Sunglasses

Hey guys!

Today I have some quick nail art to share with you guys!
This nail art is made in the summer house, which is why the clean up is not perfect (I did not bring all my normal clean up supplies).

For the manicure I applied the neon pastel blue Color Club Meet Me at the Rink on all my nails. Afterwards I added the sunglass stud in the wet top coat.

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

Stay polished.
- Louise

Pastel Studs

Hey guys!

Today I have a very simple skittlette to share with you featuring pastel studs!

For the manicure I started off with a light blue base of Barry M Sky Blue on all my nails. Afterwards I placed these pastel studs from Born Pretty Store onto my middle and ring finger. To finish everything off I applied China Glaze Fairy Dust to my pinky.

The way I placed the studs make it kind off look like an abstract flower!
What do you guys think about this nail art? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise

Color Club Poptastic Pastel Neon

Hey guys!

Today I have swatches and reviews of three of the Color Club Poptastic Pastel Neons to share with you!
I got these polishes at LuxBeauty, where you can get the entire Poptastic Neon Pastel collection from Color Club.

First up is Meet Me at the Rink, which is a beautiful neon pastel blue.
The formula was good and it was easy to apply. The opacity was okay - it was really streaky on the first coat but it was opaque in two to three coats.

Next is Diggin' the Dancing Queen - a red-toned neon pastel purple.
The formula of this one is the best of the three and it applied like a dream. The opacity was great as well and it was opaque in two layers.

Last but not least is 'Til the Records Stop, which is an awesome neon pastel green.
The formula was good and it was easy to apply. It was really streaky on the first two coats, but it was completely opaque in three coats.

My favorite of the bunch is Meet Me at the Rink - I have been looking for this shade of blue for forever!
What do you guys think about these neon pastels? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise

Pastel Galaxy

Hello ladies!

Today the sweet Milena of Nail That Design and I made another pair of twin nails together - this time we made a pastel galaxy manicure.
You can check out Milenas blogpost here!

For the manicure I started off with a white base of OPI Alpine Snow on all my nails. Afterwards I used a make-up sponge dabbed with random blobs of nail polish (piCture pOlish Chillax, piCture pOlish Instinct, and piCture pOlish Mad Magenta) followed by a white layer to tone them down and make them more pastel, to make the gradient effect. Then I applied the holographic glitter China Glaze Fairy Dust to all my nails. To finish everything off I used a small dotting tool, a small nail art brush and the white nail polish to add small planets and stars.

I really like how our pastel galaxy manicures turned out!
What do you guys think about these twin nails? Let me know in the comments!

Stay polished.
- Louise

Born Pretty Store

Hello ladies!

I am so exited to share some news with you guys: Born Pretty Store contacted me and asked if they could send me some of their nail art products for me to try out and review! I have always loved the store and have bought nail art products and jewelry in there numerous times before, so of course I said yes!

They told me I could pick three nail art product in their store to try out and here is the product I have been looking at so far.

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These picker pens made of soft white wax are used to easily pick up studs and rhinestones and place them perfectly on your manicure.

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This nail art wheel has all kinds of gold and silver studs in different shapes and sizes.

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This nail art wheel has round and square studs in gold and silver with a delicate print on them.

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These nail art wheels have neon and pastel studs in different shapes and sizes.
I really love these and they are definitely on top of my wish list!

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Pattern #2

Pattern #3

Pattern #4

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This nail art wheel has different sizes of round studs in gold and silver.

I really cannot decide which three product to pick - they are all so amazing!
Which products do you girls think I should choose? Let me know in the comments!

Born Pretty Store also gave me a 10% off coupon code to share with you guys: SXKQ10.

Stay polished.
- Louise

Essie Play Date

Hi girls!

Today I swatched the perfect pastel purple for you guys - Essie Play Date.
Play Date is a soft purple creme nail polish.

After seeing this video by Young Wild and Polished and seeing how much this polish looks like Essie Sittin' Pretty from the new Essie Neon Too Taboo Collection for Summer 2014 I really wanted to have it on again!

The formula was great - smooth and buttery to apply. It only needed two coats, so the opacity was amazing as well! Just a perfect Essie formula!

This nail polish is so cute and girly (a totally Barbie shade)! I really like it!
What do you guys think about this nail polish? Let me know in the comments!

Stay Polished!
- Louise.

Essie Borrowed & Blue

Hey guys!

Today I tried on Essie Borrowed & Blue - one of my newest nail polishes.
Borrowed & Blue is a light (almost off-white) pastel blue from Essie's Bridal 2011 Collection.

The formula was great - two easy coats and you are good to go! I was really surprised with the quality of this nail polish as most off-white colours are very difficult to work with.
The dry-time was amazing as well!

I really like this nail polish - perfect for spring and summer (and weddings of course).
What do you girls think about this polish? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

11 Pastel

Hello ladies!

So today I have yet another manicure of the February Nail Art Challenge to show you guys. As the title reveals it is a Pastel Manicure, so I decided to make a conversations heart manicure!

Conversation candyhearts

I started off with a skittle manicure of the following nail polishes: Etude House OR202 (orange), Etude House GR701 (green), Essie Play Date (purple), Tiger Nail Polish #59 (pink) and Tiger Nail Polish #45 (yellow). Afterwards I used my Pink Barry M Nail Art Pen to write different conversation heart sayings (Be mine, Love me, xoxo and Kiss me) on my nails. Lastly I topped everything off with the matte top coat Essie Matte About You to add a matte/chalky effect to the nails.
My inspiration for this manicure os from this manicure by Jennifer at FabFatale.com.

What do you think? Let me know in the comments!

xoxo
- Louise.

Animal Themed Manicure #1

Hey guys!

So today I am starting a brand new nail art theme with animal print manicures.
The first manicure in the series is a purple leopard print manicure!

I started off with a purple base of Essie Play Date. Then I used a big dotting tool and darker shade of purple, Max Factor Amethyst, to dot on some randomly sized and shaped spots around the nail. Lastly I used a smaller dotting tool and some black nail polish to outline the spots, some with C-shapes and some like brackets.

As you can see I did not have the time to add a top coat before taking pictures, so sorry about that!

What do you think of the nail art theme?

Etude House swatches

Hey girls!

Today I have the cutest polishes to show you guys. They are shaped like little ice cream cones! So adorable.

I swatched four out of eight nail polishes in the Etude House Sweet Recipe Ice Cream Nails collection. Overall the formulas of the creme nail polishes were perfection! And the colors are the perfect pastels - love it.

GR701 - Green Apple
This polish is a pretty, pastel green - a fairly unique shade.
For the picture below I used two coats, although it could have used another one. The formula was so good and creamy and applications was really easy.

PK001 - Strawberry
This polish is a typical pastel pink. A totally barbie shade!
For the picture below I used two coats for perfect coverage. The formula was great and so was application.

BL601 - Blue Mint
This nail polish is a beautiful turquoise blue. Nail polishes like this is always the kind of shade I gravitate towards - sooo pretty!
For the picture below I used two layers and they covered perfectly. Again the formula was excellent and the polish was so easy to apply.

OR202 - Peach
This polish is a light orange - the perfect pastel peach.
For the picture below I used two coats for full opaqueness. The formula was perfect - smooth and creamy and the polish was easy to apply.
This colour would look so good on sunburnt skin!