BPS organizer

BPS stamping plate organizers

I love stamping, and thus have quite a few (*cough* 😀 ) stamping plates. My recent method to store them was a photo book, which worked fine until the MoYou London plates came out. They were just too thick to put in a slot intended for a slim photo, and the book started to burst…

brushed gradient

Brushed gradient

I was in the mood for some pink on my nails, but since I couldn’t decide which polish to use, I used three different shades for a simple brushed (and distressed?) gradient: This was a quick and easy way to get a gradient-like effect on my nails – which I love – but without the…

sanchez

Angel Sanchez nails

This is another take on nails from fashion shows, in this case Angel Sanchez NYFW Spring 2015: At first, I tried to simply use two similar colored polishes, but that didn’t match the soft, jelly-like look I liked so much in the original. So instead I used a tinted polish for the swirl, and I…

maythe4th

Aaaaaaargh ghhhhhrn gaaaaaar *

(* “May the 4th be with you“) Same procedure as every year – Happy Star Wars Day to all of you! 🙂 Base coat: p2 hands & nails calcium gel Used colors: OPI Touring America A Taupe the Space Needle, essence colour & go 144 black is back, essie 203 cocktail bling, essence colour &…

shoji

Cloudy mint

The inspiration for this weeks nail art came from another fashion show, Tadashi Shoji Fall 2015: I started with a slightly colored base coat and then used a flat nail art brush to paint on “mint & cream”, making sure to paint rough edges. To get the cloud-like look from the original, a used “Marshmallow”…