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"

June macro challenge: neon pink and green matte gradient with floral Mundo de Unas stamping "Pink & green harmony"

Introduction

It's a matte day in June macro challenge and I decided to share this matte neon gradient, which was a base for "Dragon fruit" nails. I did not know which color to use as a base for gradient and went with white Julep Nicolette, not a perfect choice as it shows through on some pictures. My favorite part about this mani is how stamping polish matches gradient colors and gorgeous matte shimmer.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Pink & green harmony"

Guest post at Tales of coffee lacquer and beauty plus Duck polish story

Introduction

It's a very unusual post today. First of all I want to say that you can read my guest post at Tales of coffee lacquer and beauty. Take a look, it's stamping over water marble and I was really happy to write it for Sumeet. Here is one picture, as you can see I used metallic Kleancolor polish for stamping.

Another news is that I wrote to the Born pretty store and they agreed to send me some stamping plates for review. It's very exciting, since so far I was always purchasing things myself. I'm looking forward to work with them, those BP plates which I have stamp really nice. My review post will have clear indication that these plates were a press sample, but I promise to stay truthful as usually.

Finally, there was a contest at Polish stamping plate Coop where we were supposed to create a scene using nail polish bottles. I got so carried away, that I made a whole story in four scenes.

30 Days of Colour: Neon gradient with double stamping and Enchanted polish 7 nations army "Geometric escape" or "Dragon fruit"

Introduction

I did not have any new textured polish for textured/geometric prompt in June 30 Days of Colour, so I went with geometric. The background for white triangle stamping is a bit complex. I started with neon gradient, and added some floral stamping. This looked super pretty and I'll publish it as a separate mani next week (you can find it here). however it did not look complete, so I used it as a base for this challenge and added some triangles from BM 414 plate.  Still could not stop and added gorgeous glitter with holo effect 7 nations army as a topper, only after that I was fully satisfied.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Geometric escape" or "Dragon fruit"

30 Days of Colour: Indie polish neon watermarble and Mundo de Unas stamping with MoYou Explorer 23 "African masks"

Introduction

My second June entry for 30 Days of Colour challenge Neon/splatter is a actually a stamping over neon water marble, so no splatter part. Water marble was done using decal technique, you can find detail in the original post. I was not sure which king of stamping to do and used African tribal masks from MoYou Explorer plate. It looks rather unusual, and I can not decide how I feel about this mani. My favorite is ring finger with sad mask, even though this stamping image makes nail look a bit crooked.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "African masks"

Water marble decals with neon Indie polish "The brighter - the better"

Introduction

Neon water marbles are one of the hottest trends currently and I was really sad because of my no buy I could not get any new polish, to try it. Not for long though, just until I realized that neon matte collection which I bought during winter could be good for marbling. And my intuition was right, they marbled perfectly (Figure 1 and 2)!!! I used 1 coat of yellow  Don't forget the sunscreen as a background and made water marble decals for all fingers except ring finger. I tried this technique before with Picture polish and loved how clean it's compared to regular water marble. This time I took photo of dried marble to show you (Figure 2, last two pictures), is not it cool?  For my ring finger I used regular dip in method and it also worked fine, but I noticed that marble got more stretched and a bit less vivid, which was not surprising since you push on the marble to get it on your nail. Making water marble decals also allows to achieve perfect positioning and saves a lot of polish. I love this bright final look and how neon green and pink became warmer due to the yellow background.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "The brighter - the better".

Indie polish Drinks with umbrellas, stamping over neon pink "Neon pink zebra roses"

Introduction

This mani is a bit of a failure, because it looks like neon pink zebra, while stamping image actually had roses, but it's really hard to recognize them. I swatched this bright pink matte polish with a cute name Drinks with umbrellas long time ago (here) and thought that it's a perfect base for bright roses. Sadly due to the small size of my nails roses got lost. Not every stamping turns out as you imaging it, especially over glitter and there was a layer of glitter Ode to the elite for extra sparkle. How is your success with stamping over glitter, do you have any tips? Please share your thoughts in comments.

Results

Figure 1. nail art "Neon pink zebra roses".

30 Days of Colour: Lead light stamping "Dancing beauty"

Introduction

Day 12 is about jelly polish and I want to show nail art done with leadlight stamping technique. It's called "Dancing beauty" and was inspired by my best friend, we know each other more than 16 years and she is amazing ballroom dancer and teacher. I had this idea about a month ago and was waiting for my nails to grow long enough. The main challenge in this  art was to make stained-glass windows around dancer and flower, as I did not have stamping image of widow with space. So I had to make stamping decal and cut it into pieces to combine different parts of windows into one with the space in the middle. Also, the stamping image which I used for windows was asymmetrical and it was super hard to position it, as it never looked straight.  Nevertheless, I really like final result and sparkle of Dark crystal on the background makes it even more special.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with "Dancing beauty".

30 Days of Colour: Mundo de Unas dark green floral stamping "Green and greener"

Introduction

It's day 5, the color is green and I swatched dark green Mundo de Unas stamping polish, which I never used before. My base color is also green - beautiful Frolic in the ocean by Indie polish, which I swatched in March. The dark green stamps really crisp and easy, as most of Mundo de Unas polishes and in the bottle it does not separate as badly as others. Even though it's a very dark color, you can stamp it over black and it'll be visible. You can check stamping swatches over black and white in my review of 30 Mundo de Unas polishes here. To make this stamping more interesting I applied a layer of golden glitter on top of the Frolic in the ocean, and only after that stamped my floral design.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with "Green and greener".

ABC: challenge: Ode to the Elite by Emily de Molly

Introduction

We are already at letter "O" and only now I'm going to show you glitter - discontinued polish from Emily de Molly called Ode to the elite. It's a silver holographic glitter with large stars, butterflies, hexagons and squares plus many more small elements. Pink background may not be the best to show all the beauty of this glitter, but it emphasizes versatility of Ode to the elite. You can apply it on almost any kind of base and have a good, sparkling result.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with Ode to the elite.

Swatch Indie polish - Don't forget sunscreen

Introduction

Sunny and bright Don't forget sunscreen is the last polish from "Meet me in Mexico" collection by Indie polish. It does not have matte finish as other polishes in this collection, but  it has satin finish which looks really nice. As most yellow polishes it requires three coats to be opaque, but they dry fast. I used this polish for "Honeybee" nail art and was really happy with the results.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with Don't forget sunscreen.

Drinks with umbrellas by Indie polish swatch

Introduction

Third polish from "Meet me in Mexico" collection by Indie polish is bright barbie pink with appropriate name - Drinks with Umbrellas. This is the most flashy pink in my collection, for my taste it's a bit to bright to wear alone, but perfect as a base for nail art. However I'm sure many of pink lovers will find it a wonderful addition to their existing pink pile, due to unusual and really gorgeous matte finish of Drinks with Umbrellas. And similar to Blazing sunburn and Frolic in the ocean it has a delicate shimmer and pleasant smooth surface when it dries.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with Drinks with umbrellas.

Swatch Indie polish - Frolic in the ocean

Introduction

This week I decided to show you the rest of "Meet me in mexico" matte polish collection created by Indie polish. At the end of February I posted swatches of sizzling Blazing sunburn and today I have refreshing Frolic in the ocean. It's color and texture brings up my memories of tropical ocean calling for the long and joyful swim. Having it on your nails is like going for a small vacation. I show it with no top coat in its gorgeous matte finish, but it also looks great with glossy top or even better with gold shimmer, as shown here.

Results

Figure 1. Collage with Frolic in the ocean.

Konad back pearl nail art "Honeybee"

Introduction

There was only one polish starting from letter "K" among my untried ones - Konad stamping polish Black pearl. Therefore I used it to create this bee themed nail art. I have to say that this polish stamps very well and yet I hate it. Why? You probably noticed that my index and ring fingers have black background, I had to redo them completely after I applied top coat on my nails stamped with Konad, because it smeared so badly. And I tried two glossy topcoats and one matte, I gave it super long time to dry (6 hours), nothing helped. It was very frustrating as all my stamping work was just ruined. Since black pearl polish was smearing terribly, I left remaining fingers without any topcoat for this pictures. I did mattify black fingers stamped with yellow Mundo de Unas and surprise, surprise no smearing whatsoever. I love my MdU polish and Konad black pearl is going to "better do not use" box.

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Honeybee".

ABC challenge: Frolic in the ocean by Indie polish + Glam by LA colors.

Introduction

Hello, I'm back* to following ABC challenge and decided to cover in 1 mani three missing letters: F, G and I. There was no untried polish for letter H in my collection, otherwise I would have to through it in, as well ;) Honestly, I'm really glad that I decided to combine Frolic in the ocean by Indie polish and Glam, they match each other perfectly. Gold shimmer in the Glam turns cold teal of Frolic in the ocean into tender spring green. To make pictures a bit more interesting used my wooden necklace instead of bottle. Please let me know if you like how it looks.

Results

Figure 1. Frolic in the ocean + Glam.

Swatch Indie polish - Blazing sunburn

Introduction

Today I wanna show you my favorite matte polish from new "Meet me in Mexico"collection released by Indie polish. It's gorgeous Blazing sunburn - coral polish with a touch of pink shimmer. This one is just breathtakingly beautiful on it's own, and also looks great with shiny topcoat (you can see it for yourself here). Moreover, matte finish makes the surface of this polish such a delight to the touch. If you wear Blazing sunburn you will not be able to take your eyes of it or stop touching your nails, so be extra careful ;)

Results

Figure 1. Blazing sunburn from "Meet me in Mexico"collection.

HPB Presents: "Tender hearts" nail art with Indie polish Blazing sunburn

Introduction

St. Valentine day is over, but I could not miss opportunity to create Valentine's nails for the HPB group to which I was accepted only recently. So this post contains my "Tender hearts" nail art made using stamping decal technique and not only includes links to other Valentine nails on my blog, but also to all nail arts created by other bloggers from HPB group. Please check them out, they are super gorgeous. I'm really excited to be in this group, as it's full of interesting and useful information and personal advices from experienced nail art bloggers. So much to learn and I love to learn :)

Results

Figure 1. Nail art "Tender hearts".