Tomorrow Will Be Better.. Right?!

Hi all,

Another quickie. I know I suck, I have tons to do for the blog and I haven't been around on Twitter either. I need to reply to my emails and comments. I suck. I'm having a bad week and it's not getting better, so hopefully things will turn around tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll probably have to stay in bed all day.

Today is another recent NOTD. I pimped Strawberry Fields with one of my newest plates after wearing this baby for four or five days (so excuse any sign of wear you may notice).

China Glaze Strawberry Fields stamped with China Glaze Awaken and imageplate M71. I love the lacey design! It looks so cute.. I can see a whole lot of konadicures with this one in the future.

Little closeup as bonus

Do you SEE those golden glass flecks? (this one is left bigger so you can click it)

Anyway, I hope you will forgive me for not being as active as I should/would like to. I want you to know that I really love the fact that you all come here to read my little blog and leave comments or send me an email. It means the world to me. But for now, the world is a little too heavy on my shoulders. I'm sorry about that.

Snakelike

Hi all!

A week ago, I showed you Kinetics Darkside, a medium grey creme. I thought it looked a bit 'off' in August, so I played a little with other colors on top of it to bring it alive. I decided to do another kind of Lace Illusion, only now I know the intention is to make it look like a snake, I tried a couple of different colors.

Kinetics Darkside with scribbles of Milani Foxy Lady and China Glaze Ink, stamped with Konad special polish in Black Pearl and imageplate M57.

I have to admit that I think it looks better when you take a bit of distance to look at the design :)

Do you agree? I think I like the previous version better since it's a little calmer, but I do like this one too. It's a bit different, and I like that. The reddish tone of Foxy Lady contrasts with Darkside so that's nice :)

What do you think?

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Kinetics Darkside

Hi all!

Today I'm going on holiday with Michelle from The Lacquer Files and Michèle from Lacquerized. Yay!! We'll be away for 8 days, but no need to worry.. I worked my butt off to scedule posts for you to go up, so postwise, you won't even notice I'm gone :)

Today I have one of my Kinetics polishes for you. I got a view in a swap with Linda from Latvia, but recently Alice and Jo's sell these as well so I ordered a view.

Kinetics Darkside, two coats in daylight. Darkside is a medium grey creme. I think it looks lovely, but I picked the wrong season to wear it. I have to admit it matches the weather pretty good though..

Application was good. The polish is perfect for me; not too thick or too think. The brush is easy to work with and the polish goes on smoothly. Dryingtime is good as well, so I have no complaints!

I think this makes a lovely color for every season but summer, since while I wore this I couldn't stop thinking "this doesn't feel right, it's August!". I'll wear it again, but I'll chose a different season for it ;)

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Lace Illusion

Hi all!

While browsing, I stumbled on a design on the Orly website. It's called 'animal' - although I don't know where the animal reference comes from - and it can be found here. I decided to copy the idea with a couple of changes :) Let's take a look!

I used H&M Love At First Sight as a base, which is opaque in two coats. I randomly placed black scribbles with China Glaze Ink (I need to get myself a bottle of black creme.. Grr) and scribbled a little more with RBL Stormy. In the original design, lace was places on top of the scribbly look, but since I don't have any lace to put on my nails, I decided to go with Konad imageplate M57. I stamped the image with Konad special polish in Black Pearl and voila!

I really love the look of this and I think I will do this again to wear it as a full manicure. Maybe I can even try this with slightly different colors, but I think you'd better not go with colors that are too bright..

What do you think of this lace illusion manicure?

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Date Pic! Plus Another China Glaze Konadicure

Hi all!

Yesterday was my pie eating date with Michèle and Michelle, although we didn't really eat pie.. We did eat sushi though! Anyway we went shopping and even with the rainy weather, I had a lovely day, so thanks ladies!

Of course, I snapped a pic of our hands together :D

Michèle is wearing Catrice Lost in Mud, Michelle is wearing Orly Rage and I am wearing China Glaze Recycle, stamped with China Glaze Millennium.

Here's a closer pic from my mani on day two of wear:

China Glaze Recycle, stamped with imageplate M73 and China Glaze Millennium. China Glaze Recycle is three coats, though 2 could have been sufficient for opacity if I didn't have so much trouble with the formula. It went on like crap, I couldn't handle it.. Recycle is a grey creme and I honestly can't see what all the fuss is about; it's a pretty color but the application was a big turnoff for me. I like this combination with Konad though!

