Simple heart texture nail art in white and purple

Hi, today I have some pics of a nail art that has been laying in the archive for quite some time. I showed you the swatch of Lavender Star in the beginning of this month, but these where done months ago. I really like the idea of texture nails + nail art so here is a try with freehand. Both the white and purple are texture polishes, even though I realize that I could have used a regular white too. A fail I think is that the hearts got very thick, and even though they dried they never looked as textured as the rest. Not my favorite nail art ever, but maybe you'll like it anyhow. :)

Polishes used:
Rival de Loop - Lavender Star
R de L Young - Foo Whiters 

I'd also like thank all you lovely readers who look in here every day, and also you commenters. That means a lot to me! <3

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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

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NCC presents: Stamped negative space heart nail art

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I'm usually never fast with the challenges in the Nail Challenge Collaborative; it is one theme, four manicures which can be published any time during the month. Usually I do one NCC-mani/week but post them in the end (because I'm too lazy/occupied to do it asap). However this month I'm fast, and that correlates to why I was "late" last month. The theme of March is inspired by fashion and I couldn't hold my self, so did this one as soon as I knew the theme. XD

I was inspired by this dress:

And I was so hyped on trying my first negative space nail art (which if you haven't noticed are/will be the nail art trend of 2015). Said and done I freehanded hearts, I outlined them with a fine liner brush and then filled in "the blanks" creating the negative space hearts. It looked okay but I wanted some "lace" too, sadly my collection of full image stampings are a bit sparse and I didn't find something thin but still "lace like", so I ended up with these swirls. Still like it though. Trying to figure out if my nails looks discolored or not on the photos, I didn't find them that irl at least. Oh, the only downside with this is that "the apex" of the nail had so few coats so I was worried that I'd break them but luckily I didn't. Soo.. what do you think?! :)

Polishes and materials used:
MoYou's special black nail polish
ZTIZ (black creme nail polish)
Image plate - KD27 (russian image plate)

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Valentine needle dragging hearts

Happy Valentine's day! Today I have another Valentine nail art to show. It's not the one I'm wearing today (that one I can't show yet because its part of a competition) but it's one I had on earlier. I decided for glittery red hearts on a gray base. And as usually I went for a technique I find simple, which is needle dragging. I used an actual needle for this (usually I often use a dotting tool with a fine end) and I think it's an advantage using a needle when making tiny hearts like this. I did three-in-a-row on all fingers except my accent's where I made some random hearts and I also did a small stamping on one of my nails. What do you think?

Polishes used:
Nordic Cap - NP34
La Femme
MoYou special red polish
MoYou N07 Image Plate

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. Which polish or the number of the image plate you want, you write at the comment section at the checkout. You can use the code as many times you want, as long as you buy a nail art set. :D

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Valentine cartoon nails

Hi! Happy Friday the 13th ;) I'm not superstitious so I don't care and also I have more important stuff to think about, like today's nails, which is cartoon nails with a Valentine touch. I decided for a black base and then made a light pink frame, pink "fake" shine and instead of "shine dots" I freehanded hearts. I'm quite happy with the result, it's cute without being cheesy and feels okay for me even though I'm not a pink person in general. If this is too girly for you still, I did make a less girly valentine nail art this Wednesday if you're looking for inspiration.

Also added a photo with flash to show that the pink polish has some shimmer in it. :)

Polishes used:
ZTIZ
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Baby Pink

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Simple Valentine's nail art in black and green

Here I have a simple Valentine's nail art in black and green. A non-girly version suitable for any time really. I also got the chance to try my green Golden Rose topper which has medium size circle glitter, tiny squares and hexagons and string glitter, all in matte green. And then I hand painted a heart in green as an accent. For more green manicures, go visit Karin and her Green Wednesday.

My dominant hand.

Polishes used:
ZTIZ (black polish)
Essence - Beijos De Brazil
Golden Rose - No 05

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