Valentine's Day Mani!

I don't think there's a better way to describe Valentine's Day than with pink, glitter and hearts!  I saw so many red and gold manicures this year, so I decided to go for something a little softer with an accent nail.  I painted my nails with OPI "Pink-ing of You" on most of my digits and added a small rhinestone.  On the highlight nail, I painted a light grey called "Grey-t to be here" by Essence and topped with Whimsical Ideas by Pam's "In the Whole Wide World" which is full of light pink heart glitters and grey squares and other micro glitters.  That's an indie brand that I really love! 

 Valentine's manicure

Valentine's manicure

p2 Sand Style - to be discontinued!

P2 recently said they were going to discontinue a bunch of their nail polish colors, including a few sand style ones. Unfortunately, the one they are going to stop making is also one of my favorites!  It's called "030 Seductive" and it's a dark purple with tons of gold shimmer.  It's a great purple for 2014, so go pick it up at your local DM before it's gone!  Shown below are 2 photos without top coat:

 P2 Sand Style - 030 Seductive (indoor lighting)

 P2 Sand Style - 030 Seductive (indoor lighting)

Winter Mani!

Feeling wintery and festive?  Time for a winter manicure!  What better way than with sparkles, glitter, snowflakes and pearls!


I used Ciaté's "Serendipity" from the Mani Month Advent Calendar and OPI's Pink-ing of You to create this look, along with a snowflake water decal and tiny pearl from Born Pretty.

P2 Color Victim Nail Polish - Before Sunrise

Today I'm excited to share a new multi-chrome from P2's Color Victim line. In the shade, it's a dark wine/red with metallic shine, but in the light, it's a dark magenta with shine.  I thought the color change would be a bit stronger since it looks that way in the bottle, but it's actually pretty subtle. Still, I highly recommend this shade for this winter season!

 p2 "before sunrise" in natural light

p2 "before sunrise" in the shade

Are you a fan of multi-chromes?

Dance Legend Sahara Crystal - Amethyst

Another fabulous purple for 2014 is from Dance Legend.  This one is called "Amethyst", from their Sahara Crystal collection and it's a dark purple with red micro glitters, which shine really nicely in the sun!  The formula was a bit thick to work with, but you can get good coverage in 2 coats, though maximum wear time was about 2-3 days.  Photos below are without top coat and with indoor lighting.

What are your favorite purple shades for 2014?

P2 Sand Style - Lovely

Here's another P2 sand style polish, which I bought at DM (Drogerie Markt in Germany).

It's called "080 lovely" and it is a deep purple with silver glitters of all sorts!  There is also a slight blue tint to it in the shade, which you'll see below.  Since the "color of the year" for 2014 is purple/orchid, this would be a perfect sand polish for any season throughout this year.

 p2 sand style "lovely" in the shade

p2 sand style "lovely" in natural lighting

I now own all of the p2 sand style colors and I hope they keep coming out with more!  Like all sand polishes out there, it's best to wear it without top coat for maximum gritty effect, which  means the wear time is about 3-4 days with minor chipping.  Hope you go out and get some purples for 2014!

One Last Summer Manicure!

Hi there!

I figured I'd take advantage of the last summer days and do one, last, fun summer manicure.

I used 2 coats of p2 Volume Gloss gel look polish "Fresh Sister", a light, almost pastel green jelly, and Essence "better than gel nails top sealer" top coat.

For a fun highlight nail, I used Lush Lacquer's Neon Freckles top coat.  This polish is full of colored glitter and really easy to apply.

p2 Volume Gloss - Fresh Sister (dim indoor lighting - looks quite green)

p2 Volume Gloss - Fresh Sister (with normal indoor lighting)

Lush Lacquer - Neon Freckles topcoat highlight nail (normal indoor lighting)

Lush Lacquer - Neon Freckles topcoat highlight nail (dim indoor lighting)

If any of you are wondering why my fingers look so shiny, it's because I use LUSH "Lemony Flutter" cuticle cream/butter right after every manicure :)  You can also buy it here in Luxembourg - LUSH DOIGTS DE FÉE - for about 11 EUR.  I highly recommend it!