Butterfly Stamping

Hello Sweeties!

Today I want to share a quick "recycled" manicure with you. A few days ago I showed you the gradient manicure using OPI sheer tints. I decided to make it a bit more girlie and added some stamped accents.

On my ringfinger I added a little fairy. Isn't she cute and elegant? And on my thumb a bunch of butterflies. I love how well they go with the sparkly gradient. And they look a bit like thay are floating, because I added them after I already had topcoat on. it is pretty much the same effect like in a Jelly Sandwich and the sheer tints intensify that and add even more depth.

This is the plate I used: Sorry for the bad lighting.

How do you like this manicure? Is this something you would wear too?

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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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Animal Print Series - Tiger - Leo - Butterfly on Rainbow

Hello Beauties!

Here I am with the promised second post for my 6 months bloggiversary! I did some different designs on my sponged rainbow from erlier today with Wet 'n Wild - Black Creme and china glaze - White on White.

On my thumb I did a tiger pattern wich turned out to be my favourite. On my pointerfinger I tried a butterfly design wich looks okay, but I guess I could do better. So try, try again! :-D (I will show you how I did this in an extra post.)

On my middlefinger I tried to do a Zebra pattern. I wanted it to look different from the tiger on my thumb and therefore went a bit too much criss cross, wich turned out to look weired and I didn't really like it. So I tried to patch it up with a rhinestone rainbow line down the middle.

On my ringfinger I tried watermarbeling, wich was okay, but I ended up with a bit too much black on my nail. A little white rhinestone gave it more contrast and it was alright again. (I also have some pictures of how I did the water marble, wich I will show you shortly.)

And last but not least my pinkie. Here I did a Leopard print. I really like thisone too!

How do you like my designs? Wich one is your favourite?

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Fimo Sticks - Flowers & Butterflies

Hello Everyone!

A few weeks ago I showed you a manicure using Astor - Caribbean Sea. The same day I received an order of Fimo Sticks and decided to add a spring theme to my nails. Today I want to show you my creation.

But let's start at the beginning! I have never used Fimo Sticks before and thought they looked so cute in manicures so I was pretty excited to try them. I ordered a pack of 100 Sticks and I really love the variety of different shapes and sizes. To show you I picked out a few flowers, butterflies and fruits.

Cutting them is harder than it looks like. It took me a while to get thin, straight slices that I could use on my nails. But I think that the half ones are okay too. Only the thicker ones had to go to waste.

Using flowers and butterflies I created a secret garden on my nails. The glitter I've used with my colour made the figures stand out even better. With a good layer of Seche Vite I sealed it all in.

These little butterflies just could not resist to check out my beautiful red rose... :-D

It was really fun creating a look like this and I am looking forward to use the fruit sticks. I bet the'll make for a lovely manicure.

Have you worked with Fimo Sticks before? How do you like my spring look?

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