Essence Show your feet "Dashing with Flashy Pink"

Goodmorning!

This rainy sunday I have a flashy mani for you all.
Still busy and not feeling like I should be :-(
Fortunately I have a little supply of some mani's I did a while ago.
So I can use them in times like this.





I did a mani looking quite prominent I think.
It's a bright pink color from Essence.
The name speaks for itself.
Flashy Pink. And flashy she is. Wow such a bright creme polish.
With one layer it is already quite opaque but I did two layers to be sure.
I have to say that its formula was oke this time.

Actually it is from the "Show your feet" collection.
But they do great on your hands :-)
After polishing I did some striping and decoration.
Just because I like nailart so much.
Well struggling with the tape but in the end it stuck finally to my nails.
Pff....don't know if you also have these problems by appling this tape?
What am I doing wrong???


And finishing with those gorgeous studs wich I got from DollarnailArt.
I think the result was really nice!

What do you think of it??




This was it for now.
Wishing you all a great day and thank you for stopping by.
Till next time.

Love from Karin

My entry for the Nail contest at Glamorous Geek Chic

Hi lovely readers,

I told you a few days ago about a nailcontest which was organized by
Kayla of Glamorous Geek Chic.

The contest is finished and this was my entry.
I can't ask you to vote for me because of the voting-rules.
You can see it over here!

Unfortunately there was a problem with the votingsystem. But you can vote again if you want.
For voting you have to go over to this post "VOTE"

Only followers of Kayla's blog are allowed to vote.
So if you are a follower you are free to vote for me if you like!
Thanks in advance :-)




Thanks for looking and a very nice day to you all :-)

China Glaze "Awaken the Romantique one"

Hi everyone,

It is getting boring but how are you all?
I really do hope you're all doing fine.
First I want to say that I am looking at all of your blogs when I can!
I try to response whenever I can, sometimes I really do not have time for it all.
I really dislike that but it is how it is.
But I do love you all and admire your blogs! Please do remember this!

I'm doing okay, still very busy and tired unfortunately :-(
Do not have time for my nails and if the time is availble I am not in
a nail-thing mood :-(
Fortunately I made some mani's in advance so I can post something when I have time for it.

So for this mani I choose a polish from China Glaze.
It is from the 2009 Romantique collection.



It's name is Awaken and I love it.
It is a grey shade and it has a kind of gun-metallic look I think.
It applied well and I used two layers of it.

You also can use this one for stamping. It really works out great!








In the last few weeks I broke two of my nails. I was in doubt cutting them or repairing them.
This time I choose for repairing them.
I used some great silkwraps from Essence for it.
So easy to apply and it doesn't show at all.
At the Essence website you can find them:
This is what they say about it:
"everyone knows how horrible a torn nail feels… the SOS nail repair pads are true knights in shining armor for nail emergencies: when you stick them on the torn nail area and apply nail polish on top, they become transparent and can be filed into shape once dry"



It really works great and I can't even see the wraps on my nails.

But next week we've got a holiday and we want to work in our garden.
I think that it is not possible for me to do anything with my nails.
They are much too long.
Because I am not careful enough I already broke two them.
Can you imagine what will happen while I'm working in my garden :-(
So I am thinking of shorten them a lot.
Think that's better for my nails in this situation!
But still doubting......:-(((( Can't decide what to do????
Please help me!!!!!

I genuinely appriciate your visits at my blog and hope you will be doing this!
Thanks for being here again and I will see you next time.
I love you all.....sweet regards from me to all of you :-)

China Glaze "Strawberry Fields"

Hi sweet readers,

How are you?
Today a small post from the stormy Netherlands.
It is dreadfull wheater over here, raining, hale and a lot of wind.
Temperatures are like brrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Just gor rid of my wintercoat but
had to find it again.
The day before yesterday I had a little accident, don't even know how it came but
I ripped my right indexfingernail. :-((((((

