Recap - August Favourites

Hello Lovelies!

Wow, two thirds of this year have already gone by. Where did time go? I hope you had a wonderful year so far and are ready for my August Favourites!

Pearly Indian Violet (August 5th):

Zipper Mani (August 18th):

Purple Gradient with Pansies (August 25th):

Summer Flowers (August 31st):

This month it was a real challenge to put this selection together. Even though I was on vacation and didn't blog for a whole week I had so manicures to pick from. I hope you like my choices.

What was your favourite manicure this month?

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alessandro - Stone Washed & Zipper Mani

Hello Loves!

I am back from my vacation and even though I really had a wonderful time, I missed blogging and painting my nails! Unfortunately I didn't schedule enough posts for the whole two weeks. But now that I am back I'll do my best to get back into my usual blogging routine! Today I have a manicure to share with you, that I did shortly before my trip. A zipper mani.

The blue polish I used as a base is alessandro - Stone Washed (15-556). Stone Washed has an excellent formula and is easy to apply, But I had some trouble with the brush at first. It is flat, but has a straight tip and so I touched my cuticles a few times. 

I really like the colour a lot it reminds me a bit of blue jeans wich inspired me to do this manicure in the first place. To place the zipper water decals, that I bought from Born Pretty Store, perfectly, I painted a gap on my ringfinger and thumb, that I filled with Barry M - Nude. Once that was dry I cut out my zippers and placed them on my nails.

Some of the decals had a white background wich made them stand out very well, but others didn't and were pretty hard to see. So I am not 100% satisfied with these water decals, but they definitely make a fun manicure! Maybe they would look better if a lighter colour was used as a background.

To create an even better denim look I ripped out a small piece of make-up sponge and dabbed it into some white polish and filled in some of the blue with it. Now it really reminds me of a pair of stone washed jeans! :-D

All in all I do like this manicure.

How do you like it? Have you ever tried BPS water decals?

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Sunday - Funday! Minions

Hello Beauties!

Today is Sunday and that is such a fun day so I decided to do a cute Minions Manicure for you!

As always I started with my Maybelline base coat and added a layer of NXY - White to make the colour brighter. Then I painted on two coats of OPI - I Just Can't Cope-Acabana. 

With my fine nailart brush I added blue lines in alessandro - Stone Washed across the tip of my nails and filled them in completely. With a black polish (I used Wet 'n Wild - Black Creme) I added lines in the upper third of my nails. This is the basic starting point of this manicure and then you can get creative.

You can make one or two eyed Minions. Simply use a grey polish for their goggles. Add white with a smaller doting tool for the eyes. If you have enough space like me here. You can use a brown or blue polish for the next dot and add a small black pupil to that, or you can skip that and add the pupil directly on the white. You can make them them to be cross eyed if you want to.

If you happen to have tiny googly eyes from the crafts store you could use those too. Next you have to decide wich mouth you want to give to your Minions. Make a simple line (Pinkie), a wedge (Thumb), a circle (Pointer) or a big smile with or without a tongue. Do whatever you want!

If you like you can leave it at that or add a few hair. As you can see there was not enough room on my Pointer so thisone had to go bald! But he is still so cute.

You can also add suspenders to their pants or a pocket. Do whatever makes you happy! To Finish this manicure i applied a good layer of Seche Vite. This Topcoat is great because it doesn't smudge your design. If you are using another top coat make sure to let it dry for a while first. You have quite a few layers there. Especially the eyes smudge easily.

I actually was inspired to do this manicure by a page full of Minion bed linens and towels. Here are a few shots. Can you tell wich are my nails? ;-D

I really am so happy with my little Minions! They look so darn cute.

How do you like them? Want to try them too? Send me a picture!

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