HPB presents: Gradient stamping "Yellow daisies"

Introduction

Good day darlings. This is my entry for January HPB link up with theme - gradient. I decided to do a gradient stamping. Background for this stamping is shattered glass inspired by Sveta Sanders using dried flakie polish cut into pieces. It turned out quite nice, but only after second attempt. For gradient stamping I choose floral images and two yellow polishes. Gradient turned out subtle, but I love how flowers show up on background and how flakies sparkle giving it a 3D look.

Results

Figure 1.  Nail art "Yellow daisies".

40 great nail art ideas: Films and glow in the dark "Dragon Haku" nail art

Introduction

Good day darlings. As soon as I saw "Films" prompt at 40 great nail art ideas, I knew that I'm going to make nail art inspired by one of my favorite anime movies "Spirited away" created by Hayao Miyazaki. One of the main characters in this Japanese fantasy is dragon named Haku, the spirit of the river. I adore him and luckily his image is included in the Miyazaki inspired stamping plate set from HeHe, which I bought as soon as it was released and use constantly. And I though it would be a nice opportunity to try my glow in the dark polish from Dance legend. Pink base polish is thermal and it was hard to decide which state I like more as a background. With pale pink it looked like fine delicate silk for vintage kimono, but images popped more on a bright pink background. I know one thing though, in the dark I could not stop looking at my nails. It was so fascinating to see different colors glow.

Results

Figure 1.  Glow in the dark "Dragon Haku".

Born pretty scale vinyls review and coupon code "Rainbow mermaid"

Introduction

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Good day darlings. Today I want to share review of nail vinyls from Born pretty store. They do not look like regular vinyls, but more like holo stickers and that's what is actually written on the package. But it's incredibly easy to work with them and the holo finish is so pretty to look at (Figure 2).  There are 12 sticker in the package (size 21 x 25 mm). You have to cut them, it's pretty easy to do following guide lines. On my medium size nails I was able to use half of the sticker per nail and it was just perfect. This vinyls stick really well to the polish and it's super easy to remove them as  whole piece. Some of the other brand vinyls which I used before would tear apart while removing them, no such problem here. I highly recommend this product, it's on sale currently only 1,99 $ and you  can also use my coupon code PHDX31 to get 10% from entire store. Oh, and do not forget to check out video tutorial for Rainbow mermaid nails, which I did using these scale vinyls and Lost my marbles from The Don Deeva polish.

Results

Figure 1. "Rainbow mermaid" nail design using scale vinyls.

Emily de Molly Throwing copper swatch and review

Introduction

Good day darlings. Trowing copper is a dusty bluish grey with strong turquoise shimmer containing copper, blue and green glitters of various sizes. Two coats are sufficient for full coverage. Glitters do not sink with time and pop out on the surface after application, effect which I love, because it looks awesome on macros. But if you plan to wear this polish on it's own it's better to use top coat.

Results

Figure 1. Throwing copper swatch.

Born pretty stamping plate BPL-23 review and coupon code.

Introduction

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Good day darlings. Today I have review of another stamping plate from Born pretty store BPL-23. This plate is super sweet it has images of various candies, fruits and drinks and can be used any time, as well as for some holiday themed manis. There are full nail images (size 15 x 21 mm) and small individual images, best of all they correlate between each other. For my design I made stamping decals from large image with tea cups for index and pinky. On the rest of my fingers I did gradient and stamped 3 different images on top. This combination turned out really pretty and I'm definitely going to use this plate in the future. If you are interested in BPL 023 it's currently on sale (only 3.99$), also fell free to use my coupon code PHDX31 to get 10% from entire store.

Results

Figure 1. "Tea love" stamping nail art using BPL-23

Liz Bein The Don Deeva polish and stamping nail art "Disintegratingillusion"

Introduction

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Good day darlings. Finishing this week with stamping nail design. Spirals for #clairestellechallenge and #stampingsaturday. Background is nude glitter base, 2 coats of wonderful holo/black glitter Liz Bein and stamping with black Mundo de Unas. I love this combination of images from MoYou London Illusion 02 plate and mini glitter background.

Results

Figure 1. "Disintegrating illusion".

