Creative Nails Collab - Welcome to the Jungle

In the Jungle, the mighty Jungle... the lion sleeps tonight...

A whim away, a whim away...

Ahem, I got a bit distracted over there... anyway, the last theme for July was, as you can see from the title, "Welcome to the Jungle". Once again, I chose a simple design and even incorporated some glitter and stamped some leaves on top.

The gradient is a blue-green combo and the stamping was done with dark green, after I applied a thin coat of sheer glitter.

I tried to get the hang of this "stamping thing" multiple times, but I was never really fond of the idea so I didn't quite give it my best. I'll always prefer free-hand painting.

What do you think about my nails? Should I attempt stamping more often?

Creative Nails Collab - Welcome Spring

Hello nail art lovers,

Spring is... calendaristically speaking, here! However, the weather disagrees. It has been snowing all week and the temperature reached -16° Celsius here.

Anyway, I was hoping to "summon" warmer weather (not that I don't like snow - I love it! - but most people complain about it) with this manicure so I used a pastel color as a base and painted little flowers over it.

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Saturday's Theme - Christmas is coming

Hello, nail art lovers!

Christmas is just around the corner and I hope you were nice enough to get presents from Santa Clause. I decided that the nails I'll do for Christmas will be little presents under a tree, so my nails are inspired by wrapping paper and the lovely pine-smelling tree in our house.

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Saturday's Theme - Winter Wonderland

Hello, nail art lovers!

Today's theme was one of my favorites, however, I did not have enough time to paint my nails the way I wanted so I opted for a simple manicure with a stamped design.

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Saturday's Theme - Christmas Candy

Hello, nail art lovers!

Christmas is right around the corner so, this week, we decided to sweeten our nails a bit, while waiting for it.

As I noticed, mist of the girls chose the stamping technique to show off the sweet treats, but I decided to go even further and used the sugar spun technique :) sugar... sweets... get it, get it? :D

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Saturday's Theme - Antique

Hello, nail art lovers!

This week's theme was one I was really looking forward to, however, my nails did not turn up as I would have liked them too. Luckily, the manicure was still wearable in the end.

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Saturday's Theme - Green

Hello, nail art lovers!

I've had green nail before... even at the beginning of the year, since it's the color of the year, yet this time I took a different approach - pastel green. I don't usually wear pastels, but the colors looked so pretty together that I just had to create this manicure.

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Saturday's Theme - Flowers you love

Hello, nail art lovers!

I kinda missed a week but today I have two posts for you!

The firs one, entitled "Flowers you love" was a theme I wanted to get creative with. I'm not a big fan of flowers but I do like plants so I decided to cheat a bit. 

I found a comic online about a very cute cactus and decided I had to have it on my nails. And voila!

And the comic that inspired me:

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Saturday's Theme - Pantone Color 2017

Hello, nail art lovers!

Today, we go green! :D
Today's theme is all about the color of the year, which was chosen by the Pantone Institute, Greenery. The color is a nice shade of green with yellow undertones and, as the official website describes it, it "evokes the first days of spring when nature’s greens revive, restore and renew" and, as "a life-affirming shade, Greenery is also emblematic of the pursuit of personal passions and vitality".

Here is my bright manicure for this theme:

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Saturday's Theme - Clocks

Hello, nail art lovers!

Welcome to 2017! My first post of the year won't be an awesome one, but I do hope you'll like my nails. Unfortunately, I broke two nails between Christmas and NYE so I had to cut down all of them (I see a pattern here) and now they're all super-short. 

We have a new challenge going on, called Saturday's Theme and I'm really looking forward to it, since most of the ideas are creative and I haven't tried them so far. I just hope my nails will grow so that I can paint them easier.

For today's theme, we had to have a clock design on our nails. I couldn't find any decals in stores, so I painted mine. Here's what I came up with:

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May's Nail Challenge - Pond Manicure

Hello again, nail art loves!

This time I'm gonna post on time, yeee-haw! :)))
To make up for last week's late post that had little pictures and a gloomy text, I'm going to give you a detailed description of how I did my nails today. Are you ready? Start reading!

