12 Days of Christmas Challenge: 5 (?) Golden Rings

Hey guys! The prompt of today was "pick a line from the 12 days of Christmas song". And I chose "5 golden rings". I know, I know, you do not quite see 5 golden rings. But I painted a gem and used a gold top coat, sooooo. Oh well, I really like them! And if you do to, then please keep reading!

For this manicure I was inspired by the gem nail art Chalkboard Nails has done a while ago. I used her tutorial to get the steps right.

Polishes used for this manicure:
Catrice - Goldfinger
Catrice - Mission lilac
Catrice - Black to the Routes (for mixing and the lines)
Sinful Colors - Snow me white (for mixing)
OPI - Pure 18k white gold and silver top coat

What would your take be on the 12 days of Christmas song? Or have you tried out Chalkboard Nails' gem tutorial?

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Very late New Year's nails!

Yup, you read that one right. NEW YEAR'S NAILS. As I said in my previous post, I literally had NO time to post anything past month.. So I am posting them now, because I think they are to stunning!

Here is a close-up of my middle finger. For these nails I was inspired by Vanity Projects. I looove the triangle of rhinestones and studs, hmmm.

This is a close-up of my ring finger. I used NYC City Blackout, the rhinestones and studs are all from Born Pretty Store.

Still in love with these nails, really!

Btw, don't forget to enter my giveaway if you want to win some pretty Let it Glitter! polishes!

Hope you like these nails, guys!

The Dexter Collection: The End Begins

Hellooooooow! Only two more polishes to go, meh... So, I can definitely say that The End Begins, right? RIGHT. Without further ado, let's move on to the swatches!

The End Begins has a dark green jelly base with copper shimmer, caramel hex glitter and small gold iridescent glitter.

The End Begins applies very smooth and I feel the consistency is just a tad thinner than the 'normal'/other polishes. Shown above is 3 normal coats, but maybe you could try 4 thin coats. I don't know. I still love it to death HA!

I adore the macro of the polishhhhh. I'm so proud of myself haha, seriously I could stare at the picture fo evah! 

 Cadillacquer is available through Etsy and Llarowe and they are also on Facebook!


Cadillacquer polish was sent to me for my honest review.

The Dexter Collection by Cadillacquer

Hey guys! I got something pretty exciting to show you today: bottleshots of the complete Dexter collection by Cadillacquer! WHOOP

This collection is inspired by one of Madeleine's favourite TV series: (you guessed it right!) Dexter. The next 9 days I will post a swatch of each polish everyday, and afterwards I will post an overview of all 9 of them.

He Saw, She Saw is a nude crelly with various sizes of grey hexes and small irridescent hexes and it is infused with a gorgous irredescent blue shimmer.

Have a Killer Day is a grey crelly base with various sizes of matte neon pink squares and matte neon coral hexes. It also has teeny tiny coral and purple glitter and a beautiful irredescent shimmer.

It's Going To Happen Again is a blue base with white and light blue squares and mini glitters and a greenish/golden shimmer in it.

Keep Breathing is a super gorgeous greenish teal packed with lilac glitter and irridescent glitter.

 Masterpiece is a green jelly with blood red hexes in different sizes. Feels so Christmas-y to me, haha! :-D

Slice of Life is a bright red jelly infused with a blue shimmer, which makes it quite pink to me. Application is FLAWLESS.

The Dark Defender is a dark turquoise jelly base filled with lots and lots of flakies. This one looks so pretty on your nails, sigh.

The End Begins is a hunter green jelly infused with a copper shimmer and gold glitter.

Tonight's The Night is a purple base jelly with a strong blue shimmer, holographic turquoise squares and small holographic turquoise glitter.

The Dexter Collection is available on Etsy and Llarowe. Hurry before they sell out!

Which one is definitely going into you shoppingcart? 


The polishes in this post were sent to me for my honest review.

Urban Lacquer - Take It Offline

Wednesday already, woohooh! Today I will be showing you a polish which I should have posted about two months ago or so? It is another Urban Lacquer polish; Take It Offline. Brenda has been so patient with me and I feel soooo so so so bad for letting her wait this long... So, now you all know! DAMN.

This is what Brenda had to say about Take It Offline: "Looking for a polish that can be worn to the office? Not really interested in glitter polishes? If so, UL's CEO Collection polishes are for you! Take It Offline is one of the first polishes in UL's CEO Collection, and is a stunning copper-gold color. This is a very versatile polish, and can be worn by itself, or with a glitter topper."

