NOTD December 17th: Penguin Nail Art

Hi there!
Just a short post today, since it's Friday night as I'm typing this, and I'm in a rush. I'll be going to a friend's in a moment, for a birthday party, and I'll stay overnight. YAY! :D
I did some penguin nail art I want to show you :)

It's super cute and fun, and easy to do :) Here *click* you can see a tutorial on Adventures In Acetone.

I used Essence's Fatal as a black base, then did the white parts with Essence's stampy polish in white. The orange parts are China Glaze Life Preserver, and the bow is L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco Wild Fuchsia.

What do you think about it? I love it, so adorable :)
xoxo, Misch

NOTD December 13th: Christmas Tree Nail Art

Hi dear readers!
It's time for another nail art design for the holidays! This time it's Christmas Trees :)

For the background I wanted something nude, so I chose the best nude I have, Manhattan's 95E. And then I drew the shape of the trees, which I did rather random. The color for the tree is a mix of China Glaze Outta Bounds and China Glaze Starboard. I didn't want to have too much trouble doing the "jewelry" of the tree, so I used a glitter polish, Essence Circus Confetti. For the star on the top of the tree I chose OPI Rising Star, and I did some other red detail on the tree which is L.A.Colors Red Glitter.

It's not hard to do, it just requires a few steps, but that's fine :) I love Christmas inspired designs :)

What do you think?
See you!
xoxo, Misch

NOTD November 29th: Scarf Nails

Hi there!
A few days ago I showed you a tutorial for a nail art design I'm now wearing. Here *click* you can see it!

I just changed to colors for this one, I used China Glaze Sea Spray as a base and China Glaze Hey Sailor for the scarf, but I sticked to L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco Red Glitter for the glitter parts :)

Unfortunately you can't tell the glitter that well in the pictures, in real life it looks better!

Very short post, sorry, but I don't think there's anything else to mention!
What do you think?
xoxo, Misch

NOTD November 26th: Turkey Nail Art + Essence Vampire's Love LE Good Old Buffy

Hi everyone,
today I want to show you the mani I did for Thanksgiving. We don't celebrate that here in Germany, but I loved the turkey design that I just had to do it either way. Here *click* you can find the tutorial for it by Adventures in Acetone.

I painted every nail except for my index and ring finger nail with Essence's Good Old Buffy from their Vampire's Love LE. It needed 2 thin coats and is so gorgeous with the green flakies :)

For the turkey I used Manhattan's 95E as a base, and the painted the feathers with L.A.Color Nail Art Deco in Tangerine, Copper Glitter and Red Glitter, as well as China Glaze Life Preserver, which I also used for the beak. The eyes were done with Essence Stamp Me White and Fatal, and the brown head is Essie Little Brown Dress.

It was really easy to create, and it's just so fun! What did you wear for Thanksgiving?
xoxo, Misch

Picture Tutorial: Scarf Nails for Winter

Hi there!
First of all: HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OF YOU WHO CELEBRATE THAT HOLIDAY :)
Today I have a little tutorial for you! It's getting winter, even though it didn't snow here yet. I love this cute little design and will be wearing it very soon! I tried it first on a nail wheel and took pictures of that :) So why not show you the tutorial already now?
That's what you need:

• a base coat of your choice (I used Essence Pro White French)
• a light back ground polish (I used p2 - being in heaven)
• a bright red polish (I used p2 - it's hot)
• a red glitter polish, preferably a striper (I used L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco in Red Glitter)
• a top coat of your choice (I used Essence Better Than Gel Nails Top Sealer)

That's how to do it:

1. Start with your base coat to protect your natural nails.
   
2. Paint all of your nails with your light background color.
   
3. Use the bright red creme to make a curved thick tip. Then also make two stripes of different length like a scarf's end.
   
   
4. Now take your glitter red striper, or if it's not a striper, use regular polish and a thin brush. I used that to paint some accents, like fringes and stuff. That adds more dimension :)
   
5. Add your top coat to protect the design from chipping.
   

It's really simple to do, and so fun for winter!
What do you think?

Until next time,

xoxo, Misch

NOTD November 23rd: Pac-Man Nails

Hey guys,
today I want to show you a nail art design a friend requested. She saw this video by Cutepolish *click*, and wanted me to do it :D So here it is!

I did it just a tiny bit different than in the video. For the Pac-Man I didn't use a triangular part of tape, because I tried it that way and it messed it all up. So I freehanded the Pac-Mans. For the purple stripe I used Essence's True Love from their Vampire's Love LE, and then RdLY Nail Art Pen Black (also used that for the outlining for the Pac-Man) and L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco in Blue Glitter. The yellow Pac-Man itself is L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco in Tangerine, as well as the Pac Dots.

