Fiery Matte Flakies

Hey there! I haven't worn flakies in a long time so I decided to dust them off and use it for todays' mani. My matte top coat has also been sitting in my nail polish rack for some time, and we all know that flakies + matte is a winning combo. I feel like my nails are on fire, love the rocky look. Thanks for reading and have a good week! What I used : - Sally Hansen Black Out - Hits Speciallita Fox Trot - Essie Matte About You 

Coucou! Ca fait un moment que je n'ai pas mis de vernis flakies, donc j'ai décidé de les dépoussiérer et d'en utiliser pour le nail art d'aujourd'hui. Mon top coat effet mat patientait gentiment dans mon armoire à vernis, et on sait toutes que flakies + mat c'est une combination gagnante. J'ai l'impression d'avoir les ongles en feu, j'aime bien le look rock. Merci de me lire et passez une bonne semaine! Ce que j'ai utilisé: - Sally Hansen Black Out - Hits Speciallita Fox Trot - Essie Matte About You

Polish Days - Vintage

Morning beautiful! When I hear vintage, I think about black and white pictures in family albums, but also the gold and glamour 1920s era. I wanted my mani to be inspired by these 3 colors in today's Polish Days theme. I also wanted to celebrate my blog anniversary with something bold. I used OPI Alpine Snow, Konad Black with BM 318, topped with OPI The Man With The Golden Gun to achieve this look. On to the pics!

Salut mes beautés! Quand j'entends vintage, je pense aux photos en blanc et noir des albums de famille, mais aussi à l'ère d'or et glamour des années 1920. Je voulais que ma manucure soit inspirée de ces 3 couleurs en l'honneur du thème d'aujourd'hui de Polish Days. Je voulais aussi célébrer l'anniversaire de mon blog en grandes pompes. J'ai utilisé OPI Alpine Snow, Konad Black avec BM 318, surmonté de OPI The Man With The Golden Gun pour obtenir ce look. Place aux photos!

Sun light / lumière du soleil

Flakies Nail Art

Good morning! I initially wanted to wear a polish but ended up with nail art because I was kind of disappointed with it. I started with 2 coats of OPI Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow. It's a great color when you look at the bottle, a dark army green creme. But it it so dark on my nails that it looks like black. I also didn't like the formula, which I found runny. Since I wasn't happy with my mani, I added 2 coats of Finger Paints Motley, a clear base with green, turquoise, and blue flakes. I finished the design with a silver liner. I just love happy endings like that. Thanks for reading!

Bonjour! Je voulais juste mettre du vernis mais j'ai finalement fait du nail art parce que j'étais un peu déçu du vernis. J'ai commencé avec 2 couches de OPI Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow. C'est une belle couleur quand on regarde la bouteille, un vert militaire sombre. Mais il est si foncé sur mes ongles qu'on dirait du noir. En plus, je n'ai pas aimé sa consistance, le trouvant liquide et coulant. Comme je n'étais pas contente de ma manucure, j'ai ajouté 2 couches de Finger Paints Motley, une base transparente avec des flocons vert, turquoise, et bleu. J'ai terminé avec des lignes argentées. J'aime juste les fins heureuses comme ça. Merci de me lire!

Guest Post by Persistently Glittery

Good morning! We are heading to a glittery day with Aimee from Persistently Glittery. No matter what she does, it has an unique and edgy look to it. Up to today she is the only blogger I know who mix glitter and stamping accent nails, which is kind of cool! Thank you Aimee!

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Hello! Thanks to the lovely Karine for inviting me to do a guest post for her! I really love Karine's blog; the polishes she creates are amazing and she's a lovely person to boot! So I did a super special glitterbomb mani just for her using all my most favourite glitters! :) Karine wanted something to do with summer, and while this isn't related to summer in the strictest sense, we haven't had a lot of sun here this summer, and now that the sun has come out and summer has finally begun, I can't think of a better way to celebrate it than with GLITTER! :)

The pointer finger is Lynnderella - Boy Girl Party over Rimmel - Strawberry, the middle finger is Bettina - Mojito which I got in a swap with Karine herself and over the top of that is Naiade by Karine which is one of the prettiest flakies I've ever seen! A green tinted base with lots of beautiful ethereal looking glitters and larger shards. It looks like mermaid's eyes :) The fourth finger and thumb is China Glaze - White on White with Girly Bits - January Morning stamped with my favourite ever image from my Dasica SDp Big plate. Finally the little finger is Orly - Purple Pleather with Lynnderella - Sweets to the Sweet. Yum!

