Orly - 'Saturated' with neon dots.

So how are you liking the new look here on my blog? Doesn't it look clean and fresh? No more clutter, the colors are lighter, new template...it is still a work in progress ofcourse, but I'm already liking this fresh new start of 2015.

I'm also picking up on the 52 week challenge from The Crumpet with my 'Dotting tools' manicure, 'Dotting tools' being one of the possible challenges this week.
You could also choose 'pink and aqua' for this week, but that combination of colors sounds like Barbies dreamhouse to me (and I really dislike that girl).

That gorgeous deep dark neon purple is Orly 'Saturated', I love love love this color. Unfortunately, my camera does not love this color, but I managed to get a somewhat accurate picture of the color anyway.

Application: 2 / 3 coats, depending on how thick you paint your layers. I did 3 thin coats, because with 2 thin coats I had some nails that weren't completely opaque.
The polish dries a bit matte, but not matte enough, so a topcoat (matte or glossy) is recommended!

I used the dotting tool to make three white dots on each nail, and after that I dotted neon polish over the white dots.

If you like to see how other girls are swinging their dotting tools this week, check the links below:

   

    An InLinkz Link-up
   

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Colorful diamonds on white and glitter-gradient background. SmART Nails + GIVEAWAY - part 2

The nice people of SmART Nails offered to send me some of their stencils to try them out and give my honest review. I didn't have to think twice about their offer, because I already bought their product once and really loved how easy it was to use.

For this mani I decided to keep the background light and use a variety of neons over the stencil to make the design really pop.

Products used:

White: Misa 'Suited Perfectly'

Silver glitter: FUN Lacquer '24Karat (H)'

Different neons by different brands (I forgot which ones I used, sorry)

I drybrushed the holographic glitter over the semi sheer white background to get the gradient. I finished with a quickdry topcoat, waited a few minutes untill it was very very dry and then I used the stencil, a small brush and an assortment of neons.

This is how the stencils look in the packaging

This is how the stencil looks if you use it on your nail

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OPI - You Are So Outta Lime! + Yes Love Glow In The Dark glitter topcoat

This is the last day of my 2 week vacation. During my vacation I decided to wear really bright nail polishes, just because, you know...vacation!!!!!!
This was the mani during the first week of our vacation. As you can probably see there is some minor tipwear, these pictures are taken after 4 full days of wear (looks still pretty good don't you think? Gotta love OPI!)

OPI You Are So Outta Lime! is an amazing neon green. Not too neon though, it has a hint of creamy pastel in it. But without being chalky or streaky. And the color is just lovely.
The application surprised me: OPI advises you to wear the polish over a white base, but why should you do that if you get perfect coverage in just two coats?

This is the first Yes Love I've ever tried, it is supposed to be glow in the dark, but I didn't see any of that. Not even after holding my nails under a really bright light. Besides that, it has very pretty neon glitters in it so no biggie, I'm not sleeping with my eyes open anyway.

Thank you so much for watching and I wish you a lovely Sunday! 

Love, Inge (PolishSis)

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Party-nails with Jindie Nails - 'Eclectric' (glitter gradient over pink)

This week I used Misa 'Party in the Masquerade' for the Golden Oldie Thursday Polish Challenge. On Friday my friends and I went to a party (called '30-Something' in Tivoli Utrecht) and I decided to use this bright color topped with Jindie Nails 'Eclectric' for my colorful party nails!

Jindie Nails Eclectric is a clear-based confetti topper. It is very densely packed with every size, shape and color matte glitter. Round, hexe, square, bars, moons, stars...and many more.
Just look at the bottle in the picture above to see how much fun this polish is!

Jindie Nails is one of my favorite Indie brands, Jen has a creative mind wich results in some very special polishes!

I just dabbed on the glitter near my cuticles and placed some of the glitter with the brush. After that I did a second coat which I pushed a bit down the nail to get the gradient look.
Finished with a small neon yellow stud at the tip of my nails.

