Happy New Glamurous Year!

I wish You to have the sweetest, most marvelous, wonderful, successful & great year ahead. Happy New Year!

For this manicure I have used:

• China Glaze - Icicle
• P2 - End Up Glamorous!

I have applied China Glaze - Icicle only in 1 coat, to give my nails a stable base color. I usually do this when I know that the next coat  will be too light to suffice even in 2 coats.

Here i have already applied P2 - End Up Glamorous! but i couldn't find direct sunshine to show you how beutiful this polish looks. If the weather is right, your nails should sparkle in every color of the rainbow!

 

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Until next time,

Getting Ready For Christmas #3: Under The Mistletoe

The next challenge from the Getting Ready For Christmas series, organized by Elsa from Like A Candy Shop is Under The Mistletoe.

Products I have used:

• China Glaze - Icicle
• China Glaze - Mistletoe Kisses
• Acrylic paints

Here's the manicure without and with China Glaze - Mistletoe Kisses applied.

My other manicures from this challenge:

• Not Yet, But Almost!
• Glitter Overload

The Techniques Challenge - #7 Fishtail

Hi Girls!

Today I've finally managed to post my challenge manicure on time! 

This is my second attempt for the Fishtail design. The first time I have used a dark green instead of the pink, but the brush was too wide and ruined the design :-(

Products I have used:

• China Glaze - Icicle
• Gabrini - Nr. C06 (blue)
• Gabrini - Nr. 40 (pink)

At first I found this manicure ... strange. But as time passed I got to like it. Now I adore it and want to repeat it :-D. 

For the second try I plan to draw more thicker lines. This design seems to make my nails larger than they are in real life. 

The next challenge will be Velvet Nails and will be posted on the 30th of September, 2013.

T.N.C.C. - Flowers #4

Hi Girls!

I can't believe I have managed to finish all 4 flower manicures! Yeah!!!

Products I have used:

• KIKO - Nr. 281
• China Glaze - Icicle
• Flomar - Nr. NA12
• Born Pretty Store - Black stamping polish (item nr. 1324, you can find it here)
• Born Pretty Store  - Stamping plate - Nr. QA8 (item nr. 4938 , you can find it here)

Visit Born Pretty Store and don't forget, that they offer free shipping worldwide and using the code VNL91 you will get a 10% discount!

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 

Disco Nails ... sort of

Hi there!

I am into doticures lately so... here comes another one: Disco-ticure :-D

Products I have used:

• China Glaze - Icicle (silver base)
• Booklin - Nr. F2 (pink)
• AD Lineo Nail Color - Nr. 63 (orange)
• Ados - Nr. 549 (blue)
• Aden Cosmetics - Nr. 91 (green)

Challenge 20: Glitter

Hi Girls!

I have to start today's post with a confession: I am glitter addicted! ..... Now we can continue :-)

I am so excited about today's challenge! I have this manicure ready since Wednesday and I just can't wait to show it to you!

Products I have used:

• OPI -  I Saw… You Saw… We Saw… Warsaw (blue base color)
• China Glaze - Icicle (silver strip below under the glitters)
• Glitters (silver, gold and blue. I have added the one by one. It took me approximately 30 minutes to finish one hand)

Disco Nails - Guest post at Rainbows in a Jar

Hi there!

Today I am posting my second guest post! This time I was invited by Josephine from Rainbows in a Jar to create a manicure.

Before I start showing you the pictures, I would like to thank Josephine for this great opportunity. I am a big fan of her blog and her manicures. Visit her blog and you will not regret it :-). 

Cloud manicure - Guest post at Konad Addict

Hi there!

I am in such a good mood today! Maybe it's the great spring weather we are having, or...maybe because today Maryya from Konad Addict will post my first ever guest post :-D

If you are looking for great manicures, be sure you visit Konad Addict!

Products I have used for this manicure:

• OPI - I saw... U saw... We Saw... Warsaw (from the Euro Centrale Spring 2013 Collection; dark blue base color)
• China Glaze - Icicle (first cloud -> silver)
• Bourjois - Rouge in Style (second cloud -> red)

Flower Wednesday - Week 3

Hi Girls!

It's Wednesday and that it is time for the third flower manicure from the Flower Wednesday series.
The first and the second manicures are available here and here.



Spring finally decided to pay us a visit. Keep up with the flower manicures!

Products I have used:

• Flormar - Nr. 455 (dark green base color)
• China Glaze - Icicle (silver)
• Nail Stencil

2 Years Anniversary and Short Story

My dear readers,

this is a very special day for me. My blog turns 2 years old today! :-)

As you know, I have decided to organize my first giveaway for this occasion. The happy winner is Daniela Zaharia. Congatulations! 

I would like to share with you the short story of my little blog, which I am so proud of. 

On the 27th of March, 2011 I bought an orange nail polish from Auchan, during a launch break. I went home, painted my nails and and I saw that they looked really nice. I couldn't resist taking a photo while I was holding Tiger, Winnie The Pooh's friend. The days passed and I was so proud of that photo (I even printed it out), I wanted to show it to the whole world! This is when the idea of a blog popped into my mind!

At first the blog was called: Lililala's Photo Nail Blog (maybe some of you still remember it as such). My plan was to post mostly photos (my English wasn't that good at the time). 

The first posted manicure

Maybelline New York - Nr. 460 Orange Couture

At the beginning I was posting only NOTDs (of course, at the time I had no idea that they were in fact NOTDs). I had no idea what is a blogroll, GFC, Labels and much more. :-) I just posted my daily manicure.

Time had passed and during my first year I had posted 46 manicures/NOTDs. 

In 2012 I got promoted, life started to accelerate and Lililala's Photo Nail Blog was left behind. There had been only 29 posted manicures, none in September, October and November. (I am so ashamed of this fact).

Then in January 2013 something happened. I realized that I am still in love with nail polishes (more than ever, my stash grew from 20 to 150 polishes). In January 2013 I bought my own domain name, started to redesign my blog, joined several groups on Facebook and participated in several challenges.

I owe special thanks to the members of Girls Online who supported me and accepted me in their collective. I started to grow the moment I joined you!

Today I have 127  followers, 119 published posts (including this one :-) ), around 28.000 views and a mind full of potential manicures! 

Thank you all for your support, visits and kind words! 

Summary: China Glaze Manicures

Cirque Du Soleil Collection - It's a Trap-eze!

Cirque Du Soleil Collection - Get Carried Away

3 in 1

L'Oreal  Paris - Nr. 504 Insolent Magenta

Flormar - Nr. 445

China Glaze - Nr. 1023 Icicle

Green Cloud

I could not accept the fact, that I cannot make a real cloud manicure.
So... I tried again. The result:

 Avon - Green With Envy + China Glaze - Icicle

Moyra - Nr. 71 

China Glaze - Tape manicure

China Glaze - Icicle + Blue Year's Eve (Tape manicure)

Baby, It's Cold Outside

This year I received for Christmas a China Glaze Gift Set: "Baby, It's Cold Outside". 

It contains 3 polishes and a pair of Fingerless Gloves. The polishes are: 

• Blue Year's Eve ( blue )
• Icile ( silver ) 
• Poinsettia ( red )