Halloween Candy

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

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 19: Galaxies & Galaxy Tutorial

Deborah Lippmann - Amazing Grace

Color Club - Eternal Beauty/ Miss Bliss / Cosmic Fate

Zoya - Godiva // Northern Lights Holographic Topcoat

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 5: Blue

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

Kings & Queen Galaxy

Have you seen the upcoming ILNP collection for Fall 2014?

It is freaking fragging amazing. Google it. You won't regret it.

I've been drooling over the swatches so I just had to use my one and only ILNP.
Here's a few swatches before the magic happened!

ILNP - Kings & Queens

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

Gypsy Acid Cats

Hey all!
Hope you've had a good week.
If not, well, hopefully some nail art and a bit of music will cheer you up.

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Barry M. - Lychee // Color Club - Miss Bliss // Sally Hansen - Golden Rule 

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& here's a band I've recently discovered.
This is probably my favourite song from the album. 

I love to zone out to this and go for a walk.

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 2

Pink & Cream Ornaments




Hello again! Welcome to Mani Madness Day 2.
Once again I sought inspiration from my beautiful Christmas tree.
This time I went for pink and cream ornaments.

OPI - My Vampire is Buff // Color Club - Miss Bliss // Sally Hansen Pink Blink

Here is a rare shot of my left hand...

 I was really happy with these. It took forever to do but it was so worth it. 

Sometimes all you need is stripping tape.

So that is it for Day 2. Let me know what you think below!
& I will see you tomorrow.

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.

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Day 13

Hey there.
How is everyone? I’m doing alright. Just happy it’s Friday. I’ve been cleaning the house today and I needed a break, so I wanted to share what I did for the 13th day of the Seven Deadly Sins Challenge. (This is the final sin people! I only have one more look after this.) The prompt for this look was: “Recreate your own work to make it even better.”  I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do for this one but I ended up choosing this look that I did wayyyy back in December. I really loved what I did and I thought the photos did it justice, but looking back I have to say I’m very angry with myself for not using my actual camera sooner. In any case, here’s the recreated look:





I wanted to stick with the same polishes that I used the first time I did this look, so I once again used China Glaze – Midtown Magic as my base. Then I used my midlength brush and added Color Club – Cloud Nine.



I was going to just use Topshop – Razzmatazz like last time but I recently bought
Essie – Set in Stones and I figured it was the perfect time to use it.
So I used Set in Stones first and then I added Razzmatazz to give it more sparkle.





I’m really glad I chose to recreate this look.
I loved the finished look when I did it the first time and I loved it now too.
I just kept telling the boyfriend: “Look! So sparkly! I love it.”
I think I might end up recreating some of my older looks just because this turned out so nicely. 
Well that’s all for now friends. I’ll see you on the flip side.

D

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Day 11

Hey everyone!Today I have another Deadly Sins post to share. We’ve reached day 11 & this week’s sin is Envy. The prompt was: “Who would you like to be? Let us know recreating another challenger's work.” So I scanned through all of the photos that have been posted and settled on 2 manicures I wanted to re-do. The first, which you’ll see in this post, is this manicure by In Jeeb We Trust. (sad news bear: Rainbo Nails also did galaxy nails but I can’t link her as she has no blog). I’ve done galaxy nails previously but I did them before I had a blog so it’s been a very long time since I attempted this technique. Here’s what I came up with:

I’m really happy with how they turned out. I’m a sucker for lots of colour so this was definitely a fun venture. I used lots of different colours to create this look but I’ll just mention that the base is Beyond by Color Club. I also added Northern Lights Holographic Silver Top Coat as a finishing touch. I’m obsessed with this top coat.  If you’d like to know the name of any of the other polishes just leave a comment and I’ll let you know. 

That’s it for today. I’m off now to enjoy some sibling time.
I’m going to stuff my face with donuts, fried chicken, and tea. It’s going to be marvelous.

D

& check out the other ladies designs that are linked below!

Beyond the Sun + Best Blog Award

Happy Friday!
Yes, I’m back. I needed to get another blogging fix as soon as I could. I wanted to share a mani I did a little while ago that was simple but still had some impact.



For this look I pulled out Color Club – Beyond & Zoya – Solange.
I stamped using Plate BM-315.

Beyond is awesome. So much freakin holo. I love how it came out a lighter navy once
I stamped over it even though on its own it is normally a much deeper colour.
Solange is gorgeous too. I can already tell that I`m going to love it on it`s own.

Below is a photo using a spot light. I wanted to show you just how much depth there is to Beyond.
Honestly, whoever named this polish was spot on. Beyond awesome.

In other news, I was also nominated for the Best Blog Award by The Polish Playground. This award is similar to the Liebster because it`s not really an award per say, it`s just a way of connecting to other blogs and bloggers. But because I`m bad I decided to break the rules. I chose to answer the questions but to not create new ones or tag anyone. I`m breaking the chain people! However, having said that, if you`re a new blogger and this particular list of questions peeks your interests than consider yourself nominated and feel free to pass on the award.

Best Blog Award

1. Do you have any siblings?
Yes, I have 2 older sisters but I also consider my boyfriend’s brother and his girlfriend my siblings too.

