Nail Art Monday Nr.3 - Sponge Mani

Hello everybody :) 

Today is monday and that means? Right! Nail Art Monday! :) So todays´ theme is sponged nails. I´ve never done this before so it was a completely new experience for me. I started off with 2 coats of Essence - Sundancer and sponged it with P2 - Summer Party(LE). And because it looked kind of unfinished, I added some dots and stripes :) 

I´m not really a fan of this manicure...and I don´t know why ^^ Nevertheless I will try some sponging again, maybe some gradient, but for now I stick to the stuff I know :P  

Thanks for reading and see ya next time ! :-* 

Night Sky Manicure

Hey , dear readers! 

Quick post today :) I used Catrice - En Vogue, 2 coats, as a base and added Maybelline NY Flash Cosmic (840D). It is such a pretty shimmer! I love it! And it looks like the stars on a night sky :) Click to enlarge, to see the beautiful glitter.

Blurry image to show you the great sparkle... it´s much more visible in real life  :)

It´s subtle but gorgeous :) So that´s it for today, sorry for this short post, but I have a lot to study and no time....but it will be all over soon :)
Thanks for reading and have a nice and sunny Sunday ;)

My first Splatter Mani :)

Hello everyone! :)
I miss blogging already....I count the days til the end of the month, then I´m free and I will have more time for my blog :)
Some new trend in the nail polish community is the so-called splatter manicure. It´s so easy to achieve and it creates an awesome effect on your nails. So I started with a gold-beige shimmery polish as a base, it´s S-he 320.The color is something in between picture 1 and 2. I did 2 coats, the application was flawless and it dried super fast! After 5 minutes I accidently bumped my index finger against my table and ...nothing! It dried completely. I was fascinated :D

To create this effect, all you have to do is, take a straw, dip it in some nail polish so that it creates a thin layer over the hole. Now you have to blow (from the other side of the straw :D) and the nail polish will scatter all over your nail. Make sure to tape off the skin around the nail, just so you don´t have to clean up that much :) Repeat this step til you like the result and your done :)

How do you like it ? :) Have you tried a splatter mani yet?

Thanks for reading and have a great day! 

Nail Art Monday Nr.2 - Patriotic Nails

Hello everyone!
First off: Happy 4th of July to everyone in the USA! :)
So today is another Nail Art Monday and the theme is 4th of July/Patriotic nails. The fb-group Polish-aholics Anonymous has many members from all over the world, that´s why we decided that the ones, not living in the USA, should do patriotic nails :) So since I´m from Romania, here is my patriotic nail design:

The pic above is taken with flashlight, to make the colors really pop out. First I wanted to do only the national flag, but then I thought I could do an accent nail as well :) The colors I used: P2 - Gigantic (blue), Essence - Sundancer (yellow), Farmasi - 45 (red) and the white base is Art de Lautrec - 200.

So that´s it for today, hope you like it :) Thanks for reading and see ya next time! :-*

Today´s Swatch: Essence - You´re The One

Hey, my dear readers!
I´m so sorry I didn´t post anything the last 2 days, but my exam is coming up and I have a lot to learn ... so there won´t be that many posts here til the 20th of July :) Since I don´t have any polish on right now, I will show you another beautiful nail polish swatch I did some while ago. This is Essence - You´re the one (30), a pinkish nail polish without shimmer. It´s very creamy and easy to apply. This one could actually be a one coater, if you apply it carefully, but I used 2 thin coats to be sure ;)

It was very hard to capture the real color, but I think the third picture is most color accurate. I just love this color! This one is coming with me on my vacation, that´s for sure :)
What polishes do you take with you on summer vacations? Let me know in your comments, maybe I get some ideas :D
Thanks for reading and see ya next time ;)