Fancy Friday: Easter

Hello ladies!

Today it is time for another Fancy Friday challenge, where the theme this week is easter.
I made a manicure inspired by the colors of easter (yellow and green) and the decorations on easer eggs (tribal print).

For the manicure I started off with a white base of OPI Alpine Snow on all my nails. Afterwards I made a gradient with a make-up sponge, the yellow polish Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi, and the green Essie First Timer. Then I freehanded on the tribal print with white acrylic paint and a small nail art brush. Unfortunately the yellow polish "swallowed" the white acrylic paint after I applied the top coat, so it looks faded over the yellow polish.

I like how this turned out, even though the white acrylic paint is a little faded.
What do you guys think about this easter manicure? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise

Remember to check out what the other girls created for this week's challenge down below!

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Boyfriend's Birthday

Hi girls!

Today is my boyfriend's birthday!
That is why I told him he could choose the design and nail polishes for my manicure today. He chose polka dots in various blue shades - he even chose which size dotting tool I should use!

For the manicure I started off with a blue base of Essie Avenue Maintain on all my nails. Afterwards I used a medium sized dotting tool to dot on a polka dot pattern in a different blue shade on each nail. On my pinky I used Essie Aruba Blue, on my ring finger I used OPI Get Your Number, on my middle finger I used Ciaté Skinny Jeans, on my pointer I used piCture pOlish Dragonfly, and on my thumb I used Etude House BL601.

Even though this is not my style, I really like how this manicure turned out!
What do you guys think about this blue dotticure? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise

Dry Marble

Hello ladies!

Today I have some nail art to show you guys - a dry marble skittlette!
The dry marble technique was inspired by Krummes krummelurer.

For the manicure I started off with a light blue base of Essie Borrowed & Blue on my pinky, ring and middle finger. On my pointer and thumb I started off with a blue base of Ciaté Skinny Jeans. For the nail art on my ring and middle finger, I applied Essie Borrowed & Blue on half the nail and Ciaté Skinny Jeans on the other half. Afterwards I used an orange stick to draw spirals in the still wet nail polish. To finish off the skittlette I applied China Glaze Fairy Dust on my pinky.

I love, love, love this simple and easy dry marble technique!
What do you girls think about this nail art? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise

Fancy Friday: Around the World

Hello ladies!

Today I have some Fancy Friday nail art to show you guys!
This time the challenge is Around the World. When I first saw what the challenge was this week, I thought about making a manicure with flags from all the places I have visited around the world, but I already did that once. That is why I allowed myself to use my artistic freedom and make a galaxy manicure. If you have to go all around the world, you should go to space, right? Maybe not, but I made a galaxy manicure anyway!

I also wanted to show you guys my first try at making a galaxy manicure a little over a year ago. That is why I decided to make a 'Then and Now', to show you guys how much I have developed this last year!

Then

For the 'Now' manicure I started off with a black base of Essie Licorice. Afterwards I followed this tutorial by cutepolish on YouTube using Essie Blanc (white), Essie In the Cab-Ana (turquoise), Essie Mesmerize (blue), Essie After School Boy Blazer (dark blue), Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi (yellow), Maybelline Coral Craze (orange), Essie No Place Like Chrome (silver) and China Glaze Fairy Dust (silver glitter).

Now

I really have developed a lot this last year and I am really proud of myself!
What do you girls think about the 'Now' manicure? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise

Remember to check out what the other girls created for this week's challenge down below!

An InLinkz Link-up

22 Tropical

Hey guys!

Today I have another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you - a Tropical manicure!

When I think of something tropical, I think of beautiful sunset over a small island with palm trees. So that was my inspiration for my manicure.

I started of with a sunset gradient using the orange polish Maybelline Coral Craze and the yellow polish Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi. Afterwards I used a small nail art brush and the black polish Essie Licorice to freehand on the island and palm tree silhouette.

I am really happy with the sunset gradient, but I do not like how the palm tree silhouette turned out.
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

04 Disney

Hey guys!

