July 4th Manicures pt.4

Hello Lovelies!

I just wrote this post, posted anotherone and boom it was gone... I am sorry that there are only pictures for now. I just don't have any more time to rewrite it all again. I have absolutely no clue what happened! Frustrating.

Have a wonderful Independence Day!

July 4th Manicures pt.3

Hello Lovelies!

How are you today? I hope you are all enjoying this wonderful Saturday. Today is the big day, the 4th of July and I have my final two manicures to share with you. The first one is an easy one with different glitter stars.

I started with one coat of Ruby Kisses - Silver Bling to give the colours some extra shine and one coat of Wet 'n Wild - French White Creme on my middlefinger to give the silver better coverage. The red is essie - Russian Roulette and the blue is Ruby Kisses - Blue Pearl. I only added one very thin coat here so the silver can shine through. I think this looks gorgeous on its own. You could leave it at that.

I bought all these polishes (except for the white one) in my huge polish haul a few weeks back.

And then I just added some glitter stars to my manicure. With the silver ones that I used on the blue, I tried to make straight lines to represent the stripes in the flag. I didn't think about that when I did the others, but it is a great way to make stars & stripes happening on your nails all at once!

Some of these stars are really big and I have a relatively distinct C-curve so they don't lie flat on my nails. It is important to seal them in very well, or you might loose the stars. But be careful with your topcoat. Bubbles may form with all these edges. I decided not to use a thick topcoat like Seche Vite but a more liquid one. 

I really love how easy it is to do a design with just a little glitter. Everyone can get creative like this! I hope you like it too!

Stay tuned for my final 4th of July manicure!

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My Mothers Day Nails

Hello Beauties!

As promised I want to show you what I was wearing on my nails for Mothers Day. I was planning to surprise my Mom and go to Austria, but I sprained my ancle on Friday and couldn't make the trip. Instead I stayed in Munich and visited my future mother in law with my fiancée. We had a great time there too, but it is not the same... On to the manicure!

I wanted to do a uni-coloured mix and match manicure and did so by painting two different accent nails.

I started my manicure with two coats of p2 - forever (690) on a Maybelline basecoat. The polish was a dream to apply. The formula is excellent and went on smooth.  

The colour of forever reminds me of the lilac bush in front of my window. Here is a picture:

A rich purplish lilac with a glossy finish. Totally my kind of colour! With NYX - White I dotted on a flower to my ringfingers and placed a baby pink rhinestone in the center. 

With china glaze - Fairy Dust I added some sparkle to my middle fingers.

To seal it all in I used Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. I totally love this combo and simple manicures like that one in general. The colour is amazing and fits my wardrobe perfectly.

How do you like the colour? What did you wear on your nails for Mothers Day?

butter london - Pillar Box Red - fan manicure

Hello Lovelies!

It is Thursday already. Where did that week go... On Sunday I went to the Stadium to see a Football game and decided to do a manicure matching our teams colours, that I want to share with you today. Here we go:

For this manicure I used my first ever butter London polish - Pillar Box Red. The formula was excellent. I applied two thin coats for full opacity. Pillar Box Red is a luscious bright red that dries very quickly and to a glossy finish. On my ringfinger I applied two coats of NYX - White and added some blue dots in essie - mezmerised on my right hand. On the left side I covered the whole nail with mezmerized and used a white stamping polish to create the dots. I used the highly pigmented stamping polish to get coverage in one coat over the blue.

I am usually not a football fan at all, but with nails like this it was at least twice as much fun to watch the game! :-D

Have you ever done a manicure to support your team?

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Melissa's Jamberry Nail Wraps for St. Patrick's Day

Guest Post from Melissa for Green Week!

Hello everyone!

Today I am happy to have the lovely Melissa from PoshNails posting as a guest for my St. Patricks Day competition. She is a Jamberry consultant and always has the most beautiful wraps on her nails. Let's see what she came up with for this competition: (edit by Pia)

I just love decorating my nails for the holidays! Make me smile every time I look at them. I'm wearing two different nail wraps. The first is called Shamrockin and the second is a metallic gold. Makes me think of a pot of gold!

Hope everyone enjoys their St. Patricks Day! Thank you, Pia, for the fun contest.

Melissa
http://www.posh-nails.com/blog/

MiliManicure - Green Week - St. Patrick's Day Competition

*Guest Post from MiliManicure for Green Week*

Hey guys! This is Mili from MiliManicure.

I'm really excited and honoured to be doing a guest post for Pia who is hosting a green week competition and has a lovely giveaway prize. If you're not already involved then what are you waiting for? Here are my green nails for today, enjoy! :)

I used Sally Hansen - Kiwi Bikini for the green, OPI - Gold Shatter as the gold and Barry M - Matt White.

The green looks slightly darker here as it was captured in indoors lighting but in daylight it's a lot brighter. 

I stamped the accent nail using Cheeky Holiday Plate. 

Hope you like this simple, easy look and be sure to keep a lookout out for even more Green-ness during the week! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

Happy polishing until next time..

essence - that's what i mint!

Hello lovelies!

Today I want to show you a polish from my latest shopping trip in the city. This is essence that's what I mint!, a blueish mintgreen creme polish.

The formula of that's what I mint! is excellent. With two thin coats it is fully opaque, but even one slightly thicker coat would cover your nail completely. It dries fast and has a glossy finish.

On my ringfinger I used go bold! as an accent and on my middlefinger I applied kiss me, freddy. Both are fully opaque in two coats and have a great formula, that is easy to apply. Kiss me, freddy is a silver and mint polish with a foil like finish.

To seal it all in, I used a layer of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, wich made the foil nails even more vibrant and splendid.

 Left: under LED light, no flash. Right: room light with flash 

As an accent I added five dark green rhinestones and a light green one to my golden ringfinger and sealed it in with Seche Vite again. 

I am happy with this mix and match manicure. I really like the pastel mint a lot and the accents too.

Wich colour is your favourite here?

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