Dance Legend - Kiwano, swatch

Kiwano is a neon green jelly with black shredded glitter in it. And when I say neon I mean VERY neon, it looks like it is glowing, yet it isn't. And my camera freaks out in the process. Anyhow since I knew it was sheer (as jellies are) I decided to layer it over Kleancolor - Bikini Green. I used 3 coats to get the jelly sandwich effect for the shredded glitter. I'm not only liking this, I just LOVE it and wish I had all the colors in this collection. First I have some photos taken in direct sun light and after a few in natural light.
For more green shades, visit Green Wednesday.

Below are photos taken in natural light. As you can see the camera has problem with the neon and in effort to capture the color my hands looks slightly darker.

Polishes used:
Kleancolor - Bikini Green
Dance Legend - Kiwano

Kiwano I got from a nail polish swap with Lakobotan. :)




Oh, and also. This was my Mid summer manicure from this year! ^^

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NCC presents: simple Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles nail art (June theme)

Hi, time for what I think is the last unpublished nail art I have from the nail challenge collaborative theme Super hero's & villains which was the June theme. I decided to make TMNT or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but a simplified nail art version. I decided to use a bunch from my Kleancolor metallic's collection, and orange smiley for Michelangelo, red smiley for Raphael, blue smiley for   Leonardo and purple smiley for Donatello. I decided to make my thumbs smiley pink, not only because of the female turtle but because it was a good contrast to the other colors. As known the polishes are very pigmented and since I wore this for 4-5 days the smiley colors (especially the blue turned more greenish and the pink turned orange like), and the white shine turned discolored of each other.

Overall I'm super happy with this manicure, it feels simple to make, I liked it during the days I wore it (normally I like to change mani pretty quick) and it also feels very nostalgic.

Shiny and matte, maybe the matte comes out better in the photos because there's less contrast from shine/shadow. I liked both versions though.

Polishes used:
Kleancolor - Metallic Orange
Kleancolor - Metallic Pink
Kleancolor - Metallic Red
Kleancolor - Metallic Purple
Kleancolor - Metallic Aqua
Kleancolor - Metallic Green
R de L Young - White
R de L Young - Black

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NCC presents: The incredible Hulk abstract nail art (June theme)

Basically I didn't blog so much in June, but still did my nails, and also did the nail challenge collaborative theme for June; Super hero's and villains. But as I said, this went unpublished so I'm publishing them now instead. First up is an Incredible Hulk nail art. Not because I'm that into the Hulk thing, but because it fit the manicure I was wearing. This is more of an abstract version and sadly I had to photograph them with flash. It's not my all time favorite nail art, but I must say that purple and green are nice together. :)

Polishes used:
R de L young - black
Kleancolor - TLC
Dance Legend - ?
Kleancolor - Neon Purple

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NCC presents: Poison ivy nail art

The theme for June is Super Heroes and Villains for the Nail Challenge Collaborative. I decided to make a Poison ivy nail art. A female villain found in Batman, which want to protect the nature etc. I decided to make a simplified version. And I ended up liking my non accents the best actually, and overall I'm not that happy with the manicure. I think it was because I was in such a hurry. Anyways, here it is. What do you think?

Polishes used:
China Glaze - Scattered & Tattered, swatch
Kleancolor - Poppy Field
Pure Ice - Wild Thing swatch will come)
Essence Satin Matte nail polish
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Bright Green
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Yellow
Sure Promise (black)
Green flower rhinestones
Green 1 MM round rhinestones

An InLinkz Link-up

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Kleancolor - Almost Good As Gold, swatch

Almost Good As Gold has shredded prismatic gold glitter/flakes in a clear base. Here I've layered it over HM - Capri Breeze and I used 2 dabbing coats, but I actually liked it better after just 1 coat. The flakes are of the "harder" type so 2 coats of top coat could be needed to get a super smooth surface. This is also my contribution to blue monday, the mani is quite blue, even though I'm talking about the flakes. XD

Polishes used:
Kleancolor - Almost Good As Gold
HM - Capri Breeze 

I bought the Kleancolor on Ebay for about 2 euro with a bunch of other of course. :) The HM polish was 3,9 euro in an HM store.

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NCC presents: Spring flower nail art

Something happened, like life and I got behind in NCC and blogging. However, the manicures where done in advance, I just didn't have time to post them, so this is still for the May theme; Spring Flowers. I had an idea of making a pastel blue base, did some saran wrap with white and added matte glitter , then I wanted tiny dandelions. The last part wasn't as successful, it could basically be any yellow flowers. However the outcome feel a bit spring like at least. Not my fav nail art of all time, but here it is:

Polishes used:
Kleancolor - Pastel Teal
Kleancolor - White
Angelica - ?
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Mint Green
Sure Promise (Yellow fine liner polish)

An InLinkz Link-up

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Zentangle pattern nail art in yellow, black and white

I just love yellow, black and white together! They compliment each other so well. I saw something similar at Lucysstash two years ago and knew I wanted to create something similar, but in other colors. I used the gorgeous Butterbeer as a base and then I used white nail polish and then made black stripes with my fine liner. Sadly my black fine liner was a bit dry but I think it came out okay anyhow. Loved this and I'll probably end up recreating it again. :)

Polishes used:
Kleancolor - White
Jordana Pop Art - Black Mark (lol look at that old bottle! Can't even see the logo..)
Alanna Renee - Butterbeer (swatch)

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