Halloween 2019

I almost dated this post 2020, I've been making enquiries into service providers for the wedding and all of them wanted the date, so typing 2020 is so natural right now.

I wanted to do another Halloween mani for this year, since another image on Lina MYM 8 caught my eye while doing the previous one. I started with two coats of China Glaze plur-ple on my thumb, one coat of China Glaze treble maker on my index, middle and ring finger and two coats on my pinky.

I then did a smoosh on my index, middle and ring finger with the two polishes.

Once it was dry I stamped both images from Lina MYM8 with Nicole Diary black. For once the pictures are way brighter than it is in real life. I loved how this turned out. And I'm especially happy with how neon the pictures turned out.

What do you think? Maybe next year I'll actually use the Halloween stamping plate I have!

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#52weeknailchallenge: smoosh

Wedding plans are in full swing at the moment. And I keep having to check that I'm not forgetting something. And since everything is basically costing an arm and a leg, no more pretties for me until then.

For today's mani I wanted to have some contrasting colours. So I started with a coat of Toy apple smoothie on all my nails, not worrying about opacity as I was going to smoosh over it.

I then blobbed apple smoothie, Color Club wild cactus and Fair maiden come what may on a stamper and smooshed it on my nails. Adding some more polish as I went along.

I'm quite happy with how this turned out. I had a couple of people ask me how I did it and a couple more compliments. What do you think? Should I have added something?

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Friday Triad: Inspired by @nail_muse

It's that time of the month again!

Each month Michelle, Joyce or myself choose a manicure for inspiration. And what we do is completely up to us. This month it was Joyce's turn and she chose this mani by @nail_muse. And oh my goodness was I intimidated! I have attempted these marble nails many times and it just never ever turned out the way it was supposed to.

So I watched the tutorial a couple of times and attempted the nightmare myself. Let me show you how it turned out. I started with two coats of Catrice easy peasy green squeezy on my thumb and index. On my middle and ring finger I have one coat of Essence what is this feeling?, on my pinky I have two coats.

I then painted a coat of essence what is this feeling? on my mat and blobbed China Glaze I'll sand by you and Catrice easy peasy green squeezy on the still wet polish.. I used a dotting tool dragging the polish, stamper smooshed over it and let the polish dry.

Once it was dry on the stamper, I "stamped" it on my nail, cleaned up the excess and that's it. My ring finger nail looks so much longer than the rest for some reason!! It's annoying me looking at the photo's, but oh well.

The Fiance said it looks like a peppermint crisp tart. I think he was just hungry at at the time!! What do you think? I think I'll try this again, I feel like I've learned something this time round. To see what the other ladies did, just click on their names.

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#52weeknailchallenge: white & silver

I was at a loss as to what to do for this prompt, especially since silver is so close to white. So I went onto Pinterest hoping for some inspiration. And I saw loads of marbles. So I decided to do a smoosh.

I started with a coat of Hean City Fashion white, not worrying about opacity.

I then smooshed with CF white and Rimmel Rock the metal.

I really liked how this turned out. It looked especially pretty when the light would fall on the silver in between the white.

Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy. What do you think?

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#52weeknailchallenge: smoosh

I think smoosh-ing is one of the easiest ways to get a pretty design without a lot of effort. I originally wanted to do a pink or purple smoosh and then thought of my colleague and knew she would have wanted blue, so I did blue.

I started with a coat of Loreal french riviera on all my nails, not worrying about the opacity as I knew I was doing a smoosh. For the smoosh itself I used Moonflower polish hope of the brave, OPI dining al frisco and Nubar silver mist.

When that was somewhat drier I added a coat of Tip Top rocky road and top coated. I kinda like how this turned out. Hope of the brave and rocky road adds just enough sparkle.

What do you think? I can't decide if this makes me think of a blue galaxy or stormy waters.

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#52weeknailchallenge: green

I'm thinking that everyone would assume I've been waiting for this prompt. Because green. But I didn't. As much as I love love green, it's not a colour I wear all that often. I tend to lean towards purple and blue more often, even pink!! So when green came around I didn't really know what I wanted to do.

I settled on a smoosh. I started with a coat of Essence L.O.L as a base. I wasn't too worried about it being opaque or not, since smoosh. For the actual smoosh (yeah I'm just gonna say smoosh all the time), I used color club wild cactus, nubar conserve and essence good limes. Surprisingly enough all 3 those polishes were gifted to me by Michelle. She's a keeper.

