40 great nail art ideas: 3 shades of red /orange and Dance legend From Russia with love

Introduction

Good day darlings. I brought some magnetic polishes from Russia and one of them called From Russia with love was perfect for orange prompt. You can find swatches below two coats on op of black polish. Also I combined it with another wonderful light orange Sunset funfair and some holographic orange flowers in order to make negative space mani for 40 great nail art ideas challenge. It's a simple design, but flowers and polish itself play with different colors in the sunlight, so it was a lot of fun to wear it.

Results

Figure 1. Dance legend From Russia with love.

Femme fatale March hare and Infamous riddle swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. I'm back from my vacation and finally have time to write a blog post. You will find below two gorgeous Femme fatale polishes from Mad Tea-party collection. First one is olive green with orange shimmer called Infamous riddle. This polish is very unique and looks great on my fingers. I applied two coats of this polish, took pictures and realized that it would be a great base for March hare. Therefore, one coat was sufficient to show all the beauty of this golden-brown polish full of holographic microglitters and intense green shimmer. Finally, I could not resist and added stamping design combined with some dotting to complement these pretties. Love how glitters sparkle behind stamped image. Check out my IG for video tutorial.

Results

 Figure 1. March hare and Infamous riddle.

40 great nail art ideas: Pink needle drag floral design

Introduction

Good day darlings. I'm on vacation in Russia, but I'll try to write couple blog posts and share some pictures on IG. This week challenge for 40 great nail art ideas was pink & lilac and my specific prompt was needle drag. I just received this gorgeous pink-lilac jelly with copper glitter - Wear it like armour Cadillaquer, perfect shade for spring and for this challenge. However it would not work as a base for needle drag technique as it requires 3 coats to reach opacity. That's why I did needle drag design using clear base polish and bright pink-magenta polish called Electra on top of the silicone mat, let it dry and applied as decals. Also, I added some individual glitters on top so that it would look like flowers. On pictures it looks a bit messy, but in real life those flowers looked wonderful. And did I mention that I'm in love with this particular shade of lilac? I'm sure you'll see it again on my blog.

Results

Figure 1. Floral dry marble design and Cadillaquer Wear it like Armour

40 great nail art ideas: Zoya Darcy swatch with Tom & Jerry nail design

Introduction

Good day darlings. I had a one week break from anything nail-related, but now I'm back. And I have a sunny yellow cream to show you - Darcy by ZOYA. I'm super happy with this yellow, both color and application are fantastic. It was opaque already after two coats, but I did use nude colored base. The second part of this post is nail design inspired by kids TV, which I did for 40 great nail art ideas challenge. It was a perfect opportunity to use Tom & Jerry water decals form Born pretty store and try cheesy nail. On figure 1 you can see shiny version, while on figure 2 decals are mattified, not a big difference though. I love how bright and cheerful it looks, definitely brings some of my childhood memories  back. What is your favorite T&J episode? Mine is with frozen kitchen - Mice follies.

Results

Figure 1. Tom & Jerry nail design and Zoya Darcy.

Emily de Molly Calibrated and purple holographic glitter placement

Introduction

Good day darlings. I have another glitter placement design this time with holographic purple and gold glitters. Perfect background for this glitter is wonderful Emily de Molly polish - Calibrated. I could not resist and added some swatch pictures below. Calibrated is a purple jelly, but since it's full of multichrome flakies two coats were enough for full coverage. Oh and another important step, instead of regular base polish I used transparent peel of base and removal was super easy. Looks like glitter placement is going to be one of my favorite techniques. 

Results

Figure 1. Holographic purple glitter placement and Calibrated swatch.

40 great nail art ideas: Spring sakura glitter placement and stamping nail art.

