OPI - You Are So Outta Lime - Halfmoon Lime Nail Art

Today's design is something I wanted to do for a while now: a half moon manicure with tiny limes. Since I got some lovely mint green colors I decided to go for it! As my base color I used OPI - You Are So Outta Lime (PR Sample) from their 2014 Neon collection. This one is not the classic neon green but it does have a hint of neon, which makes it look very different on camera. It's more of a light green and not the mint color you are looking at. I applied two coats over one coat of white. For the little lime halfmoons I used Maybelline - Chic Chartreuse and then painted the rest of the design with acrylic paint. On top is one coat of Essence - BTGN High Gloss. 

This is a scheduled post. I will be scheduling posts for the next few Sundays, but I'm trying to keep up with your feedback! You can follow me on Instagram, where I might post some nails during my vacations. Have a beautiful summer :) 

Spring/Summer Splatter Nails

I haven't done splatter nails in a while and I thought I could include one of my new neons from the Maybelline Bleached Neons collection in a cute spring and summer neon splatter design. You can find out more about how I create splatter nails in my tutorial for DIY Decals. For this one I used Flormar - 400 as my base and then added Maybelline - Chic Chartreuse, Essie - Shake Your $$ Makers, Essie - Lights and Flormar - N006. The first pictures shows the design with a shiny top coat and in the second I'm wearing one coat of Essie - Matte About You on top. 

Maybelline Acid Wash Effect - Mint-Acid-Ittude

I picked up one of the colors from the new Maybelline Acid Wash Effect limited edition. I chose the mint color called Mint-Acid-Ittude, but it was quite difficult to pick only one since they all look awesome. I love the effect and the fact that drugstore brands are catching up with the glitter sandwich trend! For these pictures I used three coats. Drying time was alright and the formula as well, but the glitter does need a bit of placing here and there. I used two coats of Essence BTGN High Gloss on top for an even surface (and some air bubbles). 

Maybelline Color Show: Polka Dots - Shooting Stars

Maybelline has a new Limited Edition with black & white glitter polishes called Polka Dots and I'm quite impressed! Since I do already own the black & white glitter top coat by L'Oreal (Confettis), I only bought one favorite from this collection. This is the blue one and it's called Shooting Stars. I absolutely love how this looks in the bottle, I couldn't stop staring at it! Well, the beauty doesn't completely transfer onto the nails, but it still looks awesome in my opinion. I used two coats to get a nice result and then two coats of Essence - BTGN Top Sealer to even the surface. This one has a lot of glitter inside: The first coat was alright, the second needed quite a bit of dabbing, placing and flattening. I'm fine with that though, it's worth it! And I didn't expect a brand like Maybelline to launch such a collection, this is really something we're more used to see in indie brands. What do you think about Maybelline going indie-glitter?

Blue Water Marble feat. p2 Volume Gloss - Heavenly Girl

Today's design is a simple water marble with three colors. I didn't pay much attention to getting a similar pattern on each nail, because basically I just want to show off my new pretty light blue nail polish. It's a new one from p2 called Heavenly Girl. It reminds me so much of summer and good times, so I had to wear it! I combined it with Maybelline Colorama - Urban Turquoise and p2 - Night Out. They all work great for water marble, but I had a lot of air bubbles, which didn't look too good after applying top coat. Oh well! :)