tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45315034430369332072024-03-13T16:13:04.742+01:00frankiehuntersnailsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-30698523351830791472015-07-23T12:29:00.000+02:002015-07-23T12:29:36.007+02:00Better late than never... Birthday Collab Mani for Ssunnysideup<div style="text-align: left;">
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How are you? Is it as freakin' hot where you are as it is here in Austria? 2 weeks of hot weather now, it's exhausting...</div>
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Anyways, today I want to show you, what I did for <a href="http://www.ssunnysideup.com/2015/06/ssunnysideupbirthdaycollab.html">Sabrina at Ssunnysideup</a> for her birthday. I know, it's nearly a month ago... I'm sorry.</div>
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But here it is... finally!</div>
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She asked many artist to participate and many answered her call. You can see all of them when you click at the link above.</div>
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Sabrina had a inspiration pic and everyone could do a design inspired by this picture. It was challenging but fun!</div>
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I took this funny looking flowers as inspiration and their circle gradient colors. In my head all this looked way better and I chose a very complicated way to do this circular gradient...</div>
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Nevertheless, I learned from it and I liked the outcome very much in the end. Especially my thumb! After I finished the flowers I thought, what about my thumb? I decided to use all colors and simply write "Happy B-Day" over it.</div>
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I liked the color combination so much, that I decided to do this on all my nails again and the outcome of this project can be found as a guest post at <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/07/summer-of-guest-posts.html">Roaring Nails</a>! Take a look!</div>
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Here are all the polishes I used:</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">O.P.I. - Alpine Snow (as a base, because most of the polishes are neon like)<br />China Glaze - Sun Worshipper (dark neon yellow or light neon orange, however you want to describe it)<br />Essie - saturday disco fever (neon orange)<br />Essie - bottle service (neon pink)<br />Essie - dj play that song (neon purple)<br />Essie - hide & go chic (medium blue)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">China Glaze - Treble Maker (darker neon green)<br />China Glaze - Fairy Dust (my to-go holo glitter top coat)<br />Glisten&Glow - HK Girl Top Coat (for some extra shine)</span></div>
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Well, that's it!</div>
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Don't forget to take a look at my guest post and all the other guest posts at Robin's blog, They are all amazing!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-9137351703836448922015-07-03T19:14:00.000+02:002015-07-03T19:14:02.720+02:00A little explanation...Hellu ladies!<br />
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First I want to apologize for my absence... I miss you...<br />
Not posting on my blog, breaks my heart a bit every day. I want to explain... or rather I try to.<br />
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At the moment it's very hard to find the time, to paint my nails, photograph them, edit them and last but not least, blog about it. My weekends are cramped full of stuff, you know round-birthday parties, weddings or other family parties.<br />
During the week I have to work, keep the house in order, do dinner and so on.<br />
And my nails give me a hard time too... my cuticles look like s**t, I think because of the now hot and dry weather and the AC is running everywhere and sucks all the niceness out of my skin... It's frustrating.<br />
But it's not only me... You know <a href="http://www.thenailasaurus.com/">Sammy from thenailasaurus</a> - she also posted only four times these last two months, which, you will see if you look at her blog, is very less, compared to before. Like me, she didn't stop painting her nails, but, and I want to recite her now:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.1000003814697px; line-height: 24.2000007629395px;">I'm still thinking about blogging every single day, multiple times a day... okay basically just all the time. It's in my bones now and I can't escape it. The ideas keep on coming but I'm lagging a little on the execution side of things. I'm sure some of you know exactly where I'm coming from with this. Please tell me I'm not alone! (Source: <a href="http://www.thenailasaurus.com/2015/06/lots-of-gradient-nail-art.html">link</a>)</span></blockquote>
Yes Sammy, you are not alone!<br />
I love your art, you clean pics, they are so inspirational to me. Everytime you post a gradient, I want to do one too. I know exactly, how you feel and beg you, don't stop blogging! Don't force yourself, but don't stop entirely either! I would miss you so much!<br />
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And there is <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/">Robin from roaringnails</a>, my personal blogging BFF. She is on an internship at the moment and very busy too. I miss her posts and nail art.<br />
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I really can't understand, how people have the time to write a new post everyday like <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.ithinitybeauty.com/p/about.html">Ithfifi from Ithinity Beauty</a> or <a href="https://flightofwhimsy.wordpress.com/">Eva from Flight of Whimsy</a> (two very awesome blogs, if you don't know them)! I mean, this is awesome and I'm so jealous!</span></span><br />
I feel pangs of conscience every time I see, that they wrote a new post.<br />
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And then I start thinking: Don't you want to post? Do you have a blogger burnout? Do you want to stop completely? Do you want to abandon your baby entirely? Are you passionate enough about all this?<br />
These thoughts make me sad... really sad.<br />
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But then my Inner-Nail-Freak speaks up...<br />
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<b><i>Yes! You want to post! Yes, you want to write about what you have done!</i></b><br />
<b><i>Maybe, you are a bit burnt-out, but this is nothing, a bit of time can't heal!</i></b><br />
<b><i>No! You don't want to stop, you love what you do!</i></b><br />
<b><i>No! You don't and won't abandon your baby! You can do this!!</i></b><br />
<b><i>Yes! You are a nail freak and you have the passion!</i></b><br />
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So there is hope!<br />
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I'm glad you have come so far in this post, that makes me happy!<br />
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I just wanted to write this off my heart, because it is a burden, I wanted to get rid off for a long time now.<br />
I'm also sorry, that there are no pics today, but I don't have anything related to the mood of this post...<br />
But I'm confident, that after nearly two years, I'm allowed to share something personal here, without sounding awkward (hopefully ;) ).<br />
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I have lots of unreleased pics in my stash, so if you stay tuned, you can see them in near future. And like I said before, I didn't stop painting my nails, so there will be nail art afterwards too!<br />
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Thank you, really thank you, for reading all this! Please share your thoughts, I'm curious!<br />
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Yours<br />
FrankieAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-20499203120811562482015-06-07T21:23:00.001+02:002015-06-07T21:23:04.718+02:00The Nerd-Geek Challenge - A SummaryHellu ladies!<br />
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Greetings from sunny and hot Austria! I didn't post much lately, because I'm super busy with private life and sunbathing! :) After this wet and cold May, finally the sun showed up and graced us with her presence!<br />
But enough talking, more pictures!<br />
Today's post is about Robin's and my challenge, we did in April and May! Robin already posted her round-up post, which you can see <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/06/the-nerd-geek-challenge-round-up-post.html">here</a>. She was also so kind, to lend me the collage she made from all the pics from other bloggers!<br />
