Spooky cute nails for world Goth day, music and a special offer

Did you know that May 22 is World Goth Day? A great opportunity for gothic nails with a kawaii twist ^_^

Read on for spooky cute nails, music by the legendary Bauhaus and a special treat from celdeconail.

Purple shattered glass nails how to, OPI Cosmo with a Twist

One of the latest nail art trends is the shattered glass look, which looks fabulous and is very easy to achieve. Wanna know how to do it? Just read on for a step by step guide.

Stamped Sirène, ILNP Ultra Chrome nail polish and Born Pretty Store nail stamping tools

Recently I am discovering some very interesting indie nail polish brands and that makes me want to blog more, yay!!! Being so busy with my daughter and my job won't make this easy but I can say I am in a mood to try and I haven't felt so excited about blogging for quite some time now. But I have many interesting things to share with you my dear readers so yay!!!

Today I am going to show you Sirène, a beautiful Ultra Chrome holographic nail polish from ILNP and review some nail stamping tools from Born Pretty Store too. 

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone!!!
2015 has started with a bang and I am hoping and wishing that it is a great year for you all!!!

Beetlejuice inspired gothic nail art

Wow, January is almost over and just now I managed to find some time to write a new post!
But since today is the Chinese New Year, may the year of the horse bring happiness, health and prosperity to everyone ^_^

So for my first post for 2014 I want to show you some gothic nail art, inspired by one of my favourite movies, Beetlejuice!

Purple nails for Christmas, OPI and China Glaze

Every year on Christmas eve I have to decide how to do my nails for Christmas. This year I decided to choose my favourite colour, purple!

Layla Hologram Effect nail polish in Cloudy Violet and Emerald Divine

Hello everyone ^_^

it's been a while since I've last showed you a holographic nail polish around here but this is about to change. Recently I got my hands on a couple of Layla Hologram Effect nail polishes as I wanted to try them. The colours I chose were Cloudy Violet and Emerald Divine.

No H8, eradicate hate in the nail polish blogging community

Hello everyone ^_^/

today I have a post that is a bit different, to share with you. We all know that at times in every community drama and wank can arise. And even worse, bullying. Sadly this has been the case in the nail blogging world recently and although I usually stay away from such situations, today I want to join the NO H8 in the Nail Polish Blogger community movement with all the fellow nail polish bloggers who are taking a stand against hate and bullying in the nail polish blogging world (and in the world in general). Today, on November 8th, nail bloggers are taking a stand against bullying and are sharing a purple manicure. 

Bullying is not funny. It is not cool. It is not right. And more importantly, it is not okay. 

Most of us are, thankfully, residents of countries that support tolerance and many of our families have settled in these places simply for that reason. Generations later, it is our responsibility to perpetuate that message of tolerance across our new social platforms, including the internet.

As members of the nail polish blogging community, we all share a love of beauty, colour, and lacquer. Other than that, we are remarkably different: from our race to our religion to our hair colour...even to our polish application techniques. To marginalize anyone because of those differences is completely unacceptable and today I take a stand against that. I refuse to allow other people's view of "normal" dictate how I behave, believe, and blog. 

In solidarity with a multitude of bloggers linked below, my purple manicure represents my proud commitment to the No H8 movement. Today, November 8, I dedicate my post to ending bullying of any kind and to encouraging diversity and imperfection among our colourful community.

List of the sites and bloggers who support NO H8

Lynnderella Love Potion No.99 & my summer vacation

Hello everyone ^_^/

I am back from my vacation and before a very busy month comes my way, I want to say goodbye to the summer with an epic post full of glitter and beauty.

As you might remember if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, I recently acquired my first Lynnderella polishes. My small Lynnderella army as I like to call them. I wanted to try one of them so I ran a mini FB and IG poll and in the end the winner was Love Potion No.99, a beautiful purple glitter.

Kiko 278 and some nail mail

Hello everyone ^_^/

I got some fabulous nail mail through swaps the last few weeks and amongst all the pretty nail polishes, this was the one I liked the most, Kiko 278.

Cult Nails Seduction

Hello everyone ^_^/

Just a quick post from me today, showcasing one of the prettiest nail polishes that came out recently, Seduction by Cult Nails.

Seduction is a multichrome flakie in a sheer purple base. In other words, perfect for layering!!!

Milani Jewel FX Fuchsia and Lavender

Hello everyone ^_^

today I have two fabulous nail polishes to show you, full of glitter and bling. They are Lavender and Fuchsia from the Milani Jewel FX series. I love the Milani glitters because they are easy to apply and don't need a gazillion of coats to spread the glitter evenly on your nails.

Ludurana Supremo, covered with stars

Hello everyone ^_^/

As you might know, I adore holographic nail polishes. And it's been quite some time since I showed you one, so for today, here is Ludurana Supremo, a fantastic lilac holographic nail polish.

Anna Sui #210, a beautiful purple

Hello everyone ^_^/

you might remember back in September I mentioned the new Anna Sui nail polish bottle design. Since then I have been dying to get my hands on a few of these lovelies. Recently, with the help of a couple dear friends, my wish was realised. Now I have a small Anna Sui dress bottle army, yay!

Stars on silver, my first mani for 2012

Hello everyone ^_^/

This is something I should have posted earlier, as it is the first mani of the year.
One of my resolutions for 2012 is to use up as many of my beauty products as I can. That includes of course nail polishes and nail art supplies. I have a tendency to collect nail art stickers and to never use them because they are so cute. This has to change, so for this year I vowed to use as many as I can.

Putting that into effect here are the nails I did for the New Year. My theme was metal and stars.

Here is what I used.

My base colours were Stargazer silver chrome (which happens to be my first metallic nail polish, I have this bottle for over 10 years) and Models Own Thunder & Lightning. Then I added purple and black star decals and Models Own Purple Haze!

