Cute double lightning bolt

Hi guys! I felt like doing a double lightning bolt again :) This time it's a very cute and girly version, kind of like a badass princess mani, lol. I used two pinks from Essie for it: Lion Around and Your Hut Or Mine, from the 2011 Resort collection. I actually bought Lion Around (the lighter pink) just to complete the set of four, but I'm glad I did, because it looks so cute together with Your Hut Or Mine :) And I didn't have anything like it yet anyway. For the gold in the middle I used China Glaze 2030, my favorite, and to make the whole look softer, I applied a matt topcoat. Mine is from Essence. Hope you guys like it, thanks for reading!

My Kleancolor glitter polishes, part 2

Recently I ordered more of the popular Kleancolor glitters from Beauty Joint, I just couldn't resist. They look so amazing and unique, and they're so affordable. I'm dying to make some swatches for you guys, but the weather here has been bad lately! In the morning when I get up I'm blinded by the amount of sunlight, but quickly after I've had breakfast it gets terribly cloudy again. This happened like five days in a row now... Sigh. So until then I've got some pretty bottle shots for you, feast your eyes!

You can view my other Kleancolor glitters here.

Party Fever

V.I.P.

Holo Chrome

Black Out

Aurora

Chunky Holo Teal

Afternoon Picnic

Blind Date

Sporty French

Hi everyone! A short post today, since I'm still not feeling very well. A little while ago I showed you a beautiful green from Catrice, Run, Forest, Run! (LOVE the name and movie by the way). Today you can see how I upgraded the mani to a sporty French with a simple stripe design. The look instantly reminded me of sportswear, hence the name. The black polish I used for the stripes is Color Club Where's The Soiree?.

pink and black playboy bunny nails, cute fish nails, boat fingernails, purple dandelion make a wish nail art......nail art tutorials up for friday!

PINK PLAYBOY BUNNY DESIGN: robin moses nail art tutorial  

UNDER THE SEA: boat and fish design: robin moses nail art tutorial  

MAKE A WISH (a dandelion design) : robin moses nail art tutorial

Flame job

Hi everyone, I have a very exciting post for you today! I did this flame design a little while back, I already had the idea for some time but didn't know how to execute it yet. Then I saw Rebecca's gradient tutorial. Rebecca's famous for her awesome gradient animal print manis, she uses the sponging technique to create the gradient and then makes an animal print using stamping plates. Her sponging technique was perfect for my flame design so I bought a few make-up sponges and followed her tutorial. Unlike Rebecca, I only used two colors to create the gradient, but it worked :) First I applied a yellow base color, Color Club Almost Famous, then to make the transition to the red I actually used a pink neon (Color Club Warhol). Warhol was perfect for the job, because it's sheer but not too sheer, had a great, smooth formula and the neon brightness made the flames look even hotter. After I was done with the gradient, I freehanded the flames and filled in the background with black. Flame on!

1000 followers!

Hi guys! 1000 followers! I'm so excited, thank you all so much for following my blog. Blogging has become a huge part of my life, I love doing it so much and it's wonderful to hear from you guys that you appreciate what I'm doing. It's what makes working on this blog even more fun and it keeps me motivated. So thank you! It means a lot to me.

lime mint teal khaki floral print nail art design. roller derby pink and black nails abstract splatter paint nail art 7/27/11

LIME AND MINT FLORAL PRINT

ROLLER DERBY SKULL WITH ABSTRACT SPLATTER

Dim Sum Fun

Hi everyone! I felt like doing something fun on my nails, using one of my favorite color combinations: pink and blue. The fuchsia I used is OPI Dim Sum Plum, an amazing polish. It's simply perfect and a one-coater, hooray! Since I'd planned to do some taping for my accent nails, I chose for a base color that's pigmented and with a short drying-time, H&M Coral Summer. So shortly after Coral Summer dried, I was able to place tape strips on the surface to create the stripes, using Essence Chuck. Again a very pigmented color, really useful to do tape manis with, whether you're using it as your base or layering color. Guess that's about it, thanks for stopping by!

Orly Purple Pleather + Milani Jewel FX Silver

Hi guys, the other day I had a little party with some friends. I didn't have any time to do my nails that day, except shortly before the guests would arrive. I had about 30 minutes left, so I wanted something quick and fun that would scream "Partay!". And what better way to create a party on your nails than a sparkly layer of chunky glitter. The base color I picked was Orly Purple Pleather (which dries with a satin-matt finish) and on top of that I used one of my newest chunky glitter polishes, Milani Jewel FX Silver. The glitter was quite tricky to apply, some nails ended up with just one giant blob of glitter on only part of the nail, while the rest of the surface kept clear. But practice really makes perfect and I managed to spread the chunks evenly when I started on my second hand. The fast-drying topcoat that I usually reach for is Sally Hansen's Insta-Dri, but glitter this big needs more than that. So I pulled out the big gun: Seche Vite. One thick coat of it was enough to get my nails smooth and dry before my friends arrived. Mission succeeded!

fish nails, ZEBRA nails, heart nails, neon hearts nail, butterfly nails, simple butterfly nail, pink nails, light blue nails, neon pink nail,

GONE FISHIN': robin moses nail art design tutorial

 

ZEBRA ANIMAL PRINT with HEARTS: robin moses nail art design tutorial

WHIMSICAL BUTTERFLIES design for short nails: robin moses nail art tutorial

Orly - Viridian Vinyl

Hi guys! For today's post I'd like to show you one of my latest finds, the amazing Viridian Vinyl by Orly. Viridian Vinyl from the 2010 Plastix collection is a gorgeous, muted teal creme that dries with a soft satin-matt finish. The formula was a great pleasure to work with and though the polish seems sheer after the first coat, it does cover completely after the second. Another plus is the short drying-time. Matt polishes are known for drying very quickly and this polish is no exception.
Teals, so yummy... I can never never get enough of colors like this. Though I already own quite a bunch of teals similar to Viridian Vinyl, this polish is a keeper for sure! The main difference with my other teals is its satin finish, but on top of that it has a wonderful application and of course the convenient, rubberized cap.
Another polish I bought from Orly's Plastix collection is Purple Pleather, which applies just as well as Viridian Vinyl. I'm very happy with both these polishes and now even consider to buy the other two from the collection as well (Retro Red and Old School Orange), because so far the formula, finish and colors kick ass.
Thanks for reading!

nails done with eyeshadow, mac eyeshadow nail art, harley davidson flames and skull nail art design, black tips with white iris nail art, beautiful purple and blue butterfly nail art with holographic glitter. up for 7/25/11

french manicure with iris flowers

HARLEY DAVIDSON TUTORIAL HERE

FRENCH MANICURE WITH IRIS FLOWERS

 

BUTTERFLIES ON GRADIENT WITH GLITTER

Blue explosion

Hi guys :) Yesterday I showed you a lovely blue from Essence, Let's Get Lost. As I mentioned in that post, Let's Get Lost is a one-coater and therefore fast-drying, which is perfect if you want to use it as your base color for tape manis. So that's exactly what I did here. After the blue base color was dry, I cut some triangles out of tape to create the 'explosion' shape, which I used before in my 4th of July nails. Then I applied my favorite black creme over the tape, Color Club Where's The Soiree? and pulled of the pieces of tape right away and let it dry. I repeated this on each finger, but after I was finished, I still felt like something was missing. So I added another color, H&M Coral Summer (the lighter blue) and that fitted the bill :)
While making this mani I somehow kept thinking about how I would name this post, 'blue explosion'. And one thing led to another and before I knew it I was singing Black Eyed Peas' Boom, Boom, Pow all day long... "I got that boom boom pow!" My apologies if you are singing it with me now hahah. Have a nice day!

Essence - Let's Get Lost

Essence, you did it again. Let's Get Lost is a bright, aqua blue creme with a perfect smooth formula, perfect application and... it's a one-coater! Yes, pictured is only one coat, no topcoat, isn't it awesome? On the pictures there's still a tiny bit of visible nail line, but fear not, it's not noticeable in real life.
Because Let's Get Lost is a one-coater, it has also a short drying-time, which makes it a wonderful base color for a tape mani. So, that's what I used it for and the result will be posted tomorrow ;-) Good night!

OPI The "It" Color + black crackle

Hi everybody, recently I ordered some OPI polishes and one of those was OPI The "It" Color. I'm a huge OPI fan, with a weakness for their amazing glitter polishes but their cremes are wonderful as well, so lately I've been collecting more of those. I love their formula and the handy brush. The "It" Color had been a lemming for a while. I was searching for a pretty, warm and wearable yellow that would also apply nicely, which usually isn't the case with yellows. I had high hopes for The "It" Color, since I heard its application was pretty okay for a yellow and that it would cover in two coats. Too bad that's not the case with mine :-( The formula was alright, but I can't say the same for the application. No matter how careful I was with applying the polish, it kept leaving bald spots. After three coats it got less but the spots were still subtly visible here and there. So to hide those I added a black crackle from Barry M which made it better, yay :) I wish The "It" Color was as perfect as other OPI cremes, like Jade Is The New Black or Suzi Says Feng-Shui, but sadly it isn't. However I do love the warm, almost orange, yellow color. So I'll definitely give it another try soon and hopefully I can take all the bad words I said about it back then. What about you guys, have you found your perfect yellow yet?

smiling strawberry nail design, glitter explosion nail art, nails done with eyeshadow, eyeshadow nails, pigment nail art, pastel colored henna nails. belly dancer nails, bellydancing nails, 30 rock nails, big bang nails,

 

SMILING SUMMER STRAWBERRIES 

GLITTER EXPLOSION SHORT NAIL DESIGN 

bellydancing henna inspired design 

ROBIN MOSES VIDEO VIXEN & NAIL ART WIZARD PHD. NAILS MAGAZINE NAIL ART GURU

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Catrice - Run Forest Run!

The other day I ran into this green pretty, I instantly loved it and needed it! Which was really surprising, because I remembered not liking it the first time I saw Run, Forest, Run!, so what's up with that? After reading The Polished Perfectionst's post about this polish, I knew what was going on; Catrice has two versions of this polish! The older version is a tradtional forest green, while the new one is a much lighter, muted green with a tad of blue which makes it lean towards emerald. Besides the color I also fell in love with the perfect formula and application. Just two smooth coats and you're good to go, a winner.

Price: €2.49 for 0.34 fl.oz./10ml