Spring Awakening

Originally, I did this design for Nailpolis competition, and later on I've submitted it to KBShimmer competition as well. I'm guessing that spring is the right time for nail art competitions... Anyhow, when I uploaded it to Nailpolis, I've named it "Two little birdies sitting on a tree", but for the post name I went with the competition name itself, which was what I wrote on my thumb as well.

I've started with a grey base and sponged greens and pink all over the background for the overall flower-y vibe. The rest was free handed, and at the end, I finished up with 15 different nail polishes out on the table.
I really liked the bird on my ring finger, but the second one didn't turn out very well, I believe.

I even went a bit artistic with this design, and did some photos with floral props, that believe me, were really hard to find around the house!

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The Lacquer Legion: Lucky

As always, this too non-specific topics are giving my a hard time. I know that the reason behind it is St. Patrick day, but I didn't want to go with a green, gold and clover. Every time I tried to think about a nail art, Daft punk's Get Lucky song kept playing in my head. After I found the cover art for the single, I just knew it would transfer beautifully to my nails, so I did just that!

You know that feeling when you just feel too bad to do this extra step on your nail art? That every step is good enough on it's own? This is what I like to call an "Evolving Manicure". My base color- Ga-de Peach sorbet (that you can actually see only on my thumb) is very gorgeous on it's own, and the gradient  (using Ga-de Tangerine and Life 299) can pass for a nail art every day. I did the shape of the sun using OPI German-icure, and added the silhouettes with Ga-de Black swan.

I'm interested to see what everyone else did today, and how many of them didn't stick to the green :)

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31DC2013: Day 25, Inspired by fashion

When I first set my mind to do the 31DC, I just KNEW I'm gonna ask my friends to look for some crazy fashion for me to use, since I'm not much of a fashionista my self. But it the end, I needed no help! Few weeks ago [don't expect me to know when], New York fashion week took place, and links for the collections, and one caught my eyes in particular.

I took my inspiration from Diana Von Furstenberg spring 2013 collection. Maybe the name doesn't ring a bell to you, it sure didn't ring for me, But when I googled her, I recognized her in a second. And so what if I watch American Next Top Model marathons when I'm sick. It's on TV! Any how, you can see the rest of the collection here.

My base color in the non-accent nails is Chic sand. The light blue is Life 329, darker blue is Chic bora bora, and the orange-y shade is Ga-de clay brushed.

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31DC2013: Day 22, inspired by a song

When I've heard "song inspired" I imidiatly wanted to go with the one and only, that makes me go nuts in lipsing, Britney Spears. Now, I wanted to go with some old school classic such as 'Baby one more time', but ended up going for the song 'Holg it against me', because it's video has alot of sceance I could take Insperation of.

So here is the full on manicure, and from here I'm gonna show you each finger with a screen shot of the insperation for it.

Starting with the pinky and the thumb, where I took inspiration from the splattered dress. The white here is Chic white flag. Blue is Chic bora bora, green is Chic crazy in love, purple is Life 328 and orange is Life 299. I mixed those 4 colors with some nail polish remover [Acetone does not work!] and blow the brush to get paint on my nails.

On to the ring finger I have Britney lips. I must say, I did a horrible job capturing it, but oh well.
Black is Chic black fog, Pink is a mix of Laka 73 and Chic white flag, white is again Chic white flag and red is Life strawberry.

My middle finger represent Britney's CRAZY neon necklace, which I would love to get my hand on. No idea what will go with it tho.
Nude is Chic sand, Silver is Chic diamonds, and yellow is Ga-de california sun.

My pointer is an abstract of the fight between Britney's black self and Britney's red self. I uses saran warp to create this effect. Red is Life strawberry and black is Chic black fog.

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31DC2013: Day 11, polka dots nails

Another day, another mass for me. Ugh I'm starting to feel that it's a bit over my head :/
Anyway, today is another day where my friends turned up as a great help. After me panicking in the chat, they came through!

Snow man nails! Why, you may ask- cause it's freaking hot outside and I want winter! Not that we have snow here, but a girl can dream.
Orange is Life 299, and black and white are Chic black fog and white flag. Guess which one is who.
That's it for today. Hopefully tomorrow will be easier for me...

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31DC2013: Day 9, rainbow nails

I have to admit, I wasn't too excited about today's challange. For me rainbow is either too childish or the homosexual flag, to be honest with you. After coming up, and canceling, tons of ideas, I decided to simply taste the rainbow!

Oh... yeah! It's a skittles mani! And boy, this mani was a rough one! My nails ended up too short for this, and if you'll look closely, you'll see that I dropped the "e" in the word. BUT- I am very proud of it, and the rainbow itself came out great, which is why it's good I took some pictures before adding the text.

So my pointer is obviously the original flavored package, while the other nails supposed to resemble the skittles them self. Also, smart me didn't bother to wait till the text is fully dried, and massed it up with the top coat.

And on to the color list-
The red is Life strawberry, the orange is Life 299, the yellow is Ga-de california sun, green is Chic crazy in love, and the blue on the logo is Chic bora bora. The purple on my pinky is Ga-de purple empire, while the one used on my ring finger is Life 328. Don't ask why.

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31DC2013: Day 2, orange nails

Another day, another nail art!
My dad will kill me for what I'm about to say because of my Dutch roots, but I hate orange. Sure, I have orange nail polish, but that's just cause I'm an addict.
That's why I had some troubles with what to do for today. I consulted my friends, and they offered me to do the an orange fruit. After I told them it's not creative enough, they came up with this!

A carrot! Ok, I know I'm kinda following the whole edible things theme here, but you are welcome to punch me if I'm doing lemons for tommorow. Please, do.
My pinky, ring, middle and pointer fingers are dedicated to the carrot itself, while my thumb if the leafs on top of it, for an easy removal ;)

My base color is Chic sand, the orange is Life 299, and I used a mixture of this and both Red 79 and Chic silly me for the shading. the leafs were done using Chic crazy in love.

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