When I first took out all the bottles, I wasn't sure of the end result but my nails ended up looking fabulous and sparkly, so I can say the experiment was a success.

Now let's see how many nail polishes and nail decals will I be able to use up during the year XD

NARS Night Series

Hello everyone ^_^/

Just two weeks are left for Christmas so I did a bit of holiday shopping. One of the top items on my wishlist was the whole NARS Night Series collection. I love the Night Series eyeshadows and have collected almost all of them over the years so as soon as I saw the eyeshadow palette and nail polishes I knew they had to be mine.

I was so excited when the package arrived!

Here is what was inside. The NARS Night Series Eyeshadow Palette and two nail polishes, Night Breed, a black creme with silver glitter, and Night Rider, a sparkly glittery light purple.

I am so in love with these two nail polishes right now <3
So of course I had to wear them on the spot. Application was perfect, as expected of NARS nail polishes, and you would be pleased to know that these are one coaters! I still applied two coats but one would have been just fine.

After wearing my nails like this for a couple of days, I wanted to spice them up a bit so I did a drip design using the same colours.

What do you think of this collection? Will you be getting anything from it? Are you a fan of NARS in general?

Nails, nails and more nails + a cool deal

Hello everyone ^_^/

Wow, it's been almost two weeks since my last post but I have a good excuse. I am working for something very exciting. I cannot reveal what it is yet but soon, very soon, I will ^_^

In the meantime, here are the nails I've been sporting for these last couple of weeks.

First I wore my favourite colour from the Color Club Molten Metals collection, Lumin-Icent. It's a lovely light blue metallic colour which is perfect for this time of year. Perfect coverage in two coats is definitely a plus ^_^

After a couple of days of crafting non stop there was some minor chipping. But I loved the colour so much that I decided a glitter gradation mani would be the best solution. I used Color Club Sugarplum Fairy and Jingle Jangle from the Beyond the Mistletoe collection and voila! My mani was saved!

Don't you just love gradation nails? It's one of my favourite looks as it's easy to make and always looks glamorous!

Next up I went for my favourite colour, purple! Here is Etude House LUCIDarling in Purple Satin. I had to use three coats for this one to get perfect coverage.

And last but not least, here is the colour I have on right now. China Glaze Marry a Millionaire from the Eye Candy 3D glitter collection. I was so excited when I first heard about these that I just had to get them asap! And I definitely wasn't disappointed! It was really hard choosing which colour to try first but I just had to go with the purple one in the end XD

The photo just doesn't do this beauty justice. This is one of the most interesting glitters I have ever owned. Purple mini bar glitter with a mix of green and silver. Absolutely fantastic!!!

Before I close this post I would like to inform you about a great deal that is on right now at over at Viva La Nails. There is a Black Friday 25% off deal running. Just enter code BLACK during check out to get 25% off your order.

I certainly won't be passing this one up!

the Greek files #9 and a giveaway

Hello everyone ^_^/

Back to scheduled posting, I have another version of the Greek files. In 2011 Seventeen Cosmetics released a professional nail polish line called Supreme with some very pretty colours. Also following the crackle trend they have their own line called Shock.

I wanted to try both these lines so I picked a colour from each. I chose Seventeen Supreme #19 a lovely purple and Seventeen Shock 1004 a metallic shade.

First I applied two coats of #19 over basecoat.

The colour is beautiful and the polish applies perfectly. One coat would have been enough but I applied a second one for extra shine.

After it was dry I added a coat of Shock 1004.

I really liked how this cracked, I think Seventeen did a great job with this line!

As I found this a very interesting combination, I picked up an extra bottle of each colour to do a giveaway for my lovely readers. The giveaway is open internationally and will last until October 31.
I will keep the rules super simple this time. All you have to do is be a public follower of my blog and leave a comment on this post saying you are in. To protect your privacy, please do not leave emails in the comments. I will announce the winner on my blog in early November and then the winner can email me with their details to claim the prize. If the winner does not contact me within 48 hours I will pick someone else. Simple as that.

I hope you like this prize and good luck to those who decide to enter ^_^

China Glaze Grape Crush

Hello everyone ^_^/

today I am very excited as I have something extraordinary to show you.
My biggest lemming that has finally been fulfilled thanks to a very kind person on ebay <3
And it is none other than China Glaze Grape Crush.

I fell in love with this purple polish which is full of holographic glitter, ever since I first saw some swatches online.Unfortunately it was impossible to locate until a few weeks ago I saw someone selling it on ebay for a very reasonable price. You can imagine how excited I was!

So I just had to take it with me on my vacation to wear it on the beach and enjoy it in it's full glory! I applied two coas and on my ring finger I added a layer of China Glaze Platinum Pieces to add a little variety. Sealled everything with Seche Vite and I was good to go.

It was really worth all the searching and waiting, as this is definitely one of the most impressive nail polishes in my collection. It's purple and full of holographic glitter. What more can I ask for, really!

I was amazed by how this looked inside the water. So bright and sparkly! I tried to capture a pic without dropping my phone in the sea but I think I failed. Still, here it is!

Do you own this colour? What do you think about it?

Forest green and purple nails with a bit of sparkle

Hello everyone (^-^)/

Today I want to show you the mani I had while in Germany. Since it was the first time I had some KIKO and P2 polishes, I wanted to try them out.




I used Kiko 347, a beautiful forest green and P2 Poetic, a pretty purple. For a bit of a twist I used Kiko 270 on a couple of nails.




Although it was a simple look, I got a lot of compliments.




My friend T-chan loved it so much that she wanted it on her nails too but in pink and red. So I used Essence Flamingo Rose and Divalicious Red instead.




What do you think? （＾∇＾）

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