Valentine's Day Challenge - Roses

Hello my dear readers!

I had something completely different in mind for today, but since I am at my bf right now I didn't take so much polish with me .. and of course not the things I needed for the challenges! :))

So I recreated -this tutorial- and it turned out better than expected:

I used only Essence polishes: Black is Back, Snow Alert!, Back to the 50's and Roller Coaster. 

For the first time I did 2 accent nails, because I saw it on many blogs and I kinda liked the idea :) 

What do you guys think of the 2 accent trend? 

Thanks for reading and make sure to check out the other girls as well! 

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Valentines's Day Challenge - Red Passion

Hello my lovelies!

I don't even wanna post this look today... but I have to! First I wanted to do some beautiful nails (already had some mani in mind I wanted to recreate), but there was no time and no place to do it here..
No problem so far, I still can do some make-up right?
Well, I am at my boyfriend's place and the light here is just extremely bad. I basically could have done the make-up in the dark..maybe it would have turned out better then ^^

But let's talk about the make-up! Obviously I had to use some red and since the challenge is "Red Passion" I knew there had to be some smokey eye going on there as well!

Products I used:
- P2 Perfect Eyes Base

- P2 Perfect Look Lip Liner 141 Volcano  

- BH Cosmetics 120 Color Palette (red)

- Sleek Ultra Mattes V2 (Colors: Maple + Dune + Pillow Talk)

- Catrice Absolute Matt Palette

- W7 - In the Buff (Sand)

- Maybelline Gel Eyeliner 01 Black

- Astor Seduction Codes Mascara

- Ardell Black Wispies

One side has more black than the other and is better blended, one eye lash is put on good the other one extremely crooked ...aaah! I hate it xD I am such a perfectionist and I can't look too much at this picture .. 

Thanks for reading anyway! And see ya soon with some better post :)

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31 Day NA Challenge - Day 25: Inspired by Fashion

Hello beauties!

I have such a luck sometimes... I arrived at my boyfriend's place on Wednesday and now I'm so sick, I just stay in bed all day long and feel miserable. Why, oh universe, why??

Nonetheless I have a post for you today! Today's challenge was pretty easy actually - I just searched Google for some fashion inspiration and one of the first pics caught my eye immediately!

(Source: Google)

And here is my mani inspired by the look above: 

For this nail art I used only Essence polishes, which are: Snow Alert!, Black is Back and Back to the 50's (50's Girls Reloaded LE). 

I don't know why, but once I had finished the mani I thought it would look awesome in matte. So I added one coat of Essence Matte TC - and I have to say I like the result!

Hope you like it and thanks for reading <3 

31 Day NA Challenge - Day 24: Inspired by a Book

Hello my lovelies!

Today's challenge was difficult only because of one thing - I absolutely love books and didn't knew which one to choose :D
But the first one that came to mind is a book by Frank Schätzing - Der Schwarm (engl. title: The Swarm), which is one of my absolute favorite ones! I can only recommend it, if you like science-fiction and thrillers!

The nail art is inspired by the book cover and here it is:

I used Essence Black is back as a base and painted the blue iris with Essence Just Rock it! and Sensique Lakier Sky Blue (and a few mixtures of those 2 colors!).

The hardest thing was to draw a perfect circle haha :D 

Tell me, what is your favorite book/author or genre? 

Thanks for reading and see ya soon! <3

31 Day NA Challenge - Day 20: Water Marble

Hello again!

Here is yesterday's challenge...which I absolutely HATE! I hate water marbling... it's just so much work, such a nail polish waste (because you use a lot) and it never works for me! (and of course the clean-up is a pain in the a**)

But here it is (only as an accent nail):

I used Milani 3D Holographic - 510 3D as a base and for the marbling itself, plus S-he 303. 

I did my ring finger 4 times (!!) until it looked like that. The thumb was ok after the first time :P

In my eyes the result is not worth all the effort you put in, but I have to say that I really admire those girls who pull off such gorgeous water marbling nail art! 

You are really talented - and patient xD 

That's it, thanks for reading!

See ya later with today's challenge (finally :D)

31 Day NA Challenge - Day 18: Half Moons

And hello again ;)

Today's challenge is half moons and here is my take on it:

I used Barry M Raspberry as a base and Essence Black is Back on top to create the half moons. 

