Sunday Facebook Challenge - Birthstone Colour - Emerald Green

Hi there,

today's theme of the facebook stamping group is "Birthstone Colour"

I am born in May, so my color is EMERALD

Emerald is a symbol for rebirth and it should grant youth, good fortune and forsight to the owner. 

The word origin is Smaragdós/Greek or Smaragdus/Latin wich is translated as green gem. Emerald itself is derived from Esmeralda/Esmeraldus (vulgar Latin) a  variant of the Latin word Smaragdus.

Actually, there are some greens in my stash, but it took me a while to find the perfect green for this nail art.

China Glaze Jolly Holly & Glittering Garland are the both greens I used - I used the first one in two coats over Essie Help me grow and sealed it with Essence BTGN Top Sealer. Then I used a sponge and Glittering Garland to put it on the tips.

I stamped with H&M Golden Treasure and Konad m78. Actually this is one of my favourite image plates! I finished my stamping with Essence BTGN Top Sealer.

Sunday Facebook Challenge - French Manicure

Hi there,

I think it's months, since I've participated in the Stamping Challenge on the Facebook page...

Today's topic is French Manicure, and this is what I did:

Base is Essie Help me grow
The French Tips are Manhattan 55K

I added 2 coats of Essie Sugar Daddy

Stamping is an essence plate and Manhattan 46D, the dots on the middle finger are made with a dotting tool and the Manhattan polish, as well.
The glitter topper on the index is essence circus confetti.
Top coats are Essie Good to Go and Sally Hansen InstaDri.

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[Nail Art] Sunday's Facebook Challenge #4

Hello there.

It has been a while since I've participated in the Nail Art Stamping Callenge on sunday on the Facebook group. Now, I put my stamping stuff out and did some mani for this week.

This week's challenge was using a French Nail Design. I don't have long nails, so a French Design on the tips would look kind of weird, so I decided, to use the image all over my nails.

And this is what I used:

1x Base: Micro Cell Repair
2x OPI I don't give a Rotterdam
1x Essie GTG

Stamping: Essence silver twister + Cheeky CH 23

at least I tried to apply them diagonally
Finish: Essie GTG

Have a nice Sunday!

[Nail Art] Summer Challenge Round up - Mermaids - Carnival

Today, I want to show you two more manis from the Facebook Summer Nail Art challenge.

Yesterday's theme was "Mermaids", and so I decided to go with a sparkly glittery turquoise mani:

Essie Beach Bum Blu - Essence Open Water Dive - OPI Gone Gonzo

Fist I used P2 Base + Care as a base and applied two coats of Essie Beach Bum Blu and finished with one coat Essence BTGN Top Sealer:

Basecoat war der Base + Care von P2, dann folgten zwei Schichten von Essies Lack Beach Bum Blu und einer Schicht Essence BTGN Top Sealer:

Then I applied two thin coats of Essence Open Water Dive, this polish is so so perfect for layering and giving your nailpolish a special shimmer:

Anschließend habe ich zwei dünne Schichten Essence Open Water Dive aufgetragen:

 

 

 

Then, I sponged OPI's Gone Gonzo onto my tips and finished it with one thick coat of Essence BTGN Top Sealer:

 

Auf die Fingerspitzen habe ich dann mit einem Schwämmchen OPI Gone Gonzo getupft und zum Schluss noch eine Schicht Essence BTGN Top Sealer appliziert:

 

 

 

And this is how my fingers looked like, when I got off my polish:

Und so habe ich den Glitterlack am Ende wieder abbekommen:

Today's theme is "Carnival". I am really bad at free painting, so I just thought about the colours, when I am thinking of Carnival and Carnival and I used  it as another expression for "Fair". And so I came up with a manicure in red-blue-caramel, using a dotting tool and tape

Catrice Marilyn and me - P2 Caraway - Absolute Nails Lara

Basecoat was P2 Base + Care, followed by 1 coat of P2 Caraway:

As a next step, I used some tape to get a seperate area, I used the red Catrice polish Marilyn and Me and the blue coat Lara from Absolute Nails by Douglas. Then I used the dotting tool and created some dots in the opposite colour onto the nails.
I finished with one coat of Essence's BTGN Top Sealer:

Anschließend habe ich mit Hilfe von Tesa, den Nagel abgeklebt und auf die freien Stellen Catrice Marilyn and Me und Absolute Nails Lara aufgetragen. Dann habe ich Polka Dots auf die andere Hälfte der Nägel in den entgegengesetzten Farben gesetzt.
Abschluss bildet der BTGN Top Sealer von Essence:

 

 

 

 

[Nail Art] Challenge Round up - Design in Orange & Green, Flip-Flops and Summer Glitter Sandwich

Am heutigen Mittwoch möchte ich euch drei Designs zeigen, die ich zur Facebook Summer Nail Art Challenge gemacht habe. Die Themen waren sommerliches Grün & Orange, Flip-Flops und ein sommerliches Glittersandwich.

