Once upon a time nail art challenge - THE PRINCESS

For the day 8, the theme was The princess. I was always a fan of princesses. Unfortunatelly, I didn't have much time to do this manicure. I've had tons of ideas of what I could do, if I had the time. But I had to do something quick and simple. Here it is:

This is my first try on nail art transfer foil, and to be honest, it didn't turn out all that great. I would love this, if my take on the foil would be okay. I don't know what I did wrong, but I know, I'll have to try this again in the future, maybe I'll have more luck =) As you can see, I used Essence transfer foil from Nails in style LE. on the other fingers I did jelly sandwich. I didn't like it as much on the nails as I like it on the pictures.

The polishes used:
S-he #175(new)
Essence Carrie

Other participants:

Taya

Mateja D.
Moonchild
Milena Vanchoska
Baroque Fool
Fairy Ana 
Yecats 
Nikkie 
Samantha Ann 
Fulya 

Once upon a time nail art challenge - MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL

I know I'm late. I had the most importaint exam yesterday, and I had to learn. It's my last exam, and it's really, really, really hard. It was physics and that's something I'm not good at. Anyway, I painted my nails for the challenge, but I just didn't have time to post, so today I'll post the last three manicure for OUAT challenge.

For the day 7 the challenge was Mirror, mirror on the wall. Here's my mani:

 

I wanted to re-create a mirror on my nails. I liked this mani, I think I'll try to do something like this with some other colours as well.
The polishes I used:
Essence Ice eyes baby
Depend 223
Black striper

Other participants:

Taya

Mateja D.
Moonchild
Milena Vanchoska
Baroque Fool
Fairy Ana 
Yecats 
Nikkie 
Samantha Ann 
Fulya 

Once upon a time nail art challenge - MAGIC COMES WITH A PRICE

First, I'm sorry, I'm not really in a mood to blog, since my kitty(he's a 6kg heavy cat, but he'll always be my little kitty) is injured, and I'm worried sick about him, since nobody knows if the wound will heal.

Second, I know, I'm a day late.  Sorry, I just didn't have time yesterday. Anyway, here's my mani:

I used the following polishes:
Alessandro 265
Ruby kisses "Look at me" purple
Essence Shopping trip in Boho(the layering part)
Essence Cotton candy(glitter part)

Other participants:

Taya

Mateja D.
Moonchild
Milena Vanchoska
Baroque Fool
Fairy Ana 
Yecats 
Nikkie 
Samantha Ann 
Fulya 

Skittles

I created this mani for Sincerely Stephanie's skittles nail art contest. I was thinking a lot about what to do and in the end I decided to do something in nude and black, because I just love how this two colours go together =) And then I remembered gold. It should also have some gold in it! So, here's my creation:

 

Yep, I did all ten nails differently. I have to say I soooo love black-nude combo, I'm sure I'll wear it in any other possible way in the future. <3 And the gold goes perfect with this! All of the designs are freehanded, with a little help of dotting tool, tape and nail art brushes.

The polishes used:
Essence Cookies&cream(my fav nude!)
Essence Black is back
Essence Make it golden

Once upon a time nail art challenge - TRUE LOVE'S KISS

The fifth theme in this challenge is True love's kiss. I represented it this way:

 

I wanted to recreate feelings of the kiss, you know, butterflies, fireworks, sparkling stars,... Unfortunatelly stamping isn't my best feature, since I don't do it so often(I'll work and learn to be better). But in the end I like it how it turned out. What do you think?
Polishes used:
Color club Poptastic
Color club She's so glam
Catherine Arley 805
Sally Hansen Silver lining
Essence Stampy black
Depend  223
Random glitters from craft store

Other participants:

Taya

Mateja D.
Moonchild
Milena Vanchoska
Baroque Fool
Fairy Ana 
Yecats 
Nikkie 
Samantha Ann 
Fulya 

Depend 223

I'd like to show you Depend 223. It's a metallic silver, opaque with one coat, but I did two(force of habit, what can I say). Drying time is super extra fast ~5min. You can see there are some brush strokes, but I think with a polish like this, it is expected.

 

 I actually bought this because I though it'd be great for stamping. And let me tell you, I was right! See for yourself:

Depend polishes are 5ml:

 

For the price (around 2€) this is a great stamping polish! I also saw similar polishes in other colours, I think I'll get some more =)

NOTD: Newspaper nails with Astor #107

This are my nails today:

 

 

I love this so much! I wanted to do some mardi gras nail for today, but the moment I did the first three nails( for the OUAT challenge), I knew what my manicure will be. This looks so great and it's so easy to do!
 For the base I'm wearing Astor 107. It's very light soft yellow creme. In the bottle it's somewhere between yellow and white, but on the nails it's more yellow. This is also a scented polish. And I like the smell, it smell a lot like lemon. The scent is not too strong. I did have a few problems with the application, but after three coats, it looked all right.

All in all, I'm really pleased with this manicure, and even my BF admited it looks cool.

