Toes in Bloom - swatches (warning feet pictures!)

When the theme for today's Nail Art Sunday was released I didn't jump for joy. (Sorry Lela ;)) The theme is "Pedicure". I don't like feet - not my own and especially not other peoples feet.

At the same time it was a great incentive for me to paint my toe nails that had been naked ever since last Summer :/

So I painted my toes red with Barry M Gelly Blood Orange and stamped on some silver flowers with Depend #223. Seche Vite on top. Easy peasy! :)

I had never stamped on a pattern on my toes before but it went surprisingly effortless. The big toe nails were so big I had to stamp twice and the joints are actually in the middle of the nails! I'm quite proud that you can hardly see the joints :)

How do you like this pedicure?

Have you ever stamped on your toes?

New Arrivals Haul

This polish haul has no theme what so ever! It's just bits and bobs I have received, bought or swopped.

The first two pictures is from my search of the summer sales I did yesterday before work. I'm so happy that I got a bottle of the rare GR8 from China Glaze's OMG Collection!! AND at a bargain price too!! :D

After seeing a review of China Glaze Celtic Sun I had to get that one too - and it was ridiculously cheap on one sale :) So was the Depend polishes! :D

CG GR8 and Celtic Sun

Depend 352, 254, 299 and 357

This was a gift from my boyfriend on my name-day a while ago <3

I finally got my hands on some Dance Legend holos :D
Meet Spacecraft and High Voltage!

My first ManGlaze! I love the bottle design!
This is Fuggen Ugly <3

Some more Isadora's came my way to :)
Turquoise Crush, Papagayo Blue and Love Crush

Did you see anything you liked?

Have you already got any of these beauties?

Color Club Kismet - swatches and review

I actually had quite low expectations of this polish but, to my surprise, once applied it was stunning!! :D

Kismet is a yellow pale gold holographic polish which gives you amazing rainbows! I'm so happy to celebrate Holo Friday with this polish! :D

I've hardly ever got so many comments from colleagues and customers! One customer was convinced my nails were fake and asked me twice were I've had them done?! Eh... at home!! ;)

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Holographic.

Color: Pale golden yellow holo.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: Excellent! The application is like a dream! Totally effortless!

Brush: Good! Wide and comfortable but a tiny bit round.

Top Coat: No. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate! But so much more beautiful live!

Grade: 5/5

I don't normally look good in yellow and/or gold but this one isn't to bad to my skin tone. But who cares when a polish gives you these amazing rainbows? ;)

How do you like Kismet?

Vintage Challenge Week

My dear friend and blog colleague Christine from Polished Marvels and I are having a Vintage Challenge Week starting Monday July 15th.

During this week we will only show you vintage polishes! We decided to call any polish "vintage" that was released before Summer of 2012 ;)

We would like to invite anyone who feels like it to join!

Christine and I will show you vintage polishes according to the following schedule:
Monday - Blue
Tuesday - Red
Wednesday - Green
Thursday - Glitter
Friday - Holographic
Saturday - Favorite Golden Oldie
Sunday - Nail Art using some of the above polishes

You can join in on all days or just one or a few days!
Just add your link to the link list below so that we and others can find you.

You can also add your links to any of mine or Christine's posts during this week. All links will be added up during the week no matter were you add them.

So take the opportunity to bring those golden oldies back into the lime light again! They deserve it! And possibly you'll get some more readers to your blog as well :)

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You are most welcome to join! <3

Lots of blog love,
Little Miss Nailpolish and Polished Marvels.

Green Gradient Skittle - swatches

Today I'm killing two flies with one stroke! ;) Or should I say joining two challenges with one post? Today it's Green Wednesday AND I'm doing a Step Into Summer Challenge as well!

This is a skittle manicure were I've done a gradient on each nail too. The gradients are not horizontal, as they mostly are, but vertical. I thought it would be a fun take on it! They go from dark green to pale green and back again. A bit tricky to pull off but fun too!

Sorry for the picture spam but you really need to see this mani from different angels to appreciate it.

I used the following polishes: (from left to right)

China Glaze Holly-Day

Catrice Planet Tokyo

Essence I'm the Moss

Ciaté Mojito

Orly Coachella Dweller

How do you like this gradient skittle?

Have you tried doing gradients vertically?

This mani could be both Skittle and Gradient, but I chose Gradient for this one :)

This is what the other participants are doing!

Fish Tail Braid Nail Art - swatches

Yesterday I took a pause from blogging but today I'm back with post number 450!! :D
This deserves something special and I think this manicure turned out really special!

This technique has different names, but I call it fish tail braid nail art. It takes a while to do but it's not hard at all and it's soooo worth it when you see the result!!

This is also my first challenge in the "Step Into Summer" challenge I'm joining created by the Hobby Polish Bloggers. This challenge is "Inspired by the Pool" and I have simply done my braids with colors inspired by pool water.

Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream, H&M Blue My Mind, CG Four Leaf Clover

As per usual I'm doing the challenges in no particular order ;) Hopefully I'll have time to do them all before August 1st.
I'm also working on a tutorial on how to do these braided nails! Anyone interested? ;)

How do you like this fish tail braid nail art?

Can you feel the pool water feeling? ;)

This is what the other ladies are doing: