Freehand Kawaii Bear Hamburger Nail Art

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope the weather is being nice to you. It's been pretty lovely here in the south of Holland, the sun is shining and I love it!

Today's nail art is another prompted by the Tiny Canvas weekly challenge. This time we're creating burger nail art since burger day falls on the 28^th of May.

If you've been visiting here for a while you may remember my burger and fries nail art. Since I have already done hamburger nail art before I decided I needed to go in a different direction with this manicure... What better way to go than kawaaaaiii?

You know you want to eat this little bear-burger! (I had to be really careful not to type bear-bugger then..) I bet he would squeak as you go to take a bite. But I bet he tastes good...No! No... he's too cute!

I decided for this manicure that light pastels would be a complete contrast to my previous manicure and I think it works well for this manicure.

For this manicure I used only my OPI Nail Envy base coat, Barry M's 'White' which I completely covered with acrylic paint and my Pro-FX top coat. I eventually added my Barry M Matte top coat which finished off the look perfectly.

Go on, tell me honestly.. would you be tempted to eat him? I wont tell him :P

What do you think of this manicure, do you like kawaii style nail art? What kind of food nails have you worn in the past?

Have a beautiful day my friends, Thank you so much for visiting. I'll be back again on Saturday!

Love,

Ithi

Black, White And Gold Leaf With Freehand Stripes

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today?

I hope everything is going great for you so far, have you been up to much? Do let me know!

I've been doing so much walking, I've been averaging around 14,000/15,000 steps a day and it feels good!

Today's manicure is a fairly simple design that I created during the end of my visit in England. I didn't have a lot of time but I did want to create something. This was the product of that odd hour and a half. :)

For this manicure I began with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer base coat, 'Armor Up' (If you are in the UK and looking for a great top coat I highly recommend it!) and painted all my nails with two coats of Barry M's 'White'.

I then began drawing very thing grey lines with my acrylic paints and my beloved Pure Color brush in size #9. On one side of the nail I applied some varying sizes of gold leaf/foil and on the opposite side I filled it in with black acrylic paint. On top of this I added some alternating thin lines in gold paint. To give a little more variation to this manicure I freehanded a bow on my ring finger nail.

I finished by sealing everything in with my Mezmris Nail Lacquer top coat, 'Armor'.

I feel like this has a kind of classy monochrome look to it, I'm not sure why it makes me think of the great Gatsby/art deco look. What do you think?

Have you used gold foil before, what do you think of this look?

Have a beautiful day my friends, thank you for visiting. Don't forget to come say hi and if you liked this nail art please do share it :)

Take care,

I'll catch you again on Wednesday

Love

Ithi

10g Dazzling Glitter & Freehand Watermelons - Born Pretty Store Review

*This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes, however I will as always give my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals! 

How are you all doing today? What kind of a weekend did you have? Let me know your weekend highlight :)  The weekend was CRAZY-FUN for me! - normally I am telling you that not much happened!

Me and Mr Bravo traveled to Bramant in Holland and got to catch up with my sister and family! I know it wasn't long since I was home but considering I've seen them very few times this year it was so nice, and so much fun! We had lunch out, we ordered them Dutch food they had not tried and I got to see my two favorite little friends (niece and nephew!) and of course it was lovely to have a weekend away too. All with so much thanks Mr Bravo's brother and sister in law who helped us meet up at the right places and so on :) I'm thinking of compiling a life style post (Wow, a first!) just to cover the last few weeks. Mr Bravo and I ended up stopping in Rotterdam in between our train and subway rides on the way home. The weather was gorgeous. We don't always get to do fun stuff.. and we could. SO WE DID. :)

Today I have a review of '10g Dazzling Nail Art Glitter 7 Colours' from The Born PrettyStore to share with you. I'll be showing you the '8840' colour choice.

I want to start by saying I don't tend to use loose glitters like this too often. I guess the reason why I do chose them when I do is because I see so many really cool indie polishes packing a ton of unique glitter colours and shapes and I get a lemming so bad! This is actually when I ended up picking this colour selection!

