Halloween Themed: Graveyard

Good afternoon all! I have a themed nail art for you today, something I really enjoy doing. Because it's almost October I thought it was fun to start off with something for Halloween.


When I think of Halloween I think of spooky and scary things so I decided to go for a graveyard. This really was an easy design, I wanted to make a tutorial but I did this in the evening so it was too dark for pictures so I might do this some other time.

First off I started by painting my nails with Misa On the Edge, a gorgeous dark blue. I wanted it to look like night time and a little foggy so I decided to sponge a little. I used Misa On the Edge, H&M Love at First Sight and OPI DS Fantasy for this. After that I topped it with Essie Silver Bullions.


Second part of this manicure, using black and create outlines for the graveyard. I used a black striper but this is probably easier when you use a nail art pen. After creating these, you can colour them in. I didn't want it to be perfectly neat because with the black and blue a little mixed it looks like it's being lit by the moon or something, I think it's a nice little touch. The ghosts are created with a white striper.

Creating a tiny graveyard is fun, you can add pretty much everything you want. I added trees, different tombstones, crows and ghosts.


When you're done with the graveyard just top it off with a top coat and you're done!

Are you creating something special on your nails for Halloween?
Michelle

Glitter Puke

Hey everyone! I really like glitter polish but sometimes I don't want to wear a full mani with glitters so I always try to find something for it. Sometimes I do a glitter french or a moon manicure but last time I tried something different.


It's like someone puked glitters over my nails!

I like it when glitters pop out and have a contrasting colour underneath so when I was picking out colours I decided to go for a black background and silver glitter. The black I used is Diamond Cosmetics I'm Raven About You, one of my favourite blacks because it's not watery, it's opaque and even in two coats.


After applying the base colour I used the Essence Silver striper and started to create stripes from the tip of my nail towards the cuticle. All these stripes variate in length. When that was done I used Essie Silver Bullions and applied this pretty over all the stripes. You can use a striper for this but Silver Bullions is not that dense so I used the brush.

When done with that the next glitter that I applied was from China Glaze, Spellbound. I love this one and the orange glitters that are in it make this polish for me a special one. And last, but certainly not least, all this was topped with Misa Confection Section. There you have it, glitter puke.


I expected this to be all bumpy but that wasn't the case after I topped it with China Glaze Fast Forward top coat. Nice! This is a manicure I'm looking forward creating in different colours, I absolutely love it!

Thanks for stopping by! :-)
Michelle

Nail Art Tutorial: Striped!

Hi everyone! As promised the nail art tutorial of my striped manicure. :-)


First of all, pick the colours you want to use. If you do this while working on this manicure (and you are terribly clumsy) you will have a chance of ruining your manicure and we don't want that to happen! I have used: Essie Pretty Edgy, OPI Green-wich Village, OPI Damone Roberts 1968, Zoya Ivanka and Zoya Veruschka. I'm someone who wants their colours to match otherwise I'll start to annoy myself but do whatever you like! :-)

The other thing you need for this manicure is a striper. You can use a small brush for this or a striper brush. Striper brushes can be bought apart or in a nail art brush set. Mine has gone to heaven a while back so I cleaned out a striper polish I never used and I took that striper brush.


Make sure you clean it right after you've used it, otherwise you'll mix up polishes. You can use a cotton pad soaked in polish remover for this.

Now, on to the manicure. After you have applied your base coat, apply your base colour. I chose OPI Green-wich Village as my base colour, a very fresh green. You can wait for it to dry but I'm always kind of impatient so I continue right away with the next step.

Before you start keep in mind you don't want too much polish on your striper. If so, than can turn runny and become a droopy mess on your nail. Is your line too sheer? Wait a minute and pull another line on top of the first.

1. Take a polish and dip your striper in it. Pull a vertical line from the bottom of your nail to the top. I've created one stripe on the left side of my nail with Zoya Veruschka.

2. Repeat step 1. I created two lines on both sides of my nail with OPI Damone Roberts 1968.

3. Again, repeat step 1. I created one line on the right side of my nail with Essie Pretty Edgy.

4. And for the last time, repeat step 1. I created two lines on both sides with Zoya Ivanka. After that you seal it with a top coat.

If you don't like to read, here's picture material. You can click on these for an enlargement:



And the result:


Done! Easy nail art that everyone can create. If your hand isn't that steady make sure your wrist rests on something, like a table. This way your hand doesn't shake that much. I hope this was helpful for you!

Have a great day!
Michelle

2Nite it's Holo Time!

Hi guys! The first scheduled post for you today and I’m hoping it does show up haha. Let’s start this Monday with something funky!

I cleaned up my stash a few days ago and stumbled upon Essie’s Midnight Cami. I’m a sucker for blues but I totally forgot about this one! It’s a really dark, blackened blue with amazing blue shimmer. In the shade it looks like your normal black but just wait until it hits the sun!

Because I wanted to stamp with another China Glaze holo, and my choice is quite easy to make since I own two, I decided to use 2Nite as my stamping polish. 2Nite is a blue holographic polish and I thought it would fit really good as second colour over Midnight Cami. Now, let’s check out the result:

Ehm… Hello blue, where are you?! Too bad the shimmer doesn’t show up as much in the picture because it was there – only not that apparent. It doesn’t matter though because 2Nite is gorgeous and definitely one of the less hyped up OMG’s. Totally wrong if you ask me!

Above is a picture with too much light but it shows you the holo like I see it. In your face!

I hope you’re enjoying your Monday as much as I do and I’ll see you again tomorrow!

Pink to Purple

Hi guys! I've been really really really busy with all sorts of nail art these couple of days. I find myself wearing designs I didn't think I would wear and it's really fun learning yourself to create new things. Today I want to show you the gradient nails I did.

I've used a simple cleaning sponge for this because I couldn't find any old make up sponges, it worked pretty good though. I find gradient nails quite difficult to like because I always feel the line of the colours mixing to come off quite hard. Well, they do when I try this. I used Ciaté Fun Fair as my base colour and used Ciaté Main Stage and Talent Scout for the gradient. After that I used Essie Silver Bullions for a little bit of glitter and Essence Nail Jewels for some bling. Do I like this? No, not really, I don't like the transition of the colours. I'll try a gradient with other colours today and I hope I'll like that one more.

Have a nice day!

Tropical Turquoise

Hi everyone! Once in a while I like to create nail art I'd never wear or that looks really difficult to me. Linda showed me a nail magazine that has some pretty nice tutorials and I decided to make the Tropical Turquoise one yesterday evening. You can find the tutorial here. Now, I know it's in Dutch but they've created a very clear and easy to follow movie so it doesn't matter which language you speak.

The result of my creativeness (and boredom) last night:

 

You can click the pictures for an enlargement. I think it came out pretty nice. My nails are a little too short so I had to fill them up more than I'd like but it looks fun and I think I'll create a little bit more of these kind of designs. It's really fun to do!

I started off using China Glaze Towel Boy Toy, topped that with the nameless green of Charlotte Russe and Essie Silver Bullions on top of those two. I've used the Essence stripers for the flowers. For a finishing touch I've used the aqua and AB coloured rhinestones from Dollar Nail Art.

Would you consider creating a design like this yourself or would you rather have someone else doing this for you? Why?

Have a nice day and see you later!

Rawr!

Hi dear reader!

Today I'm wearing Essie's Greenport. Greenport is from the North Forth Collection and apparently it's hard to find now. I saw it on a British etailer site and I ordered it because the colour looked pretty darn awesome. And it iiiiiis! I can't remember the site so I'm sorry for the ones who wanted to order there. Greenport is a really pretty muted aqua.

Anyway, on to the pictures.

Something really weird happened. It was like my Konad stamp was oily (it wasn't) and it slipped off my pinky. I tried so save it and stamped again but the damage was done already and now my pinky looks like I was drunk while stamping. Luckily the rest worked out.

Also, trying to be creative in pictures isn't something that works for me because it looks like my thumb is cut off but HEY! Isn't it a nice scarf I'm holding?

I used China Glaze Awaken as my stamping polish and Konad plate M57.

That's it for now. Tomorrow I'm having a nailpolish playdate with Karin, Michèle, Daph and Natasja and I'm so looking forward!

Have a nice weekend!

Spring Mani's Part 2!

Hi dear reader!
As promised, the second part of my spring mani's! Above you see my dots design. I used Models Own - Beth's Blue as my base colour. With the dottingtool I placed two colours of dots on my nails, both Models Own polishes: Lemon Meringue and Lilac Dream.



My funky french! ;) This is Models Own - Lemon Meringue for the base and Feeling Blue for the french. The gems are from Essence, they have a cute nail jewel line.



Last, my mani that is based on a watermelon! Essie - Mint Candy Apple is used as my base colour. I created the lines using a really thin paintbrush and the following polishes: Essence - Not Just Cute, Diamond Cosmetics - Sparkling Sherry, Ciaté - Stiletto and Models Own - Slate Green.

I saved the best for last I think, these are really my favourite mani's out of the whole bunch. Especially the watermelon is my favourite.

Thanks for visiting!
Michelle

Essence - All Acces

Hello reader!

I want to show you a polish that is featured in my giveaway: Essence All Acces. Essence has decided to discontinue this polish along with many others of the multi dimension colours. I think that is a WRONG thing to do, because most of the discontinued polishes are absolutely stunning and lots of people want them. When I heard All Acces was discontinued I ran to the shop and bought the last three bottles: two for me, one for the giveaway. And if you take a look at the picture, you'll understand why.

All Acces is a gorgeous shade of green. It isn't an ordinary green, it really has something special to it. There is also pretty green shimmer in it. All Acces is opaque after two layers and it applies really easy.

I decided to do some stamping as well. I stamped little flowers on my nails with Essie - Mint Candy Apple and plate M9. I find it quite hard to get every stamp on the same place on the nail but I guess that's just a matter of practice. I think it makes a nice combination! And Mint Candy Apple wasn't bad using as a stamping polish, it worked fine!

Have a nice day!

Michelle