Once Upon A Time nail art challenge - FAVOURITE MALE CHARACTER

Today's theme is Favourite male character. And I chose Henry Mills. Here's my creation:

 

If you haven't guess, I tried to recreat "Unce upon a time" book, the book that told Henry everything =) On my little finger are the last pages of the book, that have been torn out and on my thumb is the cover of the book:

The polishes used:
Astor 107 for the three fingers
Essence Jungle drum
ArtDeco 292
Essence Black is back

This was my first time trying the newspaper mani, and I'm so amazed! It's very easy and the result is just amazing! I know this isn't the last time I've tried it!

Other participants:

Taya

Mateja D.
Moonchild
Milena Vanchoska
Baroque Fool
Fairy Ana 
Yecats 
Nikkie 
Samantha Ann 
Fulya 

Bikini NOTD

Today, me and my BF are going to Ptuj to the swimming pool. We'll have such a great time! Afcourse, I had to coordinate my nails with my swimsuit. That's what my bikini looks like:

 And my nails:

I could do the obvious - blue with white dots - but I though that'd be too much. So, I've decided for something else =)
I used Essence I'm a marine girl for the base colour:

I lovelovelove this colour <3 It's perfect! It doesn't look black and yet it is dark blue. And it is a one-coater! I searched my stash if I have anything similar, since this was a LE. These are Catrice , MNY ,  Essence I'm a marine girl and Maybeline Mini Colorama Electric blue:

I sponged Essence Confetteria and OPI Last Friday Night on the tips of my fingers and used Essence Fruity scented top coat to smooth it all out. I like it, but I don't love it. But it will have to survive the weekend, I won't have the time to change my mani.

Once Upon A Time Nail Art Challenge - FAVOURITE FEMALE CHARACTER

The third theme for Once upon a time nail art challenge is Favourite female character. My pick is Ruby/The red riding hood. I've always liked her in the series, the way they dressed her and how she always wore something red. I loved her make up and since I'm a BIG fairytale fan, I was really impressed by the twist they gave to the story of Red riding hood. So, here's my inspiration:

And here's what I came up with:

What I've used for this manicure:
S-he x-treme hardener for base coat
Essence Copper rulez!
H&M Mon amie
China glaze Ruby pumps
China glaze Stroll
China glaze White out
ArtDeco 292
Essence Thirsty!
Acrylic paint

I hope you like it =)

Other participants:

Taya

Mateja D.
Moonchild
Milena Vanchoska
Baroque Fool
Fairy Ana 
Yecats 
Nikkie 
Samantha Ann 
Fulya 

Catrice Dirty berry

Today's NOTD is Catrice Dirty berry:

 

 

Because it was sunny today I decided I'd go with a holo. But I didn't want that crazy rainbow, so I grabed Catrice Dirty Berry. What you see are three coats with no top coat. I'm really sad this polish is going to be discontinued and am already thinking about getting a back up. What do you think? Is it neccesary to have a back up or is one polish enough? =)

Kelsie's nail files nail art contest

Kelsie from Kelsie's nail files is having a 1 year Blogiversary contest. I've decided to join it. The challenge was to be inspired by something from her "Nail Inspiration" pinterest board. Here's what was my inspiration:

Why? Well, I like the black&white simplicity of the first one, and I love the colours of the second one. I also thought joining these two into one manicure should look great! And here's what I came up with:

 

I know this doesn't look exactly like the photos above, but if you ask me, that's the point of inspiration. I took what I liked and translate it into my nails =)
And here's what I used:
Essence Ultra strong nail hardener as base coat
Essence Black is back for thumb and ring finger and black stripes
H&M Mon amie for index, middle and little finger
OPI No room for the blues, OPI Mermaids tears, China glaze White out, Color club Twiggie, Essence Fall for me, Essence Cookies&cream, Essence Tree hugging, Essence Love2, Essence Very berry for the dots.
 Paris memories #201 for top coat
In the end I love this manicure.

Once Upon A Time Nail Art Challenge - FAVOURITE VILLAIN

The second theme of Once upon a time was Favourite villain. I went with Regina Mills/Evil queen. When I think of her, I always imagine her in black and red. Those are just her colours if you ask me. And this is my take on the Evil queen:

 

Black - red water marble. With red rhinestones.
First off, let me appologize for the clean up. This is the best I was able to do =/ I can tell you, I've had a lot of problems with this manicure, because black was to dominant and everything was too dark. So I painted my nails all red and did a water marble with clear and black polish. And it came out this way. I'm pleased with how it turned out, especially for my first water marble =)
The polishes used:
Essence Ultra strong nail hardener for base coat
2coats of BNC Nail color M47
Essence Black is back and Paris memories #201 for the water marble
Paris memories #201 for top coat
Some random rhinestones in red

Other participants:

Taya

Mateja D.
Moonchild
Milena Vanchoska
Baroque Fool
Fairy Ana 
Yecats 
Nikkie 
Samantha Ann 
Fulya