China Glaze Poolside!

China Glaze komt voor de zomer met de Poolside Collectie. Een hele collectie van neons met een aantal prachtige kleuren. Wil je wel geloven dat ik tot nu toe geen enkele neon in mijn collectie heb? Ik ga hier dus zeker een aantal aan te schaffen dus want deze kleuren zijn perfect voor de zomer!

Dit zijn de kleuren:

China Glaze is releasing the Poolside Collection for this summer. An entire collection of neons with some beautiful colours. Can you believe I don't have a single neon in my collection so far? I'm definitely buying some of these because these colours are perfect for the summer!

These are the colours:

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Pool Party: Neon Pink
Flip Flop Fantasy: Neon Coral
Sun Worshipper: Neon Orange
Yellow Polka Dot Bikini: Neon Yellow
Kiwi Cool-Ada: Neon Green
Towel Boy Toy: Neon Blue

De collectie is internationaal vanaf 1 April te koop.
Wat vind jij van neons? Ben je van plan er wat aan te gaan schaffen?

This collection will be released internationally on April 1st.
What do you think about neons? Are you planning on buying some?

Please vote!

Sorry voor mijn afwezigheid de afgelopen dagen. Mijn vriend is begin februari jarig en ik de 22e en dat betekend altijd een maand lang verjaardagsvisite en logees dus ik heb niet veel tijd gehad om te posten. Daarnaast zijn we druk met de voorbereidingen voor ons trouwfeest in April dus het is allemaal een beetje hectisch. Hopelijk kan ik snel weer wat meer gaan posten.

Sorry about my lack of posts the past few days. My boyfriend's birthday is in the beginning of February and mine the 22nd which always means a month full of birthday parties and overnight guests so I didn't have much time to post. We're also very busy with planning for our wedding in April it's a bit hectic here. I hope I'll be able to post more soon.




Ik heb meegedaan in een wedstrijd van het Polish Bloggers Network met mijn anti-Valentijnsdagnagels en ik wil jullie vragen om te stemmen op jullie favoriete design. De andere dames zijn Tuli, Gildedangel, Brooke en Cucumpear met allemaal erg mooie creaties! Je hoeft natuurlijk niet op mij te stemmen maar ik zou het wel erg leuk vinden. ;)
Je kunt hier all designs zien en stemmen!

I've entered my anti-Valentines Day nails in a contest by the Polish Bloggers Network and I'd like to ask you to vote for your favourite design. The other ladies are Tuli, Gildedangel, Brooke and Cucumpear who all made lovely designs! Of course you don't have to vote for me but I'd really appreciate it. ;)
You can see all the designs and vote here!

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action

Hey everyone- just thought I'd show the naughtier side of Valentine's Day today, since yesterday's nails were so sickeningly sweet (literally ;-P) Anyway, I know a favorite Valentine's Day pastime is doin' the naughty, and while I'm spending my day today in class, and watching episodes of Dexter from Season 1, I thought I'd do a tribute to everyone else's day. :-P



I used MAC Abalone Shell as a base, which is a great color to match my skintone, especially in natural light. For the corset color, I used China Glaze Salsa, and Zoya Raven applied with Konad Plate m57 for the fishnet overlay and black. For the cleavage on the thumb, I used Zoya Dea. and for the bra part, I used heart gems from a store called Chika Chika that was going out of business in the mall. :) Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Happy Valentine's Day, kids!

Models Own - Lemon Meringue - Can't wait till spring!

Hi everyone! I'm back! I hope everyone's doing great and enjoying their sunday. Happy Valentine to all of you!! Moving went well, even my nails survived this lovely adventure. After all that jazz we had to reorganize the house, pre-spring cleaning!

Talking about spring: I wanted to wear a happy light color and since my Models Own package arrived last week, the choice was easy! This is Lemon Meringue, a very soft and sweet pastel yellow creme. The application was ok, a bit streaky, but somehow yellow always seems to be. I had to use 3 coats to even it out. I love how light and happy it looks, can't wait for sunny days!

Nailed Valentines Day Manicure

Happy V-Day for all my readers :) I wish you all to love and to be loved. And I love so much all of you , thanks for sharing with me my Nail-art Journey.
So here is manicure i made for this Valentines day. I used purple glitter as a base, because this is my husbands favorite color, he is really crazy about purple.
For the design i used acrylic paints, but this time was trying to achieve a pin up "poster looking" effect. I also painted the ring to compliment this design.
I think i totally nailed it, i did not even expect the result to turn that cool and i hope my readers like it too.




Guess who is watching you? Oh yeah - this is him - love of my life my sweet Orange monkey Marshall :) he just came by to say hi...