40 great nail art ideas: 3 shades of purple half & half dotting nail desing

Introduction

Good day darlings. I'm happy to show you my second contribution to 40 great nail art ideas. This week prompt was 3 shades of purple and I had to make half & half design. The pile of my untrieds is getting significantly smaller, but I still have plenty of purples and it was a nice chance to use some of them. Because I really love how Final fantasy and Purple portion of Vincent van Gold duo look on there own, the design is rather simple. Yet it turned out so wonderful, that I was wearing these nails since Sunday !!! 

Results

Figure 1. "3 shades of purple"

Born pretty stamping plate BPL-32 review and coupon code.

Introduction

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Good day darlings. Today I want to show you another stamping plate from Born pretty store which I received for review. This was not the plate which I chose, although I was thinking to get it. BPL-32 is Christmas themed plate, but it has several images which could be used during entire winter season, snowflakes of various sizes, snowman and four sweater designs (size 15 x 21 mm). I'm especially happy about sweater designs, since I had only one among all of my plates. Also there is an image which I think represents pine cone scales  and that's what I used for my nail design. I did background using splatter technique and even after top coat application my nails were not completely smooth, nevertheless scales image transferred perfectly (look at the macros) and it was easy to position it. If you are interested in BPL 032 it's currently on sale (only 3.99$), also fell free to use my coupon code PHDX31 to get 10% from entire store.

Results

Figure 1. Stamping nail design "Pretty scales" using BPL-32.

Femme Fatale Blue within blue eyes

Introduction

Good day darlings. Another swatch of thermal Femme Fatale polish. This time it's a wonderful blue flakie from Dune collection -called Blue within blue eyes. It changes color from very pale blue at warm state to intense blurple when cold. This polish is also full of pink shimmer and teal green flakies. It look amazing no matter how warm your hands are.

Results

Figure 1.  Blue within blue eyes swatch.

Femme fatale Color4nails exclusive Ouija and Asphalt flowers nail art

Introduction

Good day darlings. Combined post for today. Swatch of incredibly beautiful holo glitter Ouija - Color4nails exclusive from Femme Fatale and nail art which I did with this polish as a base. Ouija has a dark grey base and is packed with holographic glitters, easy to apply and super sparkly. For nail art I used Croco polish from Russian brand Nail look, it cracks with very beautiful patterns, but you have wait about 4 minutes before application to let base polish semi dry. To finish this design I added some flowers using dotting tool, you can take a look at my video tutorial at the end of this post.

Results

Figure 1.  Ouija swatch and nail "Asphalt flowers".

Stamping Saturday: "Safari sunset marble" using The Don Deeva polish and stamping with MoYou London Explorer 23

Introduction

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Good day darlings. Today I have super bright and cheerful marble nails with Safari stamping. For marble decals I used two The Don Deeva polishes from Lost my marbles collection - Pink and Yellow. This polish is sheer neon jelly, so colors really pop if you apply them on top of the white background. After finishing with application of decals I decided that safari stamping would nicely complement these water marble patterns. And it turns out that I never did safari nails before, hard to believe, right? I'm super happy how they look all together, this might be my new favorite water marble design.

Results

Figure 1. "Safari sunset marble"

Born pretty store stamping plate BPL-025 review and coupon code plus 40 great nail art ideas

Introduction

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Good day darlings. This week I received my second package from Born pretty store for review - 3 stamping plates and nail vinyls. I will be posting reviews withing next two weeks. First plate which I chose is BPL-025 (Figure 1). It's a animal themed plate with two types of images. Full nail images (size 15 x 22 mm) and plenty of individual animals, which are super cute (Figure 2). Full nail images have quite large patterns which might not work well for someone with short nails, while individual animals are not that big and could be use even on smaller nails. I also love that some images come in pairs, for example bunnies and doves, so that you can mix and match them. I used only two images with birds for my nail design* (see at the end why exactly I chose this images). And because one of them was large with multiple birds I was able to stamp different birds on each nail, it was exactly what I wanted. This is the advantage of having large image and small nails, you can really choose which porting you want to stamp and be creative. BPL -025 is currently on sale you can buy it for 3.99$ or you can also use my coupon code PHDX31 to get 10% from entire store.

Results

Figure 1. BPL-025 and "Flying birds"

Two days wrong Femme fatale swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I have swatches of gorgeous pink thermal polish from Femme Fatale's Mad Tea-Party collection. It's called Two days wrong and changes color from very light pink in warm state to bright fuchsia in cold. On my fingers thermal shift was well noticeable and I had nice french tips. Two days wrong is also full of pink shimmer and has some flakes inside. Very feminine polish with a nice twist. 

