Pastel-ish skittlette.

Hello there lovelies!

Today I have from you a mani that was sitting in my head for quite a while but I couldnt find the right colors for this. I finally found them while reorganizing my Helmer :) So my skittlette - I borrowed the name from lovely Marta from ChitChatNails that also showed us how to do those but I did my own version of this technique/design. And yes I went for some pastels cause I want the bad and cold winter to go away!

Dont mind the fact that my camera freaked out when I was taking pictures of this mani, there was so much shine and sparkle that it scared the life out of my poor iPhone.

On my index and middle finger I did a simple gradient with Gina Tricot Shimmer Mint, OPI Gargantuan Green Grape and China Glaze Tart-y for the Party, followed by a coat of L'oreal Platinum Chic. I needed something even more shiny so I painted 2 easy coats of OPI Your Royal Shine-Ness on my ring finger and a texture polish, cause I love me some textures, on my pinky in IsaDora Purple Crush.

This one came out even more blurry and out of focus, sorries!

I managed to get ONE decent picture, yay me :( 

Anyways, what do you think about this one? Is it too much? Let me know!

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts.

Minimalistic splatter nails.

Hello lovelies!

Today I have for you a little bit of nail art I did the other day. There is something about splatter nails that I just adore and I really dont care much for the mess I create while doing this. Splatter is one of those designs I do rather often and today I have a minimalistic one for you :) Onto the pictures:

I started off with a black base on all of my nails besides my ring finger, the base is Orly Liquid Vinyl. I did the splatter with Essie Blanc which was also the base for my ring finger. I added a coat of China Glaze Its a Trap-eze! to give my mani a bit of color :)

So what do you guys think? Do you like it?

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts.

Inspired by... Chalkboard Nails!

Hi guys!

Today I have a manicure that was inspired by one and only Sarah behind the Chalkboard Nails blog, which you can see here. Shes very talented and she has been inspiring me ever since I started this nail journey.

A few weeks ago she did an amazing distressed nail art design that I just had to try myself. 

Here is the result:

This technique is really easy and Sarah did a great tutorial so you shouldnt have any problem with this technique. I started off with a white base - Essie Blanc, then added colors like China Glaze Tart-y for The Party, KICKS Philosophy and OPI Casino Royale. In the end I used Orly Liquid Vinyl to create the distress design.

I loved this mani, the design is really easy and yet so effective! 

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts.

A little bit of tribal print on my nails.

Hello there lovelies!

Wow, this week has been crazy for me, I just started a new job and I couldnt get used to it. Had absolutely no power when I got home so I didnt even check my blog. Not even my mail, nothing. Im sorry for my absence, its going to be all better now :)

Im very excited to show you todays mani. Its my first take at tribal-ish nail art. I always thought its very difficult to achieve a nice look and let me tell you, it is! For you whose hands are a bit shaky its hard to get the lines straight but I made it! Let me show you:

Like I said, its kind of tribal, I like it nonetheless :) Base for my tribal print is a simple gradient using Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, IsaDora Scuba Blue and China Glaze Tart-y For The Party. If you havent noticed those are my to-go summer colors! Then added different shapes using acrylic paint. I know how many "bald sports" I have but believe it or not my acrylic paint is freaking out and just doesnt wanna cooperate. Its one of those very cheap ones so that may be the problem (read bad quality paint).

Overall I love the look, I definitely have to get a good quality acrylic paint cause this one just doesnt cut it. How do you like this look?

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts.

My first ever roses!

Hey there!

Im very excited to show you my first attempt at doing some roses on my fingers! I always loved how they look like on nails and today I finally tried. Without further babbling from me, here they are:

In the beginning I thought I went a little overboard with those, I mean, I could have gone for an accent nail or something but they grew on me. I enjoy this mani so badly. My roses could have ended up a bit better but Im pleased nonetheless. 

I started off with Nordic Cap NP06 a beautiful nude with silver shimmer. Then I painted roses with China Glaze Grape PoP and Gina Tricot Bright Peach using a dotting tool then petals with brighter shades of the same colors: China Glaze Tart-y For The Party and Depend #347. Leaves are done with acrylic paint.

So what do you think lovelies? Would you wear this or similar mani yourselves? Let me know!

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts.

My very first attempt at galaxy nails.

Hey ladies!

How are all of you today? Im very excited to show you my very first galaxy mani that I made a while back. Im very proud of myself that it actually looks nice but the thing with galaxy manis is that you cant really do wrong :) Wanna see how it went? Here:

I started off with a simple black base then started sponging: first Essie Blanc (white, to get the colors to pop out on the back), Blue Jeans by IsaDora, Gina Tricot Marina, China Glaze Grape Pop, IsaDora Lilac Bikini and at the end I added one coat of OPI Servin' Up Sparkle.