Today I have the second manicure of the June Nail Art Challenge for you! This time it is Disney nail art so I decided to make a manicure inspired by one of my favorite Disney movies: Finding Nemo.

I started off with a orange base of Maybelline Orange Attack on all of my nails except for my accent nail which I painted blue with Essie Mesmerize.
On the orange nails I used the white Essie Blanc and the black Essie Licorice to paint on clown fish details with a small nail art brush to make the nails look like Marlin and Nemo. For these nails I was inspired by this manicure by Kayla Shevonne.
On the accent nail I used the yellow Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi and the dark blue Essie After School Boy Blazer to paint on the blue tang fish details to make the nails look like Dory.

I am in love with how these turned out: so simple, but so funny and cute!
What do you girls think? Does it remind you of Finding Nemo? Let me know the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Metallic & Rainbows

Hi girls!

Today I made some simple nail art featuring a metallic nail polish and all the colours of the rainbow.

I started off with a silver base of Essie No Place Like Chrome. Afterwards I followed this tutorial by MissJenFABULOUS using OPI Alpine Snow (white), Essie Lollipop (red), Maybelline Coral Craze (orange), Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi (yellow), Essie Mojito Madness (green), Essie Mesmerize (blue), Essie Lovie Dovie (pink) and OPI Funky Dunkey (purple).

I really like how this turned out - so fun and pretty!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay Polished!
- Louise.

Snow White

Hey guys!

When we finish high school in Denmark we dress up, drink and party on all of our last school day (before finals). My last school day is just around the corner (this tuesday) and I am going to dress up as Snow White. My costume inspired me to make some simple Snow White nail art today!

For this design I used a small nail art brush to freehand on the stripes and bows with Essie Mesmerize (blue), Essie Lollipop (red), Essie No Place Like Chrome (silver), Essie Licorice (black), OPI Alpine Snow (white) and Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi (yellow).

I really love how this turned out! So simple, but so cute and funny!
What do you girls think about this nail art? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Easter Manicure #4

Hello ladies!

So today I had time to make some more easter nail art for you guys - an 'easter-eggs-in-the-grass'-manicure!

I started off with a light blue base of Essie Borrowed & Blue from earlier today. Afterwards I freehanded on some small easter eggs using a small nail art brush and the following polishes: Sally Hansen Pacific Blue (blue), Essie Lovie Dovie (pink) and Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi (yellow). Using the same nail art brush and the same polishes, I "decorated" the easter eggs with small dots and stripes. Lastly I used a nail art striper and the dark green nail polish Essie Going Incognito to paint on the grass around the easter eggs. And that is it!

I love this easter manicure - it is so cute and pretty! It looks a little like a colourful french manicure!
What do you girls think about this easter nail art? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Easter Manicure #1

Hi girls!

Today I made some quick easter nail art - a cute and simple baby chick manicure.

I started off with a yellow base of Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi on all of my nails. Afterwards I followed this tutorial by Elizabeth at Did My Nails, using Maybelline Coral Craze for the orange beaks and feet.

This manicure is so easy to do and really cute and pretty at the same time - I love it.
What you you girls think of this nail art? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise

Animal Themed Manicure #6

Hello ladies!

Sorry for not having posted anything all week. I wore Essie Toggle to the Top most of the week, but the weather really sucks in Denmark these days, so the sun wasn't out any of the days I wore it and I didn't get to take any pictures of it on. It is really pretty though.

But today I have some more animal themed nail art to show you guys.
This time it's a bumble bee manicure!

I started off with a yellow base on all my fingers with two to three layers of Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi. Afterwards I used my Black Barry M Nail Art Pen to draw the black lines on my little finger, index finger and thumb and to draw the little bee and its track on my two accent nails. Lasty I used my White Barry M Nail Art Pen to draw some details on the bumble bee.

It may sound difficult, but it was surprisingly easy.

Do you like this animal manicure, girls?