Stripes & Flowers

Good morning all! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Looking at the not that creative title of this post you probably guess what this one is about. Yes, you are right, I'm about to show you some stripes and flowers! Stripes and flowers must be my favourite thing to do when I'm bored of an old manicure or when I want something fun on my nails. It's not only easy, it's also fast and funky!

Remember I told you about the swap package with Karrie? Not only did she sent me a lot of pretty polishes, she also send some awesome nail art stickers along. I'm a big fan of nail art stickers because I can be terribly lazy and there's nothing more easy than using stickers. Everyone should have stickers - perfect for lazy nail art and spicing up a manicure fast.


I used the roses that Karrie sent me. They are so cute and glittery, I love them! But before I used those I did some stripes (of course! You know me!). First I painted my nails with Love at First Sight from the H&M and used a striper brush and Eyeko Nude Polish for the stripes. Take the stickers, seal it with a top coat and you're done.

Do you use stickers a lot? Why (not)?
Michelle

Roses really smell like boo-boo

Hi guys! Last day of the weekend and hopefully the last day of that much rain! It has been raining almost non stop here and it's not only a mood killer, it's also kind of a swatch killer. So sun, please come back. I miss you dearly! Today's post is with a swatch that isn't the best evahhh but I want to show you anyway. I did another version of the roses manicure.


I used Color Club Uptown Girl as my base colour and Ciaté Main Stage and H&M Love at First Sight for the roses. The roses are swirled so if you want to do this practice on a paper first because you don't want to mix the two colours together into one. The leafs are swirled too, I used OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow and OPI Green-wich Village for them.

I see these designs coming up more and more lately and I really like them. Have you tried this once? If so, show me! I like seeing other versions of this kind of manicure. :-)

Thanks for stopping by!
Michelle

Roses

Hey guys! You're probably familiar with the roses manicure that lots of people seem to fall for. A few days ago I decided to try for myself. Seeing such a manicure makes you think it's really difficult but here's a secret for you: it  isn't! You can paint the roses using a brush or you can use the 'swirl' technique. You put a few drops of nail polish on your nail and swirl these colours so that they blend a little. You can use a toothpick for this but also a rosewood stick or even a dotting tool.

In the picture on the right you see what I've used and you can click it for an enlargement..

For the roses I used Catrice Berry Bazaar and H&M Love at First Sight. The leaves are created with OPI Green-wich Village and OPI Here Today, Aragon Tomorrow.

My base coat is China Glaze For Audrey, one of my favourite polishes all time. In the end I used Viva La Nails larger glitters.

I'd love to write a tutorial about this but... There's already one in town. You can find it on a Dutch website called Beauty Lab. Make you sure you have a look on the other nail art tutorials too, these contain clear pictures and she always comes up with something cute.

Have a nice day!