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I have beautiful spring design combining stamping and glitter placement. First I applied on coat of each peach and green Loreal Flower bohem glitter toppers, avoiding large flowers. Next I stamped black tree branches using MdU polish. Finally, I added some large flowers on top and put yellow small glitters in the middle of each flower. Covered it with a generous layer of clear top coat and enjoyed this delicate Spring Sakura look. Please check out my IG if you want to see video totorial. Wishing all of you pleasant and jolly Easter weekend.

Results

Figure 1.  Spring sakura.

Fair maiden Hyper and Mischievous and floral water marble decal

Introduction

Good day darlings. I continue to use my Fair maiden Rainbow brights for water marble. This time I combined blue and green colors for floral design on middle and ring finger. These flowers turned out really pretty, but I had to cut them to fit my nails. On index and pinky i did simple french which was super easy, I applied one stroke of green Mischievous on top of semi-dry blue Hyper, let it dry and topped with Rainbow juice Enchanted polish.

Results

Figure 1. "Blue and green flowers"

Colors by llarowe Silence swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I wanna share these sunny swatches of wonderful flakie polish called Silence. I took these pictures long long time ago and forgot about them until I saw sunshine prompt at 30 days of colour challenge. The combination of thermal Gossamer dust and Silence does look like a sunshine on your nails is not it? Check out macro at the end of my post to see how flakies change their color from yellow-green to pinkish gold dependent on the angle.

Results

Figure 1.  Silence swatch.

Emily de Molly Natural beauty Baby boomers and Shamrock foil stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. Belated post with st. Patrick's nails designs. My base was a baby boomer french with Natural beauty Emily de Molly. On top of it I did foils stamping using gold and green holographic foils from born pretty store. And finally I added one coat of green jelly with holo microgliters - Ursula. Honestly I liked all three stages of this design, especially baby boomers, which look more delicate and feminine compared to regular french.

Results

Figure 1. Lucky Shamrock nail art and Baby boomers.

40 great nail art ideas:3 shades of green Mermaid dry marble nail design

Introduction

Good day darlings. My prompt for 40 great nail art ideas was scale/mermaid design. I decided to combine dry marble and stamping to create mermaid nails with 3 different shades of green polish. It was a first time I tried dry marble on top of the silicon mat and it definitely was easier than on the nail. Although I need to practice more, so that I can get consistent results for all nails.

Results

Figure 1. "Green mermaid".

Mosaic water marble nail design with Pipe dream polish

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I have another crazy water marble. This time it was created using Pipe dream polish. This polish does water marble fantastically and gives prefect super clear circles. But I was really fascinated by green bubbles appearing through orange and decided to use this effect for my design. If you are interested in the video tutorial check out my IG. I let water marble dry and applied it as decals. Finally, I added some Japaneses mosaic stamping on top and it really changed this look. Let me know which version do you like more with or without stamping?

Results

Figure 1. Mosaic water marble.

40 great nail art ideas: Femme fatale Wonderland and Sea food gradient stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. It's Friday and I have food inspired mani for 40 great nail art ideas. It's a gradient stamping of sea food from MoYou London Cook book 12 stamping plate. Background is sparkly blue with strong pink shimmer called Wonderland. This polish looked so pretty that I could not resist and took some swatch pictures. Although for stamping I used 3 different colors, you can not really see them on the pictures. I guess it was too much of different blue shades for my camera.

Results

Figure 1. Sea food gradient stamping and Wonderland swatch.

Picture polish Moscow and MoYou London Zodiac 24 stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. I'm feeling little sick lately, so here is one of my old and never posted designs. Background is gorgeous burgundy Picture polish called Moscow. It has some holo particles, which I was trying to capture, experimenting with light. Simple stamping was done with silver MdU polish.

Results

Figure 1. Moscow swatch and abstract stamping.

