First of the year!

Hello there!

Wowza! 2014 huh? Ive been such a bad blogger those last few weeks, every single time I sat down to write a post I felt so uninspired and tired and who knows what else. Everything I wrote felt like a such a failure I dont know why though. Even this post, besides long overdue, wasnt even suppose to be the first of the year.

The real 1st of the new year was suppose to be a post about my top 10 polishes of 2013 but I also got stuck on it and couldnt get on with it. I promise the post is coming!

Anyways this one ended up going to the blog as first cause I did the mani (I keep my nails painted almost always, I just cant get myself to write about it) and posted a pic of it on Instagram. I did kind of promise to put it up on the blog but no, I never got around of doing it. Tonight though, here it comes :)

This mani was inspired by very talented Maggie from Maggies_Manicures, she did an incredible job with this mani and when I saw it I immediately knew I had to try to recreate it. Gradient on my index and middle finger is done with OPI I saw... U saw... We saw... Warsaw (by the way, this shade is very close to my heart cause I was born and raised near Warsaw in Poland and Im a little bit home sick + the shade is amazing so), IsaDora Surfers Paradise and Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau. The black and white glitter topper is Gina Tricot Salt & Pepper. Ring finger and pinky is coated with a thick coat of ORLY Liquid Vinyl (surprise there huh) and Kleancolor Blue Eyed Girl.

It was a fun mani to wear but I had trouble with Seche, its giving me hell lately and I hate it. Here is the picture that I took and posted on Instagram, with a new hand pose Im thinking to keep for longer:

I think the hand pose in the last picture is very nice and I like it more than the normal ones I take but I find it hard to keep it this way and dunno. Im weird.

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.

Splattery gradient.

Hey there!

Yes! I finally found some time to blog a little bit! Today I have to show you a mani that I adored - and got many compliments on :)

I started off with a gradient done with 3 OPI shades: My Vampire Is Buff, My Very First Knockwurst and A Butterfly Moment. When this was done I added a little bit of splatter onto my nails with Orly Liquid Vinyl.

What do you think about this one? You think this mani would pass as a "work-friendly?" 

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 black.

Hey lovelies!

Todays post was suppose to be a post about my Halloween mani but an accident happened. I broke my nail. I had to cut my nails into ultra nubbins and now I have to recreate my mani cause I didnt take any pictures. So instead of make you wait even longer Im gonna show you something else I had on my nails a while back.

Ive done a gradient using Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, IsaDora Lilac Bikini and Orly Liquid Vinyl, followed by a thin coat of Black Polka Dots by Nubar.

What do you think ladies? I really enjoyed this mani :)

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.

Blue madness.

Hey!

Today I have for you a quick post featuring a mani that Ive worn a while ago but never got around to posting it. I really enjoyed the mani, it was simple yet pretty - the way I like it :)

I had 2 easy coats of Take Me To Your Chateau by Color Club on my index and pinky finger, on my middle finger Ive done a simple gradient with Take Me To Your Chateau and Scuba Blue by IsaDora, followed by one coat of Wet n Wild Halucinate. A dotticure on my ring finger featuring all the blues from the mani and a Shimmer Mint by Gina Tricot.

What do you guys think about this one?

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.

Neon + nude.

Hello there!

Wow, its been a while! Sorry for that :( Ive had some probs with my health then I just needed time to recovery and get some energy to keep blogging so thats why Ive been absent from here.

Now that it has been said, Im back! Like full time and I couldnt be happier. 

So todays post will be another neon mani of my neon week. Neon and nude. Ive seen lots of beautiful manis where those two were combined so I decided to make one myself, thats how it ended up:

On my index finger and pinky I made the "reverse gradient" that has been inspired by Adventures In Acetone, if you dont already go follow her! Shes absolutely amazing :) Middle finger and ring finger are all in polka dots - neon ones! 

It looks adorable! As my base color I used Nordic Cap NP06 and the neon polish is Shiney Coral by HOTmakeup.