Lazy Days Of Summer #9 - Thirst Quencher!

Hello!
I told you I will be on point on this challenge. Thirst Quencher is today's theme and I did a sponged gradient with OPI Did It On 'Em, Catrice King Of Greens, and topped it with Fingerpaint Flecked. It's supposed to be a Mojito manicure, or Caipirinha, lol pick one and you have my favorite summer cocktails. What do you think of it?

Flakies and Glitter manicure- Tutorial

Good morning!
I'm wishing you a beautiful start of the week! I'm exhausted as I spent time packing and u hauling. I got to go to the beach, which was the only relaxing part of my week end. I'm taking a deserving break and wish it could last more :) Ok on to the nails. I didn't know what to do so I picked some random untried polishes and came up with this reinvented french manicure. Hope you like it!

A little layering

Pics pics pics! I'm late and have to run so I'm posting this quick layering experiment. Enjoy!

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Hits - Fox Trot

Good afternoon lovelies!
I'm back again with another layering manicure. I received a huge swap package from my Brazilian friend Claudia, so look for more pretties to swatch! Hits Fox Trot is a purple base with multicolored flakies. It's been on my wish list for 3 months, and I'm not disappointed! You get a full flakie coverage in one coat and it looks different depending if you are indoors or under the sun. Most online swatches show Fox Trot by itself, but the bottle is so small (6 ml) that I prefer to layer it. I used one coat of Fox Trot over two coats of Ana Hickman Techno (purple base with tiny pink and purple glitter), topped with Seche vite. As with most purples, I had a hard time to capture the true color. Hope you like it!

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K's Special Fridays #9 - Black Gold & Amour

Afternoon lovelies,
While looking back at my franken posts, I noticed that I showed you a lot of jellies, so for the following weeks, K's Special Fridays will be more about cremes, shimmers, multichromes and holos (my favorites!) Today, I'm wearing Black gold, one of the first franken that I made from a shimmery golden/olive eye shadow pigment.  I really like it because of its opacity and I have no other color like this in my stash. It dries so shiny that I didn't use any top coat. On to the pics!

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ASBMF #4: April Showers

Hello!

First let me say that in doubt of anything, Google is your best friend to look for answers. Day 4 of the ASBMF challenge is "April showers" and I had no idea what it meant. After researching, I learned that it is a time of year when it rains and I quickly looked some images online for inspiration. I found this beautiful image and wanted a mani that reflects it. Let me know what you think about it!

The Birthday Club - whole collection swatches

Hello!

This is a quick post to show you the whole Birthday Club collection :-). You can click on the polish name to see more pictures and be redirected to an individual post. Thank you!

Mine d'Or

Hello!

The 10 days swatches of flakies and glitter goodness comes to an end with the last polish of the Birthday club collection. I present to you Mine d'Or (Gold Mine) an orange-goldish (yes I just invented that lol) yellow jelly with opalescent flakies and glitter. It is so sparkly indoors and show its true preciousness when the sun light reflects on the flakies and glitter! Let me know what you think of this one :-) I have been very happy to share my creations with all of you. Thank you so much and don't forget to mark April 1st on your calendar, which is the official date when I will start accepting orders.  I will also keep you updated with more details on how to order. And more bloggers' reviews to come! And on to the pics!

Three coats of Mine d'Or and two coats of Seche vite - Artificial light

Ooh La la!!

Ooh La la!! 

