Wednesday, March 30, 2016

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.

Saturday, March 26, 2016

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.

Friday, March 25, 2016

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"

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

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.

Monday, March 21, 2016

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.

Saturday, March 19, 2016

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".

Sunday, March 13, 2016

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.

Friday, March 11, 2016

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.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

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"

Thursday, March 3, 2016

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".

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

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"