Lakstore update #3 + randomness

Hi folks! I know, it is not quite Sunday, but here I am with a new Lakstore update. This will be a post about the past month because due to a holiday and exams (yay!) I did not really have a lot of time to edit and write. And I honestly did not feel like it, too. I wanted to focus on my exams and studies, because that is my biggest priority at the moment, getting that Master's degree aw yeah bby.

Okay, back to Lakstore now!
Remember those large palettes I talked about last time? Well, in July, I painted smaller ones with the Coca-Cola collection. Actually I have no idea how many I painted, but on the bright side:  they are aaaall finished! (Not the larger ones, will take me some more time too haha). And last week I painted them with the new Nordic Collection by OPI. To be completely honest, I am not impressed with the collection. In my opinion, the colours do not go very well together. But I do have to say, My Voice is a little Norse, My Dogsled is a Hybrid and Thank Glogg It’s Friday! are verrrrrrrrrrry pretty, uhu! And the formula of all the polishes is amazing.

As usual, when clients want nail art, I am the nail art lady. Haha. Below you will see some pictures of the nails I did. I also did my sister's nails a few times and I will include those photos as well. Lucky me, I did find some time to do my own nails, hehe. I will just put the pictures below and if you have any questions, just leave me a comment!

Swatching the Nordic collection

And to end this post: Homemade Oreo cheesecake. You're welcome.

Lakstore update #2

 Hey guys! I am back with a new Lakstore update. I planned to post this blog yesterday, but I went to the movies with my boyfriend and some friends. We saw Transformers: Age of Extinction! And we got home pretty late and I was waaaay too tired to put it online, sorry guys. But here it is!

This work week at Lakstore went by so fast! On Thursday I used Gelcolor for the very first time. Before Thursday I've never ever practiced with GelColor or another semi permanent nail polish, so I was pretty excited to give it a go. I swatched the Neons collection by OPI on a palette. We use these palettes so clients can 'try on' the colour before deciding which one they really want to go for. I also swatched all of our Faby gels on a palette and tried out our new Faby led lamp.
When that was done, I needed to work on the OPI nail polish palettes which will be at the nail polish counters at Planet Parfum. So far I have done 8 of each of the four different palettes, which means I have finished 10% haha. Yup, 32 down, only 288 to go! But I enjoy doing it. That way I can practice my painting and I can get to know the different nail polishes and their opacity, texture and application. Win-win it is!

Nice view huh!

On Friday, I started with some general stuff that had to be done: folding the towels, doing the dishes, stocking the shop... Buuuut, *drumroll* I did my very first Gelcolor manicure! I practiced on Sara, the owner of Lakstore. Sara explained every little thing I needed to do and know and made sure all was well understood and she gave me a lot of tips which is well appreciated!! :-). First I needed to prepare the nails. This means filing the nails, pushing back the cuticles and making sure the nail is desinfected and neutralized. After that I applied a base coat, let it cure, then three coats (it was more of a jelly-like formula) of the colour, Faby - Passport to my heart, and let it cure after each layer. After that, I sealed it all in with a nice layer of the Faby top coat. We weren't sure if nail art would work with Gelcolor, but we decided to give it a go and this abstract, tiedye worked like a charm. I think this manicure is ok for a first time Gelcolor experience, haha. What do you think?
Besides this, I also prepared a client's nails who wanted a Gelcolor manicure, removed some polish on toe nails, helped people in the shop with their purchase and served drinks. And I also did some swatching on the palettes, of course, haha! But I don't mind ;-). And before I went to work, I also did one of my mom's friends her nails for her birthday.

GelColor + Faby

Saturday went by so quickly! I did a ton of different things. Again some general stuff like advising clients, helping them to pick a colour, serving drinks, cleaning up... But I also did some nail art! On clients! As my manicures aren't up to par just yet, Sara painted the client's nails and when she was done, I had to do the nail art. I explained which colour combinations would look nice, and which colours we had to avoid. My first clients were two girls and they picked our nail art of the month: the tiedye. The other client wanted a simple, clean, not too in-you-face leopard print. I felt so comfortable doing nail art on 'strangers', even though I mostly do my own nails. They were all so happy and pleased with the result and so was I! I couldn't resist snapping some photos.

After that I removed a client's nail polish on her toes and applied a new colour. This was my first time painting a client's toe nails, whoooo progress! Haha. But I really enjoy doing it, like for real, this is the best job I have ever had in my whole life. Seriously.

So that was it for my update of this week. Next week, I will try to get my update posted on Sunday, but it could be having a small delay as I am leaving for a well-deserved vacation Saturday night! Woop woop! But I have some posts scheduled, so I won't leave you hanging, haha. ;-)
  
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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!)

Mix 'n Matchy Matchy

Yeah, I was a bit lazy. Here's a simple manicure inspired by Very Emily's Mood Polish Mix'nMatch!

I used 
Essence - Nude or what? as a base colour
Only You - White French
NYX - City Blackout


Do you like Mix 'n Match nails?

Minty Leopard

Here's one of my first attempts on leopard nails and my first attempt on framing. OK, the framing wasn't so hard to do, because I just had to put on the glitters one by one.


I really love how this turned out. My original plan was to put roses on my pinky and my thumb, but the pink just didn't match the mint and the nude. But : *prouuuud*


The mint is Hema 82, the nude is from Essence Nude Glam - 05 Toffee to go. These two colours go so well together! For the leopard print I used Hema 82 and also Catrice - Jade is not my name. The black is NYC - 119 City Blackout and as a topcoat I used Essence Studio Nails - top sealer.
The glitters are from Born Pretty Store. I recently did a review on them, you can find this here.


I looooooove nude! Who's with me, girls?