Summer Challenge day 25 - Summer water marble.

Water marble - I love water marbling! This time I got some bubbles but I still like the mani :) See for yourselves:

Colors are summery for me, I dont think that summer only includes pinks, reds and yellows. This mani reminds me of water a bit so lets go with that, shall we? :D

This time I wasnt lucky while doing it. On my middle finger theres an air bubble, top coat smeared the nail polish on my ring finger and I had an accident with my pinky! And yes, my skin is still in huge need of moisturizing but Im working on it!

Polishes I used were: 

Mavala 49 White

China Glaze Grape Pop

IsaDora Ocean Drive and Surfers Paradise

+ top coat

What do you think, is it enough summery for you? :)

You my lovely readers should check out list of girls taking part in Summer Challenge - maybe
not every day, but definitely participating! I made a post with all the links to their blogs,
you can find all of the links in a page "Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge" in the top right corner
of my blog! :) Come on, go head and check them out, they are doing amazing manis as you read this!

Summer challenge day 24!

YES, I skipped a lot of days of the challenge. I dont remember when was the last time I has so busy time :| Not to babble anymore Ill proceed to my newest mani: Underneath the stars. Such a lovely theme! I thought Id go for stars on a black background but instead I did err.. either very early starry night or sunset with stars! Well I cant say the sunset with stars looks exactly like I did it but hey! It does in my head :D

Here it is:

As you can see I had a little accident with my index finger but shhh :)

I made one more picture in a bit of shadow to show you how good my mani looks indoors! (I used very shiny nail polishes so in the sunlight they are amazing but for once I wanted my mani to have the same effect when Im home - so instead of taking a picture with my nails facing the sunlight I stood with my nails facing shadows. This is the outcome:

For me it does look like a bright blue sky that transforms into the night full of glowing stars :) Hope you guys like it! xx

Black over black!

Yes, you read it right :) I thought a bit about idea of different texture mani and came up with that:

I liked the idea of using matte top coat to create something different, yes I know, Im not the first one to try :)

Nonetheless this is my mani and Im really happy with it! You can clearly see that this is just all black nails - except ring finger - but when you get closer you see more than just black polish!

I was thinking what to do with my ring finger cause I wanted to make an accent nail and I did dots (Aw, those simple dots..) but I put them there on the matte top coat! I could actually do whole mani like this: matte base and stripes/dots glittering in the sun :) So fancy!

Polishes I used were:

Nordic Cap NP12

Nordic Cap NP07

IsaDora Black Galaxy 

Essie Matte About You

Mavala Minute Quick-Finish top coat

Today is monday and I really like that this special mani is with me when this week starts! :)

Did you guys like it? Would you consider trying to play around a little bit with your matte top coat?

Aw and would you like me to do a tutorial on it?

Football nails? YES!

Yes well, Instead of doing summer challenge today I decided to do nails for UEFA EURO 2012. For those who dont know what in the world that is well, its a football competition :D Although Im not so into the whole football thing, today my home country is playing - Poland. So I decided that I have to do something that shows my support for Polish football team even though I live in Sweden. Here it is:

Very simple and yet I like it :) 

Sorries for lack of summer challenge post, Im quite busy at the moment so I do my nails really rarely :( I do have to change that cause it feels like something is missing!

Summer Challenge day 14 - Gardening

Yes, I skipped day 13 cause I felt very uncreative. Im still feeling this way even though I came up with a pretty nice nail art for today. (read yesterday cause Im late with it) No more babbling, here is my design:

My boyfriend said that those remind him of passion fruit but I dont know, I kind of went for flowers but either way it suits the theme :) I tried one stroke technique and I like it. Simple and the effect is gorgeous!

Its my first ever attempt at one stroke nail art so its not prefect! Im just going to keep on practicing and it will be ok :)

Polishes I used were:

Nordic Cap NP07

Nordic Cap NP11

(both yet to swatch)

Mavala 49 White

Broadway NailArt Paint black

+ top coat

Did you like the design I came up with? 

You my lovely readers should check out list of girls taking part in Summer Challenge - maybe

not every day, but definitely participating! I made a post with all the links to their blogs,
you can find all of the links in a page "Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge" in the top right corner
of my blog! :) Come on, go head and check them out, they are doing amazing manis as you read this!

Summer Challenge day 12 - HOT HOT HOT combo

Im so angry right now.. I was writing a post and then my internet connection just went to hell. Lost my WHOLE post and I wrote so nicely! :( Now I gave up and Im only gonna put up my manis! Here it is, day 12 of the summer challenge. HOT HOT HOT!

Well.. This isnt that hot but well :) I recently purchased 5 nail polishes of a Swedish company called "NORDIC CAP of Sweden" and among them was this gorgeous nude color with a bit of shimmer in it. I knew that this polish was going to be the first one to swatch and I promise Ill swatch it in near future but now I used it as a base for this mani.

As I was doing my mani I thought to myself "What havent I done in a while?" and the answer to it was french tips! I didnt want my mani to be boring so I made my french tips with gradient. I quite like how it turned out to be, do you?

Polishes I used were:

Nordic Cap NP06 (those has no names, just numbers)

Nordic Cap NP07

China Glaze Hey Sailor

Jessica Pure Platinum

Broadway Nailart Paint black

+ top coat

I also added a simple slower to my thumbs and ring fingers. 

You my lovely readers should check out list of girls taking part in Summer Challenge - maybe
not every day, but definitely participating! I made a post with all the links to their blogs,
you can find all of the links in a page "Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge" in the top right corner
of my blog! :) Come on, go head and check them out, they are doing amazing manis as you read this!

Summer Challenge day 11 - Pink + Blue day

Pink and blue - this combo is just awesome.
So many ideas, so little finger nails! So I decided that for todays mani Ill do a water marble. I love it. Colors got mixed up somehow and I got a hint of purple in there :) I added some dots to make the mani even more fun, heres the result:

On my middle finger my top coat smeared the biggest dot so I just painted it over and added more top coat he he, yes I got lazy!

Polishes I used were:
Depend Pink Neon (the polish is very old and the number on it is no longer there)

Jessica King Tut's Gem
+ top coat

So, how did you like my water marbling?

You my lovely readers should check out list of girls taking part in Summer Challenge - maybe
not every day, but definitely participating! I made a post with all the links to their blogs,
you can find all of the links in a page "Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge" in the top right corner
of my blog! :) Come on, go head and check them out, they are doing amazing manis as you read this!

Summer Challenge day 10 - Queens Diamond Jubilee

This is my day 10 of the Summer Challenge:

I didnt plan this but the picture shows a foil effect and I have no idea why. I used a silver metallic and silver glitter over it so I guess my camera just freaked out from all of the glitter. This doesnt look like foil in real life at all, its just metallic with lots of glitter on it!

You can see the real effect a bit on my index finger. This picture shows it all better than the first one but I dont own a pro camera so my pictures are what they are :) Anyways it does remind me of Queens jewels. Looks like lots of really tiny diamonds all over my nails. How can I not love it?

Polishes I used:
Depend 223 (thats the silver metallic I talked about here and here, I finally found it!)
Depend 047

You my lovely readers should check out list of girls taking part in Summer Challenge - maybe
not every day, but definitely participating! I made a post with all the links to their blogs,
you can find all of the links in a page "Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge" in the top right corner
of my blog! :) Come on, go head and check them out, they are doing amazing manis as you read this!

Depend 313

Today I have a really pretty polish to show you! Its Depend 313 - a deep "blurple" with green/turquoise shimmer. Just look at it:

I made the pic this way to show you this awesome shimmer. The combination is just so pretty, Im not sure if I want to take it off for tomorrows summer challenge! :)
Formula of this polish was perfect to work with. Full opacity with 2 coats (second coat I made a bit thick to get that deep shade).

I just love this color combo :)

And how about you guys? Tried it yet? Did you like it?

Summer Challenge day 9 - Jubilee Street Party

My day 9 of the summer challenge is very simple but I really like how it turned out :) I decided to go for balloons and conffetti - its so festive! Blah, blah, here is the mani:

My nails are nowhere near the balloon shape but shhh :D Otherwise my mani is very festive and I just love the effect. I couldnt really capture how much the glitter polish shines in the sunlight  cause my camera would just freak out and be very stubborn not to show the gorgeous colors underneath the glitter.

This awesome polish from Jessica that Im holding is Krystal Pink. As you can see its little pink glitter and silver erm block glitter? (how do u guys call this kind of blocky glitter?) in a clear base. I have to say that my Jessica polishes are VERY old.. like at least 3 years old but they are still like new ones! I swear! They didnt get even little more thick, they arent runny or anything. Like I said, good as new! I couldnt believe when I opened bottle but like I suspected - still perfect :)

Polishes I used:

Viva la Diva 26

H&M Coral

IsaDora Surfers Paradise (which Im yet to swatch cause its so so soooo pretty!)

Viva la Diva 126

(on my thumb I have H&M Purple)

Jessica Krystal Pink over all

+ top coat

I have no idea if my nails are appropriate for todays theme but I really do hope so :D

You my lovely readers should check out list of girls taking part in Summer Challenge - maybe
not every day, but definitely participating! I made a post with all the links to their blogs,
you can find all of the links in a page "Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge" in the top right corner
of my blog! :) Come on, go head and check them out, they are doing amazing manis as you read this!

Summer Challenge day 8 Swimming Pool

Day 8 of the summer challenge - swimming pool.

Blue, blue, bluuuueeee :) Heres my mani:

That day was raining awfully so I had to take a picture under my white-light lamp but the lamp shows the true colors well :)

I didnt focus the camera here so I could show you one of my jewels - Jessica Pure Platinum.

Polishes I used:

Jessica King Tut's Gem

Jessica Pure Platinum

The effect with silver glitter reminds me of water a lot! :)

You my lovely readers should check out list of girls taking part in Summer Challenge - maybe
not every day, but definitely participating! I made a post with all the links to their blogs,
you can find all of the links in a page "Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge" in the top right corner
of my blog! :) Come on, go head and check them out, they are doing amazing manis as you read this!