This is how my nails looked at the party!!!

Okay, this is a cellphone shot while dancing with my friends, so not the best quality, but look at the bright neon and how the glitter glows in the blue light! It is safe to say that Jindie nails Eclectric is one great partypolish! 

And a picture of the '30- Something' party in Tivoli so you can see where I took my nails out dancing :-)

Thank you very much for watching my party-nails :-)

Enjoy this Easter Sunday!

XXX Inge (PolishSis)

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Misa - Party in the Masquerade

Misa Party in the Masquerade before I added some glitter.
A pretty neon pink that covers well in 2 coats, but I did three for perfect opacity\

This is not steaky and self levelling.

I especially adore this color for my summer pedis!!!

Misa is one of my favorite brands ever!

Stay tuned for the pistures after adding glitter to this, it was such a fun mani!

Thank you for watching!

Happy Easter everybody!

XXX Inge (Polishsis)

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Golden Oldie Thursday (GOT) Polish Challenge with Misa 'Party in the Masquerade' and Gosh 'Rainbow'

Pink is not my favorite color, unless it's a holo, glitter or neon (or preferably all of the above). For april 17th the GOT theme is Hot Pink, so I grabbed one of the best pink polishes I own: Misa Party in the Masquerade.

I actually wanted to do a totally different nailart, but I couldn't find my striping tape when I sat down to decorate the pink polish. So I just did whatever came to mind and this is the result. I'm not happy with it, but at least it photographed well enough to get some decent pictures :-)

With my limited nailart skills (and lack of patience and time to perfect them), I'm now looking at some very nice stampingpates from Dashica, check out her Infinity plates, how can you possibly choose just a few????
I think the weekly challenge will be less of a challenge with these plates!

For now, this is all I could come up with for the 'nailart' of this week. This challenge is good for my non-existing nailart skills, so the only way is up from here!
But I think the flakies from Gosh really saved the day in this mani!

Make sure to check out the other amazing ladies who are also showing you their take on Hot Pink this week! Links below!

   

    An InLinkz Link-up
   

Thank you so much for watching!

Have a great week everybody!

XXXX

Inge (PolishSis)

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Jade - Mystic Gold ( Holográfico)

A simple and quick mani I did last week: Jade Mystic gold with a small pink neon stud.
I didn't want to spend alot of time on polishing and doing cleanup, so I chose a polish that kind of matches my skin, dries quickly and added a fun pink stud so it looked like I made an effort (but we know I really didn't) :-)

Color
A darker gold with pretty holographic particles.
I made most of the pictures in direct sunlight so the color might seem brighter than it really is, because of the sunlight and the bright holo.

Application
The polish is very thin, but builds up nicely after the second coat.
If you aren't going to make pictures with macroshot, you probably only need two coats.

I received alot of compliments on this quick and easy mani.
And I only spent 10 minutes on doing my nails! So I might try this mani again and again with different colors :-)

This brand Jade can be bought from Llarowe, I believe it is a permanent collection (but I don't know for sure). The next one on my wishlist is a yellow holographic Jade, wich I hope to buy real soon!

Thank you for watching!

I hope you have a great day! 

Love,

Inge (PolishSis)

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Jindie Nails - Quit Staring at my Melons

Look what I found on my PC, old pictures in a folder I didn´t knew there were still unposted pictures in!
What a shame I didn´t post these earlier, because now I´m showing you one of the prettiest glitter polishes I own and it´s no longer available. Sorry....

This is Jindie Nails - Quit Staring at my Melons!

How amazing is this polish? I layered it over China Glaze - Sun of a Peach, best neon I own so far (and I own more than I should).

Quit Staring at my Melons is a mix of all sizes matte and holographic circle glitter in the colors pink, green, black, white and i might have overlokked some, but this is so pretty!
For budget-reasons I bought a mini, but I wish I could have bought a full size so I could wear it all the time and over every color I own.

I'm sorry if this made you want this polish badly, because it's probably sold out now.
Do check out Jindie Nails' website, she has so much amazing polishes, you won't be disappointed:  http://jindienails.com/

Thank you for checking out these old swatches.

I leave you with a gorgeous picture of my hometown:

Picture of Utrecht (city in The Netherlands), by Donker Utrecht

Have a great weekend!

XOXOXO

Inge (PolishSis)

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OPI What's With The Cattitude? with a Jindie Nails Candy Land accent

OPI What's With the Cattitude? is an oldie but goodie that I enjoy wearing every once in a while. To spice it up a bit, I layered 3 coats of Jindie Nails Candy Land over the nail on my ring finger.

Candy Land needed some placing of the glitter, but not much. Just pushed them a bit around while painting my nails. Another great polish by Jindie Nails!

The entire mani lasted like iron, almost a week without a chip! 

Thank you so much for watching!

XOXOXOX

Inge (Polishsis)

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Hot neon pink nails for Pink Monday on the Tilburg Fair!!! ( Roze nagels voor Roze maandag :-))

10 days of each year Dutch city Tilburg has one of the biggest fairs of Europe.
Monday is called Pink Monday as it's the day that's centred round gay, lesbian and bisexual people. This year my 'Eppie' and I went for the first time with two of our friends ( who do fit the profile ) and we had an amazing day!
Ofcourse I did a neonpink mani with Color Club Electro Candy to match the theme 'pink'.

10 dagen van het jaar staat Tilburg volledig in het teken van de Tilburgse Kermis.
De maandag heet Roze Maandag omdat deze dag in het teken staat van homo, lesbische en bisexuele mensen. Dit jaar gingen mijn 'Eppie' en ik voor het eerst mee met twee van onze vrienden ( die wél binnen de doelgroep vallen ) en we haden een fantastische dag!
Uiteraard heb ik wel een knalroze mani gedaan met Color Club Electro Candy om toch een beetje bij het thema 'roze' te passen.

Color
Neon pink with a slight light blue shimmer that makes it just a little bit more original then other pink neons.
Ofcourse I'm wearing it over white to make the color even more bright and match the color in the bottle.

Kleur
Neon roze met een fijne licht blauwe shimmer erin die deze lak net wat meer origineel maakt dan andere roze neons.
Uiteraard draag ik deze lak over wit om de kleur beter tot zn recht te laten komen en meer te laten lijken op de kleur in het flesje.

Application
The polish is a little bit sheer and a bit runny, but I prefer this to the often chalky and streeky neons. I'm wearing it over white base anyway, so my nail line isn't showing through. I did two coats over white.

Applicatie
De lak is redelijk vloeibaar en dekt niet heel goed, maar dit is veel beter dan die vaak dikke kalkachtige streperige neons. Ik draag de lak toch over een witte basislak, dus je ziet mn nagel er niet doorheen. Ik draag hier twee laagjes over die wit.

These pictures are almost coloraccurate, I had to enhance the brightness a littlebit, because my digital camera kept 'correcting' the color and made it less bright. But ofcourse the color is brighter and more pretty in real life.

Deze foto's zijn bijna de goede kleur, ik heb daarvoor wel de kleur iets moeten versterken, want mijn digitale cameraatje wilde steeds de kleur 'corrigeren' en maakte het minder fel dan het eigenlijk was. Natuurlijk is de kleur in het echt nog veel mooier en feller.

Cheers.

Our first drink of the day deserved a picture :-)

Proost.

Ons eerste drankje van de dag verdiende een foto :-)

My 'Eppie' was a real Robin Hood and won a leopard for me in a game with bow and arrow.
Anyone seen Despicable Me? I was like Agnes; It's so FLUFFY!!!! ( click here if you haven't seen the movie )
Ofcourse I had to drag it along with me the whole day, but I didn't care.

