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Tri Polish Challenge: Simple Polka Dots Nails

May 21, 2013 in Nails

Sometimes simple is good. Especially on the rainy days like this, when you don’t have any ideas and lacking vitamin D. Today is the first day of Tri Polish challenge of the month May and the colors of this month are red, grey and blue. I am not really a big fan of this combination and had a bit of a problem to come up with a good design.

I decided to go for something simple, as I had absolutely empty head today. I don’t know what is going lately, but I feel like I’m drain out of all the creativity.

Anyway, I used a new W7 nail polish that I got today, as a base. It is W7 (no.67 Linen). It’s gorgeous! It’s a really pretty, creamy color and I think it will look good on a lot of designs. Then, I used a blue nail polish from Maybeline (Color Show no. 651 Cool Blue) as a base for all the dots. Then I put red and grey dots on top of that. Grey color is Catrice (no. 610 ASHley) and red is Golden Rose (no. 21). For my index finger and pinky I used a gorgeous blue glitter. It is W7 (no. 74 Cosmic Blue). I am freakin obsessed with this nail polish. It is soo pretty and I really wanted to show it off (luckily blue is one of the tri colors haha).

I don’t know what to think of these nails. They’re kinda plain and all this smudging… I really hope that I will create something better next time :)

Although this is not the best design I made, I hope you will still like my simple polka dots nails with some sparkly glitter <3 Oh and do not forget to check out other amazing Tri Polish Nails.

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Tags: blue glitter nails, Catrice, Catrice ASHley, colorful nails, cute nails, dots, dotticure, dotting tool, glitter nails, Golden Rose, mani, manicure, nail art, nail art challenge, nail polish, nails, NOTD, polka dots, polka dots nails, W7, W7 67 Linen, W7 Cosmic Blue
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Tulip Nails

May 20, 2013 in Nails

Today is all about tulips. They are one of my favorite flowers. They are beautiful, smell good and just look very royal and dignified. Since I have moved to the Netherlands, I have been seeing tulips a lot. Dutch people love tulips and it is not a myth! David and I have a small tradition: every year we go for a day trip to photograph tulip fields (I will attach a few pictures at the end of this post). Unfortunately, this year the weather have been playing tricks on us and we haven’s done our trip. Maybe we can still do it. I am not sure if the tulips are still in bloom.

For this 5th day of the Flowers for Mom challenge, I actually made two tulip nails designs. Here comes the first one…

I am not entirely happy with the first design. I think I had a good idea in my mind, but the execution was not so successful. I decided to paint the tulips on a black background for a change and it made things very hard. I had to first apply white tulips shapes before painting them in color, to make it look more opaque. And with so many layers of nail polish they look a little bit uneven and not very neat. But…. I am just loving this black base! It is W7 (no. 75 Cosmic Black). It’s such a pretty polish and the little glitters in it make it look classy.

I painted the grass over the black base, before I painted the tulips. I used a green polish from Gosh (no. 606 Early Green) and some random neon green polish.

But enough about this unsuccessful design. Let’s move on to the one that I am quite happy with.

As a base, I used this wonderful polish from Catrice Candy Shock Collection (C04 Vanilla Love). I put three coats of it to make it look opaque. Then I used the same green polishes as in the previous design. I love how the green color pop over the yellow base. Such pretty, fresh and vibrant green.

To make the tulips, I used three polishes from W7: no. 19 Baby Pink (for the middle petals), no. 20 Barbie Pink (outer petals) and no.78 Fuchsia (for some shading). I am pretty pleased how these tulip nails came out and this design is my favorite.

If you want to know how to make tulip nails, there is a great tutorial made by Luvable Nails. You can watch it here. She makes it look so easy. And if you don’t have any nail art brushes, she even shows how to make tulips using a toothpick.

Which design do you like better? Let me know if the comment section down below.

Don’t forget to check out other tulips nails designs:

Carmina from Cubbiful

Nicole from Dipped in Lacquer

Alicia from Makeup and Nails, Not War

Erin from Paint Those Piggies!

Paulina from Paulina’s Passions

Kristina from Polish and Repeat

Rachael from Rachos Nail Love

Tes from Tes Did It Nails

Yohana from Beauty-Shoes-Nails-Fun

Here are some photos I took last year on our tulip field trip. Lovely aren’t they? :)

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Tags: Catrice, Catrice Candy Shock C04 Vanilla Love, colorful nails, cute nails, easy nails, floral nail art, floral nail designs, floral nails, flower nails, flowers, holland, mani, manicure, nail art, nail art brush, nail art challenge, nail polish, nails, NOTD, pretty nails, simple nails, tulip fields, tulip nail art, tulip nail design, tulip nails, W7
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Sunflower Nails

May 16, 2013 in Nails

Hi everyone. It is the fourth day of our Flowers for Mom Nail Art Challenge and I have been looking forward to this day the most. I always wanted to do sunflowers on my nails! I think sunflowers are such beautiful and happy flowers. One of the biggest dreams of my life is to find a sunflower field and be able to photograph it. I think I should convince David to take me to Southern France for holiday and maybe I can make my dream come true.

