Today's Swatch: Avon - Grey Cement + Avon Haul

Hey there!
Oh gosh, I'm so excited about tomorrow!! If your new here, or maybe just missed it: this is what I'm so excited about :D Can't wait to start and see all the other Nail Designs, from the ones who participate ;)

So, today I am showing you another gorgeous polish from Avon! I'm falling in love with this polish brand ;) It's Grey Cement, a matte polish, which is the perfect grey! Not to dark and not to light...just gorgeous!

The application was a bit hard at first, because this polish dries within seconds! So you have to be fast...and I mean fast as lightning, no kidding :) Even if you manage to apply it evenly, you'll still see some brush strokes (1st pic), but they're not that noticeable in real life. I used 2 coats.

All in all I love how matte it is, because some other matte polishes I own, have more like a satin finish. That's why I ordered the other 2 matte polishes, that I don't already have, from Avon, so I have them all. They're just so cool :D
And here are the ones I ordered this month:

 From left to right:

Ruby Slippers, Violetta Sparkle (swatch here), Gunmetal, Blue Shock

Inky Blue, Grey Cement, Red Velvet

I really like the names of the polishes, because they describe them perfectly ;) But why couldn't Avon manage to put them on the bottles as well? I had to cut out the names from the boxes they came in and tape it on the cap :P

If you know some other cool Avon polishes, that are just a must-have, let me know!

See ya tomorrow with the first Challenge!!! Yey :D

Nail Art Monday Nr.11 - Fierce Accent

Heeey!
I took a little pause from blogging, cause I had a lot of going an with uni and stuff (I had 3 tests only last week) but now it's going to be more relaxed, so I can post regularly again :) Starting Thursday I will post a Christmas Nail Art everyday! That will be fun :D
So today I was swatching some colors, and one of them was Avon - Violetta Sparkle. This is a dark purple polish with fine golden glitter in it. The application was tricky at first, I had to use 3 coats on the first nail, cause I couldn't apply it evenly. As I was moving on to the other nails I got the hang of it and I had to use only 2 coats. So application is fine, if you're careful. When I ordered this polish I thought it would be a lighter purple with silvery glitter, judging by the photo in the catalog. So I was a little bit disappointed, but the polish is still pretty :)

It was really hard to capture the real color and the glitter. If you enlarge the photos you can get an idea of how it looks.

 With flash.

 The purple is a little lighter in real life.

I thought about pimping it a bit, so I added P2 Crackle TC - Golden Rush. I realized something funny today ... I always start painting my ring finger and then go on and paint the other ones. :))) So this accent nail happened by accident and since today's theme at PAA was "Fierce Accent Nail" ...well, perfect! :D

 I know a reader requested the swatch of this particular polish, so I hope she's happy with it! =)

Do you have any funny habits of painting your nails ? 

Have a good night! ♥

24 Days - Christmas Challenge

Hey there!

Yep I´m starting a challenge, I´m so excited about this :D I found it on paint that nail's blog and it´s a Christmas Challenge with many lovely Christmas designs ;) Check out the list: 

Click --here-- to go straight to the original post! 

So will any of you join me? I´m starting on the 1st of December! I´m sure I won´t be able to do it every single day, but I'll try! And if you scared you won't be able to do it, you can just do a few designs from the list ;) 

Let me know, if you join me! Would be really awesome :D

Bye for now :-* 

Guest Post from I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous

Well, well here is the third guest post and it´s from Amy from I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous! I bet you know her already! She has such beautiful swatches and she's really creative when it comes to layering polishes ;) Go ahead and visit her blog and then come back here and read her post :D So here it is: 

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Hi Everyone! I'm Amy from I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous. I am so happy to be appearing on Theodora's blog today. I hope you enjoy !

WARNING!!! It is official...My old camera HATES gold polishes. I can't wait to get my new camera back from the shop (broken LCD screen)

Today's post is all about golds! I don't know what my deal was, but I was in the mood to play with gold nail polishes. The photo above shows ONE coat of Color Club Gingerbread Man with no top coat. This is a lovely gold foil polish. I tried stamping with it, but I am undecided on whether it is a good stamping polish or not... as of now, I say no.

The photo below shows one coat of Color Club Gingerbread Man and one coat of Tip Toe (by Old Navy) Gold Dust with one coat of top coat. These photos do not do it justice. This was the perfect amount of bling. It was so gorgeous.

On to the next gold nail polish.... I recently ordered five Ozotic polishes, and one of them was Ozotic 604. The picture below shows two coats of Ozotic 604 with no top coat. Again, my old camera does not do this polish any favors. This polish is the PERFECT gold. It does have a slight holo effect, but my camera did not pick that up. If you do not have this on your wishlist, please add it! In person, it looks like a light gold polish with white/silver non-sparkly flakes with a slight holo effect. It is quite amazing--very unique. I wish I had my good camera to capture that. Please do a google image search!

Ugh, I hate the next two blurry photos, but this is such a great mani. I stamped on the print with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Bronze Ablaze and Bundle Monster stamping plate BM 21. The photo below shows one coat of top coat. (P.S. I stamped BM 21 twice over top of each other to make the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Bronze Ablaze show better. one stamp was not dark enough)

I added something extra with Kleancolor White and Bundle Monster stamping plate BM01

I hope you enjoyed my post!!! And thanks again Theodora for inviting me to share my passion on your blog. You can visit me over at my blog or my Facebook page.

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Wow, I love this gold polishes, they´re perfect for the coming holidays! :) I can't believe you stamped the image twice over each other, it´s so perfect, I would never be able to do that! The design reminds me of something, but I don't know what :P hmm.. whatever, it is GORGEOUS!

Thank you so much Amy for doing this post for me ;)

Well, that's it! This was the last guest post for now, and I wanna know what you think about it :) Should I do this again sometime or didn't you like it ? I think it´s a great thing to do, if you don't have the time to blog and the readers also get a chance to find new blogs ;) 

Starting Friday you´ll have me back again ;) Til then, take care and thanks for reading! ♥

Guest Post by Sara - Winter Coat Nails

I have another great guest post for you! This time it´s from the lovely Sara from Sara ♥'s Pretty Little Things! I'm sure most of you know her already ;) If you don´t, then stop reading right here, go visit her blog first and follow her! You'll miss an awesome blog, if you don't do it ;) Well, now we can continue with the post :D

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Hey everyone! Firstly I would like to thank Theodora for letting me guest post on her brilliant blog =) Thanks soo much, you're completely awesome! =D

When I was asked to guest post I thought I'd show a cute and simple to do mani which reflects the coming of winter. Here's what I came up with:

This hounds tooth pattern reminds me of thick winter coats we see everywhere in shops during this season. The colours are dark and stormy, just like the winter months =)
To create this design I painted my nails in Accessorize's Idol, a deep blue/black shimmer and then I stamped over it in MEMEME's Pewter using the hounds tooth design from Konad.

I hope you enjoyed reading through this post =) Thanks again to Theodora for letting me take over her page, I hope you liked the design too!

♥♥♥

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Perfect winter manicure Sara! I don't like it, I love it :D ...and I really admire your stamping skills! Accessorize's Idol is so beautiful as well ♥

Thank you very much for doing this guest post for me Sara, I'm sure my lovely readers love it just as much as I do, don't you guys? ;) 

Tomorrow there's coming on more guest post, so keep an eye out for it! I hope you like this kind of posts! :D Let me know ;)