Silver and Black Konad

Hi all,

A quickie today, so many things to do! I'm reorganizing my room a bit, giving it a more "home-y" feel.. I have to sort out a whole box filled with old friendship books (from when I was like, 7?), old agenda's, prizes/certificates that I got from diving and a ton more. I think it's enough to keep me busy all morning ;)

For today I have a konadicure that I did last week and since I really like silver and black combinations, I thought I'd share.


Barielle Night Moves stamped with Wet n Wild Black Creme and imageplate M64. Silver and Black is a golden combination with me, and so is this one. I had a little bit of trouble transferring the stamp good enough to get straight lines, but I still like how it turned out!

My original post about Barielle Night Moves can be found here.

Do you have any 'golden combinations', either in colors or maybe even polishes that you like to combine together? I'm always in for some new inspiration!

Barielle Night Moves

Hi all,

Today I have a awesome silver polish for you that I felt I *needed* after seeing swatches from Angie and I don't regret ordering this baby at all.


Barielle Night Moves, three coats in daylight. Night Moves is a stunning silver foil. I don't think it's the most unique polish out there, but it sure as hell is an eyecatcher!


I needed three coats for opacity, since the formula was a little on the thin side, but they were easy to apply and builded up to this stunning silver. I can't wait to wear this when the sun is out more, I think it might be able to turn some heads in sunlight hehe.


Barielle can be bought at www.barielle.com and at Ulta. They're having a 20% off sale on the website til 28th of November. They also still have the '2 + 1 free' deal and there's a free shipping deal when you buy for $ 50 or more. Pretty awesome deal if you ask me!

Silver and Black Houndstooth

Hi all,

A couple of days ago (it might already have been last week - time flies!) I did a pretty nice Konad - if I may say so myself - and I wanted to share! I like the contrast in this one, it really makes it pop.


Color Club What A Drag stamped with Wet n Wild Black Creme and imageplate M63. It pops! And it's so easy to do. I'm gonna keep the color combination in mind; I really like it. And can you believe I had not used this design before? This is the first time! Jeez, gotta grab my plates a little more, cuz it's cool.. *stops rambling*

You can read my original post about What A Drag here.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Color Club What A Drag

Hi all,

A quickie today, because I'm not feeling too well - I think I'm coming down with something so I'm gonna go to bed and hope it will go away.

Color Club What A Drag, two coats in daylight. What A Drag is a silver foil, plain and simple. It's been in my helmer since like forever, but I finally pulled it out and tried it on. It went on a bit streaky and the polish seems to have ittybitty bumbs in the structure so it doesn't go on that smoothly.

The color and finish are really shiny though, so that's a big plus. I haven't compared this one to Orly Shine yet, but I think they're pretty much the same :)

Stamping On Orly Shine

Hi all!

Today I have a little Konadicure that I did a little while ago. Everyone always says that the Orly Foil FX collection is great for stamping, but I did it the other way around this time; I used Orly Shine as a base for this one.

Orly Shine, three coats, stamped with Barielle Pin Up and konad imageplate M60. I like the effect! The red really complements the silver base. It's not straight red, it has a strong hint of pink in it while stamping.


Hmm, nice!

Don't forget to send in your Harry Potter designs for the nailart contest I'm hosting! You still have a week to send in your design(s). To read more about the contest, please click here to read the original post.

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PS: I am so way behind on answering my emails. I'm so sorry! I try to catch up with them, but everytime I try to get through the pile of emails something comes in between or I just don't have enough time. I'm working on it, so if you're waiting on a reply to your email, please bear with me! Thanks :)

Orly Shine

Hi all!

It's weekend! Whoohoo! I have to study quite a bit since I'm behind on my Spanish course, but hey, it's still weekend :) Today I have a polish for you that I originally ordered for stamping only, but I'm digging it more when I'm just wearing it on my nails: Orly Shine.