Ladies, I had a wonderful day and I hope you did too! Enjoy your new pretties ;)

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Models Own Gun Grey

Hi all!

A relatively short post today! I still have to swatch a few of my Models Own polishes, so here's another one for you :)

Models Own Gun Grey, two coats in daylight. The name really says it all; it's a gun grey polish. In my eyes, it truly looks like a gun grey polish since it has the perfect color for it and the finish is somewhere between metallic and frost. Only two coats for opacity, but one would have been sufficient if I used a thicker coat.

Models Own polishes are not B3F (toluene, formaldehyde, and dibutyl phthalate free) so this polish smells a bit, but application is fine and drying time was perfect. Models Own polishes can be bought at www.modelsownit.com and they do ship internationally, but please keep in mind they have a GBP 30 minimum for purchase.

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Kitty Ate All The Fish

Hi all!

So today I have a konadicure for you! Well it's not really Konad, but it's stamping alright :) I only have half of my Bundle Monster plates, but these are already a lot of fun.

Kitty Ate All The Fish! I used OPI Princesses Rule! as a basecolor (two coats) and stamped it with Konad Special polish in Black Pearl and China Glaze Awaken. I used Bundle Monster imageplate BM04 for the images. I really like how this one turned out! What do you think?

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Fuggen Ugly Hot Mess!

Hi all!

A very quick post today with just my NOTD of today. I will do a full review with more (and decent) pics somewhere later this week.

Michèle from Lacquerized was so sweet to order some ManGlazes for me a while ago. Unfortunately, my bottle of Fuggen Ugly would not open! I tried everything, but the bottle was fuggen stuck. I told Marc from ManGlaze and he offered to send me a new bottle ♥!! Talking about great CS :D Anyway, I got my new bottle in yesterday and it opened! So I thought I might as well put it on.

ManGlaze Fuggen Ugly two coats on every nail (with a thin coat of Nubar Diamont) and two coats of Hot Mess on my ringfinger. Ain't that sweet? I'm really diggin' the combination!

That's all for today dear reader, I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday :)

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Playdate Pics! And OPI Over The Taupe

Hi all!

If you're following me on Twitter, you probably know that it was playdate time yesterday! I met up with Michèle from Lacquerized, Karin from Romika's Nails, Michelle from The Lacquer Files and Natasja. We all brought a ton of polishes (though this wasn't nearly everything we own!) and were dazed with the amount of polish on the table. This is what a playdate with five lacquer ladies looks like:


And from a different angle:

Michèle and Karin actually had their polishes in their Helmers, so they are not even all visible in these pics! Woah! Can you imagine us just staring at all the bottles, not knowing which polish to pick?

We all picked a polish to paint our nails with and since this is my nail blog, what would this post be without a pic of our hands and nails?

Clockwise, starting from the top: Michèle - wearing purple H&M Hello Kitty with Sally Hansen Garnet Lapis, Karin - wearing Milani Hi-Tech, Michelle - wearing Hard Candy Mr Wrong with Hard Candy Breakup on top, Natasja - wearing Orly Cashmere Cardigan and me - wearing OPI Over the Taupe.

I'm wearing OPI Over the Taupe as a NOTD (which I borrowed from Michelle - thanks dearie!! <3 ), but I spiced it up a little with some flowery stickers. I actually have some weird kind of bubbeling in my polish, not regular bubbles but very teeny tiny wobbly parts that look like they lay under the polish. Michèle told me she has the same thing. I have no clue what caused this bubbeling.. Anyway, here are some pics of today's manicure!

OPI Over the Taupe, three coats with one coat of Nubar Diamont and flowery stickers. Over the Taupe is a gorgeous taupe creme. I really like this color! I took advantage of all the bottles on the table and it's no dupe of Eyeko's Taupe Polish, Catrice Lost in Mud or Catrice From Dusk To Dawn. Application was good. The polish was a little watery at first, but it all went well in the end.

A little closeup of my ring finger:

It's just the accent to make the color pop! I really like these stickers. I got them as a freebie with an order at Veelnagels/Veelsieraden, a Dutch etailer.

Dear Michèle, Karin, Michelle and Natasja; I had a great time yesterday and I hope you did too! I'm looking forward to the next playdate (Michèle, hurry up with your date picker! ;) )

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Zoya Loredana; Swatches & Comparison

Hi all!

So, today I have quite a lengthy post for you. I decided to do a matte mani and while I was at it, I did a 'complete' post; Swatching both matte and shiny plus a comparison. Lots to cover, so on to the pics!

Zoya Loredana, two coats in natural light. Loredana is a medium grey, charcoal colored polish. This one isn't shiny, a true matte! I love how this looks. Because she is so pretty, another picture:

Application on Loredana was super easy. The polish structure was just right; not too thick or too thin. A couple of my mattes/suedes tend to be a bit gloopy, but this one certainly wasn't. I didn't have problems whatsoever and since the polish dried so quickly, it's an A+ polish for me!

There isn't any matte that I wouldn't try to make shiny, so Loredana is no exception:

Zoya Loredana, two coats with one coat of Seche Vite in natural light. Pretty huh? She really shows her shimmer when you make her shiny. It looks so pretty! I can't decide if I like her better matte or shiny.. What do you think?

Judging on the color, I thought she might be close to OPI Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede, so I grabbed my bottle and did a comparison.

Index and ring are Zoya Loredana, middle and pinkie are OPI Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede.

Loredana is two coats, while SSITP is three coats. Opacity is better with Loredana. On the nail they are closer colorwise, but my camera shows a huge difference. These are no dupes, but similar. SSITP is a darker grey with more shimmer than Loredana. Loredana looks a bit flat besides SSITP because she is a true matte.

A shiny comparison:

Again, Zoya Loredana on index and ring, SSITP on middle and pinkie. Both are topped with a coat of Seche Vite. You can clearly see now that SSITP looks deeper because she holds more shimmer.

I really like both of these! It depends on my mood which one I will wear, but I know for a fact that both will be a part of my go-to polishes when I'm in a hurry. If you can't decide which one you like best of these two, I'd say the Zoya is 'better', but only because she is opaque in two coats, while OPI needed three to be opaque.

I hope this was helpful :)

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Catrice London's Weather Forecast

Hi all!

Hope your enjoying your weekend! In The Netherlands, the weather is finally playing along so we went for a long walk. Anyway, today I have one of the new Catrice polishes for you. Catrice just came with a whole new collection that contains about 32 (!!!!) new colors. This is one of them!

London's Weather Forecast, three coats with one coat of SV. LWF is a medium grey polish with blue undertones and silverish shimmer. I like this color a lot, but hey, I like most greys ;)

Application was okay, although I added about 10 drops of thinner before I started polishing. The polish itself was a bit goopy, so the thinner was really needed. The brush is just about the perfect size for me, not too wide or too thin. I did had a tiny amount of bubbling, which is why I used a coat of SV. LWF is shiny enough to go without a topcoat though!

That's it for today, dear reader! I wish you all a wonderful sunday :)

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Revvvolution Shows Its Holoness!

Hi all!

Eerder heb ik al foto's van Color Club Revvvolution gepost, maar daarop was de holo in de lak niet echt goed te zien. Een tijdje geleden heb ik Revvvolution als full mani gedragen en gelukkig scheen de zon toen!

I posted pics of Color Club Revvvolution earlier, but the pics didn't show the holo in the polish too well. A little while ago, I wore Revvvolution for a full mani and luckily, the sun came out!


Color Club Revvvolution, I believe this was three coats. It shows more holo irl, but that was really hard to capture. In the last picture, there was no direct sunlight hitting the nail.

I already commented on the formula in my other post, so this is it for now :)

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Orly Pixie Dust

Hi all!

How are you all today? The week is in half! I'm having a major headache so I'll do this post in English only, sorry. This polish is one of my favorites and I think she will be for a long while. She is pretty, beautiful and fascinating to look at. Well, on to the pictures!



Orly Pixie Dust, three coats in daylight. One word: gorgeous! I love love love this polish. It's a grey polish with blue tones, or blue toned grey if you prefer. The polish holds teenie tiny glitters that make it look like you're looking at broken glass at concrete or something. It's really fascinating to look at.


Orly Pixie Dust, three coats with indirect lighting. It's so pretty!

It takes three coats to gain opacity, but she's worth all three coats (I would have done more if she needed it). Application was fine. The polish itself is a bit watery but nothing unmanagable. Dryingtime was fine was well, though I let the polish dry a bit between coats - just a couple of minutes.

What do you think of this gorgeous grey?

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Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede

Hi all!

Het weekend is alweer bijna voorbij! Nog maar een paar uurtjes.. Hebben jullie nog leuke dingen gedaan? Ik was gisteren op een verjaardag en het 1jarige neefje van mijn vriend probeerde mijn nagellak er een kwartier lang af te krabben toen hij bij me op schoot zat hihi! Ik heb OPI You Don't Know Jacques Suede met een laagje Diamont op, en blijkbaar is dat eigenlijk een beetje te opvallend ;). Het was wel ontzettend lief!

The weekend is almost over! Just a couple of hours left.. What did you do? I was on a birthday yesterday and the one year old nephew of my boyfriend tried to scratch off my nailpolish with his teenie tiny nails for about 15 minutes when he sat on my lap lol! I'm wearing OPI You Don't Know Jacques Suede with a coat of Diamont and I think it was a little too obvious that I was wearing polish ;). It was very cute though!


OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede, twee laagjes in indirect zonlicht. Suzi is een prachtige donkergrijze of gungrey shimmer. Net als de overige suedes is de shimmer geweldig! De applicatie en droogtijd zijn zoals bij de andere lakken goed. Ik ben dol op gungreys en dit is geen uitzondering. Ze is geen dupe van Orly Iron Butterfly. Deze is donkerder en neigt meer naar zwart.

OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede, two coats in indirect sunlight. Suzi is a gorgeous dark or gungrey shimmer. Like the other suedes, the shimmer is incredible! Application and drying time are, just as with the other suede polishes, good. I love gungreys and this is no exeption. She is not a dupe of Iron Butterfly, which is a bit darker and leans more to black.


Suzi met een laagje Diamont, wederom in indirect zonlicht. Klik op de foto voor een vergroting. De shimmer is prachtig!

Suzi with one coat of Diamont, again in indirect sunlight. Click on the picture to enlarge. The shimmer in this polish is gorgeous!

This is it for today. I wish you all a wonderful working or studying week!

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Essie Sag Harbor

Hi all!

Is everyone enjoying their weekend? I know I am, so I have a relatively short post for you, though I have more than one picture to show this pretty :)




Essie Sag Harbor, three coats in daylight. Oh my! Sag Harbor is a grey polish with blue undertones and hidden shimmer. It looks a little more blue irl. It took me quite a while to get my hands on this pretty, but I finally managed to get it off eBay. Sag Harbor is a part of the Essie Nortfork Collection of fall 2009 and this was a Limited Edition. I'm still trying to get my hands on Greenport, no luck yet with this one.. Anyway, Sag Harbor is truly gorgeous. I love this polish and when I'm can, I will certainly buy myself a backup bottle. Application was a bit streaky with the first coat, but this evened out while I applied the second coat. I'm merely doing three coats because of habit, because I don't think she need three coats to gain opacity (two is fine). I love this polish so much that I couldn't bare to put Konad on her!

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A Holo Konadicure!

Hi all!

How are you today? Almost weekend! I went shopping today and bought a ton of lovely polishes.. But only two for me. The rest is for swapping packages I'm putting together! I decided that I'd do something special for today, because I'm having dinner tonight with some lovely ex coworkers :) On to some pics!





Color Club Revvvolution, two coats. Pictures are taken in daylight, but we didn't have sun today so not so much holo.. I used Color Club Worth the Risque and imageplate M63 for stamping. Plate M63 is one of my faves so you'll see this one even more in the future! :)

I took one pic that shows a little holo:


I can haz holo!

If this looks familiar to you.. You are right! I did this before, only the other way around! Revvvolution over Worth the Risque.

Which one do you like best?

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Grey Comparison and New Blogs On The Block

Goedemorgen! Vanochtend heb ik een grijze vergelijking voor jullie.

Good Morning! This morning I have a grey comparison for you.

Orly Mirror Mirror op wijs- en ringvinger, Models Own Grey Day op middelvinger en pink, beiden twee laagjes. Zoals je ziet zijn dit twee totaal verschillende kleuren - Grey Day is veel donkerder. Dit zijn geen dupes.

