Dandelion Stamping on essie - Avenue Maintain

Hello Sweeties!

I hope you're having a fabulous Sunday! Today I want to show you a simple stamping manicure, that I did a while back when I first swatched essie - Avenue Maintain.

I used the design from my #10 stamping plate and some white stamping polish to create this dandelion design. It looks like one of these blowballs that I had so much fun with when I was a kid. I loved plucking them, blowing in and watching the seeds fly away with the wind. Did you do that too?

To give my design a little more colour I added some yellow dots with Wet 'n Wild - Sunny Side Up to the center of each flower. I like those little flowers a lot, but unfortunately the polish didn't transfer too well on my ringfinger. I still think it's cute!

How do you like this manicure? Do you like stamping on short nails?

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Watermelon / Wet 'n Wild - SaGreena the Teenage Witch

Hello Lovelies!

Happy Saturday. Anything special planned today? I still am pretty much chained to the sofa. My foot still hurts and I can only walk on my toes wich looks actually quite funny (if it didn't hurt so much...).

Today I want to show you a manicure I did last week while it was still extremely hot, but even though autumn is slowly finding it's way back and it is getting cooler I still want to share this summer manicure with you.

The green I used for this manicure is Wet 'n Wild - SaGreena the Teenage Witch (E226C). It is a luscious emerald green with a soft metallic finish. The formula is excellent and leaves only very little visible brushstrokes. I used three coats for full opacity, wich dried very quick and were super easy to apply. 

For my accent nails I used this stamping plate (sadly I don't know a make and model. It's simply called 05). I transferred the watermelon design in the left cormer to my stampers and coloured it with SaGreena the Teenage Witch and OPI - Dinner At Sunset. I also added a little bit of Wet 'n Wild - Blazed to the tips of the slices.

I added a clear coat and let that dry before I peeled it off to place it on my nailes that I covered with two coats of claire's - Cloud. After trimming off the excess I added top coat to my nails.

I did have a few melon slices "leftovers" that I decided to add to my green nails to make this manicure perfect. I think it looks delicious and absolutely mouth-watering. I could really take a bite right now! :-D

I like the watermelon design a lot, but the pattern didn't transper perfectly. The seeds are so tiny they dry extremely fast and it is nearly impossible to get them all transferred perfectly. That is the only thing I don't like about it, so let's just say I stamped on seedless melons! :-D

How do you like this fruity manicure? Isn't this a lovely green?

My friend Andrea from Colour Your Life suggested that I should use bigger pictures for my posts. So this is what I did here. Please give me some feedback and let me know how you like the new picture size. Should I stick with it for the future, or should I try it one step smaller?
Have a wonderful weekend!

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Butterfly Water Decals

Hello Sweeties!

How are you doing today? On this lovely Tuesday morning I have a short but colourful post to share with you. I used some of my new water decals to create this manicure.

I started my manicure with two coats of Wet 'n Wild - Frenche White Creme and let that base dry very well. In the meantime I prepared my decals by cutting them into nail sized pieces.

Then I soaked them in water one by one and applied them to the nails. As a last step I sealed them in carefully with Seche Vite.

I really like these decals. The butterflies are beautiful, but in my opinion a full manicure with them looks too unsteady. I'll try and do only an accent with these beauties next time to emphasise them even better.

What do you think of these water decals? Would you do a full set with them or use them as an accent? 

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Purple & White Tape Mani

Hello Sweeties!

How are you today? Did you enjoy your weekend? Today I want to show you a quick manicure I did last week when I was wearing p2 - watch me walking. On the second day of wearing it I wanted to spice it up a bit.

So I applied some nail tip guides diagonally across my nails and then covered it with two coats of Wet 'n Wild - French White Creme. Once the second coat was on my nail I immediately removed the tape with some tweezers. To illuminate this manicure and add some sparkle, I applied a layer of china glaze - Fairy Dust before topcoating my manicure.

This manicure reminds me a bit of Zebra stripes. I totally love the look although I am not sure it is perfect for summer. The glittering white parts remind me of snow. So maybe with another base colour this could be a perfect winter mani. I guess with red it could make gorgeous Candy Canes.