I thought it was a bit too dark but Im not sure, I kind of like it that way. Maybe next time I will do something more bright :)

So what do you think, how does it look like? Im definitely going to try this nail art in the future again, as I said the mani itself is like a childs play + the color combos are endless :)

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts.

Pastel leopard? Why not!

Hello there!

I hope your Monday was not as awful as Mondays can be :) Todays post features more pastels and a leopard print which I definitely wear not enough! Onto the mani then:

This gorgeous mint shade is Shimmer Mint by Gina Tricot. As you can see on the bottle it has amazing golden shimmer to it but my camera could not capture it :( Two easy coats of Shimmer Mint on my nails besides my ring finger - there I used Tart-y For The Party by China Glaze as base. Then added leopard print with opposite colors and a black polish.

I gotta say, I totally loved this mani. Every time I wear leopard print I wonder why dont I do it more often. Did you like it? Or is it too much for your taste? Let me know!

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts

Watercolor nails + black glitter.

Hello ladies!

Lately Ive been awed by all those beautiful watercolor manis so I decided I will do one myself. I dont own many pastels but I was able to pick a few brights that looked well together. Onto the mani then:

For the base I used Essie Blanc to make the color stand out more. For the watercolor design I sponged randomly blobs of Sally Hansen Yellow Kitty (yellow), Depend 347 (peach), Depend 354 (pink-ish), China Glaze Tart-y For The Party (purple), Color Club Take Me To your Chateau (blue) and Essie Wheres My Chauffeur (teal). When this was dry I used 2 coats of Nubar Black Polka Dot.

Do you like it? For me this mani is very summery and I just love it, dont know how am I going to bring myself to take this off :)

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts

Rainbow on my fingers, just in time for Spring!

Hello there lovelies!

I was in the mood for something sparkly and very colorful. I was going to make a rainbow gradient or something in that alley but decided against it when I saw China Glaze It's A Trap-eze! in my stash. I mean the polish has a rainbow inside :D 

I thought about spicing my mani up a bit with an accent nail but what to do while the polish itself is very "in your face"? I went for good old black and here is the result:

Doesnt It's A Trap-eze! look nice with black nail polish? I think so :) For my accent nails I used Orly Liquid Vinyl.

I gotta say, It's A Trap-eze! is definitely one of my favorites and its perfect for summer. 

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts

Who needs a jelly sandwich? I sure do!

Hello ladies!

For todays post I have for you a jelly sandwich. Lately Ive been trying to do something more unique on my nails other than gradients so I figured why not a jelly sandwich :) 

Let us proceed to the pictures:

I used OPI Fly and China Glaze Make A Spectacle for this mani. Let me tell you, this looks incredible in real life!

Do you like jelly sandwiches on your nails?

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts

Tart-y For The Party nail art!

Hello ladies!

Today I have for you simple but cute mani I was going to wear for this Easter.

I used China Glaze Tart-y For The Party as a base on all my fingers besides my ring finger - there I used Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau and topped it with Tart-y For The Party with saran wrap method. Then I added 2 coats of Laka Manicure Confetti on my middle and ring finger. I liked it a lot :)

Dont mind the bubbles on my middle finger, my top coat ran its course then :) I hope you liked my Easter mani (that is before I decided to do a dotticure instead)!

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts

Happy Easter! & manicure :)

Happy Easter everyone!

I love easter, Im crazy about rabbits so there is no surprise in me loving a time of year when there is lots of stuff bunny-themed :) That said, we can proceed to my Easter mani.

I was originally going for the painted eggs as my mani with Easter Bunny accent nail - or something in that alley but I kind of felt for something else. Still pastel toned, I went for a dotticure!

I couldnt get more crisp picture, no idea why. My camera just freaked out I guess.

For this mani I used OPI My Vampire Is Buff as a base and China Glaze Tart-y For The Party, Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau and Depend #347 for the dots.

I love this mani and I dont plan on taking it off anytime soon :) Do you like something different for Easter or just good old painted egg nails? 

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts

Nude dotticure - more or less.

Hey ladies! 

Todays extremely quick post features my first-ever, big-time dotticure! I love them so much! :) Onto the nails:

I started off with 2 coats of Nordic Cap NP06 then added dots with China Glaze Below Deck, H&M Honey I'm Home and Depend nr 321.

I could have waited a bit longer before I added a top coat, saw it after I actually took the pictures :(

 I hope you enjoyed this mani just as much as I did!

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

*All of the nail polish I own I bought with my own money or received as a gift from friends, I don't get paid for any reviews, it's just my own thoughts.

Gradient, oh it's been a while?

Hello ladies!