Orly Mirror Mirror on index and ring, Models Own Grey Day on middle and pinkie. Both are two coats. As you can see, these are two completely different colors. Grey Day is much darker. These are not dupes.


RBL Stormy op wijs- en ringvinger, Models Own Grey Day op middelvinger en pink, beiden twee laagjes. Hier hebben we twee lakken die wel erg dicht bij elkaar liggen! RBL Stormy is wellicht een ietsiepietsie donkerder, maar het scheelt écht heel weinig. In het echt was amper zichtbaar dat het twee verschillende lakken zijn, ik had dit gewoon kunnen dragen zonder dat iemand het op zou vallen dat ik niet op alle nagels dezelfde kleur heb. Mocht je RBL Stormy op het oog hebben, maar te duur vinden, dan is Models Own Grey Day een goede vervanger. Models Own kost GBP 5 (omgerekend ongeveer € 5,75) voor 14ml, RBL kost $ 18 (omgerekend ongeveer €13,50) voor 12ml.

RBL Stormy on index and ring, Models Own Grey Day on middle and pinkie. Both are two coats. These two are really close! Maybe RBL Stormy is just a teenie tiny bit darker, but it's very close. Irl it was barely visible that I had two different polishes on my nails and I could have easily worn these like this, and nobody would have noticed. If you like RBL Stormy but think it's just a little too expensive, you could go for Models Own Grey Day. She is a really good alternative. Models Own retails for GBP 5 (around € 5,75) for 14ml, RBL costs $ 18 (around € 13,50) per 12ml.

Hope this helps!

Because there are even more new blogs from Dutch Diva's, I wanted to share them with you! Please check out:

Linnie's Favorites
Kelly's Nailstash
Nail-licious
At my Fingertips
Polished Perfection
Ainnir

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Color Club Holo's

Aangezien Color Club vanaf morgen verkocht wordt bij Transdesign, leek dit me een goed moment om de foto's van mijn Color Club holo's te posten. Edit: ik zie net dat ze al verkrijgbaar zijn! Ik heb al eerder gepost over Wild at heart. Helaas heb ik nog geen goede foto's kunnen maken van Fashion addict (lichtroze holo), aangezien de zon verstoppertje speelde toen ik daar foto's van wilde maken. De foto's doen haar geen eer aan, dus Fashion Addict volgt later.

Because Transdesign will start selling Color Club tomorrow, this seemed like a good moment to post pictures of my Color Club holo's. Edit: I just saw that they're already available! A while ago, I posted about Wild at heart, so if you want to see swatches, please read this post. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take good pictures of Fashion Addict, because the sun was playing hide and seek. The pictures I took don't do her justice, so I will post pictures of Fashion Addict later.

Genoeg gepraat, op naar de foto's!

Enough talking, let's get to the pictures!






Zoals je kunt zien, was ze een beetje verlegen, maar naar mate er zon kwam, liet ze haar holo zien. Dit is drie laagjes in daglicht. Een mooie subtiele zilveren holo. Niet zo aanwezig als de holo's van Nfu Oh of GOSH Holographic, maar Worth the Risque vind ik zeker een mooie holo.

Very pic heavy, but since she was a little shy, sunlight had to show her holo. This is three coats in daylight. This is a very pretty subtle silver holo. Not as visible or holo as the holo's from Nfu Oh or GOSH Holographic, but Worth the Risque certainly is pretty.

Voordat ik verder ging, heb ik even met Konad gespeeld:

Before I went ahead with swatching, I played a little with Konad:



I used plate M63 and Color Club Revvvolution for stamping.




Revvvolution, twee laagjes. Revvvolution is een donkergrijze holo. Aangezien dit DE Revvvolution was, had ik hoge verwachtingen, maar aan die verwachtingen voldoet ze m.i. niet.. Ze is mooi, maar niet zo holo als ik verwacht had.

Revvvolution, two coats. Revvvolution is a dark grey/dark charcoal holo. Since this is THE Revvvolution, I had high expectations and unfortunately, Revvvolution didn't really live up to my expectations. She's pretty, but she's not as holo as I expected her to be.

That's it for tonight! I will try to shoot some decent pictures of Fashion Addict if the sun shows herself tomorrow. Hope this helps :)

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