Sunday, Bloody Sunday

...it's not really sunday today, but there was a sunday in the days I wore it. Makes sense? :P
Afraid yet?

bloody peek-a-boo

So here's my Halloween manicure. Actually, it was the idea of Andrea and I made my version of it. My nails were much shorter than hers back then.

My nails are not as sharp as knives, but still I can imitate it (oh well).

Another cruel hand.
Isn't it a perfect halloween mani? I'm so fond of it, I even want to remix it sometime with different blood colour depths and such. Lovely.

I used Colorama French Manicure White for the base, Rimmel Ruby Me, Stiletto Red, Colorama BlackCurrant, unnamed Revolline deep jelly red for blood, Helen Black silver for the blade.

So whatcha think? Would you rock one like that?
Thanks for checking out!

Contrasting the last post

Hello everyone,

I'm back here today with a (hence the post name)-- guess it -- yes, white! It is another older manicure and I just realized how far behind I am in posting, so I add some other pics today, too.
Here goes a nice Colorama white polish which is a cheapo and so-so in application.

Glossy (on its own) and matte (with Essie Matte About You).

The polish tends to thicken up real fast. 7.5ml. I finally obtained a thinner and now it's nice and has a great consistency. I really recommend everyone to look up for Colorama's since they do make some dupe-y polishes for such a bargain.

Here are some of the designs I tried on single nails, just to look how it'll look like.
This one was based on the design I saw@ The Lacquer Files. Colorama white, Rimmel Urban Princess, Avon Pastel Pink, and the green I can't remember.

This one -- made by tutorial @Nails By Asami.

And finally -- this one done by myself. A watermelon thing, using a several layers of jelly neon Orly Passion Fruit for the transparet-y squishy look, Orly Matte Vinyl for seeds on each layer of PF, SH Emerald City, Orly Enchanted Forest, China Glaze Limonyte, Rimmel Jade Glamour, China Glaze Paper Chasing for the cortex.

Please excuse the state of my cuticles! :)
Hope y'all enjoying your time.

Just because I love THS so much

You are the navigator who never could lead

We were lost in the silver sea

I was a ship who was too proud to ever sink

 Hello ladies!

This manicure was inspired by a song. I'm not sure if eneryone knows about The Hush Sound, but this is my strong musical love. Their music is far too beautiful and awesome.

 I'm pulled to the black silver ocean

Can you see the "waves"? :)

 Where the current and the heavens collide

I was a ship who was too proud to ever sink

Buuuuuuuuuuuubbliiiiiing ):

I wore this one for less than a day. Removed it just beacuse I hated the bubbling and some smudges I got. But I definitely will redo this one when I have a bit more time.

I LOVED the effect of the waves!Do you?

The polishes I used are 2x Rimmel Black Pearl for the black and 1xNubar Moodies (barely changing, if yes) Silver Sparkle to White Linen for silver, to create the moonlit ocean at night. :)

Rimmels one is on a thick side. It takes too long for it to dry (or is it me?), but I'll ramble about this one more constructively someday later.

Nubar thing is amost not a moodie, I got two shades, and only this one changes under hot water. But not on the nail. I even tried it without a base coat, still nothing. So it's all-time silver, but a pretty one. It's sheer, also, so it's about 3-4 coats (depends on coat thickness and what you desire) to look good. 

The combo actually looked like some gunmetal to me, which I am very fond of. Waves created by layering silver over black with a... wavy motion of the brush. The ship is a freehand with my cheapo cleanup brush and white polish :)

Soon, I'm going to make some reviews and comparisons, maybe make my own page design as well. So stay tuned! :)

 Be happy.

The autumn is here!

Hello lovely ladies! Can you feel the autumn tonight? :)
In the continuation of the rainbow theme, there's another mani I found pretty interesting.
Straight to the pics!

Skychaser! :)
This was a semi-rainbow angled tips on matte black. This is day three, I guess.
Matte black is Orly Matte Vinyl, my pretty one-coater, if I'm not shaky.
Tips: Thumb - China Glaze Paper Chasing (will be posting this one later on alone!), Index - Orly It's Up To Blue, Middle - Sally Hansen - Blue It, Ring - Sally Hansen Cyber, Pinkie - Maybelline Colorama in magenta shimmer (unnamed). These all are 3-4 coats I believe. Paper Chasing is pretty known for its ridiculous sheerness.
I didn't take pics right after the mani was done and fresh, my bad, but I wanted to rejuvenate the actual look. You know mattes get satin pretty fast.
So here are the pics with one coat of Essie Matte About You + Orly Top2Bottom for tips compared to the "worn" look.

See the difference? It's pretty obvious. But I don't really mind the three-days-old look too.

The look on them really cheered me up when I was sad.

There was a City Day on 4.09. The photo kind of reminded me of it. Happy Birthday Moscow!

Have a great day!

Oh hai skool.

Hello mesdames!
Forgive the dorky post name, this is just the way I feel now. School has started. No more sleep right till 2pm (Mythbusters...*slaps self*).
Just exclusively for yesterday I've made a special mani, which was fun and I got lots of compliments on it. It's totally imperfect, with a lot of mess... Well, you'll see.

This one says "11th V" , my class (or however you call it). Yes, it's a russian V, equal to C. Going third in the alphabet. I've been in a G class for most years (D), then one year in A (A. duh) and now V. I've always wanted to be in a B one! It's quite funny I've been in every class but my favourite. :))

Right hand. Index : 1.09.10
Middle: MDXXVII (1527) my school's number
Ring: a bell
Pinkie: |||| |||| | for 11

Messy thumb. sinα/cosα=tgα

Left hand. Pinkie: binary code (absolutely random)
Ring: paragraph symbol
Middle: E(o)=mc^2
Index: abc

The polishes I used are Orly Enchanted Forest, for a blackboard green, almost black and black looking in some lighting and a white colorama. All drawn with shaky hands (man, do I need sleep) with a toothpick.

I had fun with this one.

Thanks for reading and let there be sunshine in your soul!

Old nail art attempts!

Hello ladies!
I'm here today to keep you entertained with some oldies.
Sometimes I DO nail art, trying to achieve something okay-looking (atleast)
Here is one of the attempts which I'm really fond of!

As you can see it's a vinyl record being played :)

I used Orly Mirror Mirror, an amazing grey for the base, Avon Warm Black as the vinyl, (I guess) Sally Hansen Cherry Red for the label and some cheapo nail art lacquer in silver glitter... 

I had this one a few months ago.

Ah, this is my beloved one. I'm sorry for the crappiness of this, the tipwear and lack of cleanup...whoops! 

This mani is the Alice game inspired... plus interpreted. as you can see, I've swapped the colours :) and I love it! Even if it's soooo $#1tty. I'll probably do this one again!

 

 As you can see, my nails were oval back then. Even a bit stilletto-ish :)

I used SH Cherry Red, Avon Warm Black, Avon White.

That's all, folks!

See you next time!