Witch-y Waters

Nubar - Sour Apple // China Glaze - In the Limelight (neon)
Firecracker Lacquer - Penguin Parade + Flamingo Fanfare
American Apparel - Lopez Canyon // Northern Lights Holographic Topcoat

Pumpkin Tarts

China Glaze - Highlight of my Summer // Essie - Tart Deco

piCture pOlish - Aphrodisiac // BM - 305

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 31: Honour Nails You Love

China Glaze - Lemon Fizz // Zoya - Hunter / Bevin

Sally Hansen - Fuchsia Flare / Sonic Bloom

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 27: Inspired by Artwork

Firecracker Lacquer - Flamingo Fanfare // Michael Kors - Limelight

Sephora X - Fierce / Melodramatic // China Glaze - Pink Voltage

Essie - Blanc / Licorice // MoYou London - Sailor Plate 06

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 23: Inspired by a Movie

Sally Hansen - Butter-fly Stroke // China Glaze - Are You Jelly?

O.P.I - I Saw, You Saw, We Saw Warsaw // MoYou London - Fairytale Plate 05 // Zoya - Blu 

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 11: Polka Dots

L'Oreal - A La Meringue // China Glaze - Lemon Fizz

American Apparel - 7th and Alameda // MoYou London - Suki Plate 08

Lime Lines

Is there a colour that you tend to stay away from when choosing polish?

I usually have to be more careful when I choose greens. It just doesn't always work with my skin tone.

But! I have discovered that green tends to look much better on me when I have a tan.

Neon Rain

Down on the West Coast...

we've been having a heat wave.

And, literally, if you're not drinking then you're not playing.

I've been guzzling down water like nobodies business.

I've had the side effects of heat stroke before and let's just say it ain't fun.

I've been craving a stampacure and when I saw the little rain droplets 

on my MoYou London plate I just knew I had to use them.

Pink Pegasus

Did you ever take a course on mythology?

Some of the most memorable courses that I took in university had some aspect of mythology / ancient
influence and it always made my brain tingle. All it takes is a good story and I'm hooked.

I love that stories and myths transcend time. A window into a past we can never visit.

Green Tea

Hey there!

So last week I had the most desperate desire for high tea.

I knew that there was only one person who would truly understand so

I hit up Gee from In Jeeb We Trust, and we decided to try out a

new spot rather than our usual hideout on Main Street.

And how was it? Well it was quite possibly the girliest place I've ever been to.

Pink everything. Soft music. The most precious tea set with all the right accessories.

And the food was seriously outstanding. Best cucumber sandwich I've ever had in my life!

If you live in Vancity and love a unique tea experience definitely try out Patisserie Fur Elise.

Then take photos and share them and make me insanely jealous.

Now onto the manicure I wore!

Neon Easter Dotticure

Hey there!

So Easter's coming up and you might be planning a manicure and need some ideas.
I found this look/tutorial by Trendy Polish and I decided to try it out and share it with all of you.
I put my own little twist on it and it came out rather festive I think.

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China Glaze - Pink Voltage // Highlight of my Summer
Lemon Fizz // Mimosa's Before Mani's

I wanted to keep it bright and fun so I committed to my most colourful neons.
These pairings ended up kicking quite a punch.

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Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully you're feeling a bit more inspired.
See you in a few days!

xo, D.

Holiday Mani-Madness Day 4 & Day 5

Glitzy Reindeer

Hey everyone!

Today I have day 4 and day 5 of Holiday Mani-Madness to share with you.
As mentioned in my last post I had a bit of a mishap with my original Christmas Eve/Day mani
so day 4 was really a last minute idea. So excuse the messy clean up job. I was rushed.

This manicure was sparked by a gorgeous glittery reindeer that sits on one of our shelves.

I decided on a gradient pretty quick but to add that extra oomph I knew I had to stamp.

How can you go wrong with snowflakes on Christmas?

A England - Briarwood // A England - Saint George

Sally Hansen - Silver Sweep // BM plate 323 

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Candles & Crystals

Now onto day 5! I was inspired for this look by a French Vanilla candle I bought at Winners for the holidays.

I loved the pattern on the label and the translucency of the crystal.

China Glaze - Ingrid // Color Club - Cloud Nine

BM plate 312

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So that's it for Holiday Mani-Madness!

I hope you enjoyed all 5 looks because I had a lot of fun challenging myself

and keeping my digits super festive for the holidays.

Next up I will be posting my New Year's look

and I have a fun post of mani's you didn't get to see in 2013.

Happy Friday friends!

Much love, D.

Holiday Mani-Madness Day 3

Merry Christmas everyone!

Today I have day 3 of Holiday Mani Madness to share.

This look was inspired by these purple tree candles that I have sitting on my nail polish box.

I use the top tray as a display case/center piece on my desk and when I found these trees at the dollar store I just knew they'd be perfect. I should also add that the box was a gift from my boyfriend. It's nice to have a man who can build things. 

Essie - Meet Me at the Altar // Northern Lights Silver Holographic Topcoat

Snow: Maybelline - Porcelain Party

Dark Purple Trees: China Glaze - Are You Jelly? // Esmaltes de Kelly - Wolfsbane

Light Purple Trees: Sally Hansen - Raspberry Race // Zoya - Stevie

Let me know what you think of this look in the comments!

Also! I was intending to post Day 4 tomorrow but unfortunately I used

Nail Pattern Boldness - Glitter a peel basecoat and my manicure

peeled before I had the time to photograph it properly :(

I will still be posting a different look but I have to postpone till Friday.

So I'll see you Friday!

Have a very Merry Christmas friends! <3

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.

Pastel Galaxy

Hello again!

How are you all doing? Vancouver’s been a little grey the past couple days
(which I don’t mind because we needed rain) so I decided to do something light and pretty.
I’d seen this tutorial by Nailasaurus a little while ago and I’ve been wanting to attempt it ever since.
So here is my take on pastel galaxies:

if I had to decide what would exist in this galaxy then it would definitely be fluffy bunnies and unicorns.
And there would be a giant caterpillar smoking out of a pipe. There’s just something magical about it.

As with any galaxy that I’ve done before I had to use quite a few colours.
First up I chose to use Highlight Of My Summer by China Glaze as my base. Don’t be fooled by the bottle shot.
This polish is actually a lot more neon in person but my camera was having a hard time capturing it.
The nail shots show the true colour better.
Then I used Lemon Fizz by China Glaze & Greenberry by Barry M.



Next I added Meet Me At the Altar by Essie, Stevie by Zoya, & Miss Bliss by Colour Club.
The stars were done using a dotting tool & Essie – Blanc.
To finish it all off I added my OPI Matte Top Coat.

Here’s the gang all together atop my current read: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen.

I was surprised by my how well this turned out. I have to admit I was slightly sceptical
because I just love galaxies using dark colours. I didn’t think it would work out but it totally hit the right note.

So what do you think? Are you loving the pastel galaxies or are you more partial to the darker versions?

Much love D.