31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 18: Half Moons

Barry M. - Papaya // Enchanted Polish - I Am The Walrus

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Easter 2014

Hey friends!

So I skipped the last two blogging days because of Easter weekend.
4 days of eating and cooking and cleaning and family can really take it out of you.
 But to make up for it I have another 2 in 1 post to share!

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Easter Marble

Barry M. - Greenberry // Zoya - Blu // Models Own - Banana Split

 I wore this look for half of the weekend.

I wanted to emulate Easter eggs so I made each digit different.
The art was free handed and then I water marbled.
Banana Split was a bit too watery for free handing but I made it work.

 Am I the only one who finds water marbling extremely laborious?
So many things can go wrong. There's always a mess.
Thankfully I got a great tip from In Jeeb We Trust who said using a shot glass would help.
& it totally did! I mean making a mess while water marbling is basically unavoidable
 but it really brought it to a minimum. The pattern was also a lot easier to create.

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Ola Flynn

Zoya - Flynn // Enchanted Polish - Ola Rio!

For the second half of my weekend I wanted to keep it simpler because
 I just did not have the energy to do anything too involved. So I came up with this combo.

The shift in Ola Rio! is so amazing. Bronze, gold, AND purple.

 Below is a bit of a blurry picture but you can see the purple peeking through.

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So that's what I wore all weekend on my digits.
Hopefully you had a great weekend.
Next post will be Friday!

xo, D.

Holiday Mani-Madness Day 1

Hello everyone!

Welcome to the first day of Holiday Mani-Madness.

Last year I ended up doing 10 different holiday themed manicures

throughout the month of December and I had a lot of fun doing it.

But this year I wanted to do something a little different. Instead of all month long I 

will be posting a different holiday manicure every day for the next five days (the 23rd to the 27th).

Each day is inspired by a different piece of holiday decor

and you will not know what they are until I post.

So! here we go with Day One:

Gold & Green Ornaments 

This look was inspired by some of my favourite ornaments from my Christmas Tree.

I decided to do a skittle manicure and then I added Zoya's Solange to do the upside down french.

Solange is just beautiful with topcoat. 

(From Index to Thumb)

Enchanted Polish - Electric Feel // Zoya - Logan // NYC - High Line Green

Revlon - Spanish Moss // Zoya - Hunter

I was really happy with how these turned out. Just enough glam.
Let me know what you think of the look!
& I will see you tomorrow for day 2.

Much love, 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.

100th Post: Vacation Mani’s

Hey friends!
Today marks one of my first blogger milestones:
100 posts.
I have to admit I’m really quite shocked. I didn’t even realize I was this
close until this past week. Thankfully everything worked out nicely and I have
a perfect 100th post to share: my vacation manis! It’s a bit long but hey, it’s
only fitting given the occasion. So let’s get started!

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Look 1 – I am Enchanted



For the journey I decided to use I Am The Walrus by Enchanted Polish.
It’s one of those polishes that needs nothing. It just sparkles and makes your life
a little less bleak.  I loved the coppery shimmer and the golden flecks. It also had this
flash of green or pink sometimes. I honestly can’t say enough about this polish.






Just look at that holo. Sparkle fantastic.
Application was flawless. Bit sheer on the first coat but it built up nicely.



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Look 2 – Electric Fishies

Yes that’s right, another EP. This beauty is Electric Feel by Enchanted Polish.
Most of the time this would go light green or silver and it was sooo beautiful in the sunlight.
Then I paired it with these decals from Nail Polish Canada.

& the sun shots….

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Look 3 – Lychee Deco Accent



During one of our evenings we decided to watch Gone With The Wind.
I love that movie. All the drama and the intense acting makes me swoon.
So it only felt fitting to use my O’Hara by piCture pOlish.
Then… I had a nail art melt down when what I wanted to do wasn’t working out.
Thankfully Gee was kind enough to do some accent fingers for me using stripping tape & Lychee by Barry M.
I think it turned out really perfect. Except for the I forgot-my-nails-were-painted smudge. Oh well.



I love the tiny little pink flecks in O’Hara. So subtle (unlike Scarlet) but so so perfect.

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Look 4 – Fruity Stripes

For the last few days of our trip I wanted to use some more of my Barry M’s.
First I did a base of Strawberry by The Nail Junkie.
Then I added Dragonfruit & Papaya by Barry M.






Don’t mind the indent on my thumb nail. This time I thought they were dry already. Apparently not.
I didn’t really care though because the overall effect was still great.





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So that’s it! Do you have a favourite look out of the 4? Let me know!
Thank you to everyone who’s stuck around long enough to see me hit 100.
I’m excited to see where else my blog will go.

Enjoy your Wednesday!

Much love, D.

Ola Rio

You know those stand out stars that every polish dreams of being? Ola Rio by Enchanted Polish is definitely one of em. I’ve had this polish for a while now and I finally got around to trying it out. All I can say is that it was so worth the wait. Take a look and see what you think. (please forgive my messy clean up job. This was my third attempt at a manicure so I was just DONE by the end of it.)







Because it’s one of my most precious polishes I didn’t want to have to use too much of it at one time, so I opted to apply a base of Essie – Licorice first. I love love love how this combination looked & Ola Rio is just amazing. Every place I went to I had to check what colour my nails were. Pink! Gold! Red! Copper! Completely drool worthy. And you just know it’s a winner when even the boyfriend notices without a prompt from me.





Next up I have a few manis using 4 of A England’s new polishes, which of course I’m dying to share with you. Have a happy Thursday!

D