I'm not a big fan of this kind of mani..maybe if I add glitter to the half moons next time? I'll certainly give it a try :) 

Tell me, do you like to wear this type of manicure?

Thanks for reading and see ya soon! <3

31 Day NA Challenge - Day 16: Geometric Nails

Hello my dear readers!

I have such a headache that I thought about skipping today's nail art but I was so excited about it, because I love geometric and symmetric stuff...so I just couldn't :D

Here it is:

I used Essence Roller Coaster as a base and Essence Black is Back for the Stripes - and yes this is freehand! :P 

My hand was shaking a bit, so it's not absolutely perfect but I love it! 

The index finger is a little bit messy though, sorry for that!

Thanks for reading and see ya soon! :)

31 Days NA Challenge - Day 7: Black & White

Good morning!

I thought 3 posts are too much for one evening so I decided to post it in the morning instead :)

This was actually the challenge for Friday - black & white nails!

I started off with 2 coats of Essence Snow Alert! (from the Mountain Calling LE) and used a long and thin nail art brush to paint the black areas with Essence Black is Back afterwards.  

Initially I wanted to use tape to do this design, but I didn't had the patience to wait until the polish was completely dry on my nails :D

Thanks for reading my lovelies!

See ya later with today's challenge which will be very colorful :) 

31 Days NA Challenge - Day 6: Violet Nails

Hello!

Sorry for posting this one day later, but I didn't feel well yesterday. The nails were done, the pictures were taken and then I just didn't had the patience to edit the pics and blog about it.

Nevermind, here it is - yesterday's challenge: violet nails!

I used Catrice Forget-Me-Not, my all time favorite purple polish! I added some random dots & stripes with Essence Black is Back and Essence Icy Princess. 

Old readers now that I used to do this nail art every time I didn't know what to do :D It's just because it is so easy to do and still looks interesting! 

(I did a tutorial on this before -here-)

That's it! Thanks for reading :) 

P.S.: I don't know if I can post today's challenge later, because I have to go to a birthday party - but I'll try! :)

Nail Art of the Day: Stripy Gradient

Hello my lovelies!

Finally I am home :) I met with a dear friend of mine and after talking a lot and eating sushi and stuff we just decided to wash our cars at 9 pm - we are crazy like that :D

The following nail art (if you are following me on Facebook you already saw a pic of it) is what I wanted to post yesterday, but I was too tired to do my nails so here it is one day later ;) 

The polishes I used from right to left: 

China Glaze - Ruby Pumps, Essence - Black is Back, Catrice - On Top of the Alps, Essence TC Better Than Gel Nails

First I started with a simple black to white gradient and let it dry.

If you are not familiar with this technique yet, just check out the tutorial from Sammy @The Nailasaurus - it is still the best one out there! :)

After it was dry enough to tape it, I just did exactly that. I used those tiny nail art tapes to tape off 3-4 stripes and applied a coat of Ruby Pumps all over the nail. 

I don't like to let it sit too much, so I immediately removed the tape and moved on to the next nail. 

After all nails were done I just finished it off with the Essence TC and voilà!

If you ever saw China Glaze's Ruby Pumps in real life you know what a beautiful sparkly red it is, too bad it doesn't show all its beauty on camera ;) 

I hope you like it! 

Thanks for reading and see ya soon! <3 

Nail Art Monday - Big Red Glitter

Hello my lovelies! :) 

Short post today, because it's kinda of a sad day for me and I don't feel like talking too much right now ^^

Today's nail art looks kinda simple but let me tell you it took forever! :)) 

After applying 2 coats of Essence - Fabuless, a simple black with light shimmer, I added this big red glitter from kkcenterhk ... one by one... 

Although it was a lot of work, the glitter looked so gorgeous in the end it was really worth it :) 

I just placed them with a dotting tool onto the wet nail polish. If I thought the polish is not sticky enough anymore I added a dot of clear polish and placed the glitter on top of it.

After I finished all my nails I applied 2 thick layers of top coat to really smooth it out, although I have to admit that 1 or 2 glitter edges where still kinda sticking out. 

I did wear it only for a day, because it felt really thick on my nails with all those layers :D

If you like it or have questions, just leave me a comment ;) 

Have a nice evening (or day, depending where you're from :P)

See ya <3