More Water Marble

Hello ladies!

Tomorrow is my first day at Aarhus University, so I decided to make some nail art for the occasion - another water marble skittlette manicure!

If you do not know what water marble is, you can see this tutorial by Sara from SaraBeautyCorner on YouTube, where she explains the basics of water marbling.
If you do not know what a skittlette manicure is, you can read about how Marta from Chit Chat Nails explains it here.

For the manicure I used one of my favorite blue nail polishes OPI Dating A Royal on my thumb and index finger and the blue texture glitter Essie Lots of Lux on my pinky. On my middle and ring finger I started off with a white base of Essie Blanc. Afterwards I water marbled with the blue OPI Dating A Royal, the light pink OPI Mod About You and the black Essie Licorice.

I am so happy with the result and I am really excited to wear it for my first day at the university!
What do you girls think about this manicure? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise

Matching the weather

Hey guys!

Today my nails are matching the weather - grey and boring! I wish the weather these days would match these nails instead!
Down below is a picture of the weather in Aarhus, Denmark today.

To match the grey weather I am wearing L'Oréal Metropolitan, which is a medium/dark grey creme polish.

The formula was amazing - it went on like butter! The opacity was good as well - a little streaky on the first coat, but easily builtable with just two thin coats. I really like the brushes on these L'Oréal polishes - they are just perfect!

I love grey nail polishes - they are so chic and elegant! I do not like grey weather though.
What do you girls think about this nail polish? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise

Golden rain in the urban jungle

Hey guys!

Today I want to show you guys the simple manicure that I wore today.

For the manicure I used the light beige nail polish Essie Urban Jungle with a chunky gold glitter accent nail of Maybelline Undress to Impress - pun in title intended.

I love this simple manicure!
What do you girls think about this simple NOTD? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Polka Dots

Hi girls!

Today I made some more nail art for the Danish nail polish brand By K. using one of the polishes from their new summer collection - no. 79 Glacier.

I made a simple dotticure and started off with the turquoise nail polish Glacier. Afterwards I used a small dotting tool and the white nail polish Essie Blanc to dot on a polka dot pattern.

I always love a good dotticure and I think this one turned out perfect!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stya polished!
- Louise.

Graduation

Hi girls!

Today I graduated the Danish Gymnasium!

"The Danish Gymnasium offers a 3-year general academically-oriented upper secondary program which builds on the 9th or 10th form of the Folkeskole and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination (the studentereksamen). This qualifies a student for admission to higher education Preparatory, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the individual higher education programs. Colloquially gymnasium refers to what formally called STX." (Source).

For the special occasion, I did my nails and made them match my student cap using Essie Bourdeaux with an accent nail of Essie Toggle to the Top.

Before I graduated I posted the picture below to Instagram and asked my friends which one they thought matched the cap the best! I am so happy with the two Essies that I ended up wearing.

Here is a picture of me (the face behind the nails) with my student cap and my matching nails!

I am so happy today and I love that my nails is matching my cap!
What do you girls think about the manicure? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

French Manicure

Hi girls!

Today I made a simple french manicure.

I started off by freehanding on the white tips with Essie Blanc (white). Afterwards I added two layers of Essie Mademoiselle (sheer pink) to make the manicure look more natural.

I love how simple and natural this looks - so pretty!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

Mix and Match

Hello ladies!

Today I made some nail art for you guys! It is mix and match manicure with oversized patterns inspired by this manicure by Sarah at Chalkboard Nails.

For the leopard nails I started off with a tan nude base. Afterwards I used a big dotting tool to dot on some random dots and shapes with a brown nail polish. Lastly I used a smaller dotting tool and a black nail polish to partly frame the random shapes with little, black c-shapes.

For the striped nails I started off with a white base of OPI Alpine Snow. When that was completely dry I added some regular tape cut out in small strips, and painted over them with Essie Licorice. Afterwards I removed the tape to reveal the base colour, that was left untouched underneath.

I LOVE this manicure! It is just so awesome!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo

- Louise.

Jazz it up some more!

Hey guys!

Remember me trying to jazz it up last time?
Well, I felt like doing it again over my current manicure - Essie In the Cab-Ana. So I added a layer of Essie Jazzy Jubilant to jazz things up again, so to speak.

Essie Jazzy Jubilant is just such a versatile glitter, as it contains both red, green, blue, purple, silver, and gold hexagon-shaped glitters in various sizes. It sounds overwhelming, but the polish is actually one of the more subdued multicoloured glitters I have seen.
You can also check out my review on Jazzy Jubilant here.

I just love this glitter! It is so versatile and it looks good over pretty much any base colour!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Jazz it up!

Hey guys!

So I felt like adding some sparkle to my current manicure - OPI Funky Dunkey. That is why I added a coat of Essie Jazzy Jubilant to jazz things up.

I love how pretty and festive this turned out! The two polishes work great together!
What do you girls think? Let med know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Baby Shower

Hello ladies!

Tomorrow I am going to a family get-together for my new-born niece, so today I made some nail art to match the occasion.

