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! 

Two perfect coats...

Some people don't know it, but there are more kinds of polishes than just pretty coloured ones. The most important ones are the base and top coat! 

In this blog post I'll show you which ones I use, and what they are good for. 

If you care about your nails, and you want them to be healthy and beautiful, this is the 'normal' way of polishing your nails.

- Clean your nails with some polish remover, make sure there isn't any dirt, nail polish, or oily stuff on them.

- Apply one layer of base coat.

- Apply thin layers of your coloured polish until it's opaque. 

- Apply a top coat when your polish is still a little wet.

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!

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...

NYC Grey

Sorry, my cuticles are a bit dry lately. :(

A while ago I bought my first two NYC nail polishes - a brown and a grey one. You can see the last one in the picture above! :)

I quite like it. It wasn't expensive at all, and it was almost opaque after one layer! 

Do you like NYC nail polishes!? I do! :D

Bye! 

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!?

Essence's crackle

(I'm sorry about the pictures, I took them with my phone...)

Here's a quick post about Essence's black crackle nail polish! This is because I read on a forum that people didn't like it, because it was too thick or to sticky. You also have a dark metallic blue, and apparently a white one too (although I've only seen -and own- the blue one.)

I used a metallic green (which has quite a bit of yellow in it) as the base colour. I think it was a Gosh polish, but it could've been a Catrice. I haven't got the bottle near me, but I'll update if I know!

note: you have to use a base coat with these kind of colours, since you wouldn't want yellow or green nails!

I applied one thin coat of the black crackle, and a Rimmell top coat. This is the result. :) 

What do you think about crackle nail polish?