Green and Gold

I'm a sucker for glitter gradient. I wanted to do a Christmas gradient now that the Holidays are just around the corner. Green and gold are perfect colours for that.

The polishes I've used are OPI Christmas Gone Plaid and Smitten Polish Cecil the Lion. Christmas Gone Plaid is one of my favourite greens from OPI and Cecil the Lion is the perfect golden gold, prismatic glitter.

I love the result of this mani.

Saran Wrap Nail Art

Hi darlings!

I've wanted to do a subtle fall nail art for a long time but didn't really know how. I love to do leaves and I love orange but I wanted to do something even more simple. I decided to do an earthy, smoky saran wrap mani. I love saran wrap manis. The swirly, imperfection of them is just gorgeous.

Th polishes I've used are OPI Black Onyx, OPI You're so Vain-Illa and OPI Embrace the Gray.
I admitt that it's not super fall-y. It works all year long but something about the colours remind me of autumn. I really loved how it turned out. It looks like black smoke against the pale, rainy sky.

The photos are taken in indirect sunlight.

Flower Dotticure

Hi darlings!

Yesterday I did a flower dotticure. I've seen lots of pretty flower dotticures the last few weeks and I've been wanting to do one myself.
I decided to use blue, white and red because those three colours go so well together. I love how this mani turned out. It's elegant since the colours are a little bit muted but it's still fun. I really like it.
I'm very into matte manicures right now. This started out with a supershiny finish but ended up matte. I like both version.

The polishes I've used are OPI OPI... Eurso Euro, OPI Coca Cola Red and OPI Apline Snow. I made the dots and the flowers with a dotting tool. The matte top coat I've used is Pretty Serious Matte All The Things!
 

Pastel Gradient

Hello sweethearts!
I'm home today finishing up the last essay for the term. It's not fun but I have to do it. I've also prepared a lot of posts for the this week and doing some nail art.
Today I'll show you a gradient I wore during the weekend.

I used Butter London Jasper, Butter London Fiver and OPI Pirouette My Whistle. I wanted do something fun and perfect for summer. Paste yellow and green are perfect for that. The colours go really well together as well.
I used two coats of Butter London Jasper and the dabbed on Butter London Fiver. I topped it off with OPI Pirouette My Whistle and one coat of Pretty Serious Crystal Coat. 
 

Glitter Gradient

Hi!
Today I'll show you a glitter gradient I did last week. It's Blue Monday today, but I don't think this is bllue enough to be part of it.

For this mani I used OPI Where Did Suzi's Man-go? and OPI Gone Gonzo.  I love the combo of light blue and orange. It's so summer-y. I'm in a reversed glitter gradient phase right now. I love them. I've done lots of combos the last week. They're so easy to do.

I used two coats of OPI Where Did Suzi' Man-Go? as the base and then dabbed on Gone Gonzo.

OPI Cement the Deal

Hello!

Today I'll show you OPI Cement the Deal from the Fifty Shades of Grey Collection. I promised myself that I wouldn't buy any Fifty Shades polishes because I don't support the books at all. We don't have to go into the reasons why, but I've read the first book and well... I don't have anything good to say about it. Not  about the writing, the story or the message. 

Cement the Deal is a cool toned grey crelly with a hint of blue. It's the perfect grey colour for me. That's why I bought it. I've been on the hunt for the perfect grey and now I finally found it. So I had to by it when I saw it. I guess something good came out of Fifty Shades. 

I, contrary to many others, don't think grey is a boring colour. I actually think it's very classy. I'll probably wear this a lot in the autumn or as undies for various glitter toppers. 

The pictures are taken in indirect sunlight.

The goal is great. Two coats gave full coverage. The finish becomes very shiny. 

What you see in the pictures are two coats of OPI Cement the Deal and one coat of Pretty Serious Crystal Coat.

Red & White

 Hi guys!
This is what my nails look like right now. I got home early today to write on a report and when I had to take a break I decided to practise my stamping skills.

For this mani I used OPI Coca Cola Red and Mentality White Opaque. 
I used two coats of OPI Coca Cola Red. I then stamped it with Mentality White Opaque using the Creative Shop Stamper. The pattern I've used is from the  Sailor Collection Plate 06 from MoYou London.
 
Coca Cola Red is the perfect pinup red. It's classy and sexy and gorgeous.You'll get a separate review of it soon. White Opaque is my favourite white stamping polish. It's amazing! If you haven't tred it you really should. 

I still need to practise my stamping. This came out a little bit wonky, but I'm very pleased. I'm getting better and better.

 

Stamping and Half Moons

Hi guys! I hope you all are haveing a lovely weekend. I've been home relaxing all day. I also did some nail art today that I'd like to show you. 

For this mani I used OPI Lady in Black, Smitten Polish Seahorse Rodeo and Picture Polish Chillax. I used nail vinyls to create the half moon on my index and pinky. I used Mentality Black Opaque for stamping the pattern. The pattern is from MoYou London Sailor Collection Plate 05. I as usually used the Creative Shop Stamper to stamp with. I bought mine from Rainbow Connection, but you can buy it from other places as well.

About Mentality Black Opaque, it's the best black stamping polish I've used. It's super pigmented and dries quickly but not so fast that you have to stress when using it for stamping. I don't think I'm going to use another black for stamping ever again. 

I really love how this turned out. I love the pattern, though it looks a little wonky since I haven't completely mastered the art of stamping yet. Well, practise makes perfect and I'm pleased for now. Chillax is a gorgeous, almost neon, teal. It's one of my favourites from Picture Polish. The pictures aren't completely colour accurate though. My camera doesn't like teal and likes to make them look more blue than green. Chillax is a green leaning teal and not a blue leaning one. I'll post a review of Chillax soon and I'll try to make the pictures more colour accurate. 

Half Moons and Studs

Born Pretty Store Nail Studs were sent to me for my honest review.

Hi! Today I have nail art to show you. I decided to use neutral colours for this mani to really let the studs be the star. 

It was super easy to do and the result is a classy, elegant and very pretty mani. 

The polishes I've used are OPI Alpine Snow and OPI You're So Vain-Illa. I used half moon nail vinyls from nail vinyls and studs from Born Pretty Store. The studs were easy to use. Just put a little top coat on you nails and use a tweezer to put them where you want them. 

I topped the mani off with matte top coat using Pretty Serious Matte All the Things!

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Skittlette

Hi guys!

I'll start my new internship tomorrow, so for obvious reasons I have to have amazing nails tomorrow. I love how this skittlette turned out. I've worn a lot of colour on my nails the past few weeks so I wanted something a little more neutral but still fun.

The polishes I've used for this manicure are OPI Lady in Black, OPI You're So Vain-illa, Cirque Sample and Mentality Black Opaque.
I painted my thumb, middle and ring finger with OPI You're So Vain-illa. I then stamped my thumb and ring finger nails with Mentality Black Opaque using the Creative Shop Stamper and a stamping plate from Konad. I added two coats of Cirque Sample, a gorgeous pae gold glitter from one of International Playground's Cirque sample sales, on my middle finger nail. I painted two coats of OPI Lady in Black on my index and pinky.