Frosty Flowers ~ Pigments and One Stroke Attempt

Allo polish Pals!

How are you doing, are you nearly ready for Christmas?! I've been having a great time here in England, it's been great to see my family. Today I got to spend the afternoon with my three year old niece who is such a sweetie! Since I have hardly any nail polish with me I decided to try some more acrylic paint flowers. I have to say that I'm hit and miss on this manicure. In real life it looks interesting and quite pretty when the gleequin hit the light but in the photo's where they don't shine much it looks rather dull. I'd like to have seen this with a matte top coat.. but yeah, I forgot to pack that too...

On all my nails I started with two coats of Rimmel's 'Blue Eyed Girl'. I then used a mixture of blue and purple eye shadow pigments on top of the wet polish. I attempted some 'one stroke' flowers using white and acrylic paint, added dots to the center of each one and finally placed a few silver gleequin's in around the flowers. On my index and ring finger I added a simple tiny flower.

What do you think of this manicure? Success or disaster? I'm having to try and think of very creative ideas since I lack the appropriate tools!

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

Happy Halloween! Zombie Makeup And Nails!

Allo polish Pals and Happy Halloween to you all!

I hope if you decide to celebrate Halloween you have a fantastic time and remember to travel safe! Being English I've never properly celebrated this holiday much myself but tonight seems like a great excuse to watch some horror films with Mr Bravo later, one of our favourite genre's!

Today's manicure is a little lack-lustre Halloween attempt.. I also thought I'd show you some Zombie makeup I did several years ago, just because.. why not?

I started with two coats of DA's '103', a truly beautiful bewitching shade and created a gradient using DA's '112' and Essie's 'Cashmere Bathrobe' on the tips. I then used my mash nail art pen to attempt some feeble silhouettes of zombies. Meh.. I can't say I'm too happy with this manicure but I wanted to post something even slightly Halloween-y!

What do you think of this manicure? Have you ever tried Zombie Makeup?

Have a fun and safe Halloween!

Love

Ithi

Wiggle Wiggle Freehand and Gradient

Allo polish Pals!

How is your week going? Are you battling the rain with your umbrella's? Unluckily Holland has been pretty wet the past few days, it seems like such an abrupt change from the beautiful sunny weather we where having! Today I have some freehand doodles for you to see. wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, yeah!

I started off with two coats of Models Own 'Bubblegum' on every nail. I then created a gradient using Essie's 'Full Steam Ahead'. In my opinion I love these two shades together but it wasn't one of my best gradients. Boo :( I then took my Mash nail art pen in silver and first created a quite thick wiggly line down the center of each nail. I followed this up by adding a thinner 'bracket'-like line on the left side and following dots to the right side. Finally I topped off the design with a lick of Seche Vite topcoat.

All in all its pretty simple but I like how the silver stands out from both of the polish colours! I must really do more freehand nail art, its so enjoyable!

What do you guys think of this manicure? Have you tried freehand wiggles before?

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Love

Ithi

Shocking Pink, Kiss-kiss Water Marble and Gradient

Allo my polish Pals!

How are you doing today? Hope all is good with you! I'm feeling pretty good right now. My summer cold is finally going away and I'm full of idea's for nail art. Wahoo! Today I'm showing you some love with a kissy water marble/gradient manicure! Are you ready for some bright pinks? Lets get our Barbie on!

Once again, battling with lighting technicalities

 

I'm going to like my next nail art better! There's determination for you!

I'm actually really disappointed with this manicure but shh. I'm sure you can work out why; my gradient was just not too good. I did the same colors the night before and the gradient was perfect. But oh well, can't have it all! I am however happy with how my middle finger turned out!

For the water marbles I started with two coats of China Glaze's 'Nude' and used Essie's 'Cascade Cool' (On of my all time favorite pinks!) Picture Polishes 'Water Melon' and Model's Own 'Bubblegum'. On the gradient nails I used Herôme's light pink and all of the above colors. I finally finished it off by adding 'xox' kisses with Mash nail art pen in white.

How are you guys liking this hot pink ensemble? Are you a sucker for shocking pinks?

Enjoy the rest of your day my lovelies!

Love

Ithi

Not Quite 99 Red Balloons.. But 99 Blog Posts!

Allo polish Pals!

Hope you all had a dandy weekend!