Orly Shine, three coats in daylight. Shine is a gorgeous silver foil, that's not totally unique but I can't really see the brushstrokes, so ding ding ding we have a winner! Usually, I don't like these kind of foils on me because they tend to be frosty and/or brushstrokey, but this one just shines it's ass off on my nails. I love it!

Application was somewhere between alright and good, since the polish is on the thin side. I like it when polish is a little thicker, but I could easily manage it with the brush and needed three coats for opacity. When you go over the polish too often with your brush, you'll drag some of the polish with it, so be careful :)

Drying time was good; I didn't use any topcoat on it but it was dry within minutes.

I think this would look awesome on my toes as well. It's just so.. Shiny! I love it that it makes my hands look super tanned, hehe.

And now I'm thinking.. To I *need* Rage and Luxe as well?

Orly Cosmic FX Stunner: Space Cadet

Hi all!

So here it is, the stunner of the Orly Cosmic FX Collection; Space Cadet. I took a gazillion pictures of this beauty, so hold on to your seats!

Orly Space Cadet, three coats in daylight and sunlight. This is AWESOME! I've never been this thrilled about a duochrome! Space Cadet is a mauve-ish brown-ish base filled with tons of glass flecks that make an awesome duochrome effect together. My nails flash brown, mauve, pink, purple, greenish yellow, copper, gold and green when I move my nails. It's so awesome. I can't tell you how amazing this is. My pictures don't even capture all the color shifting properly, so it's even better in real life!!

Application is good, the polish is a bit thin but that's what I'm used to with these kind of glass flecked polishes. I needed three coats for opacity, which is pretty normal for the glass flecked finish. The polish was easy to work with and dried in a couple of minutes without topcoat.

Do you think Space Cadet is the stunner of the collection? Or do you think I'm being overexcited? ;)

Birthday Manicure

Hi all!

Yesterday was my birthday and I wanted to show you what I was wearing. I saw this beauty at the blogsale of the lovely Ange and I had to have it! So, of course, I bought it. It came in last week and it looks just so stunning in the bottle; a rich deep red packed with golden glitter particles - that's what it looks like in the bottle. The golden glitters disappear a bit when you apply the polish on the nails, but it stays pretty nontheless.

OPI Smitten With Mittens, three coats with one coat of Nubar Diamont in indirect daylight. It's quite dark around here, so please excuse the lighting.. The color is a little deeper in real life. Smitten With Mittens is a gorgeous deep red that's packed with golden and orange-y red shimmer. I could call this tiny glitter, but I won't, since Smitten With Mittens looks almost like a foil in some lighting.

See what I mean? It's awesome. It looks so pretty and sophisticated at the same time - I have no idea why though. I just love it.

I applied three coats in this picture, but honestly, I could have done only two. I have on my other hand (*blushes*) and I see no difference whatsoever in opacity. Application was great! This polish practically applied itself. The only thing that was a bit of a downside was the dryingtime. The polish felt sticky way after I applied the polish, and even with a quickdry topcoat, it wouldn't dry quick on me. It's not extremely hot or humid around here, so that can't be the issue.. It dried after a while and thank god I didn't have any dents or wrinkles or whatever.

Smitten With Mittens is part of the OPI Holiday Wishes collection for winter/holiday 2009, which also contains Merry Midnight. I don't know if Smitten With Mittens is easily available right now, so you might have to do a little searching before getting your hands on this one.

That's all for now, dear reader! I will be back later today with the announcement of the giveaway winner :)

Something Really Old..

Hi all!

Vandaag heb ik iets voor jullie dat al ontzettend oud is; een van mijn nagellakken die ik vaak gebruikte voordat ik bijvoorbeeld het Fok! forum of Makeupalley had ontdekt! Dit was mijn favoriet toentertijd en ik dacht dat het wel leuk zou zijn om deze uit mijn Helmer op te diepen :).

Today I have something that is really old (at least, to me and my stash!); one of my favorite polishes that I used very often, before I discovered the Fok! forum or MUA! This was my favorite then and I thought it might be fun to share it with you and dig it out of my Helmer :).



