Love is Kind

I recently did a haul from Nail Artisan UK, one of the items I purchased was the Pet'la Stamping Plate - Textytext. I really loved two of the saying on the plate and decided to do my nails with this.

You might have seen them on my Instagram recently.

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A photo posted by Dina Ramse (@secretarysnailart) on Feb 6, 2016 at 10:55am PST

I didn't actually know that this was a quote from the Bible when I did my nails, but my friend Sam that you all know from GuestNails , informed me.

For this look I started out with two coats of Barry M - Pink Lemonade, and did the stamping using Barry M - Acai Smoothie and Pet'la Stamping plate - Textytext.
I really like the end result here, and think it would be perfect for Valentine's.

What are you going to wear for Valentine's this year?

Daddy you're Hot Stuff!

I am still in the mood for girly manicures, and pink is the girly-est thing I know, so that's the color I will use.
I have been eyeing Models Own - Hot Stuff for a while, and wanted to implement it in this.
Seeing the result, I am very pleased in how it turned out.

I did not do step by step pictures for this manicure. It was made on a whim, and I wasn't expecting it to turn out well, so didn't bother to stop and take pictures.

For this manicure I used:
ESSIE - Sugar Daddy
Max Factor - Sunny Pink
Models Own - Hot Stuff
2 pink 2-way striper/pens (no-name brand)

First I used a coat of Sugar Daddy all over the nail. I dabbed on Sunny Pink on the top of my nails to remove the VNL, and add some shine. I used the stripers to make random lines to make it all go together. I was trying to mimic the swirls seen on galaxy-nails, just with pinks.

Since I was going to watch Star Wars that day, I added some Hot Stuff from Models Own, as if I just blew Death Star to smithereens.

Depend 201

Depend 201 is a flamingo pink color. 

Sorry about the nick on my little finger there, I hit it, trying to get to my camera. 

This is two coats.

Max Factor - Sunny Pink

Hi, everyone!
I`m finally back, from my trip to my father. My father is sick, and that's why he has gone Vegan, as I told you in the Oh My, Vegan Polish -post. It makes him feel better, and I cant remember seeing him so up-and-going, since I was a young girl, and then only for a few hours. Now he has energy all the time. Makes a daughter very happy.

Did`nt you just LOVE Missy`s Mani (link to her blog) on Saturday? She is so good! It was so nice of her to do a guest post, while I was away.

NOTD is a shimmer-y pink, and very fitting, its called Sunny Pink.

It has golden shimmer in it, which I like. 

The only thing I`m not the greatest fan of, is that you need really thin layers of this, to build it. If you don't do thin layers it will become streaky. And no one likes that. You can see that on my ringfinger. One of the coats was a bit to thick, and you can clearly see that its streaky. 

I think I bought this shade a bit to late in the year. Golden pinks are great for spring and summer, but its been raining here non-stop for the last three weeks, making it look like fall. I have brought out my fall-shades. So you might be seeing a lot more darker manis from now on.

I did four coats here, I could have done easily five or six coats, like I had to do with my other Max Factor mini; Emerald. Think this would be good for layering over another polish? 

WnW Tropicalia

A few days ago I got this in the mail, together with a few other polishes. Thing was, I didnt order this shade from Wet n Wild. I had ordered a purple one. I thought about it for a while, and intended to send it back, but I had the feeling that this might be a good colour to have in my collection. So I get it, and intend to send another order for the purple one. 

It looks like one of those old-pink colours in the bottle, but it really isnt that dull. Just see for your self.

Hot Pink - Summer Challenge

For this mani I used H&M - Pink, and Essence nail art special effect topper - 05 Time For Reflection.

Time For Reflection makes your polish look like chrome. 

Update: Took some new pictures as soon as the sun came out, and look at these! Stunning.

Check out the other girls participating in the Summer Challenge:

Debbie @ The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk/

Neivys - http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/

Jo @ Northern Nails - http://therockchicksrambles.blogspot.co.uk/

arlene @ http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com/

Helena - http://nailwish.blogspot.com.es/

Cuti-CLUE-les - http://cuti-clue-les.blogspot.com/

Katee - www.agirlandherpolish.blogspot.com

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.ynails.blogspot.co.uk/

bec - http://lacquerdreams.blogspot.com.au/

Misha - www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com

Sharon - http://whatcolorismycoat.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/

Laurie http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/

Lucie @ Lucy's Stash www.lucysstash.com

Emma @  http://manicurity.blogspot.com/

Caitlin - www.caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Jane- http://absolutevarnish.blogspot.com/

Amber www.nevernakednails.blogspot.com

Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net

Jackie- http://memasmanis-jackie.blogspot.com/

Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/

Stella - http://mywetnails.blogspot.com

Missy @ http://missysmanis.blogspot.co.uk/

Kim @ http://apolishedaddiction.blogspot.com/

Christine @ http://lost-in-my-reverie.blogspot.com

Angie @ http://ourpaintedworld.wordpress.com

Bazzia @  http://polishmymind.blogspot.se/

Missy the Manicured Maniac @ http://melissahenderson95.blogspot.com/

Michelle @ http://lacquerorleaveher.blogspot.com/

Nikki @ http://www.lilgreenheart.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth @ http://nailpolishismycrack.blogspot.com/

Ana Cris @ http://www.estacerradaladrogueria.blogspot.com.es/

Shayleen @ http://simplyhandyallyear.blogspot.com/