This wednesday I want to show you some of my latest designs from the Facebook Summer Nail Art Challenge. I participated in the days with summery green & orange, flip-flops and glitter sandwich mani.

First manicure is the orange and green design:

I decided to go with a tape mani, used some DIY scissors for a special design:

Für meine erste Mani im orange/grün Design entschied ich mich eine Tape Mani auf meine Nägel zu bringen, indem ich eine spezielle Zick-Zack-Schere dafür verwendete um einen besonderen Look zu kreieren:

Base Coat P2

2 Coats of Essence Colourbration, I really love that light glittery green with sparkles in silver, orange and copper.

1 Coat of Essence Better than Gel Nails Top Sealer

Then I used the tape to create the design. For the orange I used a polish by H&M, I don't know the name, I bought it last winter as a part of a set with 5.

Finished with Essence Nail Art Top Sealer.

Um das Zick-Zack-Design hin zu bekommen, hab ich die Bastelschere verwendet und entsprechend die freien Stellen mit einem Lack in Orange von H&M lackiert (er war in einem Mini-Set und hat keinen entsprechenden Namen, außer Orange).

Finish bildete der Essence Nail Art Top Sealer.

Second Mani Flip Flops:

I am a big Flip Flop fan, love to wear them in the summer for casual events. So I decided to give my nails a golden-nude base, then apply some colurful polkadots and finish with some stripes and a rhine stone on each nail.

Im Sommer trage ich Flip Flops zu lässigen Outfits besonders gerne, für mich ist er der Schuh, der Sommer schreit. Daher habe ich mich entschieden, meinen Nägeln einen Nude-Gold-Ton zu verpassen und darauf bunte Polkadots zu platzieren, als Finish noch entsprechende Flip-Flop Riemchen und ein kleines Steinchen et voilà das Flip Flop Design ist fertig:

Base bildet P2 Base + Care Coat und 2 Schichten Essence irreplaceable, gefolgt von einer Essence BTGN Top Sealer.

I used P2 Base + Care as a base coat followed by two coats Essence irreplaceable. Then applied Essence BTGN Top Sealer.

Next, I put some Polka Dots onto my nails by using a dotting tool
I used:
Index: Catrice Forget me not
Middle F.: Essence Exit's on your right
Ring F.: Essence Four wheel drive
Pinky: Catrice Blues Brothers Vol. II

For the stripes I used Essence Fine Liner
Finish: Essence Nail Art Top Sealer

Third Mani Summer Glitter Sandwich:

Usually I don't prefere colours that are not really opaque, and OPI's Y'all come back ya hear is one of these candidates. I love the colour as itself but I don't like the outcome on my nails. Because of it's characterisitcs, I really love to do glitter sandwichs with it and so I decided to use this colour for the next mani.

Ich bin kein großer Fan von nicht deckenden Lacken. Und leider gehört der OPI Y'all come back ya hear auch zu dieser Kategorie. Dennoch sind seine Eigenschaften perfekt um ein sommerliches Glitter Sandwich zu zeigen.

Base Coat war P2 Base+Care, dannach folgten drei Schichten des OPI Lacks Y'all Come back ya hear und eine Schichte Essence BTGN Top Sealer.

Base Coat was P2 Base + Care followed by three coats of the OPI polish and one coat Essence BTGN Top Sealer.

For the glitter I used Essence Circus Confetti Topper and applied one last coat of OPI's Y'all come back ya hear. Top Coat was Essence Nail Art Top Sealer.

[Nail Art] Nail Art Challenge Candy Floss | Water Marble in Pink-White

Die Idee zur Umsetzung dieser Nailart ist mir sofort gekommen, als ich das Thema auf der Facebookgruppe zur Summer Challenge gelesen hatte.

Mit Candy Floss/Zuckerwatte verbinde ich Rosa-Weiß-Töne und zuckrige klebrige Fäden, und so entschied ich mich für ein Water Marble in Rosa-Weiß und benutzte gewöhnliche Watte für die spezielle Oberflächenstruktur.

As soon as I read the theme for today's challenge (as a part of this year's summer challenge) on the Facebook page, I had the imagination for my design.

When I hear about CANDY FLOSS, I am always thinking of white and pink coloured themes and sweet and fluffy twines full of yummy candy floss.
So I decided to do another water marble, this time in pink and white and added some cotton wool for the special texture.



Step by Step:

First, I applied P2 Base+Care Coat as a Base Coat, then I added one coat of Essence Iced Strawberry Cream. I really love that colour, but actually it is more rosy, than the picture below shows.



Second I did the water marbling, I used Alessandro Happy Pink, Yves Rocher French Manicure White, China Glaze Frosty and Essence I want that.

I am happy with the outcome, (don't know, why I got that blister on my ring finger nail :-() and I really start to love water marbling, I have so many ideas for different designs, can't wait, to try them all.

For a finish, I applied one coat of Essence gel look top coat and dipped some cotton wool into the wet top coat.

Ready to go for some yummy CANDY FLOSS NAILS: