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.

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".

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".

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.

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.

Good god Bow polish and "Moon landing" stamping nail art with MoYou London Sci-Fi 03

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I have something magical, multichrome Bow polish called Good god. It's mainly purple with a transition to green through gold and it has holographic particles. And I was able to capture this transition, so I'm super happy with my swatch pictures. Since this polish looks like a galaxy on your nails, it became a base for my "Moon landing stamping". Foolishly, I used Color club topper Concrete jungle after stamping. It sort of took away multichrome effect, but still look nice, just not as I imagined it.

Results

Figure 1. Good god swatch and  "Moon landing" stamping.

40 great nail art ideas:Turquoise plaid nail design glowing in the dark.

Introduction

Good day darlings. It's already Saturday and I'm ready to share my Aqua/Turquoise design for 40 great nail art ideas collaboration. This time I was supposed to make houndstooth, tweed or plaid design, as you can see I chose plaid with a little twist. First of all background is made using two glow in the dark Dance legend polishes, their mix creates perfect base. And second on my accent nail I added heart shaped foil stamping, because Valentine's day is approaching so fast. Let me know in comments what do you think about this nail design.

Results

Figure 1. "Turquoise plaid heart".

Bow polish Andromeda swatch plus purple & green stamping

Introduction

Good day darlings. This post is my contribution to When colors collide Purple & green prompt. I started with gorgeous purple-blue duochrome Andromeda (figure 2). Given that it also contains green flakies this was a perfect base. Bow polish is actually a new brand created by Dance legend with a unique bottle style and good quality. I bought this polish and Russia, but now international shipping is available if you buy directly from Dance legend site (link at the end of my post). For stamping I used one image from MoYou London Explorer 18 plate and two stamping colors purple & green. It's a simple design, but all components work nicely together,

Results

Figure 1.  "Purple & green"

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".

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"

Challenge your nail art: "Silver & gold Christmas" with Mona Lott from The don Deeva

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Merry Christmas darlings, have a wonderful time with your family and friends. Here is silver and gold Christmas nail design which you might enjoy on this special day. I used wonderful silver glitter from The Don Deeva called Mona Lott on top of the nude peel of base and added some real gold particles using Gold leaf topper from Dance legend. To complete this look I also applied golden Christmas tree and snowflakes from Bundel monster. Using metallic confetti is really challenging for me, but I think this design turned out much better than last year. In fact it was super sparkly, but I completely failed to catch it with my camera. Next time I'm gonna use this glitter on a sunny day and you will see how gorgeous it actually is.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Silver & gold Christmas"

HPB presents: Glitter placement nail art with Dance legend Mountain snow "Christmas glitters"

Introduction

Good day darlings. Today I have something special, my first real glitter placement nail design inspired by hand made Christmas ornament which I found online. I used 1 coat of Dance legend Mountain snow as background and placed white and pale mint green glitters on top. It was easier and not as time consuming as I thought, guess it's because these glitters are quite large. I love how sparkly and original my nails look, really like mini ornaments, ready for Christmas tree.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Christmas glitters"

Aquatic nails with Picture polish, pearls, shells and BM 509 stamping "Blue sea treasures" for #OMD3

Introduction

Good day darlings, I have a huge post today. It combines two entries for #OMD3 challenge - Under the sea and #mynailsandmydrink, two entries for July macro challenge - gradient and nail +bottle and finally studs entry for 30 Days of Colour. How did I manage to combine all of these? I did my both hands with slightly different designs, long and short nail versions of the same sea themed mani. On the left hand I used 3 polishes for gradient, while on the right hand with shorter nails I used only two colors of Picture polish and added studs only on the accent nail. Stamping was done using silver polish from Moon nails supply called Antonio and it complements perfectly this aquatic gradient. I used both top coat and nail glue to fix studs, but they did not stay for a long time anyway. Apart from being super inconvenient to wear, I love this look a lot. This amazing gradient with silver stamping is just so perfect for the sea themed mani.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Blue sea treasures".

HPB Presents: dance legend Roz with Bundle Monster stamping plate 617 "Pink leaves"

Introduction

Today I have another old mani which I made after swatching Roz. This stamping was done with pastel pink MdU to complement pink color shift of Roz and I applied green shimmer top coat Lady liberty to highlight green color shift. I'm not sure if green shimmer was necessary it's nicely visible only on macro shots and at certain angles. But I think that floral pastel pink stamping fits Roz very well. Especially I like those tiny circles on stamping image which look a bit like morning dew and give freshness.

Results

 Figure 1. Nail art "Pink leaves"

Tribal stamping nail art with Enchanted polish Freeze machine "Triangle gradient"

Introduction

I hope you are not tired of thermal polish, because today I have stamping combined with glitter gradient and thermal polish. If you follow my blog you might recognize two previous swatches as a base for this tribal stamping (Termo trio 1 and Freeze machine). I simply love this final version with stamping, all elements just works perfectly together and due to the thermal sensitivity you have several different looks in one mani.  My favorite is medium cold version with purple background and dark blue tips. I can say that my love for thermal polish gets dipper every time I use one.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Triangle gradient"

Stamping nail art Silver fantasy with Dance legend Steel panther

Introduction

This stamping was done after I swatched Steel panther, but I never had time to share it. Stamping image comes from Emily de Molly plate and I absolutely love it, because it looks good in many combinations of colors and stamps perfectly. If you have shorter nails, you also can choose which portion of it to use and achieve different looks. Silver holographic flakes under stamping sparkle in the sunlight and look fantastic on macro shots. I'm not sure, but something is going on with colors today. Stamping polish Fantasy is purple/violet, if you see this stamping as blue, it's not accurate :( and please let me know about it.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Silver fantasy".

30 Days of Colour: Fimo fruit nail art with leadlighting using OPI sheer tints "Glazed fruits"

Introduction

Today is Mother's day and we were supposed to use white/leadlighting for 30 Days of Colour challenge. I really wanted to do something special, as this is my first Mother's day as a mom and decided to be creative with leadlighting and combine it not with stamping, but with fimo fruits. Why fruits? Because they are a good natural source of vitamins and vitamins are so important for healthy baby development. Also these nails look bright and fun, like a delicious glazed fruits that kid would love to eat ;) Happy Mother's day everyone, and if your mom is not with you, I wish your day to be full of sweat memories.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Glazed fruits"

Picture polish Honey moon and Baby boy stamping nail art

Introduction

This nails art was inspired by my little baby boy and was difficult to finish because of faulty stamping plate. Two images which I really wanted to use (on my thumb and index finger) would not stamp completely, so I had to use several tricks, like making decal, partial stamping and painting missing parts with brush to complete this look. All totally worth it, even though time consuming. Did you have bad stamping plate and how did you use it?

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Baby boy".

30 Days of Colour: Dance legend Termo trio 1 swatch

Introduction

Day 26 of  Colour challenge is about re-swatching nail polish. I started my blog recently and did not post too many swatches before this challenge, that's why I decided to show polish which I swatched for myself about a year ago. Also it's thermo polish and there was no special day for this kind of polish. This polish is by Dance legend is called Termo trio 1 and has 3 different colors. Dependent on the temperature you can either see combo of any 2 colors or all 3 of them, how cool is that? Thermal effect of this polish is really prominent and I enjoy wearing it so much. It also makes beautiful gradient for nail art (here I combined it with glitter gradient). On all pictures dark blue corresponds to cold temperature, purple to medium and sky blue to warm.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with Termo trio 1.

30 Days of Colour: Enchanted polish Freeze machine swatch

Introduction

The newest polish in my collection was Freeze machine, gorgeous glitter created by Enchanted polish, which I was able to get at last NPC restock. I decided to combine it with Termo trio polish by Dance legend and to emphasize thermal gradient I applied more glitter at the tips of my nails. It looks like this combination is a perfect match to show sparkling beauty of Freeze machine. It looks especially stunning in normal conditions, when nail tips are turning into darker purple-blue color instead of pale blue. Below you can see plenty of pictures, because I wanted to show how it looks at different temperatures.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with  Freeze machine.