Simple Red Glitter Christmas Manicure

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First let me apologize for not posting for a few days! (here comes the lame excuse) I simply just didn't have the time to do it. But I am back with a really simple Christmas manicure.

The gorgeous red glitter polish was given to me in a swap with Iris (Polish Amor). I remember when unpacking the package my brother was looking and this one was definitely his favorite. And I'm not talking about him wanting to wear polish :P He even asked me a few days ago what the brand of this polish was, because a friend of him needs a red glitter polish xD

This red glitter is called Dorothy and is by NYX. It has a sheer black base and you would need at least 3 or 4 coats to get this opaque and you would be stuck with lots of glitter on your nails. I only painted my nails with 2 coats of a black polish and applied this one on the tips and a little under that. 

This manicure was done 6 days ago and in those six days my nails changed... An intern at work has a friend who wanted to provide me some acrylics. I gave in, but regret it. I knew acrylics were bad for your nails, but I actually don't like it, because it turned out ugly... So I wanted to ask if anybody knows if I can get them off by holding my nails in alcohol?

Thanks in advance :P

Also thank you for reading and I hope you will have an amazing Christmas!

xoxo Ingie

Fail Art Friday!

Hahah! Nail art is not my best thing and now that I lost my scraper a few days ago I decided to try something with striping tape again. The idea for this one randomly popped up in my head during my lunch break at work 2 weeks ago, but instead of white I had grey in mind. White seemed to go better with it.

I really thought it would work out, but I was wrong :P I had the tape too long or too tight on my nails, so it pulled the other nail polish and it just turned out to be a disaster! Because it's Friday and this nail art turned into a fail, Fail Art Friday would be a nice name for this xD Maybe it will turn back weekly... :)

Enjoy the fail!

I just noticed how free-handed this looks :P

xoxo Ingie

ELF Nail Polish review [PictureSpam!]

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So here is my review on the ELF nail polishes I bought last week. I ordered them on eyeslipsface.nl and the polishes were € 1,00 per bottle.

We're starting with this first polish with the original name Light Pink. This polish was pretty thick. It didn't feel annoying on the brush and while applying, but it's not easy. It takes a really long time to dry, because you need 3 coats for opacity.

Light Pink: 3 coats

This is Gum Pink. It's thinner than Light Pink. 1 coat will be okay if you have short nails, but 2 for longer nails. Because it's thinner and you need less coats it dries faster than Light Pink.

Gum Pink: 2 coats

This is Light Red. The formula isn't too thick or too thin, but pretty much perfect. For this polish you also need 1 coat with short nails and 2 for longer nails. You can obviously see I'm only wearing 1 coat :P

Light Red: 1 coat

This is Plum. This one is the thinnest so far. It's a pretty pigmented polish, but whether you have long or short nails; you will need 2 coats, because of bald spots. On the picture it looks more brown than it actually is.

Plum: 2 coats

This is Black (oh really). Nice formula, but the brush had a few hairs sticking out at the bottom of the brush which would leave nail polish on my cuticle. Just like Plum it needs 2 coats, because of bald spots.

Black: 2 coats

This is Dark Navy. I wanted it so bad after seeing it on rebeccalikesnails. It's a bit of a thicker polish, but not annoyingly thick. 1 coat is enough. The brush was being annoying. In real life it looks almost black and the dark blue micro glitter is hardly noticeable in real life. It doesn't dry shiny.

Dark Navy: 1 coat

This is Fuchsia. Nice color, nice formula, nice application. Nothing bad to say about it. 1 coat is enough for short nails, 2 coats for longer nails.

Fuchsia: 2 coats

Punk Purple. Looks a bit like Fuchsia, but is darker and more purple. Everybody, with short or long nails, can get away with 1 coat, but 2 coats is better.

Punk Purple: 2 coats

This is Lilac and has pretty much the exact same formula as the first polish Light Pink. It makes me feel like they're actually kind of jelly polishes. 2-3 coats will do the job. Lilac is in real life lighter and more of a pastel color.

Lilac: 2 coats

This is Desert Haze. Nice formula, and pretty pigmented. You need 2 coats to cover bald spots. I think this is a gorgeous nude color if you have lighter skin than me. It won't stop me from wearing it though.

Desert Haze: 2 coats

Innocent... Not as innocent as it looks! Maybe it cheated on me... Why? Look at the pictures below this swatch.
From all the polishes this was the worst! The formula was kinda thin and at first it looked kinda sandy, but that wasn't the case. It applies streaky. This polish just seemed used.

Innocent: 3 coats

The bottle was kinda hard to open and this is what I saw!

