Mermaid's lagoon

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Hi,

Today I'll show you a cute sea manicure.

I started with two coats of my mint franken and then I stamped the 'waves' from

m69 Konad plate with Special White. Then I stamped the mermaid from m34 image

plate with Special Black. I finished with a clear top coat.

What do you think?

Embroidery

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Hi,

Today I'll show you a cute manicure with m71 image plate.

I started with two coats of Nubar - Belize Coral and then I stamped

the design with special white. Very simple manicure. I finished with a clear top coat.

What do you think?

Illamasqua- New Masquara

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Hi,

Today I'll show you the new Masquara from the Fall Winter 2011 collection

from Illamasqua. This new defining, lenghtening and dramatising brush design

combined with Masquara's midnight black smudge-proof formula ensures

your lashes last the whole night through.

INGREDIENTS:

AQUA (WATER), COPERNICIA CERIFERA CERA/COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX, OCTYLDODECANOL, CERA ALBA/BEESWAX, GLYCERYL STEARATE, GLYCERIN, STEARIC ACID, POLYVINYL ALCOHOL, PVP, SORBITAN SESQUIOLEATE, LECITHIN, RICINUS COMMUNIS SEED OIL/RICINUS COMMUNIS (CASTOR) SEED OIL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SILICA, TRIETHANOLAMINE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, RETINYL PALMITATE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, TETRASODIUM EDTA,SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, PHENOXYETHANOL, PROPYLPARABEN, METYLPARABEN [+/- MAY CONTAIN: CI 77499 (IRON OXIDE)]

The shade I have is Raven (Midnight black). Here's how it looks like on the outside:

And here is a close look to its brush. It is very easy to handle, so I applied it fast.

The final look was awesome.

It will be available from 8th September 2011 at Illamasqua.com for £15.00

End of summer SURPRISE GIVEAWAY

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Hi,

I'm hosting a special giveaway for you, because you've been here all summer long

and you deserve it. I won't reveal the prize. The person who'll do it is

the winner herself.

The mandatory to enter this giveaway is to be a follower of my blog (old or new, it

really doesn't matter). You also have to give me your email adress, that will surely remain

private, and to tell me what country are you from.

For extra entries, you may:

*blog about this giveaway (+2)

*Like my Facebook page (+2)

*comment one of my non giveaway posts (+1)

*try to guess the prize (+1)

That's all! The giveaway will be opened until Spetember 24th and anyone in the

world can enter. Please fill the form bellow to enter, entries in comments don't count.

Good luck!

[THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED]

Hawaiian nails

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Hi,

Today I'll show you a pretty hawaiian manicure done with Konad m29 image plate.

I started with two coats of my peachy franken and then I applied

Illamasqua - Gamma and Konad - Pastel yellow using a sponge.

I stamped the palm trees and the Aloha sign on my ring finger. After that, using

a thin brush I made the birds and heap under the trees. On my ring finger I applied

some fimos and finally I applied a clear top coat.

Emily's Nail Files was my source of inspiration. What do you think?

I created a facebook page!

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Here it is: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marias-nail-art/198946706834607

It's a bit lonely and empty now, but I hope you'll support me as always

and click the Like button. Also, by liking my page you will subscribe to new

posts and notification on you facebook home page.

Thanks!

Cherry nails TUTORIAL

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Hi,

Today I'll show you a cute cherry manicure.

All you need for this is a dotting tool (I have this), a thin brush and some nail polish.

Here's the step by step:

After applying the base color, which for me was a light pink but you can chose any color

that you like (I think that a white, yellow or blue nail polish will suit perfectly), I made

some pairs of dots using Illamasqua Allarm.

Then, I took my Special Green from Konad and applied thin lines above the red dots for

creating the leaves.

I also made some "shiny shadows" with a thinner dotting tool. The nail polish used is

White Matt Dull polish from Born Pretty.

At the end, I applied the Sweet Color top coat.

What do you think?

Crackles again

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Hi,

I totally fell in love with my cracke nail polish.

This time, I applied two coats of Jesse's Girl - Julieg and a coat of Zoya - Malia

from the half of the nail. I applied LaROSA - Crackle Shatter over it and

everything was done. Here it is:

Giveaway winners

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Sooooooooooo, here's the list:

Congrats girls!

I emailed you all and I'm still waiting for some replies. You will get the prizes asap.

Thank you everyone who entered my contests and who supported me all this time!
I'm really grateful for this and as you know, you will get your reward soon.

Many other future giveaways are waiting you to enter & win them.

LaROSA - Crackle Shatter

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Hi,

Today I'll show you a cute crackle manicure.

I applied Catrice - Dirty Berry as a base color. Then I applied my mint franken from

the middle of the nail. On the tips, I applied Jesse's Girl - JulieG.

I used LaROSA- Crackle Shatter for getting the final effect. I noticed that the thicker

I apply the shatter, the big crackles I get. I like this one a lot. You can get it from NaildeRoyale.com
for $4.99. What do you think?

Navy manicure

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Hi,

Today I'll show you a cute navy manicure.

I started with a white base color and painted over it Illamasqua-Allarm on

my ring finger and Pure Ice-French Kiss on the other nails. I didn't paint the hole

nail with blue or red because I created that half moon section on the top of my nails.

I stamped the dots from m79 image plate using Jolfin-Blanc.

Finally, I applied a clear top coat.

What do you think?