Miss Sporty 112, drie laagjes. De bovenste foto is genomen zonder direct zonlicht, de tweede is genomen met zonlicht. 112 is een donkere nude shimmer met foily finish. Nude is niet echt mijn ding nu, maar doordat deze lak shimmer bevat en een foily finish heeft, was ze toch interessant. Het flesje is bijna leeg zoals je kunt zien haha. Ik heb hier ontzettend vaak mee gelakt en toen ik laatst keek of ze nog een flesje hadden, zag ik dat ze inmiddels andere kleuren hebben, met dezelfde nummers als hier in mijn Helmer staan. Jammer! Applicatie is ok, maar droogtijd is niet zo best in vergelijking met OPI en China Glaze. De lak droogt langzaam. Maargoed, het was wel weer even een uitstapje..

Miss Sporty 112 (old version), three coats. The first picture is taken without direct sunlight, the second picture is taken in sunlight. 112 is a slightly darker nude shimmer with a foily finish. I don't really like nude, but I loved this one before I discovered the whole world of nail polish. The bottle is almost empty as you can see! I used it so much.. I went to the store to see if they had this, but they have new colors under existing numbers. Pity! Application is ok, but drying time is bad in comparison with OPI and China Glaze. The polish dries sloooooow. Anyway, it was fun to go down Memory Lane..


Just spicing it up with a coat of Essie Matte About You. It gives a satin finish and I like this better than shiny.. At least, for now. Maybe it's because I've had this polish since like forever.

What are the oldest polishes in your stash? Do you still remember your first polish? Do you still have it? Do you sometimes dig it out of your Helmer/other storage?

Thanks for stopping by!

Pictures Of A Purple Pretty

Hi all!

Dit is één van de twee Kinetics lakken die ik onlangs in een swap met Linda heb gekregen. Kinetics is voor zover ik weet alleen verkrijgbaar in Letland, dus mocht je een keer swappen met iemand uit Letland; vraag naar Kinetics!

This is one of the two Kinetics polishes I got in swap with Linda not too long ago. As far as I know, Kinetics is only available in Latvia, so if you are ever lucky enough to swap with someone from Latvia; ask for Kinetics!



Kinetics Luxury Purple, drie laagjes en een laagje Diamont in daglicht/zonlicht. Luxury Purple is een paars met rode ondertoon. Deze foto's zijn niet kleurecht, maar tonen wel de geweldige shimmer die deze lak heeft. Ik kan het niet helemaal plaatsen. Na een laagje is het net alsof het een jelly met microglitter is, zonder dat deze glitters 'verzonken' liggen in de jelly (bestaat dit?). De lak heeft een sterke shimmer en haast foily finish. Ik zit de hele tijd al naar mijn nagels te staren!

Kinetics Luxury Purple, three coats with one coat Nubar Diamont in daylight/sunlight. Luxury purple is a redbased purple, so these two pictures are not color accurate. The pictures do show the incredible shimmer this polish has! I can't really figure out what it is.. After one coat, it's like I applied a jelly with microglitters that don't sink to the bottom of the jelly (does this even exist?). The polish has a very strong shimmer and almost foily finish. I'm staring almost nonstop at my nails since I applied this..

De volgende foto's zijn van slechte kwaliteit, maar zijn wel kleurecht. Onder mijn bureaulamp wordt ze plotseling geen blurple maar haar echte kleur..

The following pictures are craptastic, but they are color accurate. Under my desklamp, she transforms in front of my camera to the color she really is..



Mooi is ze he? Ik vind haar echt prachtig. Applicatie was goed en de droogtijd was ook goed. Ik had verwacht dat deze lak minder snel zou drogen, al heb ik daar geen reden voor.

Whoa, isn't the pretty? I really like her! Application was good and drying time was good as well. Somehow, I expected to have issues with the dryingtime, but I don't know why.. I'm very happy with Luxury Purple! As Linda said: I might want to marry this..

So what do you think of this Purple Pretty? What is your favorite purple polish?

Thanks for stopping by!

More Ciaté Swatches

Vandaag weer meer Ciaté swatches. Dit keer laat ik alleen lakken zien die in the winter pack zitten: Power Dressing, Stiletto en Ladylike Luxe. Waarschuwing: dit is een lange post!

Here I am with more Ciaté swatches. This time I show you three polishes that come in the winter pack; Power Dressing, Stiletto and Ladylike Luxe. Warning: this is a lenghty post!




(again, I have no idea how to get the images to upload on the right side.. It's really annoying! I started with paint.net so maybe that's the problem. I'll try to fix it!)

Stiletto, een groene jelly. Twee laagjes zonder topcoat. De bovenste foto is genomen zonder flits en is meer kleuraccuraat, de tweede foto is genomen met flits. Jellies.. Ik weet niet of het echt iets voor mij is. Misschien ligt het ook aan de kleur; deze groen spreekt me niet zo heel erg aan. De groen in de flitsfoto vind ik een stuk mooier. Ook deze lak was makkelijk aan te brengen en droogde snel.

This is Stiletto, a green jelly. This is two coats, without topcoat. The first picture is taken without flash and is way more coloraccurate than the second picture, which is taken with flash. Jellies.. I don't know if they're for me. Maybe it's the color. The green is pretty, but not really appealing to me. The green in the flashpicture is a green I like more. Application with this one was as good as the others I've shown you.





Power Dressing is een blauwe jelly. Dit is twee laagjes, wederom zonder topcoat. De bovenste twee foto's zijn in daglicht genomen zonder flits, de derde foto is met flits. Na één laagje dacht ik 'Dit is niks voor mij, ik ben net een smurf!" maar na het tweede laagje is de kleur een stuk dieper en werd het een mooie 'royal blue'. Deze vind ik, in tegenstelling tot Stiletto, wel erg mooi. Deze was wel een beetje tricky om te lakken. Hoewel de lak niet dun was, leek het wel waterig op de nagel doordat het soort van uitliep. De nagellak zat aan beide zijden van mijn nagels tussen de nagel en de huid in. Nu lak ik niet supernetjes, maar zo erg als bij deze heb ik het nog nooit gehad. Verwijderen van deze lak levert blauwe vingertoppen op en om dat weg te krijgen moest ik flink weken. Desondanks ben ik tevreden over deze lak. De kleur maakt veel goed :)

Power Dressing is a blue jelly. This is two coats, again without topcoat. The first two pictures were taken in daylight, the third was taken with flash. The first two pictures are coloraccurate. After one coat I thought "Oh no, this is so not me!" but after the second coat I changed my mind since she turned out to be a very pretty royal dark blue. I like this one a lot better than I like Stiletto. The polish itself wasn't thin, but it was a bit runny. I had nailpolish on both sides of my nails against the skin. I don't want to say that I'm the best at polishing my nails, but I've never had polish like this before. It was everywhere! Removal of this polish gives smurfettefingers. I needed to soak a lot to get all the blue off my fingers. But, I have to say, I'm pleased with this one and I can see myself wearing it again.





Als laatste in deze post: Ladylike Luxe, een gouden shimmer met haast frosty of foily finish. Dit is de eerste lak die ik draag die gewoon écht niet bij mijn huidskleur past. Het is net alsof mijn handen ontzettend rood zijn! De lak zelf is erg mooi, maar het past gewoon niet bij me. Deze zal op de swaplijst gaan, zodat ik er hopelijk iemand mee blij kan maken bij wie deze lak wel staat :) De lak droogt slechter dan de andere Ciaté lakken die ik tot nu toe geprobeerd heb. De lak was nog helemaal niet droog toen ik de foto's maakte, terwijl de andere lakken dat wel waren.

Last in this post: Ladylike Luxe, a golden shimmer with a nearly frosty or foily finish. This is the first polish I'm wearing, that really doesn't play well with my skintone. I have lobsterclaws! The polish itself is very pretty, but it's just not for me. I will put this on my swaplist. Maybe I can make somebody happy that does look good while wearing this polish :) Drying time was longer than the other polishes I tried from Ciaté. The polish wasn't even dry when I took these pictures, while all the other polishes I've tried were long dry when I started to take pictures.

