Summer Challenge: Tropical Drinks

Hello there!

A bit late but here is my tropical drinks inspired mani!! :D My inspiration was this yummy looking Blue Mojito ;) I love cocktails with mint or cocos or fruity liqueurs, but this one just looks awesome!

I first started with a blue gradient, using Sensique - Lakier Sky Blue and Farmasi 85: 

I also added some mint leaves... but they look weird =)) But from afar it looks okay ;) 

Also check out these ladies!! (After the jump!)

Summer Challenge: Favorite Summer Memory

Phew this was a hard one! I only post it so late, because it took me so long to figure out what I wanna do with my nails =)) First off, it is really hard to find a favorite summer memory, because every summer happens something awesome, and second of all, how can you transfer a memory to your nails, right? 

I managed it in the end :P One of my favorite summers ever was the the summer 2008, were me and my best friend went on a vacation on Young Island, Croatia. It was just A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!
I will never forget those 2 weeks :) 

I'll show you the mani and explain later what each design represents ;) 

Explanation and the links after the jump!! ;) 

Jeff Dunham Inspired Nails!

Jeff Dunham, who is this? Well, let me tell you! He is a pretty good and funny ventriloquist. This guy is just hilarious! And he has a lot of different puppets/characters. You may have heard of Achmed the dead terrorist? "SILENCE! I kill you !!" ... yep, that was him ;) 

I think the most "popular" characters are Achmed, Walter, Peanut and Jalapeno on a Stick! Those are the best ones! It's amazing, how he can bring them to life, just using his voice. You really can't tell that he is the one speaking and not the dolls! :D 

I actually thought about doing some Nail Art inspired by them, but never had a concrete idea. Once Cuti-CLUE-les asked me to do it, I kinda had to think of something! 

Well, here are my nails I did, based on those characters: 

 Please forgive me, but I won't list up all the polishes I used, they're just too many! If you wanna know a specific one, you can just ask ;) 

For the ones, who don't know the characters: index finger = Walter, middle finger = Achmed, ring finger = Peanut and pinkie = Jalapeno on a Stick! 

I did a simple gradient on my thumb and Jeff Dunham's initials :) 

For reference, here are the puppets and Jeff Dunham!!! 

I'm not a 100% pleased about how my nails turned out, but I think I did o.k. :) 

They actually looked better on my "blueprint", lol =))  Wanna see? All right then: 

I don't usually do this, but with more complicated Nail Art I like to do this first, just to get an idea on how to start and what to use :) 

Actually Cuti-CLUE-les requested these, but she also did some Jeff Dunham nails! She will post it soon on her blog, so make sure to check it out too!! :D 

Thanks for reading, hope you like it!

French Poppies! :D

Hello there! :) 

A friend of mine requested some nail design for a special occasion, and the design should include poppies, since those are her favorite flowers. :) I was happy to think of something and here is the result: 

I used: O.P.I Nail Envy as a base (2 coats), P2 Miss French White Tip, Farmasi 45 (red), Sensique 139 (brown dots), Essence Check me out (green dots) and N.Y.C. Black Lace Creme (black dots). 

 You could add 1 or 2 little poppies along the big one, to have more red in the mani. :) 

I'm not used to wear french manis, I get bored of them so easy, even if I add something to them, like I did here :)) But it was fun creating this and my friend already told me she loved them! Mission accomplished! :D 

You like it? Do you want a tutorial for it? :P 

Tomorrow I'll post the Water Decal Tutorial! See ya ;)

--EDIT--
I entered Kayla Shevonne's Nail Art Contest with this manicure! Yay :D Go check out all the other manicures as well and maybe enter yourself?! 

Christmas Challenge Day 24 - Favorite Manicure

The last challenge .. I can't believe it's over. I had really fun doing all this designs, although sometimes it was hard doing Nail Art everyday :P I'm so glad I joined this challenge, because I improved my Nail Art skills and I found some nice ladies, who also did this cool Christmas Challenge :) It was really worth it! 

Today we had to recreate our favorite manicure from all the 23 themes and I didn't have to think a lot about it: I chose Snowflakes ;) But I didn't do the same version as last time, instead I chose the design that Copy That, Copy Cat did some while ago :)

 I chose China Glaze - Ruby Pumps as a base instead of a blue one, cause it's more Christmassy that way :P
For the tips I used: S-he 471 (silver), Farmasi 79 (little silver glitter) and Essence - Julia (big glitter). 

It was a really hectic day today, so I didn't had the time to do all nails with snowflakes, but I really like how that looks too :)
I'm so glad I can keep this design on my nails for as long as I want to, cause I don't have to do another challenge tomorrow :P I will keep it on, til it chips and I hope that won't be too soon :D

If you didn't visit these blogs til now, make sure to do it! They all did a great job in this cool challenge:  

Paint That Nail, Steffi, Jessica, Salpi, Shannara, Kirshten, Kelly, Lexi Martone and Kaki.
I will really miss seeing all the different interpretations of 1 theme everyday, cause it was fun and interesting! ;)

I wish you all a Merry Christmas! Enjoy your free time with your loved ones and may Santa bring you many great presents! :D

Christmas Challenge Day 16 - Lights

I'm so behind with my Christmas manicures, oh my :P Well, I did them, but I didn't had the time to post them, cause I had a lot going on in the past 2-3 days...I'll try to catch up and post each day again :) 