Fortunately it could be saved. Michèle (Lacquerized.) helped me and fixed my nail yesterday!
She put some gel on my nail at one side and buffed it up.
The crack is now sealed with it and I hope it will stay like this.
And because I wasn't feeling so good she pampered me :-)))

After repairing my nail she cleaned them, buffed them and filed them.
To make me happy she choose a happy color for me!
She polished my nails with Essence, Show your feet, Flashy Pink.
She topped it with a gorgeous China Glaze called "Strawberry Fields"!!
A gorgeous pink polish with a subtle gold shimmer.
I love her!!!!! Felt much better after that :-)
Sorry for the blurry pictures. Made them in a hurry :-(






Strawberry Fields brings back memories for a lot of people I gues:

"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. The song was written by John Lennon during the filming of How I Won the War and inspired by a Salvation Army house in Beaconsfield Road, Woolton, Liverpool near where Lennon lived as a child.


(picture from wikipedia, see link below)

"Strawberry Fields" is also a 2.5-acre (10,000 m2) landscaped section in New York City's Central Park that is dedicated to the memory of musician John Lennon. It is named after the Lennon/McCartney song "Strawberry Fields Forever".


(picture from wikipedia, see link below)

You can find more over here and here.

Well I hope you like my little post today!
Thank you for visiting and I hope to see you all very soon again.
Bye!!!

Catrice Pastel Delight instead of my red nails .......

Hi dear readers!

Hope you are doing fine today. Having a great weekend and playing
with your polish? ;-)
Well today is a very, very rainy day.....it is raining terrible all day.
So not good light for making pictures today :-(

Today I wanted to post my gorgeous red nails but Lacquerized. was a huge
BITCH!!!! She stole my idea!!!! Shame on her!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay the only thing was....it is her nailpolish ;-) But still..............

Hahahahahahaaaaaaaa.....no just teasing....she is no bitch at all.
Michèle you made an awesome post about it!! I love it very much.
I love you sweetheart......:-))

Well that makes me to do an other post. The red one will be later okay :-)
I'll save it for now.

The Catrice Pastel Delight Collection ...............



This is what I read about it on the Catrice site:

"With the light, summery pastel shades of the new "Pastel Delight" Trend Collection by Catrice, the anticipation of warmer seasons to come is sky high.

Soft colours and amazing textures underline the freshly feminine spring look. Modern colour combinations, cool rouge and eye shadow designs as well as an absolute must-have applicator make this Trend Collection the perfect companion for experiencing the spring of 2010 with lots of style, chic and enthusiasm."

They have four lovely summercolors.

Pastel Pink


Pastel Blue


Pastel Yellow


Pastel Lilac


I noticed that the structure of this polish is a little thick.
But I had no problems applying it.
I did three layers. As I remember the blue one was a bit streaky.
The others were less and gave a more opaque look.



It does brought me in summer mood once again :-)
I like the sweet soft colors for a summerday.


Without flash.


With flash.

You can cheer them up with some decorations and you really have
spring or summernails.
I decorated them with some perky "Show Your Feet" stickers from Essence.
And with some little babypearls.






What kind of summernails do you have made already??

I hope you like it again!
Thank you for stopping by and reading my blog.
Bye....till next time and take care.

P2 Chic "Springtime Butterflies"

Hello lovely readers,

Hope you are doing all okay!
First I want to say that I'm so honoured by all of your
comments concerning my giveaway!!!
I do want to remind you that it is still open till tomorrow
14th of March 11:59pm - CET.
By that time I gues I'm sleeping like a rose so I
will announce the winner Monday!!!!
So if you're not in, you can still take a shot at it!!!!

Well today I pimped my P2 Chic a little bit.
Springtime in mind brought me to this mani.





At my pictures you can see which items I used to create this.
For stamping I used Konad pastel pink.
I decorated it with some lovely nailart from Nfu Oh's.
A little jar with silver threads.
From Essence Nail Art I used the purple stones.
For the tiny butterfly I used a Konadplate nr. M15

I hope you like this mani!

Love from Holland and till next time.
Thanks for visiting my blog :-)