Leopard Ruffian meets Denim Jacket / Nail Art inspired by Fashion

Usually I don't care much about fashion and I mostly wear black clothes anyway. I run free in my nail art and I think that is enough ;) But recently I stumbled upon this pretty jacket on Pinterest and it inspired me to do my nails. Sadly I don't know the original source and I couldn't find it with Google so if you know the owner, please let me know! I decided to wear the jacket as Ruffian Nails because it is the easy way. So I did a base color resembling the light denim cloth with China Glaze - Sea Spray, China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint and Essie Blanc, using the sponging technique. On top I created the ruffian with two coats of Essence - Iced Latte and then started to do the leopard design with China Glaze - Foie Gras and Wet 'n' Wild - Black Creme. On top is once coat of Essie - Good To Go, as well as between the denim base and the leopard design.

Don't forget to vote for my Essie Girls design, you can vote every day until Friday and I'm delighted about every single vote! I promise I will go easy on the begging after this contest, but this time it is really important and I know I can count on my readers ;) Thank you so much!

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I need your support! Essie Girls Switzerland

Dear readers, I need your help! With today's design I'm taking part in a contest from Essie Switzerland. I have the chance to win a lot of Essie polishes and to be an Essie blogger for a year. This would mean a lot of swatches for you, including limited editions! It would be awesome if I'm going to win this and you would make me really happy if you vote for my picture! So if you like my design, this is how you can vote for me:

1. Go to the Essie Switzerland Facebook page and like it:

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2. Go to Essie Girls and vote for my picture:

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They asked for our favorite Essie nail polish, but you know me, I can't make decisions. This is why I included all of my favorite Essie fall colors in a Splatter design. I chose Essie - Velvet Voyeur as my base color and then added the splatter design with my DIY decal technique. The splashes are done with Angora Cardi, In Stitches and Penny Talk. On top is one coat of Essie - Good To Go. 

This is my contest picture, posing with Penny Talk ;) 

Thank you so much for your support! 

Brown - Copper Stamping feat. Penny Talk

I loved the colors of my last Ruffian Nail design so much that I had to do another one with the same colors. And I discovered that Penny Talk is an awesome polish for stamping nail art!

So these are once again two coats of Catrice - Lost In Mud as my base color. Then I chose one of my Dashica stamping designs from the Big Sdp D plate and started stamping with Essie - Penny Talk. 

On top is one coat of Essie - Good To Go. No smudging and perfect coverage with my stamp, I definitely love Penny Talk!

Reasons Pusheen Loves Fall: Halloween / Fall Pusheen Nails

I know, I might be a little early for Halloween this year, but I am already in the mood for Christmas so time can't really go fast enough now. ;) 

The newest post on the Pusheen blog really caught my eye and I knew right away I had to do some fall/Halloween inspired Pusheen nail art. Check out my earlier Fancy Pusheen Nails and my Mexican Pusheen Nails as well, if you like that cat as much as I do! 

You can find the post I'm talking about here: Reasons Pusheen loves Fall! Too cute to be true. I used China Glaze - Papaya Punch as my base color, as always when it comes to orange. Everything else is done with acrylic paint and a nail art brush. 

If you're not too sure about my pinky and index finger nails, they're supposed to be leaves, as in the ones that Pusheen is sitting in and eating pie. I left out the pie though, since Pusheen was already sweet enough ;)

Brown - Copper Ruffian Nails feat. Penny Talk

Time for some more Ruffian! I love those two colors together, they're perfect for fall. So I decided to combine them in an easy and fast way with some Ruffian Nails. 

I started with two coats of Essie - Penny Talk which was apparently not enough. I have to admit I'm not wearing a base coat this time, that's probably why you can see the ridges of my nails beneath Penny Talk. It was not really visible from afar though.

Then I added the bow with Catrice - Lost In Mud, long lost friend! ;) That was one of my first nail polishes in my collection. I used two coats for the bow to make it completely opaque. On top of it is one coat of Essie - Good To Go. 

Today I got a lot of nail mail! I ordered a bunch of China Glaze bottles the other day and they finally arrived. I chose Snow Globe, Sea Spray, Holly Day, Foie Gras and Dress Me Up. You might see some of these involved in some nail art soon! In addition I got some awesome 1$ glow in the dark polishes and I can't wait to show these off! 

Autumn Aztec/Tribal Nails

It's time for some Aztec Nails again! Somehow I associate these with Autumn, maybe because of the typical color scheme that is often used for the Aztec pattern. 

All of the colors I used are from p2. I started with two alternating base colors: Just Need Style plus Rich & Royal. Then I started painting random lines and zigzag patterns with my other colors: Forever, Night Out and Good Night Kiss. 

With a fine golden liner from p2 called Golden Ivy I filled out the missing parts and then added one coat of Essie - Good To Go. Yes I should know better by now, but I smudged my pinky nail, so annoying! 

By the way, thank you for the lovely comments on my recent posts, I really appreciate your feedback!