Red & Gold Christmas Nails

I hope everyone had a peaceful christmas! ^^
Here's how my nails looked like during the christmas holidays:

I wanted to use the mini polishes by OPI because I was so inspired by their christmasy colours! :D So first I polished my nails with two layers of Goldeneye. Then I sponged The Spy Who Loved Me on the tips, and started decorating! ^^ I used Golden Rose nail art polish for the snow flakes, and I'm so happy with the way they turned out, since it's been so long since I last did snow flakes... Then I felt they needed a little something more so I added the rhinestone on the ring finger. :)

Whee, they are so sparkly! :D I loove Goldeneye, I actually think it's my favorite polish at the moment!
See you guys soon, enjoy the holidays! ^^

Shimmery Swirls

Hey everyone! ^^
I'm still not able to upload photos from my phone, but I figured I can send them to my email and then upload them to photobucket and then upload them here.... Complicated, I know, but for now it's the best I can do. :P

I did these nails in Finland, where I had the chance to use some of my old polishes I had left there! :') First I sponged the purple Flormal polish on the tips and then added one layer of Happy Anniversary! by OPI on top. Black swirls I did with a nail art polish.

I edited this one on my phone... Photoshop is so addicting! xD

Sorry for the disappearance

Hey everyone!
It's been so long since I last posted, and my last post wasn't even about nails... I'm so ashamed xD Anyway I've been suffering from some technical difficulties, does anyone know how to get photos and videos from iphone to laptop? I've got over 1000 photos on my phone, but for some reason when I try to transfer them on my laptop it says "no photos or videos found"! Aaarrg I miss my old and faithful Nokia... :'( Anyway that's not my excuse, I do have some nail photos on my camera too.... ^^'
Oh well, let me introduce you an old glitter manicure I realized I forgot to post here. I did this probably almost a year ago, so next up are some more recent manicures. :) This one is just a simple glitter gradient mani, but I really liked it so I thought it deserves to be posted! :D

Lately I've been keeping my nails shorter, I miss the old lenght now! :'D
Okay, at least now I have loads of new nail designs to show so I won't be running out of ideas any time soon... Stay tuned guys, see you soon! ^^

Teenage Dream Gradient

One layer of H&M - Pink Mist as base, direct sunlight.

OPI - Teenage Dream layered on tips to create gradient effect.

And finally one flower-rhinestone on the ring finger!

This is actually quite an old manicure, but I actually like it so much I was doing quite a lot of these while ago... :'D
I just noticed Blogger's new layout, blah I dislike it so much... It always take ages from me to adapt to changes. :P But hopefully this will be the end of annoying blogger-fails, I just have to learn how to use this... What do you guys think?

Gradient Crackle

I realized I hadn't used my crackle-polishes in ages so I decided to do something with them... :P And I love the result! xD Finally something different from the ordinary designs I've been doing lately... :'D

First I used sponged my new Claire's mini pastel polishes to create the colorful gradient base, then added OPI crackle-polish on top and finished the design with shiny top coat! ^^

Sorry for the bad lighting in the last two pics, I took them last night when it was already dark... :P

Gradient zebras

Yeah, finally I have some nail art to show you! :'D I did this design before coming to Finland, and I liked it so much that I actually wore it about three weeks.... o_o That's some kind of record for me!^^

Sinful Colors - Daddy's Girl and Forget Now

First I made the gradient effect by sponging the two Sinful Colors polishes. I hadn't tried this kind of gradient effect, you know with two colorful polishes, before. I really like it! I'll definitely do something like this again. :)
Then I thought it might look even better if I added something on it, and so I ended up to do these golden zebra stripes. I used the Golden Rose nail art polish. Hehee, I liked this design! ^^
Okay then. I've decided to take summer vacation from blogging... I'd really love to keep blogging, but I simply have no time now when I'm in Finland. :P So I'll enjoy my time here, and I'll be back in September, when my life has settled again! I'm sure I'll have lots of new stuff to share with you then... ;) Anyway,

Have great and warm summer, everyone! <3

Pitkästä aikaa taas kynsiä! :D Tykkäsin näistä kynsistä niin paljon että pidin niitä suunnilleen kolme viikkoa... Se on kyllä ennätys, ainakin minulle. xD 
Ensin tein liukuvärjäyksen töpöttämällä Sinful Colorsin Forget Now:ta kynnen tyveen, ja sitten Daddy's Girliä kärkiin. Lopuksi tein raidat kultaisella Golden Rosen nail art lakalla. 
Päätin pitää kesälomaa bloggaamisesta... Minusta olisi mukava kirjoitella tänne, mutta nyt kun olen Suomessa, niin en yksinkertaisesti ehdi. :P Aion nauttia kesästä täällä, ja palaan bloggailun pariin syyskuussa!

