Pretty Pink Piggies

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Something sweet and simple today:

Flowers for Football

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Tonight we're playing our second game during the European Football Championship, so I created another look with our national colours:

Abstract Autumn

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Essie polishes are rather expensive over here, so I only ever buy them on sale. The last one I picked up was a shade of which I am pretty sure I don't have anything yet: "Kaf-tan". This is a trendy colour and I couldn't wait to try it! 

New Years Eve

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With this mani I'd like to wish you a wonderful New Year's Eve and a sparkling bright start of 2019! I'm not going to party big, but I will be celebrating with friends. So I did my nails in honour of it.

The Digit-al Dozen Looks Up - Starry Starry Night

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So finally my last Digit-al Dozen post. Of course my favourite thing looking up is stars. So a starry mani could not be left out of the line-up! Plus, my friend gave me the plate with this image, so I really wanted to use it.

The Digit-al Dozen Recreates First Blog Posts - Hoot Hoot!

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I think I did not even blog yet, when I did this mani for my sister, but I posted it later in my 'Golden Oldies' genre. I always wanted to do it on myself, but never got around to do it, so this was a perfect excuse!

The Digit-al Dozen presents: In My Garden - Sunshine

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Today is the last day of this month's Digit-al Dozen: In My Garden challenge! Now the best thing about my garden is the fact that it has loads of sunshine. It makes taking nail pics so much easier!  Plus, actively absorbing solar radiation is one of my hobbies. The house I previously occupied had hardly any natural light and no garden whatsoever, so I'm very grateful for my new patch of bricks! 

The Digit-al Dozen's Stamping Week - Quadruple

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As promised, I went all out for todays manicure; I did not just stamp, nor did I do a double stamp. No, I quadruple-bloody-stamped the bejesus out of this manicure!

The Digit-al Dozen does Mythical Creatures - Fairies

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After three dark manicures I figured we needed some bright colours, so I tried to come up with something happy or cute and then I saw Kerry's manicure, so I drew inspiration from that! 

The Digit-al Dozen: All That Glitters - Gradient

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One of my favourite things to do with glitter is creating a gradient... for today's manicure I took my very first indie glitter topper: Different Dimension "Another Brick in the Wall":

The Digit-al Dozen's Throwback Week - Geometric

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I made it! Final post on the final day! I'm so happy, I've been so sleepy all week, it's a miracle! Last theme from before my time that I tackled for this challenge is "Geometric". An excellent excuse to use this pattern I've been wanting to do for a while:

The Digit-al Dozen's Throwback Week - Rainbow

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Another theme from before my time was "Rainbow". So I did some neon rainbow leaves in an attempt at a not-so-very autumnal (I'm still not ready) fall mani ;-)

The Digit-al Dozen does Paper - Wallpaper

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Finally, my last mani for The Digit-al Dozen's Paper Challenge! I made it! And I have some wallpaper nails to wrap things up. (Dang, for that to have been a pun, I should've done wrapping paper nails! Oh well... ;) ).

The Digit-al Dozen does Paper - Party

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So you know, parties often include a large amount of paper... cups, plates, napkins, and even the decorations are also often made of paper. So I decided to decorate my nails with 

....boom and I had accidentally fallen asleep.. the week has been insane and I keep falling asleep after I get home from work! Anyways, as I was saying, I decorated my nails with party flag banners and confetti!

The Digit-al Dozen does Rainforest - Pouring on Plants

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So rainforest... rain, forest... rain on forest! And there you have it: 

Incidental Twin "The Actual Devil"

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This week, Lucifer came back on the telly! So let's have some inspired polish by Incidental Twin to celebrate. This is "The Actual Devil":

The Digit-al Dozen does Black - Lace

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Day four! When thinking of black, I also think of my favourite forensic scientist. Do you know who I mean?  Abby Sciuto from NCIS! And one of my favourite fashion statements of hers, the black lace umbrella, seems like a perfect excuse for black lace nails... I have soooo many lace stamping plates, you have no idea, so simply any excuse to use them, will do.

The Digit-al Dozen Does Colour Contrast! - Contrasting Colours

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Time for more of The Digit-al Dozen does Colour Contrasts! This time I have 2 contrasting colours in my manicure - blue and orange - complementary according to the tranditional RYB colour model: 

 

The Digit-al Dozen Does Vampy - Glossy/Matte

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Day two of The Digital Dozen Does Vampy! I have a simple manicure today. The photo's weren't all too great - it was late and there was little light left. Plus, my lightbox is broken. So I had to make do.

Potion Polish "Desert Moon"

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Boy do I have something pretty today: "Desert Moon" from Potion Polish. You've got to see this ethereal beauty! Beware though: I took too many pictures and I couldn't choose between them. I'm sorry.

Although this is simply described as a 'pale mauve with silver holo flakes and silver holo glitter in various sizes', this is one hell of a complex polish, you guys! Two coats with glossy top coat; look at it!

I wondered what it would look like matte as well, so I applied some HEMA matte top coat.

I like it, but the glossy version is more magical!

Now of course it had to be stamped as well. For this I used an image that I have used many times in the past few months. It just happens to be a timeless pattern that looks good with almost everything! And I just love it. Can't help it. Below is the design stamped with BPS silver stamping polish over matte:

And for completion, also the glossy stamped version!

So now I have two questions for you: 

1. Polish - glossy or matte?

2. Stamping - glossy or matte?

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