Hey guys, I don't have a new manicure at the moment except for this manicure from two weeks ago:


I am just super busy right now resulting in me neglecting my blog a bit. (Working as a social media manager takes its toll.) I missed announcing my one year blog re-opening anniversary in October, my birthday in November and the start of the Christmas season :( *sobs silently*


I had to work so much (and still not finished) that I didn't even have time to take care of my cuticles... But enough with the ranting - this sparkling nail art is made with scotch tape and as you can see in the picture above, the hands are symmetric.


The polishes I used:

• China Glaze Jolly Holly (forest green)
• China Glaze Mistletoe Kisses (green glitter)

I hope you guys have a more quiet advent time than me and enjoy christmas cookies, tea and other fat-dripping sugar coated delicacies!

Hi guys, it's been a while :)


Lately I wasn't very lucky with neither nail polish nor designs. It seems like my Manhattan topcoat is getting a bit old because it causes severe bubbling and doesn't dry as fast as it used to. You will notice bubbles on my index finger. And my ringfinger had an unfortunate encounter with my bedlinen... *sighs*

My love for nail polish has some downsides: I own so many bottles now that I try out a new one almost every time I do a manicure. Even an experienced nail polish applier like me has some unpredictable issues with some polishes sometimes. Some formulas are extremely gloopy or incredibly thin, become streaky, take forever to dry or they are downright unusable...


Well, let's move on to the list of nail polishes used this this manicure:

• P2 Base + Care Coat (I need a new basecoat as well, I think. Preferably a quick drying one.)
• China Glaze Midnight Kiss (nice gold...)
• Catrice Spiced Bronze (looks great on tanned skin with yellow undertone)
• Essence Copper Rulez! for the lines (I know it's a magnetic polish so this effect has gone to waste a bit.)
• flower shaped rhinestones from T€di (a 1-euro shop, which is the German equivalent to dollar shops I guess)
• Manhattan topcoat 

See you again soon!

I used the following nail polishes:

• China Glaze Midnight Kiss
• Astor Fash'n Studio no. 25
• P2 Snow White
• Flowers: Basic Nailpolish no. 29, Essence Black Out
• Tangerines: Manhattan Quick Dry no. 321, Essence Black Out
• Cat: Essence Black Out
• Essence Quick Dry Drops
• Depend Top Coat

See you next time!
Bis demnächst!

• P2 Base + Care Coat (one coat)
• China Glaze Passion (two coats, it still looks a bit streaky though)
• Artdeco Ceramic Nail Lacquer 275 (sponging on top, that's a glittery shimmering purple, very nice)
• Essence Quick Dry Drops (first time use, it's fine, though a bit messy in application)
• Depend Topcoat (one coat)

Verwendet habe ich:

• eine Schicht P2 Base and Care Coat
• eine Schicht China Glaze Midnight Kiss (vertrug sich nicht so gut mit dem Unterlack, warf ein wenig Blasen)
• eine (halbe) Schicht China Glaze Jolly Holly
• auf den Daumen zusätzlich China Glaze Mistletoe Kisses (ich war leider nicht mutig genug, den Glitzer auf alle Nägel aufzutragen - Glitter-Overkill!)
• Sekundentrockner

Das Licht war wieder einmal nicht ganz optimal, das Grün ist eigentlich ein schönes tiefdunkles Tannengrün. Farbgetreue Bilder findet ihr auf den Nagelblogs eures Vertrauens (u.a. ALU und Lacquerized).

• one coat P2 Base and Care Coat
• one coat China Glaze Midnight Kiss (didn't work so well with my base coat, I got some bubbles)
• (half) a coat China Glaze Jolly Holly
• some additional China Glaze Mistletoe Kisses (unfortunately I wasn't courageous enough to put it on every nail - glitter overkill!)
• speed drying topcoat