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April's Nails Challenge - Pretty in Polka Dotts

Hello, nail art lovers!

What's new? How have you been?

This week was tiring and frustrating for me, and I managed to break a nail, as well, so I had to file all of them down, a bit. My manicure for thsi theme was done since last week, but I went to bed right after doing it and woke up with the worst smudged nails, ever! I only found time ro redo them after I filed them down and even though I did not keep all the original elements, I like how it turned out.

The theme, as you can see, it " Pretty in Polka Dots", so I chose to mix polka dots with flowers and a lady Polar Bear that feels pretty, since yesterday was Earth Day.

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March's Nails Challenge - Flakies

Another week, another challenge!

This week, the last weekend of March, I am going to show you a manicure that's very simple but elegant, in my opinion. It didn't require much effort, just a bit if patience.

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Spring time!

Hello & Happy Spring, everyone!

I wanted to make this post yesterday, in the first day of Spring but... better late than never, right?

I'm not a big fan of Spring, yet I am happy that the weather has warmed up a bit so I wanted to celebrate it with a new manicure. I spent two days working on my nails and had around three or four failed attempts, but, in the end, I remembered that I had these *magical* things called "Water Decals" which I haven't used since last year and I gave them a go.

Here is the result:

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Nail Art Marathon 2015 - 30.Sugar Spun

Hello, happy people!

Christmas is coming very soon and so it the end of our Marathon. For the next few weeks I will try to bring a bit of Christmas in each of my manicures and bring joy to you all. :D

This week's theme was sugar spun, one of my favorite techniques and I decided to try it in two ways: normal and for a pattern. Here is the result:

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Nail Art Marathon 2015 - 26. One Stroke

Two posts in one day??? OMG! Is it Christmas?
Meh, no, not yet... Just me running late...

As I previously said (in the other blog post) both manicures are Teo's suggestions. :D
I finally came around to doing a manicure using the one-stroke technique and my conclusion is: it's not even that hard to paint! (using the correct brush, of course). ^_^

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Nail Art Marathon - 21.Inspired by your favorite game

Hello nail art lovers!

This week the blogs will be filled with cute characters, pretty colors and, possibly, nostalgia, since Andreea suggested we represent our favorite games on our nails. ^_^

My all time favorite game is Sims (2 & 4) got me hooked, but besides the plum-bob and the logo, I did not know what to do on my nails so I searched for another game. My second option was the board-game named "Cluedo" but that is a little too scary to represent on my nails before Halloween, so I thought to myself, "what did I like playing with as a child?". The answer was "Barbie dolls, of course" but I have done Barbie themed nails a while back so I needed something new. And then it hit me: LEGO! :D

I've seen interpretations for LEGO nails on other blogs before and I always thought that the idea was pretty cute so I went with it. Here is my interpretation for "LEGO nails":

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Nail Art Marathon 2015 - 17. Animal Print

Ssssssss... Sssss...
Do you hear that too? It's such a weird sound...

Ssssss.... Ssss...Ah, yessss! I know what it is! It's my animal print manicure for this week's theme! Iulia B should be thrilled with the zoo she's created in the nail art blog space! :)))

As you've probably guessed already, this week's nails are inspired by snake skin and, because I wouldn't be myself if I wouldn't alter the theme a bit, my personal touch - the Slytherin logo (any Harry Potter fans here?). :D

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Nail Art Marathon 2015 - 12. Rainbow Nails

Hello, nail art lovers! :D

This week's post is late, as well, but I promise to be on time tomorrow and the weeks that will come. The "rainbow nails" idea belongs to Iulia and I chose to interpret it a little different and more glittery. :D

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Nail Art Marathon - 8.Gradient

Hey there!

This week's post is a little late because I had some issues with my nails and other things, plus a very busy end of the week, but I managed to take some [bad] pictures of my manicure this evening.

The theme is one of my favorites - gradient - and was Madalina's idea. I use a lot of gradients as a background for my manicures but this time I tried to make it stand out a bit.

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