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Pastel Galaxy vs. Leopard ♥

Hello everyone, and Happy Easter weekend for those who celebrate!

And of course, I hope you're having a fantastic weekend no matter what you celebrate - or don't. I'm currently packing and getting ready to leave for my parents' this weekend, but I thought I'd swing by and type you a post first. Today, I will show you a couple of nail designs!

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First up is this pair of galaxy nails, which is in sweet pastel shades. I absolutely love doing galaxy manis - especially in the spring - and these are usually nails I get most compliments on. So they are kind of a personal favorite as far as manicure styles go, at least at the very moment.

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For these nails, I used a bunch of China Glaze pastels. The shades were Sweet Hook, White On White, Spring In My Step, Sun Upon My Skin, At Vase Value, Highlight Of My Summer and Grass Is Lime Greener. The holographic polish is Madeleine from MakeUp Store and the glitter polish is Glitter Bomb Disco Diva by Rimmel.

This has definitely been one of my personal favorites to wear on my nails this spring, but we'll see if I can top this one any time soon.

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The second one plays with colors as well, although it uses a bit brighter ones than the first one. Here I did some leopard print over quite randomly sponged base. Then a matte top coat to make it "perfect".

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The polishes used here were China Glaze Sweet Hook, Sun Of A Peach, Goldie But Goodie, CrimsonHighlight Of My Summer, White On White and Be More Pacific. The blue polish is Blue Balloon by GOSH. The studs I used are from Born Pretty Store (if you shop there, you can use the code JVNT10 to get 10% off your purchase).

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These were inspired by something I saw on Instagram (the base, mainly), but I can't for the life of me remember who that was by. If I happen to run across it again, I'll make sure to link it for you.

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What do you guys think about these designs? Let me know in the comments below!

Now, I'm off to pack my bags and so on, but I will be back soon with an outfit post. In the meantime, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook to keep up with the latest little things (links in sidebar). I wish you all a very happy weekend!

Have a lovely day ♥

Pastel Tips vs. Waterfall ♥

Hello lovelies!

How are you today? ♥

I've had a lovely weekend, testing out our new blender, relaxing, having nice workouts, seeing a movie and so on. I'm pretty excited for a new week to start, because even though I have a ton of things to do, I also get to spend time with my parents as they're coming to visit us. That means lots of good food and some well-earned time away from school work. But I will keep posting at least three times this week as I have the pictures ready and only need to type a bit to have them ready for publishing.

Today, I wanted  to share another nail art post. Here I was recreating one of my old manis as well as trying a new technique. I hope you will like both of them.

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So the first one is the recreation of my old mani a way back. I painted a neutral base for my nails and then added pastels on the tips. I have dona this before at least with neons, but felt like trying it again with softer colors. Also the matte top coat was a must for this look.

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I used China Glaze shades Five Rules, Sweet Hook, Spring In My Step, At Vase Value, Grass Is Lime Greener and Metro Pollen-Tin. The matte top coat is from Born Pretty Store

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I liked wearing this design quite a bit as it was simple but still pretty fun and colorful. It's kind of French mani with a twist, and very easy to try for yourself as all you need are at least two different colors. I painted mine with free hand, using the actual polish brushes so no fancy supplies needed at all.

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Next up is a waterfall mani I have seen so many times on the Nailasaurus blog, and finally decided to try it myself. I gotta say, it was a lot easier than I expected, so it's pretty safe to say I will be doing it again, trying to perfect my technique.

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I used so many colors that I can't remember all of them for the life of me, but I can tell you that most of them were again from China Glaze, with few exceptions. The only tool I really needed for this was a thin nail art brush, since it's pretty much just about drawing thin lines next to each other.

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I really liked how this technique looks, and even though I feel I still have quite a bit to learn, I think this is a technique that is pretty easy to learn and even beginners could get away doing this kind of mani. I'm currently trying to learn a new technique to try, and I think splatter would be one of those in the near future. Leave suggestions if you know cool techniques so I can try them out!

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So, I really hope you liked these manis, and they would inspire at least some of you to try new nail things out.

What do you think about these? Let me know in the comments below! ♥

Now, I'm heading to bed so I can wake up early to do some other blogging related stuff. I have some research to do so that I can write a proper post - once I do, I can link it here too so you can see what I've been working on lately. But, I will go now and be back soon. And next time, I think we will be talking about food.

Have a lovely day ♥

Geometric Nails ♥

Hello everybody!

Hope your weekend has been great so far ♥

We're still enjoying Germany as you've probably seen if you follow me on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, and for the full details, you have to wait few days more. ;)

Today, I wanted to show you this nail design I created a while back. Hope you like it!

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So for this one, I was simply inspired by geometric patterns. Then I went with lilac and turquoise and added some silver in it. Totally loved this one!

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One with a different light.

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The shades I used are all by China Glaze: Sweet Hook, Highlight Of My Summer, and Gossip Over Gimlets. Studs are from Born Pretty Store, and the triangles were painted with the help of some tape.

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That's all I have for you today ♥ There will still be on scheduled post before I'm back from my trip, but soon after that we'll get to our Germany pics. Stay tuned!

Let me know what you think about these nails in the comments below!

Can't wait to get back to you with all the travel stuff...

Have an awesome day ♥

Pastels, Pastels ♥

Hello everybody!

How are you all? ♥

We've been enjoying hot and sunny day today, and I've actually been a bit productive and threw away some trash from my sewing corner, as well as started finishing up some DIY projects that have been hanging around for too long. I'm in such a need of organizing.

Anyway, today I really wanted to share these two sets of nails with you all:

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So first up, is this rainbow mani with studs and glitter in it. Very simple, but yet pretty fun.

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So the polishes I used here were all China Glaze, except for the glitter one that is by Alessandro, called Viva La Diva. The China Glaze shades are called (from thumb to pinky) Merto Pollen-Tin, Spring In My Step, Sweet Hook, At Vase Value and Grass Is Lime Greener. The studs and the matte top coat are from Born Pretty Store.

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I personally really loved wearing this mani a lot, this summer I have totally enjoyed having lots of colors on my nails and this is a good example of manicures I've enjoyed doing.

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And to the next one:

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The other one today has a bit more glitter and chic to it, in my opinion. I absolutely love this shade of mint/turquoise that I used for a base of this design.

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The polishes I used were all by China Glaze: Highlight Of My Summer as a base, the lovely silver Gossip Over Gimlets, nice basic White On White, and the cool glitter Snow Globe. The tape used as help, and all the decorations (studs & rhinestones) are from Born Pretty Store.

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This one was another attempt to do something a bit different than I usually do, especially with the stud placement.

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So, that's what I have for you today, and I hope you really liked these two.

Let me know what you think about these on the comments below!

Now, I'm getting a little snack and heading to bed, as I need to get up early to get some stuff done for our trip next week.

Have a great day! ♥

China Glaze Off Shore Collection ♥

Hello honeys!

How are you all today? ♥

We just got home today from or trip to my hometown, and I figured it's time to write again. We had so much fun with people and at least I got to relax so, so much. Tomorrow, I'm thinking I will go get some sun on my skin - after running a couple of errands for our coming trip abroad. More about that later.

Today, however, I really wanted to rave about the China Glaze summer 2014 collection called Off Shore. I saw reviews of it around the web and had to have it as a big treat for myself when I got some summer money from work. I have never ordered a whole nail polish collection, and don't know when I can next do so as I will be a student for a while without any job, so this is sort of a "big" thing for me.

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So, the Off Shore collection has two sets of polishes in it, both including nice bright colors that aren't necessarily neons or pastels, but they are just fun and bright.

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Dune Our Thing consists of pinks, purples and blues, and was probably my favorite of the two. I can totally see myself wearing all these colors at some point this year.

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Stoked To Be Soaked, on the other hand, includes red, orange, yellow and green shades, and to me, it would go perfectly with the late summer when the season starts to turn into autumn already. Don't know about you, but how I feel.

Below, you can see swatches, and below that, few words about each of the polishes.

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Pinks and purples.

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Blues and greens.

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Yellow-orange-red.

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The two pinks of the collection are Feel The Breeze and Float On. These two are - to me at least - pretty similar. The difference is that Float On is a bit darker, but otherwise they look like they're just the same lovely shade of pink. Both of these are a bit more coral than the pic suggests, but otherwise they're same as pictured here.

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On to the purples. The lighter one is called Dune Our Thing, and it is a nice, bit of a fuchsia kind of purple which would be very nice on various flower designs, and I think I my just do some later on. The other one is called X-Ta-Sea, which is a pretty brave name - but then again, so is the lovely plum shade that it represents. I can definitely see myself wearing that one more during winter, but I could also imagine many summer designs with it.

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Then the blues, I Sea The Point and Wait N' Sea. I Sea The Point is a cute bright blue, which is a perfect addition to my collection as I don't have that many blues yet. Except light/mint ones, which I have too many of, haha. Wait N' Sea has more green to it, so it could be labeled as turquoise rather than blue, but anyway it is a gorgeous shade and fits perfectly to a sea-themed collection.

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More greens to my collection! Yay! These two are called Shore Enuff and Be More Pacific. Shore Enuff is darker of the two, a cute bright light green that reminds me of grass and green apples for some reason. Don't ask. Be More Pacific is lighter and more yellow, actually pretty similar to Grass Is Lime Greener - or maybe even a dupe, if you actually put the two next to each other. Nevertheless, a lovely shade.

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Then, two shades I actually am wearing on my nails at the moment: Sun Upon My Skin and If In Doubt, Surf It Out. Sun Upon My Skin is a lovely pastel yellow that makes me think of milkshakes and ice cream. It's a pretty lemonade shade I've been wanting a while to my collection and now I finally have it! If In Doubt, Surf It Out on the other hand, is a lovely light orange, and not as coral as I expected. Absolutely lovely color that would bring out my tan if I had any.

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Last but not least: Stoked To Be Soaked, which is a fabulous bright orange, and Seas The Day, which is a beautiful red color. Not much to say about these, they're basic colors that I didn't have before but which I think every nail artist should have. (If you don't mind me calling myself that even though I'm an amateur).

So, that's what I got for myself last month. Let me know what you think about them in the comments below, and I'll see you all again tomorrow with another post!

Have a fabulous day ♥

Suit Up! ♥

Hi everyone!

How are you all? ♥

I'm finally back with writing after many days' break - as you know, the posts were scheduled - and it feels so good. I'm a day behind on my posts but I hope we can work with that. Anyways, today I really just wanted to share this bit more classy outfit with you guys, and I hope you like it!

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Yeah, blazer and heels, just for fun. I was trying something different, simply because I will be going back to school in August and I guess it doesn't hurt to be able to look like a businesswoman every now and then.

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I totally love this pair of shoes. I'm usually not the girl to wear a lot of heels, but once I do, I need sensible pairs like this.

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Blazer: H&M Jeans: Gina Tricot Tee: secondhand Bag: Boohoo Necklace: Gina Tricot Heels: Nelly.com Watch: Born Pretty Store

So that's the outfit for today, very simple with easygoing pastel colors (except for the tee of course). Personally I really liked this look with the basic makeup, I feel like they made a nice little combo.

But what do you think? Let me know in the comments! ♥

Now, I will go get some sleep, but there will be another post p tomorrow!

Have a lovely day ♥

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