Overall, I think these are my least favorite of the bunch. I really like the color of Power Dressing, but Stiletto and Ladylike Luxe are just not my kind of colors.

Tomorrow I will give my opinion on the complete winter pack, after I've shown you the last two polishes of this set. I'm really looking forward to those; they look so pretty in the bottle!

Thank you for reading this long post and thanks for stopping by!

Comparison: Nfu Oh 068 versus P2 Gorgeous!

Na het lezen van Michèle's blog LACQUERIZED., dat P2 Gorgeous! een dupe is van Nfu Oh 068, wilde ik deze twee vergelijken. In het flesje zien ze er wel soortgelijk uit, maar de kleur is echt anders. Gorgeous! is meer grijs, terwijl 068 echt paars is in het flesje.

After reading Michèle's blog LACQUERIZED. about P2 Gorgeous! being a dupe to Nfu Oh 068, I decided to compare the two. In the bottle they seem similar, but not dupey. Gorgeous! is more grey while 068 is already really purple in the bottle.



De eerste foto is genomen in daglicht, de tweede foto is binnen genomen met flits.
Wijs- & Ringvinger: P2 Gorgeous!
Middelvinger & Pink: Nfu Oh 068

First picture is taken in daylight, second picture is taken indoors with flash.
Index & Ring: P2 Gorgous!
Middle & Pinkie: Nfu Oh 068

Beide lakken zijn stoffig paars, of paars met een grijze ondertoon en hebben een finish van shimmer met foil. Het is meer foil dan shimmer zou ik zeggen. Dit is twee laagjes, zonder topcoat.

Both colors are dusty purple, or purple with a grey undertone and have a shimmery foily finish. I'd say it's more foil than shimmer. This is two coats, no topcoat.

Als ik je niet zou vertellen welke lak op welke nagel zit, zou je het verschil niet eens zien! De lakken zijn identiek en dus dupes van elkaar. P2 Gorgeous is te koop bij bepaalde Slecker winkels en bij DM in Duitsland voor € 1,55 voor 8 ml. Nfu Oh 068 is te koop bij onder andere Fabuloustreet, Viis en Affiniti voor een prijs tussen de € 6,40 en € 9 voor 17 ml.

If I didn't tell you which polish was on what nail, you couldn't even tell the difference. I can't see any differences between these polishes and could wear it like this. The colors are identical and so they're dupes of eachother. P2 Gorgeous is available at some Dutch Slecker stores and at DM in Germany for € 1,55 a bottle of 8 ml. Nfu Oh 068 is available at Fabuloustreet, Viis and Affiniti for € 6,40 - € 9 for a bottle of 17 ml.

Thanks for stopping by!

Diamond Cosmetics Party Hearty

Allereerst: dit zijn oudere foto's, waarop ik dus nog lange nagels heb.
First: these are older pictures, as you can see since I have longer nails.

Party Hearty, een zandkleurige/beige lak met shimmering en glitters van Diamond Cosmetics. Dit is twee laagjes, maar één laagje was voor de dekking voldoende geweest. De shimmering van de lak is soortgelijk aan Sparkling Sherry, alleen daarbij werd de bling versterkt door de intense kleur van Sparkling Sherry. Dit is wel een van mijn favoriete glitterlakjes van Diamond Cosmetics, hoewel dit Sherry niet overtreft.

Party Hearty is a sandy beige-y polish with shimmer and a foily finisch. This is two coats, but one would have been sufficient to get opacity. The shimmering in this color is like the shimmer in Diamond Cosmetics Sparkling Sherry, but the intense color of Sparkling Sherry gave more effect to the 'bling'. Still, this is one of my favorite glittery polishes of Diamond Cosmetics, since I like it very much. Nothing too heavy, but it's pretty and goes with almost every situation :)

Thanks for stopping by!