short, dark + handsome

Short, dark and handsome

I was in the mood for short(er) nails again, and to me, short nails always mean dark nails… ๐Ÿ˜‰ I usually don’t buy OPI polishes – although I like the quality, their regular price is just way too much for my taste. But I travel a lot, and when I see special offers at the…

day at the pool

A day at the pool

I had two ideas for this months theme for Cyw’s “Mottomonat” – “Pool Party”. But since I didn’t manage to do both, I thought I combine them to a skittle-like look and call it “A day at the pool”… ๐Ÿ˜€ The water-looking nails are quite simple, I started with a middle, slighty aqua colored, blue…

gilded mint

Gilded mint

This weeks color of “Lacke in Farbe … und Bunt!” is mint: My choice this week – p2 volume gloss 130 fresh sister – might be debatable, as it was both shown during “mint” AND “tรผrkis” (turquoise) in the last round. It is probably right in the middle between mint and turquoise, but it has…

taupe feathers

Taupe feathers

It’s been almost a year since my first manicure for “Lacke in Farbe … und Bunt!” by Lena and Cyw, and it was for the same color as today, taupe. Like last time, I had a hard time deciding what polish to use, since “taupe” can be pretty much every dusty/dirty color. I decided to…

going green

Going green

Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, this months theme for Cyws “Mottomonat” is “In Bloom!”, so I decided to combine those two and create (at least in my imagination ๐Ÿ˜‰ ) a shamrock filled meadow: I started with two coats of “beijos de brazil” and saran-wrapped “L.O.L” on top. To give it a bit of bling,…