Do you like it? Would you try the nude + neon combo yourself? 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.

Neon gradient with a sparkle!

Hello there!

I hope you are having a great Friday! Today I have for you something very bright and shiny, second neon inspired manicure. See for yourselves:

As you can see, my camera went crazy and instead of capturing the brightness of the colors, it hid in the corner and cried, which saddens me lots. I have no clue why the polish on my ring finger came out this way, the polish Im holding is Shiney Coral by HOTmakeup. On the right side of my ring finger nail the color is true. Bottle looks more pink than it really is.

I started off with a white base and mixed my neon-ish colors: (from left to right) Golden Rose Sweet Color 62 (green), Gina Tricot Python Green (yellow),  HOTmakeup Shiney Coral (peach) and IsaDora Power Pink (pink). Since Python Green has a pearly finish I covered the gradient with H&M Jo Is In The House. The holographic particles are kind of big so this picture looks at least weird. Im aware, but boy! So much holo in the sun! The brights looked amazing in the sun.

The picture is taken on purpose, to show you how much it shines in the right lighting. I was photographing the manicure at night so there was no sun to help me get this picture. 

Keep out for the next neon inspired mani :)

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

Spring? Yes, please!

Hey ladies!

Todays quick post features some of the new Spring shades from Depend. I know its just middle of February but Im pretty sick of the winter already and I want the Spring to come early!

I did feel for a gradient (what a surprise huh?) so I used 3 of my 4 picks from the Spring collection.

For the gradient I used Depend nr 347 (peach), 353 (blue) and 354 (lilac in the middle). I topped it all with Black Polka Dot by Nubar (my newest addition to the collection). I just love black glitter and Black Polka Dot is just what this gradient needed :)

How about you, are you tired of the winter yet?

Ill post swatches of those Depend shades soon so stay tuned!

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 again? Yes, because I can!

Hey ladies!

Quick post + gradient again. I know, I know I could have come up with something else but I had 3 polishes lying around while I was doing my homework and they all were pinks (more or less) so of course idea struck me - gradient! Here it is:

I did however try something other than applying polishes straight onto the make up sponge. I sponged them one after another. I used this technique before until I found out that you can actually paint colors directly onto the sponge and the effect is somehow "smoother". That is just for me of course :)

I used OPI My Very First Knockwurst for base, H&M Pink and OPI Casino Royale for the gradient. 

And which technique do you prefer while doing a gradient mani? 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.

Aqua green and blue skittle, say what?!

Hey there! 

Its already late (2 am) and I got to get to school tomorrow but I had some fun nail art to show you! I couldnt wait :) I was wondering what could I possibly do and I came up with this:

On my index finger and pinky I painted 2 coats of H&M Blue, on my thumb (you can not see my thumbs here), middle and ring finger I used Where's My Chauffeur as a base. On my middle finger I sponged some Petrol by GinaTricot and added one coat of Viva La Diva nr 51. On my ring finger I painted animal print with Petrol and a black creme. How 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.

Live And Let Die by OPI - swatches + nail art!

Hey ladies!

Today is one of those lazy Sundays but I do have something nice for you :) Live And Let Die was one of 2 picks from the OPI Skyfall collection. I did want to buy The Living Daylights but they were out and I havent seen this polish since then! :( Lets get to the swatches shall we?

Live And Let Die is a dark forest green with gold shimmer. Great formula - its an one coater!!!!! Awesome! Although I didnt need to I did use two coats cause I wanted the deep shade that you can see when you look at the bottle.

I do wear this shade a lot and this was even my Christmas-mani polish! Ill show you what I did for the holidays:

I used Live And Let Die as a base and did a reverse gradient with Disco by GinaTricot. It was very Christmas appropriate.

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.

ABC Challenge - G like Gadient!

Hey sweeties!

I've been so, so, so late with all the challenges! School got in the way, it's been very intense and I had time for just a few swatches but hopefully Im back on track.

