Catching Fire

The Hunger Games collection of China Glaze just hit the store where I usually buy my China Glaze polishes. First, they told me it would arrive mid-March, then they moved the release date to begin April, then they told me they had no clue about which collection I was talking, until it finally arrived mid-May.

Beauty Company, what the hell?

The polish I was anticipating the most was Riveting - a jelly-ish orange that blinds not only you but also innocent bystanders. The only draw back to wearing the colour orange in the Netherlands is that this country has claimed it and whenever you wear orange people automatically assume you want to have anything to do with their stupid football/soccer. But this polish is a-ma-zing so I couldn't pass it up. I used two coats and topped it off with Inglot 205 - a flakie.

In direct sunlight, outside.

In the shadow, outside.

In the shadow, inside.

It applies like a dream and looks like a dream too - unreal bright. The Inglot flakie also applies great and the flakes spread out evenly across the nail in one swipe.

xox,
Maria.

Strawberry

Hi,

The title is kind of giving away what this manicure is all about - strawberries! Yay! This is a freehand design done with acrylic paint.

I absolutely love this design and wore it for about a week and a half before tipwear started to show. 

:D

And now for some shameless self-promotion. I started to write a new story about the Avengers (you know, the movie about superheroes?). Go read it here if you're interested.

xox,

Maria.

Pawprint

Hi,

First of all, I couldn't be more excited because MakeupBee featured my Like a Sir manicure on their facebook!  This is the link to their facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Makeupbee and I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the link to the actual feature...

So, the 30th of April was Queensday here in the Netherlands and it involves people getting drunk off their asses, partying all day and night and then another day and lots of orange. I didn't want to make a special Queensday manicure but the new Chanel Distraction is a coral polish that actually looks kind of orange - so, I ended up with an orange manicure anyway...

Excuse me for the sad cuticles :(. Distraction is, like I said before, a coral polish and in direct sunlight it shows blue/purple shimmer. But it is very hard to catch, so it's like a pot of gold at the end on a rainbow when it finally comes through. I needed two thick coats for this.

xox,
Maria.

Fluffy

Hi,

Today will be a second attempt at making a manicure with acrylic paint. This one earned a lot of compliments from a lot of strangers, oddly enough, 'cause I wasn't nearly satisfied with it.

Say cheese! Bonus, you can see my reflection.

They are fluffy flowers, in case you can't see it. :)

Products used:

• China Glaze Prelude to Kiss
• Acrylic paint

xox,

Maria.

Acrylic paint

Hi,

Like I promised in my last post, this one will be about my first experience with acrylic paint instead of nail polish  for making nail art. My first and foremost annoyance with using nail polish is that it's gloopy and difficult to manage. I read on a lot of blogs that acrylic paint is a great alternative, so I raced to the stores and bought a box with a rainbow of colours. After a lot of annoyance, painting and repainting, swearing - here it is, my first acrylic paint mani:

It's simple, colourful and above all simple. Have I mentioned simple? 

Products used:

• Koh Baby Blue
• Revlon Whimsical
• Fuchsia acrylic paint from the Xenos

Also, I couldn't resist and bought a new Chanel polish. As soon as I saw the Roses ultimes de Chanel Collection I knew I had to have one. At first I wanted Frisson (a pearly pink with shimmer) but somehow I changed my mind to Distraction. It must have distracted me, hur hur. Anyway, here are a few pics. No swatches yet, but they're coming up soon.

xox,

Maria.

Like a sir

Hi!

Blogger has a new look, for those who did not know this. It was quite a shock when I logged in. Of course, it had been announced but I thought it would be like the trial period of Winrar...
Okay, that was a quick side note :'). Now on to the business of the day. I have one hint:

Moustaches! Yes, I'm going along with the moustache trend. Sigh. But they're so fun!

Just look at it! And they're really not hard to make. You just need a steady hand and a thin paint brush. It's  even possible if your hands aren't that steady. You know, like mine.

Products used:

• Sally Hansen Hard As Wraps, the white one (I couldn't find the name or number on my bottle?).
• Nameless black polish.

Also, I (finally) bought some acrylic paint and made my very first mani with it. Check back, because the next mani features pink acrylic paint...

xox,

Maria.

Clouds with a chance of sunshine

Hi,

I think my inspiration for Disney manicures has ended just as quickly as it began. So, we're back to 'normal' mani's. If the sun isn't coming to me, then I'm going to have to improvise. 

Products used:

• Rimmel My Denim
• Sagitta 136 (that is the yellow one)
• Sally Hansen manicure white

Maybe I should start using acrylic paint for my manicures, because nail polish is kind of thick. 

xox,

Maria.