This comes in a little screw top bottle and contains 10g worth of glitter, and let me tell you something... the bottle is packed! You'll get a lot to play with although I doubt most people want to cover all of their entire nails. Or you can, you do what makes you happy!

Just for my readers, with love.

The glitters come in bright green, bright pink, metallic blue and white hexagons as well as little bars of white glitter.... I suppose these are perfect for some fancy glitter placement but I looked at the bottle.. and then I looked inside my heart...And I decided to pat it all on! Cover the nail! Let there be (neon) light!...Ahem.. I sealed it all in with my top coat and removed any excess from around my nails.

Since applying my top coat they seem to have stayed on pretty well. I am not finding bits everywhere!I really like the colour combination and the sizing of the glitter pieces.I really, really like them and I also love the idea of having a few more colour variations to go with freehand designs.

I decided to do some rough sketchy bluey/green lines and added my freehand watermelon pieces on top. I am sure you guys would find amazing ways to wear this but I thought wearing it as a full accent nail would be a really fun thing to pair with my watermelon freehand art.

What do you think? Do you like this freehand/glitter combination? How would you wear this glitter?

If you liked this nail art please, please be a SUPER sweetpea and click a share button below, sharing is caring!

Have a beautiful day my friend, Catch ya again on Wednesday!

Love

Ithi

Minty Freehand Flamingos

Allo polish Pals!

I hope you are having a beautiful day, do you have anything nice planned for the weekend? I have to say I'm having a real hard time painting things that please me, I have at least 12 scheduled posts already planned but I just seem... blocky. 

I created this mani a short while ago and I'm overly displeased with it; I feel like I'm so inconsistant in my nail art. I'll paint something and work so hard at it and I love the feeling of seeing it achieved... And then I make nail art like this which.... does nothing to for me.  I wanted to test the boundries of pink and green again. As I mentioned before I really like the combination if you get the correct shades!   Nail fail!

For this manicure I primarily used Essie's 'Muchi Muchi' and 'Mint Candy Apple'. I decided to created a few mixed nails by adding polka dots and a gradient with stripes. For the flamingos I used my Oumaxi paints and beloved bamboo brush.

I don't think the flamingos came out well at all but I do still like the combination! I feel proud of some of my art like the last unicorn and some of the posts still to come.. then I make this?! :/ I was doing really well with painting positively and now, my attitude in all aspects is just.. blah. I'm just a little down and now I wish I wasn't posting this at all!

What do you think of my minty green and pink flamingos? Have you created a manicure with pink and green before?

Have a beautiful day!

Love

Ithi

Purple And Green ~ Inspired By A Dress

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How are you enjoying your weekend? Let me ask you something; What do you think of purple and green together? I guess this is something I've always been on the fence about, it took me long enough to get over pink and green and even then I think it has to be the right sort of shades. Today's manicure is inspired by *this* dress on Pinterest.

I used just three shades for this manicure, using Barry M's 'Plum' and 'Coconut' and Essie's 'Mint Candy Apple'. I originally wanted to do a gradient with all three of the colours but it just wasn't happening. Instead I decided to split the colours up into block coloured stripes and used coconut mixed with the two shades to create some slightly lighter tones. I finished this up with a simple taped gradient and added some silver studs.

What do you think of this manicure? Are you afraid to mix these colours?

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Love

Ithi

Simple Stripes & Holographic Tape

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? I hope you are all well! Sorry for my mini disappearing act, I've been busy looking for my immune system since my last post. It seems like a lot of people are suffering from summer colds at the moment and I am one of them. I've felt pretty rotten and I am pretty gross right now. I hope you guys are feeling healthier than me! Today I felt well enough to attempt a simple manicure. Its nothing fancy (The original idea was so much cooler) but I do really like the colours :)

So, for this manicure I started with two coats of Yes Love's 'K025' (the light grey) on my thumb, index and pinkie nails. Using a combination of Yes Love's '364' and 'G2-2 I created stripes and added these two polishes to my ring and middle finger. To finish off my stripes I added some deluxe holographic striping tape and some of the N.Nail sweet series gems. I also added a white heart on my ring finger using white Oumaxi paint (Via Sammy Dress)

