ABC Challenge: Letter G - OPI Goldeneye

Hey there :)

I have a quickie for you today, work is calling me already and I need tu rush! This installment of the ABC Challenge will be featuring two polishes that were given to me as a present this Christmas ^^ For letter G I chose OPI Goldeneye, that a friend brought me from the USA, and I paired it with Sally Hansen Blue it!

I had seen tons of pictures of Goldeneye but jeez... I was still surprised to see how in your face it is! I love gold for little nail art details and find it most appropriate for Christmas, but wearing it as a full mani at the beginning of February made me feel a little odd! So me and my dear striping tape covered it strategically with Blue it. Problem solved! 

Be bad and rock those claws of yours!

M.

Berlin Haul

Hello polish lovers!

Here is my Berlin haul + some polishes I got as a present for Christmas. I get a polishgasm just looking at those pictures, true nail porn. Enjoy!

 Ciaté Regatta - Sally Hansen Blue it - NOPI Sky's the Limit - Misslyn Blue Lights

 Misslyn Royal Desire - Misslyn Space Camp - Rival de Loop (?) - Ciaté Halo

 Rituals Mystic Amethyst - Essie Bahama Mama - NOPI Fanatical Fuchsia - Manhattan (?)

 Ciaté Starlet - OPI On Her Majesty's Secret Service - BeYu 475 - Kiko crackle green

 Essie Lapiz of Luxury - Catrice After Eight - Ciaté Glametal - OPI Goldeneye

Misslyn Star Dust - Misslyn Over and Over - P2 Passion - Manhattan 46D

Is there any of those lacquers you want to see first?

M.

Pupa Holographic 033 revisited Part 1.

Hey there! 

I hope you're wearing nothing boring on your claws! :) As I told you in my previous post, the sun was not willing to cooperate with and my gorgeous holo last weekend so I decided to add some fun to my nailies.

Lines. I love lines. Straight and clean lines. So I taped off the centre of the nail and painted with Sally Hansen Pacific Blue on top; thus combining two loves of mine (have I mentionned I adore Sally Hansen Pacific Blue? My first post EVER featured this perfect polish...). Here you go:

How do you like it?

M.

Mix 'n Match

Heeeeeellow,

Today I am showing you the mani I've been rocking all this weekend, of which I can't help but be a little proud of. I had my afternoon off on Friday and unvoluntarily dedicated most of it to doing my nails. Seriously, I think I've never spent so many time on nail art EVER, and it was quite a lot of fun! I should do it more often. Take a look:

So I took a look at my inspiration archive and could not make my mind on one single design so... I picked five of them and made some sort of mix and match with them! I need to credit The Daily Nail for the index design, it's totally hers; it's so cool but time-consuming... If you try it out (you should!) as part of a manicure I totally recommend to start with it, because you'll need to wait some time between stages, so you can proceed with the rest of the manicure while building this design up.

I had a party on Friday night and some people were like: "what?! YOU did that?!" [re-thinking about it I'd answer "yeah, I can do more than procedural writs, awesome right?"] and "nah, those nails aren't yours"; even my mother felt the urge to take my hands on picture this morning. It feels daaaaaamn nice! If I was a cat right now, I'd purr badly.

Sadly, I have to take them off because tomorrow is Monday already *sobs* so I needed to immortalize them (sort of) in my little bloggy :) Hope you like them!

Recipe:

- Index: China Glaze Sea Spray, China Glaze Liquid Leather and Kiko nº 383.

- Middle: Gosh Silver, Flormar nº 385.

- Ring: China Glaze Snow, China Glaze Liquid Leather, Orly Green Apple, Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, China Glaze Heli-Yum.

- Pinky: Essie Armed & Ready, IsaDora Gold Sparkles.

M. 

Girly french manicure

Hey!

It's obvious I'm on holidays: two posts in a week, yay! My nails suck right now, and every time I stare at them I just want to cry. First world women problems. I spent one entire day disassembling my furniture and carrying it up and down, and another entire day reassembling the furniture and placing it where I thought it belonged in my new appartment. Add a lot of dust to the equation and you will obtain ten tortured nails. I had spent quite a lot of time shortening them before such ordeal, but apparently it wasn't enough *sobs* So while I pamper them and transform them into ten long and healthy nails, I will post some pictures from my archive of un-posted manis.

This french one is from a little while back; I used Sally Hasen Insta Dry Petal Pusher (two coats) and Zoya Kimber for the tips. I just needed to cover that nasty nail line...

I'm not trying to make you girls jealous, but I will be spending 1h15 in the hands of a skilled masseur this afternoon, in order to relax and de-stress. I can't wait!

Keep it up, we're Thursday already! One day to go for freedom.

M.

Sponged silver tips

Hey!


I wanted to do something fun for my night out, with a bit of wow but still keeping it simple, so this is what I came up with:

I kept Sally Hansen Pacific Blue as an electric base, and sponged the tips with Gosh Silver, which really popped out!

It was my second attempt at sponging, and I found out that using a foil polish such as Silver is much much easier than sponging cremes. The gradient built up pretty much on its own, and I escaped the whole "damn, I don't have the perfect colour for the gradient to be neat". 2 colours, problem solved.


Mysteriously, you never have all the polishes you think you need when you want to do an ombre manicure or a smooth gradient with different tones. And the lacking colour is ALWAYS the fella that should go right in the middle... *sigh*
Remember this whenever you need an excuse to buy more polish!

At the end of the day my only victory was my manicure, which received several compliments ;) I got lost in something ultra sweet with more degrees than it appeared at first, which led me home far too early. Oh well.


Stay tuned :)

At the beach with Pacific Blue and Laser

Hey there!

Welcome to my new born blog :)

I’m about to spend my day in a hidden beach I discovered last summer, just chatting and being lazy, and I felt like wearing some mermaid nails for the occasion.

I started with two coats of Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, which I absolutely adore to wear on sunny days. The formula is smooth and opaque in one thick coat, even though I did two just because it’s against my religion to go out with only one. The icing on the cake: it dries super fast.

But this perfectness was not enough for today, I wanted something I could play with in the sun. So I picked Sally Hansen HD in Laser, a dark blue / purple duochrome with hints of gold, and layered it over (1 coat). I can now hypnotize myself trying to see this beauty in all its splendeur (wink). 

As you can see, Laser becomes mostly blue over Pacific Blue, and gives a shiny cosmic effect. If you layer it over a darker blue (e. g. China Glaze First Mate) the purple and the gold will be much more visible :) 

What polishes make you feel like a mermaid?

Thank you for stopping by!