In the bottle, Take It Offline looks a bit boring, but when I applied it to my nails OH DEAR LORD. It is such a beautiful warm, copper polish, and I found it shifting a bit too!

I painted 3 coats of Take It Offline on its own and topped it with my favourite top coat; Essence Top Sealer. Application-wise, this was heaven. It glided on like butter and it dried pretty fast.

Urban Lacquer can be found on Facebook and you can buy Brenda's beauties on Etsy. Prices vary between $7 and $9.

SORRY BRENDA!


Urban Lacquer polish was sent to me for my honest review.

Cadillacquer Where The Wild Things Are

I'm back with another Cadillacquer beauty! Today I will be showing you some swatches of Where The Wild Things Are. So without further ado, let's move on to some pretty pictures!

This is what Madeleine had to say about this polish: "Where The Wild Things Are has a smoky green/grey base with a strong yellow sparkle shimmer, iridescent glitter, different colored flakies and small silver glitter."
The yellow-gold sparkle let this polish stand out of the crowd, it looks so classy and gorgeous.

Shown above are three coats on its own and two layers of top coat. Where The Wild Things Are applies very easy and smoothly. The glitter spreads evenly and the shimmer is to die for!

I love this picture! The golden shimmer looks so pretty. You can also see the different types of glitters and some shreds! Oh btw, don't forget to look at that gorgeous grey-ish, blue-ish, green-ish base! It is such a fabulous colour!

Aaaand ofcours a close-up!

Make sure to check out Cadillacquers Facebookpage. You can buy their lacquers on Etsy, they sell for $12 for 15 ml.


Polish was sent to me for my honest review.

Crossss Earrings

Something different today: earrings! And quite honestly, I have been drooling over these earrings for weeks...

These stunning earrings are easy to wear, not heavy at all which is a good thing since they are 5.5 cm in length. And they are available in gold.

 I got these golden cross earrings from Born Pretty Store. They retail for just $2.20, a real steal! And if you use my coupon code: AYJ61 you get an extra 10% off.

(Btw, I thought B/W pictures would be nice)


Product was sent to me for my honest review.

Put A Ring On it!

 

Today I will show you these cool studs/rings from Born Pretty Store! They are super fun and easy to use. I have been wanting something like this for aaaages, so I was pretty happy when they arrived!

I used Essence Lilac Is My Style, from the Snow Jam LE, as my base colour. Then I put some clear polish on my nails, picked up the rings with a dotting tool and put them in place. I also added a little round stud above the ring and that came out really pretty, I think! I sealed it all in with Essence Top Sealer.

You can find these rings* at Born Pretty Store. They sell for $5.83 and they are available in silver and gold. If you are planning on buying these, don't forget to use my code: AYJ61 and get 10% off!

Did you pick something up from the Essence Snow Jam LE?

*Rings were sent to me for my honest review.

Glitter Dip

This is the second look I created using these glitters from Born Pretty Store: Glitter Dip!

It is so easy to do: just paint on a layer of nailpolish and quickly put your nail in the glitters. Let it dry a bit, put on topcoat and that's it!

For this manicure I used:
Glitters from Born Pretty Store
Gosh - Galaxy (which is absolutely stunning!)
Essence - Top Sealer

Don't forget to use my Born Pretty Store coupon code AYJ61 which gives you 10% off!

Have you ever tried a glitter dip? If you haven't: do it right now! 


Some of the products were sent to me for review.

Birthday nails

YAY IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! I'm not a teenager anymore!

This is actually an ordinary manicure, especially for a birthday. But I'm in looooove with the coral, really.

So here's what I used:
Catrice - Meet me at Coral Island
Catrice - Golddigger
NYC - City Blackout
Essence - Sealing Topcoat
I created the leopard print using dotting tools from Born Pretty Store. The black rhinestones, which are absolutely adorable, are also from Born Pretty Store and you can find them here.

What kind of manicure did you do for your birthday? (PICTURES!)

Minty Gold

 I love love LOVE mintgreen, especially with gold!
These are actually my best crosses I ever did, seriously. For some reason I always ended up taking them off because I thought they were U-G-L-Y.

Until now!

Here's what I used:
Essence - Did someone say Nude?
Catrice - Golddigger
NYC - City Blackout

Do you like mintgreen and gold? OFCOURS YOU DO!