French Tip Dip review

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Today I want to show you something I've been eager to try for a really long time: French Tip Dip. If you are not familiar with it, French Tip Dip is a tool that helps you to easily create a beautiful french manicure. If you're not good at freehand, this will help you a lot. Here's my first manicure with the tool. Keep reading if you want to find out more about the procedure. 

I have here the Essentials kit and it contains all the utensils for a neat french manicure and pedicure. 

Unfortunately, I couldn't make a tutorial this time, but if you request it I will include it in my next posts. Until then, watch the video below to make an idea on how to use it. 

I observed the rules above and the result was exactly as expected. What do you think? 

Visit FrenchTipDip.com, as well as their facebook page to find out more about the product. They ship internationally and the price of the tool is $12.

Green leopard manicure

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Today I'll show you my green leopard manicure. I started with two coats of American Apparel -Office and then I stamped the design from m57 Konad plate using Illamasqua -Kink. It is a really easy to do manicure. I finished with a clear top coat. What do you think?

Don't forget about my giveaway if you haven't entered yet.

Valentine's day manicure idea

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Today I'd like to show you a Valentine's day themed manicure. I got inspired by this tutorial, only I didn't use tape. I started with two coats of Flormar -MG05 and then I stamped the heart design from m59 image plate. As it is not a full heart design, I filled the shape in using white polish and a dotting tool. Then, I stamped the flowery design from m73 Konad plate using the base colour nail polish. I finished with a clear top coat. 

What do you think?

Musical notes nail art

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Today I'll show you my stave nails I created using m40 (the equivalent for m22 Konad palte) from KKcenterhk. I started with two coats of Illamasqua -Nomad and then I applied two coats of S-he in Wow! Farben. I stamped the design using Konad -Special White and finally, I added a clear top coat. I must say that they look way more beautiful than in the pictures, I absolutely love this polish. What do you think?

 

I got this nail polishes and some other goodies during my ski trip in Austria. I'm most excited about the Coca Cola and Fanta lip balms as I don't find them in my country.

Zebra nail art

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Today I'll show you another zebra print manicure. I started with two coats of Illamasqua -Scorch 

on my thumbs, index and middle fingers and two coats of Astor -060 Iconic Red on my ring fingers 

and pinkies. I stamped the zebra design from m57 Konad plate using Special Black over the white 

base. Finally, I added the Konad -Special Top Coat.  What do you think?

Pearled nails

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Today I'll show you my pearled nails. I started with two coats of a random brand of pink nail polish and then I stamped the bow from m59 Konad plate using black nail polish. After that, I applied two vertical rows of white pearls on the nails I didn't stamp the design and some others on the bow. I got mine from Born Pretty store for $3.55. I finished with a generous coat of clear nail polish. 

What do you think? 

Essence -Jacob's Protection (Breaking Dawn Collection)

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Happy New Year! Today I'll show you Jacob's Protection from Essence's Breaking Dawn Collection. (two coats in the picture)

I won this a while ago in a giveaway organised by Shannara from Nails and Stuff. She also sent me 

Alice had a vision, which is another beautiful shade and I'm eager to try it.

After having applied two coats of Jacob's Protection, I took my sponge and applied Avon 

-Arabian glow on the tips. Then, I stamped the stars from m14 Konad plate using Special White.

Finally, I applied the Konad -Special top coat. What do you think about my New Year's eve 

manicure? 

Presents nail art

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Today I'll show you my last Christmas themed manicure this year. As presents are being offered at this time,  I decided to wrap my nails, too. I started with two coats of Illamasqua -Kink and then, using a gold nail polish, I stamped the design from m65 Konad plate. After that, I took a thin brush and created two red lines on each nail. The nail polishes used were Illamasqua -Alarm and Astor -060 Iconic Red. Finally, I applied the Konad -Special Top Coat. What do you think?

 A halogen light lamp was waiting under my Christmas tree, so I finally made my first highlight box. I followed Chalkboard Nails' very easy tutorial and I managed to to this. Hopefully, the quality of my pictures will improve from now on. 

Christmas nail art

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Today I'll show you another Christmas nail art I created. I started with

two coats of Illamasqua -Scorch on all nails except my thumb and ring finger,

where I applied Sinful Colors -Ruby Ruby. The image plates used for each 

finger are, from left to right: m12, m59, m14 Konad plates and an Essence

plate for my pinkie. I used Illamasqua -Allarm for the designs stamped with

red and Konad Special White. I finished with a clear top coat.

