige Thess en IceRozie zijn zo vriendelijk geweest me sommige van hun nagellakken te lenen voor deze swatches.

P2 is een drogisterijmerk met een fantastische prijs-kwaliteitsverhouding. Ze kosten €1,55 en de kwaliteit is doorgaans erg goed! Alle swatches zijn twee laagjes zonder topcoat tenzij anders gespecificeerd.

Winkels die P2 verkopen:

Nederland
- Sommige Schleckers

Duitsland
- DM Drogeriemarkt
- Sommige Schleckers

Oostenrijk
- 2 Palmers Paradise winkels in Wenen


Voor bolletjes swatches kan je hier kijken en daar op 'Farbauswahl' klikken.

Als ik nieuwe kleuren krijg zal ik deze post updaten zodat het een zo compleet mogelijk naslagwerk van P2 kleuren wordt. Als jij meer winkels kent die P2 verkopen laat het me dan alsjeblieft weten via de comments of mijn email ->>


English: I've been getting a lot of questions about P2 polishes so I thought it was a good idea to swatch as many colours as I can get my hands on so we all have a place to direct people too who are looking for swatches. The wonderful Thess and IceRozie were kind enough to let me use some of their polishes for these swatches.

P2 is a drugstore brand with an amazing price-quality ratio. They sell for €1,55 and the quality is usually very good! All swatches are 2 coats without topcoat unless otherwise stated.

Places that sell P2:


The Netherlands
- Some Schleckers

Germany
- DM Drogeriemarkt
- Some Schleckers

Austria
- 2 Palmers Paradise shops in Vienna

For blob swatches click here and go to 'Farbauswahl'.

If I get more colours I'll update this post so it will be as complete as possible. If you know of any stores that sell P2 polishes please let me know in the comments or via email ->>

011 Be Wild!

013 Stylish


015 Gracious

016 Chic
1 coat!

017 Elegant
3 coats

143 Forever

146 Soulful

169 Electric
3 coats and still a bit sheer

190 Fancy
3 coats

200 Rebel

209 Spacy

220 Hyper

240 Joyful
3 coats

249 Dangerous

250 So Cool!

171 Gorgeous

What Are You HUP...TO...3...4?

Day 104

Happy Monday, everyone!!! Today's nails were a request a while back from reader Melissa T-S. She told me that her 25 year old son is 5th generation army, and she would LOVE to see camouflage nails... so, Melissa... and your son, I hope you see these!! :) (and like them!! :-P)



I used Sally Hansen Trendy Creme as a base. (this color is amazing- the most perfect avocado color- best of all- I got it at the Dollar Tree! :-P) For the rest of the camo colors, I mixed Zoya Envy with Sally Hansen Trendy Creme for the olive color, since Envy was too dark, used Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme for the brown, and China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black. I topped it all off with two coats of Essie Matte About You to make it matte and awesome. :-P

I really love these nails... and they're totally my dedication to all the troops working their asses off everywhere to make our world, our country, and our people safe. (and for their predecessors, who made it possible to live in a country where one can do something as frivolous as painting her nails every day and blogging about it)...

THANK YOU!!!

Be Wild!

Ben je het al zat om naar mijn raves over P2 te luisteren? Jammer dan want ik ben nog lang niet klaar!
Het blijft me verbazen hoe goed de kwaliteit-prijsverhouding is bij deze lak. Ze zijn niet allemaal geweldig maar ik ben kleuren tegengekomen die zich qua formule makkelijk kunnen meten met OPI.

English: Tired of hearing me rave about P2 already? Too bad, because I'm not finished yet!
I just can't get over how great the quality vs price ratio is on this one. They aren't all great but I've some across colours that can easily compare themselves to OPI formula-wise.


Dit was daar echter niet een van. ;) Nog steeds niet slecht maar wel een beetje streperiger en dikker dan ik gewend ben van P2. Gelukkig kent nagellakverdunner meer gebruiken dan alleen oude stroperige lakken verdunnen. Na een paar drupjes verdunner en even goed schudden was er veel makkelijker mee te werken.
Dit is twee laagjes met base- en topcoat.