40 great nail art ideas: Pastel neon gradient with animal print stamping "Sping zepard"

Introduction

Good day darlings. This week we were doing pastel designs for 40 great nail art ideas challenge and my prompt was "Leopard print". Recently I saw gorgeous many created by Clairestelle8 where she is turning neon polish into pastels and that's exactly what I did here. Basically, you have to add layer of white polish on your sponge after you applied neons (short video tutorial will be on my IG). Also i was inspired my animal print image from MoYou London Explorer 23 which combines both leopard and zebra print. So I decided to recreate it, but with different plates because I wanted more delicate image on my small nails. Given that I had to make it on my Cinderella right hand (two nails are broken on my left hand..) clear stamper from Born pretty store turned out to be very handy. I'm not a huge fan of animal print, but this mani turned out fantastic. Too bad on my pictures you can not see very well delicate holo sparkle from Djinn, but it looks marvelous in real life. Oh yeah, I call this mani "Spring zepard", let me know what do you think about it.

Results

Figure 1. "Sping zepard"

The Don Deeva polish Anita Woody and scale stamping nail art "Blue mermaid"

Introduction

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Good day darlings. I made these "Blue mermaid nails" using wonderful glitter from The Don Deeva polish - Anita Woody applied on top of the nude glitter base. For scales stamping I used Violet MdU and Gold El Corazon polish. Since gold stamping was a bit lost, I decided to sponge some more glitter on top of it. And voila mermaid nails ready, it was also super easy to remove all this glitter. Dance legend makes amazing glitter bases, they come off nicely, you just have to hold hands under warm water for sometime.

Results

Figure 1. "Blue mermaid".

Sinful colors Cream pink and dotting water marble nail art "Pink dotting marble"

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today's challenge for #watermarblepracticewednesday was to in incorporate dots. Well... I literally made water marble with dots and it was the most interesting WM idea I ever tried. I'made video tutorial to show you how exactly i droped polish in the water (Figure 4). Obviously I had to let WM dry and make decals out of it otherwise dots would be ruined. It dried in the cup for 24 hours before I made decals. I was delighted to see how it turned out, and took pictures right away. Unfortunately it never dried completely and after waking up in the morning I could see many dents and surface became uneven, what a disappointment. Next time, I'll try different polish and see if it will dry better.

Results

Figure 1. "Pink dotting marble"

Color club Harp on it swatch and stamping nail art "Holographic love"

Introduction

Good day darlings. I finally purchased legendary holo polish from Color club - Harp on it. Today I'm sharing swatch and simple black stamping on top of this holo beauty. It was so sparkly, I could not believe my eyes. Love it and really need more holo Color clubs. Now I just have to try does it really stamp as good as rumor says ;)

Results

Figure 1. Harp on it and "Holographic love".

40 great nail art ideas: Fashion inspired stamping "Green flowers"

Introduction

Good day darlings. For fashion inspired prompt at 40 great nail art ideas I chose beautiful dress from Topshop with green floral pattern. And although it's a white dress, very pale blue polish Lebedushka turned out to be a wonderful background for this design. Surprisingly these flower images are from Pet'la plate Flake no more, I guess it makes them winter/early spring flowers. You can heck out short video tutorial on my Instagram, I'm using clear jelly stamper from Born pretty store for the first time. And it stamps really well, after you get used to it.

Results

Figure 1. "Green flowers".

HPB presents: Enchanted polish Majestic swatch and free hand "Little penguin" nail art

Introduction

Good day darlings. This month for HPB blog link-up we are showing our first indie brands. It might surprise you, but my first purchased indie brand was Enchanted polish. At that time I did not even know it was an indie brand (I did not know what "indie polish" is). I just saw that on FB page of my online nail polish store NPC everyone was excited about upcoming restock of elusive Enchanted polish and discussed how hard it's to get them (this was autumn 2013 and Enchanteds were in very high demand). I decided to try it for myself and get some of this polish. My first restock was quite successful Afternoon delight and Time to pretend, both are fantastic colors. Now my collection of Enchanted polish is expanded and includes some rare beauties such as Gummy worm. My choice for this link-up is Majestic - grey holo with lilac undertone. It's a very pretty shade and it became a perfect background for "Little penguin" free and nail art, inspired by my little boy. Pictures were taken shortly after Andy turned one year and I loved his cute face and outfit so much that I promised myself to create matching nail art. It took me very long to find courage and paint it free hand, but I'm super happy with results.