2. What's your guilty pleasure?
I love reality shows. My favourite would have to be the Real Housewives series. It’s nothing that stimulates the mind too much but it really helped me relax when I was in school and exhausted from a 12 page paper.

3. What's your zodiac sign?
I’m a Leo. Rawr. But I swear I’m one of the best Leos you’ll meet.
It’s the Virgo in my astrological makeup that makes me nicer.

4. What's your favorite color?
Purple

5. Your favorite genre of music to listen to?
It all depends on my mood.

6. What's your one favorite nail polish at the moment?
I can’t pick one! That’s cruel! Umm… Beyond – Colour Club & OPI – Kiss Me On My Tulips.

7. What was your first ever nail polish you bought?
I have no idea.

8. What colors do you have the most of in your collection?
I feel like I have a pretty decent assortment of colours but there’s lots of blue and purple.

9. What's your favourite nail polish finish to wear?
I love cremes.

10. What's your most expensive nail polish that you own?
I have a few piCture pOlishes and a pair of Enchanted Polishes.
I also have a Deborah Lipmann that retails around $20 but I got it on sale.

11. Do you prefer short or long nails?
Neither really but I lean towards longer nails. I usually keep mine at a medium-ish length.

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That`s all for now friends. Enjoy the rest of your day and I hope you have a great weekend! You will likely hear from me sometime on Sunday or Monday. Thank you again to The Polish Playground for the nomination!

D

7 Deadly Sins Challenge: Day 4 & Liebster Part Deux

Do you like Pina Coladas?

Personally I prefer Bellini's over Pina Coladas but I couldn’t help but think of dear old Jimmy Buffet as I was doing this manicure. Why? Well let me explain: Today I’ve got the second part of Gluttony & the prompt was “Skip your diet and paint something that makes your stomach growl!!”. Now I was having a hard time thinking of what to do so I reached out to In Jeeb We Trust and she suggested I try cocktails. Then an idea sparked! Here it is:

I used Color Club – Cosmic Fate for my base.
Then I mixed China Glaze – Mimosa’s Before Mani’s
& Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – Mellow Yellow to make the peachy colour.
I added accents of Elizabeth Grant Beautiful Colours in Red to represent the syrup.
I used Essie – Licorice for the detailing & I topped it all off with a super cute strawberry decal. Voila!

So what you think? Do you like my mini Bellinis?
Let me know below but first check out Liebster Part Deux.

Liebster Part Deux.

So remember how I did the Liebster tag last blog post?
In Jeeb We Trust was also nominated so she had to create questions as well.
And I loved her questions. So I’m totally answering them.
  

1. Do you remember your dreams? And if so, are they usually positive or negative?

I do remember them most days and I’d say they’re more on the positive side. But I do remember this one time where I had a vivid horrific dream where someone was trying to kill me and I woke up crying. Worst part: I had nightmares for the next two nights after that. Just imagine having someone try to kill you three nights in a row. 

2. If you could time travel, what era would you like to visit most?

I’m torn on this one. I’m going to have to go with the 70’s. I love big hair. I love the clothes. I love to dance and the music during that era had such a rhythmic quality to it.
Plus I love Saturday Night Fever and every time I watch it I picture myself doing the shimmy with young John Travolta while a Bee Gee’s song plays in the background.  

3. Are there any hobbies or crafts you are interested in taking up?

I think my hobby jar is rather full right now.. but I’d love to venture at some point into taking outfit of the day posts.

4. Name one thing you hated as a child that you now enjoy.

Dresses. I was always running around and dresses just didn’t afford me the same comfort as pants or shorts.

5. What was the first album you ever bought?

Spice Girls – Spice World. I can still listen to that album today and sing my little heart out. SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!

6. What's your favourite ride at an amusement park?

Roller coasters!! I love love love roller coasters. I get such an adrenaline rush.
There’s also this ride at a local amusement park called the Drop Zone where they suspend you up in the air (in a harness of course) and then you drop and fly through the air. LOVE IT. If you want a buddy to take to the amusement park take me! I will go on anything. Only thing I won’t do is the haunted house. But that’s a story for another time.

7. Who is your favourite artist?

I don’t really think I have one favourite. But I love Charlie Mackesy. I have 2 poster’s featuring his art on the door to my room (Antonia & Girl) . Check out his website and you’ll get the vibe. I really want Girl on Gold. I wish I had the money to get that painting.  

8. Name a movie you've watched a million times and never get sick of.

The Wedding Singer. If you’ve never watched it don’t watch with me unless you don’t mind me basically quoting the entire movie. 

9. When you were in kindergarten, what did you want to be when you grew up?

A teacher like my mama.

10. Name a celebrity that irritates you.

Carly Rae Jepsen. That song, you know, Call Me Maybe? Yeah… I won’t be calling you.

11. What's your favourite kind of candy?

I have a sweet tooth so this is difficult. Hmmm….Fuzzy peaches. 

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So there it is! I’ll see you again in a few days for my next mani. I’ll be moving onto greed next for the 7 deadly sins challenge and I have an oh so special design planned. Fingers crossed that it works out!
& Remember to check out the other ladies!

Now I’m going to go get a beverage after all that.

D