Turquoise Skittlette

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday is "Skittlette". We had the same theme about a year ago and if you want to see that manicure click here.

The base for this skittlette is OPI Gone Gonzo! (ring finger) and I chose the rest to match that one. That resulted in a silver textured polish from Depend on the middle finger with the cool name of #2066 ;) and a turquoise polish from Color Club called Pure Energy. On two of the turquoise nails I did a glitter gradient with Gone Gonzo. All very matching and well thought through ;)

How do you like this skittlette?

Daisy Nails for Midsummer

For this Nail Art Sunday I want to show you my Midsummer manicure. I wanted to do something summerish and with the Swedish colors blue and yellow. However, it's really hard to balance blue and yellow so I decided to add some white too. It all ended up with a blooming stampicure in the shape of daisies which are a real midsummer flowers to me.

The base is the amazing Baker Street from Nails Inc. Then I used a white Depend Stamping polish (#6700) and MoYou London stamping plate Pro Collection XL-06. The final touch was to do yellow dots with Barry M Lemon Ice Cream in all the flowers.

The result was very good! They feel summerish and midsummerish ;) I got many comments at work which is always fun! Even though I felt that most customers didn't' believe me when I said that I've done them myself… Why are people so suspicious….?

How do you like my Daisy nails?

Floral Nails

For today's Nail Art Sunday I've got a beautiful floral manicure for you! White on turquoise is so summer-ish! Makes me think of Greece with white houses and turquoise water.

The base is a beautiful Danish polish from Moss Copenhagen called Envy. I got it from my amazing friend Goldie and we call it Tyrkis ;) which I believe is Turquoise in Danish :)

I used a white stamping polish from Swedish Depend with the sexy name #6700 ;) The print is from MoYou plate Artist Collection-05. (A full plate pattern Lela ;))

I'm so happy with the result! I love the colors and as a florist I love, love, loooooove floral patterns! I almost didn't want to remove this manicure but as they say: Upwards and onwards! ;) Hope you like it too!

How do you like this floral manicure?

Moroccan Tiles Nails

I was really pleased with this manicure! No, more than pleased ;) Super excited more like! I never dreamt these would turn out so well! I was in a hurry and it was late and I just wanted to spice up my blue cream with something.

The base is the super pretty and fairly new Swagger from Picture Polish. Since I'm totally hooked on stamping I reached for MoYou plate Pro Collection-07 and a white stamping polish from Depend (#6700). After stamping I still felt it was missing something so I dug out my dotting tool and Orly Luxe. It turned out to be a good choice! ;) The result can be seen below. Hope you like it as much as I did!

I made them for today's Nail Art Sunday and they remind me of Maroccan tiles - hence the name of this manicure ;)

How do you like my Moroccan Tiles Manicure?

Textured Gradient Nails

For this Green Wednesday I've got a textured gradient in silver and turquoise for you!

The base is Isadora's fantastic Turquoise Crush! I keep coming back to this gorgeous polish time after time! Then I've sponged on another great Swedish textured polish, this time from Depend and their Rough Sparkles Collection released last summer. This is #2066.

I think the result is great! The gradient was best captured in a laid back angle hence the new hand position photos ;)

How do you like this manicure?

Have you tried textured gradients?

Alien Turtle Nails

I didn't know what to call this nail art so I asked my boyfriend for advice. He said it looked like the shell of a turtle but due to the colors it must be an alien turtle ;) So here it is! My alien turtle manicure! :)

The base is Rimmel Luna Love from their Space Dust collection. The silver pattern is made with Depend #223 and MoYou plate Pro Collection-05.

Because Luna Love is a textured polish there is no top coat but this manicure still look great for days. Stamping on textured polishes is mostly not a problem. Give it a try!

How do you like these crazy turtle nails?

Have you tried stamping on textured polishes?

