Birthday Mani - Take Two

Remember yesterday's birthday mani?

I told you that I wished the lines were longer...

Here it is....

My Birthday Mani take two... This time looking good!!! :)

See, it's all about practise... :)

I bet my third will look a lot better...

And tell me, which version do you like???

Models Own - Beth's Blue and My Birthday Mani!!!

Today is my birthday!!!!

Yayyyy!!!!

I have bought a lovely polish for my birthday... It is Models Own Beth's Blue!!! It is a lovely pastel creme baby blue... The formula is a little bit on the thick side. First coat is streaky but if you apply another thick coat, it evens out...

Anyway, if you are following Nailsaurus, you should be familiar with her new trend "Waterfall" mani, which I lovedddd!!!

EDIT!!! Here's the tutorial she made!!! Really helpful!!!

I tried to copy hers and grabbed my blue polishes and Born Pretty Store thin striper brush... 

And I made thin stripes with different blues... Well, at least I tried to make thin stripes... LOL

Anyway, after all nails were full, I wanted to add some shine. So I took Catherine Arley Holo 676, which is a really sheer grey holo, and topped my nails with it... :)

So, here's the final result...

 

sunlight

sunlight

Annnyway, it is not even close to Sammy's mani but you get the main idea... LOL

I like this design so much, I'll surely try again... Looking at the pictures now, I wish I had made longer stripes... Next time... :)

Here are polishes I used for this mani... :)

So, what do you think? Do you think these nails are birthday material??? 

EDIT: Here are my birthday presents from my daughter and mom!!!

Golden Rose Gradient with Flormar Icy Top

Just a quick mani I did this afternoon...

I used Golden Rose Rich Color 47 as my base and then did a gradient with 47 and 26... 

Then I used Flormar Icy Top IT02 on top...

Finished it with Poshe... ;)

Simple and cute... Isn't it???

3 New Collections From Flormar and Holiday Haul

Talk about no buy...

Well, since I've broken my no buy pledge, there was no reason to keep me from diving into Flormar shop yesterday....

Apperantly, Flormar has 3 new collections... One is called Icy Tops... They are jelly based colorful topcoats with bar and round glitters in them. There was a red jelly based, a blue jelly based as far as I remember. Could not take pictures because the sales lady was standing right next to me... Anyway, I only bought one from that collection. It is a clear based topcoat with black and white bar and round and gexagonal glitters... It looks like stick and stones, that's why I bought it....

The other collection was the Sorbet Collection. Blues and greens with micro glassflecks... I wasn't really going to buy any but my daughter insisted on a green and a teal, so we got them... The formula is a little sheer on the first coat but second coat makes it perfect. Easy to work with....

On my pinkie S02 and on my ring finger S04.

Finally a collection I loved, Black Dot... These have round and hexagonal black glitters in grey, pink, mint and blue bases... Loved them and got them all!!!

Two coats on each finger. Little black glitter are problem free but you need to make some placements for the big hexagonal ones. I did not use a top coat but clearly they need it... ;)

Last but not least, I bought two more Golden Rose Holiday Textures... Pink is 76 and lilac is 69... 

And I bought Color Club Art Club nail art polishes in Solid Silver and Black...

I'm still on holiday and I don't have my big camera with me, so you'll have to bear my crappy cellphone pictures. But I promise to make beautiful swatches once I get home...

So, what do you think? Did you ser anything you like???

Mermaid Tail Mani... :)

I've been wanting to make a mermaid tail mani ever since I bought the MASH plates... There's a lovely fish scale pattern on Mash39 plate for those of you who don't know... Many talented blogger friends have made wonderful manis using that plate and I guess now it is my turn... :)

I started with 2 coats of China Glaze For Audrey... I've been lemming this polish for a long time and now that I have it, I have to admit that the formula is really upsetting. The color is awsome, but the formula is thick, floods over cuticles and may be streaky if not handled carefully.... :(

Well, it is still a gorgeous color for my mani... :)

Over that, I used Sally Hansen Fairy Teal, and sponged it on the tips to make a gradient.

Then I went through my polish stash and found the lovely Golden Rose Jolly Jewels 107, a teal glitter bomb... I sponged a little on the tips...

Finally, I grabbed my precious A-England Saint-George and Mash39 and stamped the scales... :)

I finished it with a good old friend; Sally Hansen Mega Shine...

Funny story here; the first time I was visiting the States, ages ago, I came across Sally Hansen products and immediately fell in love... I grabbed a few and Mega Shine was one of them... For the record, I was only using white polish those days... LOL Anyway, it was such a great product for me, drying my polish in seconds, keeping it super shiny and lasting for a long time... :) I still buy a few bottles from time to time, and today when I saw it laying down in the nail-art box, I had to use it...

Did not upset me... No bleeding... :)

Well, I'm totally in love with this manicure and I dedicate it to all the mermaids out there... LOL :) Keep safe... :)

with flash