Vacation Guest Post - O fata simpla

Hi Girls!

We continue with the guest posts! Yeah! :-D

Today's guest will be Anca from O fata simpla. You have to check out her blog. She has some amazing manicures. I am in love with her long nails :-).

I leave you with her guest post: "Hello everyone. My name is Anca and I am a beauty blogger for only half and year, O fata simpla, but I have come to know a lot of people, including NailGlaze, which I have to thank for the opportunity of guest posting today. I was planing of creating a colored, flower manicure... but every time I have something like this in mind, the result is not quite what I want. So I am going to say that I wanted to create an abstract flower manicure, not really, but this is what came out. I started with a colored french, then added some white lines and flowers. It is not what I had in mind, but I like the result, it is colored and perfect for summer. Products used: let's just say a lot of nail polishes."

"What do you think? Would you wear this manicure?" I would, I would!!! :-D

Don't forget to enter my 50.000 views giveaway here. The glitter polishes are waiting for you to win them!

The Polishes Challenge: 9. Cheapest

Hi Girls!

This a scheduled post. If everything goes as planed, when you're reading this, I should be somewhere here: 

Source: http://www.photographymojo.com/2011/06/looking-for-the-true-blue-greek-islands-photography/

Back to our little challenge. Today's polish should be the cheapest untried / not shown: 

I am not 100% sure that this is the cheapest I have ever bought, but I wore this polish at my interview for the job I still have, in June 2009. Back then I was a student with no income, so this should have been really cheap :-D.

          

I have forgotten how nice this polish is. I still like it after 4 years. In the above images I have applied only 1 coat! Now tuned up with some dots and lines:

Products I have used:

• Pacific Gabrini - Nr. 43
• Flormar - Nr. NA01
• Flormar - Nr. NA12 

Vacation Guest Post - Summer Gold

Hi Girls!

The following days I will be on vacation in Rhodos, Greece :-D

While I am gone, on my blog you will see scheduled guest posts from some really talented nail bloggers. Enjoy them!

We start the series with Andreea M. from Summer Gold. 

Some words from my guest. : "Hey! Astazi sunt invitata pe Nailglaze.com pentru a crea o manichiura

de vara, pe care am intitulat-o "Summer Nails". Inainte de a va arata ceea ce a iesit, vreau sa ii multumesc Agotei pentru aceasta ocazie."

Translated: to English: "Hey! Today I was invited on Nailglaze.com to create a summer manicure, which I named "Summer Nails". Before I show you my manicure I want to thank Agota for the guest post possibility."

The Techniques Challenge

Hi Girls!

One last post before I get on the plain, direction Rhodos, Greece :-)

I am thinking about starting The Techniques Challenges together with You! There are so many techniques to create manicures with, some easier, some harder. This challenge would help us practice and learn from each other.

We would post once a week, manicures created with different techniques (as in the list below). This will not be easy but that's what a challenge is for, isn't it? :-) 

The banner of the challenge:

The list with the challenges:

If you would like to participate along with other bloggers at this challenge, join the Glitterholic Facebook group here or click the Glitterholic icon in the right side bar. After that, leave a blog post comment with your name and the blog address where you will be posting and you are done! If you are already a member of Glitterholic, just fill in your name in the specially created document under the Files section.

I hope to learn a lot from you during this challenge.

Don't forget to enter my 50.000 views giveaway here. The glitter polishes are waiting for you to win them!

T.N.C.C. - Flowers #1

Hi Girls!

I finally managed to create a flower manicure I am satisfied with :-). Today's weather was perfect for taking pictures so...  I took a lot :-)

Products I have used:

• V.I.P. Nail Polish - Nr. 943 Tropical Orange --> I have used only one coat. Incredible! I will try stamping with this polish. It's extremely pigmented. 
• Flormar - Nr. NA01 --> It's supposed to be white but it turned out like a light apricot. I don't mind :-). 
• Flormar - Nr. NA 12 --> black

50.000 Views Giveaway (closed)

Hi Girls!

Today NailGlaze has reached 50.000 views and for this occasion I have decided to organize a giveaway :-). 

Your prize will be a glitter nail polish set from Claire's Cosmetics:

Blue Stamping

Hi Girls!

I am into stamping ... again!

For today's manicure I have used a blue stamping polish that I got from Born Pretty Store for review. 

I have been asked: "What is so special about stamping polishes?", "Aren't they ordinary polishes in a little bottle?". Well ... yes and no. I have tried stamping with several polishes so far and from my experience stamping only works when the polish used for creating the design is pigmented enough. If you have to apply 2 or more coats of a polish to get the color you see in the bottle, it will certainly not work as a stamping polish. Your stamping polish has to be very pigmented and has to have a thicker formula then usual polishes. Now, this is exactly what a stamping polish is: thick and pigmented. Using a special stamping polish doesn't guarantee a perfect stamping, but it sure is a major help.  

Products I have used:

• China Glaze - Icicle (silver base)
• Stamping polish from Born Pretty Store. Item Nr. 5502, shade 1. Check out this item and the other shades here. 
• Noname stamping plate