This is Purple Pleaser and is lighter than Punk Purple. They have the same formula and you will also need 2 coats because of bald spots.

Purple Pleaser: 2 coats

Dark Glitter Purple. I wanted this one so bad, but is not as spectacular as it seemed. The glitter in this is better to see than in Dark Navy. On the picture it looks really blue, but is actually really purple. 2 coats are used for opacity.

Dark Glitter Purple: 2 coats

Overall, I can't really say bad stuff about these polishes. They're only €1/$1. If you see the quality that you get it's even better than you would expect for that price. The brushes are nice and thick although some of them have little hairs sticking out.

Do you have any ELF polishes and which one is your favorite? And from these swatches, which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below :)

xoxo Ingie

Bloody Hell nails

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This is just something random I did like a week ago. I wanted to try out this fan nail art brush :P I still don't know the use of it xD

I painted my nails with a dark grey, Miss Sporty Lasting Colour nr. 420. Over that I sponged Catrice's ASHley and Color Club's Black. I put some red nail polish on a paper, China Glaze's City Siren, dipped the fan brush in it and dragged it over my nails :P This is the result.

I have to say I kinda dig it... xD I wanted to see what it looked like matte, so used the Matte Effect top coat from Gosh.

Which one do you like better? The shiny or matte one?

xoxo Ingie

Halloween Nails - Bloody Fingerprint

Hello! :)

Today I'll show you a simple nail art which I've been trying once before. Since Halloween is coming up I decided it would be cool to give you an idea if you're going out on Halloween :)

These first two pictures were done a few days ago. I didn't like it that much, because I tried so many times and failed all the time! It was getting frustrating, but now seeing the pictures again, I don't hate it that much :P

I used a white base, because that way you're able to see the red. On black it would not even be noticeable. For the red color I used City Siren from China Glaze, a nice bloody looking color. I got it a few days ago, but I used a lot of it the past few days :P

This last picture was done today. Actually an hour ago :P I just wanted to try it one more time! It's still not really how I wanted it to be, but still it's kinda cool. I especially like the one on my ring finger.

How to create this:
- Paint your nails in a base color, preferably white.
- Put some red nail polish on a piece of paper and dip your finger in it.
- Lightly dab some access off on the paper and then lightly dab it on your nail

Just practice a few times on paper :)

Thanks for reading again!

xoxo Ingie

Gradient Nails - Pink to Black

A new month, so time for me to do new things. My nail polish collection grew a lot in September, which I will show later today or tomorrow :)

But today I wanted to show you some gradient nails. I love gradient nails! It's easy and everybody can do it!

As my base color I used China Glaze's Ahoy! followed by China Glaze - City Siren, China Glaze - Urban-Night, China Glaze - Crimson and last but not least Color Club - Black.

Sometimes things just look better when they're blurred :P

So since Halloween is coming up, not really celebrated in my country, I decided to stamp skulls on my nails. I love the one with the little bow :P But the one with the crown looks nice too xD

And this last picture is some horror... I never really mind my nails breaking, but I do hate when it happens so far in, because I have to walk around for nails with that and I get stuck on everything!

Thanks for reading again!

xoxo Ingie

Catrice - Marilyn & Me

Marilyn & Me? Nice name! Everytime Catrice comes out with a new collection they come up with the best names. They did it again!

A few days ago I showed you red nails for the challenge, but I happen to got a new red polish a few days later. I just had to show you this one!

It's red (obviously..) with red shimmer and chunky glitter. I've actually never really seen those two together! I think it's really pretty. I wouldn't wear this polish now, but more when we're going into the winter. I find it so Christmassy (I like using words that don't exist xD)

In this last picture you actually don't see much of the chunky glitter, but still you can see how gorgeous it is! For this polish I first applied 2 coats, but wanted to try 3 instead. It was really opaque with 3 coats1 :)

xoxo Ingie

Day 1 - Red Nails

A few days ago the lovely Rebecca started with the challenge. I don't know who started it, but apparently this challenge has been around for a while. Some days I just live in Bikini Bottom and have no idea what's going on on the internet :P Today I read on Laura's blog it's a challenge for the month of September, so I figured I would finally start it xD I don't know yet if I'm gonna finish it, but I'll try my best!

My fingers look extremely white... :P

Todays nails; Red. This pretty red is from Catrice and listens to the name Bloody Mary To Go. This is actually the only red nail polish I own! When my nail polish addiction started (October 2010) Catrice and Essence were the only brands I knew. I went on the hunt for a red polish and found this one. I'm still looking for the perfect red and I think Essie's Aperitif comes close to it.

Tomorrows nails; Orange

xoxo Ingie