Blue nails with hearts accent

I'm having such an off-day.

I think I did about 15 designs today but it just didn't work for me.

I had no inspiration...and was even a bit done with the blues.

 

But whilst I was making dinner I suddenly remembered this picture I saved with hearts and I just went for it.

 

 

Polishes used:

- Maybelline Color Show Brocades 222 Beaming Blue (nails and 4th heart at the bottom)

- H&M Nail Polish Blue (accent background)

- L'Oréal Color Riche 624 Island in the sun (1st heart from the top)

- Big City Nails Are you feeling blue? (2nd heart)

- Big City Nails The sky is the limit (3rd heart)

- Maybelline Color Show 661 Ocean blue (outline hearts)

 

 

 

 

Essence Trend Edition Love Letters

Essence says:
"Let's get romantic with the trend edition Love Letters. We're heading towards Valentine's Day and it's all about traditional love letters. These gorgeous products have such a cute love of detail, you're sure to find the right words for beautiful compliments."

This trend edition brings 5 longlasting nail polish colors and a stampy set.

I didn't get the stampy set but I do have the 5 polishes for you.
Here are the swatches:

Essence Love Letters 01 Rosy in love

 

Essence Love Letters 02 I got a crush on blue!

 

 

Essnece Love Letters 03 Grey-headed lovebird

 

 

Essence Love Letters 04 Dear peach!

 

 

Essence Love Letters 05 Inkheart

 

 

All the polishes appear to be very fluid but it tends to get tacky in a short period of time.

Therefore I recommend to apply two thin coats for all the polishes and also wait with the next coat until the first one is completely dry.

I haven't tried it yet but I think these polishes (all of them) could be great for stamping and sugarspun nails.

The colors are very beautiful and have a shiny finish (the stampy one a little less shiny).

They remind me of Vintage colors and ballet.

 

 

Of course I also made a nail art with this trend edition. I did add one other Essence color.

Essence Trend Edition Beaty Beats 04 Groupie at heart

 

 

Index: Hand painted Vintage roses

Middle: Hand painted Love Letters design

Ring: Sponged background+stamping

Pinky: Hand painted hearts

 



Swatches Rimmel Sweetie Crush

Rimmel London just released a new limited edition called "Sweetie Crush".

This collection holds 5 sugary textured polishes in sweet candy colors.

Perfect for Spring, Easter and of course Valentine.

Source: veracamilla.nl

From left to right:

008 Sherbet Sweetheart

009 Candyfloss Cutie

010 Frizzy Applelicious

011 Violet Swizzle

012 Blueberry Whizz

Now, I've been in a lot of stores but could only find 3 of 5 colors.

Some didn't have this edition at all, others just two colors.

I like to make this collection complete especially after my experiences.

Perhaps with the next arrivals?

As soon as I have the other two colors (blue and purple) I will update this post.

 

Here are the swatches of the 3 colors that I did get (all are two coats):

 

008 Sherbet Sweetheart

 

 

009 Candyfloss Cutie

 

010 Frizzy Applelicious

 

 

And of course I made a very sweet nail art for you :D

 

Update

Here are the swatches of the last two colors...I finally could get my hands on them ;D

 

011 Violet Swizzle

 

 

012 Blueberry Whizz

 

 

I am very happy with the Sweetie Crush line by Rimmel London.

Colors are gorgeous. Beautiful sand texture. Two coaters.

Well done!

 

Valentine nail art

Hi lovelies,

I'm trying to find a new balance between getting my driving license, having fun with the kids, spending time with my hubby and doing nails.
It's very hard for me because nails are in my blood right now and it feels I have to choose between many things I love.
I came with a (not yet) satisfying solution: I will be doing nails in the weekend...my hubby likes to sleep in...my kids love that they are free from school and have lots to play with...so nobody really misses me at that time ;D

Meanwhile when I find some extra time I'll be swatching, nail arting and reviewing for you.

Let's start with a swatch of a beautiful Spring color from BeYu.
I totally fell in love with this at the store.
BeYu Long-lasting Nail Lacquer 568

 



Too bad my camera couldn't catch all the beauty of this polish.
On the swatch it just looks like a beautiful shimmery/pearly pink but in real life the polish has a very iridescent effect.
Like oil effect but then with pink and teal like colors. So so pretty!
I've used 3 coats not really because it needed to but I don't like the tip to see through and two coats was just too sheer for me.
One coat would be pretty for the nude look; subtle pink, subtle shimmer.

I also took a picture of the bottle because you can see a little of the effect in the middle on the image.

 

For the nail art I used this image as my inspiration:

And this was the outcome:

 

I'm in desperate need of new nail art brushes.

If you know any good brand and/or webshop where I can get them, please let me know!

I'm looking for a very thin detail brush and am not able to buy from Amazon, eBay or any other which recommends creditcard or PayPal.

 

Valentine Nails "Follow your heart!"

Okay...up front...this is not my best work.

My arm is okay though. I'm not in any pain anymore and I was able to make a nail art :D
But I am feeling terribly sad about my short nails...if I could only speed up the growth ;D

These Valentine nails are easy to do...especially when you leave the words out.

I started with a white base. Then made a trail of black dots ending with a bright neon pink heart on the pinky. Along the trail I decided to paint the words "Follow your heart" but I think it's not necessary to do this.

Day 334) Nail art winter love

Yes, another winter nail art.

This time about winter love.

I was inspired by this image:

 

 



 

Day 250) Nail art blowing heart bubbles

As inspiration for today's nail art I've used this image

Changed it a little trying to make it more sweet.