Monday Blues: Blue Valentine

I can feel the Valentine's Days fever slowly getting a hold of me ...

For this manicure I have used acrylic paints, the hearts were made by free hand. In my mind I imagined them a little ... different :-)

 

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Until next time,

Challenge 31: Re-create your favorite challenge

Hi Girls!

Today we have come to the end of this beautiful challenge, the 31 weeks challenge. It was a great experience. I've come to know many bloggers. We have shared our ideas and learnt from each other. Thank you for everything!

The original manicure (whole post here):

My manicure:

Products I have used:

• L'Oreal  Nr. 608 Luxembourg Garden
• Flormar Supershine - Nr. 39
• China Glaze - Icicle
• Born Pretty Store Nails Studs

Challenge 28: Gradient Nails

Hi Girls!

For today's challenge I have created a manicure that reminds me of my vacation in Greece. To create my gradient I have used several shades of blue :-)

... and some blue glitters :-D. My motto is: "Whenever in doubt, glitter!"

Products I have used:

• Farmec - Nr. Pool Party --> 2 coats as the base color
• Essense Snow Jam - Nr. 01 Goofy Blue --> first layer of the gradient
• Maybelline Mini Colorama - Nr. 96 Party Blue --> second layer of the gradient
• Flormar SuperMatte - Nr. M103 --> white polish. I applied it on the tip of the nails 
• Nicole by OPI - Sweet Dreams --> the glitter topper

Challenge 26: Galaxies

Hi Girls!

(This a scheduled post)

Before I show you my manicure I want to warn you that this was my first attempt of galaxy nails. I like the result and I am thinking at repeating it. It reminds me of the Milky Way :-D.

Products I have used:

• Gabrini Matte - Nr. M 07 (blue)
• Maybeline - Nr. 630 Dark Denim (blue)
• Rimmel - Nr. 58 Lemon Drop
• Flormar Supermatte - Nr. M103

Challenge 22: Metallic Nails

Hi Girls!

Is it just me or time is really passing soooooooooooo fast? I remember starting this challenge "yesterday" and we already post our 22nd manicure. 

For the first time since we strated this challenge, I have made 2 manicures for the same challenge :-).

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Products I have used:

• Avon - Gunmetal
• Nail studs from Born Pretty Store, item nr. 4993. You can find it here

Challenge 14: Delicate Print

Hi Girls!

The theme for today's challenge is: Delicate Print.

This was a horrible challenge for me. I don't own any Konad plates, I had no idea what delicate print to make, so I took a powerful pink polish and added some delicate dots :-P

I hope I didn't disappoint you! Meanwhile I have placed an order for some Konad plates. I can't wait to put my hands on them :-D

Products I have used:

• Moyra - Nr. 56 (pink)
• Acrylic paint for the dots
• Dotting tool

Challenge 12: Inspired by a book

Hi Girls!

Inspired by a book was one of the most complicated challenges for me. Days passed and I had no idea what manicure I would present today. 

To solve this problem I used Occam's Razor. Wikipedia's definition sounds like this:  "Occam's Razor states that among competing hypotheses, the one that makes the fewest assumptions should be selected". My definition is more simple: the easiest solution is the best one. 

I asked myself: "Which is your all time favorite book?". And the answer was: "The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco". 

This novel is a historical murder mystery which takes place in 1327, in an Italian monastery, but I preferred to draw only the "title" of the book, not it's story :-).

Products I have used:

• OPI - My Vampire is Buff (from the Euro Centrale Collection)
• Acrylic paints

World Autism Awareness Day Manicure

Hi,

The 2nd of April, 2013 is the 6th annual World Autism Awareness Day. Autism organizations celebrate this day by fundraising and awareness-raising events.

For this occasion I have painted my nails blue. This is my own way of raising the awareness of my environment, as blue is the official color of autism.

My blue manicure:

Products I have used:

• Ados Cosmetics - Nr. 549 
• Nubar - Black Polka Dot
• Nubar - White Polka Dot

Challenge 10: Green Nails

Hi Girls!

