Lady Queen Water Decals Review

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Hey all!

I'm back again with another fun product from LadyQueen.

Zoya - Snow White // Sweet Sweet - QJ -285

Get a Clue

Deborah Lippmann - Amazing Grace // Essie - Licorice

White Acrylic Paint // Indigo Bananas - Blue Glow

Halloween Candy

BM - 306 // Color Club - Beyond // NYC - Luxury Lime Creme
Sally Hansen - Crushed / Psychedelic Purple // Essie - Licorice

Mini Halloween Series 2014: Jack Skellington WM and Tutorial

Essie - Blanc / Licorice

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 30: Inspired by a Tutorial

Essie - Cocktails and Coconuts / Licorice

China Glaze - Mimosa's Before Mani's / Highlight of my Summer

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 29: Inspired by the Supernatural

Color Club - Beyond / Fashion Addict
Essie - Licorice

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

Barry M. - Lychee // Firecracker Lacquer - Penguin Parade

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 14: Flowers

Micheal Kors - Limelight // Sally Hansen - Brisk Blue
Essie - Blanc + Licorice

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 7: Black and White

Deborah Lippmann - Amazing Grace // Essie - Licorice
MoYou London - Fairytale Plate 02

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 5: Blue

Barry M - Green Berry // OPI - Get Your Number // Color Club - Beyond

Penguin Galaxy

Firecracker Lacquer - Penguin Parade // Sally Hansen - Scarab
A England - Jane Eyre // Zoya - Solange + Godiva // Essie - Blanc

Penguin Parade

Last time I showed you a glitter topper from Firecracker Lacquer.

Today I've got one of her amazing holographics!

Firecracker Lacquer - Penguin Parade // Wet n' Wild - Bird Bath
Heart 2 Art Nail Accessories

Butterfly Effect

Hey there!
Last time I told you I'd be sharing what I wore on my digits for Mother's Day.
So here they are.

Deborah Lippmann - Amazing Grace // Essie - Licorice 

O.P.I Sheer Tint Collection // BM - 307

This was my first time using the O.P.I sheers and I have to say I really like them.
I love the colours! And I love that you can combine them to make even more shades.
The versatility is so great. I'm going to be trying these out again soon.   

 Do you like the butterflies? Kind of make my heart flutter.
And I like that they smudged a little. Made it a little more vintage-looking.

So what do you think? Let me know below!
Next post is will be up as usual on Monday.

xo, D.

Geometric City

Hey everyone!
I've been feeling really creative as of late so I wanted to make a look with some impact.
Coincidentally there is a MoYou challenge going on through Instagram and I most definitely
had to enter. So here's my entry for Day 10: Geometric.

& The After... 

Model City - Wanna Be Your Boyfriend // Zoya - Blu // MoYou - Suki Plate 06

I was really happy I didn't use just a plain old white to stamp.

I think Blu just adds a bit of something else.

So what do you think? Let me know in the comments!

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.

Orange you creative?

Hey ladies and gents!

Been a little while. Sorry for that. Last week just ran away from me. 

But I figured I'd start this week off right and crank out another 2 in 1 post.

Better late then never. 

Both of today's looks feature Cult Nails - Be Loco as the main attraction. 

As a girl who isn't exactly in love with the colour orange I have to say I was smitten with this polish. 

It didn't clash with my fair skin tone and I loved the vibrancy of this particular shade. 

Loco for Tinsel

Cult Nails - Be Loco // Ciate - Tinsel Town

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Orange Cocktail

Cult Nails - Be Loco // Maybelline - Cocktail Dress

Quo Instant Artist - Black / White

I wore this mani for a heavy metal concert I went to with some of my familia.

Heavy Metal is not necessarily my music of choice (go figure) but I have to say I had lots of fun.

There's nothing like a band giving their all on their last night.

You could feel the music pulsating through the room and crawling up into your brain.

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Thanks for stopping by. See you in a few!

xo, D.

Birthdays, Babies, & Belated Holidays

Hey everyone!

So it's been an extremely long time since I last posted. 

It was nothing you did - I just wasn't feeling creative at all and as a result I had a really hard time writing my thoughts.
I have a not-so-secret love for the written word and I just hate producing mediocre work. 

Perhaps it was the Winter Autumn blues?
In any case, here's some of the highlights of what's been happening in my life...

There was my god-daughter's birthday....

Novel Nail Polish - Rainbow Drops (Buy it here)

I polished off a Mildred Pierce HBO series with Gee from InJeebWeTrust ....

Enchanted Polish - Across the Universe // Sally Hansen Insta Dri - Jade Jump

MoYou - Suki Plate 05 (buy it here)

The HBO series was amazeballs by the way. Click here to see the trailer

Halloween happened...

OPI - My Vampire is Buff // China Glaze - Cast a Spell // Zoya - Thandie

Remembrance Day passed...

Aphrodite Lacquers - Rum Runner
(The etsy store is currently closed but you can follow them here on facebook for updates )


There was a baby shower....

Sation - Love at First Lavendar // A England - Saint George
MoYou - Suki Plate 06 (Buy it here)

& it was Gee's birthday...

Esmaltes da Kelly - Wolfsbane (Buy it here) // Essie - Blanc // Sally Hansen - Pink Blink
MoYou - Suki Plate 06 (Buy it here)


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Phew. So that's been my life as of late.
Which look is your favourite?
Next up I'll have a fun galaxy to share.
Until next time!

Much love, D.

1 Year Blogiversary

Hey friends!
So sorry to have been away so long. I needed a bit of a blogging break.
When I blog I always strive to blog consistently and to
produce interesting posts, and I just wasn’t in the right mind frame to do either.
But! I’m back and all too quickly I’ve hit another milestone: my 1 year blogiversary!!!
Technically I hit it on the 11th of October but I got swept up in Thanksgiving
madness and didn’t get to posting until today – 9 days later.
But since this is my blog and I can do what I want we’re just going to ignore that fact.

Now onto the festivities. To celebrate this occasion I wanted to provide
you with multiple mani’s just like I did for my 100th post.
I’ve been gone so long, you deserve more than one look, so this time around you’re getting 4.
Let me know which look is your favourite! 

& here's a band I'm a little obsessed with at the moment to get things started.



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Aphrodisiac Deco Tips






For this look I used Sally Hansen Lustre Shine in Lava as my base
and then I taped off the tips and used piCture pOlish in Aphrodisiac.
I loved the electric pink/glittering gold on plum contrast. 
Total glam.




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Hunter in London





This is a look I wore while going out with some friends for tea and pastries.
I wanted something that embraced fall and all it’s deep rich colours.
I used Zoya – Hunter for my base and then on top of that I used Zoya  - London.
To complete the look I mattified the whole thing with OPI’s matte top coat.



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Jane Eyre Meets King Arthur






Next up, another dark and sultry manicure.
I used A England – Jane Eyre as my base and then I stamped using A England – King Arthur.
The plate I used was Sailor Collection – 06 by MoYou. You can find all their amazing plates here.
Seriously. If you love to stamp you need some of their plates.
Not only are the designs fantastic but the groves are etched deeply and the images transfer really well.



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Fruity Fan-tastic

Last up, another MoYou mani. I wore this manicure for Thanksgiving long weekend
and I was lucky enough to have it last all 3 days of my fatty feast.
Nothing like family and great food to remind me of what I’m thankful for.

For my base I used Barry M – Lychee and then I stamped using A England – Briarwood.
The MoYou plate I used was plate 5 from the Suki Collection.

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So that’s it! Hope you enjoyed my one year blogiversary post.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my little blog.
Now let’s get this next year rollin’!

xo, D.