30 Zoo Animal

Hey guys!

Today I have the last manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge to show you lovely ladies!
This time it is a zoo animal manicure and I decided to make a classic leopard print on my nails.

I started off with a nude base of OPI Don't Bossa Nova Me Around. Afterwards I used a big dotting tool and a brown nail polish to dot on random dots and shaped on all my nails. After that I used a small dotting tool and the black nail polish Essie Licorice to outline the dots with different c-shapes.

I love a good leopard print and this manicure is no exception!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

28 Destinations

Hey guys!

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

I decided to make the flags of all the countries I have visited: Italy, Germany, USA, France, (Greece, Bulgaria, Austria, Norway, Netherlands and Denmark) - one flag on each finger.

For the manicure I used a small nail art brush, a small dotting tool, striping tape, Essie Blanc (white), Essie Pretty Edgy (green), By K. Denmark The Sky is the Limit (red),  Essie Licorice (black), L'Oréal Exotic Canaries (yellow) and Essie Mesmerize (blue).

I love how well these turned out! I am really proud of my self for making these!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

25 Nude

Hello ladies!

Today I have another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you guys - nude nails!

For today's challenge I decided on doing a mannequins hands manicure.
A mannequins hands manicure is a manicure where you paint your nails a colour that closely matches your skin tone, making your hands look like a mannequins hand.
I used Essie Spin the Bottle to achive this look.

I know that the colour does not match my skin tone perfectly, but I think it is pretty close.
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

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.

21 Aboriginal

Hello ladies!

Today I have yet another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you guys - an Aboriginal manicure!

I was inspired by this manicure by Lucy at Lucy's Stash to make a dotted swirl manicure in warm earth shades.

For the manicure I started off with a dark maroon base of Medina by GOSH Burgundy. Afterwards I followed this tutorial using a small dotting tool, the white polish Essie Blanc and the taupe polish Essie Chinchilly.

I really like how this turned out! It is definitely not the last time I am making a dotted swirl manicure!
What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

18 Picnic Day

Hey guys!

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

"International Picnic Day celebrates the gathering together outdoors to eat and enjoy one another's company - The Picnic. The true origin of International Picnic Day is unknown, but can be traced back to the French Revolution and the Victorian Era. Picnics were ways for people to escape the restrictions of etiquette and formality. As an informal food holiday, there are few rules and lots of options. International Picnic Day is observed on June 18th each year." (Source).

For the manicure I started off with a white base of Essie Blanc. Afterwards I used a small nail art brush and the red nail polish Essie Lollipop to freehand horizontal and vertical lines to make my nails look like a picnic blanket.

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

Stay polished!

- Louise.

15 Fathers Day

Hey guys!

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

In Denmark we celebrate Fathers Day on the 5th of June every year, so I already celebrated it this year. My little brother and I gave our father a specialty beer and some peanuts.

I really did not know what to do for this manicure! I thought long and hard about doing beer nails, suit nails or something like that. Then I remembered this manicure by Erin at Paint Those Piggies and I decided to use the idea!

I told my father to pick between two and five polishes. He chose the white polish Essie Blanc, the black polish Essie Licorice and the green polish Essie Going Incognito, and told me to do football nails, because every dad is watching the World Cup these days! And that is what I did!

I love how these turned out! So fun and sporty!
What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

11 Neon Gradient

Hi girls!

Today I have yet another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you guys! This time it is a neon gradient.

To make this neon gradient I followed this simple tutorial by The Nailasaurus using two polishes from the Essie Neon 2014 Collection: Essie Too Taboo and Essie I'm Addicted.

Making a gradient manicure is so difficult and time-consuming, but I still love how they turn out every time - and this time is no exception!
What do you girls think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished!
- Louise.

06 Fav Movie

Hello ladies!

Today I have another manicure for the June Nail Art Challenge for you guys! As the title of this blog post displays it is a manicure inspired by my favorite movie!

Even though I do not watch a lot of movies (I am more of a tv-series kind of girl), I have a lot of favorite movies. Some of my favorite movies are every Harry Potter movie ever made, Frozen, Forest Gump, Love Actually, Monsters Inc. and Maleficent (to name a few).
After much consideration I came to the conclusion that I simply cannot pick only one favorite movie. That is why I have taken the liberty to interpret this challenge, and instead of making a manicure inspired by my favorite movie, I chose to make a manicure inspired by my favorite time a year to watch movies, which is around christmas! Every year around christmas I watch Love, Actually at least five times and Home Alone 1 and 2 at least two times each while I polish my nails!

For the manicure I started off with a green base of Essie Pretty Edgy on all of my nails except for my accent nail, which I painted red with Essie Lollipop. Afterwards I followed this tutorial by cutepolish on YouTube using Essie Licorice (black), Essie Blanc (white) and Essie Good as Gold (self-explanatory).

I did this manicure once before last year in December - you can see that one here.
This manicure is definitely my favorite christmas manicure - it is so cute with the little Elf's and Santa suits.
What do you girls think? Do you approve of my interpretation? 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.

01 The Sky

Hi girls!

Today I have the first manicure of the June Nail Art Challenge for you guys! As the title of this blog post displays it is a Sky Manicure!

I started off with a sky blue base of Essie Avenue Maintain. Afterwards I used a small dotting tool and the white nail polish Essie Blanc to dot on the clouds - and that is it! Pretty simple really.

I think this manicure turned out really cool and for some reason it reminds me of the wallpaper from Toy Story.
What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise.

Challenge Accepted Again!