I started off with a pink base of OPI Chic from Ears to Tail on all my nails except for my two accent nails, which I painted white with OPI Alpine Snow. Afterwards I freehanded and doodled some baby stuff (tiny feet, a rattle, a pacifier and so on) on my two accent nails using my Pink Barry M Nail Art Pen. Lastly I added some glitter to my nails (except for my two accent nails) using OPI Minnie Style.
It is pretty simple when you break it down!

I think this manicure turned out pretty darn cute! Perfect for the occasion!
What do you girls think about this manicure?
Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Snow in the woods

Hi girls!

Today I made a simple manicure using Essie Going Incognito and Dance Legend Dotty Top.

When I was done, it totally reminded me of snow in the woods!

Essie Going Incognito is a dark green polish. The formula was amazing - sooo buttery and smooth to apply and it only needed two quick coats to be completely opaque. 

Dance Legend Dotty Top is white hexagon glitters in a clear base. The formula was great and so was the glitter pay-off.

What do you girls think of this manicure? Does is remind you of snow in the woods as well?

Let me know in the comments!

xoxo

- Louise.

Bows

Hey guys!

Tonight I made some nail art for the Danish nail polish brand By K. using two of the three polishes from their Imperial collection.

I started off with a silver base of By K. Moon Dust. Afterwards I followed this tutorial by Alice at One Nail To Rule Them All, using By K. The Sky is the Limit (red), OPI Alpine Snow (white) and my Black Barry M Nail Art Pen for the black outline.

What do you guys think about this bow nail art?
Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

St. Patrick's Day

Hey guys!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! I hope you are all wearing green today - I am in the form of nail polish (naturally).
Today I have a swatch and review of Dance Legend Top Magnetic for you guys.
Top Magnetic is a silvery grey magnetic top coat.

The formula was great - smooth and really easy to apply. The top coat is supplied with a magnet with diagonal lines, which works perfectly! You just have to hold it over the wet polish for 10 seconds or so and the silver particles all line up nicely to create the magnetic effect.
The magnetic effect is very strong and clean, provided you hold the magnet still for the 10 seconds.
Down below the Top Magnetic is shown over the green polish Essie Pretty Edgy.

Dance Legend Top Magnetic is really awesome because it makes any one of your polishes into a magnetic!
What do you girls think of that? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Lemming Part II

Hello again ladies!

Yesterday I swatched Dance Legend's Gold Leaf top coat - today I am swatching their Silver Leaf top coat.

The formula of the top coat was great and so was the flakes of glitter pay-off! Just perfect!
Down below I used one coat over the blue nail polish OPI Dating a Royal.

I am in love with the two (Gold Leaf and Silver Leaf) top coats from Dance Legend - they are both pretty over almost any colour and they both have great formulas.
What do you girls think of them? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Lemming

Hello ladies!

Some of you might remember my lemming for the Dance Legend Gold Leaf top coat. Well, I finally got it and today I tried it on!

The formula of the top coat was good - a little on the thin side, so I expected the flakes of glitter pay-off to be bad, but fortunately it was really good!
Down below I used one coat over the red nail polish Essie Lollipop.

This colour scheme really reminds me of China!
Do you girls like gold leaf top coats? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Waterfall

Hey girls!

I have been wanting to make a waterfall manicure for a long time now, so today I finally made one!

I started off with a light blue base of Essie Bikini so Teeny. Afterwards I followed this tutorial by Sam at The Nailasaurus, using the following colours: Essie Blue Rhapsody, Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, OPI Dating a Royal and Essie After School Boy Blazer.

I really love this manicure! It is definitely not the last time I am making a waterfall manicure!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Dice, dice, baby!

Hey guys!

Today I wanted to do something simple, quick and easy, so I decided on doing a cool dice manicure.

I started off with a white base of OPI Alpine Snow. Afterwards I used a medium sized dotting tool and some black nail polish to dot on the desired number of pips on each nail. And there you have it - so easy to do!

I really love how this turned out - so simple, but so cool!
Do you guys like this dice nail art as mush as I do? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

01 Glitter

Hello ladies!

Today I have the first manicure of the February Nail Art Challenge for you guys. As the title of this blog post displays it is a glitter manicure!

I started off with a violet base of Essie Warm & Toasty Turtleneck. Then I used Essie Set in Stones to create a gradient effect on my two accent nails and some silver nail art striping tape to tape on some randomly placed lines on the other nails. Lastly I used a generous amount of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat to seal in this awesome manicure.

I think it is sooo pretty and simple! And credit to LusterLacquer for coming up with this design.

xoxo
- Louise

Animal Themed Manicure #8

Hey guys!

Tonight I had time to make another animal themed manicure.
This time it is a Penguin Manicure!

I started off with a black base on all my nail, except for my accent nails, which I painted pink with Essie Lovie Dovie. Afterwards I used OPI Alpine Snow to make the penguin stomachs, almost like a ruffian manicure. Then I used various sized dotting tools, the black nail polish and the yellow nail polish Loréal Exotic Canaries to dot on the beaks, eyes and feet of the penguins. On the accent nails I used the red nail polish Essie Lollipop and a tiny dotting tool to make the little heart-shaped eyes.

And there you have it - a Penguin Manicure with accent nails of a penguin in love. So cute!
You can also check out cutepolish' video-tutorial on how to do this manicure here.

I think it is so cute and simple. It would be perfect for Valentines Day, don't you think?

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?