China inspired splatter nail art.

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För några år sen ärvde jag en blåvit servis av min morfar. Jag är jätteglad för den och hoppas på att kunna hitta fler delar till den under åren. Det är något speciellt med blåvitt porslin. Förra månaden var det tema Färg på Monthly Makers och Anna María gjorde så himla snyggt stänkmålat blåvitt porslin. Det påminde mig om splatter nail art och jag blev så sugen på att göra en blåvit splatter-manikyr!

Det vita är ELF - White (som jag fick tunna ut en hel del och ändå var det riktigt tradigt att måla med...) och det blåa är den ständiga nail art-kompanjonen China Glaze - First Mate. (+ Seche Vite top coat)

För att uppnå stänket doppade jag ett sugrör direkt i nagellacksflaskan och blåste. Kladdigt blir det och ganska drygt med clean up men snyggt!

Högerhanden hade jag egentligen inte tänkt ha med därav den inte lika noggranna rengöringen. Men så blev det ju snyggast där såklart så det kommer med ändå :P Här testade jag också två andra lack (China Glaze - Towel Boy Toy & Rodeo Fanatic) men jag tyckte First Mate blev snyggast.

Splatter nail art inspired by Anna Marías blue and white china.

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Two blues and some plastic wrap.

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Här kommer nästa manikyr i ordningen. En somrig blå plastfoliemanikyr närmare bestämt.

Det undre och ljusare lagret är No 7 - Duck Egg Blue och det lite mörkare är H&M - U Must Have This. Och så ett lager Seche Vite top coat över det hela som vanligt.

För att uppnå den här effekten målar du först ett (eller flera) lager av din basfärg och låter det torka. Sen målar du ett lager av den mörkare färgen och duttar ovanpå med ihopskrynklad plastfolie så att det ljusa tittar fram. Och så ett lager överlack för att få en jämn yta :)

Some plastic wrap nail art in summery blue shades.

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Nail art x 3.

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Jag kollade i mitt arkiv för att se om jag hade bloggat om en manikyr eller inte. Vilket jag hade. Och den senaste nail arten publicerade jag i... februari! Den här bloggen har ju inte handlat så mycket om naglar på ett tag för jag har inte haft så stor lust till det. Men! De senaste veckorna har mina naglar varit hårda som tusan och jag har låtit dem växa ut för skojs skull. Typ för att se hur långa de blir innan nån nagel går av. Haha. Känns det igen från mitt fedelånga hår? (Kom precis på att det var ju en bra idé till kommande inlägg - hår update!) :) Hur som helst! Helt plötsligt var det roligt med nagellack igen :) Så jag har haft målade naglar några veckor nu. Och så rotade jag lite i mappen och tänkte what the heck jag lägger upp de två andra manikyrerna jag hittade.

Skulle tro att det undre lagret är H&M - 70's Boho. Sen lite molnaktig layering med Isadora - Spellbound Black.

En sån där klassisk manikyr. För mig iaf :P Om jag inte är helt ute och cyklar (så här går det när en väntar 4 månader med att publicera haha) så är det undre lagret A England - Fated Prince. Sen lite hålförstärkar-stickers och A England - Bridal Veil. + Seche Vite top coat misstänker jag :P Och kan vi ta en sekund och begrunda det faktum att A England har 3 (!!!) kollektioner som jag inte har ett endaste lack ifrån. Buuuh. :(

Och här är då det jag faktiskt gjorde idag! Igår kollade jag igenom arkivet för att hitta inspiration. Det blev denna. Tycker det är fint med ljust på långa naglar :) Två lager H&M - On Ice och så lite A England - Merlin som jag duttade på tipparna. Och ett lager Seche Vite. Fint! :)

Tänker att den nya nagelkvaliteten kanske hänger ihop med att jag äter lite annorlunda nu för tiden. Mer frukt och grönt och inte så mycket animaliskt. Så massor av nyttigheter och vitaminer och grejer. Kanske kanske! Kul hur som helst :)

Two old manis that were never published. And a new one! :) I've been painting my nails recently. It's fun having long and strong nails. We'll see how it goes :)

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Blue and blue leopard.

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Here's some nail art. I know, omg and all that. I just kinda felt like doing something a bit more fun on my nails and leopard print is pretty easy, fast and fun :)

 Base is one coat of Barry M - Cyan Blue (previously featured in my last leopard mani oops ;)). The spots are China Glaze - First Mate (previously featured in a looot of nail arts lol). The black is A England - Camelot + a coat of Seche Vite top coat.

I like colorful leopard print. It's such a weird and flimsy thing to put on your nails :)

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Blurple clouds.

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Blurple. Yes, it's actually a word. Perhaps not a real word according to the dictionary but if you read a couple of nail blogs you'll see it. Blue + purple. Blurple. I think one of the polishes in this mani is blurple. But who knows really, it's kinda made up... ;)

This is two coats of A England - Dancing with Nureyev with some added cloudyness with China Glaze - First Class Ticket. Probably a coat of Seche Vite as well. It looks smooth and all.

Yey for weekends with sunshine! Look at all that bling :)

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Ballet.

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Here's another one of the new A Englands I bought. It's purdy. I painted my nails after dark so only flash pics unfortunately. I also made some nail art that I'll share another day :)

This is two coats of A England - Dancing With Nureyev. It's a kind of metallic blue with holo.

Most of my A Englands are dark colors so it's nice to have another light one for nail art manis, since I almost always use a light polish with a dark on top.

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Sparkly leopard.

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I wanted something colorful and sparkly on my nails. And leopard print is so easy + requires no clean up. Perfect!

 The blue is one coat of Barry M - Cyan Blue. It's such a cheerful color! :) The leopard spots are Color Club - Hot Like Lava and the black is A England - Camelot as usual. And some Seche Vite to smooth it all out.

The pink is a metallic which really made the spots sparkle. Need to make more metallic leopards!

Maybe I should include a pic from further away because that's probably when I think leopard print looks best. Next time!

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A request, kind of.

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Sister L commented that I should do a cloud mani in cloudy colors (blue and white). She also suggested a rainbow... I was all like yeah sure! Then my white polish made me crazy and I ended up with one of my favorites (one coater ya know!). Actually, two favorites. Need to put these away so the other polishes get some love too! ;)

The grey (which looks blue here) is H&M - Miss Stone Heart and the blue is China Glaze - First Mate. Best cremes! Then I added some rhinestones in the colors of the rainbow. Except I didn't have any orange ones!

Also booh Seche Vite for smudging! Need to have a lighter touch I guess. And next time I'll reverse the colors so it's more cloudy. Blue clouds exist tho right??

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Trying something new at last.

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I've been meaning to try this for quite some time. And I finally did! Mine aren't so cloudy but I like it :) I'll have to try it with more than one color soon!

The base is two coats of Color Club - Hydrangea Kiss. Then I added the blue cream I always reach for when I'm doing nail art China Glaze - First Mate. It never disappoints. The ring has A England - Tristam. One of the top 5. Puurdy!

With flash. I really liked this mani. So easy to do and faster than tape. Perfect for chipped tips as well!

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Teal and black.

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Let's see if I still remember how to do this... :P Here's a swatch and some easy peasy nail art!

 This is two coats of No 7 - Cruising. Easy application and drying time was pretty fast. I like the brush, made the polishing easy. I got this polish as a gift from G, first from this brand :) It's a lot darker IRL tho, these kinds of shades are hard to photograph...

Then I was like "wazzup A England??" and added hole reinforcers and Bridal Veil.

I'm a bit rusty at this non-scenic-awesome-icelandic-nature-photographing. I'll have to practise with more nails soon!

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...and nails to match.

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It's been a while... Well here are some nails!

 I made this mani to match the dress I wore for the wedding we attended this past weekend.

It's the same technique as this one. The base is one coat of H&M - U Must Have This. Probably should've done two coats to avoid the little bald spots but I didn't have that much time. The dark blue is my trusted nail arty polish China Glaze - First Mate. Used in at least 7 nail arts on this blog. Woop woop! I added a yellow rhinestone before I slapped on some SV. Done!

And a pic to show you how well this matched my dress. Like really well I would say! My mom bought this dress and it shrunk a bit when she washed it = free dress for me! It's a good thing for me my mom has such great taste :)

Alas, now my nails are naked again. And so shall they remain until next week when I have the entire weekend off, including friday! Bring on the nail polish!

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First mate holo.

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Another half moon mani... I just keep reaching for them hole reinforcers. Maybe if I remove them from my desk I might do something else... ;)

This is one coat of China Glaze - First Mate, which didn't look patchy IRL + hole reinforcers + Depend - 2032 + SV.

In the shade.

It's been sunny a lot so I can't really motivate not wearing holographic polishes (holo holo!) ;)

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Subtle blue.

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Time for some really subtle nails.

The creme polish is Barry M - Cyan Blue, then I added hole reinforcers and Color Club - Emerald Depths + SV. I didn't think it would turn out this subtle, in some angles it was hardly visible :S But pretty colors anyways!

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First Mate times two.

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Here are two tape manis I did with the same polish. It's fun to mix and try different combos. Depending on the base color the result can look very different :)

Here's another loud one. The base is two coats of China Glaze - Surfin' for Boys. Then I added hole reinforcers and China Glaze - First Mate.

This is two coats of Color Club - Emerald Depths (lurve it), hole reinforcers and First Mate + SV. I really liked this one :)

First Mate is great for tape manis \o/

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Blue copper.

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Here's a polish I ordered before christmas.

 This is two coats of Barielle - Falling Star. Copper glitter in a blue creme base. Pretty cool and unusual for a non-indie polish :)

It felt a bit gritty since I didn't use any top coat but a coat would fix that I guess :)

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Blue times two.

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I've been meaning to have more nail art and less regular swatches on the blog. This means actually doing nail art but I've managed two in a week :) Let's just hope I can keep it up! It's fun having cool nails :>

Striping tape! Base is two coats of Depend - 228 and then I added tape and A England - Tristam + SV.

When I was done I realized I've done a really similar mani before. I guess I just really like using the same color in different nuances. What's the word for that? I just can't remember it lol. Also, I really like Tristam.

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Some swatches.

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Here's three more of my christmas polishes from G.

This is two or three coats of Color Club - Personal Stylist. It's a dark blue with shimmer.

A bit blurry but this shows the color better.

This is two coats of Sephora - Crush in Moscow. Pretty pinkish red glass fleck.

Pretty in the shade as well :) Great formula on this one, I really like the Sephora brush!

Here's two coats of Biolife - 325. The perfect nude for me :)

It looks a bit streaky here but that wasn't noticeable IRL. Mannequin hands!

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Pretty polish, funny name.

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I'm in a nail polish group on Facebook and a woman there helped me get ahold of this polish and two others :) Yey! I had a hard time photographing it tho :/

A bit blurry but it shows the color at least. This is two coats of Wet'n'Wild - Teal of Fortune, but I should've done three.

It's a pretty shimmery sparkly teal :)

I have a lot of new polishes so I'll have to get cracking on swatching them. 

Also, the bf totally surprised me and came home two days earlier than I thought! :) What a sneaky boy! :D But it made me reeeaaally happy :) He's the best.

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Blue flash

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Here's a polish I've wanted for a while now :) Yay for gifts!

This is two or three coats of Milani - Blue Flash + SV. Underneath I did a coat of China Glaze - Dorothy Who? to make it a bit more opaque.

This is a super sparkly glitter polish with both big and small pieces. And it's so much sparklier IRL! Here are some much better pics of it and also it's the post that added this one to my wish list :)

This is probably the last regular mani for while. More christmas ones to come!

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Flower leopard.

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I usually feel like doing nail art on creme polishes.

So I made some leopard print. The base is Color Club - Hydrangea Kiss, the blue spots were made with Color Club - Chelsea Girl and the black is China Glaze - Liquid Leather. + SV ofc!

I really like leopard print! It's so fun, pretty easy to do and you don't have to wait for the base to dry completely like with tape manis. Win-win :)

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