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First: I want to say <b>THANK YOU</b> to all those people who participated and read and liked the designs we made! This is so encouraging, when you set up something and know, someone likes what you do! Hopefully you will join us, when we do another challenge, which will definitely happen, so stay tuned!<br />
In the pic above you can see pics from following people (which you definitely should look at!):<br />
<a href="http://nerdyfleurty.blogspot.be/">Nerdy & Fleurty</a><br />
<a href="http://lacajitadediana14.blogspot.be/">La Cajita de Diana</a><br />
<a href="http://i-like-the-night.blogspot.be/">Ke$ha DIY</a><br />
<a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/">Roaring Nails</a><br />
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The first prompt was about our favourite character and I chose Garrus Vakarian, a hot alien guy from a game called Mass Effect. You can see the post about it <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/04/the-nerd-geek-challenge-first-prompt.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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I'm so proud about this one, this was a real challenge for me and I discovered that gel-pens are perfect for nail art!<br />
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The second prompt was about our favourite movie and I chose Star Wars, because some days before the trailer for the new Star Wars movie aired. "Chewie, we are home!" was the most epic sentence from this trailer and I painted it on my nails! <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/04/rfnerdnailschallenge-prompt-2-inspired.html">HERE</a> you can find the whole post about it!<br />
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Zoya Storm was a great choice for the background, don't you think?!<br />
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The third prompt was about our favourite TV-show. I wanted to do a Battlestar Galactica inspired design, since Robin and I decided to host this challenge. My first idea didn't made it on the blog, simply because I wasn't able to paint it on my nails, but I think I the final design was also very cool! You can catch it <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/05/the-nerd-geek-challenge-third-prompt.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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Here you can see the gel-pen I used for all these fine lines! It feels a bit like cheating, but believe me, with these pens it's sooo easy to paint detailed designs!<br />
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The fourth and last prompt was about our favourite fantastical beast and me and <a href="http://nerdyfleurty.blogspot.be/">Nerdy & Fleurty</a> chose the Unicorn, but in different styles! Look up her post <a href="http://nerdyfleurty.blogspot.be/2015/05/nerd-geek-challenge-fantastic-beast.html">HERE</a> and mine <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/05/the-nerd-geek-challenge-final-prompt.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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I so love this movie and Unicorns!<br />
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You know, many nail artists paint difficult patterns only on their non-dominant hand and me too. So I made a collage for you where you can see what I wore on my right hand (which is my dominant hand):<br />
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And here I have a collage where you can see all my badass accent nails! #sorrynotsorry for all this self-congratulation, but I'm really proud, because I was never good at freehand designs and I think all turned out very well!<br />
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<b>THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!</b><br />
I'm so incredibly happy that some took the challenge and that Robin was so willing to do this with me!<br />
Hop over to her blog, she wrote it more detailed and listed all the blogposts from the other participants, so don't have to search for them!<br />
Robin, thank you for being awesome, can't wait to do another challenge with you!<br />
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Last but not least, a big thank you to my fiancé, who not only made the awesome challenge banner, but also stood by me with advice and critics to all these designs! I'm so glad you are with me and that you endure my nail art addiction! I love you!<br />
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Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more challenges!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-53191073814162461422015-05-26T19:00:00.000+02:002015-05-26T19:00:03.616+02:00NYC - Disco Inferno SwatchHellu ladies!<br />
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How has your weekend been? Did you see the last post from Robin's and my challenge? Just hop back one post or wait for the roundup post, I will hopefully launch this week!<br />
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Today I want to show you a polish, Robin from <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/">roaringnails</a> sent me some time ago, when we swapped polishes.<br />
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<b>O.P.I.</b> - My Boyfriend Scales Walls<br />
<b>NYC</b> - Disco Inferno<br />
<b>Glisten&Glow</b> - HK Girl Top Coat<br />
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<b>NYC - Disco Inferno</b> is a glitter bomb with medium blue and silver glitter and larger round holo glitter in a clear base. The glitter lays completely flat on the nail, which surprised me a lot and I added top coat more out of habit, than to increase the shine! Awesome!<br />
This is a real glitter-bomb, but mostly in the bottle, which is a bit sad. On the nail, it's shiny and glittery, but hm... how can I describe this effect to you?<br />
It's like you see a movement from the corner of your eyes, you know there was something, but you can't tell for sure. The glitter flashes, when you don't expect it and not all particles flash at the same time.<br />
This topper is for sure, not like any other in my collection!<br />
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It was hard to capture the sparkly holo flash of the great round sequins, but I have some bottle shots where you can see them properly!<br />
You may ask yourself, why my middle finger is without glitter... Well, something terrible happened to this little poor guy. More about it, after some more pics!<br />
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I wanted to try <b>Smitten Polish - Jack Frost</b> this week, which I haven't worn since I bought it. As ever, I used <b>O.P.I. Glitter Off Base Coat</b>, for easy removal. I did everything like every time I use it, but when I removed it with my metal scraper, I did something wrong... (Oh myyy, my stomach twists and turns when I just think about it...) Maybe I pressed too hard or hold it in a wrong angle or maybe my nails have been too soft, because I took a shower, before I removed it or the layer of the Glitter Off Base Coat has been to thin, but I scraped several layers of my nail off with the polish! It didn't hurt, but I nearly threw up when I saw it! I will take a pic of it, when I remove the polish, just as warning for you guys, not to make you vomit or hurt like me.<br />
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Ok, what do you think of this? Are these available in your country, because in good ol' Austria I haven't seen this brand!<br />
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Thank you Robin, for this one! It's a great topper!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-9243046870178795842015-05-25T00:15:00.000+02:002015-05-25T00:15:01.685+02:00The Nerd-Geek-Challenge - Final Prompt - Inspired by a Fantastical BeastHellu ladies!<br />
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Today is the last prompt of Robin's and my challenge! Robin has already posted her interpretation which you can look up <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/05/the-nerd-geek-challenge-prompt-4.html">here!</a> I think it turned out super cool!<br />
I took inspiration from one of my favourite animated movie, book and comic book! What could this be you may ask?!<br />
It's The Last Unicorn!<br />
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Oh myyy ... I love this story! It's full of magic and love and action and hey, who doesn't loves unicorns?<br />
To get in the mood I watched the whole movie again today and I cried my eyes out!<br />
This movie is full of emotional scenes and here I have one for you, ahm... it's in English with Spanish subtitles and in bad quality, but the movie is from 1982, so it's 5 years older than me and I think that explains all!<br />
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I have to confess, I don't like the English synchronisation very much, maybe because I've seen the movie about a million times in German. My mum has been so nice and recorded the movie once and from this time , my sister and me watched it every now and then. Oh, and I think I had a little crush on Prince Lir... It is simply heartbreaking, when he awakes from the dead and realizes that his great love has gone...<br />
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For my nail art I only used MBSW as base and added the acrylic paint with the watercolor technique. The Unicorn and the Red Bull (which is very bad and looks more like a devil) are painted with my gel liners!<br />
Ladies, I have to confess, I will never use anything else again for detailed nail art then gel liners! It's so simple to paint with them!<br />
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My ring finger and pinkie have a double effect! They look a bit like the Unicorns hair and like the sea, where King Haggard keeps the other Unicorns, don't you think?!<br />
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Fun fact: <a href="http://nerdyfleurty.blogspot.be/2015/05/nerd-geek-challenge-fantastic-beast.html">Nerdy & Fleurty</a> also did Unicorn nails for today! Two minds - one thought! HAHA!<br />
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Ok ladies! I hope you enjoyed this challenge as much as I did! I have to say I really pushed myself with all this freehand-detailed-painting!<br />
Please be so kind and spam a link in the comments if you participated too! What I have seen was creative and good looking and I think others will enjoy too! :)<br />
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Thank you Robin! It has been an amazing challenge and I really like to repeat this some time! Would you dear readers want to see a challenge hosted by Robin and me again?! Tell us in the comments!<br />
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P.S.: Congrats to Sweden for winning the Eurovision Song Contest! This guy is hot! And congrats to all the other countries too, especially Belgium (*winkstoRobin*)! Zero points for my own country is hard, but we'll deal... I wouldn't have voted for this lame song either! HAHAAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-8671481432581415952015-05-10T23:19:00.001+02:002015-05-10T23:19:54.218+02:00The Nerd-Geek Challenge - Third Prompt ... Inspired by a TV-ShowHellu ladies!<br />
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Better late, than never, today's post is about my favourite Sci-Fi show! Believe me, it was tough, but I had an idea stuck in my mind for this prompt, for a very long time.<br />
I did something completely different...<br />
I will tell you soon, but now, let's see what I've done for you today!<br />
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Aaand, have you guessed it right?<br />
You see nail art inspired by Battlestar Galactica - the new version!<br />
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I really own most of my nerdness my lovely man, without him, I wouldn't have watched this awesome show!<div>
This one is about humans against intelligent machines, called Cylons. Once they were built to serve the humans, but they were too smart and declared war to humankind. There are 12 colonies, named liked our zodiac signs, which the Cylons destroyed and only a few spaceships, cramped full with humans survived. Most of them are civil ships and there is only one warship left - Battlestar Galactica, which protects the civil ships as good as possible. Battlestar is a warship class - the biggest warship in this fictional world and they are awesome and badass! </div>
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So this show is about how the humans try to survive, love, rivalry, politics and even religion. It is really exciting and once you saw one episode, you are unable to stop! There are so many twists and turns and you got hooked to it really fast.</div>
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Definitely a thumbs up for this one, if you like Sci-Fi a bit!</div>
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On the pic above you see my secret weapon for all those fine details - my black gel liner!</div>
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I love to draw with this one! But, there is always a but, I have to confess something today...</div>
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Well, this is perfect to seal it, but (here it is) I experienced that my top coat lifts, if I for example wash my hands, because of the hairspray, which you can see on my pointer if you look closely!</div>
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At the moment, I can't tell you how to fix this problem, but I will, if I find a way!</div>
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Confession time - take two!</div>
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I planned to choose Battlestar Galactica since <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/05/the-nerd-geek-challenge-prompt-3.html">Robin</a> and me came up with this idea, because I wanted to draw the tattoo the characters called Starbuck and Sam wear on their arm. It looks like this:</div>
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Looks simple, right? NOOO!! It's f***ing hard to draw and after ten tries, I gave up!</div>
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I chose the Battlestar logo, some pilot rank signs and the BSG signature instead and I'm happy with the outcome! :)</div>
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Ok, that's it for today! I hope you had a wonderful Sunday, here in Austria it has been Mother's Day too, that's also the reason why this post is up so late.</div>
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I also want to say sorry for my absence lately, but I catched a little cold this week and overall my motivation is a bit weak at the moment. Hopefully I can show you more manis soon, because I didn't stop painting my nails. It's just so much work behind all this and I also have a full time job, a man, a cat, a household and yeah, blogging time suffers from all this.</div>
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Please stay tuned, I appreciate every comment and visit of my blog!</div>
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Thank you for reading so far and have a nice week! :)</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-57532685682409506792015-04-26T22:12:00.000+02:002015-05-10T23:39:35.336+02:00The Nerd-Geek Challenge - Prompt 2 - Inspired by a MovieHellu ladies!<br />
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Today is inspired by a fantasy/Sci-Fi movie and you know, nail art is a boundless art and you can take inspiration from everywhere!<br />
So when I saw the new Star Wars - The Force Awakens movie teaser last week, I knew immediately what I will do for this prompt!<br />
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Are you as excited as I am about this movie? In case you haven't watched the teaser, here it is:<br />
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This sentence is already epic! Tears literally stung my eyes when I saw and heard this, even though I'm not the biggest Star Wars fan. I love the movies, even the new ones, they are so exciting and sad at the same time.<br />
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For my design I painted all my nails with <b>Zoya - Storm</b>, because of it's tiny silver/holo flecks. This polish looks so much like the sky at night.<br />
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Then I draw the words with white acrylic paint and a small nail art brush.<br />
When the paint was dry I added <b>China Glaze - Sun Worshipper</b>, because this is the only polish I own, which seams color accurate to the Star Wars logo color. I think it really fits!<br />
I finished everything with one coat of <b>GGal Australia - Gloss Boss</b>.<br />
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On my right hand I simply made galaxy nails, because Star Wars also plays in space, right?! :D<br />
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I'm happy I could finish all in time, because I couldn't find the time to do my nails, until some hours ago. Yesterday was such a sunny day here and the man and me decided to do some outside work, which brought us a serious sunburn! But that's nothing some After Sun - Lotion can't mend! We really underestimated the intensity of the sun! :D<br />
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So I hope you liked it and I can't wait so see your creations!<br />
Please leave a link in the comments below!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-27036980933883927052015-04-19T10:19:00.002+02:002015-04-19T10:19:26.786+02:00Negative space halfmoon blobbicureHellu ladies!<br />
