Simple French Manicure...

Hi girls,

Today I have a simple French Manicure to show you...

Phone picture

I achieved this manicure with a French Manicure set from Essence:

I've bought this set about 10 years ago, I think, and I liked it so much, that I immediately bought two more back up-sets. The white polish in this little set is very good to make French tips with! These bottles contain 5 ml and the set was available in a milky pink (way more pastel and less pink then showed in the picture above!) and in a peachy set. I don't exactly remember how much this set was, but it couldn't be more than €3,99.

Ofcourse I used a basecoat, my favorite, Orly Nailtrition!

It actually is a nailhardener, but I always use it as a basecoat. It works wonders, I really have tried a lot of hardeners, but this is my alltime favorite!



BTW: Did you noticed my nails are a lot shorter??




Here's what happened...

I've accidentally cut my nail with a razorblade...! Such a big chunk out of my middle nail!
And it's my lefty, my photo-hand! Ohh nooooo... !

So yeah... I had to file them way shorter :(
In the 1st picture you still can see a little dent, but hopefully they soon grow a bit longer.

Do you like the simple and plain French Manicure?

Thanks for dropping by!

My first gradient manicure!

Hi girls!

I'm a bit late, I know, but after seeing all those beautiful gradient manicures, I started to wonder if I was able to do such a pretty manicure myself...

Let's take a look...

Basecolor: Color Club Where's The Soirée

Sponging color: China Glaze Recycle

Topcoat: INM Out The Door

China Glaze Recycle + Color Club Where's The Soirée

I was surprised about the result and  how easy it is to achieve this look! :)

I'm very happy with the result and can't wait to try this with other colors!

What do you think about this first try?

Essence - I ♥ Berlin

Hi girls!

Today I want to show you an older polish which I have in my stash for quite a while:

Essence - Love This City from the I ♥ Berlin-collection, some time ago...

Essence - Love This City

Essence - Love This City is a pink crème with a peachy undertone, so in some light it tends to be a bit coral. The formula is okay; not too thick, not too thin and the drying time was also regular (for me a big plus, because I always polish my nails right before I go to bed :) ) I'm wearing two coats here...

  

I've got a lot of compliments about the color of this polish, but I couldn't get used to this color.

I guess I'm more of a "pink"-type, and this color is a bit in between...

Unfortunately I chipped my left pointerfinger after wearing this color for only 1 day, but that's because my nail got stuck and bended... My fault, not the polish's :)

I don't know, I'm not really fond of this color... Strange enough, the polish looks more pink in the bottle than it does on my nails! Too bad... 

Oh... I have an Instagram picture which I wanted to share with you... 

My 3-year old princess... She just sat down on the couch to watch "Dora", so she finally sat still and I took my chance to shoot this picture with my Samsung Galaxy S2-phone...

I think it came out so nice... ♥

Well, that was about it... I hope you liked this post!

Thanks for watching!

Fancy Fuchsia

Hi girls!

Hope you're all doing well... I am!

Today is a shorty...

Orly Fancy Fuchsia (2 coats)

I don't know if it's just me, but the consistency of this polish is a bit weird... It's super opaque but also very thick and blobby... Quite hard to work with actually! But it does even out on the nails a bit. I was a bit in a hurry, so this is definitely not the best polishing (I was on my way to a birthdayparty but HAD to paint my nails, so this is the result, hihi!)

Fancy Fuchsia is a very pretty (almost) neon pink, so a bit hard to capture with a camera (or actually this time with my new phone: Samsung Galaxy S2) but I think almost everyone in blogland does know how pretty pink this color in real life is...  I really ♥ this pink and I'm enjoying wearing this for 2 days (but now it's a bit chipping, unfortunately, because I would have worn it longer if I could :)

Do you have Fancy Fuchsia in your stash?

Thanks for stopping by!

Nailart inspiration - Part II

Hi girls,

It's been a while, but I have good news about our houses: 

1) Our house is sold to our best friend! Yeeey! 

2) We've bought a new house and that's also definite! 

So we're very happy this stressful period is over now. Let's start the shopping....  :)

Today I want to show you some very nice inspirational nailarts in random order (which, for the record, are not mine! :) )

Kelsie's Freehanded Argyle Design

Cute Easter Nails

Nihrida's Pretty Blingy Nailwraps

Jane's Beautiful Tape Manicure

Cute Freehanded Flowers

Kelsie's Colorful Stamping Nailart

Sarah's Betsey Johnson Manicure

Pshiiit's Nail Wraps

♥

Source: pinterest.com

I'd like to search for pictures from manicures like these for hours and hours on the internet. I really enjoy watching them...

Do you see anything above you would like to try yourself?

Where's The Soirée?

Hi girls,

Today I want to show you one of my favorite black polishes on this earth:

Color Club Where's The Soirée?

Here, I'm wearing only one coat! Where's The Soirée is extremely pigmented and creamy, so it's very suitable for stamping too. Although I prefer Wet 'n Wild Black Crème for stamping, that's another black polish which is a tad more pigmented imo...

Nothing new, I know, but I realised that I've never swatched a black polish before, so here you go! :)

:)

I don't know what it is, but I just ♥ black nailpolish... Everytime I wear it I realize how much I love it and that I should wear it more often :)

Do you wear black polish on it's own? Or only with some nailart on it?

Thanks for stopping by!

1 + 1 gratis make-up bij het Kruidvat!

Hi girls!

Hope you're all doing fine... I'm still busy with our house and thinking about what to buy for the 3rd birthdayparty of our daughter :)

A short post today, mostly meant for my Dutch readers: Kruidvat, my local beautysupplier, has a great discount/offer:

Now a little Dutch part:

Jeeej! Alle make up is op vrijdag 13 en zaterdag 14 april 1 + 1 gratis!
Dus niet alleen het huismerk Essence of Catrice, maar ALLE make up, dus ook l'Oreal, Gosh, Max Factor, Maybelline, Rimmel etc.

Ik zeg: een super goede reden om wat leuke kleuren nagellakjes of andere nieuwe producten uit te proberen!

Ik ga zeker wat nagellakjes kopen, ik denk dat ik de nieuwe Color Riche Le Vernis van l'Oréal eens ga proberen, deze heeft nl. een ingebouwde topcoat... Daar ben ik wel nieuwsgierig naar!

Gaan jullie nog iets leuks uitzoeken?


Bedankt voor het lezen!