Results

Figure 1. Two days wrong swatch.

"Neon marble fox" nail art using Fair maiden Rainbow brights collection.

Introduction

Good day darlings. I want to share another water marble. This time it's super special for me, because it's a foxy water marble and fox is my favorite animal. I used neon polishes from Rainbow brights collection by Fair Maiden. This collection was designed for water marble, so it was super easy to use it. I'm very happy with final look, so bright and foxy.

Results

Figure 1.  "Neon marble fox"

Water marble nail design "Morning flowers" with Color club Safari sunset

Introduction

Good day darlings. I'm back to my water marbling phase, because it's so much fun and versatile. Here is classic water marble design with non classic choice of colors and finishes. I have neon green Frolic in the ocean, pastel blue with slight shimmer Bikini so teeny and super shimmery peach Safari sunset. I really love how this mix looks together. What do you think?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Morning flowers"

Ivana Shagalot The Don Deeva and stamping nail art "Winter butterflies"

Introduction

Good day darlings. Nasty winter Sunday here, so I decided to cheer it up with Butterfly design using wonderful purple holo glitter Ivana Shagalot from The Brothel collection The Don Deeva polish and MoYou London Kitty plate full of butterfly designs. I wanted to use them all, but had to choose only two, one is a butterfly wing on my index, middle and pinky and second is little butterflies for ring finger and thumb. I love that this design turned out so airy like real butterflies.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Winter butterflies".

Cauldron of dreams Emily de Molly swatch

Introduction

Good day darlings. It has been a while since I posted any Emily de Molly swatches and I still have few untrieds from my summer purchases. Here is one of them gorgeous purple with multicolor micro flakies - Cauldron of Dreams. It has perfect formula and easy application, opaque in two coats. I did not use any top coat and it looks wonderful.

Results

Figure 1. Cauldron of dreams Emily de Molly swatch.

Femme Fatale Stand in the clouds and "Snow angel" stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. It's orthodox Christmas today, merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it today!!! Specially for you I wanna share this simple stamping design "Snow angel". Base polish has very appropriate name Stand in the clouds and looks gorgeous, although it was quite sheer and required 3 coats. Next time I'm gonna use it on top of green base.

Results 

Figure 1. Nail art "Snow angel"Femme Fatale

"Starburst" water marble nail design using The Don Deeva Lost my marbles jellies

Introduction

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Good day darlings. Today I have fresh water marble design using The Don Deeva polish from Lost my marble collection. I used two colors blue and purple, both water marble flawlessly. For this design I made water marble decals, because I do not like to deep my fingers and prefer to apply marbles after they dry. I noticed that water marbles with The Don Deeva polish dry quite fast, also they are very thin and flexible, which makes it really easy to apply as decals. Check out my video tutorial at the end of this post to see it for yourself. Since this design was done for #watermarblepracticewed propmt "Starburst" I added some glitter stars and purple microglitter to complement water marble.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Starburst"

"Snowy day" stamping nail art with Ivana Shagalot The Don Deeva polish.

Introduction

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Good day darlings. Today I have simple but nevertheless gorgeous design inspired by wonderful snowy snowy landscape which I found online. Base color is one coat of Loves wound Femme fatale, on top I applied one coat of Ivana Shagalot, super beautiful holo/purple glitter from The Don Deeva. And I finished stamping large snow flakes from Pet'la plate using Aqua Mundo de Unas. This is my entry for #clairestelle8jan challenge. You can find all prompts at the end of my post.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Snowy day".

Nail art with colorful foil stamping fireworks "Happy 2016"

Introduction

Good day darlings. I could not resist and made another firework stamping to celebrate new year. I was inspired by awesome blogger Zlata and used multicolor foil with added round glitter on top to write 2016. Unfortunately after glitter placement, fireworks became less bright, luckily I took some pictures before. If you are interested how I do foils stamping take a look at my video tutorial. So many people ask me about it and what are the trick which I use, that I decided to make a Foil stamping troubleshooting tutorial, with pictures and real time videos. It's gonna take me some time to put all info together, but I hope to post it this month. 

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Happy 2016".