English: This wasn't one of them though. ;) Still not bad but more streaky and thick than I'm used to from P2. Luckily nail polish thinner has more uses than just thinning out old goopy polish. After a couple of drops of thinner and a good shake it was much easier to work with. This is two coats with base- and topcoat.



Volgens mijn kleurenkaart is dit een medium violetrood. Irl is ze een haartje donkerder maar verder klopt kleur op de foto aardig. Volgens mij begin ik het fotograferen in een light box onder de knie te krijgen.


English: According to my colour chart this would be medium red violet. Shes just a hair darker írl but otherwise it's pretty colour accurate. I think I'm getting the hang of using my light box.




Ik krijg veel vragen op MUA en in mijn email over P2. Waar het verkocht wordt, welke kleuren ze hebben, etc. dus ik heb een enorme post gepland staan met al die informatie en swatches op een nagel van veel kleuren uit de standaard lijn.

Voor zover ik weet wordt P2 alleen verkocht in Duitsland en Oostenrijk bij de DM Drogeriemarkt. Als jij meer winkels kent die het verkopen of andere landen waar het verkrijgbaar is stuur me dan alsjeblieft een email op mindermutsig at gmail punt com zodat ik die informatie in de post kan opnemen.

English: I've been getting a lot of questions on MUA and in my email about P2. Where it's sold, what colours they have etc. so I have a major post coming up with all that info and one-nail swatches of a lot of their core line colours.

As far as I know P2 is only sold in Germany and Austria at the DM Drogeriemarkt. If you know of other places that sell P2 or other countries it's available in please email me at mindermutsig at gmail dot com so I can include that information in the post.



Dat was het weer voor vandaag! Bedankt voor het kijken!

English: That's it for today! Thanks for looking!

Star Sky

Hello Dear Reader.
Having this manicure makes me feel very romantic, looking at those nails is like watching starts in a night sky with someone very special. :)
I think this turned really pretty.
Also i apologize for the lack of posting all the last week, it s just that none of my manicure ideas turned well enouth that i would like to share with you guys. However, i got my inspiration back tonight, so i have plenty of fabulous looks for this week. Stay Tuned

Gosh, it's Holographic!

Hi guys! Monday already! What's everyone up to today??

You're looking at Holographic by Gosh, and I've been literally stalking drugstores to find this one for ages! Finally found it last weekend so naturally I couldn't wait to try her! I like Gosh. Their nail polish formula is quite good and I actually love their makeup as well. Although it would be nice to see more choice in np colors.

The formula is tricky, kinda lumpy, but it all works out in the end, and it dries fast! I applied 2 coats and no top coat, and I adore it. It's probably the most dense holo I own, I can't stop looking at it!

I might indulge in some more holos, I've noticed different brands make different holos, who do you think makes the hottest holos ever?

May I Have This Dance?

Day 103

So I went to American Apparel today, hoping to nab Hassim, one of the few of their polishes that I haven't bought yet, only to find that they've been sent back to the company!! Rumor has is that they're revising certain aspects of the polish/packaging. I was surprised to hear this, because honestly, I love the polishes- most of them are nearly opaque in one coat, making them divine for Konading, and for freehand nail art as well! Anyway, while I was there, I chatted with the sales associates that were working, a lovely young lady, and a nice guy whose names I didn't ask for because I'm sometimes socially inept, and don't think about that sort of thing. Anyway, they know who they are- yay Miracle Mile American Apparel store! :) Anyway, that story was told to set me up for the explanation of the inspiration for my nails today, the guy suggested that I do dance-themed nails, since he was a dancer. I'm not sure this is what he was thinking of, since he mentioned ballet shoes, etc, but this is what immediately popped into my head for some reason... I was inspired!! :-) So, dear American Apparel lad, these are for you, I even used AA polish! :-P



I used American Apparel Cotton as a base, with China Glaze Liquid Leather for the dance steps and directions. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

BarryM Violet Gold Shimmer

Even een snelle post zodat er weer wat nagelgerelateerds bovenaan staat. ;)

English: A quick post so there is something nail-related at the top. ;)




Dit is een van de nagellakken van mijn eerste online aankopen anderhalf (?) jaar geleden en ik ben misschien iets té impulsief geweest toen. Ik heb gewoon van alles in mijn karretje gegooid wat ook maar enigszins interessant leek en de meeste aankopen waren goed maar deze viel me irl toch wat tegen.