Nauttikaa kesästä, kaikki! <3

Glittery lace nails and other stuff

This manicure was pretty hard to photograph... The baby blue lace pattern didn't really show up in pics, but you can tell that it's there, right? :'D

 The first picture is taken today. It's now over two weeks since I took the henna tattoos, and as you can see, it's almost faded away. :< It lasted quite long, though! In my feet he tattoo hasn't faded that much. Couple days ago it was still like new... :D Well, here are my nails about week ago:

 There the tattoo is about 1 week old, and it starts to fade from the finger tips.
I used two coats of H&M Pink Mist first, then I did white gradient to the tips by sponging Rimmel - London Clouds. Then I stamped the baby blue lace pattern with konads, I used the plate m71. Finally I polished three coats of OPI - Last Friday Night to the tips (over the white polish).

Here's the whole henna tattoo after a week.

 I didn't like these nails that much at first, because they're not exactly what I had planned, but now I've had this design on my nails for a week and I have to say that I really like it! :D It was also nice to have something blue on my nails, because yesterday...

FINLAND WON THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF ICE HOCKEY!

...and that was the first time since 1995, when we won last time. 16 years ago... :P That was very sweet, because Sweden had won so many times and they were confident that they would win this year too, but we kicked their ass 1-6! xD I'm not a big fan of ice hockey, but hey, it's the world championship we're talking about. ;)
Besides, it's nice to win something after our Eurovision fail... xD Haha, everyone in Finland seemed to be so sure that we would win, but actually we were almost last! Well, I didn't really think the song would be good enough to actually win the whole thing, but... 21st? Fail! :'D Here's the top three:

1. Azerbaijan - Running scared

2. Italy - Follia D'Amore (Madness of love)

3. Sweden - Popular

What do you think? If you watched the Eurovisions, do think that the right songs made it to the top? I think the winner song was pretty good, although it was a little when you heard it many times. I didn't have any huge favorites, but I liked the England's song and Ireland was funny. ^^

En aluksi oikein tykännyt näistä kynsistä, koska niistä ei tullut ihan sellaiset kuin olin sunnitellut... :P Nyt minulla on kutenkin ollut ne jo viikon, ja tykkään niistä itseasiassa aika paljon! ^^ Kuvissa näkyy myös mitä hennatatuoinnille kuuluu, nyt se on jo haalistunut melkein kokonaan pois käsistä, jaloissa se on vielä aika hyvässä kunnossa. Tatska kesti viikon hyväkuntoisena, ja alkoi sitten haalistua. Ylimmässä kuvassa näkyy tämänpäiväinen tilnne. :)
Alle laitoin kaksi kerrosta H&Mn Pink Mistiä, ja töpöttelin kärkiin Rimmelin London Cloudsia. Sitten leimasin konadeilla (laatta m71) vaaleansiniset pitsikuviot kynsien tyveen. Kärkiin laitoin vielä kolme kerrosta OPIn Last Friday Nightia.
Oli muuten kiva olla siniset kynnet eilen kun Suomi voitti lätkän mm-kultaa! :D En yleensä seuraa lätkää, mutta nyt päätin katsoa kun kaikki muut olivat niin tohkeissaan... Ja kyllä kannatti! 1-6, hyvä Suomi! ;D Varsinkin tuon Euroviisufailin jälkeen... Katsoitteko viisut, ja mitä mieltä olitte kärkikolmikosta? Oliko lemppareita? ;)

 Love the song! <3

PS. Blogger has deleted some of my comments!!! So if you notice that your comment has lost, blame blogger! :< I wish the blogger starts working normally and the lost comments find their way home.

Arabic swirls VOL 2

I decided to cut my nails back to squares. Round nails are beautiful too, but they just aren't my thing... I feel more comfortable with square nails, and I think that my nails are more beautiful in squares. ^^ Yes, they're now shorter and the C-curve is back, but I love my squares! :'D
Then I made new version of the Arabic swirls design I made while ago. This is more simple, but I like it!

