red+gold

Red and gold

In December there are many occasions to get dressed up and celebrate – Christmas, New Years Eve – so Cyw wants matching “Festive” nails for this months “Mottomonat”. I decided on a look that would (hopefully) work both for Christmas and a New Years Eve party: I recently fell a bit in love with the…

frozen

Frozen

For this months “Mottomonat” Cyw wants a “Winter Scene”. I wasn’t sure what to do at first, but then – thanks to the current episodes of “Once Upon a Time” 😉 – decided on a “Frozen” inspired look: I started with two coats of “seaside rendezvous”, a bright blue, and sponged a bit of the…

autumn trees

Autumn trees

Again I am quite late for this months theme for Cyws “Mottomonat” – “A Hint of Autumn” – but better late than never, right? 😉 This is heavily inspired by something I did almost a year ago, but instead of dark colors, I wanted to do something more bright and warm, like looking at multi-colored…

sand dunes

Sand dunes

Finally I had the time to do my entry for this months theme for Cyws “Mottomonat”, “Safari”. Using at least one polish from the “On Safari” Collection that China Glaze did in 2012 was pretty much a given from the start, but then I struggled. I did some sort of “sunset gradient” for “Birds &…

black+white

Mirror, mirror

A few weeks ago I bought some water decals with this design in mind. Thank god I hadn’t had time to do it until now, as it is perfect for this months theme for Cyws “Mottomonat” “Inverse”: I actually wanted to use different water decals at first (some swirly ones), but since my nails are…