Once the smoosh was done, I wanted to add something more and I settled for some glitter. I have a couple glitter toppers but almost never know when is the best time to use it. So I thought this would be a good time. I added a coat of Tip Top rocky road. Also, just ignore my thumb... I'm not sure how she slipped in, I only noticed when I was editing and by then it was too late.

I didn't fish for the glitters only for the bigger ones.

What do you think? My phone decided to take a blurry picture and it shows the holo of rocky road so nicely.

It's almost like a green galaxy...

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#52weeknailchallenge: watermarble

Here we are with week 3 and its watermarble. Whoever thought that watermarbling should be a thing needs to be shot and hung and then shot again. I have probably done two successful watermarbles. If you count the one I waited for it to get dry first. So I was kinda worried about this week... I even asked if waterspotting would count instead of marbling, thank goodness it did. I was also thinking of vinyls... And then I saw this tutorial by @clairestelle8 and I had to be a bad person and copy it.

I started with a base of SC snow me white on all my nails and instead of doing a gradient I did a saran wrap. I wanted to do a gradient, but I was a bit time strapped and I don't really have neons that would have been opaque enough.

I love Hean - 890 - yellow from the neon collection
I love Hean - 892 - orange from the neon collection
I love Hean - 895 - pink from the neon collection
I love Hean - 809 - green
Tip Top - cyan can can - blue
Tip Top - grape dance - purple

While that was drying I laid down my marbled vinyls from becauseishop on my simply neat miracle mat. Grabbed Essence black is back, painted a coat over the vinyl and then a coat of Starrily magic rainbow over that. Peeled the vinyl off while the polish was still wet. I waited for that to dry slightly and then painted a coat of Essence absolute pure over that. Then the waiting game started as I had to wait for that to dry.

Once it was completely dry I peeled it off, fitted it to my nail and top coated. Of course there had to be a flash shot to show case the holo!!

So what do you think of my watermarble?

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Smooshed neons

This has been such a bad week... People have been sick, people have been off, I've been working myself sick (yes I now have a cold), I have two nails that are tearing and I haven't had anytime to do my nails! Now that is just freaking sad. And I've been feeling like a popsicle. Work is the worst place to be in this weather. People leave the door open, want hulle is in 'n stal gebore (they were born in a barn) and all the cold air comes inside. Rant over, sort of.

While I was swatching the Hean neons I was thinking of something to do with them and I went completely blank. So I just decided to do a smoosh mani. It's one of those things that you just can't mess up. Because it is a mess.

I used City Fashion white as a base. I then blobbed 890, 891, 892, 893 & 895 randomly on my nails and smooshed it. I somehow missed 894, it was obviously hiding somewhere.

I like how this turned out. Some places it almost looks like smoke, well besides the colour... What do you think? Yes, no, maybe?

I don't know if I'm going to be swatching the Pastel collection anytime soon with my nails tearing. It's almost like I have two or three months of good nails then they tear, another month or so to grow back and so the cycle goes. 

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Hean nail polish: City Fashion 166 (and a peek at the Neon collection)

I hope everyone else is enjoying this cold weather as much as I am. We got a new couch about 2 weeks ago and it's much bigger than the old one, so its nice to be able to properly snuggle up with a warm body next to you.

So sometimes a nail polish comes your way that just surprises you. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad way. This is one that surprised me in a good way. This is one (yes, one) coat of City Fashion 166. If you interested just click on the Glamore Cosmetics banner or the link to go directly to their shop.

I'm not a huge fan of nude polishes, but I do occasionally like wearing it. And this is already a favourite.

This is a bit of a busy mani. I think I tried too many things at the same time. But oh well. It was fun and apparently looks like a party under a UV light.

There is a mix of I love Hean 890, 891, 892 and 893 all from the Neon collection. On I middle finger I tried a needle drag, there's random dots and the stripes were a bit of a smoosh using the polishes. So it here it is looking like a party!

My colleagues thought it looked so cool under the UV light that they made me make it my WhatsApp profile pic.

What do you think? These neons are quite neon. And I love that they are UV light activated. It kinda makes them seem rather dull otherwise.

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