Results

Figure 1.  Enchanted polish Majestic swatch and "Little penguin" nail art.

Femme fatale Hundred year's winter swatch and dry marble glow in the dark nail art

Introduction

Good day darlings. It's been a while since I posted last swatch of Femme fatale polish, but I still have few of them left among untrieds. Meet Hundred years of winter, wonderful mauve polish with intense teal shimmer. I would never imaging that this shade of polish could steal my heart, but somehow added shimmer makes it irresistible for me. To complement Hundred year of winter, I decided to make glow in the dark dry marble design inspired by Sveta Sanders. Dry marble is definetly not that easy for me, but I'm pretty pleased with results. Of course my favorite look is while Black light (UV) is on.

Results

Figure 1. Hundred year's winter and floral dry marble.

40 great nail art ideas: Red ikat nail art

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I have red ikat nail design inspired by beautiful dress. This was my 40 great nail art ideas challenge for this week and I never did ikat nails before. I found pictures of this dress while looking for examples of ikat designs and immediately fell in love with it. Initially I planned to make more detailed drawing, but it was quite difficult... so I ended up with fairly simple result.

Results

Figure 1.  Red ikat nails.

Neon watercolor water marble with Fair Maiden Rainbow brights and MoYou London Pro XL14 stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. This water marble design was done for Purple, orange and pink prompt at When colors collide. I decided to make something which would look like watercolor splashes going one into another and that's exactly how it turned out. Nude base helped to achieve color different color intensity, although it was pretty difficult to photograph neon polish. After wearing these for couple days, I added metallic purple floral stamping on top and result was really wonderful. I'm serious in love with both versions and can not choose my favorite.

Results

Figure 1. Purple, orange & pink flower blend.

Valentine's gradient stamping nail art "Kiss me" with BPL 021

Introduction

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Good day darlings. I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's day. Here is my last (or maybe not) love inspired design called "Kiss me". I used gradient stamping over black polish and it turned out really pretty. This couple image from BPL-021 was quite popular for Valentines manicures and I decided to make not only a video tutorial, but also a short cartoon. Both videos will be posted on my IG, check them out <3

Results

Figure 1. "Kiss me"

40 great nail art ideas: Picture polish Wanderlust swatch and stamping nail art "Love affair"

Introduction

Good day darlings. This Friday our theme for 40 great nail art ideas was Love, and I used the pinkest and also newest polish in my collection Wanderlust. Two coats for a perfect coverage. Take a look at swatches, is not it gorgeous? Wearing Wanderlust is so easy to wander straight into love with this polish. Now back to the design... All stamped images are from love themed Marianne plate 67. I only added word LOVE and little black heart from Pueen 43 plate on my ring finger. And I could not resist and threw in some sparkle using holographic microglitter. Short video tutorial will be posted on my IG. Wishing all of you a Wanderlast ful weekend.

Results

Figure 1. "Love affair".

Picture polish Autumn swatch and gradient stamping nail art "Orange dahlia"

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I'm gonna show you all my favorite colors in one mani. Orange background is a wonderful Autumn from Picture polish. It has bright cheerful orange color and scattered holographic particles. Since this polish is a jelly you might need 3 coats for a full coverage, I used 2 coats and on some picture you can see free edge line. Nevertheless, I love this shade of orange. My two other favorite colors are yellow and green, so I combined them in a gradient floral stamping. Amazingly very pale yellow and neon green mixed together nicely and matched Autumn perfectly. Design looks bright and fresh and if you like it, check out video tutorial on my Instagram. 

Results

Figure 1. "Orange dahlia".