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

Colourful print

Hi there! Yep, still alive... xD. Sorry 'bout that.

A few days ago I decided I wanted to do a panther mani. Here it is! I used Miss Minty by Gosh as a base colour. Then I added some pink, orange, and yellow-ish blobs on every nail. Just a quick swipe with a brush with black nail polish on it, and you're done!

First, I thought I'd finish it with a nice, glossy top coat. When I saw that, I just wanted it to be matte... so I applied my Essie's matte top coat over it, and here's the result! 

I did the same with my right hand, but I used different colours for the blobs.  

Unfortunately I had to file all my nails this short, because the nails on my middle finger and thumb were torn away by some walls and doors et cetera... :(. Anyway. They'll grow fast enough. :) 

I'm writing ahead right now, so you definitely can look forward to more posts :)!

Thanks for reading. Bye!

Arti 

Purple marble

Here's a purple water marble! :)

I used Essie's Nice is Nice and a darker purple/red colour from Rimmel. I decided to make a design in which all the colours go to one point, and it worked! I'm glad I finally start to master the art that's called water marbling :D!

What are you proud of?

Bye!

Let's play!

Credits to The Nailasaurus! I wanted to make them too since I first saw them :). 

Yes - (my boyfriend and) I have a Playstation 3! I usually play Assassin's Creed (finished II, atm I'm playing the first one and Brotherhood), Raymann Origins, or Gran Turismo. 

I wanted to do something Playstation related, because AC3 is out next week. I decided I'd paint the controller buttons on my nails, because I already had black on them. Maybe I'll make some AC nails next week :)! 

Do you play videogames? Which ones do you like? Let me know in the comments :D! 

Bye!

Basic black matte

I've cut my nails today, so I decided to go for a darker colour. (I don't like to wear those when my nails are longer, it tends to look more vampy that way...) Obviously, black is the darkest colour I could find.

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!

Multicolour stamping.

This stamping method is quite fun, because your stamp looks a bit like a gradient, but it's a lot easier! And the result looks quite nice, too :)!

Striped water marble

This time I made a striped water marble design! Unfortunately my pinky didn't turn out that good, but I really like the rest of my fingers. :D

"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 :').

My first tape mani :)

Hi guys! 

This time I made a tape manicure, which is really easy to make. All you need is nail polish, a pair of scissors, and tape! 

First, you apply your base coat and base colour. Let them dry really good. Then, tape some parts of your nail. This is the reason your polish has to be really dry - you wouldn't want the wet polish to stick to your tape. Then polish over your tape with your second colour, and remove the tape directly while the polish is still wet. 

Finish off with a top coat and you're done! 

Hope you liked it :)! Bye! 

Peach stamping

I have a peach coloured dress, which I'll be wearing tomorrow... so I decided to make some nails to go with it :). Unfortunately my matte top coat left a white stripe on my thumb...

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!

No cracks...

Originally I wanted to make happy coloured nails with a black crackle nail polish on top. It took me a while to get to the manicure shown above... Here's what happened! :)

A bit of green

Yes, here's an other Essie nail polish.. it's 99 - Mint Candy. It's as creamy and opaque as the previous polishes, and I love it just as much :)!

Lots of polishes

So... here are all the polishes I used for the next manicure. It might be a bit of a chaos, but I was a bit bored and this mani was lots of fun to make! :)

Nice is Nice & Lapiz of Luxury

I decided to get some more Essie polishes, and here they are! The left one is Nice is Nice, a lilac polish, and the right one is Lapiz of Luxury, a blue polish. 

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!?