Category: Nails
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NOTW: Purple unicorn pee?
If you are unfamiliar with beautyblogs this title probably made you frown. But yes, there is a nail polish which has been dubbed to look like ‘unicorn pee’. It’s Max Factor’s Fantasy Fire, which unfortunately comes up very sheer on its own. That’s why I decided to layer it over another purple polish to see…
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Nail polish of the moment
Today I’d like to share with you some of my favorite nail polishes. Currently, I’m not into painting my nails as much as I am trying to give them a break. After 2+ years of always having them covered with a colorful layer they have finally grown strong enough and stay long without any nail…
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Merry X-mas & easy Christmas nail art
First of all: Merry Christmas to all who read this. Posts on this blog will be slow for the next couple of days as I’ll be out of town and won’t have much time to blog. Instead, I’m leaving you with my Christmas wishes (yes, I took the picture above. Doesn’t my town look pretty?)…
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NOTW: icy lilac
Time for another nail look. This week’s look is a cool toned look with some icy holographic sparkles. I guess you could call this a different take one the nude + glitter look. The base nail polish color is very light: a pastel lilac color. On top I’ve used a purple-ish toned holographic glitter topcoat…
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NOTW: Welcome to the Space Age
I’ve decided to stick to sparkly nails for this week’s nail of the week, but decided to go for something much darker. I used a creamy dark, midnight blue polish as a base color and put the shimmery topcoat over it to create the effect. Let me know in a comment below what you think!…
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NOTW: The world is not enough
I find this year’s OPI winter collection absolutely gorgeous. As you may know, the collection is inspired on James Bond movies. With polishes such as a great golden glitter called Golden Eye, a gorgeous shimmery emerald green called Live and Let Die and of course the infamous 18 karat goldleaf topcoat: The Man with the…
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NOTW: tea rose & graphite two toned french manicure
My nails all started tearing and breaking this past week and so coming up with a new nail design would be crucial. I didn’t have much inspiration over the weekend, but Monday evening this suddenly popped into my head. I think it’s still fall worthy with some darker colors, but there’s also a bit of…
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NOTW: Midnight in Moscow
Shock & horror! No it’s not Halloween just yet, but I think for the first time on this blog, I have a nail of the week for you that entails only one nail polish. Before you start thinking that I am losing my edge: I’m not. I had a party to go to and I…
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Favorite OPI nail polishes
Instead of a nail art post, this week’s nail polish post will feature my favorite brand of nail polish: OPI. I simply love the colors, the texture, the way it stays on. I used to buy my OPI bottles online too which made for a nice discount. Right now, I only buy the bottles that…
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NOTW: Grainy day
Another fall inspired nail look, but unfortunately one using not so vibrant colors. It’s been gray outside. It’s been raining. It’s just been overall dreadful. So I felt inspired. if only for the fact that one should always attempt to take the negative and turn it into a positive. This week’s nail look is gray,…
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NOTW: Mustard & Petrol for fall
It’s time for some fall inspired nail art. I simply didn’t have the time to create anything interesting the past few weeks with my being sick and all. So I walked around with bare nails for a while. I had already planned what to put on my nails. I bought this mustard colored nail polish…
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NOTW: Pink Splash
Another nail of the week. This time I went with something that’s much easier to do, but that is still eye catching due to the color. It’s two bright fuchsia colors, of which one has a bit of sparkle to it. Products used: Etos nail harderner in very strong OPI That’s Berry Daring China Glaze…
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NOTW: Lavender Blues
Since I’m settling back into my weekly routine, I figured I could start up my nail blogs again. Here’s what I created this afternoon: Products used: – Etos nail hardener in extra strong – H&M Peppermint Fusion – Catrice Be Indiglow (LE Bohemia) – OPI Last Friday Night (LE Katy Perry Collection) – INM Out…
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NOTW: natural nails & how I got mine to grow
All the nail looks you have seen on this blog have featured tons and tons of nail polish. Nail polish in all colors of the rainbow. Well, not today. Today I would like to show you my natural nails. That’s right, my own, natural nails, without anything on top: no top coats, no base coats…