Knitted Pattern Nails

What a week I've had! Puh! I haven't even had the time or the energy to paint my nails. I wore my fireworks nails for 10, yes TEN, days!! A new record for me ;)

Anyhow, for today's Nail Art Sunday I've done a knitted pattern manicure. The base is my first try of a ManGlaze polish and I loved it! This is Fuggen Ugly. I'll do a separate review on that later.

The pattern is stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM-212 and a silver polish from Depend, #223. With a tiny brush I've filled some of the pattern with Color Club's amazing polish Wild at Heart.

I'm quite pleased with this manicure. I'm glad I went for the purple holo accent because without it this manicure would have been quite plain and… grey! ;)

How do you like this manicure?

What's the longest time you've worn a manicure?

Fireworks Nails

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday is "Travel" and this manicure is inspired by a journey I did quite a few years ago to Loire in France. It was a company thing and the weekend was amazing!

One of the things we did was to have a medieval party with costumes, jugglers, magicians etc at an old castle. It was great fun and the evening was ended with a huge firework at midnight.

I will not lie and say this manicure was an easy ride ;) It took me a about two hours actually but it was so worth it and this was actually my new years eve manicure :D

The base is Illamasqua Scorn and then I've stamped a pattern from Bundle Monster BM-202 with a silver polish from Depend, #223. After that I've carefully filled in the middle of the silver patches with three different textured glitter polishes, Isadora Love Crush (red), Isadora Turquoise Crush and Barry M Majesty (gold). To finish the whole thing off I've added a thin coat of INM Northern Lights Holo Top Coat Silver for that extra sparkle.

Here's what it looks like without a holo top coat.

I was very pleased with the result :)

How do you like it?

Do you like it best with or without the holo top coat?

Stained Glass Nail Art

This was my first attempt trying the stained glass technique and I'm not that impressed with the result but it was fun and I'll try it again with another design.

The base for this nail art is Color Club Gingerbread and then I've used a black polish, a white polish and a silver polish and a thin brush. I decided to go for a floral look and maybe it turned out to be water lilies or lotus flowers ;)

I did the petals first and then I framed them with the black polish but I know that other people do the other way around. I guess you can do both ways :)

I also want to wish you all a very

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thank you so much for reading my blog and an extra thank you to all of you who have taken the time to leave comments! Without you blogging wouldn't be the same!

How do you like this stained glass manicure?

Reindeer Nail Art

I've been so lazy and not done any blogging or reading any blogs the last couple of days and I soooo needed that. All the hard work before Christmas was really exhausting. Instead I've been in Linkoping visiting family and then I've done a clear out at home and even bought some new furniture :)

Today it's this years last Nail Art Sunday and I'm going our with a bang! ;) Well, at least with reindeers and trees in snow :) Lol!

The base for this nail art is a blue shimmer polish from Swedish Kicks called New Year Sky, very suitable ;) The silvery white polish is a stamping polish from Swedish Depend, #6703. The reindeer is from Bundle Monster plate BM-214 and the tree is from BM-205.

First I did the base. Then I stamped on the reindeers and trees. After that I used a sponge to do the snow on the ground and then I did the falling snow with a small dotting tool. I sealed it all with one coat of Seche Vite.

How do you like my reindeer nails?

Snowflakes Nails

Due to the lack of snow where I live I felt I at least had to have snow on my nails today on the first of advent :) Said and done - here are my snowflakes nails! Today is also the 1st of December and of course Nail Art Sunday!

The base is the amazing Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo, given to me in swop by the fantastic Christine at Polished Marvels. Thank you so much darling!!

The stamping pattern is from the Bundle Monster plate BM-213 and the silver polish is Depend #223. One of the good things about shorten my nails is that I only need to stamp each nail once now ;)

I'm really happy with this manicure! I love the blue base and the stamping is almost flawless ;) Practice really makes a difference when it comes to stamping!

How do you like this snowflakes manicure?

Skulls Nails - swatches

Happy Halloween everybody!
Today is the last day of the Halloween challenge I'm doing and it's a free theme and I have saved the best for last for you :) I'm very happy how these came out! I love the red glittering eyes in the shiny silver metallic skulls!

The base is Essie Cashmere Bathrobe and the skulls are stamped with Depend #223 and Bundle Monster plate BM-211. The eyes are made with a dotting tool and Isadora Love Crush.

Skulls are perfect for Halloween but I could definitely do these again for any time of the year! They are cool and they rock! ;)

I'm celebrating Halloween by working my --- off until late in this evening. However, I'm hoping to see some cool Halloween manicures when I get home tonight :)

How do you like my skulls nails?

How do you celebrate Halloween?

Ghosts Nail Art

Today is the first day of the Lacquer Dreams' Halloween Challenge for 2013! Today's theme is "Ghosts". Moahahaha! ;)

The base polish is Essie Vested Interest and the white stamping polish is one of Depend's new stamping nail polishes. It was actually fairly good and a good alternative to Konad's expensive stamping polishes. Depend's stamping polishes are SEK29 each for 5 ml.

After stamping the ghosts I wanted to do something extra so I asked my boyfriend what ghosts do and the first thing he said was that they rattle chains! I loved it so my ghosts are rattling chains like crazy on my nails! Lol!

If you want to join this challenge go to Lacquer Dreams. It's very laid back and easy. No pressure! ;)

How do you like my ghost nails?

Are you into Halloween?

Comparison Isadora Love Crush and Depend #2061 Poppy

A while ago when I showed you Isadora Love Crush I promised to show you a cheaper alternative. Many of you probably knew which polish I meant and here it is - Depend #2061 Poppy! A perfect dupe as far as I can see! And cheaper ;) Almost half price. And don't be fooled by the bottles sizes. There's only a 1 ml (0.03 fl oz) difference between them.

This is two coats of each polish. Isadora on middle finger and pinkie. Depend on pointer finger and ring finger. Can you see any difference? ;)

Isn't my Geranium lovely too? :)

Do you think these are perfect dupes?

Or do you have a favorite? :)

Depend #2064 Blue Bell - swatches and review

Swedish Depend has released their first collection of textured polishes called Rough Sparkles and this polish was the first ones I tried from that collection. It's a wonderful lilac and it's called Blue Bell.

Depend normally only have numbers on their polishes but they have started naming the polishes in their limited edition collections which I think is great! It's so much easier to remember Blue Bell than 2064 ;)

Here are two pictures in sunlight and one in the shadow.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Textured.

Color: A soft lilac with both tiny and larger glitter particles.

Number of coats: One! Yes, ONE!

Formula: Ultra easy to apply! It's really a totally effortless application! Perfect formula! It dries really fast too, about 10 minutes.

Brush: Very good! No complaints at all!

Top Coat: No. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. It's so sparkly and glittery in the the sun! That didn't really come through in my pictures no matter how I tried. You'll have to take my word for it :)

Grade: 5/5

This is a very pretty textured polish with a formula out of this world! Apparently the polishes in this collection have been hard to find even from the release date so if you see it - grab it! You won't regret it if you are into textured polishes. Removal was fairly easy as well.

How do you like Blue Bell?
Have you tried any other polishes from Rough Sparkles Collection?

3D Textured Star Nails - swatches

Besides the Vintage Challenge I'm also doing the "Step Into Summer Challenge" created by the Hobby Polish Bloggers. Today it's time for the challenge named "3D".

I guess you can interpret 3D in many ways but I chose to interpret it with textured polishes and some fimo stars :)

The purple polish is Blue Bell #2064 from Swedish Depend's Limited Collection "Rough Sparkles". The blue French tips are made with Isadora's Pool Crush. The fimo stars are bought at Top Shop in London.

The stars are attached with one coat of Seche Vite and that gives you a chance to see the textured polishes glossy. They get so glittery!!

How do you like my textured star nails?

This is what the other lovely ladies are doing: