31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 22: Inspired by a Song

Wet n' Wild - Party of Five Glitters // O.P.I Sheer Tints Collection

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 21: Inspired by a Colour

American Apparel - 7th and Alameda // Finger Paints - Shower With Flowers

MoYou London - Fairytale 02 // Sally Hansen - Pink Blink

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 17: Glitter

Zoya - Flynn // Ciate - Tinsel Town
Decals from The Born Pretty Store

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2014 Day 16: Geometric

Nail Pattern Boldness - Hello, Sweetie // Maybelline - Bold Gold

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 5: Blue

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

KB Shimmer - Periwinkle in Time

Hey all! So today's post should have gone up yesterday but
I got a little sidetracked. Hurrah for laundry day -.-
I was wearing something fabulous on my digits though...

KB Shimmer - Periwinkle in Time

MK - Limelight + FL - Frosting

Hey all!

Today I've got a simple luxe and indie combo.

Michael Kors - Limelight

Ellagee - Chase The Clouds Away

With birthdays come great gifts and this polish that I am about to show you is 

one of the most mind blowingly awesome sauce holographic polishes I have ever gotten.

ellagee - Chase the Clouds Away

NCLA - Let Them Eat Cake

Hey all! So here's the manicure I wore for my birthday.

It's a little picture heavy so let's get into it!

NCLA - Let Them Eat Cake

The Great Polish Giveaway of 2014

Feeling a bit down today friends?

Would winning 200 polishes help cheer you up?

Well let me tell you about a mind blowing giveaway that Nail Polish Canada is hosting.

B&A: Model City - PB & J

Hey all!

Remember a few posts ago when I said I'd share the other half of my recent Model City purchase?

Well here she is - PB & J

Model City - Sugar Cookie

Hey all! 

So when Nina from Model City announced a few weeks ago that there was going to be a sale I just knew I had to get something.

My intent had been to get up early and order some of the bottles I've been lusting for.

As luck would have it I overslept. Woke up, turned off my alarm, laid back for what I thought would be a few seconds,
and then I woke up 2 hours later  >.<

Thankfully I did manage to get two new beauties, and the first one I have to share is Sugar Cookie.

Model City - Sugar Cookie

Meringue Love

Hey all!

Quick post today (which should have been Friday's post but I left without hitting Publish >.< 

And then I was busy all weekend and didn't get to the computer until late last night. 

Oops. At least now I'm an extra post ahead.... (⌒▽⌒)   )  

featuring a look that was inspired by this manicure by The Nailasaurus. 

I loved the hooded nails so I wanted to give it a go.

Palace Typography

Hey there!

Not much to babble about today so we're just going to get into the good stuff right away.

I decided to make another entry into the MoYou Instagram challenge, so here's my entry for Day 23 - Typography.

A England - King Arthur // A England - Sleeping Palace

A England - Jane Eyre // MoYou - Suki 05 // Essie - Set in Stones

Keeping with the literary theme I decided to pick polishes with some literary history behind them
(excluding Set in Stones - that was just for some sparkle). I love the contrast between King Arthur and Sleeping Palace.
Silver and purple were made for each other. I also think King Arthur and Aurora would get along.
She needed a hero and he had a table full of them. 

As soon as I saw the list of themes I knew I had to use this pattern from my Suki 05 plate. To be honest I never saw myself
using it before but I think it really works with this look. I think it looks like ancient scripture.

So that's it for today! 

Let me know what you think.

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.

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.

Blue Horizons

Hey friends. Happy Monday. 

Quick post today featuring 3 Essie polishes.

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Essie - Cocktail Bling // Essie - RepStyle // Essie - Set in Stones

I love the tone of this blue. Subtle moody elegance.

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I've also finally figured out my blogging schedule.
Mondays and Fridays.
So I'll see you in a few days.

Enjoy the rest of your week.


xo, D.

Purple Reign

Hey there! 

Hope you're having better weather than I am wherever you are. 

Honestly, the rain doesn't bother me. I live in Vancouver. It comes with the territory.

I was just fooled by the few pretty days we had into thinking that Spring was Summer.

So to help brighten up this dreary day I wanted to share
another 2 in 1 post featuring two looks using my favourite colour - purple. 

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The Rich Love Diamonds

Zoya - Aurora // Essie - Set in Stones

This manicure was so simple but I loved it so so much.

Aurora is holographic bliss and I love this Essie glitter topper.

Like diamond snowflakes. 

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The Royal Wave

Sephora X - Fierce // Maybelline - Bold Gold

MoYou - Suki Collection 05

I haven't done all that much stamping lately but I just knew this combo was worth it.
Once I tried it on one finger I wanted it on every digit. 

I was really pleased with the overall effect. 

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Let me know what you think! 

Have a great weekend everyone.

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.