Prettifying the world one nail at a time.

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Twinsie Thursday - One Stroke Flowers


Hello Lacquer Lovers!

It is time for another Twinsie Thursday! Lothwen and I decided to venture into a medium we both have never tried.....one stroke flowers! We decided to go with a blue and coral color scheme. I've been practicing for a while now, but this is as good as they have ever gotten!

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Ms Sparkle On The Go-Lish pt.2 - Neon!


Hello lovelies,

As I announced earlier, I have some neon polishes from Ms Sparkle to show you! They are part of the On The Go-Lish collection, a collection of mini polishes on a key chain, perfect for on-the-go! I showed you a glitter topper earlier, "Outer Space". Here are 3 more!

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Bornprettystore Metallic Studs


Hello lovelies!

I have these rainbow metallic studs from bornprettystore.com to show you:

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Triplet Nails - Cats


Hello lovelies!

OK first of all, I kinda totally took the easy way out on this one, I just did not have time for proper nail art. The theme was animals this month and our class was mammals. So we had tooooo many options and hence decided on pets. And then we all had cats, so we settled on cats ;) OK I don't actually have a cat, but my parents do, so it counts ;) Here are my nails. 

Bornprettystore Dazzling Framed Studs


Hi lovelies,

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Ms Sparkle On The Go-Lish pt.1 & #RedCoatTuesday


Hello lovelies!


Today I have a new(-to-me) indie to show you: Ms Sparkle, a Dutch indie brand, from whom I recently won a giveaway and got the entire "On The Go-Lish" collection :) This collection is an assortment of minis on keychains, ready to go with you anywhere you want! Here's the first one, a glitter topper called "Outer Space". 

Monday, July 21, 2014

Bornprettystore.com Loose glitter nail art


Hello lovelies!

On this mani monday, I want to show you another way to use bornprettystore.com's loose glitter! Last time I showed you how to franken your own nail polish, today we apply the glitter randomly and directly to the nail:

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Franken your own polish with BornPrettyStore!


Hello lovelies!

I made this glitter polish myself (!) using glitter and mixing balls from bornprettystore.com! What do you think? You can now order glitter that is enough for a small, 4-7 ml nail polish bottle and add some mixing balls for it to work. Here's what you start with:

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

#RedCoatTuesday - Pretty Serious "Viscous Vampire"


Hello lovelies,

Another #RedCoatTuesday and this one features a pretty that I won in Sassy Shelly's giveaway! I won the Overall Beauty's prize pack and the mystery polish was a new brand that is featured there: Pretty Serious. My first Pretty Serious pretty and it goes by the awesome name "Viscous Vampire". Perfect, I figured, for a PLL tribute, since that has many bloody messes... I did a skittlette and that sort of goes with FingerFood's Theme Buffet (although the theme is skittle, but I don't think I will be able to do another mani..)

The Great Polish Giveaway of 2014 by Nail Polish Canada


Hello lovelies!

Excitement! Nail Polish Canada is organising a giveaway for which it needs all bloggers to contribute! For each participating blogger, a nail polish will be added, a polish of the blogger's choice! This means, that 1 person could win up to 200 nail polishes!

WHAT?!

Yes, that's right, 200! Boom! One prize and you're immediately a nail polish hoarder like me. It's just wonderful, is it not?!


The polish of my choice is....
Picture Polish "Mallard", a beautifully mysterious green shimmer with flakies.. look at this awesome swatch by lacquertude.com!


If you don't have a blog, you can enter anyways, first by filling out the rafflecopter below:
Open to CANADIAN and US residents only.
Ends August 15, 2014.


And then by going here and entering all the other people's rafflecopters, by going through the polishes they chose:


Now what are you waiting for, add, enter and let's get to 200 polishes!



Friday, July 11, 2014

Friends on Friday - Asymmetric & Awesome


Hello lovelies!

I did my friend's nails a while back:

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Holland World Cup Nail Art


Hello lovelies!

Here is my mani for the semi-finals following the tutorial that PobbyNails guest posted for me! :D

I used Maybelline "Wow Orange", black and white acrylic paint, Hema blue and Essence Hup Holland Hup :)

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

#RedCoatTuesday Special - The 100th Episode!


Hello lovelies,

Tonight we celebrate the 100th episode of the show that inspired all this: Pretty Little Liars. Ali's back. Her mom 6 feet under. Spencer's dad? What did he do? And what's up with Melissa? And is it true, will Caleb return tonight? Oh goodies! Well until it airs (and since I'm not in the US, until I get my hands on the episode), let's look at all the red manis and other make-up art!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

FingerFood's Theme Buffet: Patriotic


Hi lovelies!

I joined FingerFood's Theme Buffet and today's theme is Patriotic! Well that was convenient, since we, the Dutch Football Team, were playing the quarter finals of the World Cup yesterday and that called for another mani! 
I used Maybelline Color Show "Wow Orange" on my tips, which I taped off with some scotch tape. Then I added Let It Glitter "Hup Holland Hup" to get all sorts of orange in there :) I have done two other manis with this pretty, look here and here!

I also quickly did my mom's nails :D

Needless to say, we won! (Albeit after a nerve-wrecking game and penalty shoot-outs; we deserved it.)



Friday, July 4, 2014

2nd Guest Post by Southern Sparkle Nail Art


Hello Lacquer Lovers!

I'm back! It's Samantha from Southern Sparkle Nail Art. Today I have another quick and easy manicure, featuring Essie Wicked and a Sassy+Chic nail art pen.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Guest Post by Lady Maid Nails


Hello readers!

So the lovely Lothwen is working on her graduation! Since she's running out of time, she does not have time to blog. She reached out for some guest help and I was happy to help out. I'm Mandy of Lady Maid Nails on Instagram and over on my blog. For today I created a 'sexy and classy' look for you as Lothwen described it. I couldn't agree more! I recently won a collection from Above The Curve Nail Polish, so today I have some art and a quick review.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

OPI Push and Shove nail art attempt


Hello lovelies,

I'm here again for a little. I had a party, so I required party nails. I decided to get my OPI "Push and Shove" from the Gwen Stefani collection finally out of the box and paint my nails with it. You probably read all kinds of reviews on this one, and know by now that you have to (HAVE TO) use the complimentary base coat "Lay Down That Base" first. So there I went: