Red & Black Gradient Nail Art

Hello! Today, I have for you a fierce and sexy gradient that was inspired by one of my purses. The gradient trend has expanded to clothing/accessories and I just love how I can translate it easily on my nails. I don't like to wear red polish by itself so I think this gradient is also a way to have sexy nails. As usual, I followed my gradient nails tutorial to achieve this look. What do you think of it? What I used: OPI Big Apple Red, Wet N Wild Black Creme, Zoya Ziv

Salut! Aujourd'hui, je vous réserve un dégradé féroce et sexy qui a été inspiré par un de mes sacs à main. La tendance dégradé s'est élargie aux vêtements/ accessoires et j'adore comment je peux la traduire facilement sur ​​mes ongles. Je n'aime pas porter le vernis rouge seul, alors je pense que ce dégradé est aussi une façon d'avoir des ongles sexy. Comme d'habitude, j'ai suivi mon tutoriel pour dégradés pour obtenir cet effet. Qu'en pensez-vous? Ce que j'ai utilisé: OPI Big Apple Red, Wet N Wild Black Creme, Zoya Ziv

Chevron Nail Art

This is the nail art I did before adding China Glaze Ghoulish Glow on top of it. A monochrome look with a little twist. I hope you like it! What I used: Sation Snow White, Wet N Wild Black Creme, Barry M Pink Flamingo

Voici le nail art que j'ai fait avant d'ajouter China Glaze Ghoulish Glow dessus. Un look monochrome avec un petit twist. J'espère que vous aimez! Ce que j'ai utilisé: Sation Snow White, Wet N Wild Black Creme, Barry M Pink Flamingo

Matte vs Glossy French Manicure

Hey lovelies! As I told you before, I started a new job and I'm restricting myself to plain nail polish shades, and it's boring lol. So I decided to find ways to spice my manicures up without getting into nail art. I had always wanted to try the matte/glossy trend and I used Essie Matte About You, Wet N Wild Black Creme, and Seche vite. What do you think of it?

Hey mes beautés! Comme je vous l'ai dit auparavant, j'ai commencé un nouvel emploi et je limitais aux vernis unis, et c'est assez ennuyant lol. J'ai donc décidé de trouver des moyens pour pimenter mes manucures sans faire du nail art. J'ai toujours eu envie d'essayer la tendance mat /brillant alors j'ai utilisé Essie Matte About You, Wet N Wild Noir Creme, et Seche Vite. Qu'en pensez-vous?

 Sun light / lumière du soleil

Feather Nail Art

Hi lovelies! I finally received some synthetic feathers I bought on Born Pretty Store and I'm sorry to only give you an accent nail. I watched online tutorials and it looked so easy to apply them on the nail, but my case was more difficult. First I couldn't figure out how to cut the feathers without loosing all of them. Second I was expecting them to be less thick. I won't accept defeat and will try again soon. If you have any tips, please share :) The base is NYC Sidewalkers, a concrete grey that wears its name well and covers nails in 2 coats. Thanks for reading!

Salut les cocottes! J'ai enfin reçu quelques plumes synthétiques que j'ai achetées chez Born Pretty Store et je suis navrée de ne vous les montrer que sur un ongle. J'ai vu des tutoriels sur le net et ça avait l'air facile à appliquer sur l'ongle, mais mon cas a été plus difficile. D'abord, je n'arrivais pas a couper les plumes sans qu'elles se détachent toutes. Et puis, je m'attendais à ce qu'elles soient moins épaisses  Je ne vais pas accepter la défaite et ressayer un de ces 4. Si vous avez des tips, merci de partager :) La base est NYC Sidewalkers, un gris béton qui porte bien son nom et couvre les ongles en 2 couches. Merci de m'avoir lue!

