Essie - Find me an Oasis / Mattified Glitter

Some very subtle nails for today! The base is the awesome Essie - Find me an Oasis with two coats. On top of that I added one coat of H&M - Blue Bliss, a beautiful glitter in a slightly blue tinted base. I'm pretty sure this one isn't sold anymore though. The matte finish is done with Essie - Matte About You.

MoYou London Kaleidoscope #04 feat. Essie - Fiji

I found the perfect color match: Essie - Fiji and H&M - Get A Rose 4 Me. I'm pretty sure the last one isn't available in stores anymore, but they might have a new one these days. I combined those two with my new MoYou London Kaleidoscope plate #04 which I think is really adorable. I used three coats of Fiji and then stamped with Get A Rose 4 Me. On top is one coat of Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri. 

Floral / Cherry Blossom Nail Art inspired by H&M

This design was inspired by a bikini I saw at H&M. I used H&M - U Must Have This as my base color (including stained nails!) and then painted the flowers on top with acrylic paint. On top is one coat of Essence BTGN High Gloss. 

Blue & Turquoise Ikat Nails

I told you, I'm going to do these again soon! This time I decided to go for the popular colors: Almost all the Ikat Nails I saw were done with turquoise. I chose H&M - Bella's Choice to be my base color for this design. I thought it might be easier to paint with acrylic paint, so that's what I used for the rest of the design. But to be honest, I think nail polish would be the better choice for Ikat Nails. I used one coat of Essie - Good To Go on top. (Please excuse my broken index finger nail, I should start using Microcell again!)

 

H&M - Blue Bliss

For today a quick post with some swatches I did a few weeks ago. I discovered Blue Bliss by H&M in my local store and I didn't see it before so I guess it is a new shade. I really hoped for it to be opaque on its own which sadly wasn't the case. It would have been so pretty! Anyway, it still looks awesome on a white base because it turns the white into a light blue with glitter on it. I used two coats of Essie - Blanc and two coats of H&M - Blue Bliss. It didn't dry too fast, but nothing to worry about with one coat of Essie - Good To Go on top. It really reminds me of a winterly landscape at dusk... you know, when the snow starts to turn slightly blue? 

Oh dear, how I miss winter! 

Nude & Pink Ruffian Nails

Today's design is something very clean and simple. I haven't done a lot of Ruffian Nails up until now so this is something different from the usual. 

I used two coats of Essence - Iced Latte as a base color. I love this nail polish, it's the best nude one I have. The Ruffian is freehanded with H&M - All Eyes On Me, a very old but still great nail polish in bright pink. 

I thought about doing the curve with french manicure tape but I didn't have the patience to wait for Iced Latte to be tape-dry. So I just proceeded with the pink polish as with a normal manicure, just leaving out a small part on top of the nail. On top is one coat of Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat on which I'm now getting onto the bottom of the bottle. I really liked this top coat in regard to the drying time. The formula was not too thick but it was alright to work with. I'm not gonna re-buy it though because it is too expensive in Switzerland and I couldn't find a cheap seller on Ebay. I decided to give Essie - Good To Go another try. 

I love Ruffian Nails, since they're really chic and make a fast way to get a pretty manicure. You need a steady hand though to do the curves or use stencils to create the perfect line.