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NOTW: Blue Lagoon
Remember that topcoat craze of mine? Yep, still not over. I just love how it just jazzes up any look you do. This week I’m sporting a pale blue on turquoise french manicure with a sparkly blue top coat. I don’t know but it just reminded me of reflections of sunlight on water, hence the…
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NOTW: European Championship & budget proof nail look
By now, the European championships (soccer) are well under way, and the Dutch team could use some more support. That is why this week my nails will be sporting our national colors in the hopes that they actually do better from now on. The match against Denmark was dramatic at least. So here’s hoping that…
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NOTW: Flaked raspberries
I really wanted to give a few more topcoats a try and two of the topcoats I bought over the past months were flaky topcoats. I had never tried flakies before, but had seen the effects of adding flakies to nail looks on several websites. With the Catrice Milliona Styles collection there was one flaky…
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NOTW: Cracked orange
Another quick and easy post as I have been out enjoying the sun yet again. I swear I have been outdoors more in the past 3 days than I have in the past 3 years! Hooray for my hayfever not acting up too much. I can tell it’s not entirely over, but I definitely don’t…
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NOTW: Million Dollar Green
I thought this is a very spring like nail look. It definitely reminds me of sunrays hitting the green grass of a park. So perfect for this time of year. My nails have been pretty banged up lately. I cannot seem to let them grow out and they break like there is not tomorrow. I…
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NOTW: Sparkly Nude
Neutral nails. I wrote about my favorite nude nail polishes a little over a week ago and today I’m bringing you a neutral nail look with a bit more oomph. It’s not an entirely original idea. I sort of stole it from Dutch beautyblogger VeraCamilla. What she did was take a sparkly topcoat and instead…
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Favorite nude nail polishes
Neutral colored nail polishes are important to keep as a staple in your collection. Brights and darks are fun, but you can never go wrong with a nude color. Whether it’s a shoe, shirt or other basics: having at least some neutral shades in your wardrobe and accessories will make your life so much easier.…
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NOTW: Pastels for Easter
Just a quick little post as I’m busy with some social activities these days. I visited my parents for an Easter brunch yesterday and today I will be hitting up some friends for a birthday so I don’t have much time. This is the nail look I put together for a fun spring/ Easter look.…
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My fave nail polishes for spring
Spring is in the air! That’s why I’ve been busting out my favorite spring nail polishes. I’ve been wearing blues, greens, oranges and the like. I thought I’d share the prettiness with you here. From left to right: Bourjois Tangerine Fatale, Catrice Welcome to Rosywood, Essence Walk On Air, China Glaze Turned Up Turqoise, OPI…
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NOTW: Frosty Ocean
I of course had to us my new Catrice & Essence polishes on my nails as quickly as I could. So when I was doing my nails before heading to my parents for my mom’s birthday I came up with this quick and easy nail look. On my nails: Essence Walk on Air as a…
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New Nail Polish – Essence & Catrice Million Styles
The other day I popped into my local drugstore. Even though I wasn’t looking for anything, I found some A+mazing nail polishes. Essence just recently revamped their collection, however the polishes that I know came out, I haven’t been able to find just yet. What I did find though, are two very pretty other colors.…
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NOTW: Coral Ocean
It’s been a while since I did any nails of the week, so I thought it was time to do something new. This time I was feeling like doing something colorful with a beautiful bright coral color and a bright teal. Left hand Right hand As you can see I alternated my hands and added…
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NOTW: New Catrice polishes
The other day German budget make up brand Catrice revamped their collection with some new products. My favorite Catrice product must be their nail polishes. So when I found out about the new colors they were releasing I decided to have a look and see whether anything would be worth picking up. Unfortunately there are…
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Nail Polish Collection *Update*
I thought it was time to give you all an update on my nail polish collection. Because even though I decided not to buy any more polishes a while ago, I just can’t help myself with all those pretty colors that are being released all the time. I do have to say that I have…