I made these sunflower nails with a beautiful bright yellow color from NYC (no. 294 Lexington Yellow), then I added some shading with a bit darker yellow, which is Essence (no. 118 Little Miss Sunrise). The brown middles are made with Catrice (no. 710 Dulce & Havanna) and I put some small black dots over it. The base for the sunflowers is my beloved Catrice Candy Shock (C02 Play It Blue). I wanted to leave my ring finger and pinky as accent nails, so I painted them, using the colors from the design. The dark color from Essence and brown from Catrice, mentioned above. I put some golden glitter over it, which are Catrice (Limited Edition spectaculART – Gold Leaf Top Coat). It’s always nice to have a little sparkly here and there :)

I hope you like these sunflower nails. They are quite simple with not much details, but I like keeping things simple sometimes. My last photograph got a little kick from Photoshop. I like to keep things interesting haha ;) I hope you like the colors of it :)

I am not sure if I will be able to post anything on the blog tomorrow. David and I are going to his dad’s wedding (yeah, awkward…) and I will be busy all day. But I will see you soon! Have a lovely day and hang in there, it’s almost weekend!

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Tags: Catrice, Catrice Candy Shock C02 Play it Blue, colorful nails, cute nails, Essence, floral nail art, flower nails, flowers, glitter, mani, manicure, nail art, nail art challenge, nail polish, nails, NOTD, sunflower nail art, sunflower nails, yellow
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Color Block Nail Art

May 14, 2013 in Nails

After I made these color block nails, I thought to myself: “You are a color freak!” And I am loving it. Colors make me happy and I like to surround myself with things that make me happy. I was inspired to make a color block design, after I saw this beautiful post from Pshiiit. She is amazing and I am sure you all know her. Check her color blocks pictures and a cute little tutorial.

To create this color block nail art, I started off with making an opaque white base. I used W7 (no. 34 White). Then, I waited around 2 hours to make sure the base is completely dry (watched some series in the meantime). Then, I used a striping tape to create four block in each nail. I think something happened to my tape though, because when I was taking it off, it was leaving some small pieces of glue on my nails. Not nice. Luckily, it’s mostly visible to my judgmental eye.

I used four colors for each nail and on my index and ring finger, I used yellow instead of blue. The yellow nail polish is Essence (no. 118 Little Miss Sunrise), blue is NYC (no. 320 Blue Sky), orange-peach color is Bourjois (no. 25 Meli Melon), purple is a mini nail polish from MUA (shade 24) and my new favorite shocking pink is W7 (no. 78 Fuchsia). On top of everything, I put a matte top coat.

The design is quite simple to make, but it requires some patience. I had to use a thin brush to fill in the blocks on some nails to avoid flooding my cuticles.

I hope you like it and I hope colors also make you and that you smiled a little, when looking at this design.

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Tags: Bourjois nail polish, color blocks nail art, colorful nails, cute nails, easy nails, Essence, happy nails, mani, manicure, MUA, nail art, nail polish, nails, NOTD, NYC, shocking pink, simple nails, striping tape, summer nails, tape nails, W7, white
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Lots of Love for My Mom – Pretty Heart Nails

May 13, 2013 in Nails

Hi guys. Welcome to the third day of the Mother’s Day challenge. The theme was “Perfect gift for Mom”. I had a bit of trouble to come up with a good idea for this theme. I actually made a different design for this theme, but it was a total failure. My first design was vacation on the beach for my mom. I made beach nails and everything would be good, but it was too bumpy and my cuticles were terrible, so I decided not to show it. I went for something simple – heart nails. What other gift would be better for my mom than pure love?

As a base I used a pretty purple pastel from Catrice Candy Shock Collection (C01 I Scream: Ice Cream!). Since I bought a lot of new nail polishes lately, I wanted to use them all at once, so I decided to make these colorful heart nails on my base. My thumb is made with Bourjois (no. 27 Green Fizz). It’s a beautiful bright, pastel green. My thumb is featuring W7 (no. 78 Fuchsia). On my middle finger, you can find W7 (no. 77 Neon Purple). It’s not really a neon color, so I don’t know why they call it like that haha. On my ring finger, I made a heart with a gorgeous nail polish from NYC (no.320 Blue Sky) and on my pinky, I used Bourjois (no.25 Meli Melon). It’s a cute peachy orange color.

Many different colors, but I think they compliment each other well.

I hope my idea for this theme is not too generic and simple. I like how these colorful hearts look on my nails. I am actually still wearing these nails right now. I got a few compliments on them today at school. I hope you like them too :)