Mijn lieve 'Eppie' was een echte Robin Hood en heeft met pijl en boog een panter voor me gewonnen.
Heb je Despicable Me gezien? Ik was net Agnes; It's so FLUFFY ( klik hier als je de film niet gezien hebt )
Natuurlijk moest ik die enorme panter de hele dag met me mee zeulen, maar ik vond het helemaal niet erg.

Thank you so much for watching

Hope you have an amazing day

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

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Fun summer mani with neons, shatter and glitter!!!

Do you remember all the fun neons we used to get in the summercollections? I was hoping there would be some new fresh neons this year. But this year we only got some from Color Club, which I didn't buy beceause they looked like other neons fron the same brand I already own. So I used some of my 'old' Color Club neons to make a fun summer mani.

Kan je je nog herinneren dat we leuke neons kregen in de zomer collecties? Ik hoopte dat we dit jaar weer wat nieuwe frisse neonkleurtjes zouden krijgen. Dit jaar heeft alleen Color Club wat neons uitgebracht, maar die leken sprekend op oudere lakjes van hetzelfde merk, dus heb ik er geen van gekocht. Daarom heb ik mijn 'oude' Color Club neons gebruikt om een vrolijke zomer mani te maken.

Polishes used:
Base: China Glaze - White on White (a white base makes the neons extra bright )
Yellow: Color Club Yell-Oh!
Orange: Color Club - Orange Revenge
Pink: Color Club Screamin' Fuchsia
+ OPI's Black Shatter
& China Glaze - Fairy Dust

I've seen other bloggers doing mani's with multiple neons together and then stamped with the Konad leopard print. That is where I got the idea for this mani from. So thank you for the inspiration if you are one of those bloggers!

Ik heb bij andere bloggers wel eens mani's gezien waarbij ze meerdere neons hadden gebruikt en daarna hadden gestempeld met het panterprintje van Konad. Zo kwam ik op het idee om deze mani te doen. Dus als jij één van die bloggers bent dan wil ik je bij deze hartelijk bedanken voor de inspiratie.

If you don't live in the Netherlands you probably don't know this, but we are having the hottest April in over 300 years! The Netherlands is the warmest country in Europe right now, better then in Spain of Greece! Almost every day temperatures round 24 degrees Celsius ( 75 Fahrenheit ), lots of sun, almost no rain...it's insane! And I love it! Usually we only have this kind of weather (if we are lucky!) in july of august. So you'll understand I was in the mood for a bright summer mani!

Ohhh lieveschatten wat is het toch heerlijk weer he? Heb je ook gehoord dat het de warmste april is in ruim 300 jaar en dat we het warmste land van Europa zijn op dit moment? Dat is toch te gek voor woorden? Ik word hier wel héél erg blij van hoor en vandaar dat ik dus ook erg in de stemming was voor een felle zomer mani!

The bright nails matched nicely with my black and yellow 'Black Ice Glam Pie' Pastry sneakers!
I love my Pastry sneakers, they are so comfortable and colorful. Unfortunately there aren't many stores here that carry this brand and they usually don't have a large collection, but I'm certainly going to buy more! (click the link above to see why)

De felle nageltjes paste leuk bij mijn zwart met gele 'Black Ice Glam Pie' Pastry sneakers.
Ik ben echt gek op mijn Pastry sneakertjes, ze zitten echt heerlijk en ze zijn zo kleurig. Jammer genoeg zijn er niet heel veel winkels die ze verkopen, maar ik ga er wel zeker meer van kopen! (klik op de link hier boven om te zien waarom )

 The best thing about this mani ( besides that I loved looking at it all the time )? It lasted for 6 days without chipping and I got compliments about it each day! I don't paint my nails to get compliments, but it is nice if someone notices my mani and takes the effort to say something about it.