What do you think about this manicure? Do you like the taped stripes? Would you rather wear this now or in the colder months?

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Dotted Stripes - Retro Mani

Hello Sweeties!

How is your weekend going so far? Today I want to show you another manicure I did with my new p2 polishes that I blogged about yesterday. I didn't really plan ahead with this manicure and just went on until I was satisfied. In the end I totally felt that this manicure has a retro look.

I started this mani with a white base and two coats of start me up, wich I didn't apply until the tip, but mainly to the upper half of my nail. A bit overlapping I added two coats running hot to the tip of my nails. I wasn't really amyzed with the look of that so I added a line of black dots where the two colours met.

Since watch me walking was also standing on my desk begging to be used, I added two coats to the tips of my nails and lined up some white polkadots above.

I finally was satisfied with that result and sealed my manicure in with Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.
BTW: the black and white polishes I used are both Wet 'n Wild!

I hope you also like my dotted and striped manicure. Do you get a retro vibe too?

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Strawberries & Maybelline - Red Seduction

Hello Sweeties! 

After doing the Cherry Manicure this weekend I decided to go with another of my favourite fruits and do a Strawberry Manicure. Unfortunately we already ate all the delicious berries and I had none left to take pictures with, but I still like this manicure a lot for summer!

Before we get started let me show you a few swatches of the main colour I used for this manicure. This is Maybelline Express Finish - Red Seduction (530).

Red Seduction is a creamy luscious red polish with a smooth texture, that is easy to apply and has almost perfect coverage with one coat. Just to make sure it looks right in the pictures I used two coats, wich even intesified the colour. It is a deep red, that truly looks amazing. It goes well with my skintone and I guess it will go well with any type of skin. 

For these swatches I did not use a topcoat and see how glossy it is! I love a polish with a great shine. And it dries pretty fast too. I can not say that it was exactly 40 seconds as displayed on the bottle, but it was very quick wich was perfect for the manicure I had in mind. And futhermore the name of this polish was also perfect to go with todays mani. Aren't Strawberries one of the most seductive fruits ever? I mean even thinking about them right now makes me smell that yummie goodness and my mouth water! :-D

But enough of that, or I'll get hungry again... 

First let me show you all the polishes I've used. 

Next to Red Seduction I've used Maybelline - Cherry (I'm holding that bottle in my hand in the very first picture!) to create the perfect Strawberry. I sponged it on mainly to the tip of my nails to create a more natural look. There is no fruit with only one shade of red, right? 

Then I used a dottingtool and made the strawberry leaves. I used Wet 'n Wild - French White Creme as a base and then went in again with s-he stylezone - 310 and a bit of 315.

For the dots I used Wet 'n Wild - Black Creme mixed with a tiny bit of French White Creme, p2 - start me up and the two greens. I put a drop of all these colours on a piece of paper and randomly dabbed in my dotting tool to get a slightly different mixture every time. I think this is a great way to get the most natural look possibly.

Last but not least I sealed my manicure in with Seche Vite, wich brings the colours together and to life. Without topcoating a mani like this it looks kind of unfinished and also your hard work could so easily be ruined.

I hope you like my little Strawberries and have a wonderful summery week ahead of you!

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Cherries

Hello Sweeties!

Happy Saturday! Do you like cherries? I love them. They are sweet and juicy and simply delicious. They also inspired me to do this manicure. Yummie! :-)

As a base I used two coats of Wet n' Wild - French White Creme and let it dry for a few minutes.

Then I used a dotting tool to apply Maybelline Express Finish - Cherry (505). With a small nail art brush I added the stems and leaves. I used a lighter and darker green as well as a little bit of brown polish to make it look more natural. I applied a bit of all polishes on a piece of plastic and dabbed my brush in randomly.

As a last step I added small white dots to my cherries and sealed the whole design in with a layer of Seche Vite.

And then I went to the fridge and took some pictures with these yummie cherries! Have you ever seen a four-piece cherry? I know the doubles and even triples, but quadruplets? Anyway, they were so tasty! :-D

Did you eat a lot of cherries this year?

How do you like this inspired fruity manicure? Doesn't it look scrumptious?

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