I just can't believe it's Saturday again!
Although I love green, I had a rough time coming up with something interesting. I had to remake my middle finger from my left hand 5 times! For a moment I wanted to give up on this challenge when my boyfriend pointed out a polish I had almost forgotten about :-)

Products I have used:

• Orly -  Nr. 40665 Green Apple -> newest polish from the stash and my first Orly ever. I especially love the rubberized top and the creamy formula. For this manicure I have used 2 coats and it dried really fast. 
• Essence Peel Off Base Coat -> wonderful product. I can now remove the dust from my "toughest" glitter polishes. 
•  Milani Jewel FX - Nr. 531 Gold -> in 2 thick coats. I was surprised that it dried as fast as the Orly.
• Essence Nail Art Special Effect Topper - Nr. 13 Mrs and Mr Glitter
• Gold Caviar -> brought online from ebay.com. This is my first attempt, please be gentle :-)

Challenge 9: Inspired by a Movie

Hi Girls!

First of all it's Saturday again... finally!
Second of all it's time for a new challenge! Oh, yeah!
This is a scheduled post because I'm out of the country in this weekend, I hope it really works...
As always, I can't wait to see your manicures :-).

Although this challenge is supposed to be inspired from a movie, my source of inspiration was a TV series: The Mentalist (let's not let this minor detail get in the way). The Mentalist is my favorite TV series at the moment because the story is great and the main character is charming. But here comes the really interesting and yet terrifying drawing which is at the heart of the movie and which has inspired this manicure: The Red John Face.

Products I have used:

• Flormar Supermatte - Nr. M103 (white base. It seems to me that I used this white polish more and more :-) )
• Red acrylic paint

Challenge 8: Animal Print

Hi Girls!

I present you my Animal Print Challenge Manicure:

The source of my inspiration was the Dalmatian Dog (I am sure you all know how it looks like :-D), but my boyfriend insists, that I have a cow on my nails. What do you think? After all, the cow is an animal too. Right? :-)

Products I have used:

• Flormar Supermatte - Nr. M103 (white)
• Flormar Nail Art - Nr. NA12 (black)

I love this manicure a lot, so I have taken tons of photos. I leave you with some more:

Valentine’s Day Challenge

I am participating in the Valentine’s Day Challenge organized by Miu Miu, Mirela and Anca.

You can find my manicure here with nr. 11 and below.

Happy Valentine's Day!

As I have said in my previous posts I am not that much into Valentine’s Day. This is the reason why I won’t be wearing any hearts on my nails today.

Instead I have chosen a simple dotted manicure. I have to say, that I am absolutely in love with it and I hope you won’t get bored of so many pictures!

Products I have used:

• Bourjois Paris – Nr. 11 Rouge in Style
• Flormar Nail Art – Nr. NA 01 (white dots)
• Flormar Nail Art – Nr. NA12 (black dots)
• Home made dotting tool

Valentine's Day Hearts Manicure

As promised I am back with my second attempt of a Valentine's Day Manicure. This time I have allocated more time for finishing the design.

Products I have used:

• Flormar SuperMatte - Nr. M103 (white base color)
• Flormar SuperShine - Nr. 29 (light pink base)
• Flormar Nail Art - Nr. NA12 (black hearts and outline)
• Bourjois Paris - Nr. 11 Rouge In Style (red hearts)
• S-he Stylezone - Nr. 320 (gold outline)
• Impala Mini - Nr.10 (red outline)
• Avon - Rave (sparking pink outline)
• thin brush

First Valentine’s Day Manicure

For approximately a month, the nail blog community is burning up with this Valentine’s Day fever. Maybe it’s just a weird coincidence but every blog I follow has at least one manicure or outfit prepared for this big event.

I am not that into this event but I feel somehow obligated to keep up with my fellow bloggers so… this is my first attempt of a Valentine’s Day Manicure.

This is the very first time I have drawn hearts on my nails so be gentle with me. 

 Products I have used:
Rimmel London – Nr. 030 Double Decker Red
OPI – The Spy Who Loved Me
Flormar Nail Art – Black
Flormar Supershine – Nr. 39
Mini Impala – Nr. 10