Freehand Squishy Marshmallow Nail Art

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing today? Have you had an exciting weekend? Yesterday we had my 5 year old niece's party. It was pretty good, she really enjoyed it. There were kids everywhere; And I mean everywhere. She enjoyed sharing her Frozen cake with all her little school friends. It was done in a 'soft play' center so they had lots of slides and things to play on. No doubt she will sleep well tonight. Actually, I probably will too after watching them run around all afternoon!

Can I share a secret with you?... Tomorrow I will be smoke free for a week! Its not something I've ever bragged about on here because I'm painfully unhappy that I ever started smoking in the first place. But together with my mum this seems to be going well, I feel confident that by the time I go back to Holland I wont be tempted!

Today I have what I hope is a cute manicure, these little guys are just chilling out, being all mellow ;)

(I feel like I've seen 'I'm so mellow' somewhere else... I'm not sure if it was on a t-shirt or something, I really have no idea. Do you ever get that feeling? I hope I have not ripped someone off or something!?)

I figure you can't have a miserable marshmallow, they are too squishy and floomphy (Of course that's a real word, what are you talking about?!) not to be happy.

For this manicure I began with two coats of Barry M's 'Huckleberry' and once dry applied a coat of Deborah Lippmann's 'Glitter In The Air' – still obsessed with this polish. I then used my acrylic paints to add the marshmallow's and finished with my Catrice topcoat.

I tried really hard with the lettering. In case you can't read my writing (which, lets face it is not the easiest to read at the best of times!) it says “I'm So Mellow”. Looking back it was a reaaaally stupid idea to do the writing in white. Lesson learnt.

What do you think of my squishy marshmallow nails? Have you done written art on your nails before, did you find it easy or hard?

Enjoy your Sunday!

Love

Ithi

The Gate To The Secret Garden

Allo polish Pals,

How are you today? I hope your having a good start to the week :) I have to apologize for my slow posting again, I've been feeling a little rough over the past couple days but I'm feeling better now! Yesterday I attempted some more stamping, while I love doing nail stamping I have always had trouble. I can never get the pattern neatly consistent or the tips of my nails aren’t covered by the pattern. That's why I decided to make my stamp pattern by creating my own whole-length decals. I found it worked much better. Sometimes I really believe that you have to find your own way to make something work for you. Not always will the same technique work for everyone.

I started by applying Barry M's 'Gold Foil' on my ring finger and added one blue gem and two pink gems on top. On my other fingers I applied two coats of Model's Own's 'Blueberry Muffin' and on top of that added Deborah Lippmann's 'Glitter In The Air' (Love love love) I used Barry M's 'Gold Foil' again to create my decals using my Nail Craze's plate 02. On of my all time favourite patterns to stamp with.

I feel I got the pattern laid down more consistently than if I tried to stamp directly onto my nail. The decals where pretty easy to work with too. I did find I didn't quite cover my middle finger nail but all in all it was easier for me.

Maybe this manicure is not for everyone but I really liked how the pink and blue glitter peeks through the pattern :) What do you think of this manicure? Do you like glitter polishes paired with stamping?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

Tokidoki Milky Latte Freehand Nails!

Hi everyone!

I have a nail art surprise for you today. I have attempted some freehand nail art based on one of my favourite designs. I love Tokidoki and their cute gorgeous patterns and characters so I decided to test out the Mash nail pens out some more by trying their Latte Milk carton cow! I hope you like!

UK readers! If your looking for some really good priced manicure items this is a great site. I recently came across it and will be ordering for myself for when I visit England soon. I think their products are so reasonable ~ 50 orange sticks for £2.95, say wuut! Check it out at the kleeneze shop.

 

 

 

I started with my usual base coat and applied two coats of DA's light blue. I then added a single coat of Deborah Lippmann's 'Light As Air' to my index, ring and pink and coated with Model's Own Pro matte topcoat. I then added a milky droplet look to my index and ring fingers using Mash nail art pen in white. I used the same pen to create the 'latte' text on my middle finger. For my thumb nail art I used all of the above and used Color Club's 'Normadic in nude' for the horns and Mash nail art pen in black to create the outline. I rather like that this is a matte look! You can blame the patchyness on the fact I went over the same area too many times perhaps.

This isn't perfect(obviously :c) but in terms of freehand nail art this is a big step for me and I am 'ok' with this little test! What do you guys think of my milky latte manicure?

Have a nice day!

Love

Ithi

Deborah Lippmann's - Glitter In The Air Swatch and Review

Allo again polish Pals!

Hope you all had a dandy weekend. I spent mine with family and talking to my boyfriend so it was a good weekend for me! Exciting news, it looks like I am booking my tickets to Holland tomorrow!

Today I have a wonderful little beauty from Deborah Lippmann.

Glitter in the Air is a wonderful polish, one I recently treated myself to after admiring it for the past year or so. I was always on the fence about purchasing it after reading mixed reviews and reading that there were cheaper dupes on the market ~ However I finally decided to bite the bullet...