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 3: Yellow

Sally Hansen - Mellow Yellow // Zoya - Solange // Born Pretty Store Accessories

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

Christmas in March

Hey friends.

I've got another combo post to share today.

If you follow me on Instagram you'll know that I did a green galaxy for St. Patrick's day.
(This green galaxy is quite photo heavy - I couldn't help but take it out into the sun)

What you don't know is that I also did a red galaxy a few months ago.
(Yes I said months, and no it's not as picture heavy. There was no brilliant spring sunlight in January.)

So check em out and let me know what you think!

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Green Galaxies

A England - Saint George // Zoya - Logan // Sally Hansen - Scarab

Smitten Polish - Blue Footed Booby Dance// Zoya - Solange // Northern Lights Holographic Topcoat

I wore this look for St. Patrick's day and I couldn't stop staring at my digits.

And you just know it turned out well when your boyfriend compliments
your manicure without being prompted. More than once even. High five to that.

I've also decided to not add big white stars anymore.
I much prefer combining glitter and Zoya Pixie Dusts.
They seem to work better on my tiny canvases.

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Red Galaxies

A England - Rose Bower // A England - Sleeping Palace // Essie - Angora Cardi
Zoya - Miranda // Ciate - Candy Cane

This look was inspired by a page from this book Logan gave my dad for Christmas.
You can expect to see some more looks inspired by this book at some point.

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I think galaxies might just be my favourite nail art technique.
No two galaxy manicures are ever the same and each one provides endless room for magic.
What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by.
See you in a few!

xo, 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.

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.

A Neutral Galaxy, The Versatile Blogger Award, & The Blogger Friendship Award

Hey friends! Happy Friday. 

Today I've got a mani that I've had stored away for awhile - a neutral galaxy!

Zoya - Flynn // Zoya - Charlize // Zoya - Solange // Zoya - Stevie
The stars were done with Essie - Blanc

What do you think guys? I was sort of in love.
The Pixie's gave the most amazing sparkle.
I am trying though to find a better way to do the stars.
How do you do your little stars on your galaxies?

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I was also recently nominated for two different awards:

the Versatile Blogger Award and the Blogger Friendship Award. 

I've chosen to combine the 2 together because well... they seem like the exact same thing to me. 

Both ask you to nominate 14 other bloggers and to list 7 random facts about yourself. 

So I've decided to list 14 facts to accommodate both awards, but 15 other bloggers is a hell
of a lot so I'm going to be a telephone an internet rebel and break the chain. 

So here we go, 14 random facts about little old me.

The Facts...

(1) I love to organize. Even if it's just a box and all I did was reorganize it's contents, I always feel more relaxed and like I've accomplished something.

(2) I've been dating my boyfriend for almost 6 years now.

(3) I drink lactose free milk and in general I keep dairy to a minimum.

(4) My mom makes the best cheesecake ever (yes I'm bias but seriously - so good). I always ask her for the recipe but she does it all from memory. I realize this contradicts my last fact but my mom's cake is worth breaking my own rules for.

(5) I have never broken any bones in my body.

(6) My family treats Christmas Eve as a much bigger deal than Christmas day and as a result I get gifts earlier than most people.

(7) I played soccer as a child and continued into high school.

(8) I am bilingual - I speak both English and Polish.

(9) I love the shape of my eyebrows.

(10) I have a scar on my face that I got during my childhood while I was wrestling around with one of my closest friends. It's a battle wound I'm proud of because we were spunky and active and it reminds me of how much fun we always had.

(11) It bothers me when people wear leggings that you can see their underwear through.

(12) I make really good coffee and I very rarely drink more than one cup a day.

(13) I religiously watch The Young and the Restless.

(14) Every time I do a scratch and win I picture what I would do with the money I could win. Usually I picture myself jumping in the air and paying off my student loans. Oh, the dreams of a young adult.

So that's it! 14 random facts about me.

A big Thank you to Glitter Fists and to The Nail Snail for their nominations. You guys are great <3

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.

Matte Miranda & Her Studded Panda

So I know I said I’d post yesterday but things happened. Mainly it was the fact that
I mysteriously twisted my ankle (i.e I woke up and it hurt like a..) so I was just kind of
grumpy all day. I didn’t want to give any of that negative energy to you guys so I didn’t post.

But! Today I have a mani I was totally in love with.

Isn’t that just the cutest little panda???? I bought this pack of decals from the Born Pretty Store.
I was instantly in love with the panda holding the little apple and I knew it had to be paired with red.

The studs are from Heart 2 Art and I bought this pack at Walmart for less than 3 dollars.
They’re actually shinier than they appear in photos but they’re slightly dull because I covered them with my OPI Matte Top Coat.

And finally the main beauty – Miranda by Zoya.
I love how vibrant this colour is and, of course, I love the sparkle.

But I wanted to try something different. So I used 3 thin coats of Miranda and then I covered her up
with my OPI Matte Top Coat. I loved!!! how this looked. Made me want to try mattifying all of my Pixie’s.

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

Also – remember how I said something amazing was happening this weekend?
Well, I’m going on vacation! I won’t tell you when or for how long because I’ve been
told that you don’t put those things on the internet. Cause, you know, people are crazy.
There will be no posts in my absence but I will be painting while I’m away so there will be a
set of posts that will come after my vaca showing you what manis I wore.
I may also do a outfit of the day post but we’ll see how much pep I have.

Have a happy Friday friends!

Much love, D.

Godiva & Solange Gradient

Hey everyone. Today I have a mani that I wore for my dad’s birthday.
I’ve been dying to try out these colours together and I finally had the perfect opportunity.





My birthday and my dad’s (and my sister’s) are really close together and we share the same astrological sign – Leo.
So the combo of a golden yellow and a soft nude seemed totally appropriate.





I used Essie – Blanc as my base and then I used
Zoya – Solange and Zoya – Godiva for the gradient.



I was super happy with this look.
PixieDust’s never disappoint and they’re so freaking sparkly.
What do you think?

Much love, D.