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Are you like me thinking about, what you will do for our <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/search/label/%23RFnerdnailschallenge">second prompt</a>? I already have something in mind and I'm really curious what you guys will do!<br />
But until then, I want to share something with you, I did a while ago!<br />
I partly participated at the WNAC (Weekly Nail Art Challenge) hosted by @missbellatracey , @simplynailogical and @kgrdnr (I'm currentyl unable to link to their Instagram profiles, so just search them there).<br />
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The theme was holo and there were different prompts, the first one was blobbicure, a fun technique, where you put blobs of polish on a still wet layer of polish. Normally they float together and some look like turtle shells or such.<br />
I haven't tried this technique until then and thought, yeah why not?!<br />
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But a simple blobbicure was too dull for me. So I decided to add a negative space halfmoon!<br />
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I really loved how this colors looked together. Soft and bold together and the holo shimmer was so nice!<br />
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Have you ever tried a blobbicure?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-17683710029254776602015-04-12T20:02:00.000+02:002015-04-12T20:02:48.830+02:00The Nerd-Geek Challenge - First Prompt!Hellu ladies!<br />
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It's the first Sunday of Robins and my challenge. Todays post is inspired by our favourite Sci-Fi / Fantasy character and believe me, this was tough! I had to think really hard and there were so many that came to my mind.<br />
But then, through the fog of my brain an angel came, or more an "Archangel" came, to rescue me...<br />
(Some maybe got the hint already...)<br />
I want to show you my true Sci-Fi love... Garrus Vakarian from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect">Mass Effect</a>.<br />
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If I could ever hang out with a fictional character, it would be him. He is such a cool guy, a sniper with incomparable skill and if you know his story, you won't be able, not to love him!<br />
Wikipedia can describe him better than me:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Garrus Vakarian</b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> is a fictional character in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioWare" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="BioWare">BioWare's</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Mass Effect">Mass Effect</a></i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> franchise, who acts as a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_(role-playing_games)" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Party (role-playing games)">party member</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> (or "squadmate") in each of the current three games.</span> </span> </blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Garrus is a turian, one of the various alien species in </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Mass Effect</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, and is voiced by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Keener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Brandon Keener">Brandon Keener</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Garrus is a turian, an alien </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-decoration: none;" title="Bird">avian</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"> race resembling "humanoid birds or raptors."</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span> </blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Design wise, Garrus wears a visor and has a blue-and-black theme to his armor. In </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect_2" style="background: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Mass Effect 2">Mass Effect 2</a></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">, while in Omega, Garrus is seriously injured by a gunships's chain gun and rockets and so gains scars and a cracked armor.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></blockquote>
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Mass Effect is one of my favourite Playstation 3 games and without the encouragement of my man, I wouldn't have played it. But he pushed me to try it and I loved it. I'm so sad, that there are no more games at the moment, but there are rumors, that the publisher will continue the series.<br />
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Ok, why did I choose him?<br />
Well, in this game it's possible to "romance" other main characters, means build up a romantic relationship with them. I knew this character will be Garrus as soon as I saw him. Or rather heard him... He has such a smooth and cool voice. And he is also a good looking guy ... for a reptile-like alien! :D<br />
My favourite scene with him was, when he told Shepard (the character you are playing), that he researched ways ... ahem... how to get physical between Turians and Humans.<br />
You can see this here:<br />
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But my heart ached badly in Mass Effect 3, when the final fight was due and I had to say goodbye to Garrus...<br />
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Oh myyy... find out how a Turian-Human baby looks like!!<br />
Ok, enough sighing and melancholical remembering, more nail art, otherwise I have to fire up our Playstation 3 again and play this awesome game again, just to see Garrus!<br />
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You know, I'm not a good freehand painter, so I just painted Garrus' face on my middle finger and did watermarble decals for the rest of my fingers.<br />
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<b><i>Used polishes:</i></b><br />
<b>O.P.I.</b> - Alpine Snow, Lady in Black, My Boyfriend Scales Walls<br />
<b>Sally Hansen </b>- Don't be Blue<br />
<b>Glisten & Glow</b> - HK Girl Top Coat<br />
Gel liners in black, blue and silver for Garrus<br />
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I'm not happy with the outcome of the watermarble decals, yes they are catastrophic! They were so thin, that when I applied them on my nails, bubbles build up underneath and even my top coat wasn't able to smooth them out.<br />
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<i>If you paint with gel liners, you will see, that they dry very very slow... So if you don't want to smear the design with your top coat, just spray on some hair spray, let it dry and add the top coat then! No smearing! This trick works also with nail polish!</i><br />
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So... I'm super happy with my little Garrus, but unbelieveable unhappy with the rest of my fingers...<br />
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Ok, what do you think?<br />
Have you ever played Mass Effect? Are you a gamer girl!<br />
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Don't forget to leave a link in the comments, if you also participate!<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-77201389979259760712015-04-01T21:00:00.000+02:002015-04-01T21:00:02.874+02:00The Nerd-Geek Challenge hosted by Robin and Me!Ladies and Gentleman!<br />
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I proudly present, something I planned nearly a month or so, together with my dear blogging friend Robin from <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/" target="_blank">Roaring Nails</a> , the ultimate nail art challenge!<br />
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Before I give you further details and I want to give a big THANK YOU to my fiancé, who did this awesome collage for us! He worked about three or more hours to produce this piece of art and I think he did it pretty fine! Don't you think? :D<br />
And of course Robin! Without her, I wouldn't have done this and believe me, it was hard creative work to set this all up, but I think it's a dream come true for both of us! There have been so many e-mails back and forth, but finally, we can share this with you!<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We would love, if you join us, or better we highly encourage you to join (more people more fun!) and if you do please use the hashtag <b>#RFnerdnailschallenge</b> , so we can see your manis at the different social media sites (like Instagram, Tumblr a.s.o.). Feel free to share this pic!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also, if you want us to see it, feel free to leave a link in the comments!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you don't have a blog or any social media, it doesn't matter, send us your pic via mail or else and if you allow, we share it on our blogs! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can post as many manis for each prompt as you like, we will maybe do it too!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's also ok, if you just do one, two or three prompts, because we know, sometimes it's hard to get inspired!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can use any techniques, even stickers or nail wraps!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you can't post it on the prompt day, it's totally ok, we all have a life outside the blogging and nail art world and understand!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">It can also be very abstract, like only colors or patterns which reminds you of something prompt related.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">geeky/nerdy challenge</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">so your inspiration can come from anything that would broadly be classified as such! Sci-Fi, fantasy, magic, werewolves, fairies, zombies, spaceships, dragons, vampires if you like it then it's fine by us! We want to be very inclusive so if you're not sure whether your idea is "nerdy" enough, don't worry about that and just do it! ;)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just to make it clear, the challenge starts now, the first post will be up on the 12th of april with the theme "Inspired by your favourite Sci-Fi/Fantasy character" and so on. Every mani should be inspired by the theme shown above!</span></li>
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Last but not least, my Instagram name is <a href="https://instagram.com/frankie.hunters.nails/">@frankie.hunters.nails</a> and on Tumblr you'll find me <a href="https://www.tumblr.com/blog/frankiehuntersnails">frankiehuntersnails</a> .</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-82704162412972639912015-03-31T19:07:00.000+02:002015-03-31T19:07:48.573+02:00Marble shardsHelluuu ladies!<br />
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Wow, it's been incredibly long since my last post, but I was so busy with my life outside blogging. I had a busy time at work and my private life was also very turbulent.<br />
Anyways... I did something some time ago, inspired by my dear blogging friend Robin! I saw <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/02/under-sea.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> post and boom inspiration hit me so hard!<br />
But it's just inspired by the colors I think, because my mani isn't a copy as you can see! Now, let's take a look and I will also share the secret behind this unbelievable simple design!<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I took a plastic bag (I always use the plastic in which my nail vinyls come) and dropped all the blue polishes on it! (that's easy too!)</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now there are two ways: First way is to swirl the colors together with a dotting tool or toothpick - the problem is, if you swirl it to much, you just have a new shade of blue, so be careful if you try this way. Second option is to fold the plastic and smack them together! Just press down with your finger on the places you think are not mixed up and unfold the plastic, you can do this as often as you like!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wait till it's dry enough to lift it from the plastic!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cut out the parts you like most and glue them on your nails with clear polish!</span></li>
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<span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">BAM! Awesome mani, easy done!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My index finger is a result of the "fold-the-plastic-and-smack-it" way! Isn't this awesome??</td></tr>
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<span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Can you see the holo shimmer?? Can you see the perfectly marbled bits?? This is so f*cking awesome, I have to do this again!!</span></div>
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I promised to show you my gold flakes topper from O.P.I. called <b>Don't Speak</b> over white, some time ago. Here it is!<br />
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<b>O.P.I </b>- Alpine Snow and Don't Speak (Gold flake topper)<br />
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First, don't be too distracted by my battered cuticles. At the moment it is really hard to get them nice and healthy, because of this shitty weather, sometimes it's cold, then it's a bit warmer and yeah, I also forget to use lotions and cuticle oil way to often.<br />
Nevertheless, I really loved the look of <b>Don't Speak </b>over white. It has a classy, elegant look and it's also subtle enough not to be overwhelming.<br />
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Some time ago, I bought some cheap gel liner pens in various colors, because I saw many nail artists using them. And after I used a dvd marker for the <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/02/birthday-mani-for-my-fiance.html" target="_blank">birthday mani</a>, I thought, well why not try?!<br />
I can really recommend gel liner pens for nail art! Working with them is so easy! It's like writing on paper, I mean not exactly like writing, but everyone who can hold and write with a pen will experience nearly the same, when using them for nail art.<br />
The only thing you have to be aware of is, that they don't remove as easily as for example water-soluble acrylic paint, or my pens don't go off as easily. I tried to correct them and there was a subtle visible line, after I washed it away.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-54070099858017854162015-03-09T19:24:00.001+01:002015-03-09T19:24:25.118+01:00Better later than never - Valentine's nails! :)Hello lovlies!<br />
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Today I want to show you something I did for Valentine's day, which is nearly a month ago. But who cares!<br />
Actually, I wore this design some days before Valentine's day. On Valentine's day I did a more vampy design, which I didn't take pics of, because my fingers are in a real bad shape at the moment.<br />
The cold weather really tortures my hands and cuticles and I don't want you to see them in such a bad condition.<br />
However, let's take a look!<br />
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I looove soft pink shades and I love the nail shape I had back then. As I said in my last post, I really like my nails long, but they are not very handy, so they don't stay long very long...<br />
Anyways, here they were incredibly lovely, don't you think?<br />
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I'm not in blogger heaven and I hope you missed me!<br />
I'm really sorry for my absence, but I have a busy life outside the blogging world at the moment. Hopefully I can post more now!<br />
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Today I have a ruffian manicure for you, done with polishes from the <b>O.P.I. - Fifty Shades of Grey Collection</b>!<br />
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Wow, I had to scroll back very far to find these pics *lol*. I did this mani about an month ago, but couldn't find the time to post them!<br />
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Looking at them now, I want my long nails back. At the moment, I'm wearing short nails because they are more practical. And I don't know, if you feel the same, but I don't like the click-e-ti-click sound, nails cause on keyboards, when they are too long... I can't explain, why it annoys me, but it does! :D<br />
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It was the first time I tried to do a ruffian manicure by only using the brushes from the polish - you know what I mean, no, doesn't surprise me... I try to explain! :D</div>
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I started by painting my nails with <b>Embrace the Gray</b> - it's a medium gray creme polish, which is nicely opaque in two coats.</div>
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Then I took <b>Dark Side of the Mood </b>and painted over the base with the brush from the bottle and as you can see, didn't paint the whole nail. This is a bit tricky... if you haven't done this you have to be careful, take it slow and paint slightly curved. I applied a second coat to smooth it out.</div>
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Last but not least, I added some dots with <b>My Silk Tie </b>and sealed it with <b>Glisten&Glow HK Girl</b>.</div>
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Oh myy... I love <b>Dark Side of the Mood</b> and I used it quite often lately.<br />