First I polished three coats of H&M - Pink Mist. Then I sponged OPI - ink (That's also new polish, btw!)  to the tips for the gradient effect. Finally I made the golden swirls with Golden Rose nail art polish.

Things I used

OPI - Ink - gorgeus!

I have to do swatch of that polish, it doesn't really show up in that manicure.
Some pictures without the decorations...

They look a little like gel nails or something...?

Yeah, squares are definitely my thing! ^^
I really like this design and I think it goes well with the tattoo:

Päätin että pyöräksi muotoillut kynnet eivät vain ole minun juttuni, joten leikkasin neliöt takaisin. :P Alunperin leikkasin pyöreät kynnet, koska kyllästyin niiden kaartumiseen... Nyt C-kurvi on palannut ja kynteni ovat kyhyemmät, mutta tykkään näistä huomattavasti enemmän näin! ^^
Tämä manikyyri perustuu Arabic Swirls -kynsiin, jotka tein vähän aikaa sitten. Tämä versio on yksinkertaisempi kuin alkuperäinen, mutta tykkään tästä ja mielestäni se sopii hyvin hennatatskoihin! :)
Ensin laitoin kolme kerrosta H&Mn Pink Mistiä. Sitten töpöttelin kärkiin OPI Inkiä. Ihana lakka, teen sitä vielä swatchin kunhan ehdin, niin lakka pääsee paremmin oikeuksiinsa. Lopuksi tein kultaiset kiemurat Golden Rosen nail art lakalla.

Stripes & Flowers

Long time no seen! Or at least it feels like it's been a long time since I last posted something about nails. ^^' Anyways, now I have a girly design to show you!

Micro pearls and 3D flower with a pearl - so girly!

Things I used: H&M Pink Mist, Claire's, Wet'n'Wild Frosted Fuchsia and OPI show it and glow it.

Hmm, I just realized that I've been doing lots of pink designs lately. ö_ö I'll do something different to my next design!
First I polished one coat of Pink Mist as the base and then sponged the pink Claire's polish on the tips. Then I did the stripes with Frosted Fuchsia, free hand. And at last some glitter to the tips and then the 3D accessories! :)
Want to know what else I did? We had a "girls night", and...

Actually my friend polished these, I just added the rhinestones... ;)

...oh yeah, I'm not going to tell you who's nail those are (that would propably embarrass them too much ;)), but we had fun! xD


Viime aikoina on tullut tehtyä ehkä jo liiankin paljon pinkkejä kynsiä, joten seuraavista tulee jonkun muun väriset! ^^' Tällä kertaa kuitenkin todella tyttömäiset pinkit kynnet.
Ensin laitoin yhden kerroksen H&M:n Pink Mist -lakkaa, joka päälle liukuvärjäys pinkillä Claire's lakalla. Sitten tein vapaalla kädellä raitoja Wet'n'Wildin Frosted Fuchsia -lakalla. Kärkiin vielä OPIn glitteriä, ja päälle mikrohelminauhaa ja 3D kukka, jonka keskelle liimasin vielä helmen. Aika paljon näihin tuli kaikkea, mutta tykkään lopputuloksesta! ^^

Light gradient crackle

I finally got new nail design to show you! ;) I was quite frustrated because nothing seemed to work out, first I did simple gradient french manicure by sponging, but I didn't like it. I decided to add some green flower-stickers, but I didn't like that neither. Then I thought that some glitter would make it better, and added a layer of OPI - Dazzle Me. And I still disliked it! I added couple of layers more, but when the whole manicure still looked crappy, I just put a layer of white crackle polish on top of everything. Now I actually like it! :'D

Here you can see the gradient...

And polishes I used:
 Rimmel - London Clouds, H&M - Pink Mist, OPI - Dazzle Me and IsaDora white graffiti -polish.

In the end, I think they're pretty. I didn't mean to do anything like that, but well, it worked, eventally. :)

edit: There's a new opinion poll at my blog's sidebar! I'm going to do a "celebration-post" because I have over 100 followers (!), and you get to decide what it's going to be about.  Here's a little extra-information of some of the topics:
My old nail designs: This is going to be about my nail designs from the time before I started blogging. I've done nails for years, so there're lots of designs you haven't seen yet... ;)
All my nail polishes: As it says, all my polishes with swatches.
And I think that the other three don't need any extra-info... ;)

Remember to vote, everyone! ^^