Wat is het beste aan deze mani ( naast dat ik er de hele tijd blij naar zat te kijken)? Het zat zes dagen perfect zonder beschadigingen en ik heb er iedere dag complimentjes over gekregen! Niet dat ik mijn nagels lak om complimentjes te krijgen, maar het is wél leuk als iemand je mani opmerkt en de moeite neemt om er iets over te zeggen.

Thank you so much for watching

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

Don't eat to many eggs ;-)

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX

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December Glitter #2: Playing With Isadora Graffiti Nails Masterpiece Pink

So I was home alone when I created these swatches. I wanted to try out the pink Isadora Graffiti polish over different colors and after that I just kept adding different glitters like a madwoman which didn't benefit the endresult. Sometimes I just don't know when enough is enough. Ah well, we all have those days don't we?

Dus ik was lekker alleen thuis toen ik deze swatches maakte. Ik wilde de roze Isadora Graffiti nagellak proberen over verschillende kleuren en daarna ben ik als een gek met glitters eroverheen gegaan wat geen positief effect had op het resultaat. Soms weet ik gewoon niet wanneer ik moet stoppen. Achja, we hebben allemaal wel eens van die dagen toch?

As you can see the Graffiti polish dries matte and a little bit chunky. Nothing a good topcoat can't solve.
It's very important to let your basecolor dry before you apply the Graffiti polish. If the basecolor is too wet the Graffiti polish drags pieces of the base with it when it dries to it's crackling effect.

Zoals je kan zien droogt de Graffiti lak matte op en is het vrij dik. Dit is makkelijk opgelost met een goede topcoat.
Het is erg belangrijk om de basiskleur goed te laten drogen voordat je de Graffiti lak opsmeert. Als de basis te nat is dan trekken gedeeltes van die basis kleur mee als de Graffiti lak opdroogt tot dat gebarsten effect.

After that I needed to add some glitter, I thought it would be fun for my December Glitter- theme.
I put on two different glitterpolishes and after that I randomly placed some Nfu Oh nailart holographic flakies on it. Especially that last addition was totally unneccesary.

Daarna moest ik er glitters overheen doen, dat leek me leuk voor mijn December Glitter -thema.
Er zitten twee lagen glitterlak overheen en ik heb ook nog willekeurig wat grove Nfu Oh nailart losse holografische flakies overheen gedaan. Vooral die laatste waren echt niet nodig geweest.

I really like these crackling polishes, but I think I like the darker colors better, the effect is much more dramatic. This pink/pastel/colorful thing I did here might have been more interesting last spring.
Maybe when I wear this pink Graffiti polish as a full mani, I should wear it over a black or blackened polish. Yeah I think that would be more my style.

Ik vind deze gebarsten lakjes echt heel leuk, maar ik denk dat ik donkerdere kleuren wel leuker vind, die hebben een veel dramatischer effect. De roze/pastel/gekleurde toestand wat ik hier gemaakt heb zou misschien afgelopen lente meer interessant zijn geweest.
Als ik deze roze Graffiti lak als volledige mani ga dragen dan zal ik deze waarschijnlijk over een zwarte of andere hele donkere lak dragen. Jah dat moet ik doen, volgens mij is dat meer mijn stijl.

Because of the December Glitter- theme I decided to pose with one of my Christmas garlands. It looks better when I hang it in my tree later this week ;-)

Vanwege het December Glitter- thema heb ik een foto gemaakt met één van mijn kerstslingers. De slinger staat leuker in de boom als ik die later deze week ga versieren ;-)


Polishes I used Left to right: China Glaze Lemon Fizz | H&M Aquatini | Color Club Uptown Girl | Color Club Twiggie
And below lies the star of this post Isadora Graffiti Nails Masterpiece Pink
(glitters not shown on pictures are Kiko Sparkle Effect and China Glaze Fairy Dust )

You can check out my previous posts with Isadora Graffiti Nails - Black Tag HERE

Thank you very much for watching!!!

Have an amazing day all of you

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

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