Transformation

The inspiration for today's mani doesn't come from a magazine or MV, but it's something else...I'll give you some time to guess, in the meanwhile let's have a look:

This is what I used:

~ Index:  Dolly Wink no. 09

~ Middle: one stroke of Dolly Wink no. 08 and then mixed it with Dolly Wink no. 09

~ Ring: one stroke of Dolly Wink no. 09 and then mixed with Dolly Wink no. 08

~ Pink: Dolly Wink no. 08

For the middle and ring finger, I used 'one stroke' of no. 08 and no. 09 respectively because I wanted the colours to flow smoothly from green to blue. For the designs, I used Konad image plate number M79 and Konad special stamping nail polish in white.

To create the sheep, I used a big cloud design from image plate M79 for the body. As for the head, I stamped a tiny cloud on top of the big cloud design. I drew a face with Catrice Looking Greyt using a dottingtool. The same colour is used to draw the feet using a toothpick.

And, any clues? Let me tell you...are you ready for the answer? Hold your breath..seriously...it's going to smell a bit =P

The inspiration came from my socks...sorry for the awful smelly image...

Have a great one!!!

Double F-lowe-rench

Hope the title was not too confusing...lemme explain: today's mani is a double french mani with flower motives. I didn't like the double french mani the first time I saw it, but I wanted to try it anyway. To enhance the chance to like it, I used a flower pattern for the french tips.

I used the new colours from Essence 42 Dress For A Moment and Catrice 530 Up In The Air for the base and french tips. The upper and lower french tips are made with the help of french guide stickers, which narrow down the mistakes I would have made if I painted it free handed. As for the flower pattern on the french tips, I used Konad stamping polish in white and image plate M41.

What are your thoughts on a double french manicure?

Have a wonderful one!!!

Miso Happy With The Notes from Heaven

For this particular day, I wanted to use this particular nail polish: ESTESSiMO TiNS 079 The Notes From Heaven. It's crazy that I haven't swatched ESTESSiMO TiNS' nail polishes before. So here it is: 

ESTESSiMO TiNS is a Japanese brand that is toluene-free and DBP-free. TiNS is most famous for the glitters in the nail polishes and there is plenty in The Notes From Heaven. TNFH has a milky white base with tiny tiny squared glitters that flash orange and blue/purple. I was too lazy to swatch the whole nail with TNFH, because I was terrified by the thought of the removal process. So I just used it here for the edges. The pretty nude pink colour I used is OPI's Miso Happy With This Color, which is from the OPI Japanese collection back in 2005. I really like the names of these two polishes.

I used two coats of MHWTC and one thick layer for the edges with TNFH. The design on the middle finger was created to cover up the smudges ^^ So I picked a few hexagons and sealed it with a layer of topcoat.

TiNS launches a new collection every Spring, Summer and Winter and this is the latest Spring collection 2011:

Source: http://www.takarabelmont.co.jp/nail/tins-paris.html?linkid=img

If you are interested in TiNS polishes, you can buy them here.

Have a wonderful one!!!

First Swap!!!

Happy Easter everyone!!! Hope you have a great time with family and friends!!!

On this beautiful day, I have for you my first swap ever! The process was great fun and exciting. I swapped with the beautiful Carli from Konad-licious. It was a lot of fun to hunt down her wishlist, because it lead me to an amazing brand that I haven't tried before. Eventually, I bought a wishlist polish for her and one for myself =]  The exciting part was whether the parcels would safely arrive at their destination. Luckily both did!

I will not blablabla any longer, this is what I've received for my first swap:

My first BYS nail polishes! Carli was really kind and sweet to include delicious candy bars, a strawberry glitter body roller, water decals and one extra BYS nail polish.

left: Shadow Puppets (N191)
right: Black & Gold (N219)

Colour Change Collection
left: Colour Change Blue (N283)
right: Colour Change Salmon (N284)

I am really happy with these goodies! I was most excited about the colour change collection. Since I couldn't get the Claire's mood changing polishes, I wanted to give these a try. Carli has already swatched the colour change collection, check it out: part 1 and part 2.

Thanks again Carli, for sending me these amazing nail polishes and goodies!

Have a great one!!!

Hello Holo Berry!

Since the brand Catrice changed their displays and updated their collection, I've been hunting down all the new nail polishes =] The colour that I wanted to try is 420 Dirty Berry, which is a holographic polish!!! Holo's are very populair in the nail polish blogger's world, but I didn't have the guts to wear the silver ones that really stands out. Maybe this sounds a bit crazy and silly, but it took me quite a while to collect all my courage together to wear black polish OUTSIDE the house.

no full sun-attack

420 Dirty Berry is a beautiful purple holographic. The formula was a bit watery, so I layered three coats without topcoat.

I'm glad that I gave this one a try. But there is a bad thing about wearing holo's: you can't keep your eyes off the holographic nails! =]

Have a great one!!!

Scale Effect no. 14

Today I have for you my third and last flake polish that I own of Golden Rose's Scale Effect collection: No. 14. This beauty has a transparent brownish base filled with blue and green flakies. Just like the other SE's, I have layered one coat of SE No. 14 over two coats of the following base colours:

from index-pink

H&M Blue
H&M Turqouise
Essence Purple Cherry
Catrice Lavender Breeze

Overall, I like all three Scale Effect polishes that I've swatched. Each one has different coloured flakies, so I don't really have one favourite. But I do prefer layering SE polishes over somewhat darker base colours, which gives the best flakies results.

Which one did you like the most (No. 01, 02 or 14)?

Have a wonderful one!!!

Nautical Spring Theme

The pastel flower mani, which I posted here, was positively received by you all. Thank you so much!!! So I thought of another flower mani, but this time with nautical colours:

All the colours are from the H&M Spring Nails mini set. I really like the colour combination of this set. It took me a while to come up with a mani that featured all the colours of the mini set, but here it is:

The flower design is made using a dotting tool to create the flowers with the Brown and Beige polish. I used a toothpick to stamp the 'leaves' in White. The base colour is Blue with 2 coats. To create the sailing boat design, I used 1 coat of Brown as base colour and painted (at least I tried to) the sailing boat in Beige and Blue with a nail art brush.

Have a wonderful one!!!