So Friday's theme was: Lights! And here they are:

Ask me, if you wanna know any of the colors I used ;) 

Also check all the lovely Christmas manis from these ladies:

                          Paint That Nail, Steffi, Jessica, Salpi, Shannara, Kirshten, 

                                                   Kelly, Lexi Martone and Kaki

See you very soon with the other themes ;) 

Christmas Challenge Day 2 - Snowflakes

It snowed! Last night when I went to bed, I looked for a second out the window and couldn't believe it: it all was white! I love it :D Well, today's theme is perfect for this weather: Snowflakes! And here is my mani:

I think I associate snow with night. :D I just love when it snows at night and everything is quiet and peaceful, and you can see the snowflakes under the streetlights ...beautiful! ♥ I think it's my favorite time of the year :)

That's why I used a black background and silver Snowflakes :) After applying Essence - Fabuless as a base, I used 1 coat of Farmasi 79, a silver glitter, to make it a bit shinny, and then I draw the Snowflakes with the Essence Tip Painter - Silver Surfer. I added some dots with the same silver, representing the Snowflakes that are more far away :P 

I hope you like it! Because I really love this manicure :P

Check out the other ladies and their designs !

Shannara, Kelly, Steffi, Salpi, Kaki, Paint that Nail, Jessica, Kirshten and Lexi Martone :) 

Have a lovely Friday! :-* 

Nail Art Tutorial: Spider Web

Good evening everybody! :)

How was your weekend? I hope a little bit more spectacular than mine :P I learned the past few days for my upcoming test and now I found the time to post my weekend tutorial for you ;)

Btw: I now have a facebook-page! So if you´re on facebook, go ahead and like it! :D And I wanna ask you guys, whether you know, how to put the facebook box on my blog´s sidebar. I tried the HTML-Code, but it didn´t work :( So if you know how it works, just write me an email ;)

So, this time we have the Spider Web! Since Halloween is coming up, I thought I do some Nail Art for it :) It´s really easy and fast, and here it goes:

Step 1 : After applying you base color, you take a small brush and choose another color for the spider web. The colors should have a good contrast :) Basically you just have to paint some straight lines, that all start at the same point. I chose the right side by my cuticles as the "starting point".



Step 2 : It should look like this after painting on your lines. You can do more lines, for a denser spider web, or less, for a big spider web. I chose 4... I think it´s just the perfect amount of lines :)



Step 3 : Now we have to draw on the other lines, to make it look like a web. You could do some round lines, from one side of the nail to the other one (and it´s a lot easier that way), or you could do the lines a little bit curved from one line to the other. Does that make sense ? :D It´s like you painting a little "u" between every line.



Step 4 : Finish it off with a TC to make it shinny and you´re done! You have a spider web on your nails! :D (I didn´t put a TC on cause I added something else :P)



Phheew, I sure said the word "line" a lot :D


I didn´t do the web on all of my nails, just on the thumb and the ring finger. Then I thought I could add a cute little spider to one of my nails and here is the end-result:

 I also added some glitter over the spider-web, cause I loooove glitter! :) But this step is totally optional ;) 

I used: P2 - Dramatic Black (base on thumb and ring finger), S-he 471 (silver), Farmasi - 79 (silver glitter) and Essence - Fatal for the Spider. 

I am in love with this cute spider and his web!

Do you like it? 

I think I will do some more Halloween Nail Art the next couple of days ... this mani just got me in the mood :D

Have a good night and thanks for reading! :-* 

Today´s Swatch: Farmasi 74

Hello! :) 

How are you all today? Good? That´s nice...yes I´m talking to myself here :P Soooo, I have another swatch for you, that I did some while ago and it´s not another blue polish! :D It´s Farmasi, Nr. 74, a really pretty purple polish. In the sunlight you can see purple, pink and blue shimmer, it´s really beautiful! Application was good, but I needed 3 coats to make it opaque ... that´s the only thing I don´t like about it. The more coats, the more likely it is to chip very soon. 

This picture isn´t the best, but there was no sun, when I took the pictures, so I experimented with the flashlight on my camera, to show you the shimmer! :) 

The last picture is the most color accurate. Do you own any Farmasi polishes? I don´t even know where that brand comes from, so if you know, you can tell me in your comments ;) 

And of course it´s time for you to tell me another number between 1 and 217 ! You can decide what polish I wear tomorrow ;) Thanks for that! :) 

Have a nice evening and see ya tomorrow ;) 

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! :-*

Farmasi 85

Hello my lovelies :)
I´m in love :) Do you remember the polishes I got the other day ? Well, I wanted to try them out and I first went for the blue one. And it´s such a beauty! It´s Farmasi , number 85, a gorgeous blue with shimmer. The application was flawless and I needed 2 thin coats to make it opaque. The only thing that I don´t like about it is the smell. It´s very pungent and none of my other polishes have that smell. Well, after it dries, it doesn´t smell anymore, so it´s not a big deal :P Let´s get to the photos :D

 Sunlight picture - see the pretty shimmer? :) 

 Indoor pic 1

Indoor pic 2

It´s too bad this polishes have no names, but I have a name for this one: Deep blue sea :) 

I just love this color and I also love the price: just 1,25€ !! :) What do you guys think about it? Like it? 

Have a nice evening and thanks for reading ;)