Wet N Wild - Night Prowl

Hello! I closed my eyes and picked up this polish from my untrieds. It is Wet N Wild Night Prowl, a blackened purple with small purple glitter. It is opaque in 2 coats and looks almost black but it's not. I like the quality especially that I got it for 99 cents at Walgreens. I hadn't used my plates in a while so I did some stamping with Kleancolor Metallic Fuchsia and BM01. The result is really subtle and elegant. What do you think of it?

Coucou! J'ai fermé les yeux et choisi ce vernis parmi ceux que je n'ai pas encore essayés. I s'agit de Wet N Wild Boisé, un violet foncé avec des petites paillettes violettes. Il est opaque en 2 couches et semble presque noir, mais il ne l'est pas. J'aime sa qualité surtout que je l'ai eu pour 99 cents à Walgreens. Je n'avais pas utilisé mes plaques depuis un moment, alors j'ai fait du stamping avec Kleancolor Metallic Fuchsia et BM01. Le résultat est vraiment subtil et élégant. Qu'en pensez-vous?

Sun light/ lumière du jour

Gold and Black Abstract nails

Hello! I hope you are having a nice day. Mine is kind of boring so I put a special polish to cheer me up. I had received Layla Softouch 02 as a bday club gift. It's opaque in two coats and covers your nail with a glittery gold. The beauty of this polish is in its finish: it dries very fast with a matte/soft/non-glossy finish. I also did a saran nail art with Wet N Wild Black Creme on my ring finger. So have you tried the softouch effect? What do you think of it? Thanks for reading!

Coucou! J'espère que vous passez une bonne journée. La mienne est plutôt molle donc j'ai mis un vernis spécial pour me remonter le moral. J'avais reçu Layla Softouch 02 comme cadeau de mon club d'annif. Il est opaque en deux couches et couvre votre ongle avec une teinte or scintillante. La beauté de ce vernis est dans sa finition: il sèche très rapidement avec une finition mate/non brillante. J'ai aussi fait du saran nail art avec Wet N Wild Noir Crème sur mon annulaire. Avez-vous déjà essayé l'effet softouch? Qu'en pensez-vous? Merci de me lire!

Without top coat/ sans top coat

Black polish comparison

Hello! Do you wear black polish? If yes you probably want one that is opaque in one coat and dries super fast. These are the two minimum criteria I look at. Let’s compare these five polishes: Wet N Wild Black Creme, Sally Hansen Black Out, Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris, Nabi Black, and Sation Black.

Bonjour! Portez-vous du vernis noir? Si oui, vous en voulez probablement un qui est opaque en une seule couche et sèche rapidement. Pour ma part, ce sont les deux critères minimaux que je regarde. Comparons ces 5 vernis: Wet N Wild Black Creme, Sally Hansen Black Out, Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris, Nabi Black, and Sation Black.

Guest Post from Colores de Carol

Hey lovelies! I am so happy to share with you the manicure of another talented lady, Carolina from Colores de Carol. Gradients, stamping, you name it, it's no secret for her! Thank you Carolina for sharing your creative work with my readers!
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Hello gentle readers.
I'm very happy to be here today sharing a manicure I did with love for you.
Thank you very much Karine for letting me show my work in your blog.

Black Roses' Bed - Tutorial

Good morning!
I always wanted to freehand a rose nail art but always procrastinated and ran to my stamping plates, but now it's no more in my to do list :) The dress I am wearing today inspired me to do this black roses manicure. I love how it came out. I only used a dotting tool but next time I'll try a fine nail art brush. Let me know what you think about it!

Leopard tape manicure- Tutorial

Hello!
I received some stripping tape so I decided to play with it. It's the second time I'm using it and I still have to get a hang of it. I wanted to do a holographic tape manicure, but it's raining today :( So I got two polishes received in a swap and let my creativity do the rest. On to the pics!

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Ludurana - Fascinante (pics heavy)

Hello again!
My favorite multichrome is Ludurana Fascinante. It wears its name pretty well ! This polish just reminds me of a beautiful sunset, I love it!. I will repeat myself but I am amazed at the quality of all the Brazilian polishes I own and I'm so lucky and thankful to the nail blogging community for that! discovering new brands and creating lemmings lol! I got this one from Llarowe and wore three coats by itself without top coat.

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Ludurana - Emocionante (pics heavy)

Hello!
I bought this beauty on Llarowe back in November 2011, it was my first multichrome polish and this is the second time I'm wearing it :) Emocionante is part of the Ludurana Aurora Boreal collection and the color shift is amazing : from gold to copper to purple to blue! I wore it by itself and it was opaque in three coats with a glossy finish, so no need for top coat :) Oh yeah this collection of multichromes is scented :) How thoughtful is that? On to the pics!

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Ludurana - Reluz (pics heavy)

Hey!
Reluz is another multichrome part of the Ludurana Aurora Boreal collection that I bought from Ninja Polish. It's a small 8ml bottle but it's worth every drop of lacquer because the color shift is just indescribable! It flashes from green to copper to purple to blue and applies like a dream. It only takes two coats, but I went with three and did not apply any top coat because the finish is so glossy. On to the pics!

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Ludurana - Show (pics heavy)

Hello again!
Show is a beautiful multichrome from the Brazilian brand Ludurana and is part of the Aurora Boreal collection. Most of the Ludurana polishes come in a 8ml bottle, but they are very pigmented so there is no need to layer them over a black polish. I bought it on Ninja Polish and don't regret my choice! It flashes from orange to green to turquoise to blue to pink to purple (yes all those colors!). It is so beautifuuuul and smells so good that you won't want to remove it lol
All swatches show three coats of Show without top coat

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ASBMF #6: Ombre

Hello!

Today, I have for you an ombre mani as it is the sixth theme of the April showers bring May flowers challenge. This will be my first ombre manicure and it was quite easy to do. You just have to pick a color (pink for me) and choose different shades/tones of that color that will make a gradient from one nail to another. It's also a great way to go through your untrieds or help you decide between different shades. I used two coats of the following polishes and one coat of Seche vite. From left to right: Wet N Wild Lady luck, Wet N Wild Dreamy poppy, Barry M Pink flamingo, and Wet N Wild Tickled pink

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K's Special Fridays #2 - Blanche Neige

Evening y'all :-)

Today's post is a little bit late and I apologize in advance for the crappy pics that I took like 5 mn ago. Last week, I showed you Black Galaxy a black holographic franken made with spectraflair. Today, I have for you Blanche Neige, a white jelly with fine silver and holographic glitter. I'm not a fan of white polishes (unless I'm using it as a base) so I decided to cheer up one of those by mixing it with Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope and some nail art glitter. I'm pretty happy with the results, I can layer it over bright colors and it is fully opaque in three coats (but you can get away with two). 

Name: Blanche Neige (Snow White) - if you noticed most of my polishes names are/will be in French because it is my first language - when in doubt ask me or google :-)

Recipe: Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope + 20 drops of Wet N Wild French White Creme + Silver nail art glitter (sorry I don't remember the name)

Enjoy and see you later for part 1 of the Up Colors holographic swatches :-)

Three coats of Blanche Neige - Artificial light

Introducing K's Special Fridays #1 - Black Galaxy

It's me again peeps! I'm bringing to you K's Special Fridays, where every Friday now and then, I will share one franken recipe. The frankens featured in this special post edition are for my personal use and are not for sale. I will be as specific as possible, so you can easily reproduce the same recipe :-)
Here is Black Galaxy! I made this franken to satisfy a lemming of mine: Glitter Gal black. It is not as holo as the original, but I am pretty satisfied with the results. You can also see Black Glaxy in Shatter me Claire's FrankenMarch contest and drop me a little vote :-)  All the entries are awesome, go take a look! You can also vote for my Black Galaxy entry as a bonus in my giveaway. Thank you!
On to the pic, what do you think of it?

Name: Black Galaxy
Recipe: Wet N Wild Clear + 10-15 drops of Wet N Wild Black + 3-4 straw scoops of Spectraflair 15