It looks like the Pac-Mans are eating the dots, right? :D
What do you think? It's not that hard to do, and it's super fun!
Talk to you soon!
xoxo, Misch

NOTD November 19th: Essence Vampire's Love LE - 02 Into The Dark + Silver To Blue Gradient

Hey guys!
Finally it's time for another NOTD, it's just so hard to find a good day for taking pictures at this time of the year! About 3 days a week I leave the house when it's dark and only come back when it's dark again...:/

But now onto the polish. From Essence's Vampire's Love LE *click*, this one, 02 Into The Dark, is the first one I chose to wear. It's a deep blue with silver micro shimmer, really special and pretty.
I'm wearing 2 coats of it, and it was perfect with that :) I like the formula and the brush a lot!

And then I decided to pimp it up a bit. Like with the last polish I wore, I was inspired by the shimmer and made a gradient out of it, this time a silver to blue one.

For the silvers I used Essence - Romeo (old version), Jesse's Girl - North Star and L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco - Silver Glitter, and did the gradient with a sponge, like I always do.
I really like it! Looks a bit like snowy tips to me :)
What do you think?
xoxo, Misch

NOTD October 29th: Jack O'Lantern Nail Art

Hello there!
This is another nail art design for Halloween, the Pumpkin design that's kinda obligatory for a Halloween series. And it was a lot of fun to do it!

For the pumpkin orange base color I used a orange franken. It's a tad too dark, but I'm fine with it. Then I added some glitter stripes to add a little something extra, and for that I used L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco in Copper Glitter. And the faces were drawn with Essence Fatal and a toothpick. It's really easy to do, and so perfect for Halloween. And it also looks great on short nails because the rather round form of them makes it look more like pumpkins ;)

Do you like this one?
One more design is missing, and I'll see you on Halloween with that!
Until next time,
xoxo, Misch

NOTD October 21st: Catrice - Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans with Spider Nail Art

Hello dear readers!
Today's polish is by Catrice, and it's called Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans, and unfortunately it got discontinued this fall :/ It's a dark denim blue creme, with jsut a few tiny bright blue glitter particles. But you can barely see themm when I applied it I wasn't even able to tell the glitter.

It applied nicely and evenly, it's opaque with 2 coats, really great.

And then, because it's gonna be Halloween soon, I did a design with it. I used a nail art brush and Essence Stampy Polish in white for the spider's webs. And over top I applied randomly L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco in Silver Glitter. For the spiders I used p2 - eternal, and a nail art brush again.

It's so simple, but perfect for Halloween. The only thing I don't like is that the background is a bit too dark for the spider. But, oh, well ;)
Do you like it? And what kind of Halloween designs do you like?
Until next time,
xoxo, Misch

NOTD October 8th: Owl Nail Art

Hello dear readers :)
Today I want to show you a super cute fall mani, owls :)

When I saw this post *click* on ChalkboardNails, I knew I had to do it! On her post there is already a tutorial for it :)
My version is a bit different, I used darker colors to make the yellow eyes pop more :)

The green one was done with OPI - Jade Is The New Black and H&M - Dollar Green; the brown one is done with p2 - Live The Moment and p2 - forever; the purple one is done with China Glaze - Grape Pop and OPI - Do You Lilac It?; and the gray one is done with Astor - VIP Grey and Manhattan - Gossip Girl. The eyes are L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco in Tangerine and p2 - eternal. For the beaks I used China Glaze - Life Preserver.

Hope you like this one, I think it's very cute :)
See you soon!
xoxo, Misch

Picture Tutorial: Zoo Nail Art: Bird

Hiya!
So the last tutorial for today is the bird nail art, hope you'll like it!

That's what you need for the bird:
- a base coat of your choice (I used Essence - Pro White French)
- a bird color of your choice, like blue or green (here I'm using Manhattan - 77T, in the original I used a bright green no name polish)
- a belly color (Here I used Essence - Ahoy, and in the original I used L.A.Colors Nail Art Deco in Tangerine)
- a white nail polish (I used Essence - Ahoy)
- a black nail polish (I used p2 - eternal)
- an orange polish (I used China Glaze - Life Preserver)
- a  tool like a small brush, a dotting tool, the end of a bobby pin or a toothpick (I used a small paint brush and Essence's Nail Art Stylist)
- a top coat of your choice (I used Essence Better Than Gel Nails Top Sealer)

That's how to do the bird:
1. Apply your base coat to all of your nails.
2. Create the bird by using your blue or whatever color polish in a half circle on the tip of your nail.

3. While the color is still a bit wet, drag 3 little feathers out of the head with a small tool.

4. Now do the bird's belly by adding the lighter color in a half circle.

5. For the eyes you want to use white dots, and within them black dots.

6. Create the beak by painting a small orange triangle.

7. Finish it off with a nice coat of your top coat.

That's it for this tutorial!
I really hope this helped you out, Mary! And all of you others, too :D
Leave me some links if you try out any of these designs I showed you today :)
Until next time,
xoxo, Misch