HPB Presents: Halloween a Zombie pond

Hobby Polish Bloggers presents: Halloween

My last Halloween manicure was such a success that I decided to do another one. I understand you want to see more of them, so I deliver to you, a Zombie pond. *cue scary music* So with the girls at Hobby Polish Blogger, I present to you: Halloween.

For this manicure I used Sally Hansen - 540 - Jell-ous? to help out on the decal making I started out with two coats on the Uber Chic stamping mat, and did one stamp and continued to build Sally Hansen - 540 - Jell-ous? between the stamps.
All in all I used 9 coats on the index finger with one to two arms for each layer of polish. Ring finger and middle finger had 5 coats and my little finger had the least amount of coats with only 4 coats (!!) I also applied some splatter using Makeup Mekka - Strawberry Daiquiri on the second layer before using the splatter.

HPB Presents: Halloween a Zombie Pond

For those of you that are curious I have attached below the image plate and marked the different sections used for this look.

For a full review of this plate head over here.

An InLinkz Link-up

Charlotte Grey No More

I received this product free of charge for my honest, non-bias review from the Born Pretty Store.

Today I have for you a slightly different manicure, from what I usually do. I have adventured into the lands of loose glitter. What a dangerous land it is. Several days later I am still finding bits of glitter around the house, on my boyfriend, and in the kitchen. Luckily, this is also my moving day.
I am moving into a flat, a little two bed flat, where I will again have a room for my nail polish, and not just a corner like I have now. This is the last step for me, to finally settle down in my job and life here in Northern Ireland.
I will be leaving a shared house, with the occasional glitter dust around. Hehe.

I am not saying this was an overly messy experience, and you might see loose glitter manicures from me again. It did wonders working on a silicone mat, as the glitters did stick better to the mat, instead of swiveling all over the place . A fan brush was definitely a good friend to have doing this.

For the base colour I used Makeup Mekka - 571 - Charlotte Grey, and then I let it completely dry on my ring finger, and made zebra stripes with a clear polish and added the glitter.  For the rest of the nails, I used my super fine glitter powder - 71 from Born Pretty Store.

BornPrettyStore Super Fine Glitter Powder - 71

I really liked working with this glitter, and it stuck nicely to my nails, and I had no fall outs until I removed it the day after. Be sure you screw the lid back on properly before putting it away.
I had a little accident... nothing too bad, as it all was saved using a large fan brush (that is for computer cleaning).

The glitter comes in a 10 ml box (as seen on the picture), and it sells for $ 1.96,- You can find the product by following this link.

If you will be placing an order, feel free to use my 10 % off coupon: RAMG10

There are plenty of products to choose from at their site, not just nail related items, and the prices are very affordable and they have free worldwide shipping.

Click the image below and you will be taken to their site. 

I received this product free of charge for my honest, non-bias review from the Born Pretty Store.

A writers manicure

I was totally inspired by Mishka over at Lacquer or Leave Her! for todays manicure. You can find her post: Review and Before & After: Moyou London Scholar Collection 02 and 06 here.

Quick view of the original.

Property of Lacquer or Leave Her

This manicure is so gorgeous. It's amazingly gorgeous. I can not praise it enough. hopefully my recreation with a twist will get as much love as the original. If you are not already a subscriber of her, I would highly recommend checking her out.

For this manicure I used the same plate as Mishka did in her manicure, but I also added one plate from MASH - 39, for a background image. I wanted my nails to look like notebooks, and since I don't have the Scholar Collection plate 06, I found an image that kinda looks the same on another plate.

I used a several different nail polishes for this manicure. W7 - Buff on the tips over Barry M - Lychee, and ESSIE - Little Brown Dress as an accent. Stamped using Makeup Mekka - Charlotte Grey and Barry M - Lychee, and ESSIE - Little Brown Dress.

This is how it all started.

A writers manicure

A writers manicure

A writers manicure

A writers manicure

Can I just say that I am totally in LOVE with this manicure. I just LOVE LOVE it. And I love how the ink came out, when I used a brush over it to make it look more like it was "wiped" away. 

70's print makes me blue

TGIF!
Have a great weekend girls!!

Today I have Cheeky plate CH48 for you ladies. To create this manicure I used 3 nail polishes, and a dotting tool. I'm sorry for the scratches on my hands, I have been doing extensive gardening, and this manicure has held like a rocket through digging in the dirt, to sawing trees.

I feel like a 50's "You Can Do It" -poster girl here.

But lets drag us back to the 70's with this manicure. I hope you liked it, and remember for more 70's style, check out Mishkas take on this plate over at Lacquer of Leave Her!

Basecolor was Fnug - Bandana, I stamped using Essie - Bobbing for baubles, and dotted the center using Makeup Mekka - Remember '79.

Eeek! I look so pale!