This is Right hand, got a little lazy to paint a full set, and decided to go with only middle and thumb. It is really hard for me to paint thin lines with my left hand

KEEPS GETTING BETTER

Here are some of the nails I've done this past week. I went to a Young Nails imagination nail art class on Monday. I was inspired by some amazing nail techs there. I can't believe how much more I want to learn and improve but I am really enjoying the journey!

Conversation With a Crunch

Hey all!! Happy Valentine's eve! In honor of tomorrow being Valentine's Day, I did conversation heart nails! :) I had them on the list, but they were also a request from reader 'Ms. Moment'. :)



I used OPI Gargantuan Green Grape matte for the thumb, China Glaze Lemon Fizz for the index, China Glaze Peachy Keen for the middle, essie Lilacism for the ring finger, and American Apparel Palm Coney Island for the pinky. For the lettering, I mixed American Apparel Palm Coney Island with China Glaze Salsa. Topped everything off with two coats of Essie Matte About You to get that chalky candy finish.

*No Conversation Hearts were wasted in the creation of this nail design, they were all eaten.

For Your Thoughts.

Hey everyone! Guess whose birthday it is today? I'll give a hint... he'd be 201 years old today. He sported a lovely beard. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. ;) Ok, if you haven't figured it out yet, its Abe Lincoln!! :-P In honor of our 16th President's birthday, I decided to do penny nails, since he's on both sides!! :-P It didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, because I quickly discovered it is very hard to paint the detail of a penny on a fingernail with a nail art brush. :-P it'd have to be like a single bristled art brush! lol



I used Milani Sassy Brassy, which to me looks more like copper, as a base, with a mixture of Zoya Raven, Zoya Angelina and Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme for the linework, and Zoya Raven for the black background, topped with Essie Matte About You. Penny art was topped off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat to really make 'em shine. ;)

Now, how about your 2¢?

Polish Bloggers Network: Lacquer Link Love 2/12/10

Polish Pixel Pig has found her perfect shade of gray and now she wants to share it with the world. Thanks Zoya!

The Swatchaholic has a wonderful comparison of Chanel Particuliere along with some other gorgeous taupes. A few may be on your lemming list.

Bright Lights Big Color decided to do a tribute to nail art that was inspired by fellow bloggers. Check out her design to see if it was you.

Naive Nails has cooked up a look she likes to call Barbie, but it's not your average good girl mani.

Travels with Euridice has provided some excellent pictures of some glittery goodness! I'm keeping it a secret what prized polish this is. :)

Helen's Nice Things is showing off a shade deemed to to be hot this summer. A Models Own shade in a color that's hit the NYFW runways.

Tuli's Nails brought us some swatches from a brand called S-he Stylezone. Check out the pretty pink one full of HOLO-liciousness.

Daily Polish brings a gorgeous micro glitter purple polish for everyone to view. It may be from a smaller brand, but the name is definitely unforgettable. I'll let you take a look at what it is for yourself, lol.

Now on to our Network Giveaways...

This is your last chance to win the goodies fromTuli's Nails Romantic Valentine's Giveaway. Make sure you've entered for your chance to win!

Can't find the Milani Holo polish anywhere near you?! Well get your chance to snag those pretty Milani Holo's by entering Naive Nails 300 follower giveaway.

A Very Special Giveaway

I don't usually like posts on giveaways on other blogs which is why I post them on my sidebar for your and my convenience but I'm making an exception this time because this one got to me.

Blogging is hard work! First you have to make your blog. Choose a lay-out, think about your content and what you want to accomplish with it and then the real work begins.

Taking the time to polish your nails or do your make-up, taking 50 pictures in different positions and lighting to get the most colour accurate and flattering pictures, sifting through these pictures to find the best ones, cropping and watermarking if necessary, uploading, writing a post, adding the pictures, check your post to see if it looks good, check for spelling mistakes, delete some of the post, adding other paragraphs, double check again and when all that is done you publish the post for people to read.

Sure, we bloggers mainly blog for ourselves. It's a hobby and most of us have fun with our blogs but it definitely helps that people out there take an interest. I'm really happy so many of you choose to check my blog almost daily and sometimes leave a comment. That is half, if not more, of the fun of blogging!

Which is why I would like to point out Jellynat's blog to you. I've been going through her blog and it amazes me that she has been blogging for about 5 months now and only just now reached 50 followers! She has great pics, interesting articles and her writing style is both personal and informative. She deserves more followers so you need to check her out!

To celebrate that she reached 50 followers she is giving away these beauties:



Essie "Mod Squad" (lovely hot pink) and Sinful "Crystalline" (sky blue with light aqua shimmer).

You can click on the pic to go to the giveaway. The giveaway is open to international followers and ends March 1st at 11:59.

And if you are a blogger please point her blog out to your readers. We've all been there and we need to help each other out every once in a while. ;)