Vintage Rose & Polka Dot Nail Design

Happy Monday!!!

Well...I actually hate mondays, but who doesn't? :D We have to do the best out of it - like for example posting a new nail design which I did yesterday ^^

I already twice did vintage rose designs, once for a friend with purple base and pink roses, and once last summer with a grey base and rosé roses (check it out HERE).

So this time I actually wanted not every nail to be the same, so I googled a little and saw so many designs where the accent nails had polka dots or stripes - and I went for dots :)

Check it out ^_^

And with flash

Polishes I used:
Turquoise = Wet n Wild "I Need a Refresh-Mint"

Pink = Golden Rose No. 221
Dark Pink = China Glaze "Fly"

White = OPI "My Boyfriend Scales Walls"
Green = IsaDora 

It is actually so easy to create, because the roses should not be perfectly round. You will never find a round rose in nature. So the shapes should be a little asymetric. Later you drop one tiny dot of a darker polish into your roses and swirl it a little with a toothpick or a needle. It creates a more 3D illusion and gives some life.
Then you grab a dotting tool for your polka dots and add some green tiny leafes on your roses - DONE :D

Hope you liked my design and see you hopefully soon again ^^

31 Day Challenge 2012 - Day 25 & 26: Inspired By Fashion & A Pattern

Welcome Back!

Ok...I did it...
I havent had a choise!!!

I came home at 10pm in the evening, deadly tired and NOT in mood to sit down and create a complicated nail design any more. So...I just combind day 25 & 26 in ONE quick nice design :)

Can you forgive me? =^_____^=

Fashion picture I used:

And this makes clear that the pattern I used have to be Polka Dots :)

Polishes I used:

•  Sally Hansen Insta Dry "Whirlwind White"
• Rimmel 69 Seconds "Movie Star"
• Sally Hansen Insta Dri "Night Flight"

See you again on day 27!!!! :D Without cheating hopefully :-P

31 Day Challenge 2012 - Day 10 + 11: Gradient & Polka Dots

Moi!

Yesterday I just couldn´t finnish my nails so I just combined 2 days with each other :) Sneaky Cat :D

I think this is really a autumn design. Fits to the couds here and the cold nights.
I am actually happy that I can start no to use darker colours again - we had TOO many neons during spring and summer ;)

Polishes I used:

• China Glaze "I Herd That"
• Isadora Wonder Nail "719 Forest"

I used 2 coats of the golden polish (which I really love! It is awesome polish!) and created after a simple gradient with a normal soft make up sponge. I painted on both polishes directly on the sponge. Works always best for me :)

After I picked a medium sized dotting tool and just dotted on some of the gold over the forest green.

Sad that you cannot see how the green polish looks alone on the nails. It is just absolutely awesome! Bought it last autumn and I was immediately in love with it!

Have to show you some swatches at some point :)

See you tomorrow for day 12!!!

31 Day Challenge 2012 - Day 03: Yellow

Welcome Back!

Yeeeeah it´s yellow day! I wear these colour SO seldomly but actually love how bright and positive and summery it looks like :)

Here in Finland we have less than 10 degrees during the night time already and between 13 - 18 degrees on the daytime - even september JUST started... I am getting depressive already :D 

So yellow just comes right to cheer me up!

Polishes I used:

• Isadora Wonder Nail "653 Mellow Yellow"
• Sally Hansen Insta Dry "Whirlwind White"
• Isadora Wonder Nails "729 Marzipan"

I started with 1 layer of the white polish just to make the yellow more visible. 

Then I painted over with one coat of the light yellow polish and after I added some green and yellow dots with 2 different sizes dotting tools - thats all :)

In sunlight - love how shimmery the yellow is!

Next 3 pics are in shadow

Have a great new week and not so much stress at work like me :D

See you tomorrow for day 4!!!

Gradient & Polka Dot Design

Hey Guys!

I am totally in love with my new totally easy manicure and have to show it to you :)

It goes very quick and looks super cool.

Let's Start!

Rimmel No. 610 "Pompous

China Glaze "Sweet Hook"

Tools I used: Make-Up sponge & Dotting Tool

Paint your nails with a colour of your choice. Let it dry well.

Pick your make-up sponge and create an simple gradient with your 2nd colour over it.

 

 After you just pick your dotting tool and create tiny or medium dots all over your nail in exact lines. The gradient manicure will create the effect that they disappear on top of your nails :)

Finnish with a topcoat to protect your design and you are ready to go!

Here more pictures in half-shadow outside ^_^

 See yon on wednesday, take care!

Polka Dots Become Rings

Hello Everybody!

Here is the super easy design I created out of the polish I used for my last swatch.

All you need is basically a dotting tool or another tool you can create dots with.

I always use old lids to drop my nail polis on, it works super great and at some point you just throw them away ;)

I used both Isadora polishes to create big dots on all of my nails.

On one hand I used both colours.

On the other hand I only used the yellow polish. I wanted to see which looked better in the end.

Wait until your dots are dry and then create slightly smaller dots inside of them with your base nail polish colour. These will create the illusion of rings.

Here the hand with both colours.

And here the other one with just yellow.

I think I liked the design with 2 colours better, but your options are endless, you could use 1375 polishes if you want to :D

Polishes I used

Isadora Wonder Nail "623 Doll Pink"

Isadora Wonder Nail "653 Mellow Yellow"

Models Own "Peaches & Cream"

Mavala Mavadry

See you tomorrow for a brand new swatch!

2 Nail-Designs In One :) A LOT Of Dots

Good Morning!

Since I swatched yesterday the Sally Hansen Gem Crush polish no. 01 "Showgirl Chic", I created today a design with it. Actually...two designs :). I originally wanted to have both hands in the same style, but while creating the 2nd hand I made a mistake and decided then to do something different with it. So - check it out :D

Sorry - this post is VERY picture heavy! ^_^

Design No. 1

I used my biggest dotting tool for the different colour dots.

 I started with a silver polish and created a cloud shape with the dotting tool, later filled it in with the polish´s brush. After I created a lot of different coloured dots inside of the silver shape.

The ready design ouside in the shadow

And inside with flash

Design No. 2

After I painted my nails again with silver I realized that I did not paint the cuticle area but the tip of the nails...shame. But then I just thought I have to do the best out of it, grabbed my dotting tool, the O.P.I. polish and just dotted on a few polka dots.

Actually it looks very nice, especially because some of the glitter polish is still visible  :)

The ready design outside in the shadow

Inside with flash

And outside in the sun

I sealed every design with a fast drying topcoat from Mavala.

Hope you have a nice day and that you liked my designs :)

Here the colors I used today

See you soon!

1) China Glaze "Calypso Blue"

2) O.P.I. "Ski Teal We Drop"

3) Models Own "Top Turquoise"

4) Wild and Crazy "Kilimanjaro"

See you soon!!!