English: This is one of the polishes from my first online orders a year and a half (?) ago and maybe I was a bit too impulsive. I just filled my cart with anything that looked remotely interesting and most of that turned out great but this one was a bit of a disappointment irl.



Dit is de basiskleur maar als het licht er meer op valt zie je de gouden flash.

English: This is the base colour but when the light hits her she flashes gold.




Mijn mening: Ik ben er niet gek op. De applicatie was goed, ze lakt egaal en het kwastje is vrij standaard. Het is een duochrome dus ik zou haar mooi moeten vinden maar ik vind er dus niks aan. Het is gewoon mijn kleur niet.
Een flesje bevat 10ml en wordt verkocht voor €3,99 bij Alice and Jo Havesentials.


English: My opinion: I'm not crazy about it. Application was good, not streaky and the brush is pretty standard. It's a duochrome so I should love it but I don't. It's just not my colour.
A bottle contains 10 ml ans is sold in the Netherlands for €3,99 at Alice and Jo Havesentials.




Misschien moet ik haar eens over een andere kleur proberen. Zwart? Donkerblauw? Paars?


English: Maybe I should try her over another colour. Black? Dark blue? Purple?

New look!

Ik was vanmorgen wat met mijn testblog aan het knoeien toen ik erachter kwam dat ik op mijn echte blog bezig was. Oeps! Jullie krijgen dus vervroegd mijn nieuwe look te zien.
Ik weet nog niet of ik deze zo mooi vind dus er kan de komende tijd nog het een en ander veranderen en de blog kan dus soms even een beetje vreemd uitzien als ik met de lay-out bezig ben.

Zoals je ziet staat bovenaan een navigatie menu die ik nog in moet vullen en er is een link naar mijn Twitter. Het menu wil ik gaan gebruiken als short-cut naar posts over hand&nailcare, nagellak die werkt met Konad e.d.
De RRS feed moet ik nog instellen.

Dus niet schrikken als je op mijn blog komt en alles door elkaar staat want dat betekent dat ik er op dat moment mee aan het werk ben. De pagina vernieuwen zal dat in de meeste gevallen oplossen.

Wat vind je van de nieuwe look?


English: I was messing with my test blog this morning when I suddenly discovered I was working on my real blog. Oops! So you are getting to see my new look a little sooner than expected.
I don't know if I like this yet so it's possible there will be more changes in the future and the blog might look a little weird every now and then while I'm working on the and lay-out.

As you can see there is a navigation menu at the top which I still have to fill and there is a link to my Twitter. I plan on using the menu as a short-cut to posts about hand&nail care, polishes that work with Konad etc.
I still have to set-up the RRS feed.

So don't freak out when you come to my blog and it's totally out of whack because that means I'm working on it. Refreshing the page will probably make things OK then.

What do you think about the new look?

More Nfu Oh love - #51

Good morning! Is everyone enjoying their sunday? I hope so! I had a bad nail polish experience today already! I wore a turquoise color by the brand 2b, which I never heard of before, and as I thought the color was only so so, I wanted to remove this little bugger. And I have to say this is hands down the worst nail polish I've ever bought! The staining is ridiculous, my nails and fingers were blue. I never throw out nail polish, because that just seems so blasphemous, but this might be a solid candidate, ugh.

So after some soaking in pure acetone I decided I should give my nails something nice to wear after all the horror they went through. And when I say something nice, of course we're talking Nfu Oh's #51. This is probably the prettiest nail polish I'll ever own! Too bad it's half empty, so I really cherish it. I layered it over the most perfect purple ever: Viola Glitter by Collistar (will post about that one soon), and it's good to go!

What's your most favorite nail polish?