Easter Nails

Let's get ready with some Easter Nails.
I decided to do some Easter nail, cause I have all these great plates with images that would be great for Easter, and if I don't use them now, when?
Right?


I started out with 3 coats of Miss Sporty - 453. I went googling around to see if anyone had used this polish before, and came back with surprisingly few results. So I decided that it was time. The world need more pastel yellows. This might not be your favorite yellow, but it's a yellow, and deserve some Easter happiness.
.. and it was the best yellow I could find in my stash.

Note to self: Get the perfect pastel Yellow.

Any takers?

I stamped using Bundlemonster, and ended up using BM 322, using MakeupMekka - Strawberry Daiquiri.

Strawberry Daiquiri - Nail Art

By layering Strawberry Daiquiri from MakeupMekka, and Sunny Pink - Mac Factor I created this manicure, to lighten up my mood.
It's been a rough few days lately. Trying to find your roots in another country is not like a walk in the garden picking berries. It's hard. I don't know many people here, and a rather shy person. And the people I do know ... well, it seems like I have had a tendency to alienate people more than making new friends lately.
One step back, look at what I am doing. Up again, and let's try another approach.

It all starts with a manicure that will cheer you up.

Twinpost: I'll be wearing my Flip Flops

YaY! Its Friday!!

This weeks Cheeky Girl Challenge, we are doing CH37. The image we selected was the Flip Flops.
Shoot me now.
I hated this image.
It didn't stamp well for me, at all.

But after a few hours of banging my head against the wall, I managed to get it to look somewhat decent.


I used Misa - Working hard, hardly working
Makeup Mekka - Strawberry Daiquiri
Makeup Mekka - Green and Tonic
Depend - 124

D is for Dailies

So I am all in The World Of Warcraft today. And when I was wondering what to do for my ABC challenge next, it sure had to be something related to my game.

Dailies.

For those of you whom are not in the know:
Dailies are different from ordinary quests cause they can be repeated, over and over again, but only once a day, while as quests are a once in a life time event.
This will give you reputation with the faction/clan of the person you do the quests for.
This can give you mounts/gear/ or other fun/useful stuff in-game.

Me and one mount I acquired from doing dailies.

For this manicure I used Cheeky plate CH48.

Orly - Viridian Vinyl

Makeup Mekka - Remember 79'

Look! It matches my teapot!

normal light

w/ Flash

Heavily cloudy that day, but at least this get the color right. 

Everywhere I see, I see dailies!!

Makeup Mekka - Remember 79'

It was about time I got into the habit of doing my nails again. I have been missing out a lot, cause of the moving to UK and all, but the worse parts are over.
Last night I tried Makeup Mekka - Remember 79'.

I am so happy that my nubs are starting to grow out, and I am taking as good care of them as I can. I have been trimming my little finger-nail a lot, cause it grows like crazy, while the rest of them don't. 

I really like this color here, it was easy to apply, worked well with the brush it came with. Doesn't have a terrible smell to it, quite ordinary as nail polish goes. Covered in two coats. 

I couldn't leave it like this, and I debated with myself for a long time, before I decided to get my stickers out to play. 

I found a tripod in the computer room, and my landlord let me borrow it to take some pictures. I had a lot of fun testing the tripod out. Felt so pro.

Dupe or No Dupe: Makeup Mekka - Me: Blue Blood vs. YSL - Bleu Majorelle

I recently got my hands on a handful of Makeup Mekka polishes.
One of them looked a lot like YSL - Bleu Majorelle. I wanted to check if they there dupes or not.

Bottle-shots. Yes they do look a lot like each other.

Differences:

YSL - Bleu Majorelle

• Expensive
• Terrible smell
• Bonus for a neat C-brush
• Comes in a full size bottle

Makeup Mekka - Me: Blue Blood

• Cheap
• Comes in a mini bottle
• Standard brush
• Does not smell much

Index: Me: Blue Blood, middle finger: Bleu Majorelle, ring finger: Me: Blue Blood, little finger: Bleu Majorelle

Verdict: Dupes

MakeupMekka Haul

I have been on a trip back to Norway to get some of my stuff over the border. 

I went on a 24 hour drive, over two days, and drove about 2.400 km. 

Crossed 6 borders. 

Not doing that again, I tell you.

Next time, I will get someone to move for me. 

I got time to get some nail polish while I was in Norway, and this is what I got. 

R to L: Strawberry Daiquiri, Charlotte Grey, Join The Navy, Paint the Town, Me: Blue Blood, Green And Tonic, Remember 79'.

Will see if I can get some swatches, but at first glance I am guessing Me: Blue Blood is going to be a dupe on YSL - Bleu Majorelle, so lets start there.

But not tonight. Now its time for bed, and I will swatch the cobalt's tomorrow.