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So, opinion time!<br />
What do you think of these? Like or hate?<br />
Have you ever done a ruffian manicure? What's your favourite technique to achieve this look?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-60321751060309028422015-02-23T18:41:00.000+01:002015-02-23T18:41:30.858+01:00Something special for a special blogger friend!Hey ladies!<br />
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Today is a special day for a special blogger friend of mine! It's Robin's birthday, from <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/" target="_blank">roaringnails</a>.<br />
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I'm honest, I didn't make something solely for her, but I have decided to post this unposted mani and dedicate it to her. It's simple but very elegant!<br />
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This, ladies, are O.P.I. - Dark Side of the Mood from the 50 Shades of Grey Collection and O.P.I. - Don't Speak 18k Gold Topper from the Gwen Stefani Collection!<br />
Yes, I spent my Christmas Amazon gift vouchers on a gold topper and I loooove it!<br />
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It not only contains real gold flakies, but also a delicate shimmer and this is why it's so special in my eyes. It looks delicate and bold, elegant and extravagant at the same time. It's really gorgeous!</div>
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Dark Side of the Mood was the perfect companion for this topper. It's a dark grey with a hint of shimmer, which you can't see immediately. This is my absolute favourite of the whole 50 Shades collection and I'm really tempted to buy a big bottle, as I only own the minis.<br />
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I made a gradient with the gold topper, only with the polish brush, because the flakies are not too dense and the consistency of the polish is not too thick. I also applied it over white, which I will show you soon and believe me, this is also a very beautiful combination.<br />
As ever, I sealed it with Glisten&Glow - HK girl.<br />
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So, that's it! What do you think?<br />
Don't forget to stop by at Robins blog, she is also hosting a giveaway at the moment! Show her some birthday love! :)<br />
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Robin, Happy Birthday girl! I hope you had a wonderful birthday and got many presents!<br />
Thank you for being here and my (blogging) friend! Blogging would be very dull without you! :D<br />
Love, hugs and kisses<br />
FranziAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-9756800139975854002015-02-09T19:00:00.000+01:002015-02-09T19:00:00.643+01:00Zoya Storm Swatch and Nail ArtHello ladies!<br />
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Today I want to show you the first Zoya polish I own and I was so obsessed with!<br />
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So, this is Zoya - Storm!<br />
Oh my gosh, I was obsessed and frantic to get it, since I saw the first time. This polish was part of the Ornate Holiday 2012 collection, so it's "old", but definitely worth the money!<br />
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Are you obsessed now, like I was? Will you try to get a bottle of this beauty?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-8528162459870900502015-02-05T19:00:00.000+01:002015-02-05T19:00:00.888+01:00Birthday mani for my fiancéHelluuuu ladies!<br />
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Today I want to show you the design I did for my fiancè's birthday, which was at the beginning of January.<br />
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He plays piano since he's six years old, that's the reason why I painted some piano keys on the one hand.<br />
When we moved from the city to the countryside, our house was too small to fit the piano in. But some time ago, we rearranged the living room furniture and now there is space for it! My fiancè was really happy about it, even though he has to practice, because he hasn't played for a long time!<br />
Aaand and I don't know if I mentioned it before, but we are a bit nerdy... we love Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly or lets say nearly anything Sci-Fi and above all Fantasy, from The Lord of the Rings to The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones!<br />
That's the reason, why I painted the first two tacts of the "Imperial March" from Star Wars on the other hand (for all music enthusiastic - it's the first two tacts of the melody, and I know, I won't get rich with painting notes :) )<br />
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The design looks simple, but believe me, for a completely non-musically person like me (I quit learning to play the guitar after some months), it's really hard to paint notes *haha*.<br />
But I'm really proud about my straight freehanded lines!<br />
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<b>O.P.I. </b>- My boyfriend scales Walls<br />
<b>A-England</b> - Bridal Veil<br />
<b>China Glaze</b> - Fairy Dust<br />
<b>Glisten&Glow</b> - HK Girl Top Coat<br />
Black DVD-Marker for the lines<br />
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I started with painting all my nails with MBsW and added Fairy Dust above, for some sparkle.<br />
To get the black keys straight, I applied some nail vinyls, so they have the same length on every nail. Then I painted the keys with the striping brush.<br />
On the other hand I draw the lines first with the DVD Marker.<br />
<b><u>Personal hint!</u></b><br />
<u>A DVD Marker seems to be a perfect solution, if you don't have one of those fancy (and expensive) nail art pens. But as you can see, the lines smeared heavily, even though my top coat normally doesn't smear anything, or at least not polish. As I haven't tried it since this, I don't have a solution for this problem for you now, but I promise to state it, if I find one!</u><br />
<u>Nevertheless, it's really simply to use and I was amazed how easy it went on my nails. You maybe know about my love-hate relationship with the Essence - Tattoo Nail Art Pen, which doesn't work really good for me.</u><br />
<u>I also saw fellow bloggers use gel pens for nail art and I already bought some to try it. I will tell you about my experience with it, as soon as I tried them!</u><br />
At last, I added the dots with a small dotting tool!<br />
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I love this mani! And my fiancè liked it too! :) He could even read the notes, after some help *haha*, but not because he was out of practice, just because I'm not a good note writer!<br />
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What do you think?<br />
Did you also use alternatives to nail art pens? What are your experiences?<br />
Tell me in the comments!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-84556677038680470452015-02-03T20:01:00.001+01:002015-02-03T20:01:11.074+01:00Cozy Winter Sweater Nail ArtHelluuuu!<br />
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I'm back! Don't worry, I didn't quit, I simply hadn't had the time to post. But I have lots of unposted pics and swatches, which I will share with you soon!<br />
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Today I want to show you some winter nail art and swatches of one of the most amazing toppers on this planet and I tried the popular stamping decal method here!<br />
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Ok, about the nail art!<br />
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I started by painting all my nails black with <b>China Glaze - Liquid Leather</b>. Afterwards I added two coats of <b>MaxFactor - Fantasy Fire</b>.<br />
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<b>Fantasy Fire</b> is a stunning topper which transforms your basecolor, depending on which color it is. I experienced that with a black base you only see the red and green shimmer of it. I tried it once over a dark blue base and it shimmered blue and violet, simply amazing. Robin from Roaring Nails used it <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/2014/10/dark-magic-gradient.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>, take a look!<br />
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I wanted to try the stamping decals since I saw Lucy from Lucy's Stash explaining this method - see the post <a href="http://www.lucysstash.com/2014/01/nailvengers-assemble-new-year-new-technique.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. She explains it really simple with three slightly different videos, take a look!<br />
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<li>I used a tweezer to peel it of the plastic foil.</li>
<li>Then I applied one coat of topcoat on my nail and applied the decal.</li>
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I can really recommend this technique, because if you fail with one attempt, you can simply throw it away and make a new one. You don't have to redo the whole nail. And the best about it, you can make the decals and save them for some time, but not to long, because they start breaking.<br />
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Today I have a gradient manicure for you! Again!<br />
I saw something similar on Instagram lately, but I wanted to give it some more spice!<br />
So, here we are!<br />
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At first I thought that the contrast between the gradient and<b> My Vampire is Buff</b>, was too much, but looking at the pics now I don't think so. I think the contrast is just right!</div>
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Without flash, the polishes look like different shades of gray, but when I turned on the flash light, it bursted to boom-holo! Simply amazing!</div>
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At the moment I'm totally into gradients, not only because they look awesome, when well done, but also I try to figure out, how to protect my cuticles and an easy clean up method.<br />
You may have heard about <a href="http://www.kiesque.com/what-is-liquid-palisade/" target="_blank">Kiesque - Liquid Palisade</a>, this pink liquid latex stuff, many known bloggers and nail artists use, to protect their cuticles when they stamp, gradient or watermarble.<br />
Well, this stuff seems to be the holy grail for clean up, but it's expensive - $22 for this little bottle.<br />
So, smart me looked up alternatives, but before I tell you about it, lets see what I also thought would look good for New Years Eve!<br />
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<b>ILNP</b> - Bottle Service<br />
<b>ILNP</b> - Pixie Dust<br />
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Ok, first of all, sorry but these pics look a bit strange. Sometimes you can see the nail line, which was also like in real life, but only if the light hits in the right way. On my pics you can see it more clearly, but you can believe me when I tell you, that the holoness of <b>Pixie Dust </b>doesn't let you see it in reality. (I hope this sounds only half as confusing, as it seems to me...).<br />
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I wanted a very light and subtle gradient and these two polishes fit so well together, it's like a dream come true.<br />
<b>Pixie Dust</b> is a very soft pink polish with a strong holo effect, but I recommend to wear it over white or a soft pink, so you can avoid the visible nail line.<br />
<b>Bottle Service</b> is a champagne shimmer AND holo polish, the finish is a bit satin or maybe metallic. It really shifts from gold to silver and in between it is champagne. It's an awesome one!<br />
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You may have noticed that the little triangles are not the same size on both hands. Well, I could be a bad girl and tell you it's intention, but I'm a good girl and tell you the truth - it's not! I simply didn't manage to apply the vinyls even on both hands =) But I like both versions!<br />
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<i><b>Craft glue:</b></i> I got me a bottle of craft glue from Pritt. I think it's an international brand, if you want to try it, but I think every water based craft glue will have the same effect.<br />
I applied it with an old nail art brush around my cuticles. I also did it when I created my <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2015/01/happy-new-year-everyone.html" target="_blank">New Year Mani</a> to simplify the clean up of the glitter polish.<br />
<b>The verdict: </b>Meh... The first time, I applied a too thin layer, so it broke and I had lots of small pieces to peel off. Also the glue I applied near the nail, was hard to remove. I think I spent the same time removing the dried glue as I would have removing the glitter with nail polish remover.<br />
The second time, I applied a thicker layer, so it came off in nearly one piece. But a thicker layer means a longer drying time... argh...<br />
So you see, craft glue is not a real alternative. The only positive thing is, that you can get rid of leftovers with simple water.<br />
<b><i>O.P.I. - Glitter Off Base Coat:</i></b> You may have heard of this glitter off base coat from O.P.I. . I heard that folks like to use it as cuticle protector for messy nail art. I tried it and it's better than the craft glue, but I had the same problem with the glue near the nail. It's really hard to get rid of it.<br />
<b>The verdict:</b> works better than craft glue, but it's also more expensive.<br />
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I will try it again with both methods, because I got some new intel, hehe! The Liquid Palisade site says you have to remove it, before the polish is dry. So the next time I will remove it, before the polish dries and tell you about it.<br />
I already ordered some cheap liquid latex from Amazon, it will arrive soon, I will update you how it works.<br />
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One last thing, please be honest - was this little "review" helpful? Do want to know about my experience with the liquid latex?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-11492660113111358002015-01-03T10:22:00.001+01:002015-01-03T10:22:08.935+01:00Happy New Year everyone!Hey ladies!<br />
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I know I'm rather late for NYE wishes, but on the first I was simply too tired to post and yesterday I had to go to work, so here we are on the third!<br />
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For New Years Eve I decided to to a simple glitter gradient (?), which reminds of firework.<br />
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This was so easy to do, but it looked amazeballs! All the different glitter looked sparkly and even a bit elegant too.<br />
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<b>China Glaze</b> - Liquid Leather</div>
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<b>Ciaté</b> (in order of appearance above) - glitterball, candy cane, confetti, party shoes, yule rules</div>
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<b>Yule rules</b> - clear base with tiny teal glitter, on my pointer</div>
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I started with two coats of <b>Liquid Leather </b>(yeah, this is definitely my favourite black polish!). Then I used a <b>sponge</b> from <b>China Glaze </b>to apply the glitter. Dabbing on glitter polish is definitely the best way, to get a not too thick result. I waited to let it dry and sealed everything with one coat of <b>G&G - HK Girl</b>.</div>
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I have been with my family, that means my parents, my sister and her boyfriend and my fiancé for sure. It was a lovely evening, full of games, laughter and firework... You know when three men are around, there has to be a lot firework =)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-67484244342526616092014-12-30T19:00:00.000+01:002014-12-30T19:00:00.546+01:00My polish picks 2014Hey ladies!<br />
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The year 2014 is nearly over so I decided to show you my polish favourites of this year!<br />
They are all favourites of different reasons and if I had more time, there would be more. But I decided to choose these!<br />
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I bought the little bottle to test it and before I could finish the bottle, I ordered the big one!<br />
I can honestly say, this is the best top coat I used. It smoothes out glitter polish, it doesn't smear nail art or shrinks, the brush is just great and it is super shiny and wicked fast drying.<br />
Overall, the perfect top coat!<br />
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<i><b>The most extraordinary polish - O.P.I. - Push and Shove</b></i><br />
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Yes, it is a monster and unforgiving, if you don't have flawless nails, but this mirror chrome polish makes my heart jump in glee! You know, I don't paint my nails as long as many others, so I was fascinated by this polish. See my post about it <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2014/02/opi-push-and-shove-swatch.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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<i><b>The most stunning polishes - piCture pOlish - Altered State and MaxFactor - Fantasy Fire</b></i><br />
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When I first saw pictures of the xx collection I wanted them all! They looked so crazy yummy drooling!! I even got the everywhere sold out Aurora, but only Altered State went directly to my polish crazy heart! See my post about it <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2014/08/picture-polish-altered-state-swatch.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> (Ahem, I promised to show you the other polishes to, which I will... but completely forgot... sorry)<br />
Fantasy Fire... oh myyy... what an awesome topper! I saw so many awesome nail art and swatches and just wanted it. I already wore it and there will be a post with it soon. Until then, just look up what Robin from <a href="http://www.roaringnails.blogspot.co.at/2014/10/dark-magic-gradient.html" target="_blank">Roaring Nails</a> did with it! (Yes Robin, you are also responsible for getting me get it! =) )<br />
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<i><b>The most awesome polishes - Butter London - Royal Navy and A-England - Tristam</b></i><br />
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Butter London polishes are very expensive where I live, don't know if they are everywhere. However I'm happy I bought this awesome dark blue polish. It's an amazing color which I used multiple times, but <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2014/11/and-it-goes-on-with-glitter.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> you see the most awesome one!<br />
Tristam, oh Tristam... I just love this dark blue polish and it's delicate holo shimmer. It went directly to my heart on the first brushstroke. Maybe it's just it's name, but if I had to decide which polish I want to take to my grave, it would be this one! See my post about it <a href="http://frankiehuntersnails.blogspot.co.at/2014/07/a-england-swatch.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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<i><b>The lovliest polishes - Essie - Fiji (2014) and Urban Jungle</b></i><br />
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This year I bought many bold colors like you see above, but I also got me some soft tones and these two Essie's are my favourite ones. Even though many nail artist complain that the original Fiji is better than the new one, I really like it! And Urban Jungle simply is a perfect light beige color for various designs. I used them very often, but don't have a swatch post.<br />
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Are there some polishes you own and consider as your favourite too?<br />
What are your favourites? Tell me in the comments!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-42933960716001598592014-12-28T18:32:00.000+01:002014-12-28T18:32:23.272+01:00Christmas Nail artHy Ladies!<br />
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How are you? How were your holidays? Did you get cool presents and spent some time with your loved ones?<br />
I'm sorry I was absent so long, but the holiday business caught me fully, but now I'm back with my Christmas mani, which I photographed with my new Canon G16! Yes!! I got a really cool camera from my fiance for Christmas, how nice is that??<br />
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In Austria we celebrate Christmas on the 24th, but there was no time, so I had to do them on the 25th. But I wore them 'til yesterday.<br />
Christmas trees have been a popular pattern, so I decided to do them as well, but a monochrome version, with gold, silver, black and white.<br />
It was very time consuming to place all the stripes, so I choose a simple dot pattern on my other hand.<br />
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It's festive too, I think. Oh man, I love gold and white together! It looks so clean and elegant. I definitely want to something again with this combination!<br />
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<b>China Glaze </b>- White on White, Liquid Leather<br />
<b>Essence</b> - Wonder WOW! Man<br />
<b>Manhatten</b> - Templetation<br />
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Sorry, some pics look a bit weird... Don't know if you thinks so too... I have to learn a lot to handle my new baby right, so be prepared for some experimental pics!<br />
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I looooove my new camera!! Have some more pics!<br />
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Ok, that's it for now! I'm alive, so don't worry =)<br />
I wish you all a belated Merry Christmas!<br />
Stay tuned, I'm busy doing nail art to use my camera again, have I already told you I love it? =)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-34608693461456502692014-12-17T18:00:00.000+01:002015-03-07T20:18:45.273+01:00Mr. Grey will see you now or a swatch postHey ladies!<br />
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Are you a fan of 50 Shades of Grey by E.L. James? Have you read the books?<br />
No? Then you are a real rarity! :)<br />
I confess, I'm a big fan of the series. Next to fantasy I'm a fan of paranormal romance and sometimes I like to read erotic literature. Yes, I know, normally those books are not very sophisticated, but I love love-stories and I doesn't mind, if they are a bit... ahem... juicy. :)<br />
Today I want to show you a polish from the upcoming<b> O.P.I. - 50 Shades of Grey Collection</b>!<br />
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That's <b>Shine for Me</b> a silver foil polish with tiny blue glitter which are light and a bit darker blue. It dries to slightly textured finish. Extraordinary!<br />
Shown are two coats, some pics are with top coat some without.<br />
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It is shiny, it has glitter, it is slightly textured and it catches the light in a strange way. But the most interesting thing about it was, that even two coats of top coat didn't change the look. It didn't get more shiny or else, it's like it is.<br />
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Isn't it awesome? There are 5 more colors in this collection (just look it up on Google), but this one caught me when I first saw two Austrian nail artist on Instagram posted them. I also bought it in this small salon in Vienna, but I think I want some other polishes from this collection too! :)</div>
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A few weeks ago, I told A-England on Instagram, that the brush of my Bridal Veil bottle is broken and they were so kind to send me a new one! How amazing is that?!</div>
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Will you get some polishes from this collection? As far as I know they launch in January, so will have time to decide!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05508198537941891295noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531503443036933207.post-45803987608281792532014-12-14T16:02:00.001+01:002014-12-14T16:02:10.772+01:00Swatch - O.P.I. - Comet in the skyHey ladies!<br />
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I recently found a little treasure in Vienna! It is a small O.P.I. Salon! Can you believe this?? The owner and her mother are really nice people and we talked about nail art and polish. I will definitely visit this shop more often. The most exciting about this visit? I got a fresh bottle of <b>My Boyfriend scales Walls</b> (she said, it's her last and she doesn't think she will get them anymore) and a bottle of the new<b> 50 Shades of Grey Collection</b> (I will show you this one in another post soon)!!<br />
But now, I want to show you <b>Comet in the Sky</b> from the <b>Gwen Stefani Holiday Collection</b>, which I also bought there!<br />
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Yes... it is amazing, but not flawless!</div>
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<b>Comet in the Sky</b> has a clear base with tiny black glitter, big hex glitter and small iridescent and big iridescent glitter. That's it.</div>
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So the problem is... If you wear it over white or a light color, you can't see the iridescent particles properly. If you wear it over black or a dark color, the black particles are nearly useless...<br />
I show you <b>Comet in the Sky </b>over <b>KIKO Make up Milano - Metallic Stone</b> and over my completely new bottle of <b>O.P.I. - My Boyfriend scales Walls</b>.<br />
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<b><i>Conclusion:</i></b><br />
<b>Comet in the Sky</b> is <b>a lovely polish </b>and something completely new to my stash. <b>Application</b> was <b>very good</b> - I didn't have to fish much for the big glitter, but I <b>put the bottle upside down</b> for some time before I applied it.<br />
But the <b>usage</b> is... I just keep saying "hmpf" while I write this... <b>difficult</b>? Yes, that's a proper word.<br />
If you don't mind this, it's definitely worth it's money!<br />
Maybe as a Christmas present?!</div>
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