Beautygloss remake!

  

Hi there! 

My fellow Dutchies may know BeautyGloss, which is a Dutch beautyblog. A while ago, Mascha, the website's owner, got her nails done by Maybelline.

I decided I'd try to make them myself, on my own nails :D! I didn't use the Maybelline colours, but just a few other ones I found in my stash. The green, pink, and blue (pinky finger) are from Miss Sporty, the green/blue on the ring finger is Miss Minty from Gosh, the black is from Jessica, the white from Essie, and the pink on my thumb from some unknown brand I found (bottle without sticker or anything xD). I mostly used a thin brush, like the lady from Maybelline.

Living up to my nickname!

I thought it was time to get some hearts on my nails, especially because my nickname is based on my name (Arti) in combination with hearts. :D

It's just a basic, white base colour from Essie, with hearts in several colours. They're mainly from Miss Sporty. I used Gosh' matte top coat to give it a matte finish. 

What's your nickname, and why?

Bye! :D

I'm going vintage.

I've always wanted to try those cute, vintage flower manicures. So I did. I used my BornPrettyStore brushes and slapped on some red and white polish, making flowers on my pink base colour.

I just pretty much tried it without actually following a tutorial, and I think it looks pretty decent, right? The white lines are made with my liner brush. :)

You can't see it very well, but if you look at my pinky finger, you'll see I added a matte top coat, to make the manicure look a bit softer.

I hope you liked it!

Bye! 

At least it isn't Easter yet.

Here's my very, very late Christmas nail.
It's a very simple one, with two cute Christmas trees on it. I made them using my brushes from BornPrettyStore! :)

Love,
Arti

Tutorial | Winter design

Here's a video about how to make a winter wonderland manicure :D!

Video | Gradient nails

A while ago I made Assassin's Creed nails, and on my ring finger I made a red/black/white gradient. Here's a video about how you make a gradient like that :D!

I hope you liked it :).

Bye! 

Assassin's Creed 3

Yep, I made Assassin's Creed nails! It's because Assassin's Creed 3 came out today :). 

My boyfriend has a Playstation 3 and he has all of the games, and a few months ago I decided I'd start playing them. He said I should play AC2, and I finished that one... So now I'm playing Brotherhood and the very first one. Bjorn (previously mentioned boyfriend) also ordered a special Freedom edition, so that got me in the mood to make these nails :D! 

Dripping French

You all know the basic, white tipped French manicure. Here's a variation! I added some 'drips' to it. You can make this manicure with some red polish too, for a nice, bloody effect.

Bye!

"That one technique"

I had to make a title for this blogpost, but I can't remember the right name for this kind of design... and I googled/youtubed all over the place :').

Tutorial | stamping

I hope you like this stamping tutorial! 

Enjoy your week :)

Bye! 

Stamping!

I bought new stamping plates from BornPrettyStore and this is the first time I've used one of them... I like the result. I've seen reviews from people who don't like 'fake' stamping plates (meaning not from Konad), but I really like these.

What are your favourite stamping plates? Do you even like stamping!? Let me know!

Bye!

The Avengers

A few days ago my boyfriend and I were watching The Avengers. Then it hit me. I had to make Avenger nails! 

I... can water marble?

Yay! It might look a bit 'dirty', but that's just because I just finished cleaning up most of the mess I made... And I applied some oil on my fingers, so that's why they're shiny :).

I made these during the making of a water marble tutorial! Here it is. Enjoy!

Essie's not so matte about you...

I've bought two Essie polishes today! :D For the Dutchies - you can buy it at Etos and the colours are about ten/eleven euros and the top coat about twelve. (I haven't got the receipt near me.)

The left one is 1 Blanc and the second one is Matte about you - a matte topcoat.

update: I just applied an other layer on my black thumb and it appears to be a little more matte than before... yay!?

Everyday I'm marblin'

Except not really. I'm just quite bad at it. I decided to give it an other try, and it happened. My water marble creation looked decent! I FINALLY DID IT :).

Pokéball, go!

Yes, I still like Pokémon. I grew up with it, so it still has a little place in my heart! Here are my Pokéball nails...

Read more for the tutorial!

Let's play dominoes!

I saw this design earlier on the internet, so I tried it myself a couple of years ago. I liked it and still wear it sometimes! 

Apple nails

You might be interested in this or not, but I have a MacBook. Obviously, this design was inspired by Apple :).

I just used a base coat, a white polish, a grey polish, and a matte topcoat. I painted the Apple logo with a small, simple brush. (No 'real' nailpolish brush, though.)