99 red balloons! Ok, there's really only two but can you believe this is my 99th blog post! Wow time flies when your having fun! Maybe most people would wait until their 100^th post to be excited but I figured the 99^th needed some love too. I had a technical hell this past weekend I am sorry for the delayed post, over the weekend my SD card decided to die and there was no possible fix until today when my wonderful partner got me a new one. I started getting withdrawal symptoms from blogging!

For this look I started by painting two coats of Max Factor's 'Candy blue' on each nail. I worked this into a gradient by adding Model's Own 'Balearic Cool' and Essie's 'Bikini So Teeny' on the tips. I finally finished the gradient by dabbing on Ozotic's Sugar 903 over the top. I then took Mash nail pens in white to create the balloon shapes and filled them in with Layla's 'N05', I also used this pen for the clouds. Lastly I used Mash Nail art pen in black for the string and writing.

I'm still battling the lighting issues so the colours are not quite spot on.. I'm doing my best :( I'm just glad I can take pictures again!

What do you think of this manicure? Have you been inspired to try a sky manicure before?

Love

Ithi

Pretty Polly! Parrot Nails With Water Marble & Gradients

Allo polish Pals!

I hope your week is going well. Today I have a very colourful look for you! I really want to apologise for not blogging sooner. I planned to, I had lots of ideas for this week but I couldn't foresee how things where going to turn out. I could go on a massive moan/rant but I wont. I'll just say the dog got really sick and needed an emergency operation. Luckily she is doing better now and getting back to her old self. The stress has caused my stomach issues to flare up like a demon; the sleepless nights with my partner and I worrying about her + the heat and of course the major lighting situation.. But I said I wouldn't rant right? :D 

Apologies for the picture quality and lighting...

 I think this time it will be easier if I name by colours so I've included a list! This is a mixture of gradients, nail art, and water marble but what I did different this time with my water marble was that I didn't mix the colours. I kept the circles because I wanted really bold defined lines. I added Picture Polishes 'Hypnotic' on top of my middle finger gradient.

Green Models Own 'Toxic Apple'

Blue China Glaze 'Sunday Funday'

Yellow China Glaze 'Sunshine Pop!'

Orange Picture Polish 'Fake Tan'

Red China Glaze 'Red Satin'

Parrot I used all of the above colours and using my Mash Nail pens in white and black.

If you've ever been interested in water marbling then I'm sure you've googled tips/videos. Well here's a fact. I know nothing about how to do it. Since my last water marble I've had several failed attempts. Today I did something that everyone recommends. I used cold tap water and surprisingly it worked better then the last time with room temperature water. What the... I don't get it. I'll just say what works for me sometimes then randomly doesn't work the next time. Tis a mystery!

What do you guys think of my extremely bright parrot look? What do you prefer, gradients or water marbles?

Look after yourselves!

Love

Ithi

First Adventures Into The Wild! Snow Leopard!

Allo polish Pals!

How is your week going? I can't believe we're half way through the week already!

Today I bravely went where I have not been before.. Animal print! While I love animal print on animals I've always been scared when it comes to animal print clothing or nail art. Well today I took the leap with my first ever leopard print.. Snow leopard to be more precise!

 

I started with two coats of Color Club's 'On The Rocks', a really beautiful metallic silver. I then used Model's Own 'Grey Day' to add spots and bordered them with Mash nail art pen in black. I decided I didn't want just print on my nails so I took it a step further and added some eyes. On my index and ring finger I added circles using Essence 'Lets Get Lost' and Anny's 'Bikini Girl Blue'. I then carefully added the eyes using the mash pen again and lined underneath with Mash nail art pen in white.

What do you guys think? I personally like how the eyes pop out of the silver background! In real life the eyes catch a little shimmer from the Anny polish I applied, it gives it a cute little twinkle!

I didn't realize until after I'd taken the pictures and somehow managed to run out of my supply of batteries that there was some silver around my thumb nail.. Pssh! Oh well :)

Have you guys been inspired to try animal print nails? Did you stick to original colours or did you go crazy with neons?

Have a great day, as always I appreciate your comments on my nail art!

Love

Ithi

BlueSea 3D Butterfly Nail Art With Daisies & Reader Discount

*This product was sent to me to review. As always this review will still contain my complete honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

How is your week going? Today I have a review of BlueSea's Butterfly Eye Catching Nail Art Decoration to show you. I adore these cute butterflies. Want to know a secret? I'm terrified of real butterflies! It all stems from my stupid fear of moths. But today I have my butterfly friend in a sunny manicure to suit the gorgeous weather here in Holland.

   

After I tried to move the butterfly..

