St. Patrick Nail Marathon

Well may be not really Marathon, but i have 2 green manicures for you this year, one for today and one for tomorrow. I finally remembered about this holiday, this is my first year to remember :)
That was a pleasure to make this manicure, because i recently realized that i have a quite broad selection of different shades of green in my Nail polish collection.
So, on this particular manicure i created extra dimension effect with the additional layering holo green stamp underneath the leave. That was quite hard to capture on the pics, but it actually turned out interesting and playful.

In Gilded Cage

The idea for today's manicure came to me a while ago, and I had it written amongst the ideas in my notebook. I think when I originally thought of the idea, I envisioned the cage black, but I think this way works too! :)



I used Orly Snowcone as a base, with American Apparel Manila for the yellow birds, and China Glaze Salsa over Sally Hansen All the White Stuff for the red birds. American Apparel Hassid for the legs and the eyes, and China Glaze 2030 from Khrome Collection for the birdcages.

Bridal nails - sweet and girly!

Ok so I had an appt last week with these 3 girls and they are triplets! So kawaii! Next time I also want to give birth to twins or triplets or more!


The eldest sis's nails. And she's also the bride. I started working on her nails with absolutely no idea on the nail design. Then slowly, she started telling me on her preference n her gown design.. so this is the final product! :D Cute bows, pearls, blings, strings of silver beads.



Clear glitter pink base. Lovely!


And her favourite thumbs. ♥

Bridal nails - sweet and girly!

Ok so I had an appt last week with these 3 girls and they are triplets! So kawaii! Next time I also want to give birth to twins or triplets or more!


The eldest sis's nails. And she's also the bride. I started working on her nails with absolutely no idea on the nail design. Then slowly, she started telling me on her preference n her gown design.. so this is the final product! :D Cute bows, pearls, blings, strings of silver beads.



Clear glitter pink base. Lovely!


And her favourite thumbs. ♥

Simple glitter gel

A set of really simple glitter gel nails.


See the dark blue glitter! So mysterious and pretty!


A super close up. The dark blue glitter fades out nicely towards the nail bed. Ahhh. ♥

Simple glitter gel

A set of really simple glitter gel nails.


See the dark blue glitter! So mysterious and pretty!


A super close up. The dark blue glitter fades out nicely towards the nail bed. Ahhh. ♥

Show Me Your Tooth.

Today's nails are simple, bread class wears me out, so I usually don't have much time to paint my nails before I fall into a bread class induced coma. I did, however, get a chance to use my new American Apparel Office polish that I got the other day. This polish, sadly, was less than stellar. The color is amaaaaazing, but it took 3, and probably should've used 4, coats to have full coverage, a far cry from my beloved 1-coat Hassid. Seems like the AA polishes are hit-and-miss pigment-wise. They're all great great great colors, but some are vastly more pigmented than others. Anyway.



I used American Apparel Office as a base, with China Glaze Millennium applied with Konad Plate m63. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Spring in Japanese Style with French Touch

Hello Dear Readers.
Despite the fact that today's manicure is made in the Japanese style it was inspired by sheer and beautiful Color Club - French Kiss Collection that i recently got.
I dont even know how i came up with the idea, i am generally not so good at drawing sakura.
However i like the result, and i am so impressed by the new polishes.
I actually looked up online how to spell "SPRING" in Japanese language. It is represented by several characters so decided just to pick one that i liked the most.
Of course, i did not manage to make exact spelling, so i woudl say that my drawing is just inspired by this character -the last one.
Spring: Haru, はる, 春
And if any of you know some Japanese, please dont pay attention to the character i added in photo shop, it is just random character and i have no idea what it means, i just got the picture from internet. Hope it does not say anythign bad :)



This is right hand

On the Dotted Line

Hey all! Today's manicure was inspired by a set of notecards that I found in the $1 section of Target!! I love graphic prints, and one of my favorite color combos is aqua and chocolate brown...soooo... here you go!

The inspiration:



The nails:



I used China Glaze For Audrey as a base, with Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme for the dots and lines. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat. (Kinda makes it look like they're wrapped in cellophane, like the notecards!! :-P

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