Day 177) O·P·I Couture de Minnie

I finally got it!

O·P·I Disney Couture de Minnie - Runway minnies



 

 



The 4 mini polishes are:

• A Definite Moust-Have: This fantastic fuchsia is at the top of my shopping list.
• Magazine Cover Mouse (liquid sand): This headline-making strawberry has sparkling texture.
• Chic from Ears to Tail: This pop of bubblegum pink is totally fabulous!
• Innie Minnie Mightie Bow: Catch this crimson by the toe!

Although O·P·I is quite expensive for my budget, I seem to forget all about it when I see sets like this ;P

 







Time to show you!

From left to right: Innie Minnie Mightie Bow, Magazine Cover Mouse, A definite Moust-Have and Chic from Ears to Tail.

Such a beautiful colors!
Application is smoothly and accurate and the polishes dry very quickly.
When you are in hurry you could get away with just one coat (except for the light pink), but I recommend applying two coats and three for the light pink (see pictures).

But the main reason I've wanted to have this set is the liquid sand mini.
I had seen a swatch of this polish and immediately fell in love with it.
A sweet pink with a subtile glitter and sand texture...very pretty!

Totally happy with this set I still had to make a nail art with it.
I already had an idea in mind and was almost starting, when my eye catched the cover of this set.
"Doesn't that couture Minnie Mouse look cute?" Indeed it does!
So, why not try to replicate this on my nail...

 

Not exactly the same, but I think it turned out quite good.

Day 165) Framed gradient/ombre

I hope gradients and ombres will last for a while.

I just love how colors work together in these.

There are so many different designs to make and each time that I'm wearing an ombre or gradient nail art, people always want to gaze at my nails.

For today's nail art I did some kind of frame nail art, but then a frame in frame in frame sort a thing.

I started with the lightest color and painted this on my whole nail. hen I painted the first frame in a slightly darker color and so on.

Day 134) HOT nails

The title of my blog post suggest that I have a very nice nail art for you...and I have!
At least, so I think ;-D
Not only is the look very 'hot'.
The word 'hot' is also a reference to the design of today's nail art; which is 'flames'.

After the basecoat I painted my nails black and applied a topcoat:

For today's nail art I used 16 different colors of nail polish (including the black nail polish from above).
This is a lot and I understand that if you aren't such a huge nail polish and nail art addict as I am, you might not even own 16 different colors or more.
In that case I recommend you keep it at one colour group which means you only need 4 colors (including the black). For example if you choose the colour group pink, you'll need a lightpink, a regular pink and a darker pink or possibly white, pink and red). Whatever you like!

The nail art itself can be made in 3 simple steps:

1. Start with the lightest colour and make long flames. Starting from the tip and ending almost at the cuticle
2. Then use the middle colour to make flames, starting from the tip and ending at 2/3 of the nail
3. Last you use de darkest colour to make flames, starting from the tip and ending at 1/3 of the nail

For the flames it's best to use a striper brush. This brush almost makes flames on it's own. Because in the beginning the brush releases more nail polish than at the end (which will be the end of your flames). Not sure about it...just try a few times on paper to get used to the technique.

To illustrate the steps I have some pictures for you:
1)

First make some wavy stripes one way (picture 1), then let these stripes be crossed by wavy stripes the other way (picture 2). Start with the lightest colour, beginning from the tip and ending almost at the cuticle.

2)

Make the same wavy stripes as above with the middle colour. Beginning from the tip and ending at 2/3 of the nail.

3)

Do the same with the darkest colour, beginning from tip but ending at 1/3 of the nail.
Apply a topcoat and done!

 To make this nail art really 'hot' I used a different colour group on each nail:
- Thumb: greens
- Index finger: blues
- Middle finger: purples
- Ring finger: pinks
- Pinky: oranges

And this is the outcome of today's nail art:

HOT or NOT?
Let me know!