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.

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"

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.

"Happy birthday" nail art with lead lighting using Lost my Marble The Don Deeva polish.

Introduction

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Good day darlings. February 5th is a birthday of amazing Danette creator of The Don Deeva polish. So I had to make this cute Birthday nail art specially for her. Of course I used polish from Lost my marbles collection, which she sent me for review a while ago. And I  finally can show you another awesome feature of this polish. It blends so perfectly and you can make new colors easily. On my ring finger I used yellow and pink to create wonderful orange color.
Happy Birthday dear Danette, sending you love hugs and kisses!!!

Results

Figure 1. "Happy birthday"

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".

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"

"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"

Picture polish nail art quarterly 1 "Flower power" and my free hand design "Flowers and snails"

Introduction

Good day darlings, today I finally can post my free hand design for the Picture Polish nail art contest (* #ppnailartquarterly1), on which I was working for the past two weeks. It was a real challenge and I made four different designs, you gonna see remaining three later.  The theme was "Flower power" and many people strongly associate this phrase with hippie culture. Since I'm a biologist, my nail art was inspired by the amazing power of flowers which we often disregard. World wide people enjoy the beauty of flowers, forgetting that originally the perform a very important function, they create habitat for numerous little creatures. I've always admired how flowers and animals can co-exist and become an essential part of each other's life. For this manicure I used Never Nude, Dragonfly and Hussy to create fictional dry brush flowers and little snails living among them. Accents were done using black and white acrylic paint. Snails have colors similar to those of flowers and can easily hide among them, while helping to spread pollen from one flower to another. I love the harmony of this mini ecosystem, don't you?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Flowers and snails"

Sinful colors Prosecco and reverse stamping nail art "Banana love" for #OMD3 challenge

Introduction

Hello my dear readers, today I have non conventional love nails for #OMD3 challenge. Look at this little cute monkey face, is not he happy? Of course he is, so many bananas around, that's true and pure love. Hmmm, not sure if bananas love him back, though... My base polish is Sinful color Prosecco, which was a gift from my wonderful friend Krise, thank you my dear <3 I used reverse stamping technique and stamped with Moon nails supply polish called Maria - a perfect color for this design. It stamped really well both tiny details and larger areas. Unfortunately, my reverse stamping is not very good yet and bananas do not look neat, but I hope you will forgive me. Enjoy your weekend and eat bananas, it's very good for your hearts :)

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Banana love"

30 Days of Сolour: Lilypad lacquer Where oceans meet and stamping nail art "Lizard skin"

Introduction

My third entry for May 30 days of Colour is not a green gradient, but green duchrome Where oceans meet from Lilypad lacquer with Lizard skin stamping. I did this stamping as a part of our  Co-op technical challenge (stamping image placement without decals). Since I was stamping with non dominant left hand and my nails were just long enough for Lizards it was quite challenging to achieve good placement. My trick was to squish nail into my Creative shop stamper, rather than placing stamper on top of the nail and it worked really well. I have to admit that one of the nails I had to re-stamp, because first attempt was unsuccessful, luckily Mundo de Unas polish is easy to remove using sticky tape :) What are your tricks for perfect placement of stamping image?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Lizard skin".