What do you think?

Winter nail arts + How to create an outlined design

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This is going to be an unusually long post, including a lot of pictures. Here, in 

Romania, it has been snowing incredibly beautiful for the past 24 hours. That 

inspired me to create a snowmen nail art. 

I started with two coats of Flormar #431. Then, I applied a layer of a white 

crackling nail polish from Born Pretty in order to create the snow effect.

I used m12 Konad plate for the snowmen. The stamping technique is shown 

in the bellow picture. Firstly, I stamped the design using Special White. Then,

I filled in the design using a white nail polish. Lastly, I restamped the snowmen

design using Special Black, to create an outline effect. This is not as difficult

as it seems, and don't worry if you don't manage to stamp the design exactly

on the line of the previous one. Fill in the comforter with two different colours.

I used orange and green and applied them using a small dotting tool. 

This is the final result. I finished with a clear top coat. What do you think about

my snowmen nail art?

I also wanted to include some pictures of the beautiful scenery I see

from my windows. I really love snow! 

Here's a snowflake design I created for my best friend the day before. You

might have seen it on my Facebook page, as I already posted it. For this, I 

started with a sponged white layer on the tips and then I stamped the snowflakes 

from m59 Konad plate using black, pink and blue. Do you like them?

Polish Days: Bling manicure

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Today I'll show you a manicure I created a manicure for a project created by Polish Days. 

It started a while ago, but for me it is the first time I participate. Every now and again lovely 

ladies get together and do their nails according to a theme. This time, they decided to have a 

party theme - Bling. It is about creating a festive manicure, appropriate for the holidays coming.

I started with two coats of China Glaze -Re-fresh mint and then I applied a layer

of a random glitter nail polish called CR #78. I stamped the bows from m59 image

plate and the other designs from m14 image plate, using Special White. I finished

with the Konad Special Top Coat. What do you think? 

Illamasqua -Scorch and houndstooth nail art

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Today I'll show you a nail polish form Illamasqua, named Scorch. It's a beautiful snow white, with a perfect coverage and texture. I for one find it very difficult to find a good white nail polish, as they are either too thin, with a very poor coverage or to thick and hard to apply. This one is in the middle - it doesn't have any of this problems. The coverage was perfect after the second layer and its brush made it very easy to be painted. This is how it looks like without any clear top coat. You can find it on their website, for £13.50. Also, Illamasqua offers a wide range of many other make-up products which they ship internationally.

I stamped over it a houndstooth design from m63 Konad plate on all my nails, except from my ring finger, where I applied three silver rhinestones. I finished with the Konad -Special Top Coat. What do you think? 

Flormar Duo Chrome #DC06 and stamping

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Today I'll show you another shade from the Flormar Duo Chrome Collection.

This one is called DC06 and it's a lovely purple with golden and grayish reflections. 

I applied two coats and no clear top coat. Click on the pictures to enlarge.

I stamped over it the design from m40 plate from KKcenterhk (the equivalent for m22 

Konad palte). I finished with a clear top coat. What do you think?

Embroidery manicure

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Today I'll show you a new manicure I made using m57 Konad plate. I started 

with two coats of Illamasqua -Taint and then, using the Konad -Special White,

I stamped the design at the same height on each nail. I finished with the 

Special Top Coat. The result was a very cute, old school embroidery. 

What do you think? 

Go Pink Wednesday -Polka dots

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Today I'll show you this month's last 'Go Pink Wednesday' manicure. I started with a coat of Zoya -Jolene and then I applied a coat of Lucidarling -Sequins Ruby Purple glitter. I stamped the dots from m45 Konad plate and the bow from m56 plate, using Special White. I finished with the Konad Special Top coat. What do you think?

Go Pink Wednesday - Houndstooth manicure

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Today I'll show you my fourth 'Go Pink Wednesday' manicure. As you might now,

'Go Pink Wednesday' series were created in order to make people aware breast cancer. 

You can see my previous designs by clicking on their titles: Butterfly wings (October 3rd),

Ribbon manicure (October 10th) and Pink zebra nails (October 17th).  

For today's manicure, I used m63 Konad plate to create the design. I started with two coats

of Miss Sporty Lasting Colour -Vintage and then I stamped over the design using Oriflame 

-Silver Lining. As you can see, this nail polish works great for stamping. Then I took a 

thin brush and created a diagonal line with the pink nail polish. Finally, I painted another

coat of pink bellow the previously created line. I finished with a clear top coat. 

What do you think?