What do you think of this very simple manicure? Do you use striping tapes for manicures or do you only use them to create lines and then remove the tape?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

Harsh Vibrancy With A Mixture Of Everything

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How are you today? Happy mid week to ya! This week is flying by but then again they all seem to be! I'm excited that next month I'll be visiting my family back in England ~ Yay! Also it will be crazy here tonight in Holland as Argentina are playing against Holland – I'm not a huge football fan but I do love how patriotic everyone seems here with celebrating their team! Last night I came up with a manicure which I really wasn't sure about but strangely enough it began to grow on me. I decided to recreate it today (I'm pretty much a lazy arse right now since I can not move so much with the pain to my ribs) to see what you guys think. Here's my blue, green and black creation with half moons and straight lines!

On all my nails (Except my ring finger) I began with two coats of Yes Love's Black polish, I then used a reinforcement ring to tape off my half moon shape and applied Yes Love's #007 (Or Kermit green as I prefer to call it) Next I used striping tape to add straight block lines of Anny's 'Blue Bikini Girl' and sponged on a little of Color Club's 'Cool Metal' to the tips. Finally...! For my ring finger I started with two coats of Yes Love #007 and again used the same black to create a half moon. I then applied B.O Calabash's blue sequin glitter on top.

So what do you guys think of this manicure? I don't think I have paired straight lines with half moons – do you think it works or is it OTT?

Have a great evening!

Love

Ithi

Day 12: Stripes

Allo polish Pals!

Happy weekend to you all! Do you have anything fabulous planned? Will you be watching the football? I'm not really in to football and last night when Holland won against Spain I was upstairs painting my nails but I knew we had won because suddenly everybody was letting off fireworks! Question: When England play Holland, who am I supposed to be cheering for?!

So I have just a short quick post to share with you today which is day 12 of the 31 day nail art challenge ~ Stripes!

I'm a little sorry about my pictures today, I don't think they are at their best :/

Anyway, I started with a coat of Catrice's 'Lilacally' and applied two coats of Model's Own's 'Southern Lights' which is a beautiful very fine but well packed holographic glitter. I smoothed this out with my topcoat and then used striping tapes to create my stripes. Finally I applied Yes Love's black polish on top and finished with my top coat.

I was hoping the glitter would really pop out of the stripes and I guess it did a little, while it may be simple it is at least stripes!

What do you think of this manicure; Do you have something like this glitter in your collection?

I hope you have a beautiful Saturday!

Love

Ithi

The 31 Day Challenge: Day 5 - Blue

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How are you today? Today its a national holiday here so it is nice to have everyone at home all at the same time – rare for a week day! Today I have my 5^th post from the 31 day challenge which is blue nails. I really liked the concept of what I did here but I still hate how it looks. I think it could have been done so much better/neater. I debated redoing it but I'm instead going to promise myself that I will be happy with my day 6 nails. Here it is anyway...

On my index and pinky I began with two coats of Fogan's #05 which is a beautiful light blue. I then created half moons and filled the rest of the nails with Catrice's sand glitter polish in 'Maliblue'. I added some cross hatch marks with Kisses 'Soft blue' stripe pen and lined the half moon with Barry M's 'Blackberry' gelly polish. For my other nails I used the exact same products and added a gem to the centre of my triangles. - Its not as good as I had hoped but when I recreate this in the future I think I will be much more neater.

What do you think of these blue nails? Does this pattern remind you of something?

Have a beautiful day!

Love

Ithi

Glossy Neutral Stripes That Glow In The Dark

Allo polish Pals!

How are you today? Have you been up to much this week? Can you believe its Thursday already? Gawsh! I've been having a pretty good week so far. I'm feeling pretty damn good! As I mentioned recently that I was lucky enough to get a few new nail polishes last week from Yes Love I thought that today I would show you my new love. This totally makes me feel like a kid... Glow in the dark nails! I'm so easily amused by simple things, ha! :) Get ready for neutrals v positive glow!

Not the best photo ever but you get the point! :)

For this manicure I only used Yes Love nail polishes. Am I obsessed? Quite possibly!
On all my nails I started with the nude shade from Yes Love and applied three coats of 'Glow In The Dark Snowflakes' on top. Once completely dry I used my striping tape and Yes Love's black polish to create some not so creative diagonal lines. I finished this up with my top coat.

I actually really like this manicure. I know its simple with stripes but I love how the white glitter pops out from the nude base and peeks through the stripes. Neutrally cheeky, I think!

What do you think of this manicure? Do you own any glow in the dark nail polish?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

Opposites Attract - Neon's V Greyscale

Allo polish Pals!
Happy King's Day to you all – a holiday we are celebrating here in Holland :)

How are you? Are you having a fantastic weekend? I'm glad the weekend is finally here, I've just found myself without time and stressing this past week so I am looking forward to a new fresh week with much more blogging and hopefully some manicures I can be proud of. On the plus side I did find a new brand this week while browsing the local drug store. It's called 'Yes Love' and they have some really nice glitter polishes so I decided to opt for a neon glitter today and then applied its perfect counterpart. I'm not happy with this manicure at all but its nice to have something to post and share with you again. The neon glitter looks much more vibrant in person :/

On my thumb, index and pinky I started with two coats of Yes Love's neon glitter in 'G1-5'. I then created stripes using Model's Own 'Grey Day', Essence's 'Grey-t To Be Here' and W7's matte black.

On my remaining fingers I applied two coats of 'Grey Day' and finished them off with Essence's Effect Topper 'White Dress and Black Tie' and a pink candy stud from The Born Pretty Store.

It's far from perfect but I am really loving the Yes Love glitter polishes, they are fun to play with! I dislike so much about this manicure but I hope soon I can start being more creative and less stressed!!I know I am out and busy tomorrow but I have a lot more ideas floating around now :)

What do you guys think of this manicure? Do you like bright colours paired with grey-scale shades?

Enjoy your weekend, I'll see you Monday :)

Love

Ithi

Subtle Stripes And Vibrant Flowers

Allo polish Pals,

How are you today? Are you having a good weekend? Tomorrow is St. Patrick's day, as I am sure most of you know. I guess I've been living in a bubble because I only just realized. Luckily this manicure has a little green to it but I am planning something generously green for tomorrow!

This week has just been one of those weeks. I've been less than satisfied with my manicures and even with this one I am picking out mistakes. I'm sure this coming week will hold a lot more hope!

On all my nails except my ring finger I began with two coats of Model's Own 'Blueberry Muffin' and created diagonal lines with striping tape and Rimmel's 'Fizzy Applicious'. I then created the blue flowers using acrylics and tried to create more depth to them using a dark blue and a lighter blue. I then decided to outline these in black for more oompf and added some N.nail whitesweet series studs to the center. For my ring finger I applied two glitters, Essence's 'Glorious Aquarius' and Sinful Colors 'Call You Later'.

What do you think of this manicure? Have you tried acrylic flowers before?

Have a great weekend!

Love

Ithi

Free Bird ~ Freehand and Feather Fail-a-cure

Allo polish Pals!

Hows the beginning of your week going? I was far less productive today then was really needed, I guess it was the Monday feeling! Today I'm going to cut straight to it and show you something I created over the weekend. I'm not loving this. I originally started with the design in reds/copper but it just didn't seem right... I then created this. I then started over with the same colours to improve what I saw as flaws... That didn't work out well and I hated the pictures even more than these ones. Eeh! So I am really curious to see what you guys think of this.

I started with two coats of Fogan's 06 on all my nails except my ring-ding finger. On top of this I created stripes using KleanColor's 'Coffee Addict' and Picture Polishes 'Sky' with a nail art brush. I later added the pattern using black Acrylic paint (which to me looks faded and patchy in places – my fault!) and Kiss nail art striper in black. On my ring-ding finger I applied Coffee Addict and added a real feather on top. You see I used no striping tape as I intended to show you just the patterned version where you wouldn't see where the colours meet..

Maybe I took too many risks... I still really like these colours together so perhaps I will try something else with them. ~ What do YOU think of this manicure?

Have a lovely evening!

Ithi