Those were the words I exclaimed when I made this polish for my friend Cathy. It was the first of the Birthday club collection to be created, the "original one" so it holds a special place in my heart. Ooh La la!! is a purple jelly with opalescent flakies and glitter. Layered or worn by itself, you will always be surprised of its versality. All pictures show three coats of Ooh La la!! and two coats of Seche vite.

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Ivy ♥ green

Hi!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in England :-) I wanted to quickly show you the beautiful picture my friend Angela from Ivy Loves Polish took with Verte de Rage for St Patrick Day. I love it and hope you do to.

To see more pictures, you can click here. Have a great Sunday!

Verte de Rage  (Image property of Ivy Loves Polish)

Pinot Noir

Hello!

I present to you Pinot Noir, a burgundy jelly with opalescent flakies and glitter. I love dark red shades, so this one had to be included in the birthday club collection. The name comes from a variety of French black grapes, and can also refer to red wines made from those grapes. This polish is perfect for any vampy colors lover! It has a dark reddish purple tone that contrasts with the multicolored flakies. I hope you like it!
All swatches show three coats of Pinot Noir and two coats of Seche vite. I can't wait for tomorrow's swatch, it is (another lol) of my favorites.
Have a great week end !

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Oui, je le veux!

Hey!

Today, I have for you another beauty of the Birthday club collection. Oui, je le veux! (Yes, I do!) is a dusty pink jelly with opalescent flakies and glitter. Inspired by my future bride-to-be-friend, I wanted it to be delicate, but still catchy to the eye. All pictures show three coats of the polish and two coats of Seche vite. I hope you like! There are still three polishes of this collection left to show: Ooh la la!!, Mine d'or, and Pinot Noir. You can vote for the one you want to see here. Thank you and have a great week end!

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Noir Désir (pics heavy)

Morning lovelies,

I finally tried the matte effect! I always wanted to do it after seeing some beautiful matte manicures online. So I did try it with Noir Désir and I love the result. This polish might be my favorite from the whole collection. Noir Désir is a black charcoal jelly with an explosion of opalescent flakies and glitter. It is very sparkly and distracting, I won't recommend driving with it (lol)
On to the pictures. See you tomorrow!

Three coats of Noir Désir and two coats of Seche vite - Artificial light

Naïade (pics heavy)

Good afternoon peeps :-)

First of all I want to say thank you all for showing so much support to my page, my blog, and my creations. I woke up this morning with a big smile to see that I had more than 100 readers :-) and over 1,000 page views! I hope that you enjoy these polishes as much as I loved making them. I have a giveaway going on to celebrate and you can enter here.

Now on to another sunny day of flakies and glitter goodness. You voted and asked to see Naïade, and there it is! Naïade is a turquoise/aquamarine jelly with opalescent flakies and glitter. The name comes from the Greek νάειν and νἃμα which means flowing water (in Greek mythology, Naiads are water nymphs). It is so versatile and sometimes flashes light tints of green under the sun. I tried to have the color as accurate as in real. Enjoy!

Three coats of Naïade and two coats of Seche vite - Artificial light

Verte de rage

Helloooo!

We continue our 10 days of flakies and glitter goodness and today, I have for you Verte de rage. She is bold, fierce, and you don't want to mess with her.
Verte de rage (Green of rage) is a green jelly with opalescent flakies and glitter. It is hard to describe this color, so I will let the pictures do the talking. Enjoy!

Two coats of Verte de rage and two coats of Seche vite - Artificial light

50 followers giveaway! CLOSED

Hello dear readers!

I am happy to announce my first giveaway for thanking you to help me reach 50 fans on my page. Thank you so much, it means a lot to me. Two (2) lucky ladies will win each one (1) Limited Edition color from the Birthday club collection and will get the right to name them. As previously stated, those two colors were not featured online, until today. This giveaway is open internationally :-) and will be running for one month starting tomorrow 3/13/2012. Winners will be announced here on the blog, and contacted via email. Anyone who do not confirm its prize within 72 hours will be replaced by someone else. You have to be a public Google Friend Connect follower to be eligible to win. Good luck to everyone!

Following are swatches of those babies, which are unnamed yet :-)

Close shot (irish green and coral)- artificial light