Valentines Day nails

I have to mention first that I am not a Valentines Day fan and this manicure stayed exactly about 10 minutes on my nails. I am very curious about your opinion about this design!

I used two polishes one from AVON, Grape Goddess which is a golden glittered red polish that has a great shine and I thought to combine it with the Sinful Colors Euro Trash (hate this name), a  light iridescent gold with fine glitter polish. This color reminds me of sparkly champage and I think it is a very elegant one! I added it in three coats, so if you don't like sheer this is not a good formula for you! 

I think I over decorated it a little bit, I used some heart and star glitter particles form Barry M and I added the nail chain. 

What do you think, it looks like a Valentines Day  design or more a 

Christmas design because of the over decoration!?

Group challenge: Studded nails

I am in a group called The Polish Addicts and the girls thought to have a weekly challenge. This time we had the theme studded nails. With this opportunity I used my latest purchased polish from OPI, the well known PUSH and SHOVE. This is a polish with an ultra-chrome finish.

For a proper effect it must be used with the OPI Lay Down that Base polish. After applying the base coat in a thin layer comes the chrome polish in 2 thin coats, without using any top coat.

I think this is a very cool polish, but if it is not used as mentioned above any tiny little flaw can be seen on the surface of the nail. The other big negative side of this polish is that it does not resist on the nails more than one day, it is very sensitive and chips off very quickly.

And here is my manicure for the challenge.

Do you have this polish in your collection? What is your opinion about it?

How do you like studded nails?

Look up for the other ladies work, because they are all very talented!

1. Mihaela (Ela's Dreams) - http://elasdreams.blogspot.ro/
2. Oana - http://wanna-nails.blogspot.com/
3. Oana-http://unghiutele.blogspot.ro/
4. Rita - http://addictedofbutterflies.wordpress.com/
5. Teo -http://taitzel-make-up.blogspot.ro/
6. Madalina - http://misshappyandhernails.blogspot.ro/
7. Iulia - http://iuliabeldean.blogspot.ro/
8. Mihaela - http://lacquerbuzz.com

Sides wiped manicure

I made a bright and playful manicure inspired by a very talented nail artist Drama QueenNails. She created a technique called sides wiped mani, it is a very easy one, anybody can do it and can obtain a very eye catching design.

I used three polishes, KIKO 312 which is a medium bright pink polish with a very subtle shimmer and a white and a black polish from Gabrini. I applied the white base, I took a toothpick and dipped it in the black and pink polish and made those tiny little lines and dots by wiping the toothpick sideways on the nail surface. I finished it with a gel look top coat, easy no? 
I added a black and white spotted stud and put a few pink dots on it to make it part of the design. I love the final effect and I am sure that I will use this tehnique more often.