31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 24: Inspired by a Book

Joe Fresh - Cloud / Iris / Faded Violet

L'Oreal - a la Meringue // American Apparel - 7th and Alameda

O.P.I - Matte Topcoat

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 13: Animal Print

Essie - Cocktail Bling // Sephora X - Fierce //A England - Briarwood
Revlon - Plum Seduction // China Glaze - Lemon Fizz // Zoya - Blu
Joe Fresh - Lagoon // Models Own - Banana Split

Sally Hansen - Raspberry Race + Pacific Blue + Fuchsia Flare

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 9: Rainbow

Sally Hansen - Butter-fly Stroke / Sonic Bloom / Jade Jump / Disco Ball

Joe Fresh - Turquoise // Cult Nails - Be Loco
BM - 312 // Esse - Licorice

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 6: Violet

Joe Fresh - Faded Violet // Nfu Oh - 51 // OPI - Matte Top Coat

Sour Iris

 After seeing this water marble manicure by In Jeeb We Trust I was inspired to dip
my feet back into the colourful waters of water marbling.
Took me a longgggg time since it's been so hot here in Vancouver but I was quite happy with the results.

Turquoise Addict

Hey all!

So I'm pretty ecstatic that Summer has finally arrived.

I get to wear cute dresses and my awesome tribal print shorts and I can
leave my bulky-but-oh-so-comfy-and-warm-sweaters at home.

And you know what else? It's the perfect season for holos!

Joe Fresh - Turquoise // Color Club - Fashion Addict

Joe Fresh - Bloom

Hey there!

Happy Monday - and if you're in the States well then Happy Memorial Day.

I have a bit of military influence in my family - both sides went through WWII back in Poland.

One of my grandpa's was pursued by Nazi's and the other served in the war, though from what
I'm told he didn't like talking too much about it. My dad also went through training and worked in the
military for a few years. It's always been important to me to be familiar with the workings behind the
First and Second World Wars because it has such a strong tie to how my family developed.
As they say, knowledge is power.

Now onto the fun stuff.

Blue Lagoon

Hey friends! Happy Monday.

It's a long weekend here in beautiful British Columbia.

Yesterday I went out for a hike with my parents and took in some mother nature at Rice Lake. 

When I was younger I had a passion for climbing rocks and traversing ravens.
I can clearly remember climbing up a huge stack of rocks to get to a small little island while my granny freaked out.
I don't do it as much now but the need to go on long walks and discover new places has never left.
 I'm always trying to discover a new place in this city. 

Joe Fresh - Lagoon // Nothern Lights Holographic Topcoat

O.P.I - Matte Top Coat // Fadzone Nail Art Decoration 

I was immediately smitten with this polish. 3 thin easy coats and it was perfect.

I was expecting a lighter blue but this was so much better. And I love the name!

I ordered this great pack of 1200 simple nail art decorations (you can find them here)
and I wanted to compare the ivory and white pearls. To add a bit more whimsy I also added a cute little bow. 

Feel free to leave your comments below!

I'm off now to meet up with my favourite guy and to enjoy what's left of this weekend.

See you Friday.

xo, D.  

With a Shotgun in Her Hand

Hey everyone!

Happy Friday. 

First up here's a song to emulate what I've been feeling
lately now that the days are getting warmer.
Can't help but groove to this.

And now here's my latest splatter manicure!

Joe Fresh - Faded Violet // Iris // Cloud

Essie - Licorice

Right Hand

Left Hand

So what do you think? I love how the colours work together.
The gun needs a little work but I still liked it. Just dipping my toes into freehand art again. 

See on Monday.

xo, D.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Wrath

Hello there!
So I’m back from the dead, or as I like to call it “I-finally-got-my-laptop-back-from-that-place-that-repairs-them-praised-be-baby-Jesus”. My entire cooling system needed to be replaced. I understand why – I mean I’ve had my lap top for almost 4 years now – I just didn’t realize it would take so long. At first the man with the Russian accent said “okay, we’ll look at it and call you.” Then he called & said “So your cooling system needs replacing. We have to ship the part and it might take up to two weeks.” TWO FREAKIN WEEKS!! I wanted to cry. Luckily I only had to wait a week, but I still suffered from severe blogging withdrawal. And let me just say that using someone else’s lap top did not help. It just made me want mine more. Needless to say I was beyond happy when he called. This is what I sent a friend after I picked it up: “I finally got my laptop back (insert dancing emoticon) I was hugging it like it was my child that had been at camp for a week.”  Now you know my brain a little more.

Finally I get to blog. For my first day back I wanted to show you what I did for wrath for the Seven Deadly Sins Challenge. I choose to combine day 9 and 10 because I had my graduation that week (pssttt! upcoming mani) and I wouldn’t have time to do that many manicures in a week. So here are the prompts: “Day 9: Get mad trying, again, that technique you know it's going to be a fail” + “Day 10: Find something that blows your top and express it with your art!”

The technique that I chose to use was splatter. I’ve tried doing it on more than one occasion and it was just not happening, but I decided to give it another go (this was number 3 I’m pretty sure) because In Jeeb We Trust does the most amazing splatters and I just wanted to try and see if I could even manage to do one nail. Here they are:

To fulfill the day 10 aspect I had to think a little bit. I ended up using Translink (which is the name of the public transportation system where I live) as the thing that blows my top. Don’t get me wrong, I love being able to take a bus/skytrain anywhere in the city. I just wish that all the idiotic things that happen to me while I’m on the bus would stop. If you’ve ever taken public transit then you will understand. 



In any case, I used Translink’s colours so that the theme would be meet. Recently the buses were somewhat updated. Example. So the colours I went with were grey, yellow, dark blue, black, & a bit of white.
(If you'd like to know any of the names of the polishes just comment below.)




So there you go! First post back and I’ve already bombarded you with text.
It’s just because I missed you, I swear. Remember to check out the other ladies!

D

P.S. In case you noticed that I skipped day 8: not only was the theme sloth but the prompt said “only if you want”. I didn’t want. So I skipped it and embraced my slothy side.