So letter G today (I know, its not wednesday):

I used OPI Passion (probably my favorite nude jelly) and OPI Servin' Up Sparkle.

I started with 2 thin coats of  OPI Passion then sponged some  Servin' Up Sparkle onto my tips. Very delicate if I do say so myself.

Thank you for stopping by! :) xx

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

Featured at Manicured Monkey! + Nail art!

Hello ladies!

Im very excited (and yet I forgot to post it) cause I was featured at Manicured Monkey! If you wish to see the post you can check it out here. 

Here is the mani that you can see over at Kristin's blog:

Polishes I used were:

Mavala white

IsaDora Ocean Dive

H&M Petrol

Black striper

Thanks for stopping by! :) xx

Franken gradient :)

Hello ladies!

Today I have another one of my frankens to show you but not in a swatch! I made a gradient instead but promise, swatches are yet to come!

The name of this polish is Blue Apples - baby blue base with fine golden glitter in it. I fell in love with it, I hope you will too :)

I used Blue Apples and sponged golden glitter into tips of my nails. I love the combo and I dont think I'll be doing any new mani anytime soon haha - thats how much I like this polish and this mani!

Im off to do some house work :) Hope you liked the mani, thanks for stopping by! xx

Gradient - OPI Just Spotted The Lizard + Lady Luck by H&M

Hello ladies, today I have for you a mani that I promised to make when I swatched Lady Luck by H&M which you all can see here (you've gotta scroll down the site a bit).

I was very excited to do this cause those two polishes are so pretty and I thought they would match each other well! By the way, sorry for the tip wear, darn you Seche Vite!

This is how the gradient looks like, I think its really pretty! :) Lady Luck takes out the green shade out of Just Spotted The Lizard. the combo is awesome if you ask me. Some time ago I purchased Choose Me by Essence which is gorgeous blue-ish teal green with golden flecks and I thought it would make awesome animal print! I wasnt wrong:

This is first time I ever tried animal print so be kind! haha Even though it takes a bit of time I think its totally worth it! Im in love with it:

All of those colors are amazing together and Im really glad I did this mani :) 

Do you like animal print? Rather paint it yourself or stamp it? Let me know! :) xx Thanks for stopping by! 

Summery gradient with Gina Tricot, H&M and Depend. PIC HEAVY

Yes, another gradient. I recently purchased some cute babies that Ill show off soon enough but today Ill be showing you a gradient made out of 3 new polishes that I got. Gina Tricot not that long ago came up with their own line of cosmetics. I dont really use any make up products beside mascara and a lip gloss so cant say if those at Gina Tricot are good or not. I did try their nail polish and I have to say WOW!, their shades are very pigmented and eye catching! Ill be swatching all of the new polishes I got once I find some free time (I have a little summer break approaching so I guess that will be the time). Onto the mani now:

I had to take this picture in the shadow to show the true colors of the polishes I used. All of the polishes are either foil-y or shimmery so I really couldnt take a picture in direct sunlight - which I tried of course - and this picture you are going to see next.

This is the closest to the direct sunlight I could get without my camera freaking out while getting the picture. As you can see the shimmers are visible on this picture although only both of the blues are foily or shimmery (I cant say). The freakish yellow, which I fell in love with the second I saw it, is a bit neonish but with pearly finish. This is my Gina Tricot yellow and FIRST EVER nail polish with pearly finish. I just love it. Actually I cant wait to wear it all alone on my nails :)

As Im who Im, I couldnt "not try" to matte my mani. I really wanted to see how it looks. I love the colors that I got by doing gradient with 2 blues and one yellow polish. 

I love how the yellow and sky blue polish got mixed together and I got some sort of teal-blue greenish shade in there!

Polishes I used were:

H&M Deep Deep Water

Depend 310

Gina Tricot Python Green

Essie Matte About You

+ top coat

How did you like it? Did you ever try Gina Tricot or H&M nail polishes, if so, how were they?

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

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!