These Butterfly 3D nail art pieces were sent to me by [Kkcenterhk]

These are so cute and fun. I really like them but I just wish they where the slightest big smaller. As you can see that on my recently shortened nails they stick out a little bit. I think they would probably sit better on my thumb nail. They are made of hard plastic so will not bend but it does mean they are quite durable. They come in all sorts of beautiful colours and patterns, There's a color for everyone on their website. I would recommend these for those who have a special occasion planned because they seem too extravagant for every day where and lets face it.. You don't want to waste these beauties by applying them and then doing the dishes! These are totally reusable Because they are made of thick plastic I recommend cleaning them off after use with a Q-tip and an acetone free remover.

I painted all nails with China Glaze's 'Sunday Funday' and added a gradient on every nail expect my middle finger using Picture Polishes 'Jade'. I then used a dotting tool to create the flower middles with China Glaze's 'Sunshine Pop' and added the white petals using Mash Nail Art pen in white.

I finally added my butterfly using a teeny tiny dab of nail glue. In some of the pictures it looks much neater. This is because I then changed my mind and moved the butterfly causing some mess. I wanted it to appear to be perched on top the daisy. Not sure I succeeded in achieving it appear like that but I quite like this look!

What do you think of this floral sunny manicure? Have you tried 3D nail art yet? Don't forget when you use the coupon code 'ithinitybeauty' at kkcenterhk.com you will recieve a 10% discount! 

Enjoy your Tuesday!

Love

Ithi

Lady Bugs Or Lady Birds?

lHi Guys!

How are we all doing? Today after a debate with my Partner about what these little guys are called I decided to include them in a manicure. He insists they are called Lady Bugs but me being British, I've grown up calling them Lady Birds. Why do us British call them Lady Birds...? Now that he put that into my mind I really do have no idea. Anyway, here's today look!

On my thumb and middle finger I used two coats of PIcture Polish 'Jade' and used striping tape to create a leafy diagonal look. I then applied A nice thick coat of Essie's 'Mojito Madness' and removed the tape. I made small Lady Bird Bug decals using my Mash Nail Art pen in black and filled them with China Glaze 'Red Satin'. I adhered them to my nail by applying a top coat and letting it partially dry so I could use tweezers to place my self-made decal ontop. I'm a little lady bugged that it looks messy where I stuck the decals as it was looking so tidy before that.

On my remaining fingers I used two coats of China Glaze 'Red Satin' and used my Mash nail pen to create the Lady Bugs...Lady Birds... What do you guys think?

What do you guys call these cute little bugs? Lady Birds or Lady Bugs? Have you tried an insect inspired manicure? 

Love

Ithi

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Black And White Tribal Animal Nails

Hi guys!

How are you doing? Hope you've had a great start to the week. Today I have a black and white animal Tribal design for you. I'm a little bit 'meh' about this one and almost decided not to post it. I Decided to leave off the top coat on this one; I really wanted to add it to smooth the finished manicure out but I was so fearful that the top coat would drag and smudge the design! I came across this design on pinterest and had to try some of the cute tribal animal designs for myself!

I used Nubar's 'White Tip' (Which has now seen better days, I must replace this.. Whats your favourite white polish?) and Rimmel's 'Black out'. To do my tribal print design I used striping tape and Mash nail art pens. I also used the pens in black and white to create the animals and flower. Excuse the little bit of extra polish on my fingers. My bad.
I feel like I let myself down with this look.. If I attempt Tribal design's in the future I hope it turns out better! What do you guys think of this look?

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

Under The Bubble Tree

Allo polish Pals!

Hope your having a good week so far. Did you notice the new blog image? What do you guys think of it? Today's look is a little 'meh', I'm not sure if I am being hard on myself or if this is just so much different to what I'm used to! My mash pens arrived today and I was all eager beaver to try them out ~ So lets see what happened, Are you ready for some serious dottage-dosage?

 

 

I started with two coats of China Glaze 'Recycle' and added a glitter coat of Herôme's mini 206. On my index, middle and pinkie I then used Mash nail art pen in black to create twiggy-like tree shapes. I then took two different sized dotting tools and added Model's Own 'Bubble Gum' and DA's light blue. I do really like how glossy they look when they hit the light.

My first impressions of these pens are: YES, yes yes and yes! so I look forward to reviewing them for you soon. I also look forward to doing some more complex freehand designs.

Would you be interested in a post featuring my favourite nail care items? Have you had a chance to try out the Mash Nail pens yet? If so what did you think of them?

Love

Ithi