Essence - Dare it nude! & Pixie dust

Greek / Ελληνικά

Base: Essence - Dare it nude!(neutral nude cream) with Essence -  Pixie dust (duochrome pink to gold shimmer)

Stamped with: Bourjois - 37 Bleu Asphalte

Plate: Born Pretty BP 25

 

 

Essence 31 Electriiic & so much glitter

Greek / Ελληνικά

We're nearing the end of the summer and the song I'm starting today's post with has that end-of-the-holidays feel for me. I am not a summer person, but this end-of-season melancholy is almost palpable.

It ‘s been quite some time since I did a mani that was more full on and I really feel I went to town with this one: stamping, glitter placement, making straight lines with striping tape. The base on most nails is Essence 31 Electriiic , a beautiful blue crelly polish, stamping and the pinky were done with Models Own - Chrome Rose Gold and the glitter polish I used is 105 from the Innisfree star collection and it has so many different kinds of glitter particles in: medium, tiny,square, hexagonal, rectangular, gold, rose gold and white. Picking particles from it to do the thumb and pinky designs was not easy. The stamping plate I used on my pointer finger is Bundle Monster 201.

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Elysse

 

 

Catch some pastel stars

Ελληνικά/ Greek

It had been quite some time since I had done nail art of any sort, but the other day I met up with some friends, had a totally girlie day of pampering and playing with beauty products. By the time I got back I felt really inspired to do something playful and here it is, a stamping design that owes a lot to Sanrio’s Little Twin Stars.

My nails are shorter than usual at the moment which meant I could use a design from the Bundle Monster BM20 plate. The pastel yellow base is Korres’ 34 – Pastel Lemon and for stamping I used various mixes of: 

China Glaze – Secret Peri-wink-le

China Glaze – For Audrey

China Glaze – Flyin’High

Etude House - GR605, PK011 & BL505 

Orly – Cashmere Cardigan

Essence – 117 Happy End

Speaking of stars, tomorrow and the day after (11&12/08) the  Perseids Meteor Shower will be at its peak. Do you plan on staying up and watching the falling stars? Here’s a link to read more about it if you like.

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Elysse

 

 

Essence 51 Miss Captain and Polka Dots

Ελληνικά / Greek

Happy New Year!

I have been wearing so many shiny and sparkly things all through the holidays, I needed a cream polish as a palette cleanser. Essence 51 Miss Captain, a medium blue grey, was perfect for this. It’s part of their gel line, but it’s exactly like their previous creams. It dries a little bit darker and leans a bit greener on the nail.

I also did two types of polka dots with a white polish to keep things interesting, the smaller ones were done with an Essence stamping plate and the larger ones with the classic Konad m79.

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Elysse