I apologize for my very long absence but today Im back and I intend staying here with all of ya!

So.. Gradient, yes! I finally brought myself around to do another simple gradient, this time with Nordic Cap NP06, Depend 321 and China Glaze Below Deck. Here is the result:

As you can see the lightest color (Nordic Cap NP06) has silver shimmer in it! You have no idea how pretty this looks in real life!

I did try to capture a bir of the shimmer:

See it now? :) I hope you liked it, have a great day ladies!

Thanks for stopping by! :) xx

Puzzle, puzzle me!

Hello sweeties out there!

Today I have a little nail art for you to see :) Curious? Its puzzle design! I've seen so many puzzle designs out there and I was amazed! I like kind of funky manis so this one struck me deep. I thought it would be hard to make cause it looks kinda complicated but its not at all. You can imagine how happy Im now that I see how easy and stunning it is. 

I checked youtube around for a tutorial but I cant really bring up one that inspired me, many ladies do it differently so all I got from the videos I've seen was idea that you dont really need to free-hand it!

This is what I ended up with:

This is actually my second attempt at this kind of design. I did one today earlier but the polishes I picked for it didnt match at all nor they showed the puzzle effect well :< So I re-did it with China Glaze Grape PoP and Nordic Cap NP07.

Basically what I did for my index and middle fingers was that I did paint them orange (would be hard for the orange to show well over the purple), cut a few of squares from my scotch tape, put them on my fingernail the way so that I get 2 "free from scotch tape" squares on my nails (opposite ends of my nail bed), paint there purple, pull off the tape and add dots with my dotting tool (orange dots on the purple squares and opposite) so that it looks like puzzle! It isnt hard at all, is it? :) 

Did you try this design yet? :) Thanks for stopping by! xx

My first ever MSMD!!!

Hello ladies, I decided to participate in MSMD! Im a bit short on my free time lately so I cant really keep up with the summer challenge :( But Im eager to at least do my nails properly before every monday!

So this picture is a mystery of mine, I think one of our lovely ladies from Summer Challenge (or not?) posted it as a mani she did on her client in her saloon? Not sure! Please forgive me that I forgot but when I saw this mani I knew Im going to recreate it when I can and I forgot to spare the picture with the name of the lady that posted it!

Picture of the original design

I think she said its all made in gel (not sure though) and I love how the red, white, blue and glitter come together into one beautiful mani :) Here is my not-so-great recreation of this amazing mani:

I actually wanted to recreate it in 100% but too bad I didnt have the glitter she had so I used what I had :) Also pictures taken in 2 different day times cause the glitter I have is a pain in the neck! to photograph. Second picture taken under artificial light:

Polishes I used were:

Index finger & pinky: China Glaze Hey Sailor

Middle finger: Mavala White + Miss Selene 167

Ring finger: Mavala 49 White, Jessica King Tut's Gem 

and for the heart on the ring finger: China Glaze Hey Sailor

I truly hope I didnt offend the girl who did this mani. I hope you do read my blog or at least this post and let me know who you are so that I can credit you for this awesome work!

Turquoise, aqua or jade - summer challenge!

Hello ladies, sorry for my absence but I've been like crazy busy >.< But I missed you so Im back ;D

Im late with this challenge but here it is nonetheless:

Last time when I was using my turquoise polishes I used them with a purple - Grape pop by China Glaze and a blue - Surfers Paradise by IsaDora (in a water marble here). I really liked the combo of the colors so I did use them again but instead of Ocean Dive I used Nordic Cap NP07.

I used one coat of Grape Pop on all of my nails and while it was drying I painted pieces of scotch tape with blue, aqua and turquoise polishes. After everything was dry I just cut the tape into little stripes and stuck them on my nails! This technique I've learned from this awesome girl that has so much fantasy in doing her nails! Here you can check out the post that she used the technique with scotch tape: CLICK.

I wanted to make an accent nail so I went for good old glitter in purple and green :)

I know it all isnt perfect but well :)

Polishes I used were:

China Glaze Gape Pop

Jessica King Tut's Gem

IsaDora Ocean Dive

Nordic Cap NP07

Miss Selene Mini nr 173

+ top coat

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!

Day 39 - Orange + yellow mani

Late but Im very busy lately :( Well.. Here is my mani:

I really hated the result :( The yellow polish is old and very very thick, barely could make it even - I didnt even succeed! My ring finger is my first attempt at braided nails. Its definitely not perfect but well :)

Polishes I used were:

Viva la Diva 26

China Glaze Hey Sailor

Nordic Cap NP07

Nordic Cap NP12

+ top coat (Matte About You by Essie)

Im going to be busy but Ill do what I can with the summer challenge, hope Im excused :) xx

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 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!

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!