NAIL ART | SPIDER WEB AND ORANGE GLITTER

Hello everyone how are you doing. Hope you're having an awesome Halloween party night even though it's Thursday. I've been dying to upload this nail art as soon as I saw it at Robin Moses' YouTube channel this week (you should really watch her beautiful nail designs). I basically removed my previous design immediately, but just couldn't take pictures as I came home after sunset. Today was the same problem again, but I just had to upload it anyhow. I tried to lighten them a bit so they became as realistic as possible. I also totally forgot to use some moisturizer before taking these, so please excuse the dry hands.

Manicure Details*

Index finger, middle finger and pinkie: 

• 1 coat of China Glaze - Sun Worshiper (too neon for this look)
• 1 coat of China Glaze -  Papaya Punch
• 1 coat of Hema - Clear polish mixed with Inaz - Pennywise Glam
• Gradient with Herome - St. Moritz
• Black acrylic 

Thumb and ring finger:

• 1 coat of Hema - Black 
• 1 coat of Herome - St. Moritz
• Acrylic paints - Silver and white

*Seche Vite topcoat was used on all nails

One of the worst scenarios when working with glitters is of course when the container drops out of your hand and sadly I experienced this. I should be thankful though that in fell onto the plate I was working with, so I was at least able to scoop more than half of it back into the container. Because of this drama the black nails needed another coat as the orange glitter couldn't wait to stick to those nails. I felt like Sun Worshiper was way too bright for this look (duhh it's a neon), so that's basically why I used a more regular orange on top.

I really love this look as it’s quite simple to do. The orange glitter on top of a basic orange polish really makes it sparkle even more. I never knew I could paint a spider, but I think mine came out pretty good. I do have to practice with making my spider web way thinner to be more realistic, but I don’t have a  striping brush yet so my regular paint brush will do for now.

What do you guys think of this design? Have you celebrated Halloween?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

China Glaze Halloween 2013: Howl You Doin'

Hi everyone as most of you know this month is Halloween and of course a lot of brands have launched their limited edition Halloween products. So has China Glaze of course, a brand known for its beautiful collections. This time they brought us Monster's Ball, a six piece collection containing a texture polish, a glow in the dark topcoat and four glitters. Of this collection I got two of the glitters named Howl You Doin' and Bat My Eyes, but I'm still debating whether or not I should also get the Ghoulish Glow topcoat.

Today I'm showing you Howl You Doin, a name that cannot be inspired by anything other than the question "How you doin'?". A phrase that became famous by the character Joey of the comedy TV show Friends. Ah I absolutely loved this show, the characters (especially Phoebe and Joey) and the things that happened in their lives. I was truly sad when they stopped the show. Anyway...back to polish..

Howl You Doin is a gorgeous dark purple glitter. It's more of a reddish purple as you will see in some of the pictures. The polish has tiny bluish glitter and also these small irregular muted red glitters that sometimes even looks like pieces of foil. 

MANICURE DETAILS:

• 2 coats of China Glaze Howl You Doin'
• 2 coats of Seche Vite topcoat*

*Used two coats as my nails felt gritty when I just used one layer

Application was okay, but for some reason my polish seemed a bit goopy. Don't know if I just had a bad batch or what, but I'll thin it out next time with some nail polish thinner.

I absolutely love this polish and am really happy that I ordered it. This again is another dark polish and I guess I'm totally into a dark nails phase for now. I just love the vampy look of darker nails compared to the airy bubbly look of lighter colors and China Glaze's Halloween collection just feed this love. I should really show you all of my Halloween nail polishes this month don't I?

What do you think of this color? Have you ever bought a Halloween edition nail polish?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

China Glaze Wagon Trail

I totally forgot to upload this post as I didn't  didn't feel like blogging at all due to school, work and some personal matters. But I decided that this blog is my way of expressing my thoughts, feelings and most of all my love for nail polish. 

Therefore I present you one my new loves...

China Glaze's Wagon Trail from their fall 2008 Rodeo Diva collection. I saw this colour years ago, but always forgot to order it. So when I was browsing on eBay again a while ago I decided to finally also order it and I've been in love since. It's absolutely beautiful, a must have and worth searching for. See for yourself..

Wagon Trail has this black base, but on the nails you can clearly see the gold and dark olive through it. I've used two coats and a topcoat to bring out this beautiful colour. 

I just can't stop loving these blackened nail polishes...I absolutely adore them, want and need them all in my collection. They're just that gorgeous and so much better than just a basic black colour. These kind are special, they add this vampy look compared to plain black. Better yet I might just throw away my normal black polish haha.

Do you love these kind of black colours? Do you have some of them in your collection?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

My Birthday Nails

So today is my birthday, couldn’t upload this post earlier as I besides the nail art also had to refill my acrylics. Anyway didn’t really do much today besides that as I got a bad flu and just don’t have the energy for other stuff. Don’t ask me how I will survive this week’s school lessons. Anyway let’s talk nail art.

As I mentioned in one of my previous posts I absolutely love Robin Moses’ nail art designs and I will try to recreate practically all of them. The following is another inspired remake of one of her beautiful designs. Sadly when I finally finished my nails I didn’t have any natural lighting anymore so these pics are not doing this design justice. I’ll try to photograph some new ones tomorrow.

Products used:

• Hema- Clear polish
• China Glaze- Sunset Sail
• Catrice- Miss Piggy Reloaded
• Inaz- Glam Rock
• Inaz- Rose Glam
• MAC- Reflects Gold pigment
• Essence- Better than Gel nails topcoat
• Rhinestones

And of course a picture of my Bday outfit. Wasn't in the mood for special wear, so just a LBD and of course hot heels. 

Do you like this design?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

Nail Art: Purple Ombre Gradient Nails

Products used:

• A sponge
• China Glaze Snow
• OPI Sparrow me the Drama
• China Glaze First Class Ticket
• Essence Studio Nails Better than Gel Nails Topcoat

Do you guys like the ombre gradient effect? Would you try this easy nailart?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

Nailart: Hot pink zebra love

So as mentioned in my previous post today I had some issues with blogger on my computer and couldn’t post anything last the week the way I wanted too. I think I’ve found the solution though….Start using Google Chrome instead of Internet Explorer haha LOL.

Products used:

• 1 coat of Essence studio nails step 1
• 1 coat of Essence studio nails xxl nail thickener
• 2 coats China Glaze Snow (too thin polish that isn't easy to apply, streaky)
• 1 coat of China Glaze Pink Voltage
• 1 coat of Essence studio nails better than gel nails topcoat

I really liked this design as it‘s truly bold and there. Can’t wait to try variations of it.

What do you guys think of this design?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

Note: some of you have already seen this design on my instagram or on facebook due to the issues with blogger and my determination to still upload the picture somewhere.

Holo Summer Week: LOL

So I just discovered that this wasn't posted saturday probably due to a network error. I flew back to Amsterdam later that night and have been resting so I just noticed this. 

So today I'm presenting you the last darker color from the OMG collection and probably my favorite and most used color of my holo collection. While it doesn't make me laugh out loud, it does make me smile when sunlight or even regular in-door lighting hits it. I just can't stop staring at my nails when I wear this gorgeous purple.

LOL as perfect as it is also just requires 1 coat so I won't be out of this gem really soon. Nothing more to say really, it's just gorgeous. Can you tell I love this?

Do you also love a beautiful purple nail polish?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

Holo Summer Week: 2NITE

Almost done with the Holo Summer Week you guys, what a journey it was swatching and writing posts for everything. Didn't expect the amount of time it took to swatch everything, make photos, remove the color, apply another color, make photos again etc and then to write about them. Sometimes I didn't even know what to say exactly and if I should even do this Holo Summer Week. But here I am, almost done, hoping you've all enjoyed it.

Today I wanted to show you another beautiful nail polish from the OMG collection, named 2NITE, a gorgeous icy blue holographic polish. This one also has a linear holo effect as seen in the rest of this collection.

I like to use 2 coats with this color, although one will also suffice. Unfortunaely I didn't do a good job at cleaning my nails well before applying this color and it showed I'm sorry. Will have to redo these photos when I find the time and sunlight, but I really wanted to include it in the Holo Summer Week. I like this color as none in my nail polish stash are like this icy blue one.

Are you a fan of icy blue nail polishes?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa

Holo Summer Week: Visit me in Prism

Today I'm presenting you the last color I own from China Glazes Kaleidoscope collection. As you've noticed I only got 4 from this collection as I was able to get my hands on 9 of the OMG collection and I felt like most colors were very similar. I'm very happy to own some polishes from the Kaleidoscope collection even though they require more coats than the OMG ones. 

So without further a due....Visit me in Prism

Visit me in prism is a really light silvery lilac as you can tell in the bottle, although it mostly looks like a soft silver on the nails. This really required 3 coats as the color is very sheer but can be build up to full opacity. I haven't used any base/topcoat, since you don't really need it. Visit me in Prism is also fast drying but a bit slower than the OMG ones.

I'm very happy that I was able to get my hands on this as the true silvers from the Kaleidoscope and the OMG collection were sold at ridiculous prices and I also wasn't sure if a true silver would even suit my skin color. In the end I'm really happy with my decision and haven't had any regrets.

Do you like to wear silver nail polish? What do you think of this one?

Xoxo WyoniAlyssa