Day 315) Elegant half moon mani

I my opinion it was time for a simple and elegant nail art again.
This nail art is great for winter and coming holidays.

First a swatch of my base color:

Color Club In true fashion - First looks

 

This is one of the most prettiest dark teal colors that I've ever seen.

In the bottle the color looks darkblue with a touch of purple and green.

On the nails the color is so dark (blue) that it almost looks black, but there is a beautiful teal shimmer that lightens the total look.

Almost opaque in 1 coat.

Perfect color for fall and winter.

 

For the half moon mani I used the following:

* OPI Mariah Carey Holiday 2013 Collection mini pack liquid sand - It's frosty outside (silver glitter liquid sand)

* Silver beads

* Rhinestones

As inspiration for this nail art I've used a necklace



 



I think this nail art is also great for winter/Christmas because you could see some icicles  in it as well.

Day 308) Elegant sexy

I wanted to do another nail art for the 'sexy' challenge.
I decided to make some kind of delicate lace design which is sometimes seen on lingerie.
Now that it is finished I think it's more an elegant design rather than 'sexy' but as long as it's on lingerie as well I guess some people find it sexy ;-D

Day 295) Graceful nail art

Today I bought a beautiful polish at Claire's.
In fact, it is so beautiful that I didn't want to cover it with a nail art.
Let's start with some swatches so you know what I'm talking about:

 

 

Claire's 60484 Glitter Pink/Purple

 

First of all I don't know why it's also called a pink. I only see a beautiful purple. Now that I'm taking a better look at my pictures you might see that the holo glitter that have a pink glance show more in the pictures...but that's the only pink I can see!

This polish is build up with purple microglitter (mostly), silver microglitter (a little less than the purple) and holo microglitter (rich).

It applies simular to a liquid sand, but maybe with less opacity.

The first coat gives an even glitter look on the nails with a purple glance. You can still see the difference between nail and tip in color.

The second coat makes an almost opaque result, besides some spots round the cuticles.

A third and fourth layer is just to make it perfect.

Application wise this is easy. Polish spreads even and dries quite quickly (which is really nice when you have to apply 3 to 4 coats).

The holo glitter sparkles in every light (artificial and natural) giving taht WOW-factor :D

I didn't want to ruin the holo effect so the pictures above are without topcoat.

But after making my nail art design I decided to give it a chance and applied a topcoat....it got even more prettier!!!

Like I said before, I didn't want to cover these nails with a nail art but as you all knwo my challenge is 365 days of "Nail art" so I felt I had to...

I decided to go for something a bit graceful.

Nothing special; some dots, a swirl, flowers and a tiny butterfly



 

 

 

Day 237) Nail art chic

Today a simple and chic nail art.

Perfect for a wedding or glamorous party.