Mani swap with Lakobotan - Neon leo nail art and chanel quilted nail art

Hi, this is going to be a different kind of post. Me and my friend Lakobotan decided to make a mani swap. Which means that I recreated one of her previous nail art designs and she recreated one of my previous nail art designs. We've already posted on instagram but of course I wanted to show you here at the blog too.

First a summary.

Here's some closeup of the nail art and just below are Lakobotan's recreation of my Neon leo manicure (LINK HERE) which I did a while back. Mine is to the left and her is on the right.

I used China Glaze - Hang Ten-toes, China Glaze - I'm With The Lifeguard, China Glaze - Sun-Kissed and Kleancolor - Black and Lakobotan used Dance legend - 822 Banana Party, Dance legend - 824 Barbie Kiss, Dance legend - 828 Tropicana and Dance legend - 1024 Nox.

And here we have my recreation of Lakobotan's Chanel inspired nail art (LINK HERE). Hers is on the left and mine to the right.

I used Rivaldeloop - 406 and Essence - satin matt top coat and Lakobotan used Orly - Liquid vinyl and opi - Matte tc

This was such a tricky nail art to recreate. Basically you have to wait until the polish is dry enough to make marks on it. However, if it's not dry enough you'll go through the polish and if it's too dry it wont leave good marks. To make the marks you can use dental floss or even a  ruler.

It's not the most long lasting manicure, because of the tiny metal beads. ;) However it was fun and challenging to make. Probably the hardest technique I've tried so far, freehand is way easier for me. ;) However I liked it and I'll probably try again with other colors and maybe without the beads for a more long lasting manicure.

So what do you think? Have you tried the chanel-inspired look with the 3D nail art look? And do you know what it's called? Maybe quilted nail art? I see a lot of hits on google with that.

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NCC presents: Summary; Inspired by fashion

Hi, sorry for a long absence.. But I had a good reason, spilled a cup of tea over my computer... so basically I had to let it dry and luckily it worked after.. But now I'm also behind on other things (not only blogging) so I'll probably be a bit slow updating and coming back "full-time" here.. lol ;)

I saw that I didn't post my summary from the theme "inspired by fashion" for the Nail Challenge Collaborative so here it is.

My two favorites are the negative space hearts and the houndstooth mani. Below is pictures and links to the original posts:

Stamped negative space hearts

Iron Fist nail art

Philip Lim; male fashion mani

Versace fashion dress

Which one is your favorite if any? :)

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NCC presents: Versace fashion inspired needle dragging nail art

Time for my fourth manicure with the theme "inspired by fashion" for the Nail Challenge Collaborative. I got inspired of a dress from the Versace show at Paris Fashion Week earlier this year. The dress isn't something I would wear my self, but I figured it would look really cool for a needle dragging design combined with a negative space nail art idea.

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I decided to use a nude jelly in beige and a white creme for my needle dragging. (I could have used a clear polish, but a stupid KIKO polish stained my nails so I had to use something more neutralizing so a nude jelly seemed nice and basically the negative space nail art went haywire). I also decided to outline my nails with a white fine liner to create a frame, so the result would look more precise.  I'm quite happy with the result even though it could need some refinement. Let me know what you think! :)

Polishes used:
Sally Hansen - Sweet Tulip
Nordic Cap - NP13
R de L Young - White (nagel designer lack)

An InLinkz Link-up

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NCC presents: Male inspired fashion nail art

Time for my 3rd inspired by fashion manicure for the Nail Challenge Collaborative. I decided for some male fashion and found something geometrical which I figured would look cool on the nails.

Design by Philip Lim (2015), source of image here.

To the nail art then, I was mostly inspired by the outfit of the gentlemen to to left and also found it to be fun if I could implement some negative space nail art, partly inspired by the gap on his knees and also that black thick line. So, on with striping tape which I later realized was too thin but also colored off some silver onto the nail art, which made it even less of a negative space.. For the rest of the nail art, it was mainly making freehand lines, which I'm usually quite good at, but I got a bit disappointed because both my black and white fineliners decided to die the thickness death while painting this so everything got a bit thicker and less crisp than I wanted. Still, not the worst thing I've ever done and geometrical is kinda fun to play around with. What do you think?

Polishes used:
Nordic Cap - NP13
P2 - Dating Time (swatch here)
Jordana Pop Art -Black Mark
Jordana Pop Art -Contemporary White

An InLinkz Link-up

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Negative space heart nail art with Essence nail art satin matt top coat

Today I'm showing the matte version of my Stamped negative space heart nail art which I showed you three weeks ago. For more info about the actual nail art you can check out the original post and let's check out Essence nail art satin matt top coat further. And yes, "matt" isn't a typo, I guess it's because it's sold i Germany. As all matte top coats it dulls the black quite much and the "matteness" stays matte and don't  feel shiny the next day. It dries considerably slower than most matte polishes and if you apply shiny top coat on top later(like dots to create a cool nail art effect) it still look dull and almost dirty. Therefore this only works for full matte nails, so next time I'll go to Claire's and pick up another of their matte tc's. Basically this works, but it's not my favorite matte of all the ones I've tried.

Polishes and materials used:
MoYou's special black nail polish
ZTIZ (black creme nail polish)
Image plate - KD27 (russian image plate)
Essence nail art satin matt top coat

***Some products in this post have been provided for review***

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NCC presents: Iron Fist fashion inspired nail art

I love making fashion inspired nail art and for my second post in the "inspired by fashion" theme for The Nail Challenge Collaborative I decided to make a nail art inspired by Iron Fist products. I decided for a collection I think is called Slow Dance which has black and white houndstooth pattern, red floral pattern on black, skulls, and sometime gold elements.

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I decided to make version which fitted for a manicure and came up with this below. Stamped houndstooth pattern in b&w then parts with red flowers (I did white dots and then filled them in with red to make them pop) and gold metal beads in the center of the flowers. As accents I painted a black base and then used these Born Pretty Store skull metal studs (which looks really similar to the skull on the third platform above). I was super happy with this result! I know this manicure isn't for everyone but that goes for the Iron Fist items as well. Hope you'll enjoy, because now it's photo spam. ^^

Polishes and materials used:
MoYou special white polish (reviews here) 
MoYou special red polish (reviews here)
Rival De Loop -  406 (black creme)
Konad Stamping plate - M63
Metal Bead rhinestones in gold

Born Pretty Store 5Pcs 3D Nail Art Decoration Dazzling Skull Mask Design (in gold)

 

Here are some more pictures of the skulls from Born Pretty Store. I applied them with super glue and they lasted on my nails for 3 days. They come in 5 pieces and is available in gold and silver. The size is 8x7MM and the width is roughly 1MM, the skulls are also C-shaped and fits therefore pretty good on my nails. I really like them and recommend them and I didn't have any problem with the size. I also applied top coat all over my nail and also the skull. (I've actually saved the two skulls I used and I'll reuse them later) However if your nails are very short the skull decoration might look over sized.

So, if you're interested of getting these or any other decorations I have a 10% discount code at Born Pretty Store for you to use. Just type in NGL91 at checkout.

Also don't forget this offer too: If you buy a nail art set, any of you choice, you can